Chapter 1451 Some past events cannot be like smoke
In an exclusive interview, Li Yi mentioned the ignorance and insensitivity of the younger generation towards modern history, especially that period of humiliation. After the show was broadcast, it also caused a lot of discussion.
Some people agree and some oppose, and naturally disputes arise.
However, it is undeniable that "Once Upon a Time" was successful.
Although it has not been released to the public yet, it has been screened on a large scale across the country. Since the number of screenings is relatively small, every venue is almost full.
Liu Fei wrote in the film review: "To a certain extent, "Once Upon a Time" is actually the main theme of martial arts. I wonder if you have noticed? Huang Feihong is also the only movie where the protagonist talks about truth without any sense of violation.
.It’s obviously such a main theme, but there’s really no embarrassment at all.
Why is this happening?
In fact, despite the fact that in recent years, movies with main themes have been gathering at the box office, in fact, most of the time, most people still don't like movies where the protagonist talks about truths all the time.
It always makes people feel preachy, but "Once Upon a Time" did not give me this feeling.
So let’s analyze why this movie is so special?
At the beginning of the movie, the three characters Huang Feihong are boldly printed on the background of the sea and sky. Master Huang leads the militiamen to practice on the beach. The blue sky is thousands of miles away, the rising sun is spraying, the red light is spreading, and the blue sea is rolling. The rich and colorful image is consistent with every scene in "Men Should Be Strong".
The lyrics complement each other, and the spirit of "Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement" almost bursts out of the picture.
I can say that when I saw this scene in the movie, I personally had a feeling of "it's so good to be a Chinese". The spirit of hard work and masculine beauty can only be felt by Chinese people. This sense of pride
, so far and for a long time to come, we will kill countless fake chicken blood movies and music slideshows.
In fact, "Once Upon a Time" itself is also a movie that puts old wine in a new bottle, but this movie is rare in that it plays with breakthroughs. It can be said that it breaks the traditional martial arts movies of happy hatred and petty family spirit. From the beginning of the movie, and the Black Flag general Liu
Yongfu's couplet of "high aspirations and soaring chivalry" and the freehand picture of the red sun on the seaside directly elevate the style to a new level and are full of grandeur.
From the opening scene, the theme of this movie has been established!
The majestic opening chapter sets off the curtain of an exciting and exciting era. Once you really get into the story, what touches your heart is the ugly display of the Chinese people. "Once Upon a Time" has three villains, the American traffickers, the Shahe Gang, and the down-and-out martial arts master Yan Zhendong.
.The foreign traffickers have power, and Yan Zhendong has the force. However, the confrontation between the two and Master Huang is the Shahe Gang, which can be solved by Master Huang with one move.
This third-rate gang, which was composed entirely of rabble-rousers, took advantage of the chaos of the late Qing Dynasty to bully the market and burn down Baozhilin. After being wanted, it turned to foreign traffickers. They used it as a bargaining chip to hunt down and kidnap female workers, and had the traffickers frame Master Huang. They also hired Yan Zhendong as his
He was involved in a kidnapping and smuggling incident, and eventually died. From the beginning to the end, this gang bullied and harmed all the Chinese people.
The setting of the Shahe Gang is very old-fashioned, but it is very consistent with the historical background of that era. As the villains in the movie, the Shahe Gang can be said to be a group that truly makes all viewers have the same hatred and hatred.
Why? Because ten or twenty years ago, many people had seen or endured their bullying to one degree or another.
Those shots that show the faces of everyone in the Shahe Gang are the most terrifying scenes in the movie. The pride and wretchedness when they took refuge with foreigners, the rudeness and greed when enjoying wine and meat, the collective ignorance when holding muskets, and the cost of accidentally shooting an accomplice.
After knowing how to use it, it instantly transformed into the arrogance and arrogance of a dog-fighting person. Through these fluid movements and ferocious expressions, you can completely feel the mental badness and morbidity. You can't help but take a breath, even today, this
It's not uncommon either.
What makes people angry but helpless is that Master Huang could have solved this cancer long ago. When Master Huang subdued the Shahe Gang boss who extorted protection money at the inn, if he could have been sent to the Yamen, then what happened later would not have happened.
What a tragedy. But after Master Huang captured the Shahe Gang boss, he had the following conversation with the melon eaters who were praising the shadowless feet: Dear fellow villagers, this man overcharged protection fees. I want to take him back to the Yamen. Please follow me.
I'm going to be a witness.
The crowd dispersed. The innkeeper said: This big brother is really good at martial arts. He dares to jump from such a high place.
Master Huang: Boss, he forced you to buy the God of Wealth. Follow me to the Yamen to be a witness.
Boss: Be a witness? I don’t want to be as surprised as the theater owner. You guys are competing in martial arts. I didn’t see the fight, and I don’t want to know.
Are you familiar with this kind of conversation, this kind of scene, this kind of warmth and warmth of human relationships, and the turmoil of the world? The Western powers invaded, and the country of China under the rule of the late Qing Dynasty ceded its territory and lost power. The Chinese people were inferior to others, and monsters and monsters took the opportunity to make great fortunes in the country. However, these people also
Not completely innocent, timid, insensitive, Silent also committed evil, and was even part of the decline of the late Qing Dynasty.
