In 1961, Stanislaw Rozewicz created the novella film "Birth Certificate" in cooperation with his brother, Taduesz Rozewicz as screenwriter. Such brother tandems are rare in the history of film but aside from family ties, Stanislaw (born in 1924) and Taduesz (born in 1921) were mutually bound by their love for the cinema. They were born and grew up in Radomsk, a small town which had "its madmen and its saints" and most importanly, the "Kinema" cinema, as Stanislaw recalls: for him cinema is "heaven, the whole world, enchantment". Tadeusz says he considers cinema both a charming market stall and a mysterious temple. "All this savage land has always attracted and fascinated me," he says. "I am devoured by cinema and I devour cinema; I'm a cinema eater." But Taduesz Rozewicz, an eminent writer, admits this unique form of cooperation was a problem to him: "It is the presence of the other person not only in the process of writing, but at its very core, which is inserperable for me from absolute solitude." Some scenes the brothers wrote together; others were created by the writer himself, following discussions with the director. But from the perspective of time, it is "Birth Certificate", rather than "Echo" or "The Wicked Gate", that Taduesz describes as his most intimate film. This is understandable. The tradgey from September 1939 in Poland was for the Rozewicz brothers their personal "birth certificate". When working on the film, the director said "This time it is all about shaking off, getting rid of the psychological burden which the war was for all of us. ... Cooperation with my brother was in this case easier, as we share many war memories. We wanted to show to adult viewers a picture of war as seen by a child. ... In reality, it is the adults who created the real world of massacres. Children beheld the horrors coming back to life, exhumed from underneath the ground, overwhelming the earth."
The principle of composition of "Birth Certificate" is not obvious. When watching a novella film, we tend to think in terms of traditional theatre. We expect that a miniature story will finish with a sharp point; the three film novellas in Rozewicz's work lack this feature. We do not know what will be happen to the boy making his alone through the forest towards the end of "On the Road". We do not know whether in "Letter from the Camp", the help offered by the small heroes to a Soviet prisoner will rescue him from the unknown fate of his compatriots. The fate of the Jewish girl from "Drop of Blood" is also unclear. Will she keep her new impersonation as "Marysia Malinowska"? Or will the Nazis make her into a representative of the "Nordic race"? Those questions were asked by the director for a reason. He preceived war as chaos and perdition, and not as linear history that could be reflected in a plot. Although "Birth Certificate" is saturated with moral content, it does not aim to be a morality play. But with the immense pressure of reality, no varient of fate should be excluded. This approached can be compared wth Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Blind Chance" 25 years later, which pictured dramatic choices of a different era.
The film novella "On the Road" has a very sparing plot, but it drew special attention of the reviewers. The ominating overtone of the war films created by the Polish Film School at that time should be kept in mind. Mainly owing to Wajda, those films dealt with romantic heritage. They were permeated with pathos, bitterness, and irony. Rozewicz is an extraordinary artist. When narrating a story about a boy lost in a war zone, carrying some documents from the regiment office as if they were a treasure, the narrator in "On the Road" discovers rough prose where one should find poetry. And suddenly, the irrational touches this rather tame world. The boy, who until that moment resembled a Polish version of the Good Soldier Schweik, sets off, like Don Quixote, for his first and last battle. A critic described it as "an absurd gesture and someone else could surely use it to criticise the Polish style of dying. ... But the Rozewicz brothers do no accuse: they only compose an elegy for the picturesque peasant-soldier, probably the most important veteran of the Polish war of 1939-1945." "Birth Certificate" is not a lofty statement about national imponderabilia. The film reveals a plebeian perspective which Aleksander Jackieqicz once contrasted with those "lyrical lamentations" inherent in the Kordian tradition. However, a historical overview of Rozewicz's work shows that the distinctive style does not signify a fundamental difference in illustrating the Polish September. Just as the memorable scene from Wajda's "Lotna" was in fact an expression of desperation and distress, the same emotions permeate the final scene of "Birth Certificate". These are not ideological concepts, though once described as such and fervently debated, but rather psychological creations. In this specific case, observes Witold Zalewski, it is not about manifesting knightly pride, but about a gesture of a simple man who does not agree to be enslaved.
