In the eyes of many Chinese people, the best war movie is "Tunnel Warfare", or "Mine Warfare".

Although the plots of these two movies are slightly exaggerated, they are at least more funny and interesting.

In addition to "Tunnel Warfare" and "Mine Warfare", let the big guy think about good-looking war movies carefully, maybe some people will choose "Garland Under the Mountain".

In addition to these three movies, it would be a bit embarrassing to choose a good-looking war movie.

There are a lot of war movies produced in the mainland, whether it is fighting devils or bald heads, there are a lot of them.

But to be honest, most of the war films have a very strong sense of dogma, and most of them focus on our generals, big and far marshals, and the characters are too thin and too great.

You don't need too many movies like this, two or three can make people tired.

This is a common problem of the vast majority of war movies in the mainland, and ordinary people naturally don't like to watch them.

Except for "Tunnel Warfare", "Mine Warfare", and "Garland Under the Mountain", other war movies have much weaker influence and few people talk about it.

Even in the eighties and nineties, the common people didn't like to watch it.

"1937" will be released nationwide at 6 p.m. on July 1, the film won the Cannes Palme d'Or, and also shined at the Shanghai Film Festival, attracting a lot of attention.

Many people agreed to go to the movies together.

Especially among young people, they want to see why this film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

But in the hearts of many young people, they don't have too high expectations for the plot of the movie, and they feel that "1937" can win the Palme d'Or, relying on one shot to the end.

After all, the war movies they have watched since childhood are really a routine, very boring, and nothing to watch.

Chen Xiao is a person who holds this view, he is an actor, graduated from Chinese opera, and now he has begun to play the male lead.

His actor's economic contract is with Zheng Studio, and his boss can be said to have two people - Yu Zheng and Li Shengyao.

Chen Xiao watched Li Shengyao's TV series when he was a teenager, and later watched Li Shengyao's movies, although he was only seven years younger than Li Shengyao, Li Shengyao had a great influence on him.

This time "1937" won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and he wanted to find a time to see the movie.

Although he didn't think "1937" would be good, he still planned to support his idol.

It just so happened that there was nothing to do on July 1st, so he put on a mask and planned to go to the movies.

"Chen Xiao, let's watch a movie together, "God of Wealth Inn", I bought two tickets."

Zhang Jianing, a college classmate, knew that he was in Yanjing, so he called him to watch a movie.

Zhang Jianing is very beautiful, but the two are buddies.

Chen Xiao hesitated slightly, "I don't watch "God of Wealth Inn", I don't like to watch comedies on Hong Kong Island, I watch "1937". ”

"Do you have a ticket?"

"Buy it on the spot."

"Okay, wait for me to go with you."

When Chen Xiao came to the agreed place, he found that not only Zhang Jianing was there, but Mao Xiaotong was also there.

Mao Xiaotong is also very beautiful, but Chen Xiao is a buddy.

He's a little bit machismo, and he likes gentle, sassy girls.

Mao Xiaotong is actually a royal sister, and Zhang Jianing is very aggressive.

"Let's go to the movies."

The three of them then entered Fenghua Cinema and found that there were many people inside.

"Do you have a ticket for 1937?"

"The tickets for the front row and the middle row are sold out, and there are still many tickets in the back."

"Is that true of all theaters?"

"At least that's the case with all theaters today, and the good seats have long been sold."

The three of them were helpless, discussed for a while, and planned to sit in the back row.

The three of them are average in school culture classes, they are not people who like to read, they are not short-sighted, and sitting in the back row does not affect the movie.

"The most recent performance of "1937", three tickets."

Five minutes later, the three of them entered a theater that could only accommodate 100 people, which was very small, but even if they sat in the back row, they were as close to the big screen as possible.

"The small hall is better and more atmospheric."

Chen Xiao explained, and then sat down.

At this time, the front was almost full, the movie had not yet reacted, and everyone was chatting in low voices, many of them college students, who spoke loudly and confidently, and were all discussing "1937".

