Set to broadcast in two one-hour films, this family treat is inspired by the classic books of Barbara Euphan Todd and is pegged to be the TV event of the season. Mackenzie Crook has taken Scatterbrook farm and the infamous characters of this well-loved tale and injected them with a tender and authentic charm. This is the perfect family adventure, packed with a fun, mischievous spirit and delivered with an environmental message.
Mackenzie Crook, (Pirates Of The Caribbean, Detectorists) who has written, directed and stars as Worzel Gummidge, has gathered a host of both accomplished and brilliant actors who are set to appear in this eagerly anticipated adaptation.
Playing The Green Man, creator of the scarecrows, who arrives to Scatterbrook in episode two, is comedy legend Sir Michael Palin. He says: “It’s a lovely part for me, but the whole script is very memorable and touching, and very funny too. It quite skillfully weaves in something for everybody all the time.”
Zoë Wanamaker (My Family, Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone) will play the eccentric local aristocrat, Lady Bloomsbury Barton in episode two. She says: “The whole thing is so charming and inventive. It’s the sort of thing I’d watch. I’m sure it will be a huge success. I know it will - it’s divine.”
Vicki Pepperdine (Getting On, The Windsors) takes on the role of the formidable Aunt Sally in episode one. She says: “There’s something for everybody. It’s got this heart to it, and you’d be hard pushed as an adult not to engage with it.”
Steve Pemberton (League Of Gentleman, Benidorm) will play Mr Braithwaite, the farmer. He says: “This is the kind of show the whole family can enjoy together. It has a lot of humour, a lot of visual humour too, and I think kids will enjoy watching the children being central to the story.”
Rosie Cavaliero (Gentleman Jack, Cleaning Up) will play Mrs Braithwaite, she added: “It’s a story about the imagination, and children escaping into this different world. Mackenzie’s version is totally contemporary.”
Ones to watch India Brown (Hetty Feather) and Thierry Wickens (making his TV debut) will play Susan and John, two city children spending their summer at Scatterbrook farm who quickly befriend Worzel and begin a summer of adventures.
The first episode, The Scarecrow Of Scatterbrook, sees two young strangers arrive in the village of Scatterbrook. It’s not long before Susan and John encounter Worzel Gummidge, the Scarecrow of Ten Acre Field. Their world is sent spinning into confusion when they realise Gummidge comes to life. The only person more shocked is Worzel, when he discovers that the children are not in fact fellow scarecrows but humans.
Their worlds should never commune but fate has conspired to create an extraordinary union. The seasons have stopped and the harvest hasn’t arrived. The rhythm of the natural world is out of kilter and this unlikely trio must try to put it right. Magic, mystery and mayhem unfurl.
The second episode, The Green Man, welcomes another mysterious arrival to Scatterbrook. The Green Man is the creator of scarecrows and keeper of scarecrow lore. He isn’t at all happy that Worzel is consorting with humans. Elsewhere, local aristocrat Lady Bloomsbury Barton is holding a fete, with a Scarecrow competition that Worzel is determined to win. What will The Green Man and Worzel's most competitive rival, Soggy Bogart make of it all?