The novella "Drop of Blood" is, with Aleksander Ford's "Border Street", one of the first narrations of the fate of the Polish Jews during the Nazi occupation. The story about a girl literally looking for her place on earth has a dramatic dimension. Especially in the age of today's journalistic disputes, often manipulative, lacking in empathy and imbued with bad will, Rozewicz's story from the past shocks with its authenticity. The small herione of the story is the only one who survives a German raid on her family home. Physical survial does not, however, mean a return to normality. Her frightened departure from the rubbish dump that was her hideout lead her to a ruined apartment. Her walk around it is painful because still fresh signs of life are mixed with evidence of annihilation. Help is needed, but Mirka does not know anyone in the outside world. Her subsequent attempts express the state of the fugitive's spirits - from hope and faith, moving to doubt, a sense of oppression, and thickening fear, and finally to despair.
At the same time, the Jewish girl's search for refuge resembles the state of Polish society. The appearance of Mirka results in confusion, and later, trouble. This was already signalled by Rozewicz in an exceptional scene from "Letter from the Camp" in which the boy's neighbour, seeing a fugitive Russian soldier, retreats immediately, admitting that "Now, people worry only about themselves." Such embarassing excuses mask fear. During the occupation, no one feels safe. Neither social status not the aegis of a charity organisation protects against repression. We see the potential guardians of Mirka passing her back and forth among themselves. These are friendly hands but they cannot offer strong support. The story takes place on that thin line between solidarity and heroism. Solidarity arises spontaneously, but only some are capable of heroism. Help for the girl does not always result from compassion; sometimes it is based on past relations and personal ties (a neighbour of the doctor takes in the fugitive for a few days because of past friendship). Rozewicz portrays all of this in a subtle way; even the smallest gesture has significance. Take, for example, the conversation with a stranger on the train: short, as if jotted down on the margin, but so full of tension. And earlier, a peculiar examination of Polishness: the "Holy Father" prayer forced on Mirka by the village boys to check that she is not a Jew. Would not rising to the challenge mean a death sentance?
Viewed after many years, "Birth Certificate" discloses yet another quality that is not present in the works of the Polish School, but is prominent in later B-class war films. This is the picture of everyday life during the war and occupation outlined in the three novellas. It harmonises with the logic of speaking about "life after life". Small heroes of Rozewicz suddenly enter the reality of war, with no experience or scale with which to compare it. For them, the present is a natural extension of and at the same time a complete negation of the past. Consider the sleey small-town marketplace, through which armoured columns will shortly pass. Or meet the German motorcyclists, who look like aliens from outer space - a picture taken from an autopsy because this is how Stanislaw and Taduesz perceived the first Germans they ever met. Note the blurred silhouettes of people against a white wall who are being shot - at first they are shocking, but soon they will probably become a part of the grim landscape. In the city centre stands a prisoner camp on a sodden bog ("People perish likes flies; the bodies are transported during the night"); in the street the childern are running after a coal wagon to collect some precious pieces of fuel. There's a bustle around some food (a boy reproaches his younger brother's actions by singing: "The warrant officer's son is begging in front of the church? I'm going to tell mother!"); and the kitchen, which one evening becomes the proscenium of a real drama. And there are the symbols: a bar of chocolate forced upon a boy by a Wehrmacht soldier ("On the Road"); a pair of shoes belonging to Zbyszek's father which the boy spontaneously gives to a Russian fugitive; a priceless slice of bread, ground under the heel of a policeman in the guter ("Letters from the Camp"). As the director put it: "In every film, I communicate my own vision of the world and of the people. Only then the style follows, the defined way of experiencing things." In Birth Certificate, he adds, his approach was driven by the subject: "I attempted to create not only the texture of the document but also to add some poetic element. I know it is risky but as for the merger of documentation and poety, often hidden very deep, if only it manages to make its way onto the screen, it results in what can referred to as 'art'."
