I would like to thank my generous friends for their rewards and your recommendation. Your recognition of my knowledge has always been the motivation for me to persevere. Thank you very much!
In 1978, Jackie Chan became famous in one fell swoop with "Snake". Since then, he has witnessed the prosperity and decline of Hong Kong movies. He is the number one celebrity in the Chinese film and television industry and almost dominated the Hong Kong movie box office list in the 1980s. In the 1990s, although Stephen Chow suddenly emerged, Jackie Chan could still directly crush Stephen Chow in terms of global box office appeal.
But I didn’t expect that after the new millennium, the dominance of Jackie Chan’s family would change.
In 2004, Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow released "New Police Story" and "Kung Fu" successively. Although both films were above the standard, and Jackie Chan's "New Police Story" was assisted by the IP of "Police Story", did not Thinking of "New Police Story" being completely crushed by Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu" in multiple dimensions such as box office, word-of-mouth, awards, and Douban ratings. Even this failure became Jackie Chan's heartache, allowing Jackie Chan to embody "revenge" in "Baby Project".
In 2005, Jackie Chan collaborated with Tang Jili to use "Myth" to win a box office of 97 million yuan, ranking second in the domestic movie box office rankings that year, second only to "The Promise". In 2006, it used "Baby Project" to win a box office of 94 million yuan, ranking 6th in the Chinese movie box office rankings that year and 4th in domestic movies.
In 2012, Jackie Chan won 881 million yuan in box office with "Zodiac", ranking 3rd in the box office rankings of mainland movies in 2012 and 2nd in domestic movies.
Since 2005, Jackie Chan's movie box office has always remained within the top 10 domestic movie box office rankings, completely achieving Jackie Chan's box office miracle after the 1980s. But on the other hand, it is Jackie Chan's movies have gone from bad to worse since "New Police Story", and by the time of "Army", they turned into "Xiang" with exquisite packaging, full of money-making flavor.
"Army of Heaven" was written and directed by Li Rengang, starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack, Adrien Brody and others. It was released on February 19, 2015. won 742 million yuan in one fell swoop. At the box office, it ranked 13th in the 2015 Chinese movie box office rankings and 8th in domestic movies.
Currently, 114,000 people have rated a 6.0 on Douban. At the same time, was nominated for Best Action Director at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards.
From Luoxue's personal perspective, this film is a qualified popcorn movie, with a tense and fast pace, inadvertent funny moments, and action scenes that fill the entire film. The idea of world unity pursued in the movie is also very in line with the needs of the times. Moreover, the presentation of elements such as friendship, family affection, betrayal, etc. in the movie makes the whole movie very beautiful and very popcorn.
However, this film is just like "Twelve Zodiac Signs", which cannot be considered at all. This film is full of logic bugs and historical bugs. The plot of the film is more like making things out of thin air. The director's lack of Chinese history makes this film even more... The movie is riddled with ridiculously stupid mistakes. Every turn in the movie is extremely abrupt and completely devoid of any logic.
It can be said that the movie "Heavenly Generals" is just an exquisite "xiang". The deeper you go into it, the more disgusting you feel!
contains serious spoilers below. I suggest friends who haven’t seen it to watch the movie first and then read Luoxue’s recommendations! (Friends who don’t have channels, you can click on Luoxue to watch movies on the menu homepage)
, wonderful popcorn
There is a story, Although the story of "Heavenly Generals" has many problems, it is still an excellent popcorn movie.
The movie tells the story of modern archaeologists who discovered the ancient city of Liqian and uncovered a 2,000-year-old history. It turns out that the Chinese once fought a war with the Roman army, and the protagonist of the story is Huo An, the Protectorate of the Western Regions. He mediates conflicts among countries in the Western Regions and advocates peaceful development. But because he was framed, he was sent to Yanmen Pass to build the city. Unexpectedly, he encountered the fleeing Roman army.
I would like to thank my generous friends for their rewards and your recommendation. Your recognition of my knowledge has always been the motivation for me to persevere. Thank you very much!
In 1978, Jackie Chan became famous in one fell swoop with "Snake". Since then, he has witnessed the prosperity and decline of Hong Kong movies. He is the number one celebrity in the Chinese film and television industry and almost dominated the Hong Kong movie box office list in the 1980s. In the 1990s, although Stephen Chow suddenly emerged, Jackie Chan could still directly crush Stephen Chow in terms of global box office appeal.
But I didn’t expect that after the new millennium, the dominance of Jackie Chan’s family would change.
