Give this movie 5 stars, not just because I'm from Tangshan

General 2022-12-23 18:39:07

The first weekend after the release of "Tangshan Earthquake", I went to the theater to watch it. The overall feeling of the movie was better than expected. If I was not from Tangshan, I would give 4 stars to this film; in reality, I am from Tangshan, so I gave 5 stars. I was born in Tangshan in 1981, and I never saw the earthquake in 1976. When the earthquake occurred, my parents were in Beijing and Shijiazhuang respectively, and luckily avoided the earthquake. My grandmother, uncle, aunt and many other relatives all died in the earthquake. The earthquake in 1976 was very big, the government reported 7. Level 8, but it is said that the actual level is more than 9. Almost every family in Tangshan suffers casualties. I think this film has several good points. First of all, on several key plot points, the expressions and dialogues of the characters are very realistic. In particular, Xu Fan's performance in several aspects - when rescuing the child during the earthquake, when deciding whether to save his son or his daughter, when discussing with his son and daughter-in-law not to leave his hometown, when sweeping the grave and facing his daughter's repentance, etc. The performance makes me feel that if a real Tangshan person in real life is put into that scene, she will say the same thing and make similar actions. When we watch movies, we often unconsciously put ourselves and the people around us on the characters in the play. I have felt that Xu Fan's heroine is very similar to my mother several times, and if my mother was in the same situation scene, she will say basically the same thing. This shows that the film has a more accurate understanding of the emotions and psychology of Tangshan people at that time, and the film produced is more realistic. The only thing that doesn't feel real is that after Xu Fan met Zhang Jingchu 32 years later, he knelt down for his daughter. This is a bit exaggerated. I feel that people in Tangshan can't do this, and people from other places can't do it. Of course, we can't be harsh on Lao Feng because of this. After all, this is a movie, not a documentary. The second good thing is the proportions of the various parts of the movie. If "Tangshan Earthquake" is made into a film that purely shows disaster like "Haeundae", then it is really Feng Xiaogang's disaster. In fact, "Tangshan Earthquake" shows the horror scene of the earthquake for a short time, and the rescue and relief after the earthquake is not long. It focuses on the impact of such a major disaster on every family - including physical, Including the psychological impact. This effect is long-term. "Tangshan Earthquake" mainly shows not the records of the disaster scene - if you want to watch the disaster scene, there are many documentaries to watch; "Tangshan Earthquake" mainly shows people's hearts, human nature and human feelings. The core main line of this film is Xu Fan's painful choice about saving his son or daughter at the earthquake scene, and the harsh criticism of his soul more than 30 years after the earthquake. In fact, there are similar stories around many Tangshan people. There were four sisters in my mother's family. When the earthquake happened, my aunt was a soldier in Beijing. My mother was the third child and went to school in Shijiazhuang, and only the second and fourth aunts were in Tangshan. I heard from my grandmother that the night before the earthquake on July 28, 1976, my grandmother's family came to a distant relative, and there were not enough beds at home to sleep so many people, so the second aunt asked the fourth aunt to sleep at the classmate's house. As a result, there was an earthquake at night, the house of the fourth aunt's classmate was crushed, and the fourth aunt and her classmate were crushed to death. And the relatives who slept in the original fourth aunt's bed were safe and sound. Chill. Up to now, my grandmother and second aunt always mentioned this matter when they had dinner parties at home during the New Years and festivals. Can't die. Decades have passed, but this kind of thing is still a knot in my heart, and I can't easily let it go, let alone forget it. This is very similar to Xu Fan who chose to save his son and gave up his daughter when he was shocked, but couldn't let go of his daughter for more than 30 years after the earthquake. Last but not least, the film's slogan "relatives are always relatives", which is also in line with the moral standards of northern Chinese people, especially Tangshan people. After 20 years of reconstruction after the earthquake, Tangshan has become a fairly good second-tier city. The economy is dominated by heavy industries such as steel, coal, heavy machinery, metallurgy, and ceramic manufacturing. Finance and trade are not well developed, and the overall business atmosphere is not strong. Perhaps it is precisely because the business atmosphere is not so strong that Tangshan people still attach great importance to the more traditional moral standards such as family affection and affection, which is very different from the Shanghai where I live now. "Tangshan Earthquake" shows the perseverance and persistence in family affection and affection, both in the past and now, which are what many Tangshan people value the most and strive to do the most. In the end, I feel that Xu Fan and Chen Daoming performed wonderfully - especially Xu Fan, who imitated both his tone and demeanor very much like a native Tangshan native, and his acting skills were also good. Li Chen also performed well; Zhang Jingchu and Lu Yi were average. Also do the best. In the end, I felt that Xu Fan and Chen Daoming performed wonderfully - especially Xu Fan, who imitated both his tone and demeanor very much like a native of Tangshan, and his acting skills were also good. Li Chen also performed well; Zhang Jingchu and Lu Yi were average. Also do the best. In the end, I feel that Xu Fan and Chen Daoming performed wonderfully - especially Xu Fan, who imitated both his tone and demeanor very much like a native Tangshan native, and his acting skills were also good. Li Chen also performed well; Zhang Jingchu and Lu Yi were average.

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  • Dong Guilan: [displeased, very quietly] What a disgrace.

    Wang Deqing: Are you talking about me? What have I done?

    Dong Guilan: The child is already grown up. Look at what you're wearing.

    Wang Deqing: [glances at his casual T-shirt and shorts] Huh, I'm at home. Should I be dressed like a king? Can't I even enter my own child's room?

  • Dong Guilan: The two of you are the ones I care most about in my life. But you both... never wanted to be with me.