How to write a film review of Tangshan earthquake

Tangshan earthquake film review, personal views are for reference only.

Under the propaganda campaign of summer blockbusters and even annual blockbusters, the Tangshan earthquake has made people's appetite open. Xiaogang Feng released 500 million words a year ahead of schedule, which shows the producers' super confidence in the quality of the film. In sharp contrast, when Tangshan Earthquake was really tested by the audience on the big screen, the author found that the film was far from the expected value given by the publicity. Even though the author's expectations of Earthquake are not high, the film still falls below the bottom line of the author's expectations. What's even more shocking is that the film is actually a fraudulent work in which the sheep's head sells dog meat and the tiger's skin pulls the banner. If you erase the great propaganda and the name of the great director of Xiaogang Feng from your mind,

As a disaster film, the earthquake special effects in less than 5 minutes at the beginning flashed by, and the technical level was rough, which could not be compared with Hollywood disaster films at all, or even with Japanese and Korean disaster films. As a family movie with a time span of several decades, the story of the film is extremely poor, which exposes the shortcoming that Xiaogang Feng is not good at telling stories. Family dramas often stay in the expression of shouting slogans, or TV dramas scream and make people cry. The emotional main line is very weak in the whole film, lacking vivid and delicate emotional expression, and even makes people feel that the story has been rambling for a long time, which seems to drag on the scene of Xu Jingchu's mother and daughter recognizing each other, but in fact it has not played a role in keeping the audience's emotions going. In addition, decades of changes in the times and social transformation have not been well displayed in the film, which makes the film's vision extremely narrow, and the props and costumes reflecting the times are full of loopholes. The banner of "epic film" played by the film is also a complete failure. Sadly, "Tangshan Earthquake" has no artistic sense and personality in the connection between lens language and montage group, and the way of story telling and paragraph connection is simply the standard of TV series. In other words, "Tangshan Earthquake" is actually selling TV dramas under the banner of blockbusters, and even blatantly raising movie tickets according to the standards of blockbusters, which shows the mentality of Xiaogang Feng and Huayi Company that it is difficult for the country to make money! If you still have hope for the earthquake, the author can send you a slogan to "promote" the film-spend the money on watching TV dramas, and the earthquake is your good choice!

"Tangshan Earthquake" tried to package itself into a special effects disaster blockbuster. In the video about the "Great Earthquake" that the audience can see before the release, all the scenes of the Tangshan earthquake are highlighted, giving people the illusion that the film mainly focuses on earthquake scenes. In fact, the Tangshan drama of 1976 is 15 minutes, and the special effects lens of the earthquake is less than 5 minutes. Most other movies. It is all about the life and emotional stories of Xu Fan's family in the decades after the earthquake. From the overall style, this film is not a disaster blockbuster at all, and it is more inclined to the concept of mainland feature films in the 1980s. And there are still many problems when we watch the five-minute earthquake special effects scene. First of all, judging from the film structure, the story quickly entered the earthquake scene before it started. No matter the familiarity and understanding of the Xu Fan family or the contrast of the atmosphere before the earthquake, the audience lacked time for emotional brewing, so it is hard for the audience not to worry about the Xu Fan family when the disaster comes. Moreover, the disaster scene began and ended quickly, and the audience ended before they finished enjoying it. It's like pig eight quit eating ginseng fruit, swallowing it in one gulp, and not feeling the taste at all. It can be seen that the director's ideas and designs for disaster films are quite amateur. Think about the preparation and comparison of Hollywood disaster films before the disaster, and it is easy to see the gap between major earthquakes. Take "20 12", which was a big hit in the mainland last year. Even if there are so many shocking disaster scenes in the film, the director didn't throw them out at the beginning, but spent a lot of pen and ink to pave the way, creating a sense of impending disaster with cracked ground and evaporated lake water, highlighting the emotional collision between the protagonist and the child. From then on, when the disaster comes, the emotions that the audience has been brewing can be immediately attracted by the disaster scene. The earthquake didn't work hard in this respect at all. It just played a "car shock" and then an "earthquake", so it can't attract the audience as well as Hollywood disaster movies. Moreover, the overall earthquake scene and post-earthquake scene only focus on the experience of the Xu Fan family, lacking the overall display of the Tangshan earthquake. From this perspective, the title of Tangshan earthquake is not worthy of the name.

