The literal translation of the title of this film is: the wind and cloud of the year 1894.
For starters, the movie only describe one naval engagement while in there were many in the 2-year war, so the title does not exactly match the film.
Second, the film actually used the Chinese naval frigates for the Imperial naval cruisers and battleships, which resulted in obvious disaster: The Chinese naval frigates were former-USSR 1950's design while the actual Imperial fleet was consisted of UK and German design of 1870's. The eighty-years difference in design resulted in very obvious looks that can be distinguished by anyone without naval expertise. Don't know why that the film crew had not used models.
Third, the gunnery dual appeared to be spectacular, but just like the way the 1950's warships were used for those of 1890's, the post World War II era smokeless powder were used for much older powder that generates tons of smoke. As a result, the battle scene looks more like a 20th century firework show instead of actual naval engagements of 19th century.
For starters, the movie only describe one naval engagement while in there were many in the 2-year war, so the title does not exactly match the film.
Second, the film actually used the Chinese naval frigates for the Imperial naval cruisers and battleships, which resulted in obvious disaster: The Chinese naval frigates were former-USSR 1950's design while the actual Imperial fleet was consisted of UK and German design of 1870's. The eighty-years difference in design resulted in very obvious looks that can be distinguished by anyone without naval expertise. Don't know why that the film crew had not used models.
Third, the gunnery dual appeared to be spectacular, but just like the way the 1950's warships were used for those of 1890's, the post World War II era smokeless powder were used for much older powder that generates tons of smoke. As a result, the battle scene looks more like a 20th century firework show instead of actual naval engagements of 19th century.
