Before comparing with Eiichi Kudo’s original version, let’s take a look at the performance of Takashi Miike’s period dramas: He has filmed the pure love version of "Zuo Wu", the almost crazy "Izang", and then the hybrid of East and West. "Sukiyaki Western", can be said to be mostly evil and fun, which is far from the traditional period drama. Because of this, in the face of "Thirteen Assassins", many people can't help but exclaim that Takashi Miike has produced the most textured period drama.
Compared with the old version, "Thirteen Assassins" dispenses with the extra-long foreshadowing of the assassination, and went straight to the hearts of the audience, dedicating a forty-minute killing array. The so-called big killing array, in the film is a group of slashing and fighting, fighting more with less. However, when there is movement, there must be stillness. Sanchi has always been good at "movement". The texture of the drama of this era is actually beyond the killing array. On the quiet side, "Thirteen Assassins" is also pretty good. The film comes up with a bunch of subtitle introductions, a bunch of characters appear, and those who haven't seen the old version may still be in the cloud. As a result, within ten minutes, Sanchi allowed the villain to play. Not to mention the sudden hacking, stimulating and refreshing, just the disappearing waiter, the terrible person, and the indiscriminate arrow killing, the villain is weird and elusive, behaving like a bad one to the end. As a result, the role becomes more complicated and badly accented as it gets later.
The bad guys appear on the stage with great viciousness, and the good guys listen to them, and their hands can't stop shaking. The trembling here is very good, as expressed from the dialogue, better than a grinning expression of anger. It is not so much that the hand is trembling, as it is that the knife hidden in the sheath is calling the righteous man. It just corresponds to the end. Shinrokuro wants to put down the sword, but he couldn't let go of his hand.
There are three gangs for a hero, and thirteen gangs for one to kill. In the process of finding people to join, "Thirteen Assassins" also performed well. There are grateful, obedient, rewarding, turbulent, and the most amazing thing is that there are some inexplicably falling from the tree, this director Really naughty and a little cute. The film did not pursue group portraits like "October Siege", thus avoiding dawn-style failures. Many people are just a group of pictures, a few words, and the details are appropriate. Repairing my wife’s tomb and lighting a fire during the Ghost Festival. Such words are much better than posing and close-ups.
As for the biggest killer array, Sanchi put in organs and blasts, and then fights with flesh and blood with outnumbered enemies. In the middle, there is the generosity of sprinkling dog's blood, and there is also a subversive flying knife. In addition, a subjective shot is simulated, which is completely unreasonable. Different from the duel that emphasizes long-term confrontation, and also different from the "Death Swordbird Sting" (the same period drama and the 2010 "Cinema Xunbao" Top Ten), which is the pursuit of one blow, "Thirteen Assassins" can be said to be an alternation. Combinations, strong enemies, sneak attacks, cooperation and more strategy. The last two rounds of one-on-one were also unexpected. Compared with the sword light and the flames, the mixed dialogue is more intriguing. Apart from the jokes of the samurai, many of the lines of the villain really shine.
From a tit-for-tat perspective, "Thirteen Assassins" seems to defend the dignity of Bushido, but the film deliberately puts the time background on the eve of the fall of the shogunate, and everything will inevitably become the cannon fodder of the times. From the perspective of Takashi Miike, "Thirteen Assassins" is still far from the classics of many predecessors' period dramas, but it is one of his best works of free play. At least the big killing array in the film does have the meaning of catching up with the original. [Southern Metropolis Daily Mu Wei Yinghua http://gcontent.oeeee.com/2/a2/2a27b8144ac02f67/Blog/34e/da02aa.html ]
Michi combines period dramas with personal tastes well, and he proves the current entertainment films Can shoot as good as before. —— Kenshi Eto (film critic) The
film has all the elements of an action movie. The Warrior is no longer simply confronting evil, he has risen to an irrational madness. --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun)
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