Zhang Jianing glanced at Chen Xiao, "The movie is not good, you should have supper at night." ”

"It's a little meaning, eat whatever you want, and it's no problem to raise you as a pig."

Soon after, the movie began, the theater was much darker, and the picture that greeted the eye was two soldiers walking and chatting.

The two soldiers, carrying spears on their backs and wearing military uniforms, looked a little dirty, and they walked very fast.

The camera is locked on the two people, and you can only see the environment around the two people.

It was a dilapidated city, with gloomy skies, thick smoke and slogans written on the broken walls.

"Watch out for snipers."

"Resist the Japanese invaders."

"China will win."

The wall was standing or lying, or leaning, lined up with soldiers, some in a daze, some singing, and some playing cards.

There were also quite a few officers, who were about the same as ordinary soldiers, and were in very bad condition.

There were also soldiers lying on stretchers, bright red blood, painful wails, desperate eyes.

And broken cars, rotten tanks on the side.

Just this group of shots, it gives people the feeling of depression, sadness, chaos, and pain.

It's completely different from the war movies of the past.

In the previous war movies, most of the scenes that reflected our side were poorly equipped, short of living materials, bad war conditions, and an unknown future.

The soldiers are in good spirits and full of hope for the future.

And in "1937", Li Shengyao used the most realistic lens to restore the real battlefield.

In the Songhu War in history, all parts of the country supported Hucheng, but due to poor equipment and a large gap in the quality of individual soldiers, our side did not have the support of naval and air forces, and the whole was in a state of disadvantage, and the sacrifices were huge.

In such a situation, even if the soldiers who have survived the harsh war are lucky enough to survive, many of them have become numb, have mental problems, hysteria, or are mentally ill.

At this moment, the male No. 2 accidentally bumped into a veteran, and the veteran broke out instantly, grabbed the male No. 2, and shouted, "Are you a devil, you fucking want to murder me." ”

Everyone hurriedly stepped forward and pulled two people apart.

Male No. 1 took out a cigarette, handed it to the veteran, patted him on the shoulder, and said some words of comfort, which dissolved the conflict.

In the first few minutes, through these scenes and plot design, a very brutal war environment is created.

Chen Xiao nodded, "It's worthy of Director Li, this is the battlefield in my imagination, this is the real battlefield." ”

Male No. 2 and Male No. 1 continued on their way, and they came to the commander's quarters.

Since the telephone message was cut off and the radio was also destroyed by the devils, there was no way to transmit the order, so two people could only be arranged to personally convey the order to let the friendly troops 14 miles away withdraw their troops and not to charge tomorrow morning.

"You only have one day."

The brother of the male number two is in the friendly army, and he is very enthusiastic about this mission.

Male No. 1 was a little embarrassed, although it was only fourteen miles, but he knew that this section of the road had to pass through the battlefield between the enemy and us, and it must be very dangerous to cross a no-man's land.

He'd seen so much death that he didn't want to risk it again.

"Let's find a place to sleep and make a show."

"No, my brother is over there, I have to rush over."

Male No. 1 couldn't convince Male No. 2 and could only follow.

Leaving the camp of our army, before going to the position, the first male grabbed the second male number, "Young man, I'll go first." ”

This plot shapes the personalities of the two male protagonists.

Male number two is young, enthusiastic, cheerful, and direct.

The male number one is a soldier, selfish and numb, he no longer knows why he is fighting, and he wants to escape.

However, he is a kind person, and at the last moment, he is willing to stand up and walk in front of the male number two.

Chen Xiao nodded as he watched.

Since the camera has been locked on the two male protagonists, he feels that he is next to the two male protagonists, following them to experience the Songhu War.

So far, the film design has been very good.

Unlike the war movies that Chen Xiao watched before, the protagonist Wei Guangzheng has no trace of negative characteristics, as if he is a perfect immortal.

