Chapter 1620: Laughter, anger and curses are all art
Compared with Liu Fei, Zhou Qingquan's comments are obviously more "traditional".
He wrote in the opening chapter: "The growth story of a boy who regains goodwill, the life history of a group of grassroots heroes, and a bizarre society, this is "Kung Fu"."
"The film is not overly exaggerated, but shows us a true and beautiful story. The martial arts scenes break through people's cognition, and even fictional imagination is added. It is a successful and nonsensical film.
Asing was poor in his childhood and hoped to study to become a doctor or lawyer. He is a kind-hearted person.
A naive person would believe that the palm of the Tathagata can be forged, and that the orphan should be rescued when he is bullied, but all of this will be completely destroyed after he is beaten violently. When malice erodes the originally innocent and kind world, all we can do is become the world
The evil in the world, throwing away the kindness and weakness, becoming a worse existence than the bad people you meet, this may be another choice of life.
As an adult, Ah Xing seems to have given up on the goodwill in his heart. He imprisoned his young self and buried it in the stream of memories.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, is it not like us today?
Most of us no longer remember the passion of childhood and the dreams of roaring when we saw injustice on the road. In fact, it’s not that we don’t remember, but that we choose to forget. We always say that we live in the way we hate the most.
He determined to be a bad guy, join a gang, and blackmail others, but he never really hurt anyone, so even though there were many gangs, he didn't join.
Is it because he really can't be a bad guy? No, it's just that he still has an innocent heart buried deep in his heart.
Just like many of us, we are destined not to make a fortune. Why?
I remember that in the early years, a friend who was in the counterfeit brand business told me that while others would charge tens of yuan for a pair of shoes and sell them for thousands, he could actually do it, but he would always have a bad conscience.
How similar is he to Ah Xing in the movie? He seems to be a funny childish "bad guy" and "does evil", but actually think about it carefully, why are they not afraid of him?
It’s just because I’ve already seen that he’s not a bad person!
Back to the movie, the orphan girl’s lollipop and the words of Fire Cloud Evil God, all these became the trigger to rekindle his goodwill. He began to face his heart and let himself out of the cage.
Ah Xing's change, the stick that struck at the Fire Cloud Evil God, at that moment Ah Xing had given up on his own life and death. This is the reason why Tathagata's Palm became successful, and the light of heroism shone to the extreme at this time.
A real hero is not someone who is filled with a sense of justice and intends to save the world, but someone who has endured hardships in reality and still believes in the kindness in his heart.
In Ah Xing's life, going from good to evil and finally returning to good is a return to himself.
Everyone goes astray sometimes, maybe because of temporary confusion, maybe because of being excited and hurting someone by mistake. People who can walk out of the road of losing themselves are worthy of understanding. They are not representatives of evil, they have innocence.
It is never too late to repent.
The masters in the movie break through our traditional imagination. They are not the images of orthodox kung fu movie characters with capable moves, uprightness, and strong sense of responsibility in martial arts. They are not the images of handsome men and beauties with fluttering white clothes and chivalrous chivalry in the Chinese imagination. They are not the images of righteousness and justice.
A prodigal who travels around the rivers and lakes all day long.
They are ordinary people who are busy with their own lives and wandering in the market all day long. If things had not reached the current situation, no one would know that they still had a glorious past.
On the contrary, such people are more attractive to us. They are rooted in reality. Their images are based on our lives. Maybe there are such people around you. They do ordinary jobs but have great power in their bodies.
The ending is in line with Director Li Yi's traditional approach in this type of film, and has two interpretations. One is that the public naturally thinks that Ah Xing gave up his original idea of joining the gang, possessed peerless force, and finally returned to ordinary life and started his own business.
A store.
The other is that this is nothing more than a dream of a boy. In his dream, he imagined a world with peerless martial arts, and the owners of those martial arts are the people around him. The dead people are resurrected and pass through the candy store.
, the old beggar has never changed his appearance for many years, heroism is just a beautiful dream. But in any case, thank you Director Li Yi for presenting us with this audio-visual feast."
