I found that Zhihu (the first answer was on Zhihu, copied over), and none of the answers came to the point. Could it be that actors who have no acting skills in China have watched too many bad movies, which has led to a collective decline in everyone's appreciation level?
There is no harm without contrast. Similar themes, when "Tiger Tiger Tiger" was filmed, the US military hired many active US Navy personnel to perform. The Japanese director also insisted that ordinary people could not play the temperament of a soldier, and used the Maritime Self-Defense Force at that time to participate. The acting skills of the main actors are also very good, and it feels like they are showing a real war. The actors in "Midway" are quite unprofessional and impetuous. I guess they didn't study the characters they were going to play and the environment of the US military at the time before they acted. See what Kurosawa has to say
''Besides, young people today don't read, I don't think any of them have read Russian literature extensively, it's important that they at least read some books. You can't create without abundant reserves, so I often say "creation comes from memory". Memory is the source of your creation. You can't create something out of nothing. Whether it comes from reading or from your own personal experience, you can only create if you have something in your mind. In that sense, it's important to read widely, the novels of the day are good, but I think people should read the classics as well. Therefore, if a film school is established, it is important to emphasize reading. ''
The plot of the whole movie is also very abrupt, and it can be seen that the screenwriter has no intention to write the script well, he is too lazy to toss, and just makes do with a perfunctory thing. To quote Kurosawa again
''But if you really want to make a movie, write a script. You only need paper and pencil, and only by writing the script can you know the details of the film's structure, and the essence of the film. That's what I'm going to tell them, but they still won't write, they find it too hard to write. ''
In the answer, many people criticized the film's excessive time range, which led to the feeling of running accounts. Personally, I disagree with this view. For the same theme, you can refer to the "United Fleet" filmed by Japan, from the Pearl Harbor incident in 1941 to the sinking of the Yamato in 1945 and the destruction of the Japanese Navy. It describes the Pearl Harbor incident, the Battle of Midway, the Battle of Guadalcanal, the death of Commander Yamamoto, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and the Japanese Navy's last special attack on Kikusui. The upper ranks of the characters include Naval Commander Nagano Shushen, Combined Fleet Commander Yamamoto Gosoku, Second Naval Battle Commander Ozawa Jisaburo, the Combined Fleet's two Chiefs of Staff Ugaki Yu and Kusaka Ryunosuke, and the Second Fleet Commander Ito Masaichi. On the lower level are a university professor, his two sons who served in the fleet, and his daughter-in-law who later entered the fleet. The pilot is a family member of his father. The process of each battle is very clearly explained, the character of each character is also well-drawn, and the complex relationships and emotions between the characters are also clearly portrayed. With such a large time span, so many events, and a large number of actors, this film is still very touching to watch. Rather than saying that "Midway" has too many incidents to make people feel too scattered, it is better to say that the screenwriter and director of the film are not professional enough to control this kind of film.
The movie stunts are too fake. Comparing World War II documentaries and photos, the real war scenes are not what they appear in the movie. The stunt war scene is similar to the animation of the current online game "World of Warships". Futabasha's 2009 animation "Fight! A series of animations such as the Battle of the South Pacific [Futabasha CG/Hui Linxiu], "Purple Electric Change the Last の闘い/343 Naval Air Force [Futabasha CG / Huilinxiu" are higher than this 2019 movie out a lot. Personally, I think it is completely possible to change the background of the movie to aliens (Japanese army) invading the earth (the United States), and the US military to defend all human beings (anyway, they are all made up, you can completely ignore the logic, and you can play it how you want). In a popcorn commercial like this, the performance of these people and the script feel a lot more normal.
As a historical drama, I wrote a terrible running account script, and chose a group of actors with second-rate performances (acting what is not like what). For example, the intelligence officer, whose expression and actions look like an actor, not a soldier. Look at the soldiers played by contemporary Denzel Washington. It's a world of difference .
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