China entertainment that year eighteen

Chapter 225 This is called a blockbuster, this is called rhythm! (two in one)

The context of "Red Cliff" in the previous life was that Cao Cao's squadron returned to the court at the beginning, and then let Emperor Xian of Han issue an order to attack Wu, and then sent his troops south.As soon as the screen changed, it was the battle at Changbanpo, where Liu Bei was defeated.Then Zhuge Liang analyzed the situation and went to Soochow to lobby.Facing the hesitant Sun Quan and most of the flustered Wu officials, Zhuge Liang fought against the Confucians.

Zhuge Liang's method of provocative generals made Sun Quan, who was hesitant at first, begin to lean towards the main combat faction. Then Zhuge Liang went to see Zhou Yu who was training in Chibi, and the two reached a tacit understanding.

This small-scale battle ended with Soochow's victory. After that, there was a Soochow celebration banquet, interspersed with Sun Shangxiang and Liu Bei's matchmaking, Cao Jun's Sun Shucai playing Cuju played by Tong Dawei, and then... It's over.

But in fact, after squeezing out the upper part of the water, it is estimated that there is not even half of it left, and the rest are seemingly foreshadowing, but in fact they are all far-fetched plots.

For example, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang were inspired by Cao Jun's unfamiliarity with water, and they even got inspiration from Sun Shangxiang-she fished a turtle out of the water tank and said, "Why does this mountain turtle put it in the water?"

Reasons that can be thought of with feet, need to set up such a coincidence to inspire them?Treat Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang as mentally retarded, or are you afraid that the audience will not understand?

Lu Heng's "Red Cliff" basically followed the sequence of the Battle of Chibi.

The plot will not be as abrupt as his, occasionally jumping up and down, and the lines will not be as casual as him, making a joke in a modern tone from time to time-too exciting.

The plot of Lu Heng's version is like this——

At the beginning, Cao Cao marched northward to Karasuma. Through the short shot of Jin Ge and Iron Horse sweeping across the area, Cao Cao’s invincible army was portrayed, and then he returned to the court with the aura of domineering, and above the court, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty murmured an edict with a few words. Although Kong Rong objected, he was killed to sacrifice the flag.

Domineering!

Immediately Cao Jun marched southward, and Liu Cong who was stationed in Jingzhou was so frightened that he fell to the ground under the persuasion of Kuai Yue, Cai Mao and others.

Then the screen shifted to Soochow, and after receiving the news, the ministers persuaded them to surrender in fear, while Zhou Yu analyzed the pros and cons and reprimanded them, saying that he would rather die than surrender.Sun Quan was very contradictory. Zhou Yu had a detailed discussion with him, hoping that he would inherit the will of the former master and take it up.

Zhou Yu then went to Xiakou to garrison troops, more urgently drilled and recruited soldiers, and at the same time mobilized troops to prepare food and grass, and sent Lu Su to investigate the situation.

On the other hand, Liu Bei, who was belatedly aware of this, did not know about it until Cao Cao entered Xinye. Liu Bei abandoned Fancheng and fled. Cao Cao was worried that they would seize the opportunity and sent cavalry to catch up with them on Changbanpo. After a fierce battle, Liu Bei fled in despair. Zhao Yun's bravery and loyalty were interspersed during this period. Zhuge Liang then analyzed the situation. At this time, Lu Su came.

Zhuge Liang followed Lu Su to meet Zhou Yu, and the two expressed their views on the current situation and their judgment on Cao Cao's reality:

"Cao's army has traveled long distances and is very tired after years of fighting. Most of them are infantry and a small number of cavalry. They don't know how to swim. Although they have won the navy from Jingzhou Cai Mao and others, they still have doubts because they have just accepted the surrender."

"As for the claimed 80, it is actually not the case. Cao Cao's old army led by only 6 to 8 people, and the new Liu Biao's old army has at most 30 to [-], so the maximum is no more than [-]. It is not a tacitly coordinated army."

Zhou Yu asserted: "Using tired soldiers to control suspicious troops, although the number is large, there is nothing to fear. As long as I have [-] elite soldiers, it is enough to subdue the enemy."

Zhuge Liang also said: "Although Liu Yuzhou was defeated at Changbanpo, the generals who have returned one after another and Guan Yu's navy now add up to 1 elite soldiers, and the soldiers Liu Qi gathered from Jiangxia County are no less than [-]."

"We both have [-] to [-] elite soldiers. There are not so many soldiers. Besides, we wait for work with ease, and we have water skills, so great things can be accomplished!"

The more they talked, the more excited they became. They chatted happily over wine and chatted about the situation, very speculative.

