Donnie Yen's martial arts movies in recent years have a concept of returning to expressing real combat and real combat, and he can see a set of martial arts concepts and rules (actual combat) that he continues to be himself. Minimize the use of boxing and embroidery after filming as much as possible, especially to avoid excessive Actions that appear contrived or exaggerated depending on camera usage and editing. One of the factors that keeps the world fascinated and loved by Bruce Lee's martial arts movies in the last century is the concept of actual combat and the true martial artist spirit that the protagonist exudes, whether on screen or in life. Although Donnie Yen can't be compared with Bruce Lee, but compared to Jackie Chan, who has been lonely and has no consistent martial arts philosophy, it seems realistic and boring, or Jet Li who increasingly relies on too many camera editing techniques and uses his kung fu ability as a cash cow for filming (especially the two a while ago). Because of the Hollywood movie "King of Kung Fu"), it is obvious that Donnie Yen is the only character in Hong Kong's current martial arts actors who can exude the spirit and temperament of a martial artist. I hope he can continue to stick to his ideas and not be overwhelmed by the torrent of the common people.
"Ip Man" basically minimizes the use of editing to cover up the lack of martial arts scenes, captures a lot of fighting details, and does not abuse the sleepy slow motion. The martial arts design is pleasing to the eye and hearty. And Donnie Yen's performance of Ip Man is not just plain dumb. The Ye Wen he played is indifferent between his likes and dislikes, he is calm and low-key, humble and respectful, and is suitable for both movement and stillness. More importantly, he has a personal martial arts temperament, which has something in common with Bruce Lee back then. Actors who implement the concept of martial arts can find a common thread between the two. So I would rather like Donnie Yen's martial artist's ego and a little naive style than seeing the general contrived interpretation after being filmed. Actors who have not sculpted their acting skills will show a kind of candid and jerky acting skills, but if it is an expression of their true self, this kind of bluntness and jerkyness can be more lifelike and temperamental as long as they meet a film that matches their character identity. Disperses naturally.
It's a pity that "Ip Man" ended hastily. Is it because the investors are unwilling to pay more money to complete the ending, or the director has no such willingness or lack of vision at this level? Regardless of which factor is the cause, I want to let the audience imagine how Ye Wen was rescued by the crowd at the end and omit this intractable scene (or the production team couldn't figure out how to clean up this tricky ending and deliberately omitted it? ), which will only cause the audience to be disappointed and give people a feeling of "fly in the ointment" or "anticlimactic". It is hoped that more local film investors or production teams in Hong Kong will have more foresight in the future, and they will have the courage to spend a lot of money and make every effort to complete many large scenes that should be performed, so that Hong Kong films can be better in terms of technology or entertainment. Attractiveness and value, especially semi-biographical films like "Ip Man" should be done better.
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