How to evaluate director Lu Chuan's Nanjing! Nanjing! 》？

Relatively speaking, this is true. The bad reviews on the internet are nothing more than that the director has no values, no position and chaotic narrative. Indeed, there are too many things to describe in the whole film, but the time of the film is limited, and it is a mess when it is compressed to the end. However, it is undeniable that the film has been a rare good film in the domestic anti-Japanese war theme. First of all, regarding the protagonist Kakukawa, is he a soldier with a "conscience" created by the director? No, he was promoted to captain. During the invasion of China, an ordinary soldier who graduated from a non-military school in Japan was definitely not a good man who could not bear to kill an ant, from being a recruit to being promoted to a squad leader. Even in places not described in the film, he was as murderous and as sinful as a horse. It's normal to be shocked and timid when you don't intend to kill women in China, to have feelings for comfort women in your country, and finally to be unable to stand suicide. It's not because this person has a conscience, but he just can't bear it for a while. His comrades-in-arms will also feel normal. In the future, there will be others who can't bear suicide, there will be people who kill people but feel timid when they don't intend to kill them, and there will be people who have feelings with a woman but end up dead. No matter what, it's normal. This is not kindness, conscience, but human nature. War just magnifies evil and emotions countless times, whether it is against the enemy or borne by itself. Secondly, regarding the position, "My Head and My Regiment" also has no clear political position. The head of the regiment is a person who is entangled to death, and there is no hearty fighting and the spirit of an iron-blooded man in "Bright Sword". Jiang Wen's "The Devil Comes" is the same. No villagers with high consciousness exchanged Japanese prisoners for white flour and colluded with the invaders. Only in the end did they realize that they had inadvertently led the wolf into the room. There are no China soldiers who fought bravely, no villagers with high consciousness, no wretched Japanese army, and only deep satire. This is the epitome of part of the war, and it is closer to the real war. It is depressing and chaotic, which makes people breathless and makes people feel sad and angry. Can make the masses have such a fierce reaction, the publicity effect of the film has been achieved. As for the national scars that are taboo to the public, I think it is better not to overemphasize the strong self-esteem shown by being weak and inferior. Take fighting as an example. Anger and cowardice are not the qualities that an excellent fighter should have. When the people learn to face up to history, they will be calm and United at the critical moment, and when China will be truly invincible.