After the movie "Eight Hundred" was withdrawn for more than a year, it was finally officially announced to be released.
Around this movie, there have been a lot of strange views and conspiracy theories, and some people blame the reason for the withdrawal of "Eight Hundred" on the supervision of relevant departments, which is really slippery.
The reason is very simple, a movie that has taken the "dragon label" will only have one reason: the producer of "Eight Hundred" wants to withdraw it himself. Therefore, some netizens defined the withdrawal of "Eight Hundred" as a commercial hype, which is not unreasonable.
Why do some netizens have such a view? It is also very simple, because of a movie, a movie released in Taiwan Province in 1975, "Eight Hundred Heroes" starring Ke Junxiong Lin Qingxia Xu Feng and others.
The author suggests that friends who want to watch "Eight Hundred" may wish to watch this "Eight Hundred Heroes" before buying tickets, for the following reasons:
First, the theme and plot framework of "Eight Hundred Heroes" and "Eight Hundred" are the same
Around the same historical events can be made many versions of the film, although the two films in the details and other aspects are certainly different, but its general plot structure and the background of the times is undoubtedly the same, for some "historically blind" audiences, if you are not willing to understand the history of the book in advance, watching the same theme of the film is also a good choice.
Second, "Eight Hundred" uses the actor's idea similar to "Eight Hundred Heroes"
"Eight Hundred Heroes" in Taiwan Province was a blockbuster film that year, and the director used a lot of powerful actors in the film, and also added some fresh faces (small fresh meat).
In "Eight Hundred Heroes", there are old drama bones Yang Qun who play sun Yuanliang, ke Junxiong who plays Xie Jinyuan, and young Lin Qingxia, Zhang Aijia and Qin Han.
"Eight Hundred" is also a combination of old drama bones and small fresh meat, Liu Xiaoqing, Jiang Wu, Yao Chen, Wang Qianyuan, Zhang Yi and others can fully ensure the quality of acting skills, and there are a bunch of small fresh meat that the author is not familiar with to ensure traffic.
Third, "Eight Hundred" and "Eight Hundred Heroes" are both big-scene movies
Although "Eight Hundred Heroes" was born more than forty years ago, from the current point of view, the production of that year can also be called a big scene. And "Eight Hundred" is certainly not inferior to "Eight Hundred Heroes" on the screen, after all, the total investment and new technology are there.
Fourth, "Eight Hundred" may continue "Eight Hundred Heroes" in some plots
The historical battle of the "Four Elements Warehouse" was relatively low in intensity, and due to the consideration of the concession rat trap, the battle process was not fierce, and the battle time was only four days. But the eight hundred heroes sublimated the battle process, becoming fierce and bloody, and adding some military-looking amateurish play, of course, to create atmosphere and emotion.
Judging from the trailer of "Eight Hundred", "Eight Hundred" should also follow the idea of "Eight Hundred Heroes", and greatly improve the intensity of the battle in the movie.
There is a fictional scene in "Eight Hundred Heroes", where many soldiers gather together to tightly protect the flagpole and flag, sacrificing many people for this, which is not in history, and is a shot created by the crew of "Eight Hundred Heroes".
From the trailer of "Eight Hundred", we found that there are similar bridges, so even if this is "Eight Hundred" to pay tribute to "Eight Hundred Heroes"?
In addition, the ending of "Eight Hundred Heroes" has also been criticized, and the film completely erases the real history and changes it to a happy ending for everyone, sensationalizing for the sake of sensationalism.
The end of the "eight hundred brave men" in history was miserable and sad, and the remaining officers and men were reduced to "refugees" under house arrest, and later captured by the Japanese army and forced to do hard work. Xie Jinyuan was brutally killed by traitors in the "Eight Hundred Heroes", and Yang Ruifu, then a battalion commander, later said that we had not actually completed the task.
"Eight Hundred Heroes" gave Xie Jinyuan a bright future, and they escaped from the isolated island and ran to a new front.
At present, it is not known what kind of ending "Eight Hundred" adopts, and if you continue to follow the idea of "Eight Hundred Heroes", the author believes that it is not advisable.
In summary, "Eight Hundred Heroes" has a special "island" mood in the intention of the film, so it will be limited in the shooting ideas, but its general plot, scenes and background are basically no problem.
Of course, "Eight Hundred Heroes" also beautified some historical figures, especially a controversial historical figure, which is not advisable, and Guan Hu, the director of "Eight Hundred", also almost overturned on this issue.
The following text, the author is written to some netizens who hold conspiracy theories:
1. How should we view the "Eight Hundred Heroes"
History tells us that the "Eight Hundred Heroes" is actually a battle "fought for others to see", which is not worth mentioning in the military sense, but because of its important position and the relatively large amount of propaganda, the "Eight Hundred Heroes" has become a landmark event of heroic resistance.
In fact, as early as 1938, the great man had characterized the "Eight Hundred Heroes" in the form of an inscription: "Typical of the National Revolution."
In 2005, the "Eight Hundred Heroes" and the "Five Heroes of Wolf's Tooth Mountain" were named the "Anti-Japanese War Hero Group".
In 2014, the "Eight Hundred Heroes" and Xie Jinyuan were included in the list of anti-Japanese heroes and heroes by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
In Shanghai, we can see buildings and roads named after Xie Jinyuan, such as the "Sixing Warehouse Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall", "Jinyuan Senior High School", "Jinyuan Park", "Jinyuan Sports Center", "Jinyuan Memorial Square", "Jinyuan Road", "Jinyuanli" and "Jinyuan Hotel".
What the author wants to say is that from the perspective of so many materials, there is simply no possibility that the film and television drama of the theme of "Eight Hundred Heroes" cannot be filmed, and the "Eight Hundred Heroes" is a group of heroes jointly recognized and commemorated by the two sides of the Strait.
II. The Revelation of the Eight Hundred Heroes
As mentioned above, "Eight Hundred Heroes" released by Taiwan Province in 1975 actually has certain limitations, and the film has also made many changes to historical facts, which is actually not worth advocating, especially the beautification of certain historical figures who have been spurned by the people on both sides of the strait.
However, the treatment of the movie "Eight Hundred Heroes" in the mainland is still good, and it has received a high evaluation of 7.5 points on the online platform, and it has long been launched on the online video platform, which can be watched for free.
In addition, CCTV6, the CCTV movie channel, has also broadcast this "Eight Hundred Heroes" with historical limitations, which shows that there is no problem with the theme of "Eight Hundred Heroes".
Therefore, the author agrees with the inference of some netizens that the withdrawal of "Eight Hundred" is most likely a commercial act and has nothing to do with other factors.
Finally, the author still suggests that audiences who want to watch "Eight Hundred", it is best to briefly understand the information of "Eight Hundred Heroes" and Xie Jinyuan Martyrs before going to see it, if you are interested, you may wish to watch "Eight Hundred Heroes" starring Ke Junxiong and Lin Qingxia again.
For historical films, we still have to follow an objective and fair attitude, do our homework in advance, and don't be taken by people.