Viewers, film critics, and media people all seem to have different emotions about "Kung Fu".
Du Xianghai's interpretation is in another direction.
"This is a unique Kung Fu movie and comedy.
First of all, let’s not talk about the comedy component of the movie. From the perspective of expression techniques and narrative methods, I think the artistic quality of this movie is too high. In addition, the core of this movie is quite deep. The form of kung fu can definitely be upgraded to
At the national spiritual level, the director transformed it into philosophical thoughts, what is Kung Fu, and what is a strong person?
Secondly, from a comedy point of view, the world view of this movie is very complicated, but it is also consistent with common sense. Although there are many plots from martial arts novels, it is acceptable. But the characters in it are always full of various "
"Neurotic", which is also the basis of the laughter of this movie. It can be said that there are no normal people in terms of thinking throughout the movie.
Is it necessary to be funny? Is it necessary to be nonsensical? Is it necessary to dance and dance? Vulgar plot? I cannot say that these things are complete, and they have basically never appeared in the movie.
However, the audience still thinks this movie is really funny. Why is this? I think this is the most worthy of discussion about this movie.
The most successful part of this movie is that it changed the plot that was used for comedy in the past to exaggeration and absurdity. And this exaggeration is completely based on the director's personal ideas.
For example.
The scene where Ah Xing and the charterer are racing. In order to highlight the speed of the two, it is dull compared with the car. Instead, their legs turned into hot wheels and the knife inserted in their body turned into a rearview mirror.
A place that is talked about a lot. As for this kind of plot, the only reference I can think of is "Tom and Jerry". It makes sense that unexpectedness is the best explanation.
And after that, the charterer made a diving motion and threw so many things out of the billboard. Even if you can imagine that things will come out, you can't imagine that it will create the effect of a goddess scattering flowers, including underwear.
Can you say this is not art?
In addition, I don’t know why in this movie before, but every character had an inexplicable sense of joy when they spoke their lines seriously. I would describe this feeling as feeling very happy but not enough to laugh out loud.
The first thing that bears the brunt is who else is playing the role of the crocodile gang boss played by Chen Wen, and I invited you to dinner. After thinking about it, I think it is the influence of the atmosphere, that is, normal people would not think of saying that in a certain situation.
if.
The background of the movie is set in Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s. The entire society was filled with an atmosphere of depression and panic. The illegal organizations headed by the Ax Gang represented power and social atmosphere. At the same time, there was a group of people who chose to succumb to
In reality, we live in a place called Zhulongzhai, where we are representatives of the poor class. Most of them do manual labor with extremely low productivity, but they also have another identity, recluses with high martial arts skills.
To sum up the plot in one sentence, the protagonist, who was innocent since childhood, went into darkness because of a scam. After going through some things and self-struggle, he accidentally acquired martial arts and embarked on the road of self-salvation by punishing rape and eliminating evil.
Since this movie has so many high-energy moments, I'll pick a few that I think are the most exciting.
At the beginning of the film, there is a plot of throwing an ax to chop off the leg, but the use of the lens has a beautifying feeling, which is reminiscent of the aesthetics of violence. Including the death scene later.
Later, after the boss of the Crocodile Gang received the lunch box, in order to explain why the Ax Gang was able to do whatever he wanted, the director could have told it in a straightforward manner, which was a bit boring but still calm. But through a few shots, we can understand the situation of the Ax Gang.
He controls the police station, often uses violent methods, engages in illegal industries, and has strong economic strength!
And these shots are interspersed with a dance. It’s a stroke of genius.
The fighting in "Kung Fu" is equally exciting, or rather innovative.
The confrontation between the three masters and the six-fingered piano demon is a climax in the film. My favorite part is the death of the Bagua Stick. It feels a little strange to say this, but it is true.
Before the massacre began, there was a long shot that showed the living conditions of various residents in the Pig Cage Walled City community. It may have been used to show the reluctance of the "dead". The most memorable one was the death of the deceased just a second ago.
