When the options of war movies are slowly solidified, gradually, the audience will easily associate war movies with artillery fire, or even no visual stimulation, no war films. This is a form of war film, but it does not represent the whole war movie. However, within the increasingly homogeneous framework of creation, especially if the creator does not really understand the war, then the war for the creator is limited to visual stimulation, explosion scenes, etc. If you want to dig deeper, the creator will be timid.
With this point of view, let's take a look at the war movie "Volunteers: Heroes Attack" recommended to you today. This is a war film about the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and this film is also the first part of Chen Kaige's Volunteer Army trilogy. But what the film reflects is really hard to describe. This film has also become a prejudice or inertial thinking of many domestic creators on the perception of war, if this kind of thinking has been controlling the field of domestic films, then it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to seek innovation in domestic films.
The content of this film will not be repeated, let's briefly talk about the logic of this film and the scene setting. The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was a battle for our country, and because of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, there was a long-term peace in the next few decades, and every Chinese should be familiar with it. As for whether or not to send troops to resist US aggression and aid Korea, this is itself a difficult process of deciding, and this process is mixed with big and small. The so-called big refers to the attitude of the Soviet Union in the context of the Cold War, and the so-called small refers to what it means to resist US aggression and aid Korea for the newly established New China. Against these two backgrounds, New China is still facing difficulties in many aspects at this moment, such as the country's industrial production capacity basically zero, the suppression of bandits in the southwest, the liberation of Tibet, the invasion of Taiwan by the United States Navy's Seventh Fleet, and the spies and sabotage planted by the Kuomintang reactionaries in the interior.
Under these all-round pressures, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was not an exciting decision, but a move of desperation. Director Chen Kaige's reaction to this concept is basically incomprehensible, so what we see in the film is the domineering exposure of Chairman Mao played by Tang Guoqiang and the high spirits of the people across the country. These can act as ingredients as positive elements, but these are not suitable for the core.
I didn't understand the essence of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, and it would be even more timid to talk about it in detail. In the overall perception of the whole film, visual stimulation occupies a large proportion, while literary drama is generally insufficient. Of course, this is also understood, because the title of this film is called "Male Soldiers", but why are the male soldiers, why the male soldiers can attack, this is important, but in the eyes of director Chen Kaige, this kind of importance has become shouting slogans, opening cannons, shouting slogans after opening cannons, and opening cannons after shouting slogans. This is the usual technique used in most war films, but it is obviously inappropriate here, in the history of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.
The TV series "Meritorious: Nengwen Nengwu Li Yannian" has made a template for many creators, how is the mobilization ability of our army reflected, but director Chen Kaige obviously adheres to his own creative concept. The explanation of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea is still unwavering at the stage of shouting slogans, and it does not develop vivid language well, but it vulgarizes the revolutionary friendship in the war like brotherhood, which is also inappropriate.
This film is full of all kinds of individualism, but it forgets that the characteristic of our army's survival is obedience to discipline, if there is no obedience to discipline, if there is no command in all actions, there will be no Changjin Lake, there will be no Shangganling, but in this film, discipline is just a noun, and the war is not for future generations. More often than not, we don't see the revolutionary heroes one after the other, but only the cathartic fighting of each other for the sake of the burst of personal feelings, and there is basically no reflection of tactical coordination.
The best thing the whole film did was the pyrotechnic effects, and even the virtual special effects that would have been elaborate were overshadowed by the pyrotechnic effects. However, for this film, the better the pyrotechnic effects, the more mediocre the film itself becomes. Because everyone knows that volunteer soldiers are not afraid of death, but why volunteer soldiers are not afraid of death, this needs more people to know, and first of all, we must let the creator know, not only let the creator know, but also let the creator understand, and after a deep understanding, it can be better displayed.
Obviously, this is a point that should and must be reflected, but as far as the whole film is concerned, director Chen Kaige may not know, or he may not want to know. If that's the case, then the next two don't have much meaning. After all, the audience wants to watch a different war movie, not bombardment with the United States, and then our volunteer soldiers dare to sacrifice one by one.
In fact, it is not difficult at all, the online movie "Super Hero Huang Jiguang" in the same year has already told the audience once, and it has also given a demonstration to the creators, but the creators are still not able to really learn well, some people can't learn, and some people disdain to learn. It seems that war movies do not reflect the cruelty of war, and they can't be called war movies if they don't oppose the war, if they really think like this, then it is obvious that their thinking is rigid, and if their thinking is rigid, they will naturally not be able to make a good movie that is popular among the people. The audience scolds for granted.
In general, we need creators who make movies seriously, and we don't need businessmen who take advantage of patriotic enthusiasm to do business. Whether director Chen Kaige is the former or the latter, I believe everyone who has watched this film has their own opinion. If a good subject is written like this, it can't be relied on by others. When you're old and your thinking can't keep up, just rest and rest, how many years can the popularity of "Farewell My Concubine" be?
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