"Manjiang Hong" broke 600 million, surpassing "The Wandering Earth 2", Zhang Yimou successfully challenged the suspense comedy

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On the first day of the Lunar New Year, "Manjiang Red" entered the Spring Festival file, which is based on the background of the Song Dynasty's resistance to the famous general Yue Fei Jingzhong serving the country. The film tells the story of Zhang Da, a soldier of the Southern Song Dynasty played by Shen Teng, after Yue Fei's death, and Sun Jun, vice president of the Qing Army, who went wrong to find the murderer of the envoy of the Jin State and find the lost secret letter.

As soon as the film was released, it reached a high score of 8.0 on Douban.

Different from ordinary historical dramas, this drama gives people a refreshing feeling and has personal characteristics, mainly manifested in the following aspects:

1. Style mixture: unique audiovisual language effects

The film combines two major elements of comedy and suspense, and the fit of the two also gives Zhang Yimou a lot of challenges.

We can see a lot of places in the film that incorporate comedy elements.

In the movie, every time Zhang Da and Sun Jun are helping Prime Minister Qin Hui investigate and find clues to the case, they walk in the alley, walking like a fly, and at the same time, cheerful music will sound.

The fast-paced music is the tone that sets the tone for comedy elements.

The joy is also reflected in the dialogue of the characters.

For example, when Zhang Da interrogated prisoners several times, he borrowed Wu Yichun's identity, that is, the relationship between Wu Yichun and the current favorite concubine Wu Guifei, as well as Zhang Da's bumps and bumps when he reported to Qin Huan, showing joy in the plot through the form of speech, and this joy is not nonsensical, but appropriate and appropriate.

In addition to the comedy factor, the film is mainly based on suspense. It is expressed in the use of lenses and colors.

For example, regarding the use of the lens, at the beginning of the story, it will make the audience question, who was the person who assassinated the official of the Jin Dynasty, who sent the letter, where is the envelope, and what is written in the envelope?

As the story progresses slowly, the mystery is solved step by step.

In the use of color, "Manjiang Red" is mainly black and gray visually, and black also shows the characters' steps in danger. The most appeared in the lens are warriors wearing armor, and the color of the armor is dark, giving people a sense of seriousness.

In the movie, the knife He Li used to kill Mai Ji and the weapon used by Sun Jun to kill Wang Biao are full of murderous aura.

The dark color symbolizes the coldness of the Iron Age and also reflects the cruelty of history. The characters' hearts are full of hidden worries and darkness.

Regarding the setting of the enclosed space, the filming of "Manjiang Hong" is mainly based on traditional Chinese courtyards.

In a limited time, the characters are distinctive, and the details of the scene are also prominent.

Ordinary soldiers found one clue after another in the room in the courtyard, and at the same time, this enclosed space was also the location of the tragedy, and there were many doubts.

Second, allegory in things: the resonance of emotional sublimation

Although "Manjiang Hong" is mainly suspenseful, there is also a strong warmth in it.

Among them, cherries play a key role in this movie.

When the peach girl gave the cherry to Mafu Liu Xi, Mafu Liu Xi did not tell his daughter that he was his father for the sake of his family and country, and also showed Liu Xi's love for his daughter;

Zhang Da also showed a love when he took the cherry from the peach girl and gave him to the dancing girl Yaoqin, which led to a relationship between Zhang Da and the dancing girl Yaoqin.

Na Yaoqin knew that he might be fierce and bad when he went here, so he sang a song, danced for Zhang Da, and put the cherry in Zhang Da's mouth.

Cherry shows here Yaoqin's gratitude to Zhang Da and her love for Zhang Da.

In addition to giving cherries, feelings are also attached to this poem "Manjiang Red".

At the end of the story, Qin Hui's stand-in stood on the city tower and recited a song "Manjiang Hong", which pushed the plot of the story to the deepest.

When reciting it, his tone is mellow, his emotions are intense, and his feelings are strong.

Every word in the poem shows concern about the fragmentation of life, especially when the last two lines of the poem are recited and the shouts are hoarse.

The soldiers' affectionate recitation also reflected Yue Fei's feelings of having the world in mind and showing a kind of heroism and righteousness.

This kind of feeling is selfless, with a broad pattern and mind, that is, not bound to small love, and can run for the country without hesitation between the individual and the country. Transmit infinite love to the world. The audience deepened and sublimated their understanding of the spirit of the Chinese nation in the depths of their hearts in the hot and deep patriotic emotions, and greatly enhanced the ideological realm of patriotism.

Third, the story is reversed: exposing the complex human nature in society

The film is full of reversals.

The story gives people unexpected and unexpected results, full of suspense. The setting of suspense also exposes the complex human nature in society.

Sun Jun originally defected to Qin Hui and did not dare to kill the golden man, and was said by others to be a lackey of the golden man, but when he saw Qin Huan's face and recognized that he was just a move of the golden man, he had signs of going against the water.

7 When he saw the four words "loyal to the country" written by Zhang Da, he was very moved, he had killed many people in the past, but now his heart has also changed.

In the end, he also defended Yue Fei and justified Yue Fei's name.

At the end of the story, Sun Jun went to the land of Qin Juniper alone, this trip was dangerous, and he was stabbed several times while fighting with Qin Juniper's men, fierce fight scenes, thrilling scenes, competing with each other.

I thought that it was inevitable to escape, but at the end of the story, there was a reversal, Qin Hui was tied up, Sun Jun fled, and a tragic ending was avoided.

Another reversal is the seemingly inconspicuous Yaoqin.

Originally thought that she was just a dancer, but then as the story line unfolded, Yaoqin swallowed the letter in her mouth after reading the letter in order to survive, and she became the key person in solving the case, it can be seen that she is very smart, and in the end she is not afraid of torture.

The woman who was originally weak and lived a strong life for her livelihood, but for the existence of justice and the faith in her heart, she finally killed He Li.

When she was dealing with He Li, the whole struggle scene was fierce, Yao Qing stabbed several times, but at the same time, she was also stabbed, but she was sacrificed.

This shows a woman's fearlessness and loyalty.

Therefore, the game in the story, the calculation in the middle, makes the plot reverse and reverse and reverse. Countless people forbearance and sacrifice, Qin Hui's changeable human heart, ingenious and fascinating, the plot is intertwined, unexpected, and strives to be real, wonderful and not shocking.

epilogue

All in all, this film uses images to express reflections on the era of the Song Dynasty, and uses the small characters of Zhang Da and Liu Xi to reflect the feelings of loyalty to the country, and they heroically fought righteousness in the battle of wits and courage with Qin Huan.

Although they sacrificed, the iron bones and heroism they exchanged for sacrifice are worth passing down in history, and the patriotic cultural traditions in the film are worth carrying forward.