"The Battle of Midway"
Midway
is the best-known theater movie this week, and the current Douban score is 7.7. The
film is adapted from real historical events and tells the battle of Midway Island during World War II. The battle of
was a key turning point in the entire Pacific War and a classic battle in the history of World War II. It has also been adapted into film and television works many times. The director
is the famous disaster film director Roland Emmerich . His representative works include "Independence Day" , "The Day After Tomorrow" and "2012" . In his previous works,
has almost destroyed the earth and mankind for several rounds.
In this "Decisive Battle Midway", he continues to play his best grand narrative style, showing the cruel and tragic war with the technique of disaster films. The plot and clues of the
film are extremely complex, divided into two camps, the United States and Japan, and there are more than ten main roles alone.
were represented by the US bomber pilots such as Best, McCluskey, and Du Lite, commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet Nimitz and intelligence officer Leiden, Japanese generals such as Fifty-Six Yamamoto, Tadaichi Nanyun, and Taman Yamaguchi. Three lines unfold.
As far as creative ambitions are concerned, the film is no small thing. The screenwriter tried to make a panoramic restoration of the Battle of Midway in a limited time. The
movie begins with the confrontation between the United States and Japan during World War II, and then the Pearl Harbor incident, as well as the background of the disparity in armaments between the United States and Japan.
then went to the US military to counterattack the adventurous air raid on Tokyo and the intelligence team cracked the target of predicting the Japanese attack. Finally, in the Battle of Midway, they completed the Jedi counterattack with less victory and more.
Especially in the presentation of the war scene, the scene of the bomber diving and attacking the aircraft carrier from a high altitude is quite shocking.
For a layman like a cousin in military history, the film almost leads the audience to review that magnificent history, just like watching a military science and education film.
But the problem is-can
restore history in a panoramic way to make a good movie? Cousin
thinks:
not only cannot, but not enough. The biggest problem with
is that the drama is too loose.
Because the screenwriter wanted to restore all the historical details in the movie within two hours, the movie could not grasp the center of gravity, and the whole story was a bit fragmented. Although there are many characters in the
movie, and all have real historical prototypes, none of them have been deeply shaped.
These characters are more like the historical celebrities we read in history books. They are great, but after watching the movie, there is no character that can be remembered.
plus two hours of film length is not enough to support the ambition of the original creator, and the film eventually becomes a running account.
not only loses the excitement and thrilling feeling that war films should have, but also makes it difficult for ordinary audiences to substitute in the plot.
Finally, say something off topic. Although the
film is entirely American from the front stage to behind the scenes, it is essentially a Sino-American co-production, not a Hollywood production.
So obviously the budget is not high. Almost all the big air combat scenes in the film are completed by CG special effects. The war scene lacks the sense of presence and shock of real shots, which is a bit unfortunate.
Overall, the film can only be said to be a barely qualified war film, suitable for military enthusiasts to watch.
"Beneficiary"
My Dear Liar
This film is another new director work produced by Ning Hao after "I am not the God of Medicine".
Judging from the genre, the film also has some meanings to mark the "Yellow God". For example, they are all new directors' debut works, and they are all market comedies with realistic care, and the stories are full of black humor. The
film revolves around a case of murdering his wife and defrauding insurance. Wu Hai, a downturned middle-aged man played by Dapeng, is encouraged by his friend Zhong Zhenjiang (Zhang Zixian) to raise money for his seriously ill son. Marry the female anchor Yue Miaomiao (played by Liu Yan) who is also from the bottom, and then killShe came to cheat the insurance. The story of
is very dramatic. The eight words in the opening plan between Dapeng and Zhang Zixian can sum up the whole film:
gets married, signed, cheated, accident. The heroine played by
Liu Yan is a gaudy female anchor who usually deceives the audience to pay for it. But Dapeng's purpose was to kill his wife and defraud him, and the two of them knew each other from the beginning, but their motives were not simple.
In order to win Liu Yan's favor, Dapeng had to be forced to pretend to be big money and be a hero. The result was a lot of noise.
