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One of the biggest challenges in the historical film is to eliminate all elements of modern germ. There are several ways to avoid this; Some pilots choose to create entirely CGI environments, others build large sets, and if possible try to place positions can still find historical scenarios. Assa Creed, set designer Andy Nicholson have used a combination of the three. With the help of Valletta, Malta's capital, in essence, the filmmakers were close enough to Spain of the 15th century that all anachronisms and details that gave the set and Malta could clean and change in post-production.
I have played every Assassins Creed game there is, and I really don't understand other fans of the series complaining so much about the creative changes they made. First off they killed off the first main character in the 3rd game because a lot of people found him and the parts of the game outside the Animus boring. If they would have stuck to that this movie would have been boring. The core concept of Assassins Creed games is still here, and in those games there are numerous Main Characters. I myself found this new one refreshing and thought Michael Fastbender had a great performance. I think the design of this animus is cooler and makes more sense in the way that the user learns his ancestors moves because of muscle memory, in the game they just lay there but still somehow learn all their ancestors moves.
Assassins Creed is a sci-fi/action film based on the Ubisoft games. Assassins Creed is about Callum, a murderer who is on death row, who is saved by a group of people who want to use him to access his ancestors memories and find the Apple of Eden, a powerful object that could change the world for good. First of all, if you enjoy the games, particularly Assassins Creed 2, Brotherhood and Revelations, you will not like this film and if you haven't... you probably won't like it either.
There are many fine actors in the film, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard and Jeremy Irons to name a few but the plot and dialogue in this film is so poor that they all go to waste. The protagonist, Cal, as we are first introduced to him as an adult, is a murderer and the only explanation we get for this murder is that the person he killed was a pimp. Throughout the film he in angry and violent, grabbing a woman by the neck and displaying nothing that would endear him to the audience and yet the plot is encouraging you to root for him. When he is then put in life threatening situations, there isn't any tension because we, the audience, don't like him and don't care what happens to him. This is a problem with all of the characters in this film, they are all 2 dimensional, boring characters that you can't get invested with. The strongest character, in my opinion, is Maria, an assassin played by Ariane Labed, who values her creed's cause more than her own life and completely dedicated to what she is doing but ultimately her character's arc comes to nothing.
The best thing about this film is probably the parkour scene, which was somewhat like the huge amount of free running you do in the games, and was entertaining to watch but unfortunately this was only a short scene. The rest of the action in the film is very disappointing. Not only are there a lot of cuts but the director has chosen to turn the Animus into some kind of robotic arm that throws Cal around in the air and intercuts shots of Cal flailing around in this arm in the middle of the fight scenes. This is incredibly frustrating, detracts from the tension and flow of the scene and ultimately looks kind of silly.
Cinematically speaking, the film looks okay but there are far too many panning shots of an eagle flying around to show a change in scenery, which feels like a feeble attempt to link the film to the games. Also, I don't know if the film makers thought 15th Century Spain was constantly ablaze or had an abundance of smoke machines but whenever the scenes shift back to inside the Animus with Aguilar's memories, everything is covered in fog for absolutely no reason. Perhaps to hide bad graphics? Whatever the reason, it doesn't work.
In terms of the plot, it deviates so far from the original plot of the games that you would think that none of the people involved had ever played them. It misunderstands everything about: the assassins (except their motto), the apple of Eden, of which there are more than one and what it can do, the use of the Animus and the bleeding effect and generally representing the Creed as a murderous cult. Even if you judge the film purely based on it's own merit the plot is inconsistent with characters developing attachments to one another for no reason, they make decisions that are completely out of character and the film ultimately ends on an anti-climax in some misguided attempt at setting up a sequel.
Disappointingly but not surprisingly Assassins Creed proves once again that adapting a game into a film is no easy task, especially when those involved don't understand why people loved the game so dearly in the first place. Requiescat in pace Assassins Creed because this film has clearly killed any interest to adapt this franchise again.
Parts of this movie are fun, but the immersion level is lost as Cal moves in and out of the Animus. Though this is a thing in the games, it functions there are a brief respite from the intensity of the assassin sequences by letting you nudge along the present-day plot with Desmond. The notion of the clandestine capture of multiple people to find the Apple of Eden is inconsistent with the game, and the film doesn't do enough to help the viewer to understand the Apple's purpose beyond broad strokes.
The character development is also weak; why is Cal a death row inmate, of all things? There were numerous other ways of tackling the entry of Cal into the clandestine organization as opposed to what actually happened. Sophia and her father are also not utilized as well as possible, and this is truly unfortunate because these three actors are known for great performances; Michael Fassbender made Magneto, a genocidal maniac, sympathetic for crying out loud, so you must know that your writing has failed if his gravitas doesn't land. Cal is not interesting, and has positively nothing going for him. His game counterpart, Desmond, isn't much better, but Cal had the chance, in the dimension of film, to be something more, but he was not in the end.
There are some fun stunts, and a few moments of solid action, but the film doesn't commit itself well enough to be an effective piece of cinema. I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition to fall quite so flat. Monty Python is not pleased.
