The quality of the film itself is sufficient, and it is also a kung fu film, so it can be said that there are almost no other rivals for a while.
There were also many topics discussed and they were very lively.
For example, one of the topics is "Why do almost no one in "Kung Fu" have a complete name?"
The answers were also varied.
Some people think: "This is what the director hopes to express in this way. These people are actually around us. They can be anyone around us, including the protagonist Axing!"
Some people also think: "Because this is a child's dream movie, in the eyes of children, maybe it's just these nicknames, right?"
Some people also think: "In "Kung Fu", you see that the famous Kung Fu masters only have nicknames and names, but no real names. For example, the nicknames of the landlord and the landlord are: Yang Guo, Xiao Longnu, and the Kowloon Walled City
The three major kung fu masters in the movie later had their own sect names, such as Twelve-Road Tan Kou, Wulang Bagua Stick, and Hong Family Iron Wire Fist. And among the villains, Qin Yin Shuang Sha and Fire Cloud Evil God.
They each represent the status and reputation of each sect in history and martial arts circles. I think maybe the director hopes to reproduce folk Kung Fu through these symbols. And the group they collectively represent is
It constitutes our memories and regrets about the world of kung fu.
In fact, in our ancient times, names were really important. It was not only a need for a person to settle down, but also a need for the continuation of a family's incense. Generally speaking, it was also an important part of the cultural heritage of a nation or even a country;
Some experts say that the fact that Chinese culture can last for five thousand years has something to do with the inheritance of Chinese family incense! Therefore, official families or famous families generally have a relatively complete family tree. Relying on this family tree,
The origin of a given surname can be traced.
I think there are several reasons: Many people in Zhulong Village hide their names to avoid revenge. Because of their humble status, their parents did not give them names, and the characters have very different personalities. Names cannot explain their personality characteristics. Finally, maybe
What the director really wants to express is that a small character can have no name or origin, but he cannot have no personality or dignity!
Many of us dream of being able to complete the counterattack of a small person, and the same goes for the protagonist in Kung Fu. As for why there is no name, many people have different opinions, but the most common one is the four characters "Nobody". Originally, he is a nobody.
So what if you become a peerless master?
Another thing that many people agree on is the word "low-key". As the saying goes, the great are hidden in the city, and the masters are among the people. The third explanation is that all of this is the dream of the little boy, and in the dream he became a peerless person.
Master. Because it is a dream, the people in the dream have no names.
Although each character in the movie "Kung Fu" has no name, these nicknames seem to fit the characteristics of these characters very well. In fact, calling them by nicknames allows the audience to see the characters more appropriately and the characters are more vivid. I think this is the director's intention
For this reason, "Kung Fu" wants to reflect the heroic dreams of little people, so the director uses different techniques to make the movie close to life. Even if the protagonist and supporting characters have names, they will pass by in a flash and will not be repeated several times.
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Most of the characters don't have names, which is intentional. Little characters don't need names. If they have names, they are no longer little characters. And little characters usually don't know the names of big characters, especially gang members. They can remember them.
They only have their nicknames. They are like ants in this big world. Who can know the names of ants? And even if they know, who will remember them?
In the movie, little Ashing was deceived and bought useless martial arts secrets. This may be a stupid thing that many people did when they were children. And being bullied by other children may also be a daily routine for many of us when we were young. Being teased by someone.
Nicknames should also be a normal thing. Although most nicknames are derogatory, they must be a person's most outstanding feature. He knows that these nicknames are more vivid and easier to remember than the original name.
Another explanation is that all of this was the dream of the little boy, in which he became a peerless master. Because it is a dream, the people in the dream have no names. You will know the people in the dream when you dream
At the end of the movie, Ah Xing turned into a little boy, that is, when he woke up from the dream.
Whether it's "Westward Journey" or "Kung Fu", I think the nonsensical movies directed by Li Yi contain more of the values and worldview of many people today! They often reflect the cruelty of the world through small characters! But it's a comedy.
Isn’t it a tragedy at its core?”
Of course, another topic that has been discussed the most is, is this movie a child’s dream?
Liu Fei's earlier interpretation actually represents the views of many viewers.