There are also many shortcomings in the details of the 5-minute earthquake special effects scene. The delicacy and realism of special effects are far from enough. Fish jumping out of the fish tank, cracks in the wall caused by the earthquake, people jumping from upstairs and being knocked down by stones, computer special effects can obviously make people feel rough and fake. There is also a shot with obvious bugs, that is, at the beginning of the earthquake, a remote shot shows an illusion of the sky and a strong earthquake raid. At this time, if you carefully observe the square in this shot, a person is still walking, which shows that this shot was not designed as the beginning of the earthquake, so people in the square were not asked to panic and escape. With such a level of special effects, Xiaogang Feng still dares to boast that "special effects are more expensive than" 20 12 ".This is either bragging at random or being cheated by others. In fact, the level of special effects in China blockbusters is well known, and few people are willing to spend a lot of money on special effects. But special effects blockbusters or disaster blockbusters are money-burning machines, and the more money you spend, the better the effect. Not to mention "Earthquake", it can be said that Asian films want to make disaster films at a discount, which can only show the gap between themselves and Hollywood.

As long as the illusion of Tangshan earthquake disaster film is uncovered, when the scene of the earthquake disaster ends and enters the life of the Xu Fan family for decades after the earthquake, you will find the true attribute of this feature film. Moreover, even compared with the 1980s and 1990s when mainland feature films flourished, the level of storytelling and role-building in Earthquake is particularly poor, which is equal to the general level of sensational family dramas and family dramas broadcast on TV. The story is basically divided into two unconnected segments-the love life experience of Zhang Jingchu's daughter Deng Fang, and the love life experience of Xu Fan's mother and Jerry Lee's son Fang Da. These two stories are not closely related to each other, but in the end, the mother and daughter recognize each other, which leads to the unclear main line of family in the film. The most terrible thing is that if you look at the two stories separately, there is no wonderful feeling at all, and there are no vivid and delicate details. It has become a dull and tasteless daily account of life, especially Zhang Jingchu's lines, which have no sparkle or spark for the affection of adoptive parents or the love of Lu Yi. The story of the characters is not completely and smoothly displayed, and the sense of jumping is too strong, which makes people wonder how Zhang Jingchu worked as a tutor for a while and then married a foreigner and went to Canada. Jerry Lee worked as a tricycle driver for a while, and later he became a boss to drive a car. Some people joked that "Tangshan Earthquake" is a long propaganda film of the TV series of the same name to be filmed by Huayi Company, which is an excellent mockery of the bad plot of the film. This actually exposed the defect that Xiaogang Feng was good at gagging but not at telling stories. His most famous comedies "A, B, C and D" and "Be there or be square" are actually fragmented films, which are composed of several paragraphs that are not closely related to each other, rather than a complete, smooth and closely related story. Another problem with Assembly is that the war scenes are wonderful, but once the story needs to be told after the war, the film level drops rapidly. "If You Are the One" is a special case, and Xiaogang Feng told a story fluently for the first time. As a result, the "Tangshan Earthquake" soon brought Feng Dao back to his original shape.

In fact, the trailer of Tangshan earthquake also reflects Xiaogang Feng's lack of confidence in the overall story level of the film. At present, the "Great Earthquake" trailer you see on various video carriers is a trailer that shows the earthquake scene in a way of going back in time. According to Hollywood standards, it can only be regarded as a leading trailer. It is usually released within six months or three months before the film is released, revealing the tip of the iceberg to the audience with eye-catching lenses, fully arousing the audience's curiosity about the film, and the trailer of the final version is a complete presentation of the general plot and style of the film. However, the trailer of the ultimate version of "Great Earthquake" only shows the content of Tangshan earthquake, which accounts for a very small part of the film, and there is no shot of the story after the earthquake, which accounts for most of the plot of the film. This fully shows that directors and producers only want to fool the audience with Tangshan earthquake complex and rendering special effects, and don't want the audience to see the fragmented and boring story after the earthquake. I can't help thinking, if you really want to cut an ultimate trailer based on the story after the earthquake, what will the Great Earthquake look like to the audience? The family conflicts and emotional entanglements that the audience is used to in TV dramas will completely expose the true face of the earthquake!

The most similar thing about Tangshan earthquake is its cinematography and montage. If the film types are simply divided into commercial films and art films, or commercial films and feature films, then the Great Earthquake, which lacks commercial elements, certainly does not belong to the former, but belongs to the latter. Since it is an art film and a feature film, it is an indispensable means to show the personality and temperament of art through the lens. As an annual hot film that has attracted much attention, if it does not perform well in this respect, it will undoubtedly be fatal to the reputation of the film and the director, and "Earthquake" just handed over the worst answer sheet. Many years ago, before Xiaogang Feng became today's "great director", his films were criticized by film critics as "TV dramas hanging on the screen" and "only lifting lenses", and "Earthquake" clearly showed these characteristics. The photography of the whole film is unremarkable, and there is no sense of beauty in the lens, not to mention the director's unique ideas and ideas in photography, which is basically the photography of TV series. In addition, the montage combination between shots and the shot transition between paragraphs do not show any carefully designed elements of the director. The story that was originally jumping back and forth on the stories of Zhang Jingchu, Xu Fan and Jerry Lee is already tasteless. The director can skillfully use the lens to express the family connection between them in paragraph conversion to make up for the lack of completeness and fluency of the film, but Xiaogang Feng did not show off any efforts in this respect, which made the film directly become a close relative of the TV series.