As a young boy Callum Lynch witnessed his father murder his mother. Now, 30 years later, he is being executed for murder. However, the execution is faked and, instead of dying, he is transported to a special facility. It turns out that he is descended from a 15th century master-assassin, Aguilar, a member of the Assassin's Brotherhood. The plan is to train him in the ways of his forefather. This will enable him to fight the arch-enemy of his forefather, the Templars. Great cast, very weak script. Plot is very basic and much of the movie consists of predictable, well-choreographed fight scenes. The writers try to throw in some intrigue and purpose by introducing the Apple of Eden but it is a fairly weak plot device.
Great cast - Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling - but these talents are all wasted due to the action-driven, no-substance script. Michael Fassbender can only blame himself for appearing in such a piece of crap - he co-produced the movie.
I have played every Assassins Creed game there is, and I really don't understand other fans of the series complaining so much about the creative changes they made. First off they killed off the first main character in the 3rd game because a lot of people found him and the parts of the game outside the Animus boring. If they would have stuck to that this movie would have been boring. The core concept of Assassins Creed games is still here, and in those games there are numerous Main Characters. I myself found this new one refreshing and thought Michael Fastbender had a great performance. I think the design of this animus is cooler and makes more sense in the way that the user learns his ancestors moves because of muscle memory, in the game they just lay there but still somehow learn all their ancestors moves.
There are many fine actors in the film, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard and Jeremy Irons to name a few but the plot and dialogue in this film is so poor that they all go to waste. The protagonist, Cal, as we are first introduced to him as an adult, is a murderer and the only explanation we get for this murder is that the person he killed was a pimp. Throughout the film he in angry and violent, grabbing a woman by the neck and displaying nothing that would endear him to the audience and yet the plot is encouraging you to root for him. When he is then put in life threatening situations, there isn't any tension because we, the audience, don't like him and don't care what happens to him. This is a problem with all of the characters in this film, they are all 2 dimensional, boring characters that you can't get invested with. The strongest character, in my opinion, is Maria, an assassin played by Ariane Labed, who values her creed's cause more than her own life and completely dedicated to what she is doing but ultimately her character's arc comes to nothing.
Cinematically speaking, the film looks okay but there are far too many panning shots of an eagle flying around to show a change in scenery, which feels like a feeble attempt to link the film to the games. Also, I don't know if the film makers thought 15th Century Spain was constantly ablaze or had an abundance of smoke machines but whenever the scenes shift back to inside the Animus with Aguilar's memories, everything is covered in fog for absolutely no reason. Perhaps to hide bad graphics? Whatever the reason, it doesn't work.
In terms of the plot, it deviates so far from the original plot of the games that you would think that none of the people involved had ever played them. It misunderstands everything about: the assassins (except their motto), the apple of Eden, of which there are more than one and what it can do, the use of the Animus and the bleeding effect and generally representing the Creed as a murderous cult. Even if you judge the film purely based on it's own merit the plot is inconsistent with characters developing attachments to one another for no reason, they make decisions that are completely out of character and the film ultimately ends on an anti-climax in some misguided attempt at setting up a sequel.
Disappointingly but not surprisingly Assassins Creed proves once again that adapting a game into a film is no easy task, especially when those involved don't understand why people loved the game so dearly in the first place. Requiescat in pace Assassins Creed because this film has clearly killed any interest to adapt this franchise again.
Parts of this movie are fun, but the immersion level is lost as Cal moves in and out of the Animus. Though this is a thing in the games, it functions there are a brief respite from the intensity of the assassin sequences by letting you nudge along the present-day plot with Desmond. The notion of the clandestine capture of multiple people to find the Apple of Eden is inconsistent with the game, and the film doesn't do enough to help the viewer to understand the Apple's purpose beyond broad strokes.
The character development is also weak; why is Cal a death row inmate, of all things? There were numerous other ways of tackling the entry of Cal into the clandestine organization as opposed to what actually happened. Sophia and her father are also not utilized as well as possible, and this is truly unfortunate because these three actors are known for great performances; Michael Fassbender made Magneto, a genocidal maniac, sympathetic for crying out loud, so you must know that your writing has failed if his gravitas doesn't land. Cal is not interesting, and has positively nothing going for him. His game counterpart, Desmond, isn't much better, but Cal had the chance, in the dimension of film, to be something more, but he was not in the end.
There are some fun stunts, and a few moments of solid action, but the film doesn't commit itself well enough to be an effective piece of cinema. I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition to fall quite so flat. Monty Python is not pleased.
As a young boy Callum Lynch witnessed his father murder his mother. Now, 30 years later, he is being executed for murder. However, the execution is faked and, instead of dying, he is transported to a special facility. It turns out that he is descended from a 15th century master-assassin, Aguilar, a member of the Assassin's Brotherhood. The plan is to train him in the ways of his forefather. This will enable him to fight the arch-enemy of his forefather, the Templars. Great cast, very weak script. Plot is very basic and much of the movie consists of predictable, well-choreographed fight scenes. The writers try to throw in some intrigue and purpose by introducing the Apple of Eden but it is a fairly weak plot device.
Great cast - Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling - but these talents are all wasted due to the action-driven, no-substance script. Michael Fassbender can only blame himself for appearing in such a piece of crap - he co-produced the movie.
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