This time, I would like to recommend a movie related to Egyptian mythology, which is "God War: Eye of Power" (Hong Kong translation is "Egyptian God War").
Poster for this film
This adventure fantasy film was produced by Lionsgate (the company that did the Chainsaw Horror series I love) and Apex Entertainment.
Hong Kong version of the poster
↑Hong Kong version of the poster, on the left is the battle form of Horus, and on the right is the battle form of Seth.
Promotional poster for this film
The film is actually about the most kingly Egyptian mythology: Oseris is killed by his brother Seth, and his son Horus defeats Seth to regain the throne in Egypt. However, it has added a lot of more popular elements, and the special effects are also very dazzling, although it has been complained about by many people, it is actually an entertainment movie worth watching.
We all know that there are many ancient Egyptian gods, this film is smart, only the main story line is placed on the gods of Oseris, Horus, Seth, Lephis, Hathor and Tut, and their relationship with each other is basically faithful to the traditional mythological settings, such as Horus is the son of Oseris, Seth is The younger brother of Oseris, Lephis is Seth's ex-wife (although there is no concept of "ex-wife" in Egyptian mythology, but Lephis is married to Seth, But the heart loves Seth's big brother Oseris... So that makes sense), Hathor is Horus's fiancée, Thor is a soy sauce maker, and so on. While learning about this movie, let's take a look at the roles of these ancient Egyptian gods in this movie!
Character poster for this film: Seth, the god of the desert
↑ The film's main villain, Seth, is the god of the desert, an attribute that is faithful to the mythological setting, and in Egyptian mythology, Seth is the god of the wasteland, chaos, and destruction, and he is also in charge of Thunder and Lightning. Seth would incarnate as an animal, but there was always debate about what kind of animal it was, and Celery would open up a separate introduction later. What I want to complain about here is that the person played by Seth in this movie is the Spartan king in "300 Warriors" who was very popular at that time, really like a Roman...
Character poster for this film: Horus, the god of the sky
↑ It is basically correct to say that Horus is the god of the sky, of course, Horus incarnated as a falcon is related to the sky, and some research believes that the word Hor has the meaning of "far", so Horus is the "far one" who gallops in the sky. He is also the embodiment of kingship and justice, and because his eyes were gouged out by Seth during the battle and later restored (also mentioned in this film), he became the master of health and evil. But this little lotus in the movie, Celery thinks it's a little too old --
Character poster for this film: Turter, the god of wisdom
↑ The setting of Turter in the film is also very in line with the myth Ha, and in the film this Turtter is very happy, he has wisdom and is too smart, so that he does not believe that people only believe in himself... So I made N stand-ins to be my assistant. Looking for a black man to be a tour has caused some people to complain, and Ben Celery is quite fond of it.
Character poster for this film: Hathor, the god of love
↑Mm-hmm Yes, the goddess Hatol, who can transform into a cow, is a symbol of love and is proficient in various musical instruments, so she is also the god of music and the god of maternal love. Maybe because of the attributes of Eros, the film portrays her as a person who is superficially debauched but very dedicated to her boyfriend (Xiao he), it is okay, it is a little too charming, haha.
Egypt at the beginning of the film is a peaceful and prosperous era of Oseric rule, and people live richly. Rich or poor, as long as they are of good character, they can enter the underworld after death and gain eternity.
Horus started out feeling like a rich second generation, preparing to take the throne from his elderly father. Unexpectedly, at the ceremony of the handover of the throne, a jealous Seth appeared, killing Oseris, defeating Horus (he was weakly exploded), and poaching his most powerful weapon: the eye.
The mortal Baker (a thief) is willing to do anything for his girlfriend, so he steals an Eye of Horus. Then he finds the self-defeating little Lotus (he is a waste of firewood at this time) and embarks with him on a journey to save the world and defeat Seth...
Illustration: Scenography
↑ Set design with Egyptian elements while not losing science fiction.
Illustration: Aerial view of the land of Oseris
↑ Aerial view of the kingdom of Oseris. Farther from the city center are the pyramids, and closer to them are the royal palaces and viaducts???
Illustration: Flappy Seth
↑ The flappy Seth came to the ceremony with ill will. You look really Romans Ah hey...
Illustration: The Ultimate Prop, the Eye of Horus!!!
↑ Ultimate Item – Eye of Horus.
Illustration: Seth gets a physical item
↑This film is very gamified for Seth's setting, every time Seth kills a god, he can turn their most powerful organ into a physical prop, and then install it on himself to make himself stronger. As the story progresses, he acquires the heart of Oseris, the eye of Horus, the wings of Lephis, and the brain of Tort. (Fighting monsters to upgrade and pick up equipment to become a bull fork is indeed an immutable hard truth!) ）
Illustration: Baker and his girlfriend
↑In fact, the gods are all playing soy sauce, and the real male and female protagonists are Baker and his girlfriend...
Illustration: When doing serious things, I don't forget these two people who kiss...
Illustration: Find the little lotus
↑Baker found a very sad little lotus in the tomb of Oseris. In the film, the size of the gods (in the form of gods) is almost 1.5 to 2 times that of mortals.
Illustration: Egypt, which lost Oseris, became a land of wind and sand
↑ After the death of Oseris, the once prosperous place became a land of wind and sand. It fits in with the mythological setting of Oseris as the god of grain and abundance.
↑Because knowing that Seth killed Oseris, the next step is to destroy the world (the target of the bad guys in Hollywood movies must be this!). Tut hurried to record all the knowledge of the world with his N stand-ins. But they were caught by the protagonists...
Illustration: The elderly helios Ray
↑ There is also a god who lives high in the universe and does not participate in this melee: the elderly sun god Rui. The film portrays Ray as a god driving a sun ship through day and night, and the original Egyptian setting is only cloaked in fantasy. Ray and the Sun Ship are also Ben Celery's favorite settings.
Illustration: Anubis
↑ After all, when it comes to the topic of the underworld, the spirit god Anubis also has the opportunity to show his face, but this Anu looks really a bit... Well... Sorry audience, like a leper dog.
Illustration: Horus who became the ruler
↑All stories are inseparable from the core topic of the growth of the protagonist. In God Wars, Horus's growth is most evident, well, from a cynical rich second generation to a veritable righteous ruler.
Trailer for The Hong Kong Edition:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av3639861
The film was shot in Australia, with a budget of $140 million, but was later forced to cut it for financial reasons at Lionsgate.
In 2015, when the film was promoted, it encountered a large wave of complaints because of the operation of finding a white person to play an ancient Egyptian god in the film, and although the producer apologized, it did not change the actors.
After the release of the film, the complaining did not stop, and the audience had a lot of criticism for casting, special effects and even action shots. The owner's film is definitely not a success. The most powerful setting that has been complained about is that the gods are twice as tall as the people, and because of the many shots of the gods and men in the same frame, many people feel that the size of the building looks dizzy.
When Horus found Thorte, who was studying a plant carefully, Little Lotus grabbed it and said, "Enough! It's a lettuce! "This meme implies that the director knows a lot about the Egyptian mythological system, lettuce is a kind of lettuce, and lettuce in Egyptian mythology is always related to that...
Author: Pharaoh Celery Editor: Empress Pepi
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