The substantive viewing experience proves that most foreign media's evaluations are pertinent. The 120-frame technology does have obvious changes in visual effects - although the whole film is 3D, the overall brightness is not compromised at all, there is no feeling that the film is dark when watching 3D movies; the color saturation and contrast are very high , I feel that the whole film is more vivid; the most important thing is that the sharpness is greatly increased, and when the close-up is close, every hair of the actor can be seen clearly. These visual changes should be challenging for directors and actors alike. For the director, how to make the technology serve the plot is an important issue. For the actor, such clarity exposes every expression and every flaw on the actor's face to the relentless scrutiny of the camera. Actors' acting skills and appearance have put forward higher requirements.
One of the criticisms of this film by many foreign media is that although the shooting technology is innovative, the shooting method is still traditional, using a lot of scenes with blurred background and extremely clear foreground to make people play. When I watched the movie myself, I didn't feel that the problem of background blur was so serious; at the beginning of the movie, I felt a little uncomfortable with the high-definition 3D. But after seeing the habit, this point is not particularly troublesome. Personally, I think the biggest disadvantage of 120 frames is that although it makes 3D more three-dimensional and the picture is clearer, it does not make people feel more immersive. Part of this is because the film did not try to create such an immersive feeling most of the time. There are many close-ups and close-ups of the actors' facial expressions, where can there be a sense of immersion in the scene; One part of the film is shot from a first-person perspective in the car, and the other part is an indoor scene shot from a first-person perspective. It can be clearly felt that the intention of these two parts is to show the potential of 120 frames, but this kind of display is too violent. In my opinion, the effect is still greatly reduced, and even the war scenes have not been "more realistic". The picture that feels overly clear has the opposite effect, making the film more "fake".
While it can be expected that much of the discussion about the film will focus on the technology, the film's biggest problem is the story. Ang Lee's films are good at dealing with delicate emotions, but the emotion in this film always feels lacking. The film mainly tells the story of Billy Lynn, who was honored for his heroic performance in the war and returned to the United States to participate in a halftime performance of a football game. , the contrast between the two is an important theme of the film - the birth and death of soldiers thousands of miles away in the United States has become a tool for everyone's entertainment, everyone from all walks of life shouted patriotic slogans, but no one Like these soldiers, I truly understand the meaning of war. As an audience, you can see the irony in it and feel the trauma caused by the war to the male protagonist. I almost chose a few symbolic passages to express the deep brother-sister relationship and the deep friendship in arms. This almost careless handling makes the film slightly lacking emotional impact from beginning to end. Friends who have not seen this film can put it in moderation. Low expectations.
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