The story is made up, the love is inexplicable, and the photography art is still exquisite

Humberto 2022-03-23 09:03:12

I feel that this film is somewhat similar to Liu Yunlong's "East Wind and Rain". The story takes place in Shanghai. The background is before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is all information about various forces competing for Pearl Harbor. Although the directors and actors are very attentive, the photography and art are excellent, and the film is very beautiful and exquisite, it is a pity that the stories are all made up, the love is inexplicable, and the themes are all boring. Even big names can't save the film's fate.
Indeed, the men in the film, whether they are positive or negative, are deeply in love, such as Tanaka's love for Junko, Lanting's love for Anna, and Soames' love for Anna. Love is a good thing in the first place, but you want to love in a reasonable and reasonable way, with cause and effect, and you can't make love too abrupt or inexplicable. Otherwise, it is a "false" word.
Anna's clumsy anti-Japanese activities under the eyes of the Japanese will not be discovered? Why is Tanaka so affectionate towards Junko? Why didn't Lanting kill Tanaka? Why did Tanaka let Soames and Anna go? Why did Soames fall in love with Anna? Why did Anna fall in love with Soames after only a few encounters?
There is also the "underground party" that is obviously trying to please so-and-so. After the fall of Shanghai in November 1937, it was mainly the military commander led by Dai Li who was engaged in anti-Japanese activities. How could the Japanese army keep saying "underground party"? Is it the Nationalist Party? At the very least, it would be more reasonable to call it an "underground resistance organization."
stop.

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  • Paul Soames: The heart is never neutral.

  • Paul Soames: Conner and I had joined the Navy like our fathers and grandfathers before us. Our lives were set. Birth, school, Yale, war. The great American tradition.