However, when I walked out of the theater, I had only two words for this year's ravely acclaimed film - "disappointed"! I've never been able to be moved by a movie with an obvious logical flaw in its storyline. Why did Sun Yat-sen come to Hong Kong, which he knew was full of murderous intentions, instead of gathering people who needed to meet on a ship in Japan or at sea (Sun Yat-sen seems to be safe outside Hong Kong in the film)? Why use so many fresh lives in exchange for an hour of Sun Yat-sen's speech in the dorm room (what speech must have a face-to-face live even if he is dying?)? When Liming and his husband were at the gate, Liang Jiahui clearly had a pistol. Why couldn't he or send someone to shoot a few Qing soldiers and just sit and watch Liming and Qing soldiers die together (this fight is actually evenly matched, if you can help? Killing a few Qing soldiers Dawn can save your strength, and maybe you can even kill the ultimate boss Hu Jun in the end)? When more than a dozen Qing soldiers were besieging Dawn, why didn't Hu Jun come out to help his comrades, but after all his men were exhausted, he finally fell into the street as a bare commander? When only Hu Jun was left in the enemy, he obviously had a pistol with plenty of bullets. Why did Leung Ka Fai run away desperately and finally exhausted his friend's only son to death? Why? Why? . . . Could it be that all the arrangements are just for a thrilling fight and a majestic sacrifice in the film?
How can the bluntly assembled plot for the sake of the tragic scene resonate deep in my heart?
When I came out of the studio, I said to my colleagues: It doesn't have to be true to be touching, but it must be reasonable! Think of the famous Stephen Chow movie "Journey to the West". In such a nonsense story, in the last scene of Fairy Zixia rushing to the sun, there are still many viewers crying. Think about the siege battle in the second "The Two Towers" in "The Lord of the Rings". We know it is a fictional fantasy story, but we are still worried about this tense battle. These stories are not true, but in the context the stories are constructed in, the plot makes sense, we have no doubts, and we don't have the depression of being insulted, we open our hearts, and we are moved.
Directors of Chinese blockbusters, when will you understand such a simple truth? In other words, when will you be willing to understand this truth from the blind pursuit of commercial interests? You have mastered the techniques of creating atmosphere and special effects more and more proficiently. You have already drawn the skin of the "blockbuster", but when will you be able to draw the heart of the "blockbuster"?
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