Actually, as early as August 17, when the second round of "Yao Hundred" screen started, I went to watch it, but after watching it, I didn't start writing. When the movie
was never released, it was controversial. Some people say it tampered with history.
Some people say that it beautifies the place of war in the movie, the highest commander of the four-line warehouse . After
has been withdrawn and changed many times, and finally released, the controversy still lingers.
Some film critics even insinuate that the film production team is "either stupid or bad."
and I have been thinking about it, what exactly do you want to tell us about the movie "Yai Hundred"? Is
trying to tell us the cruelty of war? That "Saving Private Ryan" told us long ago.
This war film was filmed in 1998. The scenes of the war are real and the cruelty of bullets and bullets. Even if you watch it 22 years later, you can still scream again and again. Comparing with
, the war scenes in "Yai Hundred" can be called real, and the picture processing is also delicate enough, but the grandeur is far from comparable.
, as an outlier of the Chinese director, Guanhu , should and will never be so popular as to compete with "Saving Private Ryan" for the authenticity of the war scene.
Looking back on the classic war movies in the past, most of them are actually dressed in the cloak of "war", but they reflect more than just the cruelty of war.
For example, the military doctor Daus in "Blood War Hacksaw Ridge" did not want to take a gun, but braved the bullets to rescue the wounded. The core is actually about "anti-war".
For example, in the "Assembly No.", the military man Guzidi, in order not to let his comrades be wronged, worked hard, the core is about brotherhood and "heroes can not shed blood and tear."
What is the core of "Yubai"?
Many film critics mentioned the setting in the movie when they wrote "Yai Hundred".
On both sides of the Suzhou River, on one side is the battlefield shroud of horse leather, on the other side is the concession lined with singing and dancing shops.
is alive and dead on the other. In the movie
, the four-line warehouse defense war is just a show for Westerners to win the sympathy of the world.
and the movie "Eight Hundred" is also a scene for the audience.
We are watching the play, and the people in the play are also watching the play. Only the soldiers in the four-row warehouse are the actors on stage.
and the starring is a group of deserters. The opening scene of the movie
was the scene of several deserters being caught. "Dragon Boat Festival" played by
Ou Hao is a half-old child, unmarried, and an elderly mother at home.
The old abacus played by Zhang Yi is an accountant. He has never touched a gun. He has just made a marriage appointment in his hometown.
Jiang Wu's Lao Tie, greedy for life and fear of death, just wants to survive; Wang Qianyuan's sheep crutches is a veteran who can fight and carry guns, but he has no daughter-in-law when he gets married.
In addition, in this group of deserters, there are also the old gourd played by Huang Zhizhong and the cousin of Dragon Boat Festival.
Except for the veteran, the others don’t want to fight, they just want to go home.
There is no bloody hand-torn ghost scene, and there is no fearless sacrifice of life. The restoration of the image of soldiers in "Yai Hundred" seems to be closer to history.
My grandfather also participated in the war of resistance during his lifetime. When he recalled his experience, he said: When he first went to the battlefield, he didn't dare to take a gun or pull the trigger. He didn't even dare to show his head when he was in the trenches.
On the swordless battlefield, no one is immortal. Although "wanting to escape" violates the mission of a soldier, it is obviously more common sense to want to live than to be worthy of the mission.
These deserters escaped more than once to survive.
was the uncle of Dragon Boat Festival, Lao Hulu, who took advantage of the chaos to enter the refugees and wanted to hide in the concession. However, the concession did not allow soldiers to enter, and the old gourd was not allowed to enter or retreat, and was eventually caught by the Japanese and died by hanging.
After the death of Old Gourd, Dragon Boat Festival and Old Abacus wanted to escape through the waterway under the four-row warehouse. Unexpectedly, while escaping, he encountered a Japanese who sneaked into the warehouse.
couldn't bear to see the Dragon Boat Festival when his comrades were killed, and loudly reminded his comrades that there was an ambush, and therefore exposed himself. Although he failed to escape, he was accidentally regarded as a hero by the people on the other side of the river.
After that, Dragon Boat Festival stopped escaping. Instead, he took the gun and went to the battlefield. He even threatened the old abacus who wanted to continue to escape, saying that he would kill him.
Why does the Dragon Boat Festival have such a change? I personally feel that the answer to may be because the Dragon Boat Festival found no escape.
Whether it is Lao Hulu’s tragic death or his failure to escape with Lao Hulu, it seems to remind the Dragon Boat Festival: He must be an actor on stage, and he must continue to act as a "hero soldier", even if he is just A deserter.
