Q: Why haven't you chatted with me recently?
L: I've seen it a lot, but either I pass the first ten minutes of watching it, or I feel like I have nothing to say after reading it.
Q: For example?
L: I don’t have much memory of movies that I don’t have any feelings for, let’s just talk about the two most recent ones, the ten-minute pass is “Remember Me”, and the one I have nothing to say after watching it is “Elite Force 2”.
Q: I don't like "Remember Me" either. The sense of breakage is too obvious at the beginning. Don't you like "Elite Force"?
L: The first one was good. After watching it, I was very emotional. It is a movie worthy of detailed analysis. "Elite Force 2", how should I put it, the style is still the same, but it is not as rich as the first one, like an old lady, just talking, emphasizing a pure sense of despair.
Q: Reality itself is hopeless.
L: Art is not the same as reality after all. If you just want to feel despair, it is enough to flip through newspapers or read history. In addition to conveying this despair artistically, movies should also have something deeper, like this A movie with a socio-political theme can go in two directions, either metaphysically, excavating at the human nature or philosophical level, and revealing the hopelessness of people and human society, or it is practical, proposing the author's solution, even if A little bit of hope, like the first one. After watching Elite Force 2, my impression was, well, Brazil is messy, politics is corrupt, lawless, good people are miserable there, democracy can't solve all problems, and these chaos will continue... OK, That's it, then what? What's the difference between this and me watching a piece of international news?
Q: Is there anything broken?
L: Yes, like articles, I hate just showing problems. To paraphrase a slogan of our local government - don't talk about the difficulties that can't be done, just talk about how to do it. (laughs) Of course it's not "don't say it", it's an artistic statement, a profound statement.
Q: How did "Spy Game" arouse your desire to chat?
L: I can't talk about desire, but if there is a slightly better movie, I won't talk about it. The key is that in the past week, more than 30 films have been reviewed, and I have either passed in ten minutes or have nothing to say. I am a little panicked. it.
Q: What is the overall impression?
L: Let's gossip first. I have been unable to figure out a question, why are the Chinese elements in American films and why nine out of ten Chinese films are distorted? People all over the country speak Cantonese, Teochew, or Mandarin with Cantonese and Teochew flavors. After all, there are many compatriots in these two places abroad, but the distortion of some scenes and details makes people feel incredible. In "Bombshell 4", the ten-dollar counterfeit bill is right, and the five-dollar or five-hundred-dollar bill is too funny. It's completely in the style of ghost bills. The key point is that Jet Li participated in the performance. Did he not give it to the crew? Raise this bug? The Suzhou Prison in "Spy Game" has slogans all over the walls, such as "serving the country with loyalty" and "everything with power", where is it?
Q: I think this may have something to do with Hong Kong movies. It is relatively easy to see Hong Kong movies abroad. The mainland in Hong Kong movies is like this, there are slogans everywhere, and everyone is working hard, like a chicken blood.
L: This is not an excuse. If you want to know what the Chinese hundred-yuan bill looks like, and what it looks like in prison, it's not difficult. Just google it, watch a documentary or something, it's very easy. Whether it is intentional to smear China, or whether it is intentional to cater to the American audience's inherent impression of China, I don't care. I think it is first and foremost a matter of creative attitude. For that alone, such a film is not worthy of respect.
Q: It's almost lunch time, let's take the time to talk about "Spy Game".
L: Just like "Fair Game", it is still the "law of gods and men" that is the main theme of the United States. The young Tom is a god, with integrity and conscience. Moore, who is about to retire, is a human being. Tom and Moore, who are on the verge of death in a Chinese prison, finally completed their self-redemption and realized the sublimation from human to god. It's a pity that Tom and Moore didn't understand each other at first, and the confusion in Tom's heart caused by it. The film is very simple, and the psychological motivation and process of Moore's sublimation are also very vague. If you don't save it, it turns into fighting all your property to save it, and relying on Tom to give him a jug? ! too easy. In general, the characters' images are rigid, and the development of the characters' relationship is obviously broken.
Q: Don't forget to break and stand. (laughs)
L: Details, lack of a lot of details, it's still the example of the arm and leg before, the fracture is easy to deal with, no, I can't change it. In the final analysis, it is a question of creative attitude. The whole film is taken for granted, behind closed doors, and slaps one's head. (laughs)
Liu Qiang Ai's "Spy Game" in Episode 107: American Main Theme Defect
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