"The Gathering" is an old movie released in 2007.
However, even though 14 years have passed since this movie, we will still be amazed by the high-burning war scenes and delicate character portrayals presented by Feng Xiaogang in this movie.
In particular, the protagonists of this "Gathering", that is, the nine brothers in charge of the blockade war, their image is indeed memorable no matter how many years have passed.
So this time, through the fog of 14 years, let's dissect this war movie from 14 years ago, as the peak of Chinese war films, this movie does have too many places to think about.
For example, such a question is whether Gu Zidi, played by Zhang Hanyu, does he know that the nine connections he leads are a task that "can never wait for the rallying trumpet to sound".
After 14 years of watching "The Gathering Number", I finally have a definite answer.
1, the valley land knows everything!
When the regimental commander played by Hu Jun gave the task to Gu Zidi, played by Zhang Hanyu,
What Hu Jun, the regimental commander, said to Gu Zidi was particularly profound.
The grain is a land of people, and none of them are given.
But the grain land wants weapons and ammunition.
Hu Jun, the regimental commander, was able to manage enough, and even went to find shells for Guzidi.
Of course, this does not prove that the regimental commander is already hinting to Gu Zidi that this is a blockade battle that "cannot wait for the rallying number".
A sentence with real profound meaning should be what Hu Jun said: "The fortifications have been repaired for you, and the second battalion has repaired the ready-made fortifications for you!" ”
A battalion has about 500 troops and a company has more than 100 troops.
That is to say, the task given to the Ninth Company by the commander of the Hu Army was to let a crippled company hold on to the work that a battalion should do.
Coupled with the fact that the previous weapons and ammunition tubes were enough, these two details were linked, in fact, the veteran of Guzidi should have a mirror in his heart.
It was to let their ninth company pave the way for the rest of the troops to retreat, and their lives and deaths had indeed been abandoned.
And this is also the intention of Gu Zidi when he led his 47 soldiers to the front line, and he looked back.
The soldiers may not know the outcome of this time, but he knows everything, but he cannot tell his men.
2, why does the grain field have to dig up the bones of its subordinates?
In fact, at the beginning, Gu Zidi was not so eager to find the bones of his subordinates.
The reason was simple, he felt that as long as he found his old troops, he only needed to find his superiors.
His identity, the identity of his men, was revealed.
But when he was taken to the headstone of the regimental commander, when he learned that the people who knew the content of the order before and knew the tasks of their ninth company had been sacrificed.
He broke down.
The task of the Nine Connections itself is a mission that must die, and as a soldier, he unconditionally chooses to obey, which is no different.
However, he could not see that all his men had died, and in the end he still hung a missing name, and in the end their sacrifices were not recognized.
Especially when Gu Zidi stood in front of the regimental commander's tombstone and heard with his own ears that there was no "assembly number" at all, and there was no order to retreat at all.
He was even more upset with his subordinates.
Therefore, this is why Guzidi had to dig up the bones of Jiulian people, and this is why Guzidi desperately wanted to give his subordinates a truth.
Sacrifice is sacrifice, and the soldiers of the Ninth Company are not afraid.
However, we cannot let the people of the Ninth Company die in vain, and we cannot let the people of the Ninth Company die and still bear the suspicion of disappearance.
This is to justify his own name, but also to justify the names of his 47 soldiers.
The significance is truly extraordinary.
3, Feng Xiaogang prepared three endings!
Regarding this "Gathering Number", Feng Xiaogang originally prepared three different endings.
The first ending is the one we see now, one that everyone is happy about.
The bones of 47 soldiers of the Ninth Company were found, and the Ninth Company finally waited for the "assembly number" and finally corrected its name.
It can be said that this ending is the most Chinese-style ending and the heroic ending that best satisfies the psychological expectations of the vast number of audiences.
As for the second ending, it is an open-ended ending.
In the last shot, zhang Hanyu's guzidi has dried up, but he still digs deep in the coal mine day and night.
He firmly believed that one day, he would be able to find the bones of jiulian people.
The third ending is a little sad, and it is also the ending that Feng Xiaogang wanted to cut out at the beginning.
That was the day when Guzidi finally did not wait for the 47 soldiers of the Ninth Company to see the light of day again, and he was frozen to death on a winter day, leaving only a stiff bun in his hand.
Feng Xiaogang originally wanted to add this ending to the end of the film, but the film screenwriter was opposed.
He felt that Feng Xiaogang's ending was too sad and did not meet the public's expectations for the hero's "mythical" movie.
Under the strong opposition of the screenwriter, Feng Xiao just changed the film to the first ending.
But Feng Xiaogang himself said that he could not accept the first ending, because in real life, this kind of "falling out of the water" story is impossible to appear.
This is the "mythical" story of a hero.
Of course, no matter what kind of ending Feng Xiaogang finally presented in this movie, it could not prevent this "Gathering Number" from becoming the peak of domestic war films.
Before this movie, many people may think that Feng Xiaogang can only make New Year comedies, and can only engage in some movies that are not very advanced.
But from the beginning of this "Gathering Number", and then to the later films such as "Tangshan Earthquake", "1942", "Fanghua" and so on, Feng Xiaogang did use his strength to justify his name.
He is China's top big director, he is a big director who can shoot anything that can hit people's hearts.
From comedy, to war films, to commercial films, Feng Xiaogang has indeed achieved the ultimate.
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