The main melody is not easy to shoot, because we grew up in class activity movies like "Dong Cunrui" and "Tunnel Warfare" when we were young.
With the changes of the times, the main theme of film and television has entered a downturn in the false big air of shouting slogans and the unreality of "tear the devil by hand".
After that, there was "Operation Mekong" and "Wolf Warrior 2" , the main theme type film began to ignite a new direction.
Of course, there is a direction, and the road ahead will not be smooth sailing. For example, "Sky Hunter" hangs in the air and is ungrounded, and the word-of-mouth box office has suffered from Waterloo.
"Operation Red Sea" released news a few years ago that it has a good reputation and is worth recommending, and the production cost has reached 500 million. Presumably this will be a hot-blooded blockbuster.
So Da Cong watched this "Operation Red Sea" with a lot of expectations and curiosity.
I have to say that the phrase "the bigger the expectation is, the bigger the disappointment" has not been fulfilled in "Operation Red Sea". On the contrary, if you watch this movie with a lot of good expectations, "Operation Red Sea" can still give Da Cong A lot of surprises and excitement make people excited to watch.
"Operation Red Sea" uses "2015 Yemen evacuation" as the story blueprint, based on reality, and then expands the drama supplement, which makes the film story fit the domestic audience.
The main task of the film is to evacuate the diaspora from the Republic of Ivia, and none of them are missing. The main force of the combat troops responsible for this evacuation mission is the "Jiaolong Commando" of the Chinese Navy.
This adrenaline-fueled team is real in the real Chinese navy, and is known as "sea dragon, land tiger, air eagle, and counter-terrorist elite" .
And the film just revolves around these four parts, bombarding the fearlessness of the Jiaolong Commando in the hail of bullets.
"Operation Red Sea" has a lot to boast about. I will focus on a few points to highlight.
First of all, the action scenes are exciting and satisfying
American war blockbusters are now watched by many audiences. It can be said that it is even more difficult to win the attention of the audience in mature Hollywood commercial blockbusters, but "Operation Red Sea" has achieved it.
The film is less about those fake and empty lines, and more about professional dialogues during tasks. The well-trained actions of the soldiers and the confrontation with real guns and live ammunition immerse the real war scenes in front of the audience.
Da Cong is not a military fanatic, so he is full of curiosity and excitement for various combat tools and weapons and equipment in many films.
This should be attributed to the fact that director Lin Chaoxian has carved these weapons and equipment in place. When and how to use them, they are visually presented to the audience step by step through the language of the lens.
For example, the freshness brought by the unmanned self-exposure machine, the tension brought by the bomb disposal, the shock brought by the mortar, and the head-to-head confrontation of the tanks are all perfectly depicted, and when showing the operation steps of these weapons and equipment, the camera does not Miss a single detail.
In the blasting scene, the film does not worry about the production cost being too expensive, and then repeats the picture to show the blasting. Instead, the film uses fast-paced editing to blast one place after another, and one shot counts as one shot. When you have an explosion scene in this second I haven't recovered yet, and the next second explosion will come immediately.
Just when you thought it was the biggest bombing of the movie, next time quickly refreshed your mind. The film slammed almost from the beginning to the end, leaving the audience hilarious to the end.
Many people will say that there are a lot of movies now, and as long as the production is big enough, it can be bombed, and a movie can easily cause explosion and visual fatigue from the beginning to the end.
But the explosion of "Operation Red Sea" has exploded with rich layers.
In the big picture, there are sea commands to ground operations, and there are teamwork to rescue hostages. Group operations are dizzying.
In a small pattern, it can specifically focus on bomb disposal, or on the confrontation between the snipers and the enemy. At every critical moment, it always makes people sweat.
The type of each battle in Operation Red Sea is not repeated, from the initial sea pursuit of Somali pirates (Battle 1), to the rescue of hostages in the city streets (Battle 2), and then the forced ambush battle (Battle 1). 3 battles), then go deep into the enemy's nest to the death (the 4th battle), and finally take the "chicken eating" action to capture the final boss (the 5th battle).
The way of fighting, the weapons and equipment used, the courage and courage of the soldiers are all upgraded again and again. Da Cong thought while watching the second "City Rescue the Hostages". , then you can go to heaven!
There is no unexpected but impossible. "Operation Red Sea" really added the element of "God", the aerial strike of drones, and the parachuting of the last team members . ".
Besides the fight scenes, the pacing of the film is well balanced
No matter how good a war scene is, it needs a story to stand it up.
