Reason for choice: First, Nicolas Cage. I really love this actor so much, and I used a comment from someone else to express "the slightly bald top of the head, the drunken eyes radiating scorching light from time to time; on the one hand, it is sinking, decadent, confused, and spiritual in life; on the other hand, it is superior, Wisdom, brave and invincible. Whether it is a liar or a soldier, he represents a tendency of men: the beauty of decadence", O, MY GOD. How can such a silent and deep man not fascinate women? It's a pity that he really didn't have any good works in the past few years, and he almost became the king of bad movies. Second, John Woo. The director is a master at shooting men. His works can hardly contain women, and men can support the whole movie, such as "Across the World", "The True Color of Heroes", "Broken Sword", "Face Changer", "Wind Whisperer", "In the Dish". Spy series and more. Only John Woo and Ang Lee, as directors, have a foothold in Hollywood. This is extremely difficult, after all, the cultural differences are too great. And "Windtalker" is a Waterloo work directed by John Woo. The budget is said to be more than 1. $200 million, not including the $50 million promotional fee. But the global box office (including North America) is only 70 million, and it is almost lost. MGM began to go bankrupt. Why is this movie so unpopular? With the Pacific War in World War II as the background theme, the Indians are chosen as the wind whisperers to transmit the code waves, and the white officers are ordered to protect. At the same time, in order to prevent leakage of secrets, once the Wind Whisperer is likely to be arrested, he will be shot immediately. During the Battle of Saipan, Marine Joe Enders made his choice. Some people say that the theme is not popular with Americans. It is written that the Indians were discriminated against during World War II while actively fighting for the United States. The theme is thinking about racial discrimination. And this issue is delicate and sensitive in the minds of the American public. In general, directors will not control, or touch this fuse. I don't quite agree, after all, the treatment of Green Book is not ordinary. To be honest, very few films about racial discrimination have been successfully made, or have been praised by the audience. But can the racism of this film be called the theme? The protagonist is Marine Joe Enders. In order to obey the order, he sacrificed all his team members; now, in order to obey the order, he will shoot "his own people". This is a reflection on human nature in war. But so far, we can see that different themes appear equally in the film, which has impacted the cohesion and focus of the film's plot. Maybe the director wanted it all, but unfortunately he didn't do it well. To be honest, this film is not easy to watch. The whole film is composed of several scenes, and there is a lack of consistent thematic correlation between the scenes, that is, the plots are not connected enough, not compact, the tension of the war does not come out, and the emotional tension of the characters is not focused and erupted. After reading it, you don't know why the protagonist JO was rescued from the dead and ran back to the battlefield regardless of his left ear deafness. The progression of approval between him and the Windtalker didn't show up either. The falsity and repetition of the war scenes are even more of a failure, adding to the irritability of watching the movie, just fast forward. The entire movie is not without merit. In addition to Nicolas Cage's praised acting, there is still something to watch: For example, Ben pretended to be a Japanese soldier, raided the Japanese military camp with JO, and snatched the telegraph, which is quite exciting. As for JO returning with this book at the end, it's too Forrest Gump. For example, the American soldier who beat Ben for no reason said: "Today we beat them to the death, maybe fifty years from now our descendants will drink small sake face to face with these Japanese people and have fun." Interesting and true prophecy. For example, the endless deserts of the western United States in the beginning and the end, the vast and rough rock features, the spectacular and wild western style, add to the The sadness of the whole movie. All I can say is that the whole movie lives up to the western romance at the beginning and end. It's a pity that John Woo's "Red Cliff" later did not belong to my liking. But Nicolas Cage, he made bad movies, and I like it too, no way, the eyes are too charming.
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