Compared with the "Eight Hundred" in Li Yi's memory, it faced many controversies due to improper publicity, etc., which are all gone in Li Yi's version.
For example, Li Yi doesn't need to deal with the descendants of the "Flying General" who was the first to escape.
After all, how could anyone make a movie about Yue Fei and ask Qin Hui's descendants to promote it positively?
Therefore, in the early stages of its release, although "Eight Hundred" did not have zero bad reviews, it still received mostly positive reviews. On the popular film review website, the score was higher than 8 points.
Of course, some people compare the movie with real history, so there are definitely many deviations from history in "Eight Hundred".
This is something that movies with historical backgrounds cannot avoid.
However, the reaction from ordinary movie fans was the most direct.
"I watched it with my children. It was very shocking. Although many of the plots may be fake for illustration, it is still a good movie. I was heartbroken after watching it. In fact, there are not many historical movies from the old people until the 21st century that are not heartbreaking. When the child was watching the movie, his eyes were red and tears were rolling. I pretended to be relaxed and asked him, "What's the matter? Do you feel uncomfortable after watching the movie?" He laughed and had a runny nose, and waved his hand. "Everything happened many years ago. You can't worry about the past." Things are uncomfortable...
In fact, I want to tell him that when he sees the singing and dancing on the other side of the river, and the life and death struggle to defend the country here, if you want to be a soldier when you grow up, I will break your legs first! "
"If the country and the family were not destroyed, how many parents would be willing to send their children to the battlefield! Chen Shusheng's family letter is so shocking!"
"I think many people have made a mistake: historical adaptations are inherently secondary creations, and there is no problem with certain fictionalization and artistic processing. Moreover, the film is clearly using the plight of the Eight Hundred Warriors to satirize the weakness and incompetence of the military authorities. Those who deny the value of "Eight Hundred" by citing "historical facts" and "position" are not getting to the point.
As for the film not being "enjoyable" enough for the audience in the end, except for some reasons that it was not shot well, this feeling is actually in place, because the sense of humiliation contained in "Eight Hundred" was not originally intended to be watched. happy. "
"Really, there has never been a movie with the main theme that makes me feel as frustrated as watching "Eight Hundred". Especially the ending of "Eight Hundred Heroes" at the end is really heartbreaking! They should be heroes, but they can only Confined there, they clearly have the strength to break out, but they have to endure it because of the so-called "overall situation". If a country needs to rely on this group of heroes to live in humiliation, it actually explains a lot of problems. The fruit party authorities You are not worthy of leading this country!"
At the same time, there are more interpretations of this movie.
Zhou Qingquan commented on this film in the column of "Film Weekly".
"What is the significance of the Sihang Warehouse Defense War? Is it necessary to fight the Sihang Warehouse Defense War? Wait, this issue has been discussed and hotly debated by many people.
However, given the historical background at that time, no matter what the purpose was, whether it was a performance or a show, the battle to defend the Sihang Warehouse had its own unique significance and was of vital importance.
"All Chinese people are like this, how dare the Japanese pirates!" This sentence became the sentence that left the deepest impression on me in this movie.
Let’s take a look at why this battle is good and must be fought?
The beginning of the movie takes us back to that era through the old woman's dictation. The next thing that comes into view is the tired, disorganized, and poorly equipped army walking in the green fields, and then suddenly zooms into the distance, showing the dilapidated Shanghai City that has been baptized by the flames of war, coupled with a few crows, the film's The emotional tone is set - tragic.
Still using strong contrast to shape characters and set off the environment. The statue of a horse raising its hooves and the pale subtitles explaining the battle, two very different worlds separated by the Suzhou River, and the performances of the soldiers and the Chinese people in the concession.
When we watch the movie, it is not difficult to find that at first, people either resisted the war and advocated giving up resistance; or they were indifferent, as if what was about to happen had nothing to do with them. The soldiers who tried their best to escape, the professor's wife who knew that the war was about to take away the lives of her compatriots but still argued endlessly over trivial matters like water leakage, and the casino lady who clearly had the ability to help but looked on with cold eyes. All these things quickly created a deformed story. In this world, people only care about themselves and have no regard for country or nation.
