法外之王

隔了一段时间了，我一直记着里面女主的一句话，大致是说：

权力就是做出决定，然后别人跟着你的旗帜不啦不啦。

其实我想了半天，我还是觉得说的不对，其实按知乎某答案的说法，权力确实是做出决定，但是能够干涉别人的意志和自由，原则上别人还不得不做。也可以说是直接 替 被你用 “什么方法” 控制的人 做决定。

所以说权力就是控制别人，并且具体下去就是可以替别人做决定，别人还不得不执行的能力或者实力

一个人拥有权力，就是说这个人拥有控制别人的实力。

一个人权力很大，就是说这个人控制的人和面很广。

公权，也就是以公共事务为本，能够控制和干涉公民各人意志的力量。

所以说不听指挥的人，权力一定要让其付出代价，因为你在这些问题上是没有自由意志的，既是让你回归控制，也是杀鸡儆猴控制别人。

而付出代价的极端情况，其实也反应了权力最基础的 “方法” 或者工具，暴力。这个大家都有自身案例就不展开了，小到打屁股，大到开车压人。

具体其他的控制别人的方法就五花八门了，我也一下子想不全了，以后再补吧。

就因为这部电影的这句话，买了一本君主论看看，不过那本书和这个主题好像也不是那么相关，看后再说吧。

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再唠一句电影，要是吧男女赤身肉搏的时间拿来深化一下男主的意志形成以及心路历程就好了，可惜了

除了不列颠天然的美景，全片毫无看点，派恩蹩脚的口音演苏格兰王？既没有演出贵族的贵气也演不出起义的英雄气概，开场8分钟的长镜头是炫技？从帐篷到帐篷，8分钟的长镜头就交代了本来一小段OS就能做到的事？布鲁斯要反抗，也没感染到观众，王后被迫退婚本来应该可以拍出情绪，平平淡淡就过去了，全片居然没几个特写镜头。。。。导演和演员都好像驾驭不了这种史诗剧，还不如上一个小成本制作《赴汤蹈火》

这个故事是紧接着威廉.华莱士《勇敢的心》之后的，电影比梅尔.吉布森那部更贴近史实。罗伯特.布鲁斯，率军抵抗英格兰，一路败退，最惨的时候只有40人追随，妻子被抓到英格兰囚禁。在看到蜘蛛修补残破的网后得到启发，开始打游击战，突袭战，把英国人占领的城堡烧毁，开始不断得到苏格兰民众的支持，1307年在华莱士曾经击败过英国人的劳登丘，以不到600人，还有打赤脚农民的绝对弱势下击溃3000英格兰骑兵，此役为苏格兰反抗英军的转折一战，7年后罗伯特.布鲁斯以不到1万人，依旧有打赤脚农民的部队对抗1.7万英军，英军伤亡9000人，再也无力入侵苏格兰。最戏剧性的是300年后，罗伯特的后裔成为英国国王，成了英格兰和苏格兰的国王。这部电影几乎就是历史重现，劳登丘之战残酷真实，看的血脉喷张，喜欢历史的可以好好一看，还有罗伯特的妻子伊丽莎白皇后对他的忠贞也是可圈可点，始终没有背叛自己的丈夫。

一直追权力的游戏，比较喜欢这类的片子，这部片子虽然比较短，但故事叙述清楚，人物设定饱满，服装道路精细，符合时代特征与历史实际，血腥的杀戮场面，生与死只在一念间，纵然世道如此，仍有人保留一颗衷心与尊严，为了朋友甘愿受死，为了家族荣誉可以委曲求全英勇作战，那是一个崇尚荣誉的时代，没有要挟，没有胁迫，胜败只取决于生死对决，没有太多阴谋狡诈，有权力的游戏的风格，甚是喜欢。片里有彩蛋，少儿不宜，不过也很好的反映了当时的风土人情。值得观看。

“Outlaw King” is a historical drama about the journey of the legendary king of Scotland, Robert the Bruce. Robert, facing the British, one of the strongest armies in Europe, who had already defeated the Scots before, needs not only to find a way to victory but also to be a leader for a discouraged and restless nation. The film is directed by David Mackenzie, who was praised for his 2016 Western crime drama “Hell Or High Water,” my favorite film of that year. For that reason, I was looking forward to “Outlaw King,” Mackenzie and Pine’s second collaboration.

