London Has Fallen - The City Plays

Westley 2022-04-19 09:01:51

After three years, is the White House repaired with bullet holes the same as before? Has the bombed Vietnam Veterans Memorial been repaired?
If you don't understand what I'm talking about, watch another movie "The White House Falls".
The same president, the same Mike Banning, where they are, there is a fall.
A "White House Has Fallen" has a South Korean Prime Minister and abused a vote of important US government officials. This time, the director of "London Has Fallen" played even more. The heads of states of Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and Canada were unfortunately shot, Buckingham Palace, Sao Paulo London landmarks such as the Cathedral and Chelsea Bridge fell apart.
I just want to say that the city will play.
"London Has Fallen" is a 99-minute film with a compact plot and basically no urine spots.
Landmarks were destroyed, the president was killed, and then there was a hail of bullets, all kinds of speeding gunfights, headshots and blood sprays.
Overall, the movie viewing experience is not bad. The tense rhythm makes me have no time to consider logic. My eyes are full of swords and lightsabers, the fire from bullets rubbing against the air, the crisp gunshots and the booming explosions.
In addition to the assassination of the villain family by the United States, a bomb fell and exploded in an instant, and the whole building turned into dust. As a result, except for a sister who seemed to be "harmless", all the men in the family survived.
Voice-over: You killed the daughter of a terrorist and they didn't seek revenge from you.
And the British government, how did you unknowingly let so many terrorists infiltrate the police force? After the attack, the whole government team sat in front of the big screen, watching how the American people saved the United States on their own turf President. Since this is an American movie, I especially want to ask, do you know that Britain, a good friend of your own country, knows that?
And I want to ask, is it that the villains all over the world will turn into speech emperors before killing people, and they will never drop the knife unless they are rescued. I used to think that only our Great Celestial Dynasty was like this, but now it seems that it is really "one villain in the same world".
After compliments and complaints, let's talk about other things.
Did the viewers who watched "The White House Has Fallen" remember a scene where after the White House was occupied by terrorists, they deliberately lowered the American flag and threw it to the ground? I think this scene particularly tested the psychological endurance of American audiences. In my impression, the scenes of the anti-Japanese drama are that no matter how tragic the war is, there must be a scene where the five-star red flag stands still.
When we watch the fall of the White House, the fall of London, and the collapse of various landmarks, do we feel a sense of pleasure first and then a sense of urgency?
However, if one day a film of Beijing has fallen and various landmarks in Tiananmen Square are destroyed, let alone whether it can pass the review of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (nonsense, it must not pass), can the audience's psychology be able to bear it?
Oh my god, can't imagine it right.
From time to time, American TV dramas ridicule and even satirize the government and the president, and they are often pushed to the forefront in the movies.
In our country, unless a series of patriotic historical movies and TV series are filmed, it will never involve the government, let alone ridicule state officials.
Why?
To put it simply, first of all, different systems cannot pass the audit. China's film censorship system is quite strict. There are regulations in the film declaration: if the main characters and plots of the film involve diplomatic, ethnic, religious, military, public security, judicial, historical and cultural celebrities, etc., the film literature script must be provided in three copies. It is necessary to issue a written opinion of the provincial or central and national authorities agreeing to the filming, and if it involves historical and cultural celebrities, it is also necessary to issue a written opinion of the person or relatives agreeing to the filming.
When it comes to political issues, this problem is complicated, right? It’s hard to grasp the scale. Even if it is filmed, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television will not let you pass the trial, so domestic directors don’t want to touch this kind of subject matter.
Second, the cultural background dictates. In ancient my country, there was a very unique phenomenon called "avoidance". Confucian culture advocated "taboo for the venerable, taboo for the relatives, and taboo for the sage". When speaking, naming, and writing articles, you cannot directly mention the emperor or the elders. name. Of course, in modern society, we no longer need to "sneer". The common people can talk about politics and call the head of state by name, but in public places and public works, few people will directly ridicule the party and government, respect the venerable, respect the elders I think this is inseparable from our traditional Confucian cultural background.
Third, public acceptance. Under the influence of the system and culture, all the movies and TV series that we have watched since childhood appeared with a glorious image, and I think this image has become a kind of inertia. If you really make a film similar to the fall of the White House and the fall of London, and make up your mind about the abuse of state officials, the hail of bullets in Zhongnan overseas, and the bombing of the Great Wall in minutes, can the audience really accept it? I think it should take some buffer time. .
Of course, everyone, please rest assured, director Babak Nagafi has said in an interview that he will never blow up the Great Wall.
Phoenix Entertainment reporter: If this series came to China, what method would you choose to shoot? Did you blow up the Great Wall?
Babak Nagafi: Absolutely not, (the Wall) is so beautiful and so historic, I definitely wouldn't blow it up. In contrast, London does not have that long history. If I go to China, I should make a musical, which will be more interesting (laughs).
It seems that Babak still understands China's national conditions very well.

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London Has Fallen quotes

  • Aamir Barkawi: You think this war, this war that you started, you think it's over? I'll dedicate my life to your death. This war will not end.

    VP Trumbull: Maybe you should look out your window.

  • Kamran Barkawi: [about a drone strike] I held my sister in my arms as she died in my arms. We all have our monsters, Mr. President.