I don’t know if you have noticed a detail. The foreigners hawking hot dogs along the street stared at the Chinese people sitting on the roadside who didn’t care about the situation in the warehouse, and shouted “hot dog!”. Is this hawking or selling hot dogs? Satire?
Observers from various countries in the airship said that the Chinese in the concession seemed to be experiencing something "that had nothing to do with them"!
The most heart-wrenching dialogue in the film is the dialogue between Xiao Hubei and Xiao Qiyue:
"It's so beautiful over there..."
"That's the concession over there."
"Over there is heaven, over here is hell!"
At this time, the Chinese people on the other side of the river were still indifferent.
The indifference of the Chinese people is the strongest weapon to invade the land of China.
They need to be woken up.
There are two crucial turning points.
The turning point for the soldier was when facing the enemy's "iron armor formation", Chen Shusheng tied a grenade to himself, then handed his relics to his company commander, and jumped down without hesitation to die with the enemy.
On the white sweatshirt he left for his mother were written eight characters - "Sacrificing one's life for righteousness is what the son wishes"!
National justice is always the most noble in the hearts of Chinese men, transcending life and death, and transcending family ties.
It is the heroic spirit of "I am smiling to the sky from the side of my sword, leaving behind my liver and gallbladder".
After learning that this method would work, no one of the soldiers flinched, but prepared to follow suit. The machine gun company lined up, announced their names and jumped down without hesitation, finally forcing the enemy to retreat, and also seeing the Chinese on the other side. With tears in his eyes, Mr. He also said the sentence "All Chinese people are like this, how dare the Japanese pirates".
Yes, everyone in the country is like this, how dare the Japanese pirates? When faced with the poisonous gas coming from the concession, someone in the concession shouted "Don't be afraid of our great country", but the picture showed people running away with their heads in their hands. The sharp contrast is so ironic!
If on the first day of the invasion by the invaders, 40 million compatriots had this idea and fought hard to resist, maybe the result would have been different, right?
However, these still seem to be unable to give the "audience" in the concession a personal experience.
Because they are on the other side of the river, because this is a concession, this is a safe zone!
How ironic that in our own country, the concession, which represents shame, has become a safe zone?
The key thing is that they are not ashamed, but proud of it. They are from the concession, and they inevitably have a sense of superiority over outsiders.
Alas!
Such ignorance, such indifference, needs to be awakened.
I think the turning point for the Chinese people in the concession was when many people risked their lives to deliver the phones to the warehouse.
Before that, some students made it to the other side with a moment of enthusiasm. However, when the cruelty of the war was truly revealed in front of them, they realized how superficial they were.
But this is still something to be happy about. At least, our students and our teenagers still have a passion and a bloody spirit. Strong teenagers will make the country strong!
The defenders' spirit of risking their lives for the sake of national justice finally awakened the Chinese people. Students and gangsters lined up in rows, fighting to the death to deliver the phone to the warehouse on the other side of the bridge. After several failures, the casino boy Knife Station He came out: "Hujiangtang, junior, Dao Dao petitions! I am willing to give it a try!" Dao slashed his thumb, pressed the red handprint, and ran to the bridge. He did not look back even after being shot. After this run, there was no return, and he was lying in a pool of blood.
I believe the character of Knife is impressive, even though he doesn't have many scenes.
He was not a hero in the traditional sense, and even in the end, many people debated whether he was one.
However, he is a Chinese, and he is a Chinese who dares to sacrifice his life for this country. Maybe he has no concept of country, but at least he has done what countless people cannot do.
The donated flag was raised high, and the soldiers died one after another in order to protect the flag; at the end of the film, the special commissioner of the Post-war Army came with the order, Commander Xie ordered the withdrawal of the troops, and the soldiers rushed to the bridge with hatred - the soldiers were protecting this dilapidated bridge. The last dignity of the country is the hope for a better tomorrow.