After 1945, there were numerous films created in Europe that dealt with war and children, including "Somewhere in Europe" ("Valahol Europaban", 1947 by Geza Radvanyi), "Shoeshine" ("Sciescia", 1946 by Vittorio de Sica), and "Childhood of Ivan" ("Iwanowo dietstwo" by Andriej Tarkowski). Yet there were fewer than one would expect. Pursuing a subject so imbued with sentimentalism requires stylistic disipline and a special ability to manage child actors. The author of "Birth Certificate" mastered both - and it was not by chance. Stanislaw Rozewicz was always the beneficent spirit of the film milieu; he could unite people around a common goal. He emanated peace and sensitivity, which flowed to his co-workers and pupils. A film, being a group work, necessitates some form of empathy - tuning in with others.
In a biographical documentary about Stanislaw Rozewicz entitled "Walking, Meeting" (1999 by Antoni Krauze), there is a beautiful scene when the director, after a few decades, meets Beata Barszczewska, who plays Mireczka in the novella "Drops of Blood". The woman falls into the arms of the elderly man. They are both moved. He wonders how many years have passed. She answers: "A few years. Not too many." And Rozewicz, with his characteristic smile says: "It is true. We spent this entire time together."
3.5星，漫威第四阶段目前最好无疑，剧本和第四阶段的所有片子一样薄弱但特效非常漂亮，最后一场动作戏才是我们期待的漫威水平。东方元素一开始在梁朝伟和陈法拉相遇时我内心翻了个白眼感觉是花木兰pt.2，好在接下来的几场动作戏浓浓的80年来港味袭来，有所弥补，这应该是《奇异博士》和漫威《蜘蛛侠》系列以来稍微能看的solo片了，唯一的槽点大概是刘思慕看起来就不像是内心会有挣扎的20多岁男孩，和梁朝伟站一起木讷的他像弟弟不像儿子。
Talo的美术风格真的很像王者荣耀？梁朝伟感觉其实也就是个常规的中国爹？看个热闹还是挺好的，能把满大人这么圆回来也不差
来，让我评个一颗星，助你一臂之力。看完之后，我只能说这是我近两三年来看过少有的傻逼电影。普通的傻逼电影是不用心拍，这个作品是傻逼用心拍。上一次我看到同样评价同样水平的时候还是什么幻城之类的鬼东西。老爹出门在外，老娘被杀了，然后爹教你功夫去为母亲报仇，你个傻屌说自己不喜欢暴力，还说要杀了你爹。真是美帝主义教出来的好狗啊，就犹如支持MAGA的美籍华人，你确实不是中国人，连中国狗都不如。
