Ip Man is a film that is tightly wrapped by the righteousness of the nation. In fact, the most emotional place in the whole article is often on the little people. One by one, the old bandit who first went to the martial arts hall in Foshan. Behind his self-improvement and aggressive character is the loss of dignity. When the war comes, the contradictions behind his characters merge with his survival. Behind this character is actually a set of secrets. Helpless bestiality under war. The second figure is this translator. The translation description is more flavorful. Duality is manifested in the choices of individuals under war. The choice between ego and righteousness is often not judged by absolute mistakes, but it is behind the absolute mistakes that imbue the character with a tragic color. Then there is the wife, who changed from a "wife with social responsibility" to a role of "accompany" during the war. In Ye Wen, you can see how this love changed step by step. All three characters are well-made. But what this article most wants to explore is how exactly those three stars were lost.
There are few people on Ye Wen, but there are many gods. When creating the character of Ye Wen, the inner conflicts of the characters are actually reflected in the same person. The inner conflicts of the three characters mentioned above are actually closely related to Ye Wen. But in this film. Ip Man's code of conduct seemed too perfect. The only thing that has changed is that a squire with a vested interest learns to use martial arts to resist when threatened with self-existence problems. Ye Wen's values have not changed from beginning to end, except that "the money is not enough. Friends are killed. Dignity needs to be defended." When these things threatened him, he suddenly woke up and knew how to be a hero. The end point of Ye Wen's body is "I know that I can't do it anymore, so I will do it." But in fact, such values are not valuable at all. The personal choice behind the war and the conflict between the individual's heart and the family are all objects that should be portrayed. How to solve these predicaments, and which points of agreement with Chinese martial arts and traditional culture are the directions to be considered. "Ye Wen can save a lot of money and use a sweet potato, but he can't face ten bags of rice." "Ye Wen had the strength to resist at the beginning, but why did he start to resist after a series of threats to himself. "Is the driving force behind Ye Wen for the nation and dignity, or the hero of the times created by the director for a so-called sense of national achievement." In Ye Wen's body, since there is no reflection of the contradictions of the times itself, His own perfect values, family, and life fully reflect a godlike appearance. But there is no need for gods in the human world. People only need to long for gods and become human beings.
I also don't like the film's interpretation of martial arts. At the end of the film, Ye Wenzhi said that Chinese martial arts is a symbol of national culture, a manifestation of a product that matches high-level consciousness, not a manifestation of power and force, which must be abused. But looking at the whole film, the bandits fight at the beginning, and the factory fights in the back. The Chinese themselves are abusing martial arts, and the martial arts form presented is actually a symbol of power, which is completely inconsistent with what they say. Ye Wen himself is a person who has already taken advantage of the power in martial arts. Of course, he can stand on a commanding height and say how deep the meaning behind martial arts is. If you can say it, you have to say it, even this is a Chinese martial arts genre film. direction, but you didn't show it at all in the whole film.
The last one is that the film ignores the state of human existence. Here's a simple example: what are the fundamental differences between martial arts and guns? In the film, martial arts take on the role of guns. It represents the suppression of an absolute force, and the respect between us was established only through you hitting me. Communication between people is also reflected in this primitiveness. So showing martial arts in the film is pretty low-level. The question that should really be considered is, since there were guns at that time, and those who learned martial arts represented the strong in the age of cold weapons, how can they get their power and dignity lost under the guns, and how can they be redeemed? where. But the film seems to be particularly afraid to discuss technology and martial arts (which is also a common problem with all martial arts films of this period). It seems that an era in which martial arts is determined by strength and weakness has emerged, and guns have become a kind of divine condemnation. See who is upset, the power of martial arts will take over, bully you with guns, destroy all mental will, and tell you that as soon as I shoot you will die. The good thing is God, the bad thing is that you, the creator, drink too much alcohol and think about it.
The end of a true martial arts film is by no means here. But this article is only to put forward my own opinion, that the end of the martial arts film is actually the inheritance of Chinese high-level culture rather than the use of elements. Ip Man is just a high-sugar Coke who has passed a handful of hero addictions. Maybe he needs it, but it is definitely not a high value standard. Because he is not a figure with a mechanism that can be explored at all. The film is still like a lavish acrobatic party, and the question of values is brushed aside. Even though it looks cool, it is killing people's thinking about the times. Seeing that Ye Wen was being bullied, he could fight over and defeat the bully, so he felt excited and rushed to his forehead like oil. Just snort and compliment. (The same applies to Wolf Warriors) (But still the same point of view, this kind of film is needed, but it can never be said that this kind of film is a good film.)
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