But this topic is still the most discussed.
What's interesting is that these movie reviews and interpretations have not affected everyone's perception of the movie. On the contrary, they have made many people go to the cinema to watch it multiple times.
A certain Internet celebrity film critic said that he watched it repeatedly and discovered many secrets about "Kung Fu" that he thought were unknown.
"I might as well share with you the secrets in this movie that many people have not seen.
Personally, I think the most wonderful move in the structure of this movie is the ending, when the male and female protagonists meet at the door of the candy store and smile knowingly, as if they were back in childhood...
The whole content of this movie is just a dream of the boy who spent all his pocket money to buy a copy of "The Palm of the Tathagata" from a beggar. If the audience is more careful, they will see the charterer and the charterer.
, four-eyed boy, buck-toothed treasure, Jiangbao, beggar still live in the market as usual, spending the years in the most daily way. Those so-called peerless masters who are hidden in the city are just the books.
It's just a series of imaginations triggered by "Tathagata Palm". This is both real and illusory, and the looming basic cognition in the consciousness that "everyone is a master, or there is no master at all" is highly unified. This is easy to understand. The director is smart
He used this ending to express his thoughts and feelings that movies are like dreams and life is like dreams.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! I wonder if you have noticed that there is a pattern that appears the most in the movie, or that appears repeatedly, and I call it the "Flower of Evil"!
In my opinion, this pattern is undoubtedly a very important pattern, even a totem. It appears repeatedly in the film and expresses the director's clear understanding of good and evil very delicately.
It is not difficult for attentive viewers to find that when the Ax Gang dances as a group, the patterns on the floor and the hidden weapon of Fire Cloud Evil God all adopt the basic composition of the "lotus". The lotus symbolizes purity, peace, kindness, and beauty in Eastern culture, but it stands tall.
The poisonous needles in the ax gang on the lotus and the "Lotus Pestle" of Fire Cloud Evil God are both symbols of good and evil. The protagonist A Xing played by Zhou Xing also has a self that changes from good to evil, and from evil to good.
The process of transformation and redemption. At the end of the film, he pulled out the sting in the "Lotus Pestle" without killing the villain. He used the good in human nature to curb the evil in human nature, saying "I want to learn, I
Teach you", allowing that "evil flower" to become a legacy of beauty and kindness.
The director used such highly condensed and exquisite details and props to express his understanding of the value of good and evil as one and the same as each other. This is also supported by another set of props, namely the lollipops and props used in the poster.
The axe, a pair of props with strong contradictions and tension, expresses the same thing as "Flower of Evil", but it is more vivid.
One important detail that many viewers have not noticed is that an important place that Ah Xing and his follower Fatty Cong often hang out is a traffic light booth. This tripod-shaped post has appeared many times in the movie. I think this is very interesting.
The key thing is also the director's very clever arrangement.
It implies that these two gangsters at the bottom of society are on the edge of good and evil, wandering at the crossroads of life. Traffic booths will only appear at the crossroads. One thought turns to good and the other to evil. In the end, they are still in "I will not go to hell.
Inspired by "Who Goes to Hell", he achieved the biggest turning point and self-salvation in his life. The charterer said that it is inevitable for young people to make mistakes, which also reflects Ah Xing's inner struggle. As long as the inner righteousness is
When awakened, people will still make the right choice at critical moments.
The film is very vague about the life experience of the protagonist, Ah Xing, who is an orphan shoe shiner who was lost in the market.
But if the audience observes carefully, I think Ah Xing is indeed the son of the charterer and his wife.
One of the clues is that the charterer said that she witnessed her child being beaten to death because she was competitive.
But this "death" is the same scene as Ah Xing being beaten to death by the Fire Cloud Evil God, but because he is a unique genius with extraordinary self-repair ability, no matter it is bitten by a poisonous snake or injured by a flying knife,
Injury. The fat man said, why do you always recover without treatment every time you get injured? This implies that what the charter wife said she witnessed the tragic death of her son was just an illusion.
Ah Xing said in the film that in order to maintain world peace, he used his pocket money that was originally used to study to become a "doctor or lawyer" to buy the secret book of "The Palm of the Tathagata". In the end, Ah Xing and the evil god Huoyun had a duel.