In 2004, Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow released "New Police Story" and "Kung Fu" successively. Although both films were above the standard, and Jackie Chan's "New Police Story" was assisted by the IP of "Police Story", did not Thinking of "New Police Story" being completely crushed by Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu" in multiple dimensions such as box office, word-of-mouth, awards, and Douban ratings. Even this failure became Jackie Chan's heartache, allowing Jackie Chan to embody "revenge" in "Baby Project".
In 2005, Jackie Chan collaborated with Tang Jili to use "Myth" to win a box office of 97 million yuan, ranking second in the domestic movie box office rankings that year, second only to "The Promise". In 2006, it used "Baby Project" to win a box office of 94 million yuan, ranking 6th in the Chinese movie box office rankings that year and 4th in domestic movies.
In 2012, Jackie Chan won 881 million yuan in box office with "Zodiac", ranking 3rd in the box office rankings of mainland movies in 2012 and 2nd in domestic movies.
Since 2005, Jackie Chan's movie box office has always remained within the top 10 domestic movie box office rankings, completely achieving Jackie Chan's box office miracle after the 1980s. But on the other hand, it is Jackie Chan's movies have gone from bad to worse since "New Police Story", and by the time of "Army", they turned into "Xiang" with exquisite packaging, full of money-making flavor.
"Army of Heaven" was written and directed by Li Rengang, starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack, Adrien Brody and others. It was released on February 19, 2015. won 742 million yuan in one fell swoop. At the box office, it ranked 13th in the 2015 Chinese movie box office rankings and 8th in domestic movies.
Currently, 114,000 people have rated a 6.0 on Douban. At the same time, was nominated for Best Action Director at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards.
From Luoxue's personal perspective, this film is a qualified popcorn movie, with a tense and fast pace, inadvertent funny moments, and action scenes that fill the entire film. The idea of world unity pursued in the movie is also very in line with the needs of the times. Moreover, the presentation of elements such as friendship, family affection, betrayal, etc. in the movie makes the whole movie very beautiful and very popcorn.
However, this film is just like "Twelve Zodiac Signs", which cannot be considered at all. This film is full of logic bugs and historical bugs. The plot of the film is more like making things out of thin air. The director's lack of Chinese history makes this film even more... The movie is riddled with ridiculously stupid mistakes. Every turn in the movie is extremely abrupt and completely devoid of any logic.
It can be said that the movie "Heavenly Generals" is just an exquisite "xiang". The deeper you go into it, the more disgusting you feel!
contains serious spoilers below. I suggest friends who haven’t seen it to watch the movie first and then read Luoxue’s recommendations! (Friends who don’t have channels, you can click on Luoxue to watch movies on the menu homepage)
, wonderful popcorn
There is a story, Although the story of "Heavenly Generals" has many problems, it is still an excellent popcorn movie.
The movie tells the story of modern archaeologists who discovered the ancient city of Liqian and uncovered a 2,000-year-old history. It turns out that the Chinese once fought a war with the Roman army, and the protagonist of the story is Huo An, the Protectorate of the Western Regions. He mediates conflicts among countries in the Western Regions and advocates peaceful development. But because he was framed, he was sent to Yanmen Pass to build the city. Unexpectedly, he encountered the fleeing Roman army.After the two parties resolved their misunderstanding, they jointly built Yanmen Pass, established a deep friendship, and jointly faced the ambitious Roman army. The story of the
movie is very simple, but the director of made the whole movie very fast-paced by adding a lot of action scenes, comedy scenes, and fast editing elements, creating excitement for the audience, so that the audience will not be bored.
Especially the design of the action scenes. In this film, there are individual fights between individuals, chaotic group fights, and battle scenes between armies, which demonstrate the majestic momentum.
For example, the battle between the Roman army led by Joan and the Roman army of Thebes was full of the cruelty of war. The scene in which the armies of the seven countries in the Western Region, including Xiong'an, Bai Rong, and Nan Di, suddenly came out to fight against the Roman army, was majestic and shocking, just like Gandalf leading the troops to save Rohan in "Lord of the Rings 2".
But the most amazing thing about the movie is actually the two battles between Jackie Chan and John Cusack and Adrien Brody. They are both tough and entertaining at the same time. And Adrien Brody's action scenes highlight the ferocious and wild action style. The design of Jackie Chan's broken arm bones when he turns defeat into victory is also quite shocking. It is a rare ferocity in domestic action movies. Scenes.
At the same time, the movie basically follows the principle of one battle every 10 minutes, making the entire story full of wonderful action scenes and constantly stimulating the audience's adrenaline. In addition, there are many comedy scenes and touching elements in the movie.