There are no wonderful feelings and highlights in the lens and montage, so encouraging the audience to watch IMAX is purely an act of collecting money. IMAX has no stereoscopic effect, just makes the screen bigger, the picture quality clearer and the scene more shocking. Watching special effects blockbusters, action blockbusters and aesthetic movies has the best effect, but it has a general effect on ordinary feature films. Since there is no way to talk about the beauty of the "earthquake" lens, these technical advantages of IMAX have become passive water and trees without roots, and the advantages cannot be exerted at all. I'm afraid that only earthquake special effects that last less than 5 minutes can shine on the IMAX screen, but the audience spends a lot of money to watch IMAX just for the enjoyment of those 5 minutes. Isn't it because they have money to burn and are willing to be suckers? In addition, according to the author's on-site impression, the film printing of "Earthquake" is also very rough, the picture clarity and color sense are seriously insufficient, and there are even many blurred shots. It's hard to believe that an annual blockbuster will have such a problem. A person familiar with a cinema revealed the truth to the author-for the purpose of quick success and quick money, the film was developed before it was fully produced, which led to the above problems, even in IMAX movies that should be better. Audiences who don't believe this can pay special attention to the quality of the film when watching it to see if what the author said is true. If so, do you think it is necessary to watch IMAX?

"Tangshan Earthquake" does not reflect the maturity of a large film in the plot, and the plot full of loopholes and props that are not in line with the times are also "TV dramas". Many useless "waste bridges" in the film are the concentrated embodiment of this shortcoming. Apart from evoking the memories of people born in 1950s and 1960s and continuing the tragic mood of Tangshan earthquake, the scene of Chairman Mao's death has no influence on the plot, which seems to exist only for grandstanding. Moreover, the author also doubts whether this goal can be achieved. Can Chairman Mao's death bring the emotional effect that the film wants to achieve to the audience after 1980s and 1990s? "Three Wheels Meet Chen" is a typical TV series. No matter before or after, there is no plot that can echo the scene, which makes the scene particularly useless. Moreover, Jerry Lee's story about the disaster that a mother left her daughter to protect her children was too "Xianglinsao". Is it necessary for the audience to emphasize what they know so many times? There is also the story of Zhang Jingchu taking her daughter as a tutor, and her daughter was framed for breaking the vase of her host's family. It seems only to highlight the hardships of Zhang Jingchu and her daughter's life, and it is also dispensable for the overall plot. At the end, a real Tangshan earthquake survivor is even more abrupt, and its function is only to show the earthquake monument through his eyes. Why can't this plot be completed by the characters in the film? Do we have to photograph the Great Earthquake Monument? I'm afraid it's more about taking care of the needs of Tangshan municipal government!

Finally, I am dissatisfied with Huayi's unscrupulous price increase behavior for the "earthquake". Recently, the media have announced the price increase measures against the "earthquake". During the first screening, the lowest fares in each city were: 35 yuan, 30 yuan, 25 yuan, and Class B cities, which were 5 to 10 yuan higher than the usual lowest fares. It is reported that the highest fare is likely to reach 90 to 100 yuan, while the IMAX version fare must be above 100 yuan. This price increase is unprecedented not only in China movies, but also in Hollywood blockbusters. Let people not only ask "why"? If you have a commercial blockbuster with a top star cast and rich special effects and action scenes, at least you have a reason to increase the price. But the TV series "Earthquake" has no top stars and no big scenes. What is the reason for the price increase? Even though the publicity investment of "Earthquake" is as high as 200 million yuan, Xiaogang Feng said that half of the money was paid by the Tangshan municipal government, so the film was called "Tangshan Earthquake", so the actual investment of the film was only 100 million yuan, and many advertisements were embedded in it, which was equivalent to sharing part of the investment. It seems that the investment of "Earthquake" is not surprising, and there is no need to travel back and forth at high fares. Then this price increase behavior can only be understood as taking the opportunity to make a fortune. "Earthquake" premiered in Tangshan, and the crew members observed a moment of silence in front of the monument to the victims, emphasizing the attributes of civilians and affection everywhere, but the box office was not a "civilian". It was undoubtedly exposed that the film was fake and close to the people and really made money for the audience to spend such a high price to go to the cinema to experience pure affection. Can you be more shameless about the "earthquake"? ! ! !