Although the story of "Operation Red Sea" can't be said to have a thought-provoking design, the main line of the story is clean and neat, and the most important thing is that the story itself is very purposeful, like a military order, so the audience will follow the soldiers. Acting together from the perspective of the film, the emotions will follow the film.
In particular, the rhythm of the film is not simply a golden ratio of fighting drama and literary drama to find a balance point in the film.
What director Lin Chaoxian has to praise is that he puts this rhythm balance on the fight scene, and finds a balance of priorities in the film's rhythm in the blasting of the fight scene.
For example, in the battle where the Jiaolong Commandos were ambushed, the mortars exploded at the beginning, and then they went shopping together as a group.
But in the second stage of the battle, the director narrowed the pattern down to individuals. An experienced sniper appeared in the enemy army, and he fought wits and aiming with our snipers. Everyone knows how snipers fight. It is to be calm, ready to go, and kill the opponent in seconds at the critical moment.
Therefore, the film inserts this part of the sniper to slow down the pace of the film a little to coordinate the visual fatigue of the previous bombardment, but the audience can still maintain a tense and exciting mood.
The design that kills two birds with one stone is really clever. This is also why "Operation Red Sea" can be blasted from beginning to end.
Of course, the poor literary drama in the film can also be said to be the finishing touch. The literary drama part instantly adds an emotional aspect to each character, and is no longer a symbol of a group drama.
For example, the candy felt artificial at first, but in the end it ran through to Zhang Tiande's sacrifice, and that candy eventually became a tearjerker for the audience.
For example, why Haiqing, as a reporter, hates terrorists to the core, not for the sacred world peace, but because the terrorists separated her from her family. The motivation of such a character makes people feel real and credible, and also generates sympathy and resonance. .
After talking so much, of course, it is impossible to bypass the comparison between "Operation Red Sea" and "Wolf Warrior 2".
To tell the truth, Da Cong personally prefers "Operation Red Sea". Compared with "Wolf Warrior 2", "Operation Red Sea" erased the "superhero" protagonist's halo undead mode, and changed it to team combat, with injuries and sacrifices, so more convincing to the audience.
Anyone who knows director Lin Chaoxian knows that he is a full-fledged military fan. From military equipment to combat methods and types, he is a veteran driver.
Therefore, in the combat mode of the film, more details in the real war were added, and many unexpected weapons and equipment shows were also taken advantage of the opportunity. Compared with "Wolf Warrior 2", it will be richer.
Of course, which movie you like more is just everyone's own preference, and Da Cong believes that the audience who likes "Operation Red Sea" will also like "Wolf Warrior 2" too low.
After calling so many words for "Operation Red Sea", it is still necessary to discuss some of the fly in the ointment in the film.
The depth of the story has always been the weakness of director Lin Chaoxian. Although the plot of "Operation Red Sea" has been done very neatly, there is no way to enlarge it to scrutinize it.
For example, why does the villain know that the Chinese navy is going to rescue the Chinese hostages, and they have to kill the Chinese directly to increase the hostility index of China to them, instead of quickly getting in touch with the Chinese warships, as a way to let the Chinese navy dismiss the hostages of chips.
Another example is the portrayal of the villain, which is still more symbolic. The film just uses the villain's advantage in numbers to balance the strength of the positive and negative factions. This is not bad, but just chose the easiest one. Villain character creation setting.
Although there are many fighting scenes and more ammunition in the film, there are almost no outstanding opponent scenes in close combat, which is really a pity.
In addition, Da Cong had to call for the classification system again, although I can understand the director's original intention of making the film so bloody, in order to show the cruelty of the war more realistically.
However, in the absence of a grading system in China, can the bloody scenes of "Operation Red Sea" be handled in a more advanced way, so that the audience can understand the cruelty of war, and there is no need to see half a picture of the soldiers during the Chinese New Year. Skin will fall off...
Therefore, Da Cong's friendly reminder, parents who want to take their children to see them, and friends who have dizziness, please consider.
In addition, "Operation Red Sea" belongs to the patriotic theme in terms of subject matter. Attentive audiences will find that the dragon logo at the beginning of the movie has obtained the 001 font size in 2018. In other words, this movie is an image propaganda film supported by the state.
At this time, many people will discuss and question from a political and practical point of view. Da Cong will not start here, just want to say that other countries also have the main theme, the same impassioned speech, and the same patriotic feelings of blood and tears.
So switch to the high-quality main theme of our country's filming department. If the film itself is well-made and well-filmed, it should be praised.
In general, "Operation Red Sea" made Da Cong see that apart from Hollywood in the United States, it is really difficult for other countries to make such mature commercial films.
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