Slot 1: The essence of the wolf and sheep theory in the book is completely absent. It is true that success is also a matter of success and failure is also Xiao He. The French can tell the story of the wolf well, but they may not be able to tell the story of the Chinese. Jiang Rong’s postscript is more than 10,000 words only to discuss that the Han people are more sheep than wolves. The rise caused a highly developed group of civilizations to be invaded by nomads from time to time in the later period of history, and the theme of the entire wolf totem story is based on this. Jiang Rong tried to connect the prairie wolves with the Mongols, and explored the national character of the nomads by taming the little wolves. The tragic ending of the wolves' wild and untamable eventually died tragically because they did not want to go against their nature echoed the strong survival of the nomads. Uncompromising natural philosophy.
Netizens said it well, this movie only sees wolves but not totems, it never shifts the focus from animals to people themselves, wolves are werewolves and people are distinct, except for Mongolian Abba and Chen Zhen at the beginning of the movie. There is no other way to learn tactics in a pack of wolves, let alone a national level. The grassland style has shrunk accordingly, and the Mongolian totem worship, living habits, and historical exploration have all given way to more intuitive natural scenery. French directors must not be interested in Chinese history, and even the setting of the Cultural Revolution just gave the protagonists a reason to go to Inner Mongolia. The Chinese people hoped that a foreigner could show the cultural revolution from an objective and fair perspective. The vision has failed.
How to convert words into images is undoubtedly a profound knowledge, but you can't fool us like that, director. It can be said that the tactics of wolves are lacking in the image. The book is about how wolves are cunning and wise, using the tactics of retreating to advance, bullying more, evaluating the situation, dividing labor, and cooperating to hunt prey. There is nothing in the movie. Abba's narration kept telling us that wolves are so smart and patient. Chen Zhen echoed that right, right, so smart and patient. This would take the audience as a fool. As an audience, I express my eyes I don't see how smart or patient it is.
The director gave most of the shots to how the wolves are murderous and wait for the opportunity, but once the wolves move, the shortcomings are very obvious, the posture is not strong and the coordination is insufficient, and the portrayal of the wolf is only three points, but because the wolves themselves are difficult to control the difficulty of shooting I am afraid that it is not something that those of us who are sitting in front of the computer slobber can imagine. It can be said to be a big regret.
Slot 2: Elimination of the wonderful storylines in the book. More than half of the plot of the movie was still about digging out the wolf cub, and I was worried about how fast it would be to tame the wolf cub later, but it turned out... tears, the wolf's wildness is also reflected in the two bites, In addition to saving rations to feed the wolves, Chen Zhen's difficulty in raising wolf cubs was only left to raise wolves and fight with Abba, Hu Ke and other Mongolians. In fact, the book shows that the difficulty of raising wolves is much more detailed, how to dig out horse manure day and night, how to learn to feed and how to get along with wolves. There are also a lot of wolf-like plots about the little wolf, how the little wolf protects its food and how to be vigilant. The most impressive thing is that Chen Zhen and Yang Ke caught a live old rabbit and watched the little wolf who had never learned predation skills. Bloodthirsty alone The instinct to kill the prey, the shock and awe are all gone. I don't know why there are so many wonderful clips, but the director chose so many pale plots.
Speaking of awe, I think Feng Shaofeng is enough to show the intimacy between humans and wolves. What is the difference between kissing and playing with puppies? What about the original intention of raising wolves at the beginning of the movie? What about fear and awe? I only saw a middle-2 city boy who was like a member of the Animal Protection Association when he saw the wolf get high for no reason. Later, he took the wolf to learn survival skills. Can your brain keep up with you?
Finally, the biggest tear in the book - the death of the little wolf is gone. As a symbol that man cannot completely conquer nature, it sublimates the whole story. Twenty years later in the book, Chen Zhen and Yang Ke returned to the grassland again and shouted "Little Wolf, Little Wolf, eat!" I heard this in the movie. A familiar line just brings tears to my eyes. However, this episode was naturally deleted because the wolf was released to the grassland in the movie, stripped of its cultural heritage, and this movie has become a warm-hearted film between man and nature.
Slot 3: The fragmentation of the character line. In fact, when the main line of the story has completely given way to the wolf, the actor's limited performance space further tests the screenwriter's grasp of the story and the actor's own solid acting skills. Because of the small number of scenes, you need to pass the change of eyes and temperament in a very short moment. Responding to the development of the story, the so-called layering of acting skills. I really overestimated Feng Shaofeng. He sighed in the sky. I was amazed at last year's "The Future Will Be Endless". Feng Shaofeng's acting skills have soared.