In terms of rhythm, at the beginning the battle of the northern expedition to Karasuma was "rise", then Liu Cong's commanding south to look forward to the wind, and the anxiety with Soochow was "fu", and the battle at Changbanpo was "rise" again-this start does not refer to the victory of the protagonist, but the war scene is the climax of the plot.

The ups and downs are orderly, the details are appropriate, and the plot advances in an orderly manner according to historical facts and processes, and it continues to raise the audience's expectations.

Next, Zhou Yu and Lu Su took Zhuge Liang to see Sun Quan. Faced with the noise of the ministers, Zhuge Liang fought with the Confucians, and finally used Sun Quan to cut off the memorial in front of him with his saber: "Anyone who dares to surrender Cao is like this case!"

For a moment, the hall was silent, and the camera panned to Sun Quan with a serious face, Zhou Yu with a confident face, and Zhuge Liang with a slight smile, showing the different moods of the three of them.

Then Zhou Yu returned to the mansion, and at this time, Xiao Qiao appeared!
Previously, it was a small climax when Sun Quan made a final decision in the verbal battle against the Confucian scholars in the main hall, but here, the rhythm slowed down a little.

Faced with Xiao Qiao's worries, Zhou Yu was not unhappy, but instead comforted her. In a light rain, Zhou Yu played a guzheng, and Xiao Qiao danced along with her.

The scene then shifted to Cao Jun. Cao Cao heard that there were many beauties in Jiangdong, and the most outstanding one was Zhou Yu's Xiao Qiao. He immediately said that he would wait for the soldiers to get used to the battleship and take Xiao Qiao back. All the generals laughed, and they also echoed.

Cao Cao made a bold statement: Take down Jiangdong, except for Xiao Qiao, the beauties are up to the generals to choose!
Just at this time, the subordinates came to report: the army was infected with the plague.The laughter stopped abruptly!

At the craziest moment, giving him a mallet not only slightly adjusted the rhythm, but also eased the audience's anger just now.

Then Cao Cao summoned Hua Tuo to cure not only the plague, but also his headache.

When Cao Cao was in trouble, Soochow and Liu Bei reached an alliance and began to prepare the army, drill soldiers and horses, and raise food and grass. Liu Bei also met Sun Shangxiang.

Of course, the two will not be in harmony like Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao in the movie, nor will they have a sadistic love on the battlefield like the original Sun Shangxiang and Cao Jun soldier Sun Shucai. After all, the age gap is not small.

They just greeted each other politely when they met for the first time, laying the groundwork for the matchmaking later.

Sun Yanjun, who played the role of Liu Bei in the 94 version, was interviewed after the release of "Red Cliff" in 08. He bluntly said that Liu Bei's design is too civilian, because Liu Bei at this time is no longer the down and out on the street.

"Liu Bei, who was recorded in history, has always paid attention to his appearance, not to mention his rags, let alone weaving straw sandals during his escape and when he met Sun Quan. When is the time, how can he have the time to weave straw sandals? What is the intention?"

Lu Heng felt that what he said was too pertinent. After Sun Quan and his party came, Liu Bei put down the straw sandals he was knitting, and then got up—so deliberately that it was embarrassing to watch.

Moreover, Sun Yanjun was too conservative in what he said at the time, so he didn't pay attention to his appearance. Liu Bei's appearance in "Red Cliff" was clearly playing ugly.

The actor You Yong has a dark complexion, and there is no modification in the screen, and he still has that look - coarse cloth clothes, hair is not neatly combed, a little downcast, and Sun Yanjun's Liu Bei's temperament is too different. Sun Ban said that he is the emperor's uncle. Everyone is convinced, but You Yong's... Changing clothes can really sell straw sandals. The key point is that they didn't sell them 20 years ago.

Of course, it's not the fault of the actors, it's the stupidity of the director and stylist!
In fact, there are several leading actors with dark complexions, and even Liang Chaowei and the others can clearly see the bumps on their faces—it’s not that good movies don’t modify their faces, and they have to act in their “true colors”, nor does it mean that the quaint styles like 94 Three Kingdoms and 98 Water Margin are close to historical facts.

Besides, Liu Bei and Zhou Yu in the 94 edition of others are also wearing silk and satin costumes in their spare time outside of armor at this time, so what kind of commoner clothes are they?

The decorations that should be made and the costumes of the characters must conform to the identity of the time, instead of Liu Bei who was still wearing the coarse cloth clothes and weaving straw sandals more than 20 years later.

In short, during filming, Lu Heng and Cai Xiaoqing paid great attention to the actors' looks and costumes according to the experts' opinions.

As far as clothing is concerned, it is understandable for a corporal to be respectful or wear coarse cloth to show his subordinates, but at least when he meets Sun Quan, he must wear silk like the 94 version.