There is no sense of substitution in such a character.

And the characteristics of the two male protagonists in "1937" are very distinct, very close to ordinary people.

Chen Xiao likes this setting.

He secretly glanced at Mao Xiaotong and Zhang Jianing, and saw that the two of them were looking seriously, and he was proud.

He believes that "1937" is definitely better than "God of Wealth Inn", and Wang Jing's comedy two thousand years later, he is too lazy to watch it if he gives him money.

The film continues, in the position between the two sides, there are dilapidated houses everywhere, as well as the corpses of dead soldiers, as well as damaged weapons.

These corpses include our soldiers and devils.

There's no such thing as a body containment time, and if you show up, you'll be greeted with a bullet.

Male No. 2 and Male No. 1 were bent over and walked nervously.

"Da Da Da!"

Suddenly, there was a burst of gunshots, and the two people hurriedly ran forward, running for several minutes in a row, turning several corners, and the two people ran out of breath, and the gunfire stopped.

The two men looked at each other, and there was fear in their eyes.

"The devil's bullets didn't catch up with us."

Male No. 2 came back to his senses, thought of the task, smiled, and then beckoned Male No. 1 to continue walking.

The two of them re-emitted, and then they encountered a mine, as well as poison gas, and the two of them were lucky enough to avoid it.

They then walked on to a trench abandoned by the devils.

"Do you want to keep going?"

"Let's go, we have a mission."

The two men realized that maybe there was a devil hiding not far ahead, maybe in some invisible corner, but the two of them still took a deep breath, raised their guns, and walked forward.

They followed the trench to a cave in the ground, where there were some supplies for devils, and two men picked up bread and milk.

They hadn't eaten for several days and were all very happy.

The two men immediately stuffed some food into their mouths before continuing on.

At this moment, a big rat alarmed them, and the big rat scurried around, and it actually detonated the mine buried by the devil.

"Boom!"

The mine is very powerful, and the second male is far away, so there is no damage.

And the male number one was close, although he fell down in time, but the huge explosion, strong vibration, smoke and dust squinted his eyes, and he couldn't open his eyes for a short time.

At this time, there was a deep pit in front of him, and the light in the hole was dim, and the male number two almost fell into it, but fortunately he reacted quickly, took two steps back, and then ran and jumped.

"Brother, you have to run up and jump, jump over, you can."

Male No. 1 can't see, irritable and restless, so he can only listen to the command of male No. 2, running and jumping at the same time.

He jumped over and neither of them was injured.

In the theater, accompanied by the male number one, there was a burst of "wow" exclamations.

This is the advantage of long shots, the sense of substitution is very strong, and the audience feels that they are the male number one.

Chen Xiao's heart was about to pop out just now, and when the male number one jumped over, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

This plot doesn't look like a war drama, but more like an adventure movie.

Soon after, Male No. 1 and Male No. 2 left the cave, and Male No. 1's eyes gradually recovered.

Male No. 2 saw Male No. 1's frightened appearance, and felt guilty.

"Brother, you can go back, I'll complete this task alone, I'm fine."

Male No. 1 pursed his lips, shook his head, and continued to walk forward with Male No. 2.

The two men crossed a forest and came to a small farm yard, where they rummaged around, but there was nothing but dead bodies.

At this moment, dozens of devil planes showed off their might in the air, followed by a burst of gunfire in the distance.

One plane was shot down.

Male No. 1 and Male No. 2 are very happy.

However, the plane rushed straight towards the small courtyard of the farmhouse where they were, and the two of them hurriedly dodged.

The plane fell to the ground recklessly, and the devil pilot above was not dead.

"Capture a driver, you can definitely be promoted."

"We can take him there, kill him now."

As soon as the words of the male No. 1 and the male No. 2 fell, the devil driver actually took out a pistol and shot the male No. 2 in the chest.

Male No. 1 hurriedly fought back and killed the devil driver.

