It's not a bad movie, but it doesn't hide its flaws!

Daniella 2022-03-27 09:01:05

I should have watched the earliest one in the theater. In general, The Great Wall is definitely not a bad movie. The special effects of the whole film are great, and the story is okay, better than expected.
It has to be said that it is indeed a movie of Laomouzi. It has done a good job in color matching and picture sense. Every time a group battles, the picture is very shocking. Among them, Uncle Han Yu (to be honest, he died a little bit caught me off guard), the Qin Opera "Out of the Forbidden" soundtrack at the funeral of the commander-in-chief was a perfect score. It was sad but heroic, and the scene of Kongming lanterns was picturesque. . There are three tears in the whole movie (spoilers are involved below) The first is that in the first group battle, the girls of Hejun jumped off the city wall one by one, attacking the gluttonous food at close range. It was bitten, sure enough, but the girls were still struggling to attack even though they had been bitten in their mouths by the gluttons. In the end, only the bloody ring was pulled up, with tears in their eyes. The second time was the soldier played by Lu Han, from the timid and cowardly at the beginning to the brave face of the gluttonous, watching the tide-like monsters attacking fiercely in front of him, when he looked back, he ignited the gunpowder on his body, and there was no relief on his face. There was no tears in his smile, only peace in his eyes, looking at the hope of victory in the war calmly, as if the imminent death was already foreseen, yes, from the day he became the shadowless forbidden army. Tears! The third time was Uncle Hua's military advisor. In the face of the gluttonous gluttons rushing up around him, he threw his only life-saving support to Jing Tian. There was no expression on his face, no hesitation and slow motion, only calm and perseverance. In the real sense of life and death, everything is for victory, in order to protect the family and the country, there is no ego but a big country! Tears! There are many similar sacrifice scenes in the film, and basically they are not rendered. I think this is precisely because I want to express, it is too common, sacrifice is too common, no one has time to sigh, they will just continue to fight. Fight to kill, this is the battlefield! Only the scene of Lu Han's death was rendered a little bit, and I was instantly blown away. . . Alas, that look back I will not forget!
However, there are also shortcomings. In terms of emotional lines, the psychological changes of Matt Damon's foreign mercenaries and Lu Han's counselors are not detailed enough. The changes are too simple and straightforward, and why is Jing Tian selected by the palace commander? As the successor, how did so many gluttons pass through the underground passage of the Great Wall without the slightest movement? Why did they reach the Bianliang Palace after passing the Great Wall? Since the magnet has the effect of restraining the enemy, why not look for it or study it? These should be related to editing , the cut-out part may have an answer. In addition, I watched the English version, all the characters are their own original voices, Andy Lau, Eddie Peng's Hong Kong and Taiwan accent, Lin Gengxin's Northeastern accent is a bit cute, Jing Tian, ​​Lu Han, Zheng Kai's accents are good, but still reasonable Bar. But the little emperor Wang Junkai, his acting was okay, but he really had to give him a voice. My voice was still too immature, and my feelings were not very good, but the traitor next to the little emperor acted very well, although there was only one sentence !
Finally, this is the first time to write a movie review. Originally, I was too lazy to write it, but I saw a lot of people scolding this movie one by one. It is even more exaggerated that as long as someone said it was good, some people would say it was a navy, a brainless fan. I am also speechless, freedom of speech, freedom of thought, what you think is your business, but what I think is also my business, originally I only wanted to give four points, but too many people who gave one point made me feel bad for this movie, So I give five stars, hoping to neutralize the rating of this movie! It's by no means a bad movie, it's not a shame!

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The Great Wall quotes

  • William: The last time I saw you, you left me for dead.

    Tovar: The time before that I saved your life!

  • Commander Lin Mae: [about William] Men like him have many things they can teach us.