Author | Xing Shubo
remake of "Midway Island" is released, Rotten Tomatoes score is lifted, and the ice and fire are two days. The freshness of rotten tomatoes was only 35%, 13 fresh and 24 rotten, iMDb scored 6.2 points, and the average score of M station was only 50 points.
On the mainland, it was screened for 8 days and only got 170 million box office. The topic is far behind the films such as "You are a teenager", "About Winter", and "Weather Children".
screenwriter Wes Tucker said: “The Battle of the Pacific is long and complicated. I hope this movie will re-inspire people’s interest in understanding Midway Island.”
But film critics believe that “Midway Island” is between a bad movie. Between a movie and a mediocre movie, it is far from a good movie, and it is a waste of this magnificent history. Almost all
film critics felt bad, and audience satisfaction seemed high.
An audience member on Douban said that Ai Moric was actually making a "war science film", and it is normal for film critics to look down on it. "
" (this film) doesn’t play up the cruelty of war, but rather entertaining. The plot is "one drags three". Watch "Midway Island" and give away "Assault on Pearl Harbor" + "Bombing Tokyo". Those battles are all done. Once again, I was pleasantly surprised. I told a story about war history that even Xiaobai could understand, so it was called popular science. The scene was beautiful, and for the first time in the movie, the gorgeous and dangerous "dive bombing" was shown in detail. (Explaining the sincerity of special effects) "
Emmerich always flattered the American emperor, and this time was no exception. What is rare is that this time he also created a three-dimensional villain. The actors of the villain are consistent with the historical prototypes, ensuring that the basic historical facts are correct; but the protagonists of the Allied forces have gathered the starring roles of Marvel + DC + "Fast and Furious", many of which are still famous as villains in superhero movies.
If you sum up, you can understand that this patriotic movie is actually a Marvel superhero movie dressed in the main theme of the movie, or it is Emmerich’s "Captain America", or an anti-Japanese drama.
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may be the highlight of this year's National Day Chinese theme movie, so that audiences have comparable targets for the aesthetic taste and market prospects of American patriotic films. There are quite a few complaints about the remake of "Midway Island" on the Internet, and it is often compared with the most recent domestically produced theme movie. This comparison of
has been common in newspapers in the past few years. Critics at the time believed that Chinese main melody movies tended to be grand narratives, but they often spared no effort to preach, and even the basic stories could not be told well and were impersonal. On the other hand, Hollywood's main theme movies, such as "Saving Private Ryan" or "Patriot", are good at starting from small people, knowing little things, and knowing skills.
Of course, film is an innovative art, and it is definitely wrong for some domestic creators to copy it directly without changing the board.
However, Western society is not monolithic. For example, for the American film "Patriot", British public opinion is completely opposite. The British accused the film of "turning a famous American-British war into a Hollywood revenge film."
However, when this year's domestically produced main theme film also learned to tell stories from an early age, and abandoning preaching to have a human touch, The trend of reviews began to accuse Hollywood movies of over-entertainment and typology, which tended to be too serious and not serious enough for patriotic subjects.
Overcorrecting and going to extremes is a disease that must be cured.
Looking at Hollywood movies objectively, the focus is not on its commercialization, but on any subject that can embed the patriotic theme as an entertainment element in the film. A basic national condition here is Hollywood's so-called political correctness.
This means that although every movie in Hollywood has not been censored, every creator has actually examined himself many times in his heart.
Under this system, any Hollywood movie that wants to win the box office or awards, if it is not politically correct, even if it can be released, it is a suicidal behavior that ruins one's career. Unless the worst movie in history like Tommy's "The Room" does not consider the artistic and commercial value, and pays for the theater to show it; or like the German director Fassbender, who makes money by selling his ass to make a movie, then of course it is understandable. Not in Hollywood either.
"Room" poster
And this is why Chinese audiences want to watch the main theme of domestic production, and only on National DayThe root cause of file viewing. The market or policy does not require that the films made by Chinese film practitioners must contain the main theme elements. Therefore, the main theme films get together in the National Day archives. Apart from the political gift films, all the remaining related themes have only one appeal, and they are rushing to make money. .
