Chapter 1,439 A sad song praising friendship, a broadsword promoting righteousness
In fact, it can be said that an unconventional ending like "One Knife", in which the good guys die and the bad guys live, is more realistic and more in line with the appetites of many current film critics or media people.
In the past, a bad movie could deceive audiences into entering the cinema and push the box office of the movie to a very high level.
But today, it is already very difficult.
Why?
Because in the past, going to the movies was still a relatively luxurious consumption for many viewers.
Naturally, this also leads to a small market size, which naturally leads to a smaller number of movies.
Therefore, at that time, when watching movies, it was not that the audience chose the movie, but that they had no choice.
There are only so many movies in theaters throughout the year.
Most viewers have a limited number of movies to watch, so they will naturally like to watch some simpler movies.
In other words, you can watch some rough movies with gusto.
But not anymore!
It can be said that online dramas, online majors, TV series, and movies are produced almost every day. Watching movies has long been no longer a luxury consumption, but has become a very common and ordinary consumption.
Therefore, after watching many movies, the audience gradually begins to distinguish between good and bad movies, and begins to selectively watch the movies they like.
Similarly, watching too many movies of any kind will cause fatigue.
For example, today's commercial movies can be said to be almost the same as the mainstream ones, and justice will be done!
This is of course not to say that it is bad. This is what mainstream values are and should be.
So why is "One Knife, Allure" special?
Zhou Qingquan wrote in his personal column: ""One Sword Allure" is a new pinnacle of martial arts movies in recent years!
It’s not that the plot of this movie is exciting, the fighting in this movie has reached its peak level, or that the characters in this movie are complex. On the contrary, the story of this movie, it can be said, is not complicated.
On the contrary, it's very simple, and the character settings are equally uncomplicated, but why can't I put it down for this movie?
Because this is not a traditional martial arts film, of course, traditional martial arts films would not dare to be shot like this film. In the end, Tan Sitong died generously, the sword king Wu died under random gunfire, but the villains Yuan Shikai and Prince Yi were still alive and well.
This obviously goes against our understanding of most movies.
How come the bad guys are living well but the good guys are dead?
But that's not the case in "One Knife, Allure"!
Because although it is a martial arts movie, it is based on a real historical background. From this point of view, Yuan Shikai cannot die, at least not by Wang Wu's sword. I saw some people saying that "One Sword Allures the City" brought Yuan Shikai and Prince Yi to the sword.
, Tan Sitong has become a martial arts master?
This is a movie! It cannot be viewed as history, but it cannot be viewed as a pure martial arts movie either.
Secondly, let’s look at the background of the movie.
The opening chapter directly explains the development background of the story: "After the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, the Manchu Qing government begged for peace, ceded the island, and withdrew the Black Flag Army. The people of the island were inexplicably angry and formed their own rebel army in 1895.
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In the wilderness, Wang Wu, the captain of the broadsword team, wielded his sword and showed off his power, spoke uprightly, and sang to the wine: "The black flag army has all the strength; kill foreign enemies and protect the country. You can't shed the tears of a hero, and you can't forget the hatred of your family and country; you can't drink.
Even if you finish the glass of wine, you will never be able to sing the farewell song. If you cannot put down the knife in your hand, you will not be able to kill all the enemies." The setting sun is setting in the west, the setting sun is like blood, the trees are reflecting, the cavalry is marching, Wang Wu leads the brigade of knife brothers to plan to blow up the Japanese ammunition depot.
During the operation, his brothers suffered heavy casualties. Wang Wu escaped in a bloody battle. Looking at his brothers who were brutally killed by the Japanese army in the sea of fire, he was extremely sad and jumped into the abyss. Behind him, a generation of heroes was left with a helpless and despairing sigh: "The motherland is not a country, but there are...
There is no home, the world is so vast, where can I find a place for my king to live?"
In fact, this opening itself has set the tone of the entire film: majestic, desolate, and tragic!
Wang Wu abandoned his sword and jumped off a cliff, but fortunately escaped death.
In Baishi Town, in order to rescue the victims from the war between Qing soldiers and bandits, he met Tan Sitong and Yuan Shikai.
Three men who wanted to save the country and the people decided to go to Beijing together to achieve great success. In the capital, Wang Wu got help from Kang Youwei and Tan Sitong to found the "Qiangwu Society". Yuan Shikai rose up to command the imperial recruit camp, and Tan Sitong wrote "The Study of Renxue".