Worzel Gummidge is written and directed by Mackenzie Crook and is a Leopard Pictures, Treasure Trove Productions and Lola Entertainment production for BBC One. It is Executive Produced by Kristian Smith for Leopard Pictures, Lisa Thomas for Lola Entertainment, Mackenzie Crook for Treasure Trove Productions, with rights holders Patrick D. Pidgeon and Eric S. Rollman executive producers for Pidgeon Entertainment, Inc. It is produced by Georgie Fallon and Alex Moody is the Commissioning Editor for the BBC.
Further casting:
Francesca Mills - Earthy Mangold
Tim Plester - Clarty
Colin Michael Carmichael - Soggy Bogart
Andrew James Spooner - Flat Alistair
Phil Hulford - Hannah Harrow
Tom Meeten - HMS Odney
Christopher-Robert Barlow - Rag Bag
Kiran Shah - Chopper and Root Bound
Charlie Mayhew - Rustle Sprouter
Lucy Montgomery - Jackie Pudding
Gus Brown - Oswald Pollypop
Malik Ibheis - Trike
Ben Langley - Driver
Mariam Haque - Receptionist
全片都充满了一种“老子也不想拍但是华纳说谁拍都是拍那与其让别人毁了招牌还不如让我自己来”的自暴自弃感，台词里零零散散的到处都是拉娜沃卓斯基对华纳比的中指，要是预算没这么高的话说不定能剑走偏锋地成为B级邪典经典，而且动作戏真的混乱又难看……那为什么还要看呢？当然是为了尼奥和崔尼蒂的重聚啊TT^TT！
已经完整的故事，加这么一出真的是被枪指着硬憋出来的。一开始还算个同人花絮加吐槽，然后就是把第一集剧情重演一遍，剩下一半纯为爱痴狂。格局比前三部小到不知哪里去了，动作场面也难看得不行。算我粉丝给面子吧，求别再搞了。
6/10，看完并没有那么差，不过你要挑优点也挑不出来，很多沃斯基导演的黑客帝国老粉丝通过第四部电影台词里面调侃华纳的话给沃斯基甩锅，在我看来剧本烂的锅甩不到华纳头上。
后半部分急转直下，立意low到爆，沦为一部劣质的爆米花片
quote“整部电影就和基努里维斯的状态一样疲惫” 自我吐槽还挺有意思 不过看下来就感觉像个粉丝玩梗大电影 我全程WTF?? 2022/1/16@星轶with C
女性觉醒，摆脱家庭，奔向自由，从之前的辅助变成C位，结尾调性跟三部曲太不契合了，把晦涩难懂的那些都删掉了，动机变得通俗简单，整体爆米花大片化。尼奥的造型跟赛博朋克2077的银手一样，加颗星
镜头是真漂亮，剧情也是真拉跨。在元宇宙元年，根本分不清matrix和metaviual谁抄谁
太難看了，堅持了一個小時實在扛不住出來了，整部影片無時無刻都在提醒觀衆：朋友，我們之前的三部曲很優秀。
机器与人的颠倒，科技与人的颠倒，人工智能与人的颠倒，生活与自由意志的颠倒，指向人的彻底解放，还指出了阶段化成果：竟然有认同人类价值的人工智能，不错的成绩，还搞出来了和平、人道路线，怎么看都是隐喻。
真的就是导演带着Matrix和sense8做团建的项目！
quote“整部电影就和基努里维斯的状态一样疲惫” 自我吐槽还挺有意思 不过看下来就感觉像个粉丝玩梗大电影 我全程WTF?? 2022/1/16@星轶with C
平庸得叫人乏味。整部电影能看得出来，拍得很努力，在努力憋一个续作出来。越来越怀疑基努里维斯最近这些全都是续作的电影，是不是都是狗尾续貂式赚钱而已。||该说不说，我是不会有什么“déjà vu”的情怀感，毕竟我本就对《黑客帝国》三部曲和基努里维斯毫无感觉。‖我居然给了这电影三星。越想越觉得烂……绝了……
后半部分急转直下，立意low到爆，沦为一部劣质的爆米花片
情感上的我觉得啊啊好怀旧好宠粉好多台词梗场景梗人物设定梗！甚至官方都来吐槽自己的梗！neo和tiffany（误）从母体出场到IO出场也让人好感动嘤嘤嘤。理性上我觉得机器有了意识想要帮助人类、人类想要被控制而不是自由、追求田园牧歌但无关心灵解放（所以哪里不解放也说说啊），这些全沦为台词带过，属于“我说是就是”的背景设定，没有深入探讨。有点可惜。
观影过程中关注的重点是：史密斯特工穿的竟然是七分西装裤，果然时代不同了，很难想象雨果维文穿上的效果，以及最大惊喜莫过于导演暗搓搓叫了超感猎杀的卡司!!!就挺没必要重启的，中年爱情故事已经在小敏家看麻了…
2.5。在《矩阵重启》里，基努·里维斯饰演的不是尼奥，不是约翰，也不是强尼银手——更像是基努·里维斯本人参加了一个《黑客帝国》纪念真人秀。ps：如果更喜剧一点我还能当SNL看。
可以看，动作戏比较拉，但又没办法不有，美术设计像是复原了80年代的街头审美，又土又旧，布光生硬，整体缺乏电影感。但是内核依然很科幻，机械进化出了亲人派、程序进化出了现实世界的存在、史密斯解决了“我是谁我要干嘛”的问题，已经有了相当的独立意志，另一个救世主的出现也是突破，这跟女性不女性没多大关系，就是说the one不是only one，大家都在进化中，这几个机体已经复杂到超乎想象不为任何个体所控制。IO迎来和平，于是出现了政治问题，leader过过苦日子，宁愿受点委屈维持平衡，但年轻一代不安现状，有人逃避现实的苦难进入程序，有人要争取更多的权益。这些关系和思考都是有趣的，只是表现得非常不好，好在影片从头到尾在自嘲。有了好的基础但在不适合的时间匆忙上马的项目，非常可惜。如果需要人类发电，最经济
不明觉厉，只为凯莉-安·摩斯风采依旧，老尼奥学会八极拳了。
新特工史密斯缺乏了雨果·维文的那股桀骜冷酷的劲儿，新墨菲斯则显得有点奶油，龟派气功之万佛朝宗必然战无不胜，片尾的追车杀桥段神似《釜山行2》，“沃卓斯基姐妹”果然是拍了一部女性崛起、自由意志的政治正确电影----为爱发电，和谐共存（尼奥和崔妮蒂被系统复活的缘由亦是类似于《红色警戒》中的核电站）。其实影片最大的特点莫过于情怀杀满满。彩蛋则是吐槽人类电影已死， 短视频很有搞头，电影工业化，搞钱要速度，导演不妥协的官方揶揄活久见。事实上，《矩阵重启》不若称作《电池人的崛起》更贴切（本作实际上亦是基于第一部的框架之上）。吞下这颗通往“元宇宙”的蓝色药丸，大家一起来发梦吧，韭菜板载。“并不是所有人都寻求控制，就像不是所有人都希望自由一样。”
Time to fly与Deja vu 原本抱着翻车的期望去看的 结果确实不是前作故事的简单拼凑 不可否认世界观的设定和画面效果确实更贴近当下所需 但是也仅限于情怀的外延而已了
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