I read too many good reviews before I went, so I felt a little bit: "In fact, it’s not that good!"
In my opinion, the ones that
have no traces and can not be learned are gods; there are traces, but they can be learned and analyzed. It's a masterpiece.
"October Siege" is the latter.
Chen Guofu told me that a movie is a Spanish hotel. There is no food,
only a lunch box. The meaning of the movie depends on what you eat.
Watching "October Besieged City", I didn't see the great words and history of democracy, family and country
.
As far as the play is concerned, "October Siege" is a delicate and complicated one.
There are many characters, and there are naturally many clues, just like there are many pearls, which need to be cleverly woven on several threads.
So in the story there are a few people who pierce the needle. The first half of the story is about Li Yutang, and the
second half is for protection. This character is replaced by Chen Shaobai.
There are two characters who are consistent, one is the driver who pulls the cart, the
upper half is with Li Yutang, and the lower half is with Chen Shaobai. This character is Ah Si.
There is also Shen Chongyang. In order to make this huge star's role full, he was given different tasks. The
first part was to follow the whistleblower, and the second half was to protect Li Yutang.
With two people who pierce the needle, although their role is not very important,
because they are the main line, the audience will never be chaotic when watching the play.
Their actions are the main line of the story.
The minor characters all have relationships with the "needle" characters, make sure to wear them on this main thread.
For example, Fang Hong went to Li Yutang after his father's death. The reason was that "I want to see your friend Chen Shaobai." This
caused her to have a relationship with Li Yutang, which was on the main line.
In fact, the screenwriter can write, Fang Hong looked for Chen Shaobai everywhere, and found Chen Shaobai who had escaped. Chen
Shaobai begged her to complete his father's career.
It makes sense to write in this way, but when it's messed up, another thread sticks out.
The same is true for "Smelly Tofu", Li Yutang—A Si—Smelly Tofu,
through this kind of character relationship, he is on the main line.
In addition, the "stinky tofu" took Li Yutang's white rice and listened to his speeches to make
this relationship closer.
Every little person does this to build a close and reliable relationship.
Li Yutang-Chief of Police Smith.
Li Yutang—the fourth grandma—Shen Chongyang.
Li Yutang-a beggar.
……
Although it is about revolution and a national event, the motives of each character are personal feelings, which are "little things."
Ah Siyi wanted to help the young master and the master. His dream was to marry Ah Chun;
Shen Chongyang wanted to be recognized by his daughter and ex-wife and to regain his dignity;
Li Yutang was to help the missing old friend;
Fang Hong was for his dead father;
The "stinky tofu" is to prove himself; the
beggar is to sever, for a woman...
So many feelings and motives, in order to convey directly and simply, each character has a prop:
A Si is embroidered with "pure" word scarves,
heavy Yang is the daughter of dolls,
Li Yutang is that support Shao-Bai pen,
square pieces of red is that they make good coat was torn,
"tofu" is the head of the ring scar,
heavy and light broke The repaired father's pocket watch...
Although it is simple, it is effective.
Then, let these characters "detonate" where they should be, and
let each of them emit their own insignificant but brilliant light.
In fact, each scene and each character are drawn separately, which is not so wonderful,
but cleverly weaved together, it is not the effect of addition , but the effect of multiplication.
This story is a story written by repeated speculations, repeated trials, repeated matching, and clear thinking
.
Frankly speaking, when watching Chinese movies, I often doubt myself and ask myself:
Does such a bad movie have word-of-mouth and box office?
What is good and what is bad, are there standards?
"October Siege" made me gratified and made me clear:
in this world, there are standards for good movies, and as long as you do it sincerely, it will finally be different.
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