"The Great Wall" seems to be truly worthy of the meaning of "Sino-foreign joint venture", especially with the support of the world's top special effects teams such as Weta and Industrial Light and Magic, and the director is a national teacher we are familiar with, it will always make us believe that special effects It is absolutely guaranteed, and even Hollywood screenwriters, at least under the control of Laomouzi, should not go too far in cultural expression. After all, the actors finally don't have to speak English from beginning to end. Such a change is actually an inevitable product of the development of the Chinese film market to this day, and it is not surprising that Zhang Yimou took over the baton smoothly. After all, when it comes to international influence, domestic director Zhang Yimou says he is second, but no one dares to say he is first. To put it bluntly, "The Great Wall" is actually the work of Lao Mouzi who did not go abroad to enter Hollywood.
The fact is, "The Great Wall" is really too internationalized. Such internationalization is not "China is the world's", but "the world can also be China's". The whole film mainly talks about one thing, people fighting monsters, and similar themes are numerous in Hollywood, and usually appear in the form of science fiction films. The American people lack a long enough history, so they always like to fantasize about the future, and flaunt their representativeness and advancement on the earth, as well as the American spirit of personal heroism. After reading "The Great Wall", I found out that it makes sense that the American imperial people fought aliens in the background of ancient China, so we can directly find the name of "gluttonous" from the legend, and design a bronze ware The texture of the style, you see, how Chinese characteristics. However, in essence, it still imposes the label of Chinese elements on a common story. If the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television is opened in the future, sooner or later, we will tear apart the aliens just like we did in the past. So the Great Wall became a fortification built to defend against gluttons, essentially similar to the high walls built in World War Z and Attack on Titan. Of course, our Great Wall has a lot of institutions. After all, it must be worthy of the title of the film. Otherwise, it seems that there is nothing wrong with simply calling it "Taotie War" or "Attack on Taotie".
In this way, Hollywood screenwriters have a strong sense of presence in this film, and the whole process is full of routines and bugs. For example, since black gunpowder is so powerful, why it was not used in the first place, even if you explain that because black gunpowder is relatively rare, it can only be used at critical moments. The transformation of the cute classmates is also a bit abrupt. If you have to say that this is the power of true love that can withstand decades of displacement, I am also convinced. The setting of "Catch the Thief and Capture the King" is really too "Independence Day 2", and my friends, this time the villain is killed...T...M... It's dynamite!
In addition to routines and bugs, there is no supporting role in this film that is successful and quite powerful. Yes, yes, there is no one, no one, no one, and important things are said three times! After watching this film, how many characters do you remember apart from foreign friends and Jing Tian Lao Shi? Remember, I can only say that you are a true fan of that actor. I can say that I didn't react until the final subtitles came out...but...still...there...Chen...Xue...Mr. Dong! Of course, this can't be entirely blamed on the screenwriter. It is said that Lao Mouzi himself has deleted a lot of dramas, and the thinness of the characters also makes the performance more difficult. A piece of black history.
Such unintentional "Founding of the Kingdom"-style counting stars, coupled with simple and rude, brainless special effects scenes that are absolutely enough, there is no lack of horror effects like smog assault, and all kinds of throwing things at you to remind you to take a look at this. The 3D is so realistic, the use of Laomouzi's label-style color is naturally indispensable, distinguishing the uniforms of each army, and the battle of the pagoda attached to the church in the last "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", drumming battles, crowd tactics, memorial ceremonies It is also full of conspiracy-style performance art. All these forms of fullness and coolness are packed into this short 90-minute feature film.
If "The Great Wall" is a big hit at the box office, it can only be said that Hollywood's narrative method, which has been proven for more than 100 years, can still attract Chinese people today, and the failure of "The Great Wall" at the box office may show that the audience pays attention to the content of commercial blockbusters. . If the gluttonous eats the meat and feeds back the Beastmaster, it is a victory. The Great Wall makes money and feeds the investors. It is a victory.
Finally, for some unknown reason, I suddenly remembered that when "Train to Busan" was hot this year, someone asked the question of how different Chinese films are from Korean films.
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