Film Name: The Traveller / 异人之下 第一部 / 一人之下 / 电影版一人之下 / Under One Person
A couple of disclaimers beforehand:
Firstly, I haven’t watched any of The Traveller’s anime or episodic work to date, and was a complete zero-base passerby before this viewing;
Secondly, I’m not going to get involved in any war of words about Ulsan, just wanted to come and talk briefly about the film’s performance.
There is no way ah, these days you do not stack an armour can not talk properly, although the stacked armour can not avoid the attack, but the injury can be a little lighter …… Here began to talk about the newly released film “The Traveller” it.
First of all, my conclusion: “The Traveller” itself is a bad bottom, some criticism is not wrong, but it is in the limited conditions of the situation was adjusted quite modelled, so the overall feeling is still passable, especially for many of the road viewers who do not have a lot of psychological baggage, it is considered to be a qualified commercial film.
I admit that I am this kind of audience, but I also understand the dissatisfaction of the majority of fans of the original work, after all, “live-action ruined the original work” is the norm in the anime to film and television conversion, and can get recognition of the work of the rare, not to mention The Traveller such a clear traces of rushed work and shoddy production project! ……
But I’m not here to talk about the film’s shortcomings, I’m here to talk about how it managed to pull itself back from the brink of being “terrible”.
The biggest thing that helps the film do this, I think, is the plotting, the fast pace, the action sequences and the audiovisual spectacles.
It’s impossible to tell much of a story in a two-hour film, so the film only focuses on the main character of Zhang Chulan entering the Inhuman world, with a little basic background, and almost all of the plot revolves around this development, scene switching and story advancement are very fast, and a fight scene is arranged whenever it’s needed, even if it’s a literary scene that can’t be avoided, the film also tries to make sure it’s not boring by using the abilities of the Inhuman people, hilarious passages, and ear-piercing BGM to make sure it’s not boring. BGM to try to ensure that it’s not dull.
The audience is taken around in such a fast-paced, dazzling “bombardment” of material that they don’t have time to think about the film’s flaws and loopholes, which is smart – there are a lot of serious issues, such as the integration of the Inhuman world and the human world, the setting of the air, and the way the film is set up, and so on. Many of the issues that could be taken seriously, such as the fusion of the Inhuman and Normal worlds, the setting and use of air, the battle system, etc., have been glossed over for the time being as a result.
In addition, The Traveller’s adherence to the principle of “not avoiding the shortcomings” throughout the film also creates a unique style.
What I’m referring to here is the film’s plastic special effects and secondary presentation.
I really don’t think the film’s special effects level is much better, this is a lack of money and lack of time for the project, the tight rush is just an ordinary Netflix level, but the creators do not shy away from this, but also stuffed full of the whole film, the luminous luminous, the Weiya Weijiang, is very frank and confident……
At the same time, the film in the character styling, body language, action design, sub-scene scenes, etc., are as much as possible in accordance with the presentation of the anime to do, basically did not take into account the secondary and tertiary dimensional wall, but also not afraid of some places will appear exaggerated and awkward.
However, in the case of such a “weak team”, “The Traveller” actually boiled out of its own style characteristics, probably because others know their own shortcomings will avoid the shortcomings of their strengths, the result is a mess, while it fearlessly walks down the road to the black, in turn, harvested the effect of negative and positive.
It even includes the “perks” of the “male/female gaze,” as the election was called.
In this film, in addition to a part of the “sex appeal” has nothing to do with the characters, almost all the male and female characters have to show off their bodies and the suspicion of sex, which is dominated by the female characters, Na Ran as Xiahe, Nalnasi as Feng Shayan is the absolute “hardest hit”! “.
Really, I have not seen so many rubbing bridges on the mainstream big screen works for a long time, after all, this year’s wind direction has long changed …… can be this kind of picture, in the anime show is relatively more and more natural. There is no doubt that the film carries this into the film as well.
The effect of doing so will indeed make some viewers uncomfortable, but objectively, it also plays the auxiliary role I said above – the eyes are straight, the brain will move less (well, selling meat is shameful, but it works).
I’m not saying that this “3 to 2” style is necessarily that good, but in domestic commercial films, this kind of play is still relatively new, and it takes the lead in a brand new ecological position.
Speaking of which, I’m still a bit impressed with Urshan, I never think his films are really that good, but he seems to be able to come up with a selling point every time.
It’s as if an unattractive-looking person relies on unique and subtle make-up techniques and manages to have a passing grade or better.
The Traveller isn’t a great film, but it’s a watchable commercial film.
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