the Ancients 1942 The novels in Reviewing the Ancients 1942 can't actually be called novels. In fact, the most controversial part of this article is the question it asks at the end.
"Would you rather starve to death to be a Chinese ghost? Or would you not starve to death to be a slave of the subjugated country?"
No one would choose the wrong case for this correct case. Of course, he was born Chinese and died as a Chinese ghost. Those who choose to be slaves of subjugation are not Chinese. So - no Chinese would choose to be slaves to the subjugation. The proof is complete.
But in fact, all the Chinese in the Japanese-occupied areas became slaves of the subjugation. Many of them not only lived, but also lived until the day when they could become Chinese again, and gave birth to many Chinese people. Many people who can exist in this world today and watch movies must thank their grandfathers for living in humiliation. . Although later, some of them couldn't help but humiliate and steal their lives and die on the question of which side of the Chinese should be, which is another story.
In the movie, that question has been sidestepped.
I once gave Feng Xiaogang's "Earthquake in Tangshan" four stars and then angrily criticized him for making history into a made-up bitterness drama. Later, the film review disappeared. Later, Feng Xiaogang said aggrievedly in an interview: "What else can I do? What do they expect me to shoot?"
In fact, I can understand Feng Xiaogang, so I understand him while scolding him. Yeah, what can he do? What exactly do we expect him to shoot?
So when it came to "1942", I was able to watch the movie with a special understanding and tolerance.
As a bittersweet film denouncing the corruption and incompetence of the Kuomintang regime, this film did everything he could, it told us what happened in 1942, how the number of people who died of starvation was treated as a figure to be covered up on the report, How the face of a great country is more important than the lives of millions. This time, there was no cover up, no stealing, and everything was super real, dark, and bloody.
So we know: those who lose the hearts of the people lose the world.
Well, then, there doesn't seem to be any good reviews.
Feng Xiaogang's intentions are worthy of recognition, he really wants to make a good movie. He has always been said to be a commercial film director, and he sincerely wants to have a film that can be worthy of this lifetime. This is known from his own narration. He said that no matter what film I made, when I was scolded, when I thought that I still had a "1942" sitting there. Now that the filming is over, my heart is empty, and I feel that there is no sustenance.
So understandable. As an author, if you don't think that you will be able to write something you really want to write in the future, and you have been coding just to make money, then it is really better to raise pigs to make money.
However, when you can really start writing, you may find that because you want to write too much and can write too much, you don't know what to write.
"1942" is very panoramic, much like the structure of the main theme war blockbuster. From black-bellied leaders to unscrupulous officials to angry youth reporters to naive missionaries to stingy rich tycoons and long-term workers, all sentient beings of all classes have been written about it. When times are miserable, it makes you want to shed tears and wish to shout like that missionary : "God, you don't have eyes!" Then he saw the bomb with eyes falling straight down.
However, it seems that there is still something missing from a great Niu B movie.
What if someone else did it?
Zhang Yimou: Change Xu Fan to Gong Li, the rich man's daughter to Zhang Ziyi, and the red sorghum that grows all over the sky... No, famine... Change the sky to yellow reeds. Zhang Guoli was exchanged for Jiang Wen, he shouted at Henan Bangzi, and there was a wild roll in the reed field. In the end, Gong Li sacrificed himself to save Zhang Ziyi. Fighting...
Ang Lee: The author went to interview an old grandmother who recalled her fantasy wandering in 1942. There is a tiger, a dog, a cat and a donkey. Along the way, she saw the big fish under the ice, the white snow from the ground to the sky, and the big bird flying from the sky, dropping a bird's egg that could jump, and then to a place where peach blossoms bloom, where there is no hunger and no cold, she Silently struck a match and saw his father appear in front of him... Finally, the grandmother said: If you believe, then you believe in God.
Lu Chuan: I filmed "Revising the Old 0208", which is about the period of the Three Kingdoms, when Liu Bei took the hungry people to flee, and Cao Cao chased him all the way. Guan Yu asked: Will you bring the hungry? Liu Bei said: Bring it! I cannot abandon my people. Let them follow us to block the road, Cao Bing will kill them for a while. Liu Bei and the hungry people fled to the Yangtze River, and found Sun Quan and his troops blocking the other side of the river, saying: We have no food for the hungry people, where did we come from, and where did we go back! In the end, Cao Cao distributed food to the hungry people and made them become Han thieves. Later, they all burned to death in Chibi.
After such an analysis, it is clear that "1942" is too comprehensive, too neat and standardized, and has no shortcomings, but it also seems to lack a personal style, unlike his comedy, Ge You can know that it is Feng Xiaogang's work when you look at it. In 2009, everyone thought of this film and thought it was produced by Zhang Guoli. The cruel part of the tearjerker in the film is the history itself, the characters in the story are Liu Zhenyun, and the performance is Zhang Guoli and Xu Fan. It seems that the director's brilliance has nowhere to show. The lack of a little bit of talent like Ang Lee can make the audience sing the praises of fame and fortune.
