The battle of Changjin Lake resonated with China people, but they always felt something was missing. What is missing?

As a patriotic film, the Battle of Changjin Lake attracted the attention of China people during the National Day. Congratulations! But only by continuous reflection can we make greater progress. Here I still want to talk about the shortcomings of domestic films, not only for the battle of Changjin Lake, but also for the common problems of domestic films.

What kind of movies are attractive? Whether it is a martial arts movie, a war movie or a science fiction movie, a movie that can arouse people's thinking and resonance is a good movie. Since it is the ideological activity of "human", it is inseparable from the excavation and exploration of human nature. Because we all live in a group of people, no matter what kind of story happens, it is inseparable from the essential reason of "humanity".

And what is the best carrier to explore human nature? Therefore, no matter what kind of art form is inseparable from the carrier of "story". At present, the biggest common fault of domestic films is the lack of storytelling ability, not only the battle of Changjin Lake, but also many blockbusters. Taking the Battle of Changjin Lake as an example, this paper discusses some shortcomings of Chinese domestic films:

First, the story is not full enough, and human nature is slightly blunt.

The battle of Changjin Lake also shows a war and several heroes through a story. The story should be well told and wonderful, with one or two complete clues. Everything happens for a reason and development is inevitable. In the battle of Changjin Lake, the story of Yang Gensi's mutual destruction with the enemy was very touching, which made the audience burst into tears. However, his actions were not closely related to the whole story, which was very abrupt. It seemed that he was a hero for the sake of heroes.

Mao didn't know why he sacrificed, that is, why the map he bought with his life was precious and why it was worth his sacrifice. The explanation is unclear. And Tan, known as the "immortal hero". Why can't you kill him? No explanation. In other words, without complete narrative clues, the existence of the characters is not three-dimensional, which will make the characters not full and appear isolated.

Here, I will think of the story in the American movie Avatar, which tells that Jack, a former navy soldier, was injured in a battle and his lower body was paralyzed. Sally decided to come to Pandora for her dead brother and manipulate Dr. Grace's "Avatar" hybrid, which is a combination of human genes and local nano-tribes. How to infiltrate the nano-tribes, persuade them to leave their ancestral homes, and let Sekefu cut down the virgin forests in this area and mine expensive "unavailable" underground mines.

In the process of exploring Pandora, Jack met Nadiri, the princess of Nami tribe, and learned Nami's survival skills and attitude towards nature from her. They are in love. In the process of getting along with Neytiri, Jack gradually changed his view of human beings coming to me. He realized that he had found something worth fighting for.

The development of characters has causes and effects, development context and inevitable results. Make the characters three-dimensional and full, with high credibility. Similar war movies include Saving Private Ryan, Dunkirk, A Beautiful Life, Pearl Harbor and so on. We can also feel touching patriotic feelings, but their delicate descriptions are reasonable, unpretentious and outspoken, which is exactly what our blockbusters lack.

Second, the scene is over-packaged and the story is not enough.

With the strengthening of national strength and money, we can also invest a lot of money, and there will be some big scenes and big productions, which will cost hundreds of millions.

The technical level of domestic special effects should be ok, but the actual feeling of watching movies is always a little worse. That's what I mean, but I feel I can do better. The main problem is that the special effects of domestic films are not detailed enough and lack creativity and innovation. I can feel that I am following others, but I lack the spirit of nuance.

Our big productions, such as "Golden Flower in the City" and "Promise", can be said that the lineup is not luxurious and the cost is not huge. Unfortunately, the fatal weakness is the lack of storytelling ability, not the serious lack of rationality, which leads to people's inability to sing or even obscurity. So after reading it, there are only countless chrysanthemums left in the sea, and nothing else. In fact, it is never the production that touches people, but the story.

Third, the expression of human nature is blunt and irrational.

When we express a person's patriotic feelings, we usually like to use direct methods, even some patriotic rhetoric, which seems stiff and even artificial. The emotional expression of moistening things is more heartfelt, and the hysterical venting has the feeling of making people cry! Our patriotic films in the past two years have this tendency.

In short, our films have made some progress in conception and production, which is worthy of recognition. There is still a lot of room for improvement, which requires the joint efforts of producers and audiences! I believe China movies will get better and better!