From the perspective of the script alone, the completion of the film is quite high. The director has implanted a lot of realistic irony in this black comedy. For example,
: touch porcelain , cheating , misappropriating public funds , live broadcast industry chaos , and so on. With the addition of the two actors' subversion of the previous image of
, Liu Yan especially surprised her cousin.
She got rid of the character of sexy stunners in previous works, but subversively starred in an outdated female anchor who worships gold and vulgarity.
also has a live broadcast of makeup remover in the movie. She can see that she wants to work hard to break through her inherent drama, and she performed quite well.
However, the problem with the movie still lies in the lack of control of the new director. The balance between crime and comedy elements in the whole film of
is somewhat out of control, especially in the first half of the film, in order to rationalize the motivation of the characters, a lot of plot preparations have been made to slow down the rhythm.
originally thought that after the murder of the wife started, there would be some reversals in the plot, but the result was still flat and straightforward, and in the end, the Dapeng prodigal son turned around and ended with some routines.
also has a character set by the heroine Yue Miaomiao. Although this character worships gold and vulgarity, it is still a silly white sweet more often.
is a "saint" from beginning to end, without too much character shaping, completely reduced to a functional role.
In addition, Dapeng's performance is of course very hard work and subversive. However,
still has the problem of performing too hard, making people play.
"My Boxing Boyfriend"
Chasing Dream
Finally, it's the highlight!
Yes, it is "My Boxing Boyfriend"!
tells the truth, until the time she walked out of the theater, the cousin was still in a daze that was completely shocked by the film. What is shocking about
is not that the film is so bad and so fresh and refined, but it is really unimaginable-
is such a rubbish movie, it was actually made by Du Qifeng and Wei Jiahui!
Listening to the name, you might think this is a sports inspirational theme, but you can't think of it-
is actually a song and dance film! The movie
tells the story of Lu Hu, a down-and-out boxer who is about to bid farewell to the ring. He accidentally met Du Xiaojuan, the same down-and-out dream singer because he was helping others to collect debt.
After learning that Du Xiaojuan was deceived by a popular singer, Lu Hu embarked on the road to help her realize her dream. The two people who originally had different personalities have gradually come together as they get along... The
plot is the trend of standard inspirational themes, but it also incorporates the urban love and Hong Kong-style comedy elements that Director Johnny To is good at.
However, what this film ultimately shows is an extremely divided sense of twisting.
The two lines of MMA fighting and singing draft where the male and female protagonists are located are almost completely separate lines, but they are twisted together with one hammer. There is no logic in the plot of
, the character is not a normal person, and many scenes are full of a sense of exaggerated cheap copycat. The final effect of the
movie is very embarrassing-
is neither inspirational, nor funny, nor tender, it can be said to be broken from beginning to end. If the logo of
is not listed in the title " Galaxy Image ", my cousin definitely has reason to suspect that the
movie is a fan of "Judo Dragon and Tiger List" who likes Johnnie To, in tribute to the copycat Nets. .
In addition, the song and dance elements in the film are also nondescript, full ofThe earthy taste, as if watching "Dream Performing Arts 2019".
Of course, the most frustrating thing in the whole movie is the acting starring Xiang Zuo.
, as the second generation of a well-known star in the entertainment industry, is the son of Xiang Huaqiang, a gangster in the Hong Kong film industry.
proved to Zuo Yi's strength-
he is probably also the most unmoving star in the entertainment industry.
Remember that in 2016, Xiang Huaqiang and his wife invited half of the first-line actors in the entertainment industry, Jet Li, Fan Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming, Koo Tianle, Liang Jiahui, etc., to spend 500 million to create a "League of Gods" in order to support their son. ". In the end,
not only hit the street at the box office, but also successfully left an immortal "monument" in the history of bad domestic films.
In "My Boxing Boyfriend", Xiang Zuo once again proved that he is really not suitable for being an actor.
not only has no acting skills, but also acts like a fool in everything. The whole process is grinning, all gestures are full of exaggeration.
This is not a champion at all, it is just a neurosis plus violent mania! After watching the whole movie, the cousin had only one question in her mind. She wanted to ask the director:
Du SIR, are you kidnapped?
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