Mixed-society movies

Breaking the Rock-You can't make a movie if you take off your pants

1994-1996 was the golden age of introducing blockbusters. During this period, the blockbusters imported were truly blockbusters, with high overall quality and strong appreciation. Want to watch entertainment, there are "true lies"; Want to be nervous, "Speed of Life and Death"; Want to think, Forrest Gump; Even if you want to have an extramarital affair, you can look for The Bridges of Madison County.

let's just believe that with hundreds of millions of dollars, these conceited people can make Speed, or even Speed, but they can never make this movie-THE ROCK!

This film was produced in 1996, ranking fourth in the box office list of the United States in the same year. The top three were Independence Day, Tornado and Mission Impossible 1, followed by The Secret Order of Evaporation, which was filmed by the governor while working at the grassroots level. At that time, the threshold for the fifth place was 11 million US dollars. China Film Company introduced it in the same year.

This is a top-notch film. I have no intention to compare Michael Bay with Cameron and Debonte, but in my mind, Stone has a better grasp of entertainment and thought than other films.

Overall:

The film is 135 minutes long, and there is not a second for you to go to the bathroom, drink water and eat. From the beginning of the movie, the audience will only stare at the screen and can't let go of every scene.

The whole film tells the story of a (group of) real soldiers defending their dignity and justice (I won't repeat the content). The whole film has a masculine style and a deep atmosphere. There is no heroine in the whole film, and it is an out-and-out man play. There is a climax action scene in almost 1-15 minutes, and the action scene is large in scale but not out of control, long in time without delay, diverse in performance style and technically accurate. The humor interspersed in the middle is true to the dialogue, but it will not dilute the tense tone of the film.

The film points out a heavy proposition in the form of entertainment films-the state should be kind to individuals who have made sacrifices for it. General Hammer risked his life to be ignored, but Mei Sen, who was used against him, was also a spy who made great sacrifices for the national interests. All the leading and supporting actors are loyal to their duties. Even the FBI director, Womack, who appeared as a dark side, put Mei Sen in prison to keep state secrets.

All the characters didn't betray their country and duty in the end. Hammer turned the rocket at the last minute. After dozens of years of being wronged for the country, Mei Sen only chose to return home peacefully; Major Henderson, knowing that he would be shot, did not lay down his weapon, but still tried his best to persuade his opponent to abide by the Navy Oath.

Apart from the fact that Hammer's two novices are purely trying to make trouble, the most obvious feature of this film can be said to be that there is no villain.

Shooting:

Because the whole film is an "incomplete reunion" ending, the director has put a lot of thought into the lighting of the whole film. Almost all scenes have been artificially lit, which has enriched and thickened the color, which sets off the heavy tone of the film.

At the beginning, General Hammer went to the cemetery for a scene, with heavy rain and dark blue tones, and with Hammer's profound monologue, the theme of the film was made clear at the beginning. The movie is an action movie, and the whole movie changes shots very quickly, but the opening scene of 3 minutes and 5 seconds is all slow motion shots. Slow motion can best highlight the hero's greatness and the dignified theme, and this scene is in the cemetery. General Hammer is going to ask the government for justice for the dead old staff forgotten by the government. When he comes to the cemetery to say goodbye to his late wife, he happens to see the soldier's funeral, but the deceased can enjoy the treatment of covering the national flag. Through the torrential rain, the great anger in General Hammer's heart was even more set off.

At the beginning of the comparison, Stanley and Mei Sen's car-chasing scene in the middle section is another kind of lens application. In the whole scene, there are basically no shots over 1 seconds, and all the shots are almost between 5 and 8 seconds. Moreover, there are various lens settings, except that there is no overhead shooting, following, parallel, facing up and even tying a camera in front of the car driven by Stanley and Mei Sen. The whole scene makes the audience dazzled and highly excited. Unlike the car chase in Hollywood today, which is decorated with computer technology, Michael Bay's car play style is real shooting, the sound of the engine is clear and audible, and the metal distortion sound when the vehicle collides is quite real.

in p>23, he also kept this car chase style in BAD BOY2, so I personally think that the car scene in this film should surpass that in Hacker 2. "Black 2" only started reverse racing, but the computer trace is too heavy to be exciting.

Technology:

The technology here refers to the truth of this film in technical links. According to "Watching a Movie", the crew invited several real special forces soldiers to take part in the filming, and the actions of sliding rope to raid the arsenal and helicopter landing in the film were completed by these soldiers.

The film is also very attentive to the specific technical details. At the beginning, General Hammer's men raided the armory, dressed in all-black combat uniforms for surprise operations, but after occupying the prison, they all changed into standard blue-gray marine camouflage uniforms when they entered the battle position. A few years before the film appeared, the image of the US military that we always saw was a "tough guy" in the style of Stallone and Arnold, with untidy clothes, bare arms, mixed fireworks and traces of blood. This film completely shows the standard configuration of the two special operations forces of the US military. From the beginning to the end of the battle, the audience is refreshed with neat clothes, strict orders, unified actions and prohibition.

The assault rifle used by Hammer is a modification of the American military standard M-16, and the serial number seems to be M733, which is specially used for special operations troops. Compared with the M-16 standard model, its barrel is shortened by 1 decimeter, and its stock is replaced by telescopic stock to meet the tactical needs of assault operations. At the beginning, because it was a surprise operation at night, tactical flashlights were hung on the barrels of soldiers. When entering the prison positional warfare state, this additional equipment was removed; Later, when they entered the dark tunnel to find Mei Sen, they were installed again, and the props were set completely according to the tactical requirements, with great care. All soldiers hold guns with the barrel down, in order to avoid fire and water, which is completely standard.