For example, during the battle between Bai Rong and Xiong'an, Leng Yue, the daughter of King Xiong'an, fought with Huo An and accidentally tore off Leng Yue's veil. When she asked Huo An to drink, she directly said "I'm ready." ", and then took off his clothes and stood naked in front of Huo An. This kind of wildness and boldness surprised even the mentally prepared audience.
In Yanmen Pass, Yantou and his deputy played by the Chopstick Brothers contributed almost all the jokes in the movie, making the audience unable to help but laugh as the plot developed. In addition, the deaths of Prince Bai Rong and General Lucius added touching scenes to the movie.
Such a movie that has jokes, touches, action, big scenes, friendship, love, and peace and love, it is very possible not to call it an excellent popcorn movie, which is what the title says. The origin of the word "exquisite".
However, the quality of a movie does not depend on whether it looks good on the surface, but whether it can withstand scrutiny and whether we can find personal emotions that are closely related to us in the movie. Obviously, the story of "Heavenly Generals", although simple, is also stupid! The theme is clear, but extremely empty! There are constant twists and turns, but they are extremely stupid!
, brain-dead logic
The biggest embarrassing point of this film is actually the emptiness of the movie theme! If people cannot get a sense of resonance, they will not be able to feel the core charm of the movie.
In this film, whether it is Huo An breaking into the battlefield between Xiong'an and Bai Rong, or the various ethnic groups in the Western Regions fighting together like Huang Feihong in Yanmen Pass, or working together to build Yanmen Pass, painting The flags of various ethnic groups, and finally the dispatch of troops from many countries in the Western Region to save Huo An, constantly demonstrate the concept of peaceful coexistence.
But the question is, what does the big theme and big picture of national peace and ethnic peace have to do with ordinary people and movie theater audiences?
Douban's top 250 movies such as "Westward Journey 2: The Marriage of the Monkey King" and "I'm Not the God of Medicine" all use detailed and specific core concepts to allow the audience to see themselves or think about themselves when watching the movie. Made a classic movie. Even "Kung Fu", which advocates "maintaining world peace", is actually at its core a personal struggle between good and evil.
Chinese people have always disliked grand and empty themes, because big means empty, and empty means false. The theme of world peace is actually just a false and deceptive theme. Compared with the empty and false theme, the story twists in the movie are extremely perfunctory, with no logic or basis at all.
For example, modern archaeologists wanted to find the ancient city of Liqian, but when they found and restored it holographically, they just listened to an opera and decided to give up the announcement and let the ancient city of Liqian continue to sleep. What is the reason for the inconsistent hasty decision of ? No reason, no warning.
In the ancient plot, Huo An believed that Tibes led an army of 100,000 to pursue Lucius, in fact, he wanted to occupy the entire line of thought and harm the big man, so he concluded that "Tibes and the prefect must have colluded." How did Huo An arrive at his insane judgment? The gold coins were first brought into the country because of the Duhu Mansion, so the one with the problem should be the Duhu Mansion. Why did the bad guy become the prefect?
The prefect exiled Huo An and others because of foreign currency entering the customs, and ordered people to urgently build Yanmen Pass to resist foreign enemies. So, how did Huo An come to the conclusion that the prefect was a bad guy?
Tibes led an army of 100,000 from Rome to the border of the Western Region, just to get the border commander's seal from Yin Po, get all the military symbols, rule the countries along the Silk Road, and build a more powerful country!
But how did a Roman thousands of miles away know the border seal? He himself is a foreigner, and it is difficult to mobilize the Han army even if he has a commander seal! A hundred thousand troops marched all the way from Rome to Gansu, just to seize the border commander's seal, and then conveniently rule all the countries along the way.
Let’s not talk about the difficulty of walking from Rome to Gansu with an army of 100,000 and the difficulty of logistical supply. With these 100,000 troops, couldn’t he eliminate the Silk Road countries one by one and then rule the Silk Road? Is he crazy if he insists on going to China and using the border guard seal to rule the 36 countries in the Western Regions far away from Rome?
You must know that in the battle at the end of the movie, the seven countries in the Western Region were all easily eliminated by him. So, why didn't he directly destroy the countries in the Western Region, instead of choosing an extremely stupid method? In addition, with 100,000 troops passing through the border, which country would dare to use it? Are you so big-hearted?
Similarly, Leng Yue and his brothers went to save Huo An. The seven countries in the Western Regions fought together when they were in danger. What was their reason for fighting for their lives? Even if I received Huo An’s kindness, I wouldn’t risk the life and death of a country to repay the kindness, right?