Let’s talk about the actor’s temperament and role fit first. To be honest, few of the new generation of actors have the temperament of an educated youth. In the previous generation, Mr. Chen Daoming was one, and so was Chen Zhifei. That generation has witnessed that historical temperament. There is a lot of pondering, and there is a sense of heaviness that has been washed away. I didn't ask Feng Shaofeng to have this kind of energy all of a sudden, but you have to show me some signs so that I don't act like that.
Feng Shaofeng's Chen Zhen looks "floating", with a sense of inexplicable wandering outside the whole story and characters, passively expressing emotions that are obviously not from his own, you can't look ignorant when you talk about the grassland and awe? Chen Zhen is actually Jiang Rong himself, a young literary youth who was sent to Inner Mongolia for satirizing the authorities in the early days of the Cultural Revolution. Would such a young man appear soft-hearted and unassertive? Feng Shaofeng played the role of the ancient son and brother, but it was too hard to play the educated youth who went to the countryside. When he expressed his affection for the little wolf, four big characters floated in my mind "Ye Gong loves the dragon". His so-called goodness for the little wolf is too floating. You mistakenly regard the wolf as a dog and blame the little wolf for its unchanging nature. , when the herdsmen changed the scene, the irritability of the little wolf tied behind the car and refused to leave the Chen array is very vivid. After pulling the little wolf to avoid the trap and being bitten, the blurted "you bad wolf" is really deafening! Will the real Chen Zhen be like this? Where did your crazy fascination with wolves go?
And the emotional line with the female shepherd Gesmai is really incredible, because after a glance at Bai Huahua's thigh in the flock, "I love you" can't be extricated? If you want to see the blending of farming and nomadic culture with wolf and sheep from the combination of Chen Zhen and Gesmai, but Chen Zhen and Yang Ke from Beijing, as well as grassland herdsmen, are full of sheep. , In the face of the production team secretary's repeated violation of the ancestral motto of the grasslands and the laws of nature, I would like to step forward and slap him twice, but the herdsmen are all resigned and bow their heads in silence. Who is the wolf and who is the sheep? As a flat character, Bao Shungui's completion is very good. He is the only character above the standard in the whole movie. He has both the common treacherous and short-sightedness of people and the helplessness and sobriety of being a leader. .
Dou Xiao's Yang Ke, I don't know why he came here. He has a feeling of buying one get one free with Chen Zhen. He has no character and no bright spots. Even if this character is removed, it will not affect the plot. The movie also has a plot to speak of.
Now, let's talk about Abba Billig. When the whole movie Man and Wolf is hopeless, I put all my hopes on Abba. It doesn't matter if you talk about the relationship between man and wolf, it doesn't matter. I think we read the same book. But Aba obviously did not have such high expectations from the director. In the plot, Bao Shungui stole the yellow sheep, which was the food depot for the wolves in the coming year. Aba's own son, Batu, died tragically in the wind and snow to protect the horse herd of the production team. The last paradise, Swan Lake, was developed into a farming area by the Mongolians from the east. Abba had an inscrutable expression on his face, so he stopped talking for the most part. When the end-of-life movie is almost over, you can always say what you want and outline it, and let the audience who sees it in the fog understand the intention of the director and screenwriter. Ah, it's okay to be reluctant. In the end, the camera changed without finishing a sentence. What a scribbled death of Dad! Wait for the director, I think Dad can still save him and he has something to say!
Slot 4: Simple and rude lines are tasteless. When the plot was so thin that it had to rely on wolves to prop up the scene, the screenwriter still had the courage to write the lines as plainly as possible, and there were as many pupils' compositions as there were pupils' compositions. The spiritual outlook of wolves and prairie people. Not to mention Chen Zhen in the movie "I feel the awe of wolves in my nature", "I love this place so much, I want to stay here", "I love you, I believe you feel the same way about me". This kind of emotion is unfounded and unfounded. Even Abba Billig is vague and does not know what to say. I am completely desperate for the literary drama of this movie.
If I had to give this movie a score, I would still give it four stars, three stars for the wolves and wolf trainers who worked hard, and one star for foreign directors, protagonists, and bad reviews! Writer, bad review!
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