From 8.5 points at the time of release to 7.5 points now, why is the rating of "Eight Hundred" polarized, and has the history been forgotten?
Directed by Guan Hu and co-starring Ou Hao, Zhang Yi and Wang Qianyuan, the movie "Eight Hundred" has been controversial since the beginning of broadcasting.
The rating has changed from 8.5 to 7.5 now.
For Chinese films, all high-grossing movies cannot escape this strange circle.
From "Wolf Warrior" to "I Am Not a Medicine God", and then from "The Wandering Earth" to "Eight Hundred". These films have always been controversial.
Today, we're just going to look at it from the cinematic point of view to see why there's so much controversy about this film.
Before that, let's briefly understand the historical background of the film.
The Sihang Warehouse was originally named the "Sihang Trust Department Shanghai Branch Warehouse", and after the "Battle of Songhu" broke out, although the Chinese army fought in blood, it was still unable to defeat the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese army, and suffered 300,000 casualties in three months.
Chiang Kai-shek knew that he could not defeat the Japanese on his own, so he planned to take advantage of the nine-nation pact of September 30 to fight a show war on the edge of the concession, preferably to scare the British in the concession, let them see the ferocity of the Japanese, and thus obtain the assistance of Britain and the United States.
Originally, Chiang Kai-shek's plan was to send the 88th Division to block the Japanese army in the streets and alleys of Shanghai, but when it reached the 88th Division, it became a regiment, and finally the 88th Division's division commander Sun Yuanliang only sent a reinforcement battalion, the actual number of which was more than 400 people, led by Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jinyuan, Deputy Colonel Zhibiao of the Major Regiment, and Yang Ruifu, the commander of the Major Battalion. It is said to be eight hundred people.
So first of all, many people say that this movie is not enough to restore history and does not conform to the actual situation, but first of all, we must understand that the movie originates from reality, but it is higher than reality. In many cases, the film itself is a form of artistic expression, not completely according to reality, and even sometimes some documentaries will use artistic techniques to present. For example, the white horse that appears in the play, there are many viewers who do not understand, and feel that this kind of scene can be completely removed.
In fact, I thought so when I first watched it, but after watching it twice, I found that the animals that appear in the movie do not only have white horses, but they also represent different meanings.
First of all, the rats that appear in the opening scene, why there are rats here only symbolizes decay and decay, which shows that the country is already dilapidated, decayed and corrupt, and the deserter played by Ou Hao in the next scene also reflects that like rats, hiding in Tibet, everyone shouts and fights.
The second is the crow, the crow everyone can understand, the crow symbolizes death, especially when Xie Jinyuan and the Japanese officer met, the upper left corner of the camera several crows, as if to imply that the Japanese army will not easily let the Chinese soldiers leave, leaving a metaphor for the subsequent crossing of the bridge.
Finally, there is the white horse, what the white horse represents, what represents hope represents freedom, in fact, to be honest, everyone can understand and understand. The reason why everyone complains is also because the whole drama from the beginning of the suppression to the later climax part of the tearful, is a generous and tragic atmosphere, and the abrupt white horse seems to be a little out of place, making it a little difficult for the audience to adapt.
No film is flawless, so is "Eight Hundred", although there are shortcomings, but it is worth affirming that "Eight Hundred" is still at the top level in China in terms of production level, whether it is costume props, scene rendering, and site construction, it is very restored, at that time many soldiers came from all over the world to support Shanghai. Therefore, the accents of the characters are different, so that the audience can bring in faster.
Especially for the portrayal of the Japanese army, the image in the usual anti-Japanese drama has been changed. There was no deliberate vilification of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army was depicted as short and obscene. Following the reporter's perspective to the Japanese camp, it gave people a very depressing atmosphere, and the Japanese army was heavily guarded and lined up.
There is even simulated offensive training
I have to admit that this is worth learning from many film and television producers. Our ancestors relied on flesh and blood, real knives and guns to win the enemy, and there was no need to show our strength by ugly the enemy.
Then the most criticized thing about the whole plot is that in the end, the atmosphere is almost rendered, the plot promotion is also in place, just when everyone thinks that the climax is coming, it is actually a total retreat across the bridge. After all, in everyone's impression, the retreat to do the climax is certainly not better than the charge, and the viewing effect is not so good. And here I have to say that it is really not good to put aside all forced sensationalism, Xie Jinyuan was born in the fourth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, and then turned around for more than ten years. How could such a battle-hardened commander let his subordinates rush to the bridge without a cover, this is a logical error.
Similarly, when the flag was raised, there was no human flesh to protect the flag, as a reinforcement battalion, at that time, the roof of the Sihang warehouse had air defense forces, and the Japanese aircraft did not dare to dive and strafe. These two points should not be the adaptation that the screenwriter needs to make for the plot of the movie.
If you try to postpone the plot a little, when the exhausted soldiers have crossed the bridge, slumped on the ground and breathing heavily, the people slowly say through the window: "Live, live." "Wouldn't it be better to end with such an orgasm?" Or the camera was widened, and some of the surviving lone soldiers joined the New Fourth Army, some remained in the National Revolutionary Army, and some joined the Red Army. But the same thing is that they are all in the front line of the fight against the Japanese Kou, and they have continued the story of "Eight Hundred" in their own way, which is also very good.
If the biggest controversy in the plot is that "Eight Hundred" is actually not finished, the story behind is that Xie Jinyuan led his subordinates into the concession and was disarmed, named protection is actually house arrest. However, although under house arrest, Xie Jinyuan still led the soldiers to go out on time for training, and then Wang Jingwei defected to the Japanese and wanted to recruit Xie Jinyuan, but Xie Jinyuan categorically refused. However, the distress call he made to Chiang Kai-shek was always exchanged for "For the sake of the overall situation, you should be patient for the time being." ”
Subsequently, angry and angry, Wang Fei bribed Hao Dingcheng, Zhang Wenqing, Zhang Guoshun, and Zhang Fuzhong to assassinate Xie Jinyuan, who was seriously injured and fell to the ground, and died of ineffective rescue, and a generation of anti-Japanese heroes were thus killed by the traitors. He died on December 31, 2012 at the age of 3
On December 7, 1941, Japan declared war on Britain, then stormed the concession and captured all the lone soldiers and sent them to various prisoner-of-war camps to work as laborers. A group of enthusiastic men who defend their families and defended the country ended up like this, and sadly, the politicians at the top never cared about them.