How many successes and failures did Dongfeng break through in ancient times?

Summer 2022-04-03 09:01:12

Good, not bad.
There are new ideas and clichés.

In terms of scenes, this war film is indeed the best in the history of Chinese films, many of which borrowed Hollywood's shooting mode and introduced China's Qimen Dunjia formation, which has never been seen in foreign countries.

The performances of the characters are almost like RPGs, most of which are not drawn, and the dialogue style of the literary drama is completely witty and nonsensical to the Hong Kong film. This is not official history. Cao Cao conquered the world for the sake of a woman. It is hard to call him a traitor. How could he have spent more time drinking tea with the beautiful woman, and missed the best time for the water war to attack? Can't tell. The most disgusting thing is Zhang Fengyi's "Dan Ge Xing". I am dead! Is this also called recitation? There is no cadence, flat rhythm, and countless idiots are stunned to cheer together on the parade stage - do you have any literary accomplishment?

Zhou Yu is softer, and his sword dance is really good-looking; Zhuge Liang is even more feminine, and the movements of the feather fan are a bit like the image of Captain Jack played by Johnny Depp. As soon as Cai Mao spoke, his appearance reminded me of my friend Chen Jue.

The climax of the war drama, the princes and generals, and the occasion of the situation, are in the base camp of Cao Jun, which is caught in a sea of ​​fire. Cao Cao's hair was disheveled, and he was still pretending to be clamoring: "I am the Prime Minister, you are rebels!" This is not Cao Cao, Cao Cao, who is a real deceiver, will not be so stupid and stubborn at the juncture of life and death. Top policy. This is not in line with official history, at least not even the human reasoning of historical figures has been done well.

In the chaos of the army, Cao Cao and Zhou Yu held each other's swords against each other's vital points. This scene actually returned to the action style of the Wu-style shootout film era. of the moment.

The following plot development returns to the style of pure male characters, which is the true value of John Woo's film. A group of men stood in the ruins of the battlefield, staring silently at everything around them. What they realized was not the successful mentality of "the hero is washed away by the waves", nor the fluke sigh of "the winner is the king and the loser", but Zhou Yu He said indifferently, "None of us won." How many gorgeous scenes rolled by before we came to such a realistic conclusion.

There are only two men left at the end, Yu is Yu, Liang is Liang, and their rivalry is the main line running through "Red Cliff (Part 1) (Part 2)". Looking at the confrontation and dialogue between Kaneshiro Takeshi and Tony Leung, it is somewhat similar to the confrontation between Andy Lau and Tony Leung in "Infernal Affairs". The farewells, the friendship between enemies and friends, and the tacit understanding of sympathy for each other, can not help but make people secretly admire: It's a heartbreaking song, where can I find a soulmate in the end of the world.

Director Wu Yusen is a director who is good at shooting small action movies. It is a difficult attempt to control a work of such a scale. Obviously, Director Wu has innovations in the interpretation of the characters' personalities, which makes him get rid of the masked image of the romance novels, but it is not full enough. The characters in the whole play have a common problem, that is, they speak fast and behave loosely. It is hard to be convincing that the romantic figures who are on the cusp of the storm are so unsteady. There are also some fictional plots that are grafted a little abruptly, and the scene scheduling is exaggerated, which reveals the legacy of Hong Kong-style commercial fast food movies at a glance.

In short, Chinese movies have taken another big step forward on the road of shooting epic war movies. But in order to be truly majestic, in addition to the original form, more efforts must be made to conform to the logic of historical events and to enrich the flesh and blood of the characters.

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Extended Reading
  • Emanuel 2022-04-05 09:01:07

    john, have you had enough?

  • Cristian 2022-03-27 08:01:01

    A hearty cold weapon battle.