看《辛亥革命》是在首映的当天下午，中午参加完一个同事的婚礼，便直奔电影院。本来想拉个同事一起去的，无奈她对这段历史毫无兴趣，只好一人前往，还因此被另一个同事所诧异，说我居然有一个人看电影的嗜好。好吧，其实我也是第一次一个人看电影。本来没想写观后感的，因为看到很多的影评，思想之深邃实在是让人自惭形秽。后来想想，如果不写下点什么，估计过几天就会什么都不记得了。
电影院一共只有七个人，可能是因为工作日吧，也可能是因为同期的画壁、白蛇之类的片子更能吸引观众的眼球。之前看过介绍，了解到片子是由黄花岗起义、武昌起义、阳夏保卫战和南北议和几个部分组成。读书的时候背过的广州黄花岗起义，印象中更多的是一个符号化的东西。看了电影，参加黄花岗起义的革命志士的形象便变得鲜活起来，也多少消解了原来的那种政治符号化的感觉。他们也曾经风华正茂、意气风发，为了自己信仰的革命事业义无反顾，着实令人敬佩，同时也让人羡慕，在金钱拜物教盛行的今天，大概很难再找到那种能够让人一生追寻、甘愿抛头颅、洒热血的信仰和事业了。由于身处武汉又比较关注武昌起义，看到电影中对武昌起义的诠释稍稍有些失望，觉得着实简单了些，比如彭刘杨就义就一个镜头匆匆掠过，起义前的一波三折更是没有表现出来。当然片子时长有限，不可能面面俱到。但是整个片子对于徐宗汉和黄兴之间感情纠葛却镜头颇多，不知是否为了表现革命者也是有血有肉、有七情六欲、儿女情长的普通人，所以也要书写出一段血色浪漫。但看完整个影片，总觉得大书特书二人的感情跟整个片子有点不搭，据说就这些镜头也是有删节的，不然会更多。
从整个片子人物的表现来看，印象最深的便是赵文u所扮演的孙中山了，在我看来，可以说是形神俱似，特别是几段演说以及与外国银行团的英文对白，气场强大，有极强的震憾力。有了这极佳的口才及说服力，难怪当年他追随者甚多，在海外筹款也总是能有所收获。另外，袁世凯、隆裕太后虽然戏份并不算多，但给我的印象也比较深刻，可以说是把人物的性格活脱脱的再现出来。只是成龙扮演的黄兴，在形上首先就差了一截，只能说把他所一贯所扮演的“硬汉”形象再一次展现出来。而很多其他的走马灯似出场的革命志士也好、清朝官吏也罢，虽然自认为对这段历史了解不少，但说实话，在电影中我实在没有太深的印象，所以我也理解不愿意前来观影的同事，如果不了解这段历史，光是这些人物就会把人弄晕了。
惭愧于之前的主旋律影片《建国大业》和《建党伟业》都没去看，反而看了这部《辛亥革命》，不管怎么说，在海峡两岸尚未统一的辛亥百年之际，能够拍出这样一部片子还原当时的历史，也可以看出社会意识形态的进步了。只是辛亥革命所提出的民主、共和，要真正达到，我们只能期待再过一百年了。
英文版：
Watching the "revolution of 1911" was on the afternoon of its premiere. After attending a colleague's wedding at noon, I went straight to the cinema. She wanted to go with a colleague, but she had no interest in this history, so she had to go alone. She was surprised by another colleague and said that I had a hobby of watching movies. Well, actually, it's the first time I've been to a movie alone. I didn't want to write about the impressions, because I saw a lot of film reviews. The depth of my thoughts is really embarrassing. Later, I thought that if I didn't write down anything, I would not remember anything in a few days.
There are only seven people in the cinema. It may be because of the weekdays, or because films like wall painting and white snake in the same period are more attractive to the audience. After reading the introduction before, I learned that the film is composed of Huanghuagang uprising, Wuchang Uprising, Yangxia defense war and North South negotiation. The Huanghuagang uprising in Guangzhou, which I recited when I was reading, is more of a symbolic thing. After watching the film, the images of revolutionary figures who participated in the Huanghuagang uprising became vivid, and the original sense of political symbolization was somewhat dispelled. They were also in the prime of their lives and full of vigor. They never looked back on the revolutionary cause they believed in. It is really admirable and enviable at the same time. In today's money fetishism is prevailing, it is probably difficult to find the kind of faith and cause that people can pursue all their lives, willingly throw their heads and shed blood. Because I am in Wuhan and pay more attention to Wuchang Uprising, I feel a little disappointed in the interpretation of Wuchang Uprising in the film. For example, Peng Liu Yang died in the righteousness, and the twists and turns before the uprising were not shown. Of course, the length of the film is limited, and it is impossible to cover all aspects. However, there are a lot of scenes about the emotional entanglement between Xu Zonghan and Huang Xing. I wonder if it is to show that the revolutionaries are ordinary people with flesh and blood, seven passions and six desires, and love for children and daughters. Therefore, it is necessary to write a bloody romance. But after watching the whole film, I always feel that the feelings of the two people do not match the whole film. It is said that these scenes are also abridged, otherwise there will be more.
Judging from the performance of the characters in the film, the most impressive one is the role of Sun Yat Sen played by Zhao wenu. In my opinion, it can be said that it is similar in form and spirit. In particular, several speeches and English dialogues with foreign banking groups have a strong momentum and a strong shock. With this excellent eloquence and persuasion, it is no wonder that he had a lot of followers in those years, and he was always able to make some achievements in overseas fund-raising. In addition, although Yuan Shikai and Empress Dowager Longyu did not have many parts, they also gave me a deep impression. It can be said that they vividly reappeared the characters' characters. It's just that Jackie Chan's role of Huang Xing is a little different in form. It can only be said that he has always played the image of "tough guy" again. Many other revolutionary figures and officials of the Qing Dynasty thought that they knew a lot about this history, but to be honest, I didn't really have a deep impression in the film. So I understand that colleagues who are unwilling to come to watch the film. If they don't understand the history, these characters alone will make people confused.
I'm ashamed that I didn't go to see the "great cause of the founding of the people's Republic" and "the great cause of the founding of the Communist Party of China" before. On the contrary, when the two sides of the Taiwan Strait were not unified for a hundred years, we could make such a film to restore the history at that time and to see the progress of social ideology. Only if the democracy and republicanism proposed by the revolution of 1911 can really be achieved, we can only look forward to another hundred years.
