For Feng Xiaogang In terms of directing history, the two films have a lot in common. They both have large investments and are mainly used for sets and special effects rather than casts; both scenes are placed at the beginning and most of the space after that talks about a related issue. It's a story of some kind of emotion. But unfortunately, although Feng Xiaogang has made some progress in the grasp of the scene, his narrative strength is much worse than the previous one.
Watching "Tangshan Earthquake", I personally dedicated my own theater virgin tears, but When I walked out of the theater, I was not immersed in the film's emotion at all. The reason is that the film's narrative is not strong enough to really move people's hearts with the story, and it is even less able to trigger the possible thinking behind the story. In this film, crying is a kind of "instant pleasure" created by excellent performances and lines. If a few crying points are replaced by a bland performance, I am afraid the tear-inducing effect will be greatly reduced. This is why It is also a film based on moving people's hearts. This film is one level lower than "Big Fish" and Feng Xiaogang's own "Assembly". This is similar to
the different levels of comedy. It's superficial, but this film can achieve a far wider and stronger tear-jerking effect than many TV dramas of the same type, and it is still successful. Feng Xiaogang still shows a high level in his best line design and grasp of Chinese emotional characteristics. The performances of several old actors are also of a certain level, especially Chen Daoming's several scenes are quite tense. In addition, this film successfully made the huge group of middle-aged and elderly women in China pulled from the front of the TV to the cinema for the first time .And the expansion of the audience will, after all, greatly promote the development of the Chinese film market.
As for the disaster scenes in this film, my personal impression is that although the shock level is still far behind that of Hollywood, in terms of authenticity, it is already infinitely close to the international standard. Domestically, there is such control over the big scenes. The ability is already invaluable. However, these four-minute earthquake scenes are too short and too early for the banner of the disaster film. The audience has not yet reached a climax, but it has already ejaculated prematurely. It is not enough to say that he is selling dog meat with sheep's heads. In contrast, although the assembly number also has the problem of focusing on a small part of the big scene at the beginning, it still does enough war scenes.
Many film critics have criticized the film's slow and bland narrative rhythm. This is a fact. It is also Feng Xiaogang's consistent Defect. But it doesn't seem boring. This is probably because Feng Xiaogang basically does not use long shots, especially still long shots, and uses more dialogue. This treatment method is very similar to TV dramas and has been criticized by many professionals. The results of the practice have been recognized by most ordinary Chinese audiences.
As far as the platform of the story itself is concerned, even in the current film censorship environment, there is actually a chance to make a Chinese epic. The director tried to make some efforts in this regard, but it is obvious that Feng Xiaogang's ability to grasp the times, human nature and society is still relatively limited, which
is one of the reasons why he has not been appreciated by the literary critics. The quality of this film is slightly better than If You Are the One and worse than Assembly. I personally still have a positive review. It's not very good, but it does meet the needs of the audience, and it also releases a lot of tears and sympathy from the audience. You are not to blame This kind of feeling is hypocritical. To a certain extent, the film is to provide the audience with an opportunity to enter the illusory world, not to mention that many people’s memories of similar touching in their own lives are real. The general public It is true that a favorite movie is not necessarily a good movie, but I personally think that a director who makes a movie that the general public likes is a good director. Feng Xiaogang is willing to cater to the audience, and has shown the ability to cater to the audience. At the same time, he signed a contract with a listed company. Director, he has helped Huayi shareholders, including grassroots shareholders like me, to make money. In this regard, he is very successful and should be a role model for Chinese directors to learn from. After all, whether in the United States or China, most of them take others Directors who have money to make movies are not qualified to regard themselves as artists in the first place.
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