I give this film a 5.
There is no need to praise the picture of Cao Yu's knife, and the acting skills of the actors are also acceptable. The portraits of Zhang Yi, Du Chun and Ou Hao are very good.
The defeat lies in the sloppy plot and the overly sensational stage play-like presentation.
(The following part involves serious spoilers, those who have not watched the movie should read it carefully)
crappy start
The Hubei Security Regiment is the main source of troops guarding the Sixing Warehouse. That's right. The movie collected 16 soldiers by gathering scattered soldiers (and most of them were deserters from other troops). It is unbelievable that the entire movie is about this. The group of 16 people focused on depicting, and wanted to reflect the spirit of Yaobai through the change of this group of deserters. The whole movie is really a bit of a cart before the horse, nondescript, and "making" for "making". ("Make" runs through the entire film)
What followed was Yang Ruifu and Xie Jinyuan's in-camp lectures, "Don't have the illusion of living by chance", "We are the only army left in Shanghai", "This is our grave", very blunt. Expressing the determination to die, and without the tone of family and country feelings, those who didn't know thought it was the Japanese army's persuasion troops talking. How could it show that Xie Jinyuan in history " One shot and one bullet will fight the Japanese pirates to the end. " ”, “ A man with lofty ideals does not seek life to harm benevolence, but kills his body in order to achieve benevolence ”. (Maybe Guan Hu is also helpless)
calm refugee
When the deserters were sent to the front to build fortifications, the refugees from Greater Shanghai suddenly appeared.
That's right, from being empty, to suddenly a large number of people came out of the city that was bombed to rubble.
Even "quietly", "organized", "not in a hurry".
When they appeared on the road in front of the Sixing Warehouse with their luggage, for the first five seconds, I thought in a trance that it was a cover-up before the Japanese attacked by pretending to be civilians, and then I found that they had been beaten in the face. These refugees were so calm, they even wore Neat and graceful with an umbrella, it's more like a rehearsal than a rehearsal.
Fearless (so-called) flag
Originally there was no flag, but the flag was sent by the brave revolutionary female fighters.
Everyone thought about it: if you set up the flag, you will definitely be shot by the Japanese invaders. But in order to show the dignity of the national army and Shanghai's final territorial sovereignty, the flag still has to be erected!
What I didn't expect was that Director Guan Hu asked the Yao Bai warriors to die for protecting the flag in order to win tears. A whole class of warriors' flesh and blood forms the flag stand, and the overly artistic presentation makes people feel "horrified".
The flag can be protected, but it is really unnecessary to perform such a tragic performance under the back-and-forth shooting of Japanese fighter planes.
awkward retreat
After much consideration, Chiang Kai-shek believed that the original goal of sticking to Zhabei and the Sixing Warehouse had been achieved: the vast majority of the Chinese troops had been successfully withdrawn and redeployed; and the battle had attracted the attention of the Western world. So he ordered the troops to evacuate the warehouse on October 31, and appointed Yang Hu, the Shanghai garrison commander, to meet with British General Smallet to discuss how the Chinese soldiers could retreat to the public concession and join the 88th Division fighting in western Shanghai. So the concession side came forward and repeatedly negotiated with the Japanese military to let the Chinese army retreat. The Japanese commander Ishigen Matsui thought that there should be at least one brigade and two or three thousand troops in the Sixing Warehouse, so he agreed to let the Chinese defenders retreat.
The above is the real retreat scene. The retreat of the defenders of the Sixing Warehouse was approved by the Japanese military department. Therefore, the retreat scene in the film was blocked by the Japanese army when crossing the bridge. It was purely the director's sensationalism.
The sacrifice caused by the sparse retreat at the beginning was not great, and it was not sensational enough. The director ordered all the remaining troops to cross the bridge. Accompanied by the mad fire of the machine guns of the Japanese army, the four-line warehouse defenders were riddled with bullets. Kong struggled to complete the final retreat mission. This scene was delayed by slow motion for a long time. Colonel Xie Jinyuan was shot and fell to the ground. Killing himself and begging for benevolence on the battlefield was his desired destination. It can be seen that the director also tried his best to think about it. Complete him and complete the entire four-line warehouse guards.
Not to mention the tactical operation of fire cover (the movie is here, but is there a difference between fire cover and tickling, anyway, the director just wants them to die), there is no basic tactical evasion at all, even the common people who send the rope (knife) Aberdeen, etc.) all know how to look for bunkers, but a large area of the regular army is exposed to the enemy's machine gun fire as a target. I have no way of knowing if the Eight Hundred Heroes felt offended, but I felt my IQ was insulted.
It was also in this scene that I cut out a three-bedroom, two-hall hardcover suite. Thank you Director Guan Hu.
Highlights: The famous scene of killing oneself and seeking benevolence
This is one of the plots based on the real plot of the four-line warehouse defense battle. When the soldiers who were not afraid of death strapped bombs to their bodies, squatted in a line, and jumped from the warehouse to their deaths one by one shouting their native names. When killing the enemy, I believe that no one is not moved. This scene was blown crazy, and director Guan Hu really earned my tears. This is the most glorious moment in the film, especially He Xiangning played by Yao Chen. The phrase "all the people in the country are like this, how dare the Japanese pirates" is the finishing touch.
Summarize
Halfway through 2020, when China finally emerged from the haze of the epidemic, along with the reopening of theaters, we really urgently need a passionate film to sublimate our feelings of home and country. "Eight Hundred" is undoubtedly the The best choice, I have already heard of the bloody deeds of the Sixing Warehouse, and I am also looking forward to the story of the Eight Hundred Heroes on the screen again. I also believe that Director Guan Hu's realistic style can perfectly present General Xie Jinyuan and the Sixing Warehouse Guard. The spirit of the Chinese soldiers who are not afraid of death and fight the enemy bravely.
Maybe my expectations were too high, but I was really disappointed after watching the film.
The director's sword is slanted, he uses points to describe the face, depicts the middle army with the remnants of the army, and uses heaven to set off hell. The taste of the side dishes overshadowed the main dishes, and instead I didn’t know what the main dishes were; too many artificial decorations were made on the main dishes, and there were a lot of carvings, which were flashy.
I'm not a director and I don't understand directors. I can't make it, but I think a movie with a heavy historical theme like "Yabai" should be respectful, at least not to the audience. Be a fool.
The last point was given to the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 524th Regiment, 262nd Brigade, 262nd Brigade, 88th Division, 72nd Army, 19th Army, 88th Division of the National Army. pay tribute.
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