When we are watching a movie, what do we want to see? - Talking about "Assassination Stronghold" Imagine when you work or study all day and come home exhausted, ready to order a movie to accompany you What do you expect to gain from this short hour and a half of this hard-earned leisure time? Movies, like books and music, are a vehicle for a story. We cannot deny that in the history of film, there are many excellent films that are rich in lens beauty, artistic and philosophical, but when we return to the film itself, I think the quality of the story itself is the first. After all, it is related to whether the values the director wants to express and the skills he wants to show off can enter the eyes of the audience smoothly. So, watch the movie, first of all, watch the story. So let's talk about the story of "Assassination Stronghold" first. How is this story? Traditional but nothing new to assassinate the core. A terrorist organization, a threatened inner ghost, a protagonist hero who runs in a rain of bullets and is finally unharmed, a person responsible for symbolizing peace and The little girl who loves and will definitely be saved in the end, a group of terrorists who can set up bombs in the lecture booth to kill innocent people but at the end they will be wiped out to save the little girl (their transformation does not even need the influence of the protagonist), a group of terrorists who are affected by inner justice The uncle of passers-by who is driven to run around carrying the camera is the main character of the film. Character masking creates plot masking. It can be said that all the dramatic conflicts of this film are within the foreseeable range, and even some plots have become unreasonable due to the unreasonable characters, and the screenwriter cannot be logically self-consistent. For example, the protagonist. From the rendering at the beginning of the movie, the companions joked with each other, saying that the probability of him being on duty normally is only 50%. When he rushed into the studio and saw the past images, he began to look worried, and after another assassination, he couldn't do normal work at all. Calm thinking begins to hysteria, and we can already imagine that the protagonist's daily work status has been poor. It was apparently traumatic stress syndrome from the shooting a year ago. As for the government, it just let it go. Not only did it not give him the treatment he should have, but it also sent him to serve as a security guard to protect the president's safety. Even if the president is a fake. (We already know in the following plot) And the way to deal with the explosion. I don't know if I'm right, but after the terrorist attack, the government's first response should be to clear the scene, disperse all the people, and prohibit crowds from gathering, lest there will be a second explosion and hurt other people. But in this movie, the president-level figure was shot, and the alley across the wall was full of people and traffic. Speaking of the inner ghost, the explanation given in the movie about the protagonist's work is that this former friend helped him and kept him in his post. First of all, let's not talk about whether an ordinary police officer is really so attractive that he can overpower the government and directly decide. We might as well guess how long this inner ghost has been lurking in the agency before he gained such great power, or, the inner ghost was originally a righteous and diligent excellent skinny, but was later brainwashed by a terrorist organization. No matter which one is, take it out and give it a few minutes of pictures, either to deepen the complexity of the characters' hearts and build up their images, or they can photograph the inner support of terrorist organizations and reveal the complex religious ideological contradictions. Sadly, no, the reality is that the puppet-like figure runs around in bullets, smoke, and vehicles for an hour and a half, and the audience doesn't even know what he's doing for it. After the story is told, let's look at the narration. When you start listening to stories, you both desire to be able to see the whole picture in detail, to be omniscient, and at the same time You are tired of chattering. Therefore, at this time, the narrative method of the film is very important. A good narrative method can either add icing on the cake or bring it back to life. Of course, based on the existing stories, we can only hope for the latter. What is the narrative style of "Assassination Stronghold"? Repeated shooting from multiple perspectives at the same time. In my limited viewing experience, I have watched the same type of movies as "Rashomon", "Butterfly Effect", "National Witness", "Source Code" and so on. Rashomon, which first used this technique, wanted to explain that the event itself is inextricably linked with the surrounding things, that what is seen is not true, what is not seen is not false, and there is no absolute truth in the world. The technique also shines in the movie, gaining attention because of the values it seeks to express and the complexity of the case itself. Up to now, the method of multi-line parallel narration is not new. However, whether it is "Rashomon" in 1950 or "Butterfly Effect" in 2004, the evaluation is much better than "Assassination Stronghold" in 2008. It may be that the content of the film itself is not substantial enough, nor does it have a grand theme that is thought-provoking, so it cannot support this shooting method. Finally, the picture can always bring people the most intuitive feeling. Therefore, the picture of the movie is also what we pay special attention to when we watch the movie. For that matter, the movie did a pretty good job. Especially in the opening five minutes, the chaotic and noisy atmosphere of the speech scene was rendered. The deliberately shaking shots and the dark brown tone gave the picture a texture of oil painting. This texture appeared in the scene of the president's speech and being attacked, which can add a magnificent atmosphere. . Much better. It may be that the content of the film itself is not substantial enough, nor does it have a grand theme that is thought-provoking, so it cannot support this shooting method. Finally, the picture can always bring people the most intuitive feeling. Therefore, the picture of the movie is also what we pay special attention to when we watch the movie. For that matter, the movie did a pretty good job. Especially in the opening five minutes, the chaotic and noisy atmosphere of the speech scene was rendered. The deliberately shaking shots and the dark brown tone gave the picture a texture of oil painting. This texture appeared in the scene of the president's speech and being attacked, which can add a magnificent atmosphere. . Much better. It may be that the content of the film itself is not substantial enough, nor does it have a grand theme that is thought-provoking, so it cannot support this shooting method. Finally, the picture can always bring people the most intuitive feeling. Therefore, the picture of the movie is also what we pay special attention to when we watch the movie. For that matter, the movie did a pretty good job. Especially in the opening five minutes, the chaotic and noisy atmosphere of the speech scene was rendered. The deliberately shaking shots and the dark brown tone gave the picture a texture of oil painting. This texture appeared in the scene of the president's speech and being attacked, which can add a magnificent atmosphere. .
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