Interpretation of adventures of sherlock holmes 2: The Shadow Game

[Abstract] At the beginning of the 2065438+02 New Year, the action, thriller and adventure American film Sherlock Holmes 2: The Shadow Game was released in mainland China. This film is produced by Warner Bros. and is the sequel to the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes. Directed by Ricky, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude? Starring Luo This film continues to break the traditional image of Sherlock Holmes and Watson. It uses the thinking of action movies and spy movies to shoot costume dramas, complex plots, conspiracy theories and upgraded action scenes, which not only enhances the entertainment of the film, but also brings a strong audio-visual feast to the audience.

[Keywords:] movies; Sherlock Holmes; behaviour

As a large commercial film, director Gai? Ricky's unique visual effects, extreme means, skillful skills and paragraph handling in the film Sherlock Holmes 2: Shadow Game shocked the audience. Especially when the iconic music plays and the image of Sherlock Holmes appears, it indicates that a wonderful detective story is about to happen. Leonard, the producer of this film? Wigram said, "In this episode, Guy? Ricky made many new attempts. He continued to break the traditional images of Sherlock Holmes and Watson, and filmed costume dramas with the concept of action movies and the thinking of spy movies. " Washington post once commented: "Like the last movie, this movie is full of explosions, flashbacks and quick editing. But the dialogue is sharper. Holmes is really Professor diamond cut diamond-moriarty this time. "

I. Interpretation of the Director

Guy, the director of this film? Ricky directed the films Two Heavy Smokers and the snatch, and in 2009 directed the film Sherlock Holmes. After the release, the global box office broke through 1 100 million dollars, and the 20 12 sequel "Sherlock Holmes 2: The Shadow Game" was even more brilliant and received rave reviews after the release. Director guy? Rich modern expression techniques make the characters more vivid and the explosion scene more grand. He also likes to frequently use narration to construct informative and intertwined clues while telling stories. Director guy? Ricky has a unique film expression technique, that is, the film is full of nonsense English dialogues and incredible coincidences, cool shots, fast editing and British rock.

Guy? The uniqueness of Ricky's films lies in the post-modern style, the deconstruction of the plot of the film, and the integration of story and music. Guy? In the film Sherlock Holmes 2: The Shadow Game, Richie still introduces contingency and the uncertainty of life into the story, and uses the fragmented movie plot and multi-line parallel narration to express the strong conflict of the dramatic characters. In the film, several characters of equal weight cross each other, and the director presents the behavior of these characters in the form of anxiety and confusion through a lot of flashbacks and quick editing. At the same time, music and editing cooperate with each other, and the climax of the conflict makes people unprepared, making the film cool and full of vitality.

Second, the plot analysis

The story in the sequel is directly narrated, which reproduces Britain in the19th century with modern expressions. The story in the film happened six months after the last case ended. The clever and vicious Professor moriarty has committed many murders, such as the Australian Crown Prince. Holmes, who found the clue of the murderer, followed the clue, but put Holmes in a serious crisis. Holmes held a farewell night for Watson and met Sim, a young gypsy fortune teller, in a bar. She witnessed some secrets but didn't tell them, and she didn't know that she was involved in the murder of the crown prince, which made her the next target of the killer. Sherlock Holmes, Watson and Sim follow the clues together, but Professor moriarty seems to know the whereabouts of Sherlock Holmes in general. He can hurt an innocent person in advance every time, and then Sherlock Holmes runs away first. Holmes took Watson and Sim across the European continent, from England to France and Germany, and finally stopped in Switzerland, which finally stopped Professor moriarty's final action.

Sherlock Holmes 2: The Shadow Game, which focuses on action suspense, is not only brilliant and interlocking, but also won a high box office in a short time with humorous dialogue and plot design. On the basis of the original work, the director combined characters and events to weaken narrative and reasoning. In the process of pursuing clues and solving suspense, he highlighted visual stimulation through blasting, fighting and chasing, abandoned the usual multi-line narrative method, and promoted the development of the plot through dialogue between characters. The parallel intersection and interaction of these events expand the space-time relationship of the film, increase the space capacity of the film, and also emphasize the contradiction between the living environment of the characters and the characters.

Third, unique lens design.