Since most of the main theme movies are just market behaviors, of course they should not be blamed, and naturally they cannot afford any praise. The only movie worthy of praise is a good movie. The standard of a good movie has existed since ancient times: typical characters, typical images, mature and innovative audio-visual language, reasonable and beautiful special effects of costumes, makeup and props, and aesthetic appeal.
therefore said that the quality of the film is the touchstone that determines the value of the film, not the subject matter of the film itself.
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From a global perspective, the filming of the main theme film is the best choice for balancing market value, artistic value and political consciousness.
Chinese filmmakers are still catching up in this regard. For example, the "Wolf Warrior" series is a military action film, "Operation Red Sea" is a war film, and this year's "Captain China" and "The Climber" are suspenseful disaster films. But the gift films such as "My Motherland and Me" and "The Final Moment" are somewhat blurred in the type of genre. Although the National Day box office has a good reputation, we should also see the shortcomings, that is, the film genre of the main theme still has a long way to go.
Because for the audience, compared with Hollywood, the types and themes of domestic movies we can watch are still too few. Therefore, we must first solve the problem, and then solve the problem of whether it is good or not. The
genre film was invented by Hollywood, and the category of the main theme genre film is naturally the most in Hollywood. Take the genre of love sketches as an example. Hollywood has "Gone with the Wind", "The Bridge on the River Kwai", and "Pearl Harbor" co-produced by the United States and France. We only have "Predecessor Raiders 123" and the song sung by Karen Mok. You can't see the choices made by lovers and the tragedy of the times in these movies, you can only see Han Geng shit without paper and paste it into his hands.
As everyone knows, the Transformers series of movies are comic movies. However, CCTV analysis stated that this movie has both "promoting U.S. military equipment and demonstrating superior combat capabilities", "interpreting U.S. military combat concepts and reappearing combat models", "promoting patriotism, and completing the political and military tasks of conscription'KPI'". It is an all-round joint military exercise of the three services.
A fan analyzed one of the shots, which is staggering: In "Change 5", the V-22 "Osprey" transport aircraft was attacked by Blackout after returning to the base, and the "Vertigo" was transformed into an MH-53 heavy. The helicopter used electromagnetic interference to cut off the communications facilities of the US military. Subsequently, the US military sent A-10 "Thunder II" and AC-130 "Ghost" aerial gunboats to stabilize the situation. Finally, the F-22 Raptor, the fifth-generation fighter in active service, played a key role. In addition, US military heavyweight armaments such as electromagnetic guns and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers have also made the limelight in the movie.
The picture above shows the Transformers tidbits
The picture below shows the information on the US White Sands Missile Range. It can be said that the film completely reproduces the scenes of the real exercise
from the first Oscar-winning film "Wings" to the 1980s starring Tom Cruise "High Aspirations" and "Fast and Furious", which have continued to be popular in recent years, have the shadow of the military. That year, after the release of "High Aspirations", the number of young people who volunteered to serve in the Air Force increased significantly. No wonder some people say that apart from commercial success, Hollywood war films and science fiction films have become more and more like US military propaganda films after years of "political evolution."
On the one hand, the military needs to use movies to promote the U.S. military and patriotism to the public; on the other hand, the film side needs to rely on the strong military power. The cooperation between the Pentagon and Hollywood has enabled the military and the director to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.
According to incomplete statistics, the main melody elements of Hollywood in the United States are used in the science fiction film "Independence Day", the war film "Dunkirk", the romance film "Gone with the Wind", the action film "First Blood", the suspenseful horror film "Translation Storm", The comedy "Catch 22" and the biopic "Forrest Gump" are involved;
, in contrast to the main theme of domestic movies and TV series, of course, there are classic military themes such as "My Commander, My Group" and "Soldier Assault". But most of them focus on military subjects, and the types are too single to capture audiences outside the circle. If you post on the Internet, you will still be described as a straight male aesthetic by pastoral feminist rights. Extremely ridiculous, the main themeIs law still divided into male and female?
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According to data from the National Film Agency, the cumulative box office of the movie "Captain of China" surpassed "Fast and Furious 8" and ranked among the top ten in the total box office of Chinese movies. So far, the two films "Me and My Motherland" and "Captain of China" on the National Day have entered the top ten Chinese movie box office, and the top ten Chinese movie box office lists are all except for the fourth Domestic movies.