Compared with the military dramas filmed in China, it is "not technical at all". During the air force exercise, SU-27 with the symbol of Russian Air Force was flying in the sky, and the standard M-16 was actually in the hand of China Armed Police. Of course, it is also necessary to explain that the country imports advanced weapons, but at least it should be the M733 assault type under Hammer, not the standard type. Moreover, the field troops actually hold guns like a guard of honor, holding them in their chests at any time, with the barrel up and the butt down, and they are not afraid of hurting their companions or getting into the water.

Music:

As the soundtrack of this film, Hans Zimmer, a German musician in Hollywood, is one of the three most powerful musicians in Hollywood and my favorite Hollywood musician. His music works are mainly masculine and deep, and most of them highlight tough and tenacious profound themes. His background music for this film and the music for Gladiator are the two most wonderful works, which can be made as independent music works and enjoyed without the background.

In this film, Hans uses orchestral music and electroacoustic music alternately, which sets off the theme of the film perfectly.

For example, in the beginning, in order to highlight the cemetery and solemn and heavy mood of Hammer, Hans played with strings with quite heavy tunes, and the rhythm was slow, which defined the pessimistic tone of the film.

Next, the camera switches and the surprise action begins. With the emphasis on the sense of urgency, Hans accelerated the rhythm of string playing and added guitar kneading skills with great scale changes, which aggravated the sense of tension.

There are countless excellent examples, and the soundtrack of this film is widely borrowed, especially in the second paragraph "In the Tunnel". During the seven years from 1996 to 22 before the World Cup, whenever the national men's soccer team was in dire straits, CCTV's five football programs were bound to use this piece of music with the picture of men's soccer players being slaughtered at will. (The national men's soccer team in the past 25 years, like the China movies in the past 15 years, has never had a few days without water or fire, but in 22 it was just a big luck.)

It is particularly worth mentioning that this piece of music from Hollywood was actually used by CCTV's main melody drama "Loyalty" to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the founding of the Party in 21, which was accompanied by Comrade Gao Changhe when fighting floods. This year, the Great Hanwu, produced by the same producer, Ms. Hu Mei, was accompanied by this piece of music when the army went out to war.

Actors:

All the actors in this film are excellent.

At that time, Cage, the new film winner, played Goodspeed, a chemical weapons expert. Before this film, Cage's acting path was always different, wild and marginal, and even the winner played the role of an alcoholic. But Goosby, a bookworm, has a good grasp of his eyes, which are always glance left and right because of excitement (or tension); Legs that swing nervously in the cabin; And Mei Sen's jokes about being alone and forcing out all fully reflect his acting skills.

Sean Connery, to tell you the truth, the image of the old man when he was young was not pleasing, and he was too stupefied. But when I was old, especially at the end of Robin Hood in 1991, I made a one-minute guest appearance as "Charlie the Lionheart"; In 1995, after playing King Arthur in The Swordsman Romance, he gradually became a king. The image in this film is the most perfect image of his old age, with silvery white beard, wrinkled face and rich voice, and an elegant, calm and wise old spy appears on the screen. Appearing in the first shot, there are Shakespeare and Sun Tzu's Art of War in the cell, which are both professional study and personal cultivation. There is a scene in the film in which Mei Sen habitually raises his collar after knocking down Goodspeed with one punch (he is wearing a combat uniform at this moment! ), it is estimated that he thought he was serving the Queen, and James Bond, an employee of Global Import and Export Corporation, would always wear a suit and tie.

The image of General Hammer performed by Ed Harris is my favorite role. The first three minutes of one-man show is really awesome, and the medal covering almost the whole chest shows his achievements. The monologue to his deceased wife is affectionate again, and there is no more perfect soldier image than him; In particular, he regard that troops that attack him as his comrade-in-arms. The two monologues in the film reflect his profound lines and acting skills. Mei Sen's line "He is a soldier, not a murderer"; The president's line "We ignored such a great soldier as Hammer" defined the role-he was a patriot.

Major Mattson, played by David Moss, has few appearances and never forgets anything. A friend of mine once pointed to him on the poster of green mile and said (he didn't know the name), "This actor is the kind of character who can reassure you as long as he stands behind him".

John Spencer's role as Federal Inspector James Womack is also quite brilliant. From the beginning, you thought he would be a politician who would do anything to finish the task, but when the first commando was ambushed in the film, he stopped his men from sending the second commando to die. The audience can understand that he is also for his own national interests and responsibilities. It's a bit far-fetched for Mei Sen to hate him so much in the film. They are similar in age. Thirty years ago, he was just an ordinary soldier, and at most he was one of the agents involved in the operation. It's impossible that he became a director as a teenager 3 years ago and had the right to imprison Mei Sen for 3 years without trial.

Director:

It was Michael Bay, who was only in his early thirties at that time, who controlled all these human and material resources. This is only his second feature film and his first A-level production (BAD BOY1 in 1995 should not be A-level). But its skill is enough to make many directors in China feel ashamed.

A few weeks ago, Chen Guoxing's "Out of the World" about China's nuclear industry was shown on the 6th Central Committee. Chen Guoxing is a director who has explored deeply on the road of "entertaining the main theme", but the film still failed to shoot exciting plots and characters. The film quoted the words of the national leader of that year, "Take off your pants and pawn it, but also get out the atomic bomb." And domestic directors, even if they really took off their pants, would never make "Rock-breaking"