Lens is an important visual form of film narration. The number and expression of shots not only affect the description of the film scene space, but also affect the rhythm, characterization and visual style of the film. The uniqueness of the film Sherlock Holmes 2: The Shadow Game is naturally inseparable from the opening and ending of the film. The opening of the film is to trace a series of fighting scenes behind the camera, and the director portrayed it very delicately. In the action scene of Sherlock Holmes and a group of people, the director uses slow motion to describe the strength and angle of each action, and uses Holmes' inner monologue to explain the cause and result of the next group of actions. This kind of oriental Zen not only shows Holmes' powerful kung fu and accurate judgment, but also makes the opening of the whole story mysterious. The ending of the film continues the usual comedy style. Sherlock Holmes came back from the dead. Sherlock Holmes, who has always been interesting, eccentric and studious, wears clothes made of cloth like a sofa and plays with camouflage, which not only highlights Sherlock Holmes' personality characteristics, but also indicates an endless ending for the question mark printed on Watson's printer. Maybe the next Sherlock Holmes story will be more wonderful.

The lively scenes and running scenes in the pub accelerated the rhythm of the whole movie and added a lot of joy and comedy atmosphere. Overlooking the panoramic lens brings a broad space for the pursuit of characters, and the lively crowd adds rich stories. Dancing crowds, people playing cards, Holmes' running pursuit, Sim and pursuers in many roles, compact plot, gorgeous pictures and ubiquitous jokes make everyone relaxed and happy in the process of reasoning with the film. Irish-style music and fighting scenes make this plot easy and wonderful.

The blasting scene is a classic shot of the whole film. A weapons exhibition was staged in two blasting scenes: a gunfight on a train and a jungle explosion. Whether it is grand scene design or special photo editing, the appearance of various weapons and explosive stunts increases the visual impact, and the thrilling action scene achieves 3D effect. In the jungle war, the director used high-speed slow motion to shoot the explosion effect of the shells, and every realistic detail of the running figures and the bombed trunk was just right. The combination of speed and speed makes the atmosphere of the film more tense.

The final showdown between Sherlock Holmes and Professor moriarty was in the Swiss Alps Waterfall. The two played tit for tat, and there was a mystery in the dialogue. The shots are cross-edited at the same time. At the same time, Watson and Sim are looking for assassins who are difficult to distinguish between true and false, racing against time, and the two sets of shots are accelerating, pushing the development of the plot to a climax.

Fourth, the personality of the movie characters.

Sherlock Holmes, the protagonist in the film, has the personality characteristics of eccentric behavior, love of experiments and not playing cards according to common sense in the classic original works, and also highlights his persistence and humor in a new way. Sherlock Holmes was awarded the Golden Globe Award by the famous actor Robert Junior. Downey played him resourceful and humorous, which showed Holmes' characteristics of high IQ and low EQ to the fullest. Under the crisis of the dark forces, Holmes has superb thinking judgment, and can infer clues to the case from countless small details. For example, he can judge that Sim, a gypsy fortune teller, will be hunted by a killer through the details of dried flowers and familiar smells in the house. He can judge Professor moriarty's thoughts from the furnishings and books in the room. Sherlock Holmes has always been persistent in handling cases. Under the threat of being hunted, he insisted on finding Professor moriarty's next assassination target. He was tortured to death by Professor moriarty. His persistent belief brought him back to life again and again, crossed the European continent, and finally confronted Professor moriarty in Switzerland, thus avoiding human wars. Sherlock Holmes also shows clever humor in the film. In order to cover the hunted Watson and his wife, he dressed up as a funny lady. In order to get the red notebook that Professor moriarty carried with him, he disguised himself as a hotel waiter with clothes and luggage. He also experimented with dogs, and the extracted sheep adrenal hormone saved his life. Sherlock Holmes can't ride a horse, but he also loves face. In the film, he is wordy but has the habit of being an English gentleman, bickering with Watson, mocking the incompetence of the police and constantly promoting his own reasoning results. The wonderful dialogue is witty and meaningful, which shows Holmes' humor. Sherlock Holmes loves inventions and experiments, which may be beyond ordinary people's understanding, but his good friends Watson and housekeeper have given him a lot of care and understanding. Holmes' humorous disguise is quite dramatic at the beginning and end of the film. When Watson came to Holmes' home, he was greeted by a tree-lined urban jungle. The strange animal stopped leisurely and was shot by Holmes' "cold arrow" in surprise, although it looked a bit funny and hid in a two-color camouflage suit.