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Screenwriter:
The two screenwriters are really unsatisfactory. There are too many places to be picky. Only the key points:
1. Relying on singing to pass the secret report? By means of a change of tune a message? I admit that such a thing is not completely impossible, but it is basically impossible. Are all the secret agents proficient in rhythm? What if he goes out of tune? Taking a ten thousand steps back, even if the secret agents are musicians, can he sing accurately the songs that Brother Zhang sang when he was tortured to the point that he couldn't even open his eyes? The original singer Zeng Yike can't guarantee the pitch of her singing while sitting in a healthy and comfortable way. It seems that she needs to go to the spy training camp to hone her. Besides, the person who was about to die suddenly sang a song, and the little nurse banged on the table for a long time. How could the officers in the room not be suspicious? Sure enough, if you are not a communist or you are not good enough, all folk songs are sung for you.
2. What happened to Zhou Xun's embroidery on Li Bingbing's cheongsam? Isn't Li Bingbing a password genius who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania? How could he not know the passwords he has embroidered on himself? Zhou Xun began to mend clothes and leave information from the first day. As a professional spy, wouldn't she feel that such behavior would easily reveal her identity? Even if you want to embroider, you should be as concise as possible. As a result, you wrote a long paragraph, not only taking into account your personal emotions, but also expressing your infinite love for the motherland, cow!
3. Isn't Zhou Xun's father Wang Jingwei's good friend? Why did she vote for the Communist Party? Can't explain a word?
Of course, there are several other places that are far-fetched but reluctant to say in the past. . .
Director:
In general, the director did a pretty good job, and he didn't make any big mistakes and didn't bring surprises.
The picture is good. Director Chen really has directed ghost movies. The depressing and gloomy atmosphere of the movie is well created, even a little too depressing.
The way the story is told is rather bland. Wretched people (like me), sitting in the theater thinking: Why does this story look more and more like death? The group lived in a dark old castle. At the beginning, Su Youpeng predicted that people would die tonight, so he died not long afterward; then Yingda seemed to see that he was destined to be tortured to death, and the pressure was too great, so he shot Ended himself; then Sister Xun, who knew from the beginning that she would not survive, and finally died heroically; Wang Zhiwen saw a gun pointed at him in the mirror, and was shot in the head a few seconds later; and finally Huang Xiaoming, who thought it was over It's been a month since I was safe, but I didn't expect to be cut. In the end, there are two survivors left, namely the kind, innocent, beautiful and moving heroine and the heroic and invincible hero.
Also, wasn't the legendary Huang Xiaoming's play cut? I don't think he has more time than the protagonist. . . I can understand that the director doesn't want to make a face of the Japanese officer, but it seems that too much writing is spent on him. It is better to talk about Zhou Xun's background and let us understand why she became a spy.
Actors:
In general, the actors are doing well, and most of the actors are well-chosen. Zhou Xun's acting skills are still so brilliant, his emotions are in place, and he performed well in several major scenes. Zhang Hanyu gives the impression that he is a real man of iron and blood, and he is even more MAN in the movie!
In fact, I was looking forward to Li Bingbing's performance at first, but I didn't feel amazing after watching it. She acted quite well. Looking back, the scene where she confronted Zhou Xun in the bathroom was all good, but unfortunately, her role in the scene didn't have many "explosive points", and she could only use the words "kindness, simplicity, beauty and moving". words. What kind of nude scenes that were advertised very fiercely turned out to be fooling people, and what kind of body would reveal your secrets is the excuse for the wretched brother Huang who wants to play role-playing.
Wang Zhiwen is very powerful, but why did the scene where he tortured Zhou Xun suddenly weakened so much? ? Really puzzled, no wonder someone said he watched Zhou Xun. . .
Su Youpeng's sissy is not bad. Back then when Huanzhugege was still in love, he thought he could play a sissy, and he really did.
Another point worth discussing is whether Zhang Hanyu should kill Huang Xiaoming in the end. I personally don't think it should be. I understand the Chinese people's view of "killing people to pay for their lives" and "blood for blood". But I think that his return to Japan as a prisoner caused him more and more lasting damage than death. The Japanese value integrity and reputation more than death. The director spent so much time telling that the officer played by Huang Xiaoming took risks and secretly carried out this operation because of his family's reputation. Shouldn't there be a more matching ending?
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