epic blockbuster

Zachary 2022-04-22 07:01:49

The blockbuster I'm talking about is not the grandeur of the hero, but in terms of casting, setting, costumes, plot polishing, and character characterization, it is indeed a blockbuster work with historical themes, not even inferior to Director Chen's other film. The book Farewell My Concubine. Mr. Li Xuejian's Qin Huang, in addition to depicting multiple personalities, has a feeling of watching a suspense film, Gong Li's Zhao Ji, full of emotional lines. Even Lu Buwei, who was played by Director Chen, was full of arrogance and unrestrainedness. It could be seen that the script was polished. It is not objectionable to intersperse some stories that are acceptable to the audience in the unofficial history into the larger environment. . Of course, the appearance of too many plot scenes that are inconsistent with mainstream views is the main reason for the low score. But the victory lies in the exploration, in the research, and it is a masterpiece full of five points.

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  • Quincy 2022-03-18 09:01:07

    In the film, Chen Kaige presents another side that I did not expect and is completely different from the Yingzheng in the history books. He uses wildness to cover up the fragile side, and digs into the emptiness and cowardly side of his heart. Behind the so-called eternal emperor The side of a little boy frightened by reality, spoiled by power and violence. The performances and lines of the actors and actresses in the whole movie are highly staged, mad, joyful, and exaggerated, showing a deliberate sense of alienation and simple poetry. And Li Xuejian, who carried the whole film on his own, turned out to be such an outstanding actor. When other actors were still playing Qin Shihuang, he was the only one who played Yingzheng. "Jing Ke Assassinated King Qin" once again shows us that Chen Kaige's interest in life-oriented narrative is lackluster, he is crazy about the unforgettable emotional intensity, and has a high degree of distrust of history. What he shoots out is the ambition of reshaping history. And the heroism, sorrow, emptiness, madness that he always loves to tell, the personal dying struggle with humanity inward, and the epic war on the world outward—this struggle is in the eyes of Chen Kaige, and it must be like Sisyphus. Endless as a stone.

  • Misty 2022-03-17 09:01:08

    A very gossip film. (If Gong Li's scene is deleted, the film can give a higher score)