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　　Ill be honest, I thought that this movie will be very bad. Came out in the month where movies expected to be blessed with negative reviews, it was no surprise that I thought it would be one of those ill-fated movies.

　　In the end, Ive underestimated it.

　　"The Great Wall" follows William (Matt Damon), a mercenary who tries to obtain the "Black Powder", a deadly explosive, only to get caught in a battle against monsters that awakens every 60 years. For those who doubt that it will be good, mark my words: Dont underestimate this movie. The movie was a surprise all the way to finish. The acting was great, The visuals were amazing, the cinematography was breathtaking, and the action were incredible. Matt Damon as always gives a fine performance as the hero (Heck, even his Mandarin, although only a word, is very good). Andy Lau were also great as Strategist Wang in his first Hollywod movie. The biggest surprise was the female lead played by Jing Tian, shes really good and surprisingly, pretty fluent in English. William Dafoe (I not expect him to be in this movie) is also very great. Lu Han (Yes EXO-Ls! Its EXOs Luhan!) is a scene stealer. Although he has a small role, Hes very good at acting and truly one of my favorite characters in the movie. My criticism was its plot. Its basic idea is like Independence Day with Chinese culture mix. Although it actually worked very well, but *SPOILER ALERT!!!* Kill the queen or we all die?", come on writers, you can do better than this. Another one is the length. A 100 minute movie isnt enough for a story with this kind of scale. If only the studio made it like 2 hours, it would be better for more character development and understanding the story.

　　Additionally, I dont understand all the negative reviews, especially from Chinese audiences. Im a Chinese-Indonesian, and I absolutely love this movie. I saw criticism about the main lead being American. Im telling you, there are 5 main leads in the movie, and *SPOILER ALERT!!!* 3 of them are Chinese, Plus most of the focus IMO are directed to the Chinese main characters. Another one is that the movie isnt based on the legend of The Great Wall. This is a fantasy movie, so of course its not! The film even mentioned it in the beginning!!! To me, these negative reviews are purely hate for this movie. I think that most of them havent seen the movie and simply hate it for no reason.

　　Overall it was a surprisingly good movie, and arguably one of the greater movies in January. If you want to see a fantasy movie, this is a perfect movie for you

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　　老实说，我以为这部电影会非常糟糕。拜负面评论所赐，不出意外又是部烂片。

　　最后，我失算了。

　　《长城》讲述一个叫威廉(马特达蒙)的雇佣兵想窃取被称为“黑火药”的致命炸药，黑火药只能在对付一种60年苏醒一次的怪兽的战斗中获取。对怀疑这部电影不好看的人，这是我的评论：不要低估这部电影。这部电影从头到尾都是惊喜。动作很棒，视效令人震惊，激动人心。动作戏让人觉得不可思议。马特达蒙将一个英雄饰演的很到位(他的普通话也非常好，尽管只有一个单词)。刘德华在他第一部好莱坞大片里将王军师这个角色演绎的也很好。最大的惊喜是演女头领的景甜，她的表现出人意料的好，英语非常流利。威廉.达福(不希望他出现在这部戏里)也非常棒。鹿晗(没错，就是EXO的鹿晗)很抢镜。尽管他只是个小角色，但非常擅长演戏，真的是此片我最喜欢的角色之一。我批评的是情节。基本上就是一部混有中国文化的《独立日》。尽管做的不错，但“杀死兽王，否则我们都得死?”(剧透)，得了吧编剧，你可以做的更好。另一个就是电影的长度。这种规模的电影100分钟根本不够。如果做到2小时，对于角色发展和故事理解可能会更好。

　　此外，不太理解所有的负面评论，尤其是来自中国观众的。我是个华裔印尼人，我绝对喜欢这部电影。我看到关于主演是美国人的批评。那我告诉你，电影里有5个主角(剧透)，其中3个都是中国人，在我看来，大部分焦点都在中国主演身上。另一个是批评电影并非建立在真实长城的传奇上。这是个奇幻片，当然不是了!电影开头就提到了。对我来说，这些负面评论者纯粹是恨这部电影。我想他们大部分都还没看过这部电影，只是毫无理由的恨。

　　If you dont have any expectations, this film might surprise you a bit. I really liked the special effects, even if I started laughing when I first saw the antagonists.

　　Most scenes between battles were quite awkward, full of clichés. Yet, once the battle begins, any cliché this film might have is really fun to watch and not at all annoying.

　　What I hated the most was the unfortunate English accent... used during the Song dynasty (960-1279).

　　Overall, the plot is quite linear and simple and is centered around one important moment. Character development was welcoming, but not impressive and definitely not unexpected. The best part was not fulfilling the love sub-plot, even though I half expected this and I would have been really disappointed if it had happened.

　　Anyway, it was an enjoyable film with better 3D effects than I expected and many other films, so give it a try. But be open minded and admire what is to be admired.

　　如果你不报期望，这部电影可能会给你点小惊喜。我真的很喜欢它的特效，即使当我看到敌方时开始大笑。

　　战斗间隙的场景十分尴尬，充满老套。而一旦战斗开始，陈词滥调也变的有趣，不再令人厌烦。

　　我最不爽的是糟糕的英语口音...用在宋朝 (960-1279)。

　　总之，情节十分简单，就围绕在某一重要场景。角色的发展挺受人欢迎，但不算令人印象深刻，也完全不意外。最好的部分没有让爱情这一次要情节丰满起来，尽管我还是期望，就算真的发生，我还是会失望吧。

　　无论如何，这是部比我期待的要好的也比很多其他电影要好的爽片，所以，可以看看。但是要持开放的心态，欣赏值得欣赏的。