First of all, this is not a Hollywood-style movie, although it has the shell of a Hollywood-style movie. Its soul is anti-Hollywood heroism. The protagonists are all useless, shrinking little people, and in the end they did not go through hardships and dangers to achieve a happy ending.
Second, its stunts are well done. Although there is still a gap compared with the United States, it is definitely more than 10 years ahead of China. Even excluding the special effects, it's still not the kind of film a Chinese director can make. In fact, the stunt is just an embellishment in the film. The monster is not the focus of the film at all. If you take it away, we will still see a wonderful story, and we will still see an ordinary family struggling to survive in society. To the appearance of all beings in the face of crisis.
Again, a director's own style is hard to suppress. Black humor runs through the whole film, and there are also some ironic jokes interspersed. This should be due to the style of director Feng Junhao, just like Feng Xiaogang's pompous words and Zhang Yimou's large-scale group gymnastics. But the humour and gags add to the film, making it richer and more intriguing.
In the end, Korean movies still feel intimate because the habits of mind are very similar. It seems that the hope of Asian films still has to be pinned on South Korea.
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