Hollywood special effects team and high production costs have indeed become the foundation for Zhang Yimou to complete this fantasy blockbuster with Chinese characteristics, and how to create a grand scene is even more familiar to him, but it is so The consummate gold and jade was defeated by a story full of rags, and the far-fetched routine of fighting monsters made the familiar proposition of "The Great Wall" seem so unfamiliar and pale.
While watching this movie, the image of The Lord of the Rings flashed in my mind more than once. It is no exaggeration to say that this is a work that makes people feel particularly sympathetic. When the battlefield is no longer an imaginary The ancient castle became the majestic Great Wall of China. When the person dressed in the knight costume is no longer a western style, but has become a gorgeous Chinese armor, the use of color aesthetics is even more integrated into it, so people can see Zhang Yimou's extraordinary director charm so clearly, if this The film can completely abandon the story, so there is no doubt that this is a particularly good Chinese film.
In fact, when I saw that the film was actually written by five foreigners and no Chinese participated in the screenwriting, I was already embarrassed that this Chinese film danced with American-style thinking shackles, even if Peter Jackson was asked to direct it. It must be a mediocre work. Although these five screenwriters have Tony Gilroy, who has worked with the male protagonist Matt Damon for many years in "The Bourne Bourne", and Edward Zwick, who has already embraced the Oscar statuette, But the core thinking of these people when compiling this work is definitely not to put the story in the first place of the film, but to think about how to integrate an abrupt foreign male protagonist Matt Damon into this Chinese fight against monsters. In attack and defense.
When we look at this work according to this logic, it is actually clear that "The Great Wall" and "The Lord of the Rings", which has a grand worldview background, although there is not much difference in special effects, but from the plot point of view The two are no longer the same level at all. "The Great Wall" is just a popcorn movie of American heroes and beauties painted with Chinese appearance but without Chinese soul. In such a work with special effects, of course there is no need for one to have any Like the super villain in the past and present, just like the female worm stalk of "Starship Fleet" in the last century, it is just right to apply the gluttonous beast. It can be said that the Hollywood thinking of the five Hollywood screenwriters has already killed the plot of the movie in the cradle. Therefore, the black pot of self-consciousness that the film is so corrupt should really not be carried by director Zhang Yimou.
In addition to the criticism of the movie's plot, this Chinese-style blockbuster also exposes the problems of Chinese-style blockbusters to the world to the greatest extent. If Hollywood blockbusters are a melting pot for casting actors, then Chinese-style blockbusters are a star showing his face. The concentration camp, or the ranking of talents, or the background of popularity, to arrange the roles of the Chinese people who are already not too many, such a quick look at the flowers, not only difficult to talk about the acting skills, but also the characters of different characters. Empty, if the film's plot is ineffective, it can still be pushed to the screenwriter, but the embarrassment of the characters is the bitter fruit of the star-only theory and the box-office theory of Chinese movies.
It is difficult to become a classic "The Great Wall", but it is just an unsuccessful test of Chinese elements and American culture and special effects. The problem it exposes is not only the absurdity of American screenwriters to write Chinese stories, but also the great joy of Chinese blockbusters "Stars" are too big to be worth it. In the face of a powerful Hollywood, we not only have no technology and even the script is written by others, but also have our own problems. What can we use to make a film that truly belongs to China "Lord of the Rings"?!
Rating: 5
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