On the one hand, there is a personal adoration of Aiwu Jiwu, which is regarded as a masterpiece, and on the other hand, there is a deep disappointment with excessive expectations.
For example, Nolan's new work "Dunkirk", just from the lifting of the ban to the introduction, has caused constant disputes among spectators from all walks of life.
The high scores of Helicopter on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB made the long-awaited movie fans seem to grab a vine that can be climbed, and shouted more strongly.
However, the advance troops who were fortunate enough to have seen the real content of the film felt that it was not as expected.
Watching a movie is a very personal thing, and I don't want to discuss whether it is right or wrong, but I really want to discuss a few words about "Dunkirk", which can toss such a large-scale moth.
1. The magician without props is quite satisfactory, but
the reason why the crappy Nolan is regarded as an altar is that he can always control the time in the film very mysteriously and just right.
But in each of his previous works, he almost relied on props and gadgets to concretize the concept of time.
In "Memento", Reiner always uses tattoos, polaroid photos, and notes to record and connect the split time;
the never-ending spinning top in "Inception" represents an uncontrollable, unfinished dream In the middle of the space;
"Deadly Magic" the last red ball bouncing created all the day and night.
Nolan's reliance on objects is evident in his debut novel, "Following."
The protagonist Bill has a habit of stealing, and every memory he has of the heroine in prison is a relevant fragment brought by every stolen object.
But in Dunkirk, the inertia of time being materialized has been stripped away, leaving only three words: "a week, a day, an hour".
Therefore, at the end of the film, the concept of time has been diluted to the point where it has been covered up by complicated plots and highly repetitive faces.
2. The cobwebs that were once intertwined were sorted out
Perhaps the theme of Dunkirk originated from the adaptation of real events, so that Nolan, who is accustomed to multi-line thinking, not only wants to achieve the solemnity of following historical facts, but also wants to give the commerciality that escapes the perception.
Therefore, after getting used to Nolan's psychological expectation that he did not give known information according to normal logic, the three-line division of sea, land and air seems a lot more rigid.
Inception is loved by everyone because of the tension created by the multi-line narrative.
In the absence of contact, the completion of one party's task is directly related to the success or failure of the next step.
This kind of interaction where the audience is omniscient and the characters are unknown in space is the real meaning of Nolan's films that can make people sweat.
But in "Dunkirk", the three-way army of sea, land and air finally formed an inertial stance.
That is, the Navy prepares for the Army to retreat, the Air Force prepares for the Navy retreat, and the Air Force finally "sacrifices" in a known cycle.
Especially when Mr. Tang did not know how much oil was left in the fuel tank, he still fought twice. When he fought alone to repel the enemy at a critical moment, the three-way war was obviously simplified to the meaning of fighting alone.
3. I can't remember every face, but every little brother wants to hug
Nolan's breakthrough may be that he understands the breadth of the coverage of war.
Therefore, unlike previous feature films with central protagonists, "Dunkirk" is a standard group movie, and group portraits are often the normal state of war.
Tens of thousands of soldiers went to the front lines, but the bodies that died on the battlefield were no different, except that their families in faraway places knew their names.
Gibson, the German spy who finally died in the cabin, is the representative who pointed out this phenomenon.
When Tommy met him for the first time, he was burying a body on the beach. As long as he buried a person, he could replace his identity. This absurd replacement only appeared on the battlefield where the identity was ambiguous.
The multitude of characters requires a wider space within the lens.
The first time Tommy was walking to the breakwater, he happened to witness a German air raid.
On the vast coastline, from the water to the beach, many soldiers stood neatly.
They gathered together and looked powerful, but when the bombs were dropped from the air, these soldiers lay naked on the unobstructed beach, and could only resign themselves to the hope that the bombs would not fall near them.
That moment is the most ruthless war and the most helpless moment for human beings.
4. The war does not begin at the end, but at the beginning.
From last winter to this summer, there have been three masterpieces on the theme of war that have landed in theaters, but these works may be connected with a war. Full timeline.
Mel Gibson's "Hacksaw Ridge" is about medics rather than soldiers, but he is more concerned with the discussion of life and death before the war;
Ang Lee's "Billy Lynn's Halftime Battle" shows the The young soldier's ignorant understanding of self and country, peace and battle;
and Nolan's "Dunkirk" is more meaningful.
The layout of the war scene and the restoration of the battle sound effects in the whole film are actually in preparation for Tommy's return home.
"Dunkirk" is a known victory for the audience, but the soldier's position after the victory is another new topic.
Do others think they are greedy for life and fear of death? Is it a shame for the country if the soldiers did not die in battle? How can I wake up from the shadow of the nightmare of daily bombing?
Tommy's trance on the train, the beer handed by the old man outside the window is perhaps the most utopian answer.
I don't deny that this is Nolan's very well-made work, the script is very complete, and there is indeed a sincerity of self-breakthrough.
As a Hollywood standard commercial film, the introduction of the mainland should also earn a lot of box office.
But "Dunkirk" really lost the imagination and memory reconstruction that Nolan does best, and I don't know if it was worth it.
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