Chapter 866: The Beginning of the Battle
This is a world where swords and magic coexist. For tens of thousands of years, races such as humans, orcs, dwarves, dwarves, and elves lived peacefully on several continents in this world, until ancient demons came from the sky...
There was silence in the vast theater, only Gail Gadot’s voice belonging to Jaina Proudmoore echoed in the sound system, and the audience concentrated on watching the big screen full of dark tones, until a huge eye suddenly opened open!
There was an evil and terrifying green light shining in the eyes, making one's heart tremble uncontrollably.
This...is this Sargeras?
No need to think about it, the person who asked this question has either read the original novel, or is a game fan, Or Kil'jaeden or Archimonde?
Hush... The companion next to him put his index finger on his mouth, Be quiet, Emile!
Nodding his head, Emil temporarily let go of his thoughts, and like the audience around him, he put all his energy into the film again.
However, the film did not give too much interpretation of the identity of the devil, but only gave a general background explanation.
These demons are full of destructive desires. They picked violent and bloodthirsty orcs, and lured several of their leaders, Orgrim and Ner'zhul, to lead the orcs to drink the blood of demons, and let the fallen Azeroth The Protector - Medivh, the guardian of Tirifas, opened the portal to Azeroth from the orc world of Draenor...
Accompanied by the sound, countless orcs drank the blood of demons and became more manic. When the portal opened, they, led by several orc leaders such as Orgrim and Ner'zhul, shouted madly With the slogan, they lined up neatly and walked into the portal to another continent, bringing killing, destruction, chaos and blood to the human world.
Because the 3D effect will cause the picture to be dark, plus most of the time of the film. They will all be dominated by dark tones. World of Warcraft: The Prince of Wrath only has an imax version, not a 3D version.
But even so, seeing the huge portal shining with evil light, and the orc soldiers walking into the portal one after another, passing through the cursed land, and neatly arranged in the open field, that using imax technology The panoramic shots produced still amazed the audience.
Natalie Portman's use of light and color is almost perfect.
As a former well-known film critic. The few people who are still active in the media, Kenneth Turan and Todd McCarthy sat together. Although the two have always been staunch supporters of Disney, their emotions at this moment are from the bottom of their hearts.
When Medivh first appeared, the sky in Azeroth was bright and the whole world was filled with warm colors, but when he cast his magic to open the portal, the green light instantly stained the bright sky. The whole tone began to change to dark, and then As the army of orcs marched forward, the dark green-based color quickly eroded the entire picture...
That's what Natalie Portman is good at.
As a TV host, Todd McCarthy carefully studied Natalie's directing skills. He lowered his voice and replied to his companion, From the earliest short film Coffee to the later 127 Hours and Black Swan. You can see her unique technique and talent in the use of light and color.
The professionals here pay more attention to the shooting techniques and production skills of the film, while the die-hard game fan Emil on the other side is a little dissatisfied, not because he is dissatisfied with the effect shown in the film. Instead, he was dissatisfied with the setting of Ryan's adapted film.
Because he is a hardcore Horde player!
Although the film has just started, and the introduction to the world background is only as simple and clear as possible, he can still clearly see that the tribe is almost the existence of the evil side in the film!
This makes him a tribal player feel embarrassed.
If it weren't for the magnificent opening of the film, and the special effects are so good that it doesn't feel like the world is synthesized by computer, I'm afraid he would have wanted to leave the scene.
Also dissatisfied, there are some other game fans around. From their complaints, it can be heard that they are all hardcore Horde players.
And while those Alliance players were secretly delighted, they also advised the Horde players they knew, At least the first five minutes of the film are extremely good, aren't they?
Indeed it is!
Hearing what his partner said, Emil temporarily calmed down, because he was attracted by the wonderful opening battle in the film!
After the manic and bloodthirsty orcs rushed into Azeroth, they burned, killed and looted, destroyed human towns one after another, destroyed the Stormwind Kingdom in the south, marched all the way north, occupied several human and dwarf kingdoms one after another, and used The assassin killed the king of the Stormwind Kingdom, Ryan Wrynn, and under the leadership of the regent Sir Anduin Lothar, the Stormwind Kingdom had to temporarily retreat into the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and the entire world of Azeroth was about to be destroyed...
At this critical moment, a joint meeting of all races of Azeroth was held in Lordaeron. Humans, dwarves, and high elves, under the coordination of the mages of Dalaran, formed an alliance with the Kingdom of Lordaeron as the core, and Elect Anduin Lothar, the last bloodline of Arathi, as the supreme leader of the alliance army, and take advantage of the favorable terrain of the Arathi Highlands to fight to the death with the orc army.