However, "Super 8" and "Reunion 4" are also products of American political correctness, promoting individual heroism and American patriotism, so the box office list can certainly see the efforts of Chinese filmmakers as well as Americans. Put the cunning of American values in entertainment films.
This cannot but be said to be the direction of our efforts.
"Captain America" is the incarnation of American patriotism. Affected by this, Iron Man enthusiasts have spontaneously re-engraved the US team's paint on the idol Iron Man. The US team's coating comes from the US Stars and Stripes. There are many examples like
. The expulsion of aliens in "The Ninth District" is a projection of American immigration policy; the road journey in "Little Sunshine" promotes the lifestyle and values of middle-class American families; "Green Skin" "The Book" is even more straightforward, allowing whites to mix up to serve black musicians. The whites chosen are Italian immigrants with Sicilian qualities, and they are the inferior whites most looked down upon by American Anglo-Saxon whites. You see, even in an anti-racism movie, white people still discriminate against white people with lower status;
For the main theme movie, preaching and grand narrative are the web1.0 stage, this stage first started from the German directors in Hitler's period Fenstahl's "Victory of Will", "Olympia" and other films have shown clues from the beginning, not to mention that the Nazis were the first to popularize radio in the world in order to let the people of the country listen to the heads of state every day;
The pioneering theme film created a way to combine personal growth, love between children and the current of the times, and use subtle routines to achieve the goal of united front. At present, domestically produced main melody movies are working hard in this respect.
But the main melody film has gone through decades of development. The audience has become numb to the routine patriotism, so the anti routine has become a new trend.
Recently, a video taken from the American drama "News Room" was reproduced on social media, which can be described as a textbook-level demonstration of the anti-routine theme. In the
video, students ask the protagonist, why is the United States the greatest country in the world? Other guests on the
stage answered that America is pluralistic, has opportunities, freedom and democracy, and so on. This is the standard answer to the American Dream. The protagonist replied that America is not great at all. The United States is neither the country with the most ethnic groups nor the country with the highest GDP per capita, nor is it the only free democracy. The United States is not special at all. But...
"But..." cleverly completed the creator's dislike of blindly American rainbow farts, and at the same time aroused the audience's curiosity about what he would say next. A successful patriotism anti-routine speech, just like this, settled down from HBO to Tencent Video, and then I found it and showed it to you now. On the American theme propaganda, it is not acceptable to refuse.
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The domestic film’s dominance in the box office ranking is undoubtedly worthy of recognition, indicating the positive trend of domestic film works, and more and more audiences are willing to pay for domestic films; at the same time, the top ten movie box office The absolute advantage of the main theme movies such as "My Country", "Captain China" and "Operation Red Sea" is a remarkable new phenomenon in recent years. Behind is the expression of the patriotic feelings of Chinese audiences "strengthening" in the new era.
The journal "Ban Yue Tan" under the Central Propaganda Department pointed out that it is gratifying that the main melody film broke into the top ten at the box office, but we must also realize that the box office advantage does not mean that it is absolutely winning at the level of artistic creation. After watching the movie, many netizens also pointed out that some high-grossing theme movies have more or less rough artistic techniques. They pay too much attention to the rendering of visual effects and the impact of the big scene, and the interpretation of patriotic themes is simple. The problems of facial makeup and old-fashioned storylines are more prominent.
The eyes of the audience are discerning, and the audience has reason to expect that the works have an artistic value that is proportional to the box office performance. Rough works cannot be long-termHas a high box office. A great era needs classic works. As the main melody movie, it should not be satisfied with the dividends of the audience's feelings. It should be carefully crafted in art to create classic works that satisfy the audience and stand the test of time.
Don't be blinded by clouds, the box office should be a booster for artistic creation, not the highest standard for testing artistic value. Excellent expressions become the endorsement of the patriotic enthusiasm of the audience, and excellent works become the flagship of popular literature and art, so that the cultural confidence of the Chinese people is deeper, and the main theme movie truly becomes a blockbuster that unites the national spirit and stimulates patriotic passion.
As far as "The Battle of Midway" is concerned, although Emerych can't shoot the main theme well, he still made a qualified war disaster film. After all, Douban Xiaoqing gave this film a high score of 7.7. It shows how easy it is for the Chinese audience to satisfy.
