Audiences who have watched "Pirates" will naturally compare it with Disney's classic "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. Similar themes, weird ways, and even some crazy characteristics of the protagonist make "Pirates" difficult to avoid. "Caribbean" halo. However, objectively speaking, even with the influence of Hollywood, Korean films are decent in their reference and description, very neat, and the localized adaptation has no sense of false harmony at all, and the element of "bandits VS pirates" is even more fresh. Interesting (I wonder if it was inspired by the manga "One Piece"). Since the style is close to the "Caribbean", "Pirates" is not a "hard" movie in terms of genre. In the whole story, the amount of jokes is far more than the bloody paragraphs. A life-and-death fight seemed out of place. In terms of actors, Sun Yizhen's smoky makeup and dreadlocks really failed to add points to the goddess, and the cold pirate who was firm on the outside and soft on the inside also did not match her usual image and temperament, but she was very hard on the action scenes. As for supporting roles and taking on all kinds of jokes, they are all customary settings, so I can't say whether they are good or bad.
Although it is a new work in 2014, compared with the "Caribbean" ten years ago, the gap with Hollywood can still be seen, and South Korea is already a powerful presence in the Asian film production industry that cannot be ignored. Many large-scale productions in China require special effects. Relying on the Korean team (such as Tsui Hark's Di Renjie series; Feng Xiaogang's assembly number, The Great Earthquake; Zhang Yimou's Thirteen Hairpins, etc.). If we compare our own production level, we will no longer be complacent with the title of the second largest film market in the world. When it comes to understanding, because the history of North Korea is bound to be inextricably linked to the Celestial Dynasty, in this film, the Korean filmmakers once again expressed their fragile national self-esteem very sourly, and smeared my Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang along the way. It makes Chinese audiences feel unhappy. However, I also think that South Korea has repeatedly de-Sinicized, and there are also so-called values recognition and actual influence issues. This is a very natural choice. Respecting history is political correctness that anyone can talk about, but in reality, survival of the fittest and relying on the strong is a truer logic. The level of film production is already far from that of the world. In terms of open theme and content innovation, it is even more difficult for well-known reasons. In front of us, there are already Korean movies waiting to be surpassed, not to mention the unstoppable American Hollywood.
In the comparison between countries, the film is only a small part. When it comes to history, there are thousands of threads and thousands of words. When we see the narrow-mindedness, sensitivity and extremeness of others, we should not forget that we have a steady stream of Created with rough production, brutal concepts, and an uplifting drama that treats history like a toilet? Do you think that maybe what we see and despise may be another self?
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