Movies need to be approved by government bureaucrats.Haha, I like the Ray-ban "Aviator" clone sunglasses.
I'm curious, what prevents the Chinese film industry from making a war movie depicting American, Australian, Japanese, or Korean enemies? We've had plenty of movies depicting "Evil Russians" as an enemy, and there are scads of video games where Chinese soldiers can take pot shots at American soldiers.
North Korean aircraft carrier group haha. The Red Dawn remake decided to make its originally Chinese invaders into North Korean invaders.
The Chinese movie industry doesn't have a long way to go, the Chinese just can't make movies. Likewise, your soccer team didn't have a long way to go either when that Deng of yours said: Soccer has to start with babies. Now those babies have become fully grown adults, and the Chinese still can't player soccer. You know what I am saying? The Chinese can't make good movies.
Movies need to be approved by government bureaucrats.
Obviously for a historical flick, you would have the appropriate "enemy." But if you were to posit China going to war against a country in a fictional, modern day setting, the government might be concerned that this would reflect negatively on diplomatic relations. You do have internet amateurs making their own animated shorts depicting present-day military conflicts. The enemies are usually USA or Japan.
I suppose this is not just restricted to China. I remember in Transformers, they had a "North Korean aircraft carrier group." I guess if there is a bit of political correctness against fictional depiction of China as a military adversary, North Korea is a good stand-in or a euphemism.
Anyway, this movie turns out to be "a story of two outstanding military men competing for the position of division commander. They go through misunderstandings and life-threatening moments before finally coming to a common understanding. Eventually they pull together and complete the air force exercise perfectly."
When I realized this was about air force internal politics and had no military conflict setting, I turned it off immediately. Two thumbs down
Be my guest man, I prefer not to see a Chinese drama. Across Chinese screens large or small, you are guaranteed to see Chinese crying. Why do you always have to cry to tell a "story?" You know what I am saying? Its depressing, man, depressing. My impression is the Chinese can never cease shedding tears. I am sorry, man. But it's probably true.
