The plot is actually very simple. What I'm looking forward to is the rich Foshan style and the "otaku" hero recommended by the media. The truth is that I seriously underestimated it.
The screenwriter is very good, the story is compact, the beginnings and the transitions are explained before and after, the characters' behaviors are credible, and the language is basically flawless, and there are no clichés.
The characters have distinct personalities. Apart from Ye Wen and Li Zhao, Qingquan, Ye Tai, fellow martial artists, younger brothers and Japanese officers, they are all complete people, and each of them drives the story forward, even if there are some stylized arrangements, Their performance is also naturally believable.
Humor is rare in action movies. Personally, I think that compared with Jackie Chan's "funny martial arts", "Ip Man" has a higher taste.
Photography and footage, plain and witty. For example, when Ye Wen went to the cotton factory to save people, the other person didn't look tall at all, and his back was even more hunchback. As soon as he stumbled in, he fell to the ground and was pointed at by the Japanese soldiers with guns, which is true and believable. Miura was sitting on his knees before the competition, and the close-up shot of the body shot was his feet. The toes on the back of his feet made people bounce off the ground, accurately depicting his physical fitness. There is also Ah Zhun who compares his hand to a pistol, and enters the screen backwards with a simulated "bang bang" in his mouth, and then there is a Japanese officer with a smiley face with a real gun.
Ip Man's fight and non-fight constitute a series of conflicts. As the spectators in the film and the audience behind the computer screen below the screen, we are all habitually hoping that he will shoot immediately. This is what kung fu films and Hollywood action films have given us for many years. Your education, others bullied you and blocked you to the door of your house, but you, the martial arts world, has always kept a low profile, so it's time for you to take action. IT'S SHOW TIME!
Ip Man's shot has a very fast section, which shows that he is not always gentle and generous. When the Japanese soldier saw Mrs. Ye, said "very beautiful" and went upstairs, this fight can be compared with Matt Damon's in Bourn's Identity (Bourn's Identity), a few Japanese soldiers with guns in ten seconds Just lay on the ground. There is probably no such arrangement in traditional martial arts films, and it has to be played for a few minutes.
Master Liao was shot and killed by the Japanese in the competition arena. Ye Wenxian was surprised and then angry (an emotion that had never been seen before). He roared like a lion through the iron fence gate, and took the initiative to ask to play against ten people. When he was about to fight, he found the sweet potato left in his pocket, took it out and gently sent it to the ground, next to the rice bag stained with Master Liao's blood. After the fight, the Japanese threw over ten bags of rice, and he only picked up his piece of sweet potato and the bag with Master Liao's blood. Then the next scene is when he brings rice to Master Liao's family. To be honest, I was very moved by this episode.
The above fight, I personally think, is better than the final fight with Miura. The control of details and rhythm plays a big role in the performance of the characters.
When it came to fighting with Master Liao and Jinshan, Ye Wen refused at first, but not timid, but calm, with a little contempt, not for people, but for his vulgar martial arts concepts.
He asked Master Liao, "Have you eaten yet?" "Have you eaten together?" The next shot is looking down, and there are a pair of hands on the dining table. Before the fight, the wife went to the back with her son, and Ye Wen silently told them, "Soon." -- This will be a classic from now on.
After Jinshan was frustrated, he offered a machete, but Ye Wen threw a feather duster on him, hitting him at a good place and stuffing Jin with a mouthful of chicken feathers. For Jinshan to find such a rude guy who relies too much on force, the feather duster as a weapon is not only disdainful, but also very peaceful and appropriate, and can't hurt anyone.
Ye Wen's generosity and calmness of life is something that is lacking in our precarious era. This movie tells us this perfectly. I appreciate.
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