Chapter 713: Film Review
"The stars are shining, the big names are there, and that's what I saw at the premiere of Love Me Love.
Although as a film critic (^_^) who has seen a lot of big scenes, I still have to say that I was blown away at the premiere. Well...... I won't go into the list of celebrities, everyone can see it on the news. After a little bit of presence, I still have to return to my old profession, and I want to talk about the movie-watching experience this time, after all, I am a professional full-time film critic!
However, I must also say something extra when talking about "Love What I Love", which will be released simultaneously worldwide on December 1st. Since September this year, we have enjoyed three films in succession, "The First Chaos in History", "Heart Flower Road", "Love What I Love", the box office in history closed at 1.005 billion Huaxia coins, and the box office of Xinhua was 1.21 billion Huaxia coins, and the box office of Love Me has not yet come out, but I believe it will not be too bad.
There are two billion-level movies with connected schedules in the domestic film market, and as far as I know, insiders are very surprised by this. Perhaps, this is a strong footnote for our Huaxia market to become the world's second largest ticket warehouse.
In this context, I think Forrest Gump is very courageous and confident to put this film in December.
The film lives up to his self-confidence.
I can't help but want to use my evaluation in "The First Chaos in History", this film with a large number of domestic celebrities is a noisy scene for everyone to see, from the start of filming, publicity, and release, but in the film, Forrest Gump presents a free and quiet scene, whether it is the role of his protagonist Xiaoqiang or Yu Ji in the end, it gives people a feeling of lifting weight.
I really don't know how he performed this feeling, but he did rely on such a wonderful temperament to pinch together Zhou Xun, Sun Honglei, Hu Ge and other historical characters and string them into a sparkling pearl necklace, which is the deep-seated reason why I think "The First Chaos in History" can break through the 1 billion level, rather than a simple accumulation of big names.
If Forrest Gump in "The First Chaos in History" is like water, then Forrest Gump in "Love What I Love" is fire.
Aggression is like fire.
From the beginning of the film, the protagonist was used to bury this fire in China, which was the beginning of being forced to go overseas because of the family's debts, which is not the protagonist's fault but still has to bear it in the face of life, the so-called man, exactly so. However, the beginning of this period is not lengthy, and director Luc obviously understands what a commercial film should show the audience.
When he arrives in Iraq, the protagonist and his New Year's friend (played by Hu Ge) have purchased a Chinese restaurant - well, as far as I can see, the exquisite shots shown in this part are for foreigners, and his restaurant is about the same level as what we go to every day, and those skillful and exquisite ingredients are obviously a means of rendering food elements, and the piece of "rice refill bowl free" written in Chinese and English on the storefront is obviously a joke in detail.
This part of the content should be supposed to fall into the daily life, but the aggressive role is not like this, Forrest Gump's actions in this part are quite happy in a foreign land, he got to know people from all walks of life at the bottom of Baghdad, which is structurally paving the way for saving American GIs later.
It's just that this kind of foreshadowing is very interesting, I seem to be looking at a ranger who speaks a half-baked foreign language, and he has become famous.
Eat, look for Forrest Gump, do errands, find Forrest Gump, and value righteousness, look for Forrest Gump.
This should be the core of this story, and it is also a way for Forrest Gump to get to know the heroine Scarlett, and his methods in the market help the beautiful female soldier solve the problem of local accommodation.
When I saw this, what came to my mind was such a sentence - every time you slaughter more dogs, you will see the rivers and lakes in the market.
I have to say that it is really admirable that a pure French director actually made a kind of Chinese style that I am familiar with with foreign actors in this section, and perhaps, there is also Forrest Gump's interference here - well, we all know that he is not satisfied with just playing the role of an actor many times (laughs).
It is worth mentioning that this may also be related to the soundtrack of this paragraph, the soundtrack master of this movie is Tan Dun, he not only uses Western musical instruments in the whole film, but also creatively uses flutes and pipas, well, I seem to have heard the gourd silk.
These factors combine to make up the movies I see.
After this period, the restaurant owner played by Hu Ge died in the bombing of the war, and it is necessary to praise Hu Ge's acting skills, he played an honest supporting role in this movie, and he played a very good role, which is not too easy for him to be labeled as a handsome guy by the public.
I also have to mention the bombing effects. Eh, I found that I had a lot to say about this film. Well, the special effects are good, Hollywood's first-class level, from our Huaxia special effects company, which is the one that has cooperated with Forrest Gump many times and won the Oscar, it's really amazing, I heard that it's a real-life explosion.
The plot has developed to this point, Forrest Gump has set up his own door, and his ranger-like friendship has played a role, when the local god mysteriously brought Forrest Gump to the warehouse, Forrest Gump's bewildered expression when he saw an armored car really amused the audience of the premiere.
Well, I don't know the exact model of the armored car, but the cool energy of a group of Baghdadis and Forrest Gump singing local folk songs to rebuild this armored car successfully infected me.
The coolness doesn't end, and it's also cool to see Forrest Gump running freely and wildly in an armored car in the sunset after selling his food every evening, and I really like the depth-of-field shots used by Luc for this shoot – this kind of scene scheduling shows the skill of a famous director.
Naturally, there will be no shortage of heroines in this kind of lens, Scarlett is restrained in meeting Forrest Gump from time to time in this place, and a blonde girl like her actually shows a kind of emotional subtlety, which is also a highlight.
By the time Forrest Gump learned that a group of GIs had been captured, he seemed to have made enough money with the mobile restaurant - I must complain here, this is another attempt to trick me into going abroad to sell Chinese food!
The subsequent development must be able to guess it, but the rescue picture full of personal heroism is still praised, and Forrest Gump shows the character traits with ease.
Well, I can't help but say one more point, Forrest Gump and Scarlett's kiss scene...... Fabulous, beautiful graphics.
Can I say that Luc is worthy of being the Luc who filmed "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", the picture is both beautiful and literary.
Hey, that's all for this movie review, will too many spoilers reduce your interest?
When the box office comes out, I will update another wave of in-depth plot analysis, to put it simply, this is a standard Hollywood commercial film, but there are also ideas that the director wants to express.
Finally, shout, pay attention to my public account, Weibo, personal network, etc (^_^).
Finally, I really want to say a word......
Forrest Gump's product must be a high-quality product. ”
——December 2, 2014, 3:25 a.m., film critic Tang Fei.