The charter couple started fighting just a second after the dance. With the continuous music of the piano, Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without changing his expression. The head fell to the ground, and the depiction of this shadow was so beautiful that it reminded me of the ink paintings of our country. There is also a
A kind of loneliness that can only be metaphorized in poetry.
I think the biggest highlight of the whole movie is when Ah Xing hit Huoyun Xishen hard with a wooden stake and was pushed to the ground and rubbed by him.
Fire Cloud Evil God asked: "Why do you want to hit me?"
At this time, Ah Xing, who had been fatally wounded several times and his head was sunk into the ground, unhurriedly picked up the small wooden stick next to him and hit the Fire Cloud Evil God again without the audience knowing whether he was alive or dead.
s face.
I personally think that this knock not only broke the self-esteem of Huo Yunxie Shen, but also touched the ceiling of Chinese comedy. The film has since been elevated to a new level.
The reason why this clip is strong and comfortable is that it combines all comedy expression techniques. Nonsensical, black humor, tragicomedy, are all integrated into this small wooden stick, allowing the audience to fall into a scene that both feels cruel and has to hold back laughter.
Awkward situation.
In the end, the movie expresses the theme that evil cannot prevail against good through an extremely superb decisive battle. This fight scene has also reached an unprecedented height. The reason why it is wonderful is that the director truly brought the plot of the martial arts novel to the audience.
On his face, you can't imagine that the moves that you only saw in books before can be shot in real life. Of course, the exaggeration I mentioned above is also used throughout the entire film, until the end of the film. The trampled feet and the
Defeat the last few shrimp soldiers and crab generals and insert them into the ceiling.
But in fact, it was only the last sentence that truly defeated Fire Cloud Evil God.
"If you want to learn, I'll teach you."
This is also what the director really wants to express. Force cannot solve the problem. Attacking the city is the bottom and attacking the heart is the top. When Huoyun Evil God knelt on the ground and said these three words "I lost",
I'm really convinced.
In this movie, the director has built a ups and downs fairy tale world for us, or a realistic version of the world.
I don’t know why I suddenly thought of the decline of martial arts movies and kung fu movies nowadays.
Back to the movie, in fact, the setting of the movie is very special, especially the historical background, which can be said to complement the plot of the movie.
The movie is set in old Shanghai. This is an era where the old and the new coexist alternately. It can be said to be a troubled time with countless battles. It is also the era when Western guns enter China. An ordinary person can threaten many people with a gun in his hand. This kind of
The speed of gaining power was too fast, so in the end, gangs composed of ordinary people with swords and guns occupied the arena that once belonged to warriors.
This shows that the progress of the times is unstoppable. After decades of hard training, one bullet may be able to kill him in the end. After all, not everyone can catch bullets like the Fire Cloud Evil God, or if one bullet cannot do it, how many people can do it?
What about a hundred bullets? Why spend decades of hard work when the gap can be bridged with just a gun and a few bullets?"
If a warrior can be fearless of bullets and guns, then he must have reached a certain level. Those who can reach this level must be rare. And ordinary people gather to form a gang, relying on the number of people. It is revealed at the beginning of the movie that even if Feng Xiaogang’s gang has
Even the police are afraid of Henjin, but he is still defeated in the huge crowd of Ax Gang. This is because he is outnumbered. Even the top warriors have limited personal power.
The opening of the film states: "This is an era of social turmoil and rampant gangs. Among them, the Ax Gang is the most feared. Only some poor communities that are not even interested in gangs can enjoy temporary peace." Therefore,
We can guess that it is not accidental that masters from all walks of life gathered in the slums, and the so-called "tired of fighting in the world" is just to save some self-esteem.
The truth is that they were all forced to stay away from the world. To put it simply, this is no longer their era. They are just a group of conservative people who have a lot of skills but no use for it. Guns have replaced their status, or in other words, with guns.
Men with guns replaced them, and kung fu seemed to have become a useless thing here.
From this perspective, it seems that we can understand what the director was thinking about when he shot this movie - maybe he was using this movie to recall the kung fu movies that brought Hong Kong movies to the international stage. In this era of declining kung fu movies,
