The first problem facing the game to change a movie is how to control the situation between passers-by and loyal fans, and minimize the probability of losing one or the other. Similar works of all ages either stay true to the original and win with feelings, or put too messy raw materials into the new story, making ordinary audiences confused. "Assassin's Creed" released today failed to get rid of the above problems and became a failed rookie in Youying.

Assassin's Creed has a common problem of changing movies into games

In order to make everyone feel more subtle, let's talk about the plot in a general way (the following includes spoilers):

In medieval Spain, a group of masked men surrounded Aquila, a tattooed man, and asked if they wanted to join the assassin? If you join, you must protect the Apple of the Garden of Eden, fight against the Templars, and take the oath with your broken fingers.

Afterward, the plot jumped to 1986. The young male protagonist Callum (played by Michael Fassbender) discovered that his mother was killed on an ordinary afternoon, and the murderer turned out to be his own father (also an assassin).

Then, the plot jumps to 2016. When Callum was preparing to execute the death penalty in prison, he was taken away by a scientist Sofia (played by Marion Cotillard), who claimed to have eliminated violence, and connected him to the crossing machine Animus, entering the memory of the ancient assassin Aguira.

In another room, Sophia and his daughter revealed the truth. The budding of human free will is hidden in something called the Eden Apple, and Callum's ancestor Aguira was the only guardian of the Eden Apple. In other words, finding the Eden apple through the male protagonist is the real purpose of the father and daughter to save him.

Along with the following several times of time travel, Animus' side effects also began to appear, and he found that his ancestor Aguira began to flash around him frequently. He was confused and accidentally discovered his biological father in the rehabilitation center.

The father told the truth that his mother died to protect the Eden apples and told Callum that he was descended from Aquila. The matter of finding the Eden apple is harmful to the assassin without any benefit. It turns out that the scientists and daughters are bad people, so whimper. During the third time, the scientists and daughters found the Eden apple and started a killing in the rehabilitation center. It turns out that the people who have been "cured" here are all descendants of the assassin. The forces behind the scientist’s father and daughter are the hostile faces that have been confronted by the assassins for centuries.

After walking out of the rehabilitation center, the assassins followed the scientists' father and daughter, and killed Sophia's father in a speech. The Eden apple returned to the assassin. The story had no other explanation, and the dark side was over.

The plot is vague and full of abruptness

When watching the movie for the first time, Xiao Dianjun was often in a state of confusion in the first half of the hour, and inexplicably cut his fingers and flying in the skyThe time and space switching between jumps and back and forth are all felt that the film is very unfriendly to non-game fans.

The film is still very rough in the world view. On the surface, it is a tit-for-tat confrontation between the shark and the scientist's father and daughter, while behind it is the struggle between the two forces of the assassin and the Templar. In the game, the ins and outs of these two forces and many historical events took about 6 episodes to explain clearly, but the movie version wanted to be condensed into two hours to tell, and the introduction was very vague and obscure, making people half-wake up.

The definition of "Assassin's Creed" is also vague. The creed refers to "Nothing is true, everything is permitted (everything is empty, everything is allowed). In the game, the spirit of creed permeates everything, thus explaining why so many assassins from generation to generation are willing to contribute to it. However, the movie only lets the protagonist shout slogans a few times like a repeater, which also leads to the origin of the sense of mission of the Fashark.

The above two vague introductions of the background are enough to make passers-by dizzy. In order to please the game fans, the director also added very obvious game plots such as the assassin's finger breaking, the leap of faith, and the arrangement of the protagonist of the game to appear as an illusion. In addition to temporarily increasing visual stimulation, these plots still lack background introductions. Over time, it is like watching a parkour video.

The ending of the film is even more unpredictable. A two-hour battle for the Apples in Yidianyuan. After the assassin got the apple, he suddenly lost his explanation. The villain Marion Cotillard staged a "Gone girl", which made people confused.

The best time travel machine is followed by tendon meat

In the game, the design of "Animus" is relatively flat. In order to distinguish it from other science fiction movies, the movie has specially transformed it from a chair-like appearance to a modern three-dimensional instrument, and can reach out and grab the waist of the shark and roll back and forth in the air. It can even be said that Animus's popularity is stronger than Marion Cotillard.

The advantages of the film are not without them at all. The three travels of the shark are mainly parkour assassination. With the compact editing and the full ignition BGM, it ensures a certain viewing stimulation. Moreover, the famous "Leap of Faith" in the game is also arranged for the real person to jump down from a height of 38 meters to complete the shooting. In addition, Fasha is almost always naked in modern dramas. Through the opening few emotional scenes, it is enough to make Fasha fans enter the state of a fan.

From the aesthetic style of the film, if fans who have watched Justin Kuzel's "Macbet" will see the "fog blur" and "color splicing" visual environment he is good at creating again, but the large amount of earthy yellow colors make medieval Spain look like PM2.5 out of the charts.

Stars have become cannon fodder, Cotillard's film selection standards are worrying

Sofia, a scientist in Assassin's Creed, can be called Marion Cotillard. She has once again disappointed after "The Pain of Stone" and "The Alliance of Spy". Except for seeing her cut her new hairstyle, her presence is almost zero. It is said that when the director invited her, he agreed without even reading the script. Xiaodianjun still suggested that Marion Cotillard choose the script well. After all, her performance in Cannes last year has been criticized by many media.

Although Fasha’s acting skills are online, there are too many bugs in the script, and no matter how hard he works, he can’t make a comeback. He can only produce a body of tendon from time to time to give back to female fans. In addition to the big-name protagonists, the film also includes stars including Jeremy Irons, Charlotte Lamplin, and Bredan Gleason, but the director's filming them as meaningless as a flash in the pan is also a shocking one.

Overall, the film cannot be said to be very bad. Game fans may get a little satisfaction from the scenes, fighting scenes, and costumes, but passers-by really cannot accept a story where a sudden feeling bursts out at any time. The dilemma behind "Assassin's Creed" is still a mystery that cannot be escaped by the game changing movies. This is not only related to the director's ability, but also to the game between game companies and film companies. Game companies hope to promote games better and improve user stickiness, while film companies hope to realize commercial value through IP. Both parties will not make any choices in the end, which makes the movie a cannon fodder.

In the first half of 2017, two movies adapted from the game were released - "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" and "Final Fantasy 15: The Sword of the King". Perhaps, can they give Justin Kuzel and Farshark a new idea to adapt the movie?