He then ran over, hugged his comrades, and cried in despair.

"Brother, I must go and convey the order, save my eldest brother, and write a letter to my mother, telling her that I have not embarrassed the family, I have killed devils......"

Male No. 1 agreed to Male No. 2's deathbed request, but he was completely desperate, he didn't know what to do.

At this moment, a teammate passed by, and they had just shot down the plane.

Seeing the male number two, they just dragged the body of the male number two to the side.

"Let's go, the devil's bombers will come later, this area is very dangerous."

Male No. 1 left with the friendly forces in a daze, and they moved forward, and soon after, the friendly forces had a mission, and the male No. 1 also had a mission, and the two sides separated.

Before parting, the friendly officer comforted the male number one, but the male number one did not listen at all, and he was still in great sadness and despair at this time.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the male number one walked forward in a daze, he met several devil soldiers, and the two sides had an encounter, and the male number one killed two devil soldiers, and then ran wildly.

Along the way, there are ruins everywhere, and in the darkness, the city is burning with fire.

The devil fires a flare and continues to pursue the male number one.

Male No. 1 couldn't stop crying as he ran, and he hid in a slightly better ruin.

met a female worker played by Sun Li inside.

"You don't have to look for it, I don't have anything."

When the female worker saw the male number one, she was the first to say something.

The male No. 1 was slightly stunned, came back to his senses, understood what the female worker meant, and took out the bread and milk he picked up on the road and distributed them to the female worker.

The female worker brought out a little girl, and the three of them shared the food together.

The female worker then talked about herself, and the male number one listened to the female worker's words and looked at the little girl, and his desperate heart was finally sublimated.

For a long time, he didn't know what he was fighting for, but now he did.

He had faith, perseverance and courage in the face of cruelty.

He said goodbye to the female worker and rushed out.

The devil's flares are still shining, and there are still devils chasing him.

He didn't want to die, and ran forward like crazy.

"Hey, it seems that this female worker is the only civilian."

Mao Xiaotong was more careful and expressed his opinion.

Chen Xiao was slightly stunned, and then reacted.

General war movies will try their best to exaggerate the harm of war to civilians, and many movies will give civilians a lot of shots, and even make them line up and kill the enemy.

And "1937" so far mainly reflects the damage of war to soldiers.

Could it be that Director Li did it deliberately, or did Director Li forget, or did Director Li forget it, or was this the theme of Director Li's performance, and he felt that the soldiers were hurt more.

Chen Xiao didn't know very well, so he could only continue to watch.

Male No. 1 ran forward frantically, encountered the enemy again, he killed another person, and then was chased by the devil in front of a big river, and he could only jump into it.

Male No. 1 was washed downstream by the river, and it was already the next morning.

He smelled a foul smell, and he looked up to see the dense corpses.

None of the corpses were wearing military uniforms, and the dead were civilians.

The male number one stroked his hands in embarrassment, wanting to cross this sea of corpses, he wanted to cry, but he held back.

The male number one didn't cry, but many people in the theater shed tears.

Not to mention the casualties, the island country's invasion of China caused the death of at least 30 million civilians.

This number is so cruel, those people are all living beings.

In the past, many movies simply depicted some cruel pictures and shots.

The audience may be scared, they may be angry, but it is difficult to bring it in.

At this time, in the theater, dozens of audiences felt that they were the heroes, seeing the sea of corpses covered with the river, thinking of the female workers who had just lived, they really felt the cruelty of the war.

Chen Xiao secretly touched a handful of tears, and he saw this.

has understood that this is a film that is completely different from the domestic war films he watched in the past.

There is no great actor here, there is no simple, seemingly unjustified hope.

Some are the harsh realities, the movie tells the audience.

No chicken soup, no hot blood.

When war comes, we must have strong faith and courage enough to fight the enemy.

Chen Xiao likes this setting, he feels that this is the real history.

