1. The most intuitive feeling after watching it is that in 2020, no matter the film and television industry or all walks of life, everyone is faced with the dilemma of thousands of troops crowding their heads and bullets crossing the bridge. If you rush, you may die without a place to be buried. If you don't rush, you have to sit still. In the summer of 2020, it is already too easy for the film to be released.
2. As a genre film, war films have rules to follow in terms of theme and aesthetics. The themes of first-class war films tend to be close to anti-war (such as All Quiet on the Western Front), while second-class themes depict brave combat (such as most war films in the old Soviet Union). Those who fight bravely and speak out against the war like Saving Private Ryan are superlatives. The tone of the film is a bit off-beat. The first half of the film is thought to be promoting the responsibility of defending the home, defending the country and defending the land, including the growth and transformation of the people and deserters, thinking that the style is sunny; but the second half of the film turns into negativity and escape. doctrine. Overall, the fragmentation is severe.
3. As a war movie, technical indicators from a military perspective are still very important. History and military issues are considered to be a shortcoming. As a result, after watching the first half, the pros and cons made moves one by one, at least with a clear goal. In the second half of the story, the audience originally expected that the defeated soldiers would win more with less, fight hard, and make full use of the environment to express the battle, but in exchange, the group rushed to the bridge. In this regard, there are good cases in both the US and the Soviet Union and even old Yugoslav films.
4. The rhythm of the first half of the story is very comfortable, a literary drama and a martial arts drama, and the war process is also clearly presented according to the first day, the second day, and the third day. Logically speaking, for example, at the beginning of the 15-minute literary and martial arts drama, the more the story gets closer to the climax, the rhythm of the bullying should be more and more compact, but the final ending appears sensational and smooth.
5. There are too many characters on the whole. In the primary and secondary relationship of the 4 groups of characters, the protagonist group 2, the more successful is the deserter group, and the weaker is the Xie Jinyuan Central Army group. The supporting roles are both the citizen support team and the Japanese army team are relatively fragmented. The main point of view in the first half is in the deserter group, so it should be dug well, the perspective is unified to the ending, and the deserter group will go out for cover, a small-scale but difficult blocking battle (30 minutes before the class assembly), when the protagonist sacrifices, insert Xie Jin The meta speech and the bridge punching scene are good. Who wants to watch a group of people cross the bridge for half an hour (and has a big difference with history).
6. There are also a lot of sensational details that are well handled and worthy of recognition, especially the attitude changes of ordinary citizens watching the fire from the other side. In fact, this part is the most empathetic to ordinary audiences.
7. The subject matter is a bit sensitive, attractive but also a burden, and the effects of recruiting blackmail and recruiting are mixed. If you shoot the national army too fiercely, you will be sprayed into a drama; if you shoot the national army too much, it will turn into national self-defeating, and the history is there. It is more important to shoot well with the military details)
8. If it is in the summer of 2019, it may be a historical blockbuster regulated by market business, and the audience can choose by intuitive feeling. As a result, the movie was caught in a storm of public opinion, which made it even more difficult. After waiting for a year, I finally got it. Making a movie is as difficult as fighting a war.
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