This is Chen Kewei's first impression of "Infernal Affairs".
A masterpiece!
This is Chen Kewei's second impression of "Infernal Affairs".
As the chairman of the 44th Golden Horse Awards, Chen Kewei breathed a long sigh of relief, but he couldn't be more excited.
Over the years in Hong Kong, he has rarely seen a movie that made him feel so excited and moved his emotions.
He took off his glasses and wiped his tears with a napkin.
In this short plot, every character came to life, and their life and death were firmly reflected in his heart, as clear as if they were within reach.
He actually wanted to applaud.
But he knew that in such a depressed and sad mood, applause would definitely disturb the atmosphere and ruin the scenery.
He continued to look at the screen.
The two undercover police and criminals began to join forces!
Chen Kewei saw the two protagonists sinking in the abyss and began to fight back.
Faintly, Chen Kewei saw the cage and saw the two protagonists breaking the shackles and climbing out of the abyss step by step.
Liu Tianwang's acting skills are still online.
However……
But he still lost to Zhou Yang in terms of micro-expression.
Chen Kewei felt somewhat regretful, as it seemed that from the beginning to the end of this movie, Liu Tianwang was suppressed by Zhou Yang.
He tried to swap the roles of Zhou Yang and Liu Tianwang in his mind, but he found that no matter how he swapped the roles, Chen Yongren in his mind would always look like Zhou Yang.
Even if he forced himself to think about it, he couldn't imagine what Liu Tianwang would look like playing Chen Yongren.
"This shot... is so stunning!"
"I'm really going to become a god!"
far away……
A burst of admiration interrupted Chen Kewei's thoughts.
That was the voice of the famous film critic Ba Liming. At this moment, he looked at the screen with shock in his eyes.
Chen Kewei looked at the screen.
It was a rooftop drama.
I originally thought that the rooftop scene in "Infernal Affairs" would be a wonderful fight or a fierce confrontation, using the power to pour out everyone's emotions, but Chen Kewei found that the rooftop scene was still a literary drama.
But the hints and details in the drama made Chen Kewei's scalp numb!
He saw under the panoramic camera, Liu Jianming, played by Liu Tianwang, slowly walked to the rooftop step by step.
The mirror gave Liu Jianming a panoramic close-up, but it was distorted and dark.
Chen Kewei understood the lens language of this scene, which is a metaphor for Liu Jianming, a gangster undercover, who has been wandering in the dark world for a long time. Although he smiles brightly on the surface, in fact, he is already twisted deep inside, and he cannot distinguish between black and white...
The camera switched to a half-length mirror shot. Liu Jianming's figure in the half-length shot was blurred or even out of focus, but then gradually became clearer, vaguely showing that Liu Jianming's heart changed from hesitant to gradually becoming determined.
Especially the ray of sunshine and the black suit show that the protagonist played by Liu Tianwang hopes to struggle out of the darkness, officially bathe in the sunshine, and become an upright policeman.
The camera surrounds, constantly changing the perspective of Liu Jianming's eyes, and accompanied by a tense and heart-wrenching background score, making all the audience in the screening room feel a strong sense of crisis approaching.
The camera showed a close-up of the pistol, and then, Chen Yongren, played by Zhou Yang, emerged from Liu Jianming's shadow like a ghost.
The suggestive language in the shot allowed Chen Kewei to integrate into the character's world and even made his scalp tingle. It can be called a palace-level switching art!
Vaguely, he seemed to have returned to that summer many years ago, when he walked into the screening room and saw the amazing feeling when he saw Chen Kai's "Overlord".
The more professional a filmmaker is, the more exquisite the shots in "Infernal Affairs" feel.
"How could this be something Zhou Yang photographed!"
"This is impossible……"
He was shocked deep in his heart, but the shock never stopped.
on the screen.
"It's so fun for you guys to be undercover. You all like to go to the rooftop."
Liu Tianwang's understatement sounded like he was breathing a long sigh of relief, which made the tense atmosphere of the whole movie begin to relax.
He looked very energetic, but the emotion in his voice revealed a forced sense of relaxation.
"Unlike you, I can see the light!"
Zhou Yang squinted his eyes slightly, looking as tired as the first time, but his voice was exceptionally powerful.
In the language of the camera, he is living under the sun and standing upright, which is completely different from the previous appearance like a ghost from Liu Hua's shadow.
Liu Jianming, on the other hand, lowered his head slightly. He was obviously a policeman, but at this moment, under the dim light, he looked more like a prisoner, forever inferior to others.
In the auditorium.
Chen Kewei was amazed by this wonderful arrangement again.
The two sides clearly stood together, but their positions changed in an instant. He even felt a little regretful that the language in the camera was too short, so short that he could no longer ponder new things.
"Where's what I want?"
"You may not bring what I want..."
Zhou Yang and Liu Hua appear in a double shot. The background composition of the double shot is extremely complicated. Nearby are dilapidated and mottled ventilation ducts, while in the distance is the beautiful Victoria Sea.
In the short composition, Chen Kewei once again saw the lens metaphor carefully prepared for him by "Infernal Affairs".
The metaphors are very rich. The dilapidated and rusty ventilation ducts nearby are a metaphor for the dilapidated and exhausted hearts of both parties that will collapse at any time. The Victoria Sea in the distance is a metaphor for the bright and yearning future that both parties are looking forward to.
new world...