But no matter what, filming "1942" itself is a very difficult thing, and it is something that requires effort. After all, it was not Zhang Yimou, not Li An, not Lu Chuan, but Feng Xiaogang who shot it in the end. This can already make everyone remember the name.
Then, say something nonsense.
If the United States hadn't participated in the war, Japan hadn't attacked Pearl Harbor, or if the American people had a dream of conquering the world and wanted to take the opportunity to destroy the Soviet Union and then divide the world, they would have stood on the side of Germany and Japan. World War II did not end with the victory of the Allies, and now it will be How about it?
Don't say it's impossible, since it's US imperialism, then this is in line with the character's character. It really did this back then, and you have a temper with it again?
Maybe now, we are watching a movie called "Revising the Old 1942", which tells how corrupt the Nationalist government was and treated the people as a must. , Whoever wins the hearts and minds of the people wins the world, so there is today a great and powerful empire that extends from Japan in the east, Siberia in the north, Iran in the west, and the Philippines in the south to unify Asia.
After watching this movie, countless patriots said with tears, I love my motherland, and now there is only one American stumbling block on the road of our emperor's reign, and we no longer need this ally. If our country and the United States go to war, we will Be the first to sign up to fly a kamikaze fighter.
Don't say it's impossible, if a person opens his eyes when he is born, what he sees is the Japanese flag. After more than ten years of military education, he will love Japan very much. Whoever dares to speak ill of Japan will fight you hard. Having been a traitor all his life, he thought he was fighting for his country and was proud of the achievements of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Just like the Taiwanese Gaoshan people who fought to the last person for Japan on the battlefield in Southeast Asia.
The question in "Revising History 1942" asks: "Would you rather starve to death to be a Chinese ghost? Or not starve to death to be a slave of the subjugated country?" In fact, this question is too simple. Whether to be born as a Da Ming person, or to die as a Da Qing ghost, this is the problem.
But in fact, our ancestors have already made a choice. Daming is too corrupt, so Li Zicheng came out. As a result, the civil war took advantage of foreigners, and everyone became "traitors and subjugated slaves". Then, the descendants of Daming loved Daqing and kept Daqing as Daqing. And the people who live in war are the people of the Qing Dynasty and die, and they are ghosts of the Qing Dynasty. Then, until one day... the Qing Dynasty was too corrupt and died in one breath. It is time to love the Republic of China, so love the Republic of China, protect the Republic of China, and fight for the Republic of China. Death is the ghost of the Republic of China... Until one day, the Republic of China is too corrupt...
It's not that it has no backbone, it's not that it doesn't have a position, it's not greed for death, it's not that it's not patriotic. Because the reason why you are still here is because your ancestors made a choice: to live, not to die for the dynasty, no matter how the city head changes the king's flag and live, I believe that future generations will not forget the sufferings of their own generation. I believe that future generations will eventually live happily and freely on this land one day. All of this is based on a primitive belief that when people are in the country, there is a country.
The meaning of the Republic of China is to protect the people to live well. All battles and sacrifices are based only on keeping the most people alive and living better. Because as long as the people do not perish, no matter how many dynasties are changed, China will not perish. And if the people die, or their hearts become cold, the kingdom will be over. So in the end, the people chose to abandon the Republic of China, they no longer love the regime, but this does not prevent them from still loving the country.
The rulers of all dynasties have a problem, thinking that they are landlords and the people are long-term workers. Under the whole world, is it not the king's land, the people are the labor force, and they can be used instead of donkeys. Eighteen million starve to death, and hundreds of thousands of casualties on the battlefield. That is the figure on the report. As long as "my country" can exist, how many people should be sacrificed. In the future history books, under the great achievements, there will only be the name of the emperor, where will a migrant worker be recorded.
But who would give up their lives to defend "your country"? So when the government of the Republic of China ignored the life and death of its people for the sake of the regime itself, when the leader Jiang regarded the people of this country as the number of laborers or soldiers he could use, when he shouted, 'For the sake of the country, you have to sacrifice at all costs. When XXXX people die again, the fate of his regime is doomed.
No matter how many times the dynasties have changed, the most important thing is whether we still remember the history of this nation, whether we still remember the Ming before the Qing, the Tang before the Ming, and the Han before the Tang. If you can remember history and remember that you are Chinese, China is there. The most frightening thing is that I have already forgotten it. Even if there is, it is too dark and heavy, and I don't want to remember it at all.
Review the old, you can learn the new. Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall.
View more about Back to 1942 reviews