That flag has fallen all over Shangtan Beach. There is not even one of our flags on our own land. What a humiliation. Therefore, when the flag is flying and everyone cheers, this behavior does not appear out of thin air. It's because there is a fire in the hearts of the Chinese people. It has been dormant for too long and needs someone to reawaken it. Chen Shusheng not only awakened Yangguai and others who had retreated all the way and lost confidence in the war, but also awakened the people in the concession on the other side. Chinese people.
Awaken the sleeping people and awaken the national justice.
Once the fire of national justice is awakened, the 40 million compatriots will be united as never before, and we will surely defeat all invading enemies.
Only those who have experienced the baptism of war can understand how hard-won today's peace is. Every inch of rivers and mountains is filled with blood. Today's great rivers and mountains are washed with the blood of our revolutionary ancestors. It is their sacrifices that brought us today's peaceful and prosperous age.
Today, many years later, the motherland is unprecedentedly powerful. We have a soaring economy, world-leading technology, and a lofty international status - and we are unprecedentedly united. No matter how great the difficulty is, it will be nothing compared to the era of war. Today, no difficulty will make the Chinese nation surrender again!
So, as a film, I think it's done well enough.
There is always a group of people on the Internet who continue to criticize the Eight Hundred and go against history. I personally think it is unnecessary. If the film is not artistically processed, then you can go watch the documentary. Is there any problem? On the one hand, this movie affirms the anti-Japanese ancestors of the Guo army, and on the other hand, it also highlights the corrupt environment at that time. Just like the drama on the concession stage, it awakens more people's cherishment of hard-won life and patriotism, and they should not forget the national humiliation. We will strengthen ourselves. This is enough! "
For this type of film adapted from real history, many people often say that the film violates history and so on.
The reality is that for the vast majority of viewers, they are actually not familiar with this period of history.
Therefore, many ordinary viewers did not have a particularly big reaction to this, but there were some things in the movie that made many people talk.
For example, the sentence at the beginning of the film: "When I turn into dust, you will see my smile."
But what exactly does it express? Many people don't understand what it means.
However, there is no need to worry about this kind of thing, because naturally some of the knowledgeable fans will give an explanation.
This is also true.
Some movie fans popularized this sentence: "The meaning of this sentence is: When the original me turns into smoke and no longer exists, you will see my knowing smile. The implication is, no need to Sad to be gone, I would be happy to do that, and I would be doubly happy to be free from the person I was.
How did this meaning come about? Please contact the original text.
"When I become ashes, you will see my smile" comes from Lu Xun's "Tombstone Essay"!
The general meaning of the "Tombstone Inscription" is: He had a dream in which he was talking to the dead body in the tomb. It tells the story of the man in the tomb who changed from a warrior who was "fanatic in singing songs" to a corpse with inner emptiness and darkness. He finally realized his own negativity and wanted to seek relief through "turning into dust".
"When I turn into dust, you will see my smile" is the man in the tomb (the dead body) denying his own emptiness and gloom. That is to say, he also realizes that his state is too negative, so he wants to destroy himself through self-destruction. To seek relief. This kind of relief is a kind of comfort to him, so he will feel extremely happy. This is why he said, "When I become dust, you will see my smile."
Later, when we quote this sentence, we will extend and expand the meaning of this sentence. In the present, "When I become dust, you will see my smile" generally means that when a person devotes himself to a certain cause, he feels that it is right to do so, so he has no regrets and even feels happy.
The meaning expressed here is probably: the eight hundred heroes guarded the Four Lines Warehouse. Even if they were eventually broken into pieces and sacrificed their lives for the country, they still felt that doing so was right and glorious. Therefore, they were calm in their hearts, had no regrets, and were able to face death with a smile. Gain transcendence and immortality in death.
Of course, I personally think there is another explanation here. You should have seen the tragic experience of the Eight Hundred Heroes after crossing the bridge. Therefore, perhaps, for many of them, it can be said that during the confinement of the lonely camp, they Just like the people in the tomb, they were once heroes and warriors, but instead of receiving flowers and honors, they were detained like prisoners.
Even death may be a relief for them, and they even envy those comrades who died in the battle, because they can shout loudly, it is an honor for us to die for the country.
But what about them?
For this reason, this sentence may have a lot to do with the portrayal of the eight hundred people's mentality at that time, right? "