Immediately afterwards, there was a drama between Zhou Yang and Liu Hua.
"give me a chance……"
"How can I give you a chance?"
"I had no choice before, now I want to be a good person..."
"Okay, tell the judge... and see if he lets you be a good person."
"..."
The camera switches back and forth between Zhou Yang and Liu Hua.
The micro-expressions between Zhou Yang and Liu Hua changed repeatedly in just a few seconds, and they were so rich that it was amazing.
This is the micro-expression between Zhou Yang and Liu Hua.
It was obvious that both parties were acting out, standing on their respective sides, and exaggerating the entire scene of the movie, which was so exciting that it made people crazy, but Chen Kewei still felt that Liu Tianwang had lost.
Being suppressed by Zhou Yang, although he was not out of breath, he still lost.
"I'm going to become a god!"
Chen Kewei heard another round of mumbling.
This is the voice from Wang Shuai in front.
Chen Kewei nodded subconsciously, agreeing very much.
Film critic Ba Liming did not write a review while watching it like other movies. Instead, he stared closely at the screen for fear of missing out, and even more fear of missing any detail.
His notebook is blank…
No words were written.
"Sorry, I'm a police officer!"
"who knows?"
The two of them were still having fun.
Zhou Yang smiled and pointed a gun at Liu Hua. There was no helplessness in his smile.
Relieved...
Yes, it was relief. In that smile, it seemed that the grudges and grudges were settled at this moment.
He is about to leave that dirty, gloomy, and despairing dark world.
But King Liu Tian was very serious, his eyes full of warning. He was clearly being pointed at, but he seemed to be reminding Zhou Yang of something.
The camera gradually switched again, to a distant view.
The huge world and the tiny two people gave all the viewers an indescribable sense of emptiness.
The sky was gray and the scene looked very unreal.
Then, the camera switched again.
A white ship entered from the distant coast, breaking the brief calm, suggesting a sense of "invasion", as if it was paving the way for something.
Zhou Yang picked up the gun and looked straight at the camera. It was not a threatening angle. Under the camera, Liu Jianming, played by Liu Hua, was not frightened by this scene.
The non-threatening perspective, coupled with Liu Hua's frightened expression and the huge world behind him, caused the atmosphere to suddenly change again, highlighting the loneliness of Chen Yongren, played by Zhou Yang, who is the enemy of the whole world.
This is another hint!
Yes!
It's a hint!
Chen Kewei gasped, extremely excited, immersed in the language of the camera, and felt more enjoyable than ever!
Then...
Sure enough, as Chen Kewei thought, another policeman appeared.
The actor who plays this policeman is Lam Ka-tung, who is also an actor of Hong Kong movie king level, but he has been playing a minor role in "Infernal Affairs".
The appearance of Lin Jiadong made Chen Kewei feel that the entire scene of the movie had changed, and even the events had changed!
"Don't move, police!"
"..."
"Boom!"
"Don't be afraid, we are all brothers in the same school. Now that Brother Chen is dead, you have to protect me from now on. I joined the police academy in 1994, but unfortunately, I couldn't get into it for so many years. He didn't even look at me. Han Chen
I have already destroyed the tape. Don’t worry, I will follow you from now on. The police are coming soon. Let’s do a full show. In fact, I am very capable, but Brother Chen doesn’t know his stuff.”
"..."
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
After several gunshots were fired, the camera switched repeatedly, and bullet holes loomed on the elevator, finally disappearing into the dark world.
Chen Kewei's eyes widened.
He saw a reversal in the movie. With the addition of Lin Jiadong, he thought that Chen Yongren's righteous side was going to win, but he never dreamed that it turned out...
That ordinary policeman who was just a walk-on turned out to be an undercover agent!
This sense of amazement even reminded Chen Kewei of Zhou Yang's movie "Saw".
He seems to be better at this kind of reversal movies...
"I'm going to become a god!"
"I'm really going to become a god!"
“This year’s Golden Horse Awards are going to be crazy!”
As the melody of "Goodbye Police" sounded again, Chen Kewei also murmured to himself.
……………………
The movie finally comes to an end in a burst of sadness.
It was very quiet in the screening room.
gap.
Django felt a strong difference.
This gap actually made him feel ashamed.
He closed his eyes.
Why live in this era?
It was very uncomfortable, but then I felt relieved and finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
Facing a person like Zhou Yang, it is normal for him to lose.
"This is a ghost movie!"
Just when he stood up and wanted to applaud, a creepy voice suddenly appeared in the entire cinema.
"They are all ghosts!"
"sky!"
"It's going to be reversed again!"
on the screen.
The camera gave Chen Yongren a close-up of the tombstone.
The date of Chen Yongren's death was November 27th, and the video store sold tube amplifiers on November 28th.
The confusing timeline makes people think this is a BUG...
But how could a movie with so much lens language and extreme detail have such low-level bugs?
So, who is Chen Yongren who sells stereos?
It's people...
still!
ghost?
Django stared!
Relating to the weird tone at the beginning of the film...
Suddenly his hair stood on end!
Damn it!
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
Finally finished writing this paragraph.
Take a long breath of relief.
No need to ask for monthly passes or anything like that...
I’m not qualified to ask for updates like this, sweat!