As a historical drama, the film did a solid job of putting the audience in the context of medieval England. From depictions of daily life to an elaborate wedding ceremony, the film more than meets Hollywood’s standards. The whole film was shot in England and Scotland, which lent even more authenticity to the battle scenes.

Unfortunately, the film is disappointing on almost every other level. The pacing is inconsistent, to say the least. The story starts with Robert the Bruce and his family submitting to King Edward I of England after a failed first Scottish revolution. Instead of taking its time to build up the characters, the film’s first 25 minutes rush the process through which Robert is crowned by the Roman Catholic Church as the new King of Scotland. Any part of that time could have been expanded to show his struggle leading the revolution when his allies failed him and his family left him. Instead, I found myself half an hour into the movie with nothing but a dozen characters, who had neither background nor personality to care about.

The film drags through a series of defeats, which force Robert into guerrilla-style warfare and scorched-earth policy. Once again, those are moments that could have been used to show Robert’s military genius or determination to destroy everything in order to restore his nation. Instead, it is briefly explained in a rushed precursor to the last battle. While the Battle of Bannockburn is the most enjoyable moment of the movie, I cannot help but remember the famous battle scene in “Braveheart” and notice how similar those two are. Even if that is exactly what happened in history, it is astonishingly uncreative for the director to film a battle scene in the same way it was done 20 years ago. Not coming up with a different way to present the battle shows the lack of creativity in this film.

While the minor characters are hustled over with no significance, the main characters are also poorly established. Elizabeth de Burgh, the female lead played by Florence Pugh, is introduced as a stranger who is not particularly comfortable with her identity as Robert’s second wife and as an outsider. However, with almost no transition, the struggle is over. Romance emerges between the two characters and Robert somehow gains her absolute loyalty despite her background as a member of a noble family that allied with Edward I. For the rest of the movie, her character does practically nothing other than escape and be imprisoned. Once again, one can argue that it is what happened in history, but that does not justify the blandness of the character.

Speaking of the performances: The acting in this film does nothing to redeem the troublesome story. In the past, I enjoyed the director’s skill at building up characters through actions instead of dialogues. Chris Pine also has shown that he can deliver a variety of different characters when given good material to work with. Unfortunately, at least in this movie, he is not able to elevate his character from the generic script. Except when the script demands shouting, Chris Pine has the exact same tone and facial expression throughout the whole movie. Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s performance as James Douglas, Robert’s second hand, is somewhat more interesting. His furious fighting style and wild facial expressions make him a demon on the battlefield. However, that is also his character’s only memorable trait. Prince Edward, played by Billy Howle, is just another plain sadistic villain who acts like an over-the-top lunatic whenever he’s onscreen.

Robert the Bruce is still an interesting character for his lifelong struggle between being a successful ruler and a faithful Christian, despite the fact that there is already a successful film about the Wars of Scottish Independence made twenty years ago, However, “Outlaw King” skims over the struggles that Robert encountered and barely touches on his motivation to pursue his mission. At the end, the cavalry is destroyed by the Scottish and the grand battle against the English is won, but I find myself sitting in my seat, unmoved and unable to find a character I can empathize with, wondering if it’s a bad idea to walk back to campus when it’s 30 degrees outside.

这个故事讲了：1304年的英国苏格兰几个贵族争国王头衔，不料英格兰的国王爱德华一世早就觊觎这里了，利用他们打乱仗的功夫占领了苏格兰。这下惹恼了苏格兰的贵族罗伯特·布鲁斯。他以“王侯将相宁有种乎”的豪气，自立为王。带领苏格兰人民，以少胜多，多次打败英军。终于使苏格兰获得了独立，建立了自己的国家。罗伯特·布鲁斯也被苏格兰人民尊敬的称为民族英雄的故事。

影片忠实的描述了那段历史。很少编造戏剧性场面。影片最出彩的地方，我感觉是对场景的拍摄。在沼泽地中的作战之后，人们满脸血污和泥浆，非常真实，让人深入画面。