[Film Review] Assembly Number: Feng Xiaogang's Cosplay

Dolores 2022-04-19 09:02:48

Using the word Cosplay to say "Assembly" may be a bit mean, but since I basically memorized "Band of Brothers", it is a great affirmation to use this word instead of words like imitation or plagiarism. At the tenth minute of the film, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I took out my phone and sent a text message: "Can you be more like the Brotherhood?" Like some brothers, they have to wear steel helmets and American equipment from the Kuomintang army. Those familiar helmets and scarves make me happy. It is also because of cosplay. The group is quite professional. The fans of the band, wearing the equipment of Brotherhood, staying in the snow of Brotherhood, and painting their face in the color of Brotherhood, of course there are good and bad cosplay, "Assembly" is probably the best work, because no Coser can be rich Can't afford to burn a costume like this...not to mention the environment of the first battle, a collage of enemy positions in episodes 3 and 7 of Band of Brothers. Silly root Xu Sanduo cosplayed the sharpshooter Shifty of the Brothers Company, and the company Changguzidi did not hesitate to kill prisoners of war in order to get cos Jagged company commander Speirs. Instructor Wang Jincun cosplayed Private Blithe from episode 3, others such as machine gunners and hygienists They are all good, even the actions of injury and gauze wrapping are well learned, and of course there is a very friendly Chinese-style foul language. Needless to say, after the DVD comes out, it will be very interesting to make a cos index comparison table of "Assembly" and "Band of Brothers" when I have time. However, what I didn't expect was that Feng Xiaogang changed his style and started to cosplay "Bright Sword", Gu Zidi and Zhao Erdou, that is Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang who are alive and well...

The above paragraph is purely a joke. It’s really tiring to write a movie review on the air. Brother, I changed the way of writing today, haha. Of course, it's time for me to start academics again. As mentioned above, the meaning is nothing more than one point. In terms of audio-visual language, "Assembly" relies entirely on the form of "Band of Brothers", including the setting, shape, tone, editing method, and symphonic music. This form is more meaningful to me, because seeing this form, it determines that the emotion and theme of the film will inevitably move towards the tone of "Band of Brothers"-style low perspective, civilianization, and the use of humanity to dissolve the grand narrative of war. . Unsurprisingly, "Assembly" followed this path. These narratives are close to mainstream narratives in foreign war films, but are basically invisible in films about the history of the New China Revolution. That's what "Assembly" is all about: it shows normal soldiers and normal wars. In "Assembly" or "Band of Brothers", those soldiers, they are soldiers, they speak human words, they want to eat, they are afraid, they do things for a very simple reason, never "for" this or that. "Band of Brothers" doesn't actually dismantle any mainstream narrative, while "Assembly" completely dismantles all the things established by all revolutionary history films at once. Of course, not only through borrowing in form, but more importantly, in the second paragraph that was criticized, although the form is "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", it is actually deeply ironic. In the narrative of "Assembly", a seemingly lofty martyr status no longer represents glory or sacrifice, but represents the five hundred kilograms of millet that "can't die in vain". In the 1900s, a people's army was unable to identify a veteran, no, the identity of a regiment-level veteran officer. Do you think there is a problem with the system or a problem with the people? Commander Liu asked Jiulian to be an abandoned son in a battle, and he had to use deceit to convince them. Do you think this is out of consideration for the overall situation of the battle, or out of selfishness? friend. This deception does not matter. All the people we saw in the previous films who sacrificed their lives for the safety of their comrades and organizations suddenly became ridiculous. Isn't it my favorite to make "righteous and awe-inspiring" films about the history of the revolution in New China? In front of "Assembly", these expressions suddenly became pale and powerless. Therefore, "Assembly" is not a "New Year's war blockbuster" at all, but a political drama with a strong sense of irony. Do not believe? Take a look at the last award ceremony, the word ridiculous is clearly written on the screen. This kind of ridiculous comes from the paranoid weird old millet land, from not knowing whether it is for food or for food The lawsuit of the name also comes from this pretending ceremony itself, because even if you become a hero, you have to admit it with an official document, not because of the facts. So what if you don't have this paper? This seemingly soothing ending is not tragic at all, but downright sad.

So behind the official document, there was a silent majority. If Feng Xiaogang really shot "their names are unknown, and their exploits are forever remembered", then this is a war movie; however, Feng Xiaogang still consciously, or he took it for granted, made this scene. He returned to his usual sarcasm, but this time he concealed it more cleverly. Fortunately, there are some human warmth. All of his provocative passages were not used by me, but I was only moved by the bright smiles of Gu Zidi and Zhao Erdou. At that moment, they lived so real.

More to say. So gossip. After watching "Soldier Assault", when I saw Wang Baoqiang and Li Chen, I suddenly remembered a lot of sweet and beautiful memories; and Hu Jun and Deng Chao, who were originally cute, also performed very well this time. To be more harsh, in addition to Gu Zidi, the only person who has a bit of character in this film is Zhao Erdou played by Deng Chao. After all, this is a movie, without calling something familiar, such as "Bright Sword" or "Soldier Assault", it is really difficult for the audience to tell who is who among a group of men who can't tell the difference. . Using Wang Baoqiang saves a pen and ink, and can write about Wang Jincun and Jiao Dapeng, but identifying other people is still a very difficult job, at least for the first time. I can't help but sigh that "Band of Brothers" still has much more space.

The last game of the sniper battle is placed at the back of the second paragraph, and the pot is not revealed until the dust has settled, which is well done in editing. Lu Le's director of photography is a guarantee of image quality. The low pressure of the war scene in the front is quite realistic, and the late autumn mountain forest and golden sunlight in the back are really beautiful. If you have to pick something wrong, it is that the large depression angle lens is a bit more. Musically, the few passages without the symphony are good, such as Xu Sanduo's bombing the tank, but with the symphony, it's not too great. As for the play, in fact, if you put a lot of effort into it, "Assembly" will be a "Long Engagement". There is a lot to be done about the issue of whether the horn rang or not, and it would be a good idea to add some suspense elements. However, Feng Xiaogang didn't mean it here. After playing a beautiful cosplay, it was not easy to shoot the main theme film with a spirit of social criticism, so I think the audience does not need to pursue his looseness in the second half. As for the subtitles, it's about as unreliable as the "Assembly" commercial on the news network. I think of it as a deep Cos to the subtitle passages in Band of Brothers. What I can assert, however, is that Assemble will be rewritten, and has rewritten the entire way in which revolutionary history films are made, and together with Soldier Assault, of course, better than Soldier Assault allows us in a sense felt real. Or perhaps, "Assembly" gives a war film way of presenting war in addition to revolutionary historical films, so in this sense, remove the word "New Year's Eve", as a war blockbuster, "Assembly" It is undoubtedly a work that opened the next era, but in this era, Chinese movies still have a long way to go.

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