At this time, Sun Yanjun was 49 years old, but his complexion was fair. When we met before, the only problem was that he was a little fatter than before.

Both Lu Heng and Cai Xiaoqing asked him to lose weight, including Guan Erye and Zhang Sanye, so the three of them lost weight together. After three months, not only have they recovered, but they are also stronger than they were back then.

When Sun Yanjun changed into his clothes and Shi Shiran walked over, even after seven years, he still had the image of Uncle Liu, which made Lu Heng secretly feel that he had made the right choice!

Not only them, but also when Zhuge Liang went to Soochow with Lu Su to lobby, they would not dress so casually.

Although Zhuge Liang played by Chen Kun is a little younger, but with makeup and a beard, coupled with his acting skills, he is at least much stronger than Zhuge Liang played by Takeshi Kaneshiro back then.

After Lu Heng finished filming Zhou Yu's order of soldiers, it was the scene where Zhou Yu met Zhuge Liang for the first time.

In Lu Heng’s version, the two first met through Lu Su’s introduction, and they didn’t know each other well, but as they chatted, the more they chatted, the more speculative they became, especially their views on the current situation, their judgment on Cao Jun, etc., and finally they even started to set up wine, hold candles, chat while eating and drinking, and drink to their heart’s content.

In Wu Yusen's "Red Cliff", when Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang met for the first time, it was Zhuge Liang of Takeshi Kaneshiro who kept pretending-to say that Zhou Yu's formation was outdated and he underestimated Gan Xing's military training.

However, in his introduction to "On the Red Cliff", he said that Zhuge Liang was quite relieved to see Zhou Yu governing the army strictly and his general Gan Xing took the lead.

This kind of inconsistency is the obvious high-sightedness and low-handedness. The script is one type, and the filming is another type.

There is also the plot of a young boy playing the flute next to the military formation, not to mention how the grandfather and grandson in the countryside came to the side of the military center without any hindrance. This plot setting alone is very blunt——

Seeing the young man playing the flute, Zhou Yu not only did not blame him, but also drew out a knife. When his father and grandson were frightened, he just used the knife to repair the hole of the flute and adjust the timbre.

Whether it is the melody that draws out the common hobbies of Zhuge and Zhou Yu, or the matter of stealing cattle to harvest the army's morale, it is too deliberate, does not promote the plot much, and slows down the rhythm.

According to the normal development, it should be a chilling atmosphere for military training, to create oppression that is about to come, and to show that although Zhou Yu's men have few troops, they all have the aura of elite soldiers and strong generals, and it is enough to lay the foundation for winning more with less.

Not to mention, it is even more nonsensical to draw out the common hobbies of the two of them through the rhythm, and then Xiao Qiao said later: "You two will become good friends", which is obviously modern thinking.

The two of them are only a temporary cooperative relationship in public, and there is also a secret rivalry between Shengyu and Shengliang in private. From any point of view, they can't be friends. Zhou Yu, who is so talented and general, can't see the relationship between the two clearly?Why do friends say it?
The other one is Gan Xing's performance. From the beginning to the end, he has a face that is out of place-his eyes are squinted fiercely, the corners of his mouth are slanted, and he put on a military uniform and said that he can play the neon commander in the 40s and [-]s. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't fit the atmosphere of the Three Kingdoms.

In fact, this is the case. Back then, he played Gan Xing with rave reviews, squinting his eyes and twisting his mouth. Could it be that he wanted to show his arrogance?
Lu Heng's heart moved, could it be Guan Erye who wanted to imitate Mr. Lu, but in the end, painting a tiger would not be a kind of anti-dog, so he just imitated him?

It is really possible, because they all rely on squinting, but Guan Erye is called squinting, and his is just greasy.

Later, this neon actor starred in Li Lianjie's "Fearless", in which he played the neon warrior who competed with Huo Yuanjia in the final battle, and it felt right, because it was that flavor.But to play a Chinese person, especially a Chinese person in history, he is too nondescript.

But now, Wu Jing's acting is much more normal, at least not so mediocre.

Lu Heng and Chen Kun acted very well. This is his second film and he is also the main actor. He is very attentive. Even though he doesn't have Lu Heng's memory, he still has all the lines.

The acting is gentle and elegant, without losing the vigor of the young Zhuge Liang, which complements Lu Heng's Zhou Yu.

The conversation between the two of them, and the final drinking and talking, were all filmed in one day.

Of course, in this process, Lu Heng followed the 94 version of Three Kingdoms. Although he talked happily with wine, his inner fear of Zhuge Liang was also slightly revealed through his eyes, not like the Wu version of "Red Cliff", where the two people's eyes quickly sparked.

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