Some movies are well made, and you will cheer for them; some movies are poorly shot, and you don’t even bother to comment on them; some movies, after watching them, you have a strong desire to complain, because you want to stop them. People around you watch! Under the banner of Russia's first IMAX3D film, this US-Russian co-production film about the war in World War II - "Stalingrad" - is such a movie that I have to complain after watching it, and will strongly prevent people around me from watching it! ! And listen to me slowly.
1. There is no such grand title as "Stalingrad".
The Battle of Stalingrad is known as one of the most brutal battles in human history, with a total of 2 million casualties on both sides. If you went to the theater for a war movie, congratulations, you've been fooled! In fact, in the trailer, all the war scenes of the film are shown! Except for the explosion and burning scene in the opening scene, which shocked for three or five minutes, and after that, there were one or two shots fired piecemeal, nothing like a war movie at all! People like me who go to the theater to experience the shocking audio-visual effects after watching the trailer feel completely fooled!
2. Slow motion is rampant.
The use of slow motion is icing on the cake for setting off the picture and rendering emotions, but if a movie is full of N times of slow motion, how would you feel? After watching a movie, the audience can't remember how many times in slow motion. I wonder if this is "violent aesthetics"? Explosion, burning, jumping, fighting, bullet crossing, no matter the big scene or the small fight, all in slow motion! Coupled with the magnificent background music, the adrenaline can't be excited at all! It's like watching a love action movie in an island country, if it's all shown in slow motion, can you still have fun?
3. In a 130-minute movie, at least 100 minutes are spent dealing with two women in the enemy's camp!
After a Russian woman in the German camp was raped by a German officer because she looked like the wife of a German officer, the men and women of the two opposing nationalities gradually fell in love, until finally the so-called love was born. And a girl in the Russian camp, dealing with six Russian soldiers - I hope I tarnished the noble and pure friendship between them. However, in the end I did not understand, who is the father of the child? It's no wonder that "I have five fathers" is introduced and emphasized at the beginning of the film (there are obviously six soldiers, I don't know why the emphasis is always on five). However, why are the fates of these two Russian women arranged so differently! The Russian woman in the German camp was called "Fascist whore" and was shot in the head by a Russian soldier! And the girl from the Russian camp became pregnant and finally survived safely!
4. The plot is protracted and the clues are vague. What exactly is going on?
The film, which set a box-office record for their domestic film in Russia, only earned 71 million yuan in China. Russians see national memories and national emotions, but Chinese audiences who are accustomed to the rhythm of Hollywood are not satisfied. Wait, wait, wait, the "Battle of Stalingrad" that I have been waiting for has never come. In the protracted plot and vague clues, the 2-hour film is over and over. As a non-Russian spectator, I have my pants off, you show me this? So what is the director going to say? The distortion of human nature by war and the beauty of human nature inspired by war? Bloody romantic love? noble friendship?
5. 3D is too bad.
After seeing this 3D technology, you are embarrassed to complain about the 3D effect of domestic movies.
Maybe, change the angle, or change the title of the film, such as "The Dawns Here Are Quiet", "Two Women on the Volga", "Women and Men Guarding the Castle", etc., this movie will be gone. The embarrassment described has become literary and humanistic. However, if the producer wants to use literary stories to make money from commercial blockbusters, this is not kind!
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This article was originally published on 2013-11-4
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