It is conceivable that "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" directed by 70-year-old director Michael Apted is bound to be a gorgeous and tender movie. The majestic fantasy of boarding a dragon boat and riding the waves, the magnificence of the adventure filled with magic, comes entirely from imagination, but goes further than imagination. After experiencing the dream fairy tale of "Narnia 1" and the epic trend of "Narnia 2", if the "Narnia" series can still bring us some refreshing feelings, maybe it retains the purity of a child. , also carries the complexity and delicacy of human nature, and, as a magic film in 3D format, it is more classically beautiful and magnificent.
Director Michael Apted said, "This is the largest film I have ever made. The children are about to grow up, and this journey will accompany them throughout their lives." Due to the sluggish global box office of "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian", old club Disney angrily fired New Zealand director Andrew Adamson, who made his fortune with the series, and replaced him with British director Michael Apple special. This old director, who was born in Buckinghamshire, England in 1941, has white hair and is energetic, with an innocent smile and a steady eloquence. Apted has every reason to take on a fantasy film as full of life as "The Chronicles of Narnia," rather than just adapting the original novel into a crude window puppet show. As early as Michael Apted's 1980 film "The Miner's Daughter", which received seven Oscar nominations, people can experience a kind of flexible and vigorous power that exists with innocent wildness. The daughter of a miner, the wife of an ordinary person, and now a mother, Lolita traveled to various country music stations with a beautiful singing voice. The only person accompanying her was her husband who loved her deeply and encouraged her. They have nothing but dreams, but the wealth of their souls surpasses the embarrassment of reality. In the midst of fame, trouble, isolation and loss follow. "The Miner's Daughter" is not a purely inspirational film. It also immerses sadness in the brightness. Does it dominate life, or is it dominated by life? The film presents a proposition like "The Red Shoes", but has no intention of repeating the tragedy of "The Red Shoes". Lolita's singing is sometimes gentle and sometimes sad, and finally accumulates into cheerful notes.
After "The Miner's Daughter", Michael Apted's name began to be known to Hollywood. This is not the first movie he has shot for Hollywood. Previously, Apted shot the mystery and suspense movie "The Sky" starring Dustin Hoffman. As a British director, he played a calm and charming role in the film. The delicate specialty gives the film a complex color as if it were peeling off a cocoon. This may be related to his upbringing. Apter graduated from Cambridge University with a major in law and history. However, he never forgot the shock he felt after watching Ingmar Bergman's "Wild Strawberries" when he was sixteen. After graduation, Apted worked in a film company as an investigative reporter, program producer, and TV director. He has directed the famous British soap series "Coronation Street" and supervised documentaries on various contents, including the televised concerts of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
In 1964, Apted filmed the documentary "7Up" for the British BBC TV station, interviewing more than a dozen seven-year-old children from different walks of life in the UK and listening to them talk about their future and dreams. Every seven years thereafter, Apted would revisit the children of those years to see if their dreams had turned into reality. Until 2005, the name of Apted's documentary became "49 Up". The children of those years were already At the age of 49, more than half of my life, innocence and fantasy have melted into reality and are nowhere to be found. Apte faithfully recorded every bit of it, lamenting the uncertainty and uncertainty of his fate. Over the past forty years, he has traveled the same long journey, from television to movies, from England to Hollywood, and Apted has tried a variety of movies. In 2003, Michael Apted was elected president of the Directors Guild of America, thirty years after his first outstanding British film "Prisoners of War and Deserters", which was set during World War II. After "The Miner's Daughter", Michael Apted filmed the politically charged horror film "Gorky Park" and "The Newborn," which reflected domestic violence in the United States. He is best at documentary drama films. "Locked in the Fog" tells the life story of Diane Fossey, a female animal protector who went deep into Africa, showing her clear mind and fearless faith. Diane heads to the plateau orangutan habitat with passion.
Throwing herself into the dust and war, she was in trouble almost from the beginning. She suspected that she was not suitable for this job at all. She was once driven away by the war and experienced threats from the natives. It was the toughness from her soul that made her choose to persevere at the last moment. She tried Becoming friends with the orangutans and doing everything she can to help them survive is an achievement that leaves her heart-broken. Death became the ultimate fate for a staunch animal activist, but no one could question whether she was worthy.
"Danger in the Mist" received five nominations at the 61st Academy Awards, including Best Actress. Truth and warmth appear so pure and valuable in the complex opposition of the human world. It has a simple and direct energy that points to people's hearts. "Neil's Heart" is also a simple and unique movie, about a strange woman who is incompatible with the real world. She is like an elf born of nature, the first person to be touched by the glow of the lake in the early morning. She felt the coolness of starlight and wind and dew, but could not integrate into the social system structured by humans. In the eyes of the world, Nell was just a retarded person. Only a gentle and tolerant heart could understand her lonely but jumping soul. Jodie Foster uses her fanaticism, sharpness, and irritability to interpret this true girl who is intoxicated in her own world.
The similarity between "Nelle's Heart" and "Mist Lock" is that they are both spiritual disciples and worshipers of nature. One is a brave man who challenges difficulties, and the other is transcendent from human beings. The free men of society. Like many directors who have escaped into the Hollywood business world, Apted also has some other types of works. He has filmed the crime film "Heart of Thunder" and the documentary "Indian Murder" with Indian ethnic colors, as well as the suspense thrillers "War Witness" and "Extraordinary Means". His most successful commercial film is the 007 series "Dark Days", which has the same model of cars, BMWs, glamorous girls, and saving the world. The New York Post praised highly: The most satisfying thing about the film is that the director knows that 007 is not only Just an action hero. The compliment fits perfectly with Apted's view of Bond actor Pierce Brosnan: more human with sensitivity, a more complex character relevant to the times. "Intercept the Code" is a suspenseful story full of thriller and romantic elements. The intertwined themes of war and love make it a unique and emotional movie. "Personal Fear" uses the life of a woman who suffered from domestic violence to show the cruelty and coldness of reality, and the heroine's revenge is equally scary. The confrontation between good and evil has risen from ordinary human nature to the historical level. The biographical film "Amazing Grace" staged a war of words surrounding the abolition of the black slave system. In the eighteenth century when the racial system was heavily guarded, British MP William Wilberforce The vigorous anti-slavery movement he participated in was so untimely that he eventually left but became an immortal spiritual leader.
The exploration of the spiritual world and the full power of faith will also be the main theme of "The Chronicles of Narnia 3". Michael Apted's take on The Chronicles of Narnia wasn't a smooth process. After experiencing the box office failure of the second part of "The Chronicles of Narnia", Disney not only changed the director, but also finally withdrew funds before the filming of the film started, retreating, so "The Chronicles of Narnia 3: Treading Waves" is bound to become a real adventure, its success or failure will determine the ultimate fate of this series of movies. Director Apted will give investors in the movie reason to feel confident. It has no intention of repeating the hollowness of the previous "Chronicles of Narnia". Instead, it sucks the essence of the most popular of the original novels and follows suit step by step. . Just like the review of the movie by The Times: Abandoning the swashbuckling adventure stories of the first two films, "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" appears to be more profound and contains themes of dedication, justice, and confidence. "The Washington Post" humorously said that under the influence of special effects, the lion Aslan looks different than before.