When the movie "The Kite Runner" was