"Sea of Spies" has many similarities with the previous "Dongfengyu": both are based on the protagonist's diligent effort to uncover the truth of the unfortunate murder of a friend on the same front, and in the plot, the truth is long overdue. The shelf life has expired - and it's the same truth. "East Wind and Rain" focuses on the perspective of the Chinese people. Due to Liu Yunlong's strong desire for expression and deliberate pursuit of the film's literary and artistic temperament, the final patriotism and character emotions of the film are as vain and plain as a castle in the air. After all, "Sea of Spies" is a proficient job with Hollywood as the main body behind the scenes. It is much more sophisticated in overall quality than "Dongfengyu", and the logic of the story is also thoughtful. Only the title is inserted into the middle and back of the film. As far as the preview scene before the climax is concerned, they have a slightly better way of playing with the audience's psychology - although this is due to the proficiency of commercial operations. More visually aggressive than the former is the multi-national army-style cast of actors in the film: Gong Li from the mainland, Chow Yun-fat from Hong Kong, Rinko Kikuchi and Ken Watanabe from Japan, Franka Potente from Germany, and John Cusa from the United States. Ke and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who resembles Javier Bardem, may not all rank first in their own country, but their overall acting ability is obviously higher than that of "Dongfengyu", plus the Swedish director who has been assimilated by Hollywood. Mikael Haverstrom, the card played by the Weinstein brothers, is starkly proclaiming that Hollywood belongs to the world.
In view of the fact that the narration of John Cusack completes the connection of the plot for most of the film, the doubts and suspense scattered throughout the film can be organically connected by this clue character, and the director also completed a more reasonable narrative on the film. process. It's just that this slightly mechanical plot combination in the film does not have a similar emotional release at the climax of the emotional impact at the end of the film. The most inexplicable but most convincing among the characters' emotions is the couple played by Chow Yun-fat and Gong Li. The emotions between the other characters are no different from the marionettes in my opinion. It stands to reason that there are enough demonstration textbooks to interpret the classics of love in the war-torn years. It is not difficult to shock the audience's tear ducts or shock the psychology of the audience. with pale. The reason is very simple: a creative team without historical precipitation performed a secret intelligence battle of a foreigner in the international metropolis of Shanghai, and repeatedly used straightforward lines to explain that something in a certain country has nothing to do with him, and he cares more about it. It's just that the cause of death of a friend and the secret relationship of a girl whose life and death are unknown, directly announced the decorative role of the great cause of the family and country. Under such a premise, no matter how thrilling the story is, it can only be a melodrama entangled in personal behavior, and the complexities of the old society and the world war can only be artificially set and cannot be integrated with the theme of the film in the sensibility category. Gong Li, the most eye-catching performer in the whole film, did have a scene where he assassinated a Japanese devil. I thought that scene more reflected the deep love between her and her husband, who was a local snake. The anti-Japanese elements were just an accessory that was easily forgotten. It's just; according to the logic of the war years, the details of Da Zuo Tanaka letting go of the two protagonists are completely inconsistent with the policy of the invaders Sanguang. This humanized Japanese officer finally reciprocated the behavior of releasing life more embodies From this point of view, the war element is also a prop to serve emotions. Without the addition of common elements such as turmoil and clutch in the turbulent era, how can people be moved by the so-called situation? Even though they tried their best to be emotional, using rain scenes (suspected to refer to the gunfight in the rain on the road of destruction), night scenes (the chaos when boarding the ship and the possible separation of life and death is not new), the practice of always deliberately focusing on the psychology of the characters in the composition of the picture was as early as the same director. "1408" is already extremely skilled. . . . . . Waiting for these, apart from possibly making onlookers embarrassed, can't give people a deeper feeling, let alone experience the atmosphere of the title. Also simple.
I watched it on Toutou Cinema, and I recommend everyone to watch it. Above, I think the box office value of a film depends to a large extent on your freshness and attention to the film's cast and crew. Maybe you are not a fan of Franca Potente, but you have been infatuated with Fago for many years. There is only one reason why you can enter the theater without hesitation. There are many characters in the whole film, and the level of the characters is obviously limited in space. Except for Gong Li, who is still eye-catching, John Cusack has always been handsome, and Brother Fa is only reminiscent of Brother Pony in a few scenes, let alone expect other people to contribute outstandingly. of acting. Maybe the gossip of actors of different nationalities is far greater than the aesthetic needs of the film. When you suddenly realize that An Zhijie has played a role in the film, then most of the talk about this film, I am afraid people are more willing to stay at the level of fun. As for the rhetoric that hit the Oscars, I think let it go, because even if the emotional elements and mature suspense design are wrapped in "Spy on the Sea", the so-called love tone in the film is really superficial, even if it can temporarily bluff To live with the audience, this film will never become the favorite of the academic school.
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