But this does not mean that the film is perfect. Compared with the original Korean version, the Chinese mainland version has deleted the 19-minute passages. I don’t know the specifics. However, from the results of the theater screenings, it seems that it does not have much impact on the overall structure and meaning of the film. The movie, from the beginning to the end of the subtitles introducing the background of the war, is full of tight-tempo music and the tense faces of the characters. Before and on October 26, 1597, when the rain is about to come, it surrounds the famous anti-invasion general Li The confrontation between the Korean Li Dynasty represented by Sunshin and the invading Japanese army. The film describes in detail the battle between the two armies and the entire process of the two sides’ business strategies. The level of detail is not high. The atmosphere, without ups and downs, always hits the hearts of the audience, and it will inevitably make people slack. Of course, as a famous general in the history of the Korean peninsula, Yi Sun-sin naturally played a pivotal role in the film as the protagonist. This was reinforced by Choi Minzhi’s another perfect performance, but the film also shaped the generals and their surroundings around him. Internal struggles, but these are just a little bit overwhelming, and one or two scenes will be over. It is meant to show that these people exist, but not to the extent that they have a critical impact on the plot structure. Even the other "One Piece" who is worthy of becoming the "two heroes" in the film, the "One Piece" (Riu Chenglong) plays the role of Toshiro (Riu Chenglong). He also has a cold skin and does not have any strategy or personality that can be supported. This is important. The appearances and endings of the characters are very sloppy, which also makes "Mingliang Sea Battle" lack a kind of calm and leisurely first arrangement outside of the exciting war scenes. Here is the strategy section commonly used in war films. The film is reduced to a display.
However, this does not actually affect the overall expression of the film. Just like Yi Sun-sin’s determination to "turn fear into strength" in order to use the outnumbered enemies in the film, the film does not hesitate to show how the North Korean army faces dozens of times more One’s own powerful enemy is determined to make a desperate impact. Of course, Yi Sun-sin’s pre-calculated dominant strategies including the flow of water and the ebb and flow of the enemy’s mentality, etc., but as mentioned above, these passages that are sufficient to determine the success or failure have not become the film’s The subject, or to take a step back, the key plot. In addition to a brief strategy, the film is more about showing a kind of majesty of burning jade and stone through morale like a rainbow. It seems that it is not a meticulous plan but the determination to die together to make the balance of this amazing battle fall to the North Korean side. This kind of aura overshadows everything (it is the sensational point that Jun-Young’s dumb wife wields her clothes struggling to face her dying husband on the enemy ship), which precisely reflects the over-strength stance of Korean movies in recent years. The difference is that, Most other films use this kind of emotional incitement to anger against society, but "Mingliang Sea Battle" has successfully shifted the focus, putting the emotions invested by the audience on the invaders 400 years ago, and thus Established confirmation of the character of contemporary Yi Sun-sin.
Regarding the Mingliang Sea Battle itself, all parties have different opinions. For example, the Japanese side does not even recognize the existence of this North Korean victory. There are also opinions that Yi Sun-sin defeated only the Japanese forward troops, and when the enemy's main force arrived, Li has led his troops to withdraw northward, so it does not constitute a true naval victory. As a movie viewer, you don’t need to be responsible for the right and wrong of history. It’s the criterion of box office success whether you are infected and inspired when watching the reproduced images of this exhilarating naval battle. In reality, even if the story and the characters are very thin (Mainland China) The impression of the version is like this), which does not affect the audience's overall recognition of the film. The appearance of the main theme of South Korea should be taken as a model, and it is successful in terms of ideology or business model. It is meaningless to discuss the influence of Yi Sun-sin or the turtle ship as a national totem promoted by South Korea on the film here, because even without these, the myth of "Ningliang Sea Battle" can still apply the model to other films. I believe that Everyone who has watched "The Gift in Room Seven" or "The Furnace" knows it all.
"Beijing Youth Daily" 2014.12.19
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