Extended Reading
  • Dayana 2022-04-24 07:01:20

    The alias should be "Mr. Gong Baosen's Academic Thought Seminar"

    The most common occurrences in this film are "your dad said it" and "my dad said it". Ye Wen and Gong Er didn't need to say, even before Ma San died: Master said, the old ape hangs the seal, and the gate is turning back.

    So let's expand. If the whole film is about the academic thoughts of the...

  • Iliana 2022-04-19 09:02:41

    Wong Kar Wai, the man who knows how to flirt (the first trailer)

    Wong Kar-Wai, a man who knows how to flirt,

    Director Wong Kar-Wai's acting style is usually unexpected and mysterious. The pilot trailer of "The Grandmaster" is also eclectic, giving people a different feeling. In terms of images, the sense of quality has reached the pinnacle of domestic films; but...

  • Freddie 2022-03-30 09:01:08

    I still don't like this kind of "in the cloud" lines, especially in the absence of background foreshadowing, the necessity is very questionable. The photography is beautiful, but the weighted connection between the several threads lacks a strong emotional bond. There is a desire for self-breakthrough, but no substantial progress has been achieved, far less than "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". It's very disappointing to shoot this result with the luxury of money and time that other directors don't have.

  • Allison 2022-03-20 09:02:32

    In the main drama, completely ignore the drama and the characters, and abuse the slow-motion slow-shutter photography and double shadow (until the ending emotional drama such techniques are rationalized), and indulge in the personal sentiment outside the free drama. The two rain scenes are handled exactly the same. The full-screen close-up has proved that he does not care about the environment and the world of the characters at all, but only self-pity for the shadows. What era was taken here, only "self" was taken from beginning to end

The Grandmaster quotes

  • Ma San: Gong Yutian spoke to me about his last move: Old Monkey Hangs Up His Badge. He said the secret of that move was to turn back. I didn't understand his meaning at the time, I thought he was unable to keep up with changing times...

  • Gong Er: I had considered a career in opera years ago, I had received training. I had thought about it a lot: me on stage performing, and you in the audience watching...

    Ip Man: What if your performance had sold out?

    Gong Er: [smiles] You flatter me. I would have reserved a seat specifically for you.