Determined to implement the reform reforms, he encountered opposition from die-hard conservatives such as Prince Yi. At the critical moment, the reformers decided to carry out a mutiny to implement reforms. Tan Sitong pinned his hope on Yuan Shikai. However, Yuan Shikai informed the conservatives of the secret of the reformers' mutiny, and Tan Sitong was arrested.
And he was beheaded in the vegetable market. In order to avenge Tan Sitong, Wang Wu challenged Yuan Shikai to a duel, and was finally surrounded by the imperial musketeers and died heroically.
This is the storyline of the entire movie.
During the reform period of the late Qing Dynasty, "Big Sword King Five" was a legend praised by the people from generation to generation. Tan Sitong and Yuan Shikai respectively left their own significant marks on the historical stage. One will be remembered forever in history, and the other will be infamy for thousands of years.
"One Sword Allure" looks back at history from a folk perspective and standpoint, integrates official history and folklore, puts the knight-errant Wang Wu in a central position, puts Tan Sitong and Yuan Shikai in a subordinate position, and uses the characteristics of a martial arts film to place Tan and Yuan
The two historical figures approached the warriors with their martial arts, concisely and completely describing the national integrity and passionate tragedy of the warriors in the era of national change:
"Success or failure is only a thin line, so why are we always the ones who fail?"
"When we do great things, we either succeed or fail."
"ten thousand years is too long, fight for now."
"If there is a sword's righteousness, there will be a sword; if there is a fighting righteousness, there will be people."
The entire movie also revolves around this theme to tell the story of that era.
The characters in the film, the three main characters, Tan Sitong, Yuan Shikai, and Wang Wu!
Each of them has their own thoughts and their own advantages and disadvantages.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Tan Sitong, it can be said that as a friend, he is a truly perfect friend. Even people like Yuan Shikai like to be friends with him.
Tan Sitong was affectionate and righteous, and he valued affection and righteousness. His sincerity towards his friends and his sincerity towards his maids, everything told everyone what kind of person he was.
Such a person, placed in any era and under any background, is the friend that everyone wants to make in an absolute sense!
But such a person also has his own character flaws.
It can be said that he is a man with lofty ideals and benevolence, but he also has the shortcomings of many such people, that is, he has a lot of enthusiasm and heroism, but no real power in his hands and no political experience.
He was vulnerable to the die-hards who had real power and tact. In the end, he could only "I smiled at the sky with my sword, leaving my liver and gallbladder alone." He sacrificed himself for righteousness and died generously. He looked up to the sky and sighed: "The world is big.
, there is no place for me”, “I can escape from prison, but I cannot escape from the world”.
Alas, "If you die before you leave the army, it will make the hero burst into tears."
Seeing this scene, I could only sigh and lament endlessly.
This may be the tragedy of our nation's times. It is no longer possible to save the country through reform in modern times, because within the system, powerful and capable people do not have the will to change, while people with lofty ideals and benevolence outside the system, although they realize that
Reform is important, and there is enthusiasm for reform, but there is no means of reform. The only option is to seize a puppet emperor who has no real power.
But what he faced was a group of stubborn, conservative and opportunistic powerful people, and they could not escape the fate of failure in the end. This was not only their tragedy, but also the tragedy of that era. Although the reform failed, it further aroused further opposition to the old system.
It is no longer possible to reform from within the system, so the only way is to completely overthrow the entire old system. Repeated failures will only arouse more radicalization. Our nation is moving towards radicalism step by step, and has paid a heavy price.
cost.
Of course, even though Tan Sitong has such shortcomings, personally speaking, he is a man of lofty ideals and a benevolent person, such as Tan Sitong and Wang Wu in the film. They are both heroic and full of loyalty. When dealing with others, they put loyalty first, regard others as their purpose, keep their promises, and serve others.
Friends are at the mercy of others. Villains, like Yuan Shikai in the film, use others as means, are smooth in dealing with things, are good at speculation, are accustomed to adapting to the wind, and are clever in all directions. In the end, a man with lofty ideals and a benevolent man will eventually fall into the trap.
People are lamenting, but there is nothing they can do. They can only miss them with admiration.
Let’s talk about it again, Wang Wu!
This version of Wang Wu can be said to be a big surprise. He is no longer a simple warrior in the traditional sense!
On the contrary, Wang Wu is both rough and fine, and he is not angry but has authority.
This can be seen from the conversation with Tan Sitong in prison, personally sending Tan Sitong on the road, and finally calmly dying. He understands Tan Sitong and understands Tan Sitong!
He is the captain of the Black Flag Army Sword Team. In Baishi Town, he said that the fire in his heart has been extinguished, but how can such a person really extinguish the fire in his heart?
Tan Sitong's spark could start a prairie fire and rekindled his hope.
The difference from Tan Sitong is that in this film, Wang Wu is the real protagonist, or he can be regarded as a charlatan.
Tan Sitong is not the same, and Yuan Shikai is not the same!
Tan Sitong was a member of the temple, so he died under the rules of the temple.
As for Wang Wu, he was a man of the rivers and lakes, so in the end he was willing to take revenge, but he died from random gunfire!
The imperial court is a matter of the imperial court, the rivers and lakes are a matter of the rivers and lakes!
Therefore, no matter what Yuan Shikai said, it was actually meaningless to Wang Wu, because to him, Tan Sitong was a brother, and Yuan Shikai was once a brother. A brother's betrayal can only be paid for with blood!
How can Jianghu be without the love between children?
The film seems very restrained in this aspect, which is also the most admirable part.
Compared with the past, where the love between children was still sentimental and lingering even in troubled times, the love between children in this era of salvation is so tactful, so long, so melancholy, and so unforgettable.
The first time Wang Wu met the princess on a boat, he expressed his love for his children in troubled times, but never forgot Wuqin Mingzhi, "It seems that you are also a sad person." "In today's China, as long as there is a passionate man, who is not sad?"
"Although my heart has been broken, it is not dead." In this era of "the motherland is not a country, there is a family but no home", "the country has no future, we have no way out". All the love between children can only be forgotten.
Finally Yuan Shikai!
In the film, Yuan Shikai is always a different person from Wang Wu and Tan Sitong!
I believe everyone has seen it too.
At the first meeting in Baishi Town, he could be said to be dismissive of Tan Sitong and Wang Wu's help at first, showing off a snobbish person vividly.
Under what circumstances did he make friends with Tan Sitong?
It was only when he learned Tan Sitong's name that he got off his horse!
He kept mentioning Kang Youwei, because Kang Youwei was so important today, so he wanted to make friends with Kang Youwei's disciple Tan Sitong.
Then there is Wang Wu. Compared with Tan Sitong, who hoped to awaken Wang Wu from the beginning, Yuan Shikai's performance was still disdainful. If it weren't for Tan Sitong, people like Wang Wu who were not particularly useful to his career would have been equally disdainful.
Disdainful!
When he arrived in the capital, Yuan Shikai was recommended by Tan Sitong and successfully controlled the new army. However, when he faced the powerful Prince Yi, he fawned over him in a low voice.
He can blurt out without hesitation that he is just a casual acquaintance, not a close friend!
But when in front of Tan Sitong and Wang Wu, he acted like they were all brothers.
It can be said that he interprets a villain vividly.
For this reason, the foreshadowing of his betrayal had already been laid.
He secretly set up a memorial tablet in honor of Tan Sitong. It seemed that it was just because he had a different stance, and he still admired Tan Sitong in his heart. However, he placed explosives on the tablet, which also proved that for him, brotherly loyalty was not as strong as that of a high-ranking official.
Where is Lu?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Perhaps if it were not based on history, then in most films, villains like Yuan Shikai would have to pay with blood in the end, which would make the audience feel happy
It's okay to vent your anger, but precisely because of the background of this movie, Yuan Shikai is a villain, but he will not die, because this is the sadness of that era.
However, it is precisely because of this that I am even more moved and admired.
I respect the broad patriotism of the generation of martial arts practitioners represented by Wang Wu in the film; I am grateful that this film moved me and made me think today when materialism is rampant and people's values are facing unprecedented challenges. The lines in the film are also very classic.
, the dialogue is concise and lively, with far-reaching artistic conception and full of philosophy. It can be said that every word is meaningful and every sentence is memorable. Coupled with classical melodies and specific historical scenes and plots, it is very contagious, leaving people with endless aftertaste and unforgettable for a long time.
Judging from the ending, this movie is really disappointing and depressing!
Perhaps because of this consideration, in the end the movie still left a hope and a spark!
But I still remember that all the chivalrous men such as Wang Wu were killed after the battle with the imperial eagle dogs in the Yuan Mansion. Only one child - Zuo Zongsheng, Wang Wu's eldest disciple, escaped. He stood on the high roof and shouted loudly. Maybe
This is also the director leaving a hope for this movie. This scene means that the good people are not dead and the power of justice continues.
It also proves the saying that a single spark can start a prairie fire. We don’t know Zuo Zongsheng’s later story, but it does not prevent us from imagining that when the child grows up, he will definitely become a hero like Wang Wu, and perhaps he will not repeat that situation again.
