" thought it was another "Pearl Harbor", selling love under the packaging of a war film, but this time was not disappointed, just relying on the dive bombing again and again, "The Battle of Midway" will become a classic in the war film. "The Hollywood blockbuster "The Battle of Midway", released last Friday, made many war movie fans addicted.
once directed "2012" director Roland Emmerich. This time, the fierce and magnificent war scenes and the stories of many historical figures were truly presented on the big screen, and a "hardcore with science value" was filmed. World War II film". In particular, the end of the film expressly thanked the Chinese people who sacrificed to rescue the US military pilots. This detail also made the Chinese audience praise. At present, the box office of the film surpassed 100 million on the first Wednesday, becoming the best box office and word-of-mouth film in the same period.
led the audience in a dive from the first point of view. The fearless pilots of
drove down the warplanes. The gunfire ignited the vast sea and the huge aircraft carrier exploded... "The Battle of Midway" gave the audience first of all powerful and shocking senses. stimulate. Some viewers described their feelings of watching the movie like this: "The palms of their hands are sweating with tension, swooping, sweeping, exploding, burning, the sky is far away, the ocean is vast, and the end of the smoke seems to have a choking smell of gunpowder, and the cold water is rushing toward the face. As the most "destroying" director recognized by Hollywood, Roland Emmerich has always been good at shooting big scene special effects movies. His works such as "Independence Day", "Patriot", "The Day After" and "2012" are all classics in film history. In this filming of "The Battle of Midway", what Roland Emmerich wanted to show most was the heroic battle scene of the dive bomber pilot. Such a shocking sea-to-air battle is also long-lost for movie fans.
For some scenes that need to be completed in the studio, the behind-the-scenes team has also restored the history to the greatest extent. The restaurants on the Bumblebee, Enterprise and Yorktown are all restored to their original size, and the size of the flight deck is not bad. In the restoration of fighter planes, the team also referred to the documents and models it could find to understand how each model of fighter plane was manufactured in the first place, and restored it completely in accordance with the museum grade, and the pursuit of details reached the extreme. Many weapons needed for the
film have long since disappeared. The art department looked for the existing design drawings and remade them by looking at the museum exhibits. Even all the small parts such as screws, nuts, and bolts are re-made in the style of the time to match the sense of age. Luke Evans Evans, who plays the pilot, revealed: "I am very lucky to wear the real flying badge left over from World War II. This is very special. It was also worn on the chest of an ancestor, which moved me very much. It also reminds me to play this role well and have a heavy sense of mission." The multi-line narrative of
presents the fate of historical figures from all sides. For Director Emmerich, in addition to the epic special effects, the vivid character image and Real and resonant emotions are also what he wants to bring to the audience. Therefore, in "The Battle of Midway", he reproduces this legendary battle in a multi-line narrative from the perspective of several historical real figures. "The film has three story lines, depicting three intertwined perspectives of war. One is an aerial perspective based on pilots, who are representatives of U.S. military pilots; the second story line revolves around the critical work of naval intelligence deciphering; The three story lines focus on Japanese generals fighting against the U.S. military. "Compared to fierce naval and air wars, intelligence warfare, although hidden, is of great significance. Six months after experiencing the biggest mistake in the history of American intelligence, the Pearl Harbor incident, the US naval intelligence officer Edwin Leighton resisted layers of pressure, betting on his own future and firmly vetoing Washington’s mistakes. Intelligence, through various details to confirm the battle location on "Midway Island", the final intelligence accuracy rate is as high as 99%, the error is only 5 minutes, 5 degrees and 5 nautical miles, creating a prerequisite for the victory of the entire battle. The film restores this history in detail.
At the same time, the film's descriptions of Japanese generals such as Yamamoto Fifty-Six, Nanyun Tadaichi, Yamaguchi Taman, etc. are also fully based on historical facts, without ugly or distorted. The
film also recorded such a Chinese story: After the US military pilots went to Japan to bomb, due to unfamiliar routes, bad weather and fuel exhaustion, some crew members had to abandon their planes and parachuted over Zhejiang and Jiangxi, China. 64 of them were killed by China. Rescued by the military and civilians. But what followed was the wild revenge of the Japanese army, and countless civilians were killed. Finally, the director specially thanked the Chinese people for this great rescue at the end of the film. This also allows many young Chinese audiences to understand this history for the first timeSomeone said with emotion: “The civilians who died and wounded countless people in order to save the soldiers in disaster, also called heroes.”
Of course, the film also vividly recorded the blood of the American soldiers who sacrificed their lives to protect their homes, especially It truly reproduces the amazing record of the ace pilot Best who sank two Japanese aircraft carriers in one day. Director Emmerich said: "I was extremely excited to have the opportunity to tell this story. The blood and sacrifices of our ancestors brought us a happy life today, but today's young people may not be familiar with these battle stories. Movies can serve as a living We hope to commemorate the battle and the ancestors who gave their blood and even their lives."
