Film Review of the Great Wall: How many literati were there in Lincheng when you were "gluttonous"

The positioning of the film is clear from beginning to end. It is a typical commercial film with strong Chinese style, conveying China culture and values. The theme of the film is related to the growth and transformation of people and the standard Hollywood story template. But what is commendable is that the film not only tells the growth and transformation of the protagonist William himself, but also emphasizes the role of the collective. Resisting gluttony is not a one-person battle, and the process of mutual influence and cooperation reappears. After all, the director did subtraction in the story, which represented depersonalization as a whole, without any unnecessary repetition and expression, and the story and rhythm were very smooth.

The theme of The Great Wall can be summed up in five words: trust, responsibility, loyalty, blood and sacrifice, which is far from the values represented by Matt Damon, a European mercenary. In the end, it was this China spirit that saved the world. In addition to the story background, many details of the film can reflect Zhang Yimou's insistence on China's cultural heritage.

Generally speaking, The Great Wall is still a very Zhang Yimou movie, and the typical Zhang Yimou elements such as sea tactics, panoramic vision, magnificent China landscape, Shaanxi opera, big drums and saturated colors of red and green are vividly reflected in the film. Splendid palaces, the scene of thousands of arrows, the sense of ceremony presented by a large number of soldiers in the form of phalanx, and the visual sense of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. When Danxia landform in the lonely northwest of the desert appears, the audience can feel Zhang Yimou's strong personal style.

The Great Wall is just a localized invasion of Hollywood boring films, and there is not much original construction. The story of "The Great Wall" originated in Hollywood, led by Zhang Yimou, which is not only the result of Americans coveting the China market, but also the force of China's capital invading Hollywood. Judging from the finished film, Zhang Yimou's takeover didn't save the congenital defects of the script, even the foundation was not added. He has done nothing about the characterization that the director can exert. Visually, Zhang Yimou is still the impression of the Great Wall and the group gymnastics at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, which is an aesthetic overdraft without any new investment.