"Brothers" episode 2 review

Jaylin 2021-10-18 09:29:16

At the beginning of this episode, the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division began their journey to the Battle of Normandy. For a large number of movies that were also from the Battle of Normandy, this TV series basically did not have much novelty, and Spierburg’s 98 The height of "En" is really hard to surpass, and the director himself has been thrown into the production side alive, not in vain, so what we see in this episode is basically the airborne version of "Saving Private Ryan".
Today, while watching TV, a certain domestic TV drama director made another movie about the War of Resistance Against Japan. In an interview, he said seriously that we strive to restore history. We even added a plot of scout encounters with the enemy in the woods. Then I Seeing the clips of this TV series, I changed the channel-the same kind of TV series without brains, it's another one! After watching the second episode of "Brothers", this contrast is especially obvious.
Let’s take a look at the Battle of Normandy in Spierburg mode:
First, we must scan the entire battlefield to give people the most direct impression. Let the audience know how the battle should be fought. Come and rush to fall down a few of these things. In this play, the director fully combines the paratroopers with the dense bushes in Normandy. The figures of the paratroopers are looming in the bushes, which suddenly attracts attention. Concentration, along with shooting at the height of the soldier’s head-up in the trench, or lower than the human body, or the same height as the person, the human probe lens is also the probe, and the human lens will never be shaken without the probe. This is perfect for the action of the character Combined, the audience Fangfo is in a computer game, and only what the person he plays can see is real, and the interaction is greatly enhanced;
Secondly, all the clips that were shot came suddenly, the editing time was extremely accurate, and it gave people a time to appear and they were shot down immediately, so the viewer would feel suddenly but not artificial. On the other hand, these domestic TV shows, ours The hero had to stand up and take a ZB26 step by step and sweep it around, and then hit countless warheads with a gun and refused to fall. He didn't feel anything except looking at others and feeling tired. In the episode where Hull, who has been following Winters's sacrifice when attacking the artillery position after landing in this episode, Hull ran through a bunker, just like all the previous sports scenes, just an explanation, and then suddenly there was an explosion in the lower right corner of the screen. , Within a few tenths of a second after the explosion, the camera cut into the picture of another person, and Hull was sacrificed in this way, and the rapid and insignificant disappearance of life is reflected here.
Once again, the attitude towards the enemy in the film-respect. In the Brothers Company, a lot of pen and ink were given to the Germans. Although there is no complete relationship between the characters and the plot, the gendarmerie and the child soldier who left a deep impression on people, including The group of German prisoners of war in this episode were finally shot and killed cruelly, giving people the same shock and heartache, just like the "absolutely objective and relatively subjective" characteristics I mentioned in the previous episode. In this play, the first exchange of fire should be regarded as a killing. The scattered and concentrated small groups of paratroopers ambushed a group of German reserve forces. At the time, they were driving back to the camp with a carriage and drinking wine. They were all killed. Spierburg didn't know if it was intentional. He repeated the same detail in "Saving Private Ryan"-the German soldier who was ambushed raised his hands in despair and shouted surrender, and then he was pretended not to hear. American soldiers quickly shot to death. In this detail, you can see what kind of human care the director treated the war out of, and the soldier who hated the Germans because of his brother’s death in Italy also began to be full of prejudice and hatred in this episode. revenge.
Finally, the picture effects and sound effects have almost formed a classic mode. The bullets are divided into left and right channels instead of simply using simulations or simply replacing material sounds. Completely real tracer ballistics can definitely be used. The military fans were very addicted, and the camera shake that echoed with the characters' every move in the picture increased the sense of movement and realism.
This should be the various components in the most admired mode of the Spierburg war movie. In addition, a large number of the descriptions of each soldier are not hesitating for the subsequent sacrifice or heroic performance, such as the beginning of this episode. Some of the paratroopers were sitting in the suffocating silence in the cabin. Everyone’s small movements and subtle changes in expression affirmed the performance of the actors and at the same time enriched the lives of the characters and the whole play, making everyone appear very important. It is also very cute, so that when they get a home of their own, we can think and feel deeply.
This model was exemplified in the first few encounters in the Battle of Normandy, and it also set a paradigm for the war scenes of the whole show. In the plot, the soldier’s personality that was originally suppressed in the first episode of training begins to show up, and it is very consistent with the characteristics of the TV series. This episode also specifically sets aside the suspense of shooting prisoners that has not been completely solved. Keep it for later. Put it forward in suitable places for rendering.
In short, the good show has begun, waiting for the third episode to review!

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Band of Brothers quotes

  • Joe Toye: Hey guys, I'm glad we're going to Europe.

    [takes out his knife]

    Joe Toye: Hitler gets one of these right across the windpipe, Roosevelt changes Thanksgiving to Joe Toye Day, pays me ten grand a year for the rest of my fucking life.

  • Bill Guarnere: Once we get into combat, they only people you can trust is yourself and the fella next to you.

    Joe Toye: Hey, as long as he's a paratrooper.