In addition, in the movie, when Joan was rescuing the Roman army in Thebes, facing his enemy on the battlefield, he let the opponent go with his mother's heart overflowing. The Roman soldiers also followed the same example and let the enemy go, and then faced enemies hundreds of times their own size, and were killed with almost no chance of survival. What kind of brain circuit does this have to have, and what kind of Virgin White Lotus can do such a thing?
Also, including an agreement that can make the imperial monarch lose everything. Tibes could obviously kill Huo An but never did it, and then waited for the other party to counterattack, which made Luoxue call the screenwriter stupid! The screenwriter and director's ignorance of history makes this movie extremely ridiculous.
. Chaotic History
The biggest joke of this film is the "This story is adapted from true history" in the title of the film.
Not to mention that the design of Li Rengang's iconic flying saucer hat is very stupid. It is very funny to say that the man who taught in the Western Han Dynasty 2000 years ago used the simplified Chinese characters that became popular after the New Culture Movement. Moreover, people in the Protectorate of the Western Han Dynasty could actually wear modern leather clothes. I wonder what the director thought?
Let’s talk about clothing, there is no one in rags in the whole film, even the slaves who built Yanmen Pass are well-dressed. That was the Western Han Dynasty. The people of the Western Han Dynasty were extremely poor after just experiencing the northern attack on the Xiongnu, the disaster of witchcraft, and Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty trying to become stronger. Mencius said: "For a five-acre house with mulberry trees, a man at fifty can be clothed with silk." That is to say, if you plant five acres of mulberry trees and raise silkworms for decades, you can only wear clothes at the age of 50 if there are no natural or man-made disasters or wars.
Everyone in the movie is dressed in gorgeous and decent clothes. Is the Western Han Dynasty already so wealthy? Are slaves so free?
Moreover, when Huo An went home to save his wife, they actually used silk as a tie to go downstairs. You must know that until the Ming Dynasty, the official uniforms of officials who were not high enough could only be made of hemp.And the Western Han Dynasty was already so wealthy? Is it because the Western Region Protectorate has a lot of money?
Moreover, when the director cooperated with China and the West to build Yanmen Pass, he actually used an iron frame to install gravel, which was extremely surprising!
Luoxue does not doubt the design of the pulley, nor the calculation method, nor the method of use. However, requires iron to make iron cages. Iron has been a strictly controlled item since the Qin Dynasty. However, Yanmen Pass can actually build multiple large iron cages privately at will. Is Yanmen Pass preparing to rebel?
It can be said that the film's ignorance of history and culture and its fooling of the audience have reached an outrageous level. On the other hand, if you look at the clothes in "The Letter of Voting", you can clearly see the gap between Li Rengang and Peter Chan. It is really a gap!
So, in general, "Heavenly Generals" is a fairly qualified popcorn movie. However, due to the frequent logic bugs and historical ignorance in the movie, it can be said that this movie is a piece of "exquisite Xiang", very nausea!
Okay, that’s all for today. I think what Luoxue said is somewhat reasonable, so please give it a thumbs up and give it a thumbs up. I want to understand a movie from different dimensions. If you want to watch a good movie, please follow Luoxue. Thanks!
Thanks to all the teachers for the reward. Compared with the few yuan, Luoxue is more pleased that my ideas and knowledge can be affirmed by you. In the vast sea of people, it is a rare happiness in life to be appreciated by you. I have no words to thank you, but I can only say, thank you!
recommended in the previous issue: is sad! Jackie Chan has exhausted all his talents and is left with only the poorest imitation!
recommended in the previous issue: made the best action comedy in order to "revenge" Stephen Chow!
For example, modern archaeologists wanted to find the ancient city of Liqian, but when they found and restored it holographically, they just listened to an opera and decided to give up the announcement and let the ancient city of Liqian continue to sleep. What is the reason for the inconsistent hasty decision of ? No reason, no warning.
In the ancient plot, Huo An believed that Tibes led an army of 100,000 to pursue Lucius, in fact, he wanted to occupy the entire line of thought and harm the big man, so he concluded that "Tibes and the prefect must have colluded." How did Huo An arrive at his insane judgment? The gold coins were first brought into the country because of the Duhu Mansion, so the one with the problem should be the Duhu Mansion. Why did the bad guy become the prefect?
The prefect exiled Huo An and others because of foreign currency entering the customs, and ordered people to urgently build Yanmen Pass to resist foreign enemies. So, how did Huo An come to the conclusion that the prefect was a bad guy?
Tibes led an army of 100,000 from Rome to the border of the Western Region, just to get the border commander's seal from Yin Po, get all the military symbols, rule the countries along the Silk Road, and build a more powerful country!
But how did a Roman thousands of miles away know the border seal? He himself is a foreigner, and it is difficult to mobilize the Han army even if he has a commander seal! A hundred thousand troops marched all the way from Rome to Gansu, just to seize the border commander's seal, and then conveniently rule all the countries along the way.
