What’s so bad about the movie “Red Star Shines Over China”

There are many stars in the movie, the photography is also very good, and the plot basically respects the original work, but it always feels awkward. Thinking about it for a moment, it may be that the director paid too much attention to being consistent with the original work in as many plots as possible, but did not have a deep grasp of the historical background of the time, Snow's personal thoughts, and the thoughts of various historical figures. The appearance is similar, but it is far from showing the essence of the Communist Party and the Chinese revolution that Snow wanted to reflect, which ultimately led to the story being told like a running account and unattractive. The more obvious problems are as follows:

If you have read the original work, you can find that Snow did not have a good impression of the Communist Party and the Red Army from the beginning, but set out with doubts. His thoughts changed after he came into contact with people from all walks of life during interviews in the Soviet area. And even until he ended the interview, he was only moved by the fighting spirit of the young and middle-aged Communists, rather than fully agreeing with their ideas. But in the movie, Snow seems to be a red reporter, which is completely inconsistent with historical facts.

Secondly, the Communist Party and the Red Army were blockaded in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia regions at that time, and the outside world knew little about them. It is for this reason that Snow's interview is of great significance. At the same time, it also forced him to do it secretly. But the mystery of the Communist Party is completely invisible in the movie.

Again, the movie scenes are far removed from the historical context. The life of the Red Army was extremely difficult at that time, but this is completely invisible in the movie. The scenes are all bright and clean, the characters are clean, neat, handsome, and there is no sense of reality at all. It feels like Snow is not going through the blockade to do a historic interview, but going to a farmhouse for vacation. Even the local accents deliberately used are wrong. The Northeastern army does not speak Northeastern dialect, and the farmers in Shaanxi speak standard Mandarin, which is extremely inconsistent.

Finally, is Snow’s Chinese name Snow or Xerox? After watching the movie, I suddenly discovered that the name was wrongly translated in the previous books. I always felt that this international friend was here to sell printers.

At the same time, I also took out "Bethune" for comparison. Similar plots, but completely different feelings. The reason is that the cast does not understand the communist ideal and how it shapes the human spirit. They just list a series of events rigidly, making the entire film just a soulless body and completely unable to arouse * **Ming.

This may be the internal reason why it is difficult to produce good theme movies in recent years. Even with such a good subject, only a mediocre work can be produced.