动作设计蛮惊喜、世外桃源（及其小生态）也惊喜、联动漫威的宇宙再惊喜。
梁朝伟太帅了 高潮部分跟姐妹互摇对方在电影院直喊牛 鸡皮疙瘩起一身 片尾居然有两个彩蛋 还好没早离场
只需讲一条：片子里人物在什么情况下说中文，在什么情况下说英文，有统一的标准吗？没有。薛定谔的语言。这不是拉垮，这是垃圾。另外，好莱坞对中国文化元素的化用，仍然停留在2008年的《功夫熊猫》层次，彼时先进，今时落后。除了梁朝伟尚能堪称表演的表演，真没啥可看的。
还凑合。看得出来已经非常努力的在加中国元素了，小心翼翼的把所有雷区全都避开了，奈何定义权这件事不能商量
梁朝伟指着元华的鼻子喊：我吃过的盐比你吃的饭还多。算得上年度趣味场面了。
5/10。令人惊喜的是场面设计非常注重动作的实感和节奏变化，当车厢脱节的巴士在旧金山唐人街高速行驶与车内的近距离格斗，在视觉上连贯起来，当澳门的夜色时分，高楼棚架上充满挑战和坠落风险的厮打，附近巨大的电子广告牌发出的光线将整层楼多部分的战斗划分得耀眼夺目，当人物在在神龙和噬魂怪的庞大身躯上随意飞窜。尽管观众很难不被这些流畅稳健的动作场面所征服，但不可否认故事的显著缺陷，它几乎没有英雄内心与外在成长弧线的张力，只是平铺直叙地穿梭于各个地点以利于堆砌特技，而父权与叛逆子女的对抗关系，又与许多漫威商业电影似曾相识。交代人物身份背景的情感细节都过度敷衍，如父母相遇的竹林中一番男女对抗使用了充满爱意柔情和深情凝视的招式，随后也没见两人培养出什么深厚感情就长相厮守了，这种魔改中国元素塑造出的人物透露着尴尬。
漫威全部作品前三的质量，给差评的到底有多恨自己的民族？4.5
1.VFX还不如《晴雅集》，大决战的模型质感堪比页游，漫威不懂这种“东方感”的质地是什么，做得特别廉价；2.动作戏处理得很好，有几场竟有很有港片风范，有点儿惊喜，在奇幻和功夫之间拿捏住了分寸；3.核心戏剧冲突仍然是意识形态冲突；4.但电影里的内容，远不及电影外的万分之一的精彩。
在影院里找回了小时候第一次看到迪士尼动画版《花木兰》的感觉。武指相当好，动作戏再搭配上特效赏心悦目。这样的奇幻片本应该由自己的电影工业拍出来的，如今却已墙外开花墙外香。自绝于世界的「自信」护身，继续做「全球第一大电影市场」的梦，然后安详地永眠吧。至于乳化与否，这其实已经是一个循环论证：「当一个人能完美避开所有乳化的可能性时，ta就已经乳化」。UA Galaxy 2021.09.18 @2021-09-18 16:31:20
首先难得在国外的电影里听到这么和谐的普通话对白，这依然是一部华裔电影，而不是中国电影，所以这样的程度我觉得也是诚意十足了，而且该有的搞笑、亲情、玄幻都有。当然缺点也很多，例如梁朝伟这个角色的就比较奇怪，活了1000年这么容易上当受骗，然后被剧情杀了……还有中国元素部分太像卧虎藏龙了，又和其他部分割裂得有点厉害；尚气杀爹的动机也莫名其妙；这部分还是在于老外确实无法理解我国这种家宗族的思路造成的臆想。
男主角一身腱子肉却可以做到一点不性感，乍一看长得比爸爸还老有点过分了
梁朝伟指着元华的鼻子喊：我吃过的盐比你吃的饭还多。算得上年度趣味场面了。
视觉效果很棒，有更多的元素出现在这个宏大的宇宙里是好事。
唯一不满，梁朝伟的人设太仙侠风了，看着太亲切塑造地又好反而喧宾夺主。轰轰烈烈的争议，却让漫威另辟蹊径，既然都试图跟中国挂钩带节奏，那就仅取东方美术的皮，国籍、朝代闭口不言。巧妙地规避G点，另一方面讨好西方弑夫文化的同时适当改编取折中。更让人意外的是哪怕有成家班的加持，这个初出茅庐的亚裔导演居然学到了温子仁那些大场面的皮毛，甚至第三幕屡屡让我有看《卧虎藏龙》的感觉。
梁朝伟的爱情戏略尴尬。导演大概不懂中文，对于令人出戏南腔北调的中文口音完全不在乎。我想起当年在卧虎藏龙中看着周润发和杨紫琼用蹩脚国语顽强地谈着恋爱时那种百爪挠心的感觉。
我忍着两张很丑的脸看完了这部电影，如果电影好看，主演长得不够赏心悦目我也勉强可以接受的，但是这部电影是真的烂，烂到有梁先生我都不想给3星。说句粗制滥造都不过分，连毒液2都不如，毒液2还能看，这部除了最后的神兽们还不错，其他可以说是无聊透顶。
有人说情节老套。拜托，得有情节才能说这种话吧？
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