Male No. 1 swept away all the corpses, and finally climbed ashore, and he continued to run forward until he came to a wood, where he met a friendly army.

Upon inquiry, this is the friendly force he needs to convey his orders.

He was excited, but the soldiers told him that the charge had begun in batches.

The male number one hurriedly rushed to the front line and found two officers in succession, but these two men were only captains and had no right to make decisions.

The person who made the decision was the colonel, who was in the command post.

The horn of the great charge sounded, and the soldiers rushed out of the trenches and rushed forward heroically.

Shells, bullets swarmed.

Male No. 1 didn't want to move forward in the winding trenches, it was too slow.

He crawled out of the trenches and ran through the battlefield with bullets and artillery fire.

This time he had a belief and a mission, and he knew what his mission was.

In the theater, everyone was infected by the actor's actions, and the big guys hoped that he could arrive at the colonel's command post safely.

The protagonist's aura is still there.

The male number one miraculously rushed to the colonel's command post and conveyed the order.

The colonel then gave the order to retreat.

In the end, the male number one met the brother of the male number two, conveyed the words of the male number two, and then came to a big tree and sat quietly.

Blue sky and white clouds, his eyes are calm, he looks the same as before, but there seems to be something more.

This is the end of the movie, and the theater burst into warm applause.

Chen Xiao's shooting was particularly intense.

Not long after, Chen Xiao, Mao Xiaotong, and Zhang Jianing sat down at a roadside stall together, and then ordered some boiling and barbecue.

"'1937' is probably the most emotionally expressive Cannes award-winning film I've ever seen."

Zhang Jianing couldn't hold back her words and took the lead in expressing her opinions.

They are acting students, and naturally they have seen a lot of award-winning films in Cannes.

It's not that the previous Cannes Palme d'Or was not good, but art films, which are difficult for ordinary audiences to get into.

is like "Farewell My Concubine", an absolutely good movie, but the characters are too special, and it is difficult for ordinary audiences to substitute, and they can't experience the emotional expression of the movie.

And "1937" is a fake one-shot to the end, a large number of long shots are cleverly connected together, allowing the audience to follow the male number one and male number two throughout the adventure, without too many lines and voiceovers, so that the audience can better understand the mental journey of the male number one, this is the so-called immersive movie.

Chen Xiao smiled and didn't answer.

He didn't have much hope for the story of "1937", but he didn't expect it to be far more exciting than he imagined.

This uncomplicated story, under the telling of one shot to the end, seems wonderful and exciting.

He secretly praised in his heart, worthy of being a movie made by an idol, it is really amazing.

Mao Xiaotong nodded, "Post a Weibo, praise "1937", I hope Director Li can see me and invite me to act in a movie." ”

Chen Xiao rolled his eyes, "Don't be so philistine, we are also a well-known actor now." ”

Mao Xiaotong chuckled and shook his head, took out his mobile phone and posted on Weibo.

Zhang Jianing saw it and followed Weibo.

"Can Director Li see us?"

"Absolutely."

Chen Xiao pursed his lips, "Naive, Director Li is so busy, how can he read Weibo in person, don't dream." ”

The three of them then had a late-night snack and talked about a movie.

For the box office of this movie, the three people have high predictions, and they all think that they can get five or six billion.

Although this movie won the Cannes Award, the story is online, there is no floating storytelling, it is not like a literary film, the story is in the clouds.

The audience can understand the plot and be moved by the characters, so there should be a high box office.

After eating for about an hour and a half, Chen Xiao said goodbye to the two classmates and got into a taxi.

Colorful neon lights fall mottled into the car, changing color from time to time.

The driver plays an entertainment broadcast about the premiere effect of "1937."

Chen Xiao listened to it for a while, thought of Mao Xiaotong's words, and couldn't help but take out his mobile phone, then took pictures, posted bills, and posted a Weibo to watch "1937".

There was a villain in his heart shouting, "Director Li, look here, I want to act in a movie." ”

(End of chapter)