On the evening of January 24, CCTV Six broadcast the Singapore military theme movie "The Legend of the Frogman 3". It tells the story of a group of frogman recruits with different personalities and different family backgrounds, who complete the degeneration of boys to men in the new barracks.
Speaking of this subject, many friends can think of the approximate story with their eyes closed, and their minds flash through typical bridge sections such as "All Metal Shell" and "Rushing Out of the Amazon": the instructor's heart-rending roar, various renovated whole-person means, and the helpless expression of the recruit who cannot survive when he asks for death.
The situation of the movie is similar, but the background is changed in a city-type country, the military camp is very neat and modern, the swimming pool is the training ground, the instructor speaks English, carries out the "American" whole person method, and there are some Singaporean characteristics: for example, after the recruit egg is found playing cards, all the continuous change of clothes for physical punishment. Other sections include lost love, talking back to instructors, running, etc., of course, there are also some anti-classic.
For example, the girlfriend of the second generation of rich men had a "mutiny" and chose a "mature and reliable" special combatant wearing a red hat. The second male challenged the authority of the instructor in anger, and was abused against the instructor "NO.2" confrontation, and had to prepare to quit. The male one "Black Dragon" is the second generation of immigrants, a bit of an ancient puzzle boy, despising the male second said: Quitting will only prove that they are right to say that they are rotten people, and it will also make you wear a green hat.
The radical method works. The second man finally went to the instructor to repent, punished himself for running 50 laps, the squad leader could not see it and ran together, and the two ran in the rain with their chest muscles. The little fat person in charge of funny calls on everyone to join together - this is also a commonly used sensational bridge. The director did the opposite, choosing anti-classic: everyone did not move and only cared about spiritual encouragement, which made Xiao Fat very embarrassed.
Looking down on the film, in addition to the film just staged a hot hostage rescue picture, the Singapore Dreadnought-class frigate, the only submarine rescue ship in Southeast Asia, all on the field, and then there is a group of baby soldiers' parents short, although there is no hot scene, it feels very standard: the story is small and fresh, full of positive energy, suitable for young people before college.
According to the search information, Singapore has filmed 4 "Recruits" movies, each of which tells the story of different branches of the armed forces, introduces Singapore's national defense system and barracks life, and encourages young people to bravely accept challenges and pursue excellence. For a city-based country like Singapore, the barracks have indeed become a place where many boys have metamorphosed. The films in this series are somewhat similar to the "military teaching films" that we are familiar with, with a relaxed and lively style and a positive core. After the film was broadcast in the 2014 Spring Festival New Year file, it broke the record for the highest opening of the Singapore Asian Film New Year file.
Some unexpected places, such as dialogue: mainly in English, interspersed with Mandarin, Malay, Hokkien, everyone seems to be able to switch at will; second, there is no heroine, the film highlights youth and masculinity, which is urgently needed by many modern countries. The third is the Tibetan playing card link, hidden in the hollow Bible. This is a classic passage in "The Shawshank Redemption", and in addition to paying tribute, the director also explains the country's faith problems.
Overall, this small fresh style of film, with the common Southeast Asian tropical style, expresses subtlety without showing mountain dew. The previous understanding of Singaporean films is also several literary and artistic films such as "Tropical Rain", with a slow plot, attention to detail, good at portraying psychology, and unconsciously touching people. This technique is applied to military themes, although there are no large scenes, but it also leaves a deep impression.
All this has also deepened the understanding of "the same kind of different minds." If you only look at the film itself, there are also some references.
I don't know when props have become the only criterion for measuring the level of military-themed film and television dramas. In fact, for similar themes, especially those without female protagonists, it has been very rare in China after "Soldier Assault", "Young Secret Service Team", "Ah, Little Navy", "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" and so on have been very long. For such films, it seems that film critics should have more tolerance and think more about it beyond props.
1. The story and spiritual core of the film. The essence of the film is to use the picture to tell the story and convey the values, and without these re-ignited pictures, they are empty. Individual directors, under the guise of history and cloaked in professional garb, try to carry private goods in military films and change the younger generation's view of history, which is obviously beyond the academic scope.
2. Pay attention to distinguishing the audience of the film. Military themes are not necessarily oriented to the whole of society, and many military theme film and television dramas have no connection with minors due to inevitable profanity and violent shots. Military-themed film and television dramas for young people may not be large-scale productions and large investments, and for teenagers with relatively simple knowledge backgrounds, it is enough to play the role of national defense education and military enlightenment, which is enough.
One fact is that Gazi brothers have become classics. No way, a generation has a generation of classics, which is enough, "different generations of the same song" is even better.