Talk objectively about the "Yao Bai" you just finished watching
1. As a commercial film
There is one thing to say, one thing to say, one thing to say, one thing to another, as a commercial war movie, it is obviously much better than "A Dog 2". Of course, does he deserve to compare this high-quality commercial film with the magic film that was chosen by the radio and television for the Oscars? ! The whole film has done a very good job in the audio-visual effects that are necessary for cool films such as sound effects and special effects.
Based on this alone, we shouldn't spray him! If you blow it or not, it depends on your aesthetic level.
Few people may watch the IMAX version of this film, but I went to Wanda to see IMAX with curiosity about the first Chinese film to be shot entirely with IMAX cameras. I have to say that using IMAX in this film that needs to show the details of the battlefield, the dim lights and the wide field of view is the best choice. The IMAX experience is very good (provided that you have booked a seat as good as me two days in advance)
So, friends who want to watch movies that can arouse their national pride, friends who want to give themselves a booster, friends who want to pass the boring time, go and buy tickets... This is definitely the right choice !
2. As a historical war drama
I have to say, it's pretty impressive. Let me first mention that the name of this movie was called "Apocalypse of the Eight Hundred Hundred Hundred Hundred Hundreds". Friends who know movies will definitely have a sense of familiarity with this name. Yes, combined with the aesthetic preferences disclosed by the director before, this movie The movie is going to be made into "Apocalypse Now" directed by the great Francisco Pola. For friends who don't understand movies, let's learn about it here. This war movie won the Palme d'Or, the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival. At least in the top three war movies, and this Coppola is the director of "The Godfather". Perhaps it can be seen that there are indeed some places in the film "Eight Hundred" that are more similar to "Apocalypse Now", such as the scene of the group of soldiers watching the beauties singing and dancing under the tent. But it would be too embarrassing for him to ask for the film with the demands of Apocalypse Now. It can be said that Guan Cao is powerless to express certain meanings, and even some plot settings are a bit deliberate and twisted, but this is also a manifestation of the director's ambition. For example, when Liu Xiaoqing's younger brother made a pigtail and suddenly went out of his mind to send power lines, it felt very strange to see. Why send wires in the first place? Not only the photographer, but also Huang Xiaoming can come here in a fucking Union Jack, do you even have a phone? Secondly, is it not abrupt to present this power line to the audience without understanding the cause and effect of it? There are many more such unexplained plots, which almost run through the whole film, which makes the audience who want to know the real history look uncomfortable.
I have to spit out a few words, Du Chun who played Xie Jinyuan, I said that the dialect you speak in the whole movie is Shandong dialect, not Shandong dialect, Shanghai dialect is not Shanghai dialect, and Mandarin is more important. It's not Mandarin, do you think that as long as you don't feel embarrassed, it's the audience who are embarrassed. Besides, your acting skills are not good enough. I can't go into details. There are too many. I think you should play your Ximen Qing.
Key point (knocking on the blackboard) Regarding the theme of war movies, looking at the excellent war movies in history, which movie embodies the theme that is not anti-war? Which country in the world today does not want peace? What is the theme of today's world? Peace and development! Why were war movies unpopular during WWII? Because people are fed up with war, why are there war movies? Because human beings need to make future generations reflect on war and avoid war again, anti-war is the meaning of war movies. The Vietnam War films "Apocalypse Now" and "Full Metal Jacket" emphasized the cruelty of war and the annihilation of human nature during the war to express anti-war ideas; "Dunkirk" emphasized the attitude of the British people to treat deserters as heroes. Promotes anti-war ideology; even the most recent "1917" is a story of two soldiers going through hardships to stop the war. It can be said that war movies are born to be anti-war. As for the Chinese war movies, which one does not put the heroes of safeguarding their own country's interests and praising their own country in the first place, from "War Dogs 2" to "Operation Red Sea" to today's "Eight Hundred", the Chinese The spirit of revenge and devotion to the country is deeply rooted in the bone marrow. This is a benefit and a disadvantage, so it is necessary to take different essences and get rid of different dross on different occasions. In watching this film, the hearts of the audience must be inclined to these eight hundred (four hundred) warriors not to retreat but to fight to the death with the Japanese army. But this is a wrong value. This kind of belligerent character is driven by the unique patriotic complex of the Chinese people. If there is a war in the future, the angry youths do not know what will happen.
All in all, there is nothing wrong with the commercial elements of this film, the plot and themes are set too old-fashioned and blunt, such a good historical theme is somewhat wasted. But it's worth seeing, just for fun
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