Author of this article: It is Xu Lang
This year is a big year for China's aerospace industry, accompanied by one major aerospace events, there is a time that has been repeatedly mentioned, that is, system engineering. When Tianwen 1 landed on Mars, a video showed us the complexity of the mars exploration system project. When I watched the end credits of the movie "Chosin Lake", I suddenly remembered the word in my mind, and suddenly understood that this movie is a "system engineering" of the current Chinese film industry.
Talking about "Lake Chosin", I would like to introduce it to you from the end credits. The end credits of the film, after singing three songs, are said to have a total of 12,000 staff members. In the past, the oversized cup subtitles that could only be seen at the end of Hollywood blockbusters can also be experienced on "Chosin Lake". A war scene, every detail has a large number of professional teams to present the best results for you.
For example, there are a lot of dead bodies and pieces on the battlefield in the film, and this alone has a dedicated team working on it. The presentation of the ice sculpture in the film is also made by a special team. You know, many shots are flashed in the movie, just for these even negligible details, such a huge team was used to do it, which shows how much effort has been put into the quality of this film.
In international practice, the theme of war films is anti-war, but the depiction of war scenes is still full of visual spectacle and visual stimulation. In terms of audiovisual experience, "Chosin Lake" has indeed achieved the top level in China at present.
With the strongest production team to lay the foundation, how to make the war scene look good is the decisive factor that ultimately affects the audience's perception. The film was completed with the cooperation of three directors, and then Huang Jianxin supervised and ensured the unity of style while giving full play to the directors' respective advantages. The film has two frontal war scenes, which can clearly see the style of Lin Chaoxian and Xu Ke. In the first encounter between the Seventh Company and the American Army, the audience can see the tank battle scene in "Operation Red Sea", except that this time the battle is even more tragic. The disparity in weapons and equipment, how the seven companies won this battle, the reversal process is very thrilling.
The final general attack of Chosin Lake in the movie was visually filmed by Xu Ke. The scene of ice and snow, the volunteers fell from the sky at the sound of an order, and the scene full of martial arts style can even be seamlessly connected with "Wise Tiger Mountain". Two battles, the first one was difficult and tragic, the latter was a good one. In the end, the audience had a great empathy for the volunteer army, and at the same time had a better understanding of the necessity of this war.
If the film is only a description of a few war scenes, it will not last 3 hours at all, and the audience will feel bored before watching it. For a good movie, a good storyline is always the core element that grabs the audience's attention. If you want to have a good plot, the play and the actor's performance are very important.
Although the story of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea has been officially determined, how to reflect the historical background in a battle is still a difficult task. Unlike documentaries, movies need to have key characters (starring actors) to take the audience through an event, and use characters and events to show the whole picture of history. That's actually hard. From this point of view, the level of drama of "Chosin Lake" has set a new benchmark for the main theme of the film in recent years.
From a horizontal point of view, the film is constantly expanding from point to point. The main characters are Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli brothers, which are the smallest units under historical events - individuals; further up is the group portrait portrayal of the Organization of the Seventh Company, several key roles, so that the main characters are more rich and three-dimensional, and the performance of the battlefield environment is also more abundant. Finally, from the Song Dynasty, it was Peng Dehuai's turn to show the war as a whole.
The narrative of the film is also such a structure, low, medium and high are full of layers. Macro roles lead to the background of the war and the strategic situation, the group drama of the 7th Company shows the reality of the specific battlefield, and the two brothers Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli lead the audience to feel the war from different perspectives. Through the combination of dots, lines and surfaces, the whole film clearly and completely leads the audience to understand the different aspects of the war. The opening scene shows that the film has several military and historical advisers, which shows that at the text level, the film is solid enough, and the play level is also layered.
The opening literary drama is very freehand, and it is visually judged to be by Chen Kaige's hand. When Wu Qianli returned home, the water town in Jiangnan seemed to be a paradise; Wu Wanli rushed to the battlefield by train, and the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles came paving. From the water towns of Jiangnan to the scenery of the north, in an instant you will understand that our love for the motherland is not only a sense of cultural identity, but also the beauty of our motherland itself, it is difficult not to love. Rushing to the battlefield really makes you feel that "thousands of miles to the plane, Guan Shandu is flying", which is very poetic.
In terms of character building, because the film has three hours, the key characters are well explained. The main characters are Wu Jing, Yi Qianxi, Zhu Yawen, Hu Jun, Li Chen, and Han Dongjun, and there are many literary dramas in the film that make people impressed. There is not only revolutionary optimism, but also genuine masculinity. The audience who have been devastated by those who have been devastated by the "female bubble", this time can finally feel the real masculinity, super fun.
The role of Qianxi is actually not brilliant, but the character design is very pleasing. He represents a stubborn teenager who has never experienced war, and his experience of growing up in war is a link between audiences and history for many young viewers. The passage of throwing grenades brings some small climactic experiences to the film, but this entertaining design is very restrained, and more paragraphs are as serious and respectful as possible.
It is said that there will be a sequel to "Chosin Lake" "Watergate Bridge", and I felt that it was absolutely possible when I watched this movie. Because the seventh company in this movie, the biggest ink is actually the first encounter with the US army, the Battle of Chosin Lake feels like just a prelude, the real climax of the plot, should still be in the next part.
However, it is not easy to say at present, because at the end of this part, even the ice sculpture and Yang Gensi have already appeared, and if they do not go out of the lower part, it is also very complete. At present, the official has not revealed the news of the next part, and the boss Yu vaguely hinted at the meaning, which is estimated to look at the box office and word of mouth of "Chosin Lake", and even the direction of Sino-US relations in the future.
Finally, in terms of viewing recommendations, I have a five-star recommendation for this film, and I highly recommend watching it in the best cinema hall near your home, with countless details in the movie, which should be presented with the best audio and picture equipment. If possible, go directly to IMAX, the film was shot with an IMAX camera, 26% more than the screen outside IMAX, the picture is larger and more shocking, and it is definitely worth the ticket price.
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