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The TV series "Bright Sword" born in 2005 has won the enthusiastic pursuit of the audience, and its score on Douban is as high as an astonishing 9.5 points! This masterpiece directed by the famous director Hu Mei and starring many powerful actors such as Li Yifeng, Yang Yang, and Michael Tianning vividly depicts the heroic feats of Li Yunlong and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army under his leadership during the War of Resistance Against Japan.
"Bright Sword" skillfully blends elements of war, plot and action, fully demonstrating the indomitable revolutionary spirit of Chinese soldiers in the midst of war. With its fascinating plot setting and realistic and moving picture presentation, the play has successfully become a bright pearl in the history of Chinese TV drama development, and has been praised by the audience and critics as the pinnacle of anti-Japanese war dramas.
However, in the initial stages of the TV series, Li Yunlong commanded the artillery pillar and successfully killed the captain and deputy of the Japanese Sakata Wing. However, what is surprising is that when the story progresses to episode 7, the audience is surprised to find that Sakata's deputy actually appears again as the captain of the Japanese army, which undoubtedly constitutes a serious logical loophole and is ridiculous.
In addition, the political commissar introduced Monk Wei to Li Yunlong as a member of the 27th Division, but Li Yunlong claimed that he was from the 72nd Division, and the identity of Monk Wei became confusing and inconsistent. Although these omissions regarding the character setting may seem insignificant, they still feel absurdly distorted.
In the face of these plot flaws, the audience has to admit that even excellent works cannot avoid flaws in the handling of details.
It is worth mentioning that in the play, Li Yunlong successfully carried out an undercover mission to infiltrate the enemy banquet, but in the process of group photo, he was accidentally captured by the Japanese army in the image of a traitor and took photos.
When the Japanese lieutenant general looked at the photo, he was keenly aware of a visible stain on Li Yunlong's face, but he turned away without cleaning it.
What's even more bizarre is that when Captain Yamamoto then flipped through the photo again, the stains on his face had disappeared without a trace, as if erased by some mysterious force. This seemingly absurd detail error undoubtedly caused the audience to laugh.
A frame in the film suddenly captured Li Yunlong in the bandit's lair, and started a fierce battle with Monk Wei. As everyone knows, Li Yunlong was a heroic soldier who was passionate and regarded death as if he were at home, but he engaged in bandit behavior behind enemy lines.
At that time, the audience exclaimed, "Li Yunlong is still making extra money in the bandits' den!", expressing their unacceptability for this character's unexpected appearance. However, after in-depth thinking, maybe this was just a disguise mission carried out by Li Yunlong in order to obtain military intelligence, but the crew did not fully explain this, which made this shocking plot surprise the audience.
The weapons used by the Japanese Yamamoto special forces may seem sophisticated, but if you look closely, you can see the problem. The barrels of the rifles held by the members of the team were all blocked, making it impossible to actually shoot, apparently a batch of props and firearms specially prepared for filming.
The weapons used by Chu Yunfei's soldiers had similar problems. This revealed the dilemma of the crew at that time, due to limited funds, unable to provide real and usable weapons for filming.
The flaws in these weapons and props were not easy to notice at the time, but in retrospect, the audience will inevitably laugh at them.
What is even more surprising is that in multiple shots, various modern objects appear that break the boundaries of time and space, seriously destroying the historical atmosphere of the 1940s.
For example, in the final scene of the victory celebration, modern vehicles such as vans are unexpectedly intruded, and during the filming, modern elements such as microphone equipment, the phone number on the wall, and the barcode on the red wine bottle when Zhang Bailu poured wine for Li Yunlong also accidentally broke into the shot.
This series of obvious anachronisms gives people a sense of absurdity of "time and space". Despite this, these goofs didn't attract much attention from the audience at the time, but now that you revisit them, they have become a highlight that makes you laugh.
In addition, many of the character settings have obvious contradictions in the plot before and after. For example, the numbers of the Wei monks' units were frequently changed, Li Yunlong mistakenly referred to Li Li as Zhang Li in dialogue, and Zhao political commissar was inconsistent in the expression of place names when directing the attack.
Those detail mistakes that are almost "three-minute heat", if they are accidentally integrated into today's film and television works, may even be evaluated as "bad dramas". What is deeply shocking is that despite the difficult and exciting filming work of the crew of "Bright Sword" under difficult circumstances, these omissions in these details are still unavoidable.
However, as viewers, we still can't resist the urge to complain and can't help but laugh at the "schizophrenic" memory of the characters in the play.
What is surprising is that in this grand drama that depicts the course of the 14-year Anti-Japanese War, all the war scenes are set in a cold winter atmosphere. It wasn't until the end of the play, when the picture of the crowd cheering and celebrating the victory was displayed in front of them, that the audience suddenly realized that the crew had completed the filming of the entire epic drama of the Anti-Japanese War with only one winter scene.
This seemingly insignificant detail error completely subverted the audience's perception of the seasonal changes that should occur during the 14-year war, which made people sigh unbelievable Of course, this also reflects the unremitting efforts of the crew under difficult conditions and financial constraints, but it has become the focus of conversation among the audience.
These omissions in these details in "Bright Sword" may be understandable under the conditions at the time, after all, the drama was completed with difficulty in the predicament of lack of funds. We should not dismiss its canonical status because of some minor flaw.
It is undoubtedly unfair to criticize excellent works because of the smallest issues, and it is undoubtedly unfair to dwell on the disputes over these details, but to appreciate its unique artistic charm to the fullest.
"Bright Sword" has become a monument in the history of the development of Chinese TV dramas, and the spirit of the times and artistic charm it shows will be forever engraved in history.
All in all, "Bright Sword" is a critically acclaimed anti-Japanese war drama classic, and although there are some uncomfortable detail mistakes in it, this has not affected its outstanding artistic value and classic status.
We should not be confused by these small flaws, but to appreciate its wonderful war scenes and gripping storyline "Bright Sword" has become one of the most important works in the history of Chinese TV drama development, and its spiritual and artistic charm will be an eternal treasure of the Chinese nation, forever recorded in history and the hearts of the audience.