Let’s not talk about the difficulty of walking from Rome to Gansu with an army of 100,000 and the difficulty of logistical supply. With these 100,000 troops, couldn’t he eliminate the Silk Road countries one by one and then rule the Silk Road? Is he crazy if he insists on going to China and using the border guard seal to rule the 36 countries in the Western Regions far away from Rome?
You must know that in the battle at the end of the movie, the seven countries in the Western Region were all easily eliminated by him. So, why didn't he directly destroy the countries in the Western Region, instead of choosing an extremely stupid method? In addition, with 100,000 troops passing through the border, which country would dare to use it? Are you so big-hearted?
Similarly, Leng Yue and his brothers went to save Huo An. The seven countries in the Western Regions fought together when they were in danger. What was their reason for fighting for their lives? Even if I received Huo An’s kindness, I wouldn’t risk the life and death of a country to repay the kindness, right?
In addition, in the movie, when Joan was rescuing the Roman army in Thebes, facing his enemy on the battlefield, he let the opponent go with his mother's heart overflowing. The Roman soldiers also followed the same example and let the enemy go, and then faced enemies hundreds of times their own size, and were killed with almost no chance of survival. What kind of brain circuit does this have to have, and what kind of Virgin White Lotus can do such a thing?
Also, including an agreement that can make the imperial monarch lose everything. Tibes could obviously kill Huo An but never did it, and then waited for the other party to counterattack, which made Luoxue call the screenwriter stupid! The screenwriter and director's ignorance of history makes this movie extremely ridiculous.
. Chaotic History
The biggest joke of this film is the "This story is adapted from true history" in the title of the film.
Not to mention that the design of Li Rengang's iconic flying saucer hat is very stupid. It is very funny to say that the man who taught in the Western Han Dynasty 2000 years ago used the simplified Chinese characters that became popular after the New Culture Movement. Moreover, people in the Protectorate of the Western Han Dynasty could actually wear modern leather clothes. I wonder what the director thought?
Let’s talk about clothing, there is no one in rags in the whole film, even the slaves who built Yanmen Pass are well-dressed. That was the Western Han Dynasty. The people of the Western Han Dynasty were extremely poor after just experiencing the northern attack on the Xiongnu, the disaster of witchcraft, and Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty trying to become stronger. Mencius said: "For a five-acre house with mulberry trees, a man at fifty can be clothed with silk." That is to say, if you plant five acres of mulberry trees and raise silkworms for decades, you can only wear clothes at the age of 50 if there are no natural or man-made disasters or wars.
Everyone in the movie is dressed in gorgeous and decent clothes. Is the Western Han Dynasty already so wealthy? Are slaves so free?
Moreover, when Huo An went home to save his wife, they actually used silk as a tie to go downstairs. You must know that until the Ming Dynasty, the official uniforms of officials who were not high enough could only be made of hemp.And the Western Han Dynasty was already so wealthy? Is it because the Western Region Protectorate has a lot of money?
Moreover, when the director cooperated with China and the West to build Yanmen Pass, he actually used an iron frame to install gravel, which was extremely surprising!
Luoxue does not doubt the design of the pulley, nor the calculation method, nor the method of use. However, requires iron to make iron cages. Iron has been a strictly controlled item since the Qin Dynasty. However, Yanmen Pass can actually build multiple large iron cages privately at will. Is Yanmen Pass preparing to rebel?
It can be said that the film's ignorance of history and culture and its fooling of the audience have reached an outrageous level. On the other hand, if you look at the clothes in "The Letter of Voting", you can clearly see the gap between Li Rengang and Peter Chan. It is really a gap!
So, in general, "Heavenly Generals" is a fairly qualified popcorn movie. However, due to the frequent logic bugs and historical ignorance in the movie, it can be said that this movie is a piece of "exquisite Xiang", very nausea!
Okay, that’s all for today. I think what Luoxue said is somewhat reasonable, so please give it a thumbs up and give it a thumbs up. I want to understand a movie from different dimensions. If you want to watch a good movie, please follow Luoxue. Thanks!
Thanks to all the teachers for the reward. Compared with the few yuan, Luoxue is more pleased that my ideas and knowledge can be affirmed by you. In the vast sea of people, it is a rare happiness in life to be appreciated by you. I have no words to thank you, but I can only say, thank you!
recommended in the previous issue: is sad! Jackie Chan has exhausted all his talents and is left with only the poorest imitation!
recommended in the previous issue: made the best action comedy in order to "revenge" Stephen Chow!