At that time, the tenant-in-law said that if our son was still alive and as old as he was, he might be "either a doctor or a lawyer." But these clues only formed a good guess, and Xing was the son of the tenant-in-law.
In fact, viewers who are more attentive can get a very important detailed evidence, that is, there is a sign "Ten Spiritual Pills" on the wall of an important life scene in Ah Xing's young life. This sign was eventually burned down in Ah Xing's life.
After Yun Xieshen was seriously injured, the place where he was treated by his chartered parents-in-law was also the pharmacy they ran. After Huoyun Xishen smelled the smell of medicine, he looked back and saw that there was also a sign "Ten Spiritual Pills" on the wall. This was no coincidence. This
It is the best ironclad evidence to prove Ah Xing’s life experience. This important detail may not be discovered by most viewers.
Regarding the real master, it is mentioned many times in the movie, the master who is unique among ten thousand!
So who is the real master? Is it true that the twelve-way Tan Kou, Hong Family Iron Thread Fist, Wulang Bagua Stick, Six Finger Qin Demon, Tai Chi, Lion Roar Kung Fu, Toad Kung Fu and Tathagata Divine Palm appeared in order?
Obviously, the appearance of these kung fu is not to prove who is the real master in martial arts who is fast but unbeatable in the world.
The unique master in the world has a precise expression in "Kung Fu", which is the courage of Ah Xing to gently knock on the back of the wooden stick of Fire Cloud Evil God after he was severely injured by Fire Cloud Evil God. This seemingly funny lightness
A blow was his self-struggle after experiencing the memory awakening of a mute girl when he was young, and it was also the inspiration for what his biological parents said, "If I don't go to hell, who will?" He chose to betray him at the most critical moment.
There is no "evil" that is truly owned, and he discovers the power of good that he has always wanted to have deep in his heart.
In fact, "stop fighting" is "martial arts", and stopping fighting is the fundamental connotation of martial arts. What is needed most to "stop fighting" is not stronger skills, but the courage behind stronger martial arts. At the end, Ah Xing did not end with
Violence controls violence, eliminates evil, but turns evil into good. This kind of courage is one of the important cores of martial arts. Courage is the one and only master. As the director, Li Yi combines the deep values of Eastern martial arts with
A Hollywood movie technique that expresses an anti-Hollywood core. I have to admire his deep thinking when creating this film.
Is the movie the growth history of a grassroots hero, or is it using a child's extremely serious perspective to look at the adult world and expose the hypocrisy of the adult world's conventions. It uses a child's perspective to mock the adult world with situations that are exaggerated to the point of being illogical.
of absurdity?
There is no need to discuss this point, because there will never be an answer. This is also the subtlety of the ending of this movie.
What seems like a simple shot actually plays a decisive role.
In fact, everyone should be very familiar with it. This is not the first time Director Li Yi has used this method. Do you still remember the ending in "The King of Comedy"?
Is it similar to the ending of "Kung Fu"?
The same thing is that different people have different interpretations and imaginations after reading it.
The most classic one is the ending. Huoyun Evil God finally couldn't help but be curious and asked: What kind of martial arts?
Ah Xingyun said calmly: I'll teach you.
Fire Cloud Evil God was convinced.
Knocking down the Fire Cloud Evil God with one move is martial arts.
You can kill him but not kill him, let him go twice, that is forgiveness.
It is the heart of an innocent person to turn conflicts into jade and treat murder tools as toys.
"I'll teach you" is about repaying evil with kindness. This one is from the Virgin Mary, but it's also about self-confidence and loyalty.
Defeating your opponent and then subduing him is the way of domination.
Fire Cloud Evil God only appears calm and calm when he is not threatened. Once he is threatened - for example, the Condor Heroes really want to kill him - he will use any means.
But seeing such martial arts and such a big heart, the last bit of his twisted nervousness relaxed and he was convinced.
In fact, you can notice that when Ah Xing speaks, there is sunshine behind him, which is warm and welcoming.
The storm cannot force you to take off your coat, it will only make you more nervous, but the gentle sunshine can."
