On July 9, the anti-epidemic theme movie "Chinese Doctor" was officially released in theaters across the country, recording the magnificent and arduous anti-epidemic struggle in the early stage of the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in Wuhan in early 2020, paying tribute to all retrograde anti-epidemic heroes. The thrilling plot and touching warmth of the film directly hit people's hearts. It was only 3 days after its release, and as of 17:00 on July 11, the total box office has exceeded the 300 million yuan mark.
Poster of "Chinese Doctors"
"Chinese Doctor" is a tribute to the motherland and a tribute to Chinese medical workers. The film uses the "Times Report" narrative to locate the Jinyintan Hospital, the focus of the epidemic in Wuhan, and takes the characters of Wuhan medical staff and the national medical team as the prototype, and "panoramas" reproduce this arduous anti-epidemic struggle.
"Chinese Doctor" inherits the original team of "Captain China", directed by Liu Weiqiang, zhang Hanyu, Yuan Quan, Zhu Yawen, Ou Hao, Feng Wenjuan, Liang Dawei, Xiao Ai, Li Qin, Zhang Tianai, Ya Mei, Yang Qiru, Yu Haolei, etc., and completed the seamless switch from "crew hero" to "anti-epidemic hero"; while Yi Yanqianxi, Li Chen, Geng Le, Mei Ting, Ye He, Jiang Linyan, Zhou Ye, Song Jia, Yu Feihong, Ni Hongjie, Feng Shaofeng, Zhou Bichang, Zhang Songwen, Zhang Zifeng, Tong Liya, Gu Jiacheng, Zhao Ningyu, Wang Ting, Huang Lu The joining of a number of well-known actors such as Yin Xiaotian, Zhang Jiani, Shi Xiaolong, Gao Ge, Liu Lin, Lai Xi, Wan Guopeng, Wang Zhao, etc., also makes the film more appealing. Three days after its release, "Chinese Doctor" scored as high as 9.5 points on the Maoyan platform.
The original crew of "Captain China" dedicated themselves
"Chinese Doctor" cat's eye score
"Chinese Doctor" from the Premiere in Wuhan, to the premiere in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, all the way down to the official release, all the way down to the praise, many viewers left a message saying: "The tears have not dried during the viewing process, the whole down crying a pack of paper..." "Thanks to this movie, help us keep this memory, but also retain the difficult numbness and shock of the heart road", this epidemic is a common experience of the people of the whole country, and the audience's reflection also represents the voice of the people of the whole country.
But even so, there are still some "discordant" voices on the Internet. In the medical circle, there has also been a lot of controversy.
In the past medical theme film and television dramas, the controversy in the circle often focused on medical expertise, such as the previous controversial lines "10 grams of rapid urination", "drawing 200CC of blood to the laboratory" and so on.
"Moving Life" controversial line
In "Chinese Doctors", this kind of professional error is almost zero. At the premiere of the film, Director Zhang Wenhong, who came to watch the film, said: "I actually came to see "Chinese Doctor" with a critical attitude, but I didn't find any faults in more than two hours, and this movie exceeded my expectations." The "zero mistakes" in professional details have also become a highlight of the quality of the film.
The reason why "Chinese Doctor" has caused controversy in medical circles this time is mainly concentrated in two major aspects:
First, some netizens said that "Chinese Doctor" ignored the existence of nurses: in the whole film, there are few nurses who can be photogenic. In fact, this is a misconception, you know, in any hospital, nurses are indispensable. Similarly, in medical film and television works, it is basically impossible to appear without nurses. However, the Chinese medicine workers in this film, whether doctors or nurses, almost all wear protective clothing to fight, which makes the usual image cognition of nurses greatly weakened. The fitted nurse's uniform, the white and firm nurse's hat is replaced by a bloated protective suit, which makes people have a big psychological gap. In fact, like the well-known actors Li Qin and Zhang Tianai who play roles in the movie, they are nurses who help E. In the movie, not only female nurses, but even a rare image of male nurses appeared, played by actor Liang Dawei. From this point of view, as a film that pays tribute to medical workers, how can "Chinese Doctors" ignore such an important role as a nurse?
Stills of "Chinese Doctor", it is difficult to see the real face under the protective clothing
Some netizens believe that the name of the movie is "Chinese Doctor" instead of "Chinese Medical Care", which is also discrimination against nurses. In fact, the name "Chinese doctor" is more catchy and has a sense of substitution in comparison. Just like the crew's previous work "Captain China", if the title of the film is changed to "Chinese Flight Attendant", will it feel wrong? So here, we don't have to nitpick, and during the epidemic, medical care is wearing protective clothing, and even some patients are difficult to distinguish which is the doctor, which is the care, the medical staff is intertwined with each other as a whole, just to position the protagonist of the film, it is inevitable that it is too narrow.
Second, some people believe that the plot of "Chinese Doctor" is suspected of "smearing Chinese medicine": some netizens believe that the film is pure Western medicine content, not only does not have Chinese medicine, but finally "does not forget black Chinese medicine".
Individual netizens commented
We all know that the characteristic means of TCM diagnosis and treatment is "looking, hearing and asking", while TCM treatment is "slow work", and the conditioning of chronic diseases is its advantage. In the film, because of the limitation of the plot, there is no condition to show the characteristics of Chinese medicine "looking, hearing and asking"; and because of its "slowness", it is difficult to create a tense and exciting atmosphere by shaping the image of Chinese medicine. The main screen of the film is the ICU of Jinyintan Hospital, so it is understandable that chinese medicine has few appearances.
In the later stages of the film, when showing the square cabin hospital, there are also more Chinese medicines on camera, and then there are also mentions of the decline in the rate of severe illness and infection. In the plot, there are also two or three large expert meetings organized by the command center, which put forward the views that there is no special drug but to rely on immunity to counterattack, severe intubation, ECMO to save lives, and early access to traditional Chinese medicine.
Stills from "Chinese Doctor": Fang Cabin Hospital
In short, "Chinese Doctor" is a work full of highlights, but there is no lack of regrets. In the early stage of the film, many vivid doctor images such as Dean Zhang, Director Wen, and Dr. Xiaoyang were created, but the scene of the courier brother Jinzai in the back was a little too much. In fact, after entering the Fang Cabin Hospital for treatment, Jin Zai successfully recovered and reunited with the husband and wife to meet a new life (child) together, and such an ending is also perfect. However, the golden boy in the play changed from mild to severe in the square cabin hospital, slightly blunt, making the plot procrastinating, squeezing the space to further enrich the image of the doctor, and also making netizens who love Chinese medicine feel uneasy...
"Chinese Doctor" is a rare good film in general, but it can be done better.
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