Contrary to the tragedy of life or death on the "stage", the "audience seat" on the other side is peaceful.
People talk about how many days the soldiers in the four-row warehouse have persisted after eating and drinking. Who won this battle,
In the eyes of the Dragon Boat Festival, this represents peace and hope.
But in fact, this piece of land, separated from the battlefield by a river, is not peaceful.
When the poison gas released by the Japanese on the opposite bank drifted across the river, people on the street began to flee for their lives. Some people even kept their compatriots outside the door to protect themselves from harm.
At the beginning of the disaster, everyone onlyI want to protect myself.
Even sister Rong, who seems to be a little cloud of righteousness, said to her brother Knife: "The opposite is none of your business, you don't care."
This is exactly the same attitude as when I arrived at the warehouse in Sixing at the beginning of the Dragon Boat Festival, resisting Japan and saving the nation. Dayi is someone else's business, he has never killed anyone, nor does he want to kill anyone, he just wants to go home.
But as the plot progresses, it turns out that when the war comes, no one can stay aside.
In order to capture the four rows of warehouses, the Japanese sent planes to shoot frantically on the streets, killing and wounding large-scale civilians. People who once only wanted to "watch the fire from the other side and watch the theater quietly" were forced to be drawn into the play and became "actors on stage". ". There is a scene in the movie
. In order to resist the Japanese wall-cutting attack, Chen Shusheng, played by Zheng Kai, did not hesitate to tie a bomb on his body, jumped from the warehouse floor and died with the Japanese.
Chen Shusheng's bravery and Dragon Boat Festival's timid contrasts.
But these strong men are not afraid of death, nor does it happen overnight. They just understood a truth earlier than the "Dragon Boat Festivals" who were afraid of death: has no country, but no family.
In the first climax of the movie, the Dragon Boat Festival, which was greedy for life and fear of death, faced the enemy's aircraft and fired, holding machine guns and fighting with the enemy without fear.
seems to be shouting at the enemy: , even if it is weak, should not be provoked.
After watching the film, many people felt incomprehensible to the "flag raising" segment in the movie.
even thinks that the regiment leader Xie Jinyuan is using the lives of the soldiers to fulfill his heroic feat of "preferring jade to pieces than tiles".
But I think that "raising the flag" is the core of the whole film.
It is a turning point.
Before the flag was raised, deserters were at large and the crowds were watching. Everyone wanted to stay away from the stage and be a quiet audience. The soldiers can only be beaten passively. After the flag was raised
, the deserters dared to fight and the masses cheered. Everyone began to understand that they must be the protagonist on the stage. The soldiers were still beaten, but their spirits were different.
seems to have been implicitly conveying a sense of vigilance: when the war burns to one's own land, everyone at must be the person in the play. Don't make the good guys anxious. The rabbits will bite if they are anxious.
deserters who are forced to become martyrs can also become martyrs, and the people who are forced to eat melons can also carry guns to the battlefield.
When the pressed people start to fight with the enemy, the aggressor must lose.
Say "it's either stupid or bad", I really didn't see where it was so bad?
but did not restore historical facts is true.
At that time, there were gas barrels on the side of the concession. The Japanese were afraid of accidentally blowing up the gas and offending the Western powers, so they did not dare to use heavy weapons. Therefore, the stage of "aircraft bombing" is purely dramatic.
But is this bridge section not well processed? Anyway, I saw tears in my eyes. When the soldiers guarded the flag to prevent the flag from falling down, my heart was full of the ambition to serve the country.
The rise of the Chinese nation is all based on the flesh and blood of these strong men who are not afraid of death. Sitting in the cinema, we are not spectators, everyone is in the play, Only when we raise the flag in our hearts can China not fall.
A movie can make the audience understand this. Isn’t that enough?
Actually, I can probably also understand what those people who comment on "Yai Bai" are "not stupid or bad" are thinking.
Because of the "eight hundred warriors" recorded in historical facts, they died but did not get their place. What is involved behind it is not just swearing to the death to defend the country, but there are also many unknown flying dogs.
But you can’t just think people are "bad and stupid" because it doesn't capture what you want to see. That can only show that as a film critic, you are not only narrow-minded, but you can't even do the most basic objective.
Anyway, I can give "Yaobai" a score of 8.0, no reason, just for the banner in my heart, for the heroes who died in the country, and for my tears.