A big battle just appeared in front of the audience.
The coalition assembled the remnants of the Stormwind Kingdom, the Knights of the Silver Hand of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, the Mages of Dalaran, the High Elf Rangers of Silvermoon City, and the elite dwarven infantry. In the iconic attire, game fans can still vaguely distinguish the many leading heroes leading the team - Anduin Lothar, Uther, Turalyon, Muradin? Bronzebeard, Alleria? Windrunning Sylvanas? Windrunner, Antonidas, etc...
In terms of individual combat effectiveness, the orcs are undoubtedly powerful, but when it comes to real marching combat, Orgrim and Ner'zhul are not opponents of the experienced Anduin Lothar at all. After certain preparations, in this earth-shattering battle, the alliance finally defeated the orc army after a hard fight, and drove them to the foot of Black Rock Mountain.
The defeat of the orcs is inevitable. The ancient demons conveyed a conspiracy to Orgrim through the cunning Ner'zhul. They lied that they would negotiate with the alliance army. When the sympathetic Anduin Lothar attended the negotiations, Orgrim launched a sneak attack and killed the great and righteous leader of humanity.
On the screen, Anduin Lothar's long sword was broken by Orgrim, and he died a heroic sacrifice. His adjutant Turalyon picked up the broken sword, which represented honor and responsibility, and led the Silver Hand The knights completely defeated the orc army, captured many green-skinned orcs including Orgrim, and imprisoned them in many prisoner-of-war camps such as Lordaeron.
Nothing new at the beginning.
Hearing Todd McCarthy's slightly disappointed voice, Kenneth Turan nodded slightly, Like other epic films, there must be a big battle at the beginning, although Natalie Portman's control of light, color and scene It’s all very well done, but there’s really nothing innovative about it.”
He paused for a while, and then said, But you can't deny that this is the consistent approach of Ryan's films, and it is also the safest way to attract the audience to watch. From a commercial point of view, this opening can completely achieve an A or even an A+ Effect.
With the help of the sea blue on the screen, Todd McCarthy's eyes quickly swept across the theater. What he observed carefully was naturally the reaction of ordinary audiences. They almost all focused on the film and rarely saw the situation of whispering. Obviously very satisfied with the beginning of the film.
Yes, even tribal players like Emil can’t say much about the excitement of the opening battle. The film is like a rope that binds their thinking, allowing them to be drawn and willing to continue read on.
Fortunately, Ner'zhul escaped from the pursuit of the human coalition forces, found a sea boat, and started his escape journey across the ocean. He was seriously injured, and the journey was bumpy. Northrend was already on the brink of collapse.
However, this shaman who has practiced orc secret arts has a cunning and powerful soul, and the demon who instigated the orcs also knows this, so he sent the dread demon Melganis and brought Ner'zhul Elaborate utensils made by the demon clan - Helm of Domination and Frostmourne!
After death, Ner'zhul's soul lived in the Helm of Dominion. Together with Mel'ganis, he used the evil secrets taught by the demons to build an army composed of the dead and demons—the undead of the Scourge, He also sealed himself in the Frozen Throne, and with his icy soul, peeped at the south, the country that made him suffer defeat—the Kingdom of Lordaeron!
He became a powerful lich, always paying attention to the dynamics of human beings, in order to choose some of them as his spokesperson in Azeroth, so as to achieve the purpose of destroying the world.
And the candidate that Ner'zhul finally took a fancy to was Prince Arthas, who was young and vigorous, and whose soul was filled with a sense of honor and justice.
In the dark and cold tones, ice crystals sealed the Helm of Domination, and the gate of Icecrown Citadel was suddenly closed, waiting for someone to open it with his own hands.
Who is this guy?
Non-game fans will definitely have this question. It's just that Yi Lun has never played the game, nor has he read the original book. Seeing this, he can't help scratching his head subconsciously.
Although I don’t know much about the world Ryan built, but the opening battle with Gail Gadot’s not too much narration is enough for him to understand what kind of world this is and what kind of background this story is in. happened.
The thirteen-minute opening scene ended, and the camera turned to the fleeting Kingdom of Lordaeron before. The dark, cold and depressing tones disappeared, and the bright sunlight shone on the martial arts arena of the kingdom. The camera gradually zoomed out, and a boy with blond hair and a tough sunny face appeared in the picture.
Alsace!
A voice sounded next to him, clearly expressing his identity to the audience, the prince of the Kingdom of Lordaeron! (To be continued..)
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