The Shahe gang burned down Baozhilin in revenge, but the only person willing to testify was a foreign priest. This is ironic, but it makes people sigh. This is probably also reality.
Previously, Huang Feihong had no choice but to let the Shahe Gang boss go. On the way, he met a priest preaching and asked Jesus if he would testify for him. The priest was speechless. But at least, he was willing. The foreigners in "Once Upon a Time" are snobbish and insidious.
There are also villains who are pioneers who adhere to communication, and they are not all bad people. This is actually rare, because we cannot deny that in that era, there were indeed some real pioneers who adhered to communication! We cannot
Cover it all.
"Once Upon a Time" is undoubtedly telling the story of a hero, but the greatness of the hero lies in the existence of the mob. Perhaps the most powerful picture in the movie is the faces of passers-by who are responsible for the extras. Compared with the chivalrous warriors, officials
The powerful, these people who eat melons may be the incarnations of the ancestors of ordinary people like us. This is not to despise them, because to this day, we are not the same.
"The brave are angry and draw their swords at the stronger; the timid are angry and draw their swords at the weaker. Among hopeless nations, there must be many heroes who glare at children." What Mr. Zhou said at that time has come true to this day.
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The main event of the movie is the cracking of the piglet smuggling case, which reflects the history of blood and tears of Chinese laborers spread under the railway sleepers in the United States. The movie also sets up two characters to show it. One is the uncle who escaped. When he asked Huang
The master tells the story of laborers who were deceived by the Dream of the Golden Mountain into signing a contract of prostitution, suffered mistreatment, and died in a foreign country. The film edited an empty shot of the rolling sea at the beginning. The symbol of the surging heart instantly became the ruthless waves of the times. And the deception of promoting the Dream of the Golden Mountain on the streets
The fake foreign devils who were Chinese were Chinese, and the Shahe Gang who finally killed this uncle were also Chinese.
The other one is Master Huang’s apprentice Yacasu. In the movie, when he appears, he seems to be a funny character, but after watching it, it is difficult to laugh. This man is a descendant of overseas Chinese workers.
He was stammering in Chinese, but he knew more Chinese characters than several of his native-born seniors. He studied Chinese medicine with Master Huang. When he saw a compatriot who was shot by a musket and died of serious injuries, he cut off his braids, put on a suit, and planned to leave Baozhilin.
, and after the Chinese labor piglet trafficking incident was shattered, he returned to Baozhilin. This little man's struggle between Chinese and Western civilizations is no less than that of his master, and the confusion about his identity is even more poignant.
It is these inconspicuous supporting characters and supporting characters who outline the suffering history of our nation and give the movie "Once Upon a Time" such a lovable spirit.
When a kung fu movie has a period background and supporting characters, it has a complex sense of layering. The warriors as the protagonists are not just gangsters with duality of good and evil. They can solve all problems with just one punch. In "Once Upon a Time"
The warriors all stood in the mist of steam and gunpowder as the wind blew from east to west, confused by their own martial arts.
The hero Yan Zhendong first came to Foshan to make a fortune in the world. He originally wanted to make a name for himself through his own abilities, but he found that the social loyalty at that time had been exhausted, and he began to accept the mercy of fate helplessly.
He had a lot of skills, but he couldn't even eat, and he was laughed at by the prostitutes upstairs. In order to survive and make a name for himself, he began to think about taking an easier path.
Directly challenge the local "rich, handsome" Huang Feihong. Think about it, this trick can be regarded as "learning to have a child successfully in 21 days". It directly saves a lot of detours, and then joins the evil party "Shahe Gang" for the sake of his own reputation.
Li started to do whatever it took, but in the end he was taught by Wong Fei-hung to teach him how to be a good man. In the end, his martial arts and moral character were both defeated, his personality was completely humiliated, and he ended up being beaten into pieces by a new foreign gun.
In fact, he was also a self-respecting martial arts master at the beginning, but his life turned him into the person he least wanted to be.
"The rivers and lakes are dangerous and must be guarded against." In fact, it is not referring to our current world, allowing us to go further and further on the road of "old rivers and lakes".
As the villain martial artist Yan Zhendong, Master Huang's biggest opponent in martial arts, he can hardly be regarded as a big devil. He is a newcomer and eager to make a name for himself with his skills. His martial arts are also very rich in folk mythology.
Iron cloth shirt hard qigong, and sinister martial arts tricks. However, under the impact of the trend of the times, Yan Zhendong was displaced, step by step from being in abjection and embarrassment, to the point where he abandoned propriety and righteousness, and did not distinguish between loyalty and treachery.
After Master Huang won a small victory while taking others into consideration, Yan Zhendong's inner demons were deeply rooted in him. According to the plot, he was recruited by the Shahe Gang to play a role named Master, who is actually a thug. In order to quickly gain reputation and the first pot of gold, he was willing to
Performing kung fu like a monkey in front of a bunch of scumbag gangsters, with inexplicable hatred, he stood in front of Master Huang who was going to save people.
I remember the big battle in the warehouse in the movie. Yan Zhendong looked at Master Huang's master movement, and his expression seemed lonely. This shot was particularly interesting.
Perhaps he had hoped to be as upright and upright as Huang Feihong, shouldering the responsibility with iron shoulders, but life did not give him such an opportunity.
So he was envious of Huang Feihong. He envied Huang Feihong for being upright and awe-inspiring, and envied Huang Feihong for his unique status. In the real showdown, Yan Zhendong was beaten by a great master until he looked ugly, physically and mentally broken, and chased away
, trying to make a final struggle, but what finally greeted him was random fire from foreign muskets.
The iron shirt was beaten into a sieve, and Master Huang's helping hand was covered with blood. Before he died, he left a sentence: No matter how good our kung fu is, we can't compete with foreign guns.
Perhaps just as great war movies are anti-war, great kung fu movies should never blindly create the myth that Chinese kung fu is invincible in order to beat the blood of nationalism. Yan Zhendong’s last words are exactly what kung fu is.
The shattering of myths is a wake-up call for the arrival of the era of industrial civilization.
Master Yan stayed in the old era that would eventually be destroyed, and as the positive warrior No. 1 and the core protagonist of the movie, Master Huang started his own thinking. This Huang Feihong, throughout the movie, is constantly
Doubts. The arrogance of a great master and the isolation of newcomers in the late Qing Dynasty formed a complex entanglement. The image of Master Huang and the objects used in the movie intentionally or unintentionally materialize this.
In the prologue, Master Huang accepted a paper fan with an unequal treaty written on it by Liu Yongfu, and when he greeted Aunt Thirteen, he came into contact with a camera, but his first photoshoot almost went wrong, leaving a bad impression on Master Huang.
While treating the injured vegetable vendor, the bullets from the foreign gun were taken out. When Lin Shirong was restrained from getting angry and making trouble, the film somewhat abruptly showed a close-up of Master Huang's cloth shoes, perhaps to show his traditional and conservative stance.
Aunt Thirteen wanted to tailor a suit for him, but Master Huang declined, saying that he would comply with the trend when people in the country wanted to change their clothes. But then, Master Huang, who was wearing a long gown, put on a Western-style hat, sunglasses, and an umbrella. This was
An eclectic look. I heard a liar advertising on the street saying that he was wearing sunglasses because he was afraid of being caught by Jinshan's gold, so he took them off again.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The Shahe Gang burned down Baozhilin. Aunt Thirteen forgot Liu Yongfu’s fan in the fire because she was taking pictures of Baozhilin, causing the fan to be destroyed.
Burning a corner, it became a treaty of equality. Master Huang was furious because of this and forbade Thirteenth Aunt to bring foreign goods into Baozhilin. At this time, the conflict of national sentiment reached its peak. However, when the Shahe Gang made a rebellion, the foreigners shot at them indiscriminately.
After shooting at the crowd, while trying to heal his wounds and taking out the bullets, Master Huang became angrily and alert, and made a declaration that he must change.
In the final rescue, Master Huang rode a bicycle to rescue people and used his martial arts to eject the bullets from the foreign gun and kill the trafficker.
After the war at the end, he was strongly impacted by Western civilization and witnessed the tragedy of Chinese workers behind the Jinshan gold rush dream. Master Huang began to think, are foreign countries really that good? The director also expressed his hope through Master Huang's words.
: Perhaps we are already standing on a golden mountain. The inferiority and self-confidence of the nation are neither humble nor overbearing, and have reached a balance here.
At the end, Master Huang, who originally resisted foreigners and foreign gadgets, took the lead in putting on a suit, sat in front of the camera that he had threatened not to bring into Bao Zhilin again, and took a photo.
This warm and peaceful ending is the film’s summary of Master Huang’s thinking, from waiting for others to change before following, to taking the lead in accepting and learning Western civilization. Master Huang here is not just a martial artist who eliminates harm for the people, but
He was among the group of awakened people who opened their eyes to see the world in the late Qing Dynasty. He surpassed Yan Zhendong and the Shahe Gang in far more than just martial arts.
Ugly and despicable villains, indifferent and insensitive passers-by, fatuous and troubled officials, foreigners with evil intentions or good intentions, bitter little people, enthusiastic reckless men, new young people who are willing to Westernize, and social lofty ideals who wake up and think, so rich.
Group portraits of life, coupled with environmental settings rich in Lingnan style, form a picture of China in the late Qing Dynasty!
A great chivalrous person serves the country and the people. I have always felt that a great martial arts movie should have a heart for the common people of the country. Li Yi's "Once Upon a Time" captured the realm of my ideal martial arts movie. Even though there are
Many exquisite masterpieces are ultimately about cultivating one's health. What "Once Upon a Time" shows is the ambition to bring peace to the world, and Master Huang's deeds make him a real hero who saves the world."
