Dandan (蛋蛋秀), a film blogger, shared his impressions of the internal screening of Gezhi Town

Описание: Dandan (蛋蛋秀), a film blogger, shared his impressions of the internal screening of Gezhi Town.

👤: Hello, friends.
The war film Gezhi Town just suddenly locked its release date for December 6.
That timing is really tight.
Friends, сounting it out, it’s basically just one week.
But because this film has such a strong team both in front of and behind the camera, once the release date was announced and presales opened, the numbers were completely off the charts.

Let me share a little something with you first.
This week, the film had an internal screening, and I was lucky enough to see it ahead of time.
Let me put your minds at ease — I really liked it.
Like… “one of my top ten Chinese films of the year” kind of liked it.

Let me start with the title.
"De Xian Jin Zhi" (Gezhi Town) — before I watched the film, honestly, I was just like a lot of friends —
I found this title a bit confusing, kind of awkward to say, and I really couldn’t tell what it was supposed to mean.
But actually, it’s very simple.
“Dexian” is just the name of the male lead —
Xiao Zhan plays Mo Dexian.
And “Jinzhi” means something made sincerely, made with real heart.
Whenever he finishes a piece of work, he carves those four characters “De Xian Jin Zhi” onto it
Let me give a simple example.
You know how a lot of scissors we use nowadays have “Zhang Xiaoquan” or “Wang Mazi” written on them.
That’s a craftsman putting his own name on a piece of work he’s proud of.
That’s all it means.

At first, I also felt the title wasn’t very accessible.
But after watching the film, you realize the whole vibe of the movie fits this title perfectly.
If you used some super commercial, slightly cliche title, it honestly wouldn’t match this story at all.

The director is Kong Sheng, and paired with screenwriter Lan Xiaolong.
They previously worked together on a drama called Battlefield 1938.
And Lan Xiaolong also wrote Soldier’s Sortie and Soldiers and Their Commander.
Those are dramas I really, really love.
If you like Soldiers and Their Commander, then you’re definitely going to like Gezhi Town.
Personally, I really like this film.

It’s a real anti-Japanese resistance story about ordinary people.
A small group of them gets pushed into a corner and forced to rise up and fight back.
The big climactic scene and the ending both really moved me.

And I feel like it’s possible that for Xiao Zhan, Gezhi Town might end up becoming his signature film role.
I think Xiao Zhan acts really well in it.
He gives Mo Dexian this slightly nervous, edgy side, and he really brings that quality out.
Personally, I really liked it.
Everything about it feels so vivid and full, and I personally really liked that too.

I won’t say too much more for now.
I’ll make a longer video later and talk to you all about this film in detail.
No spoilers here.
Anyway, December 6th, I sincerely recommend you go watch Gezhi Town.
I really liked it myself, and I hope that after you watch it on December 6th, you’ll like it too, and we can talk about it then.
I’m Dandan.
Wishing all of you wealth beyond imagination, bye-bye!

#XiaoZhan #肖战 #GezhiTown #XiaoZhanMoDexian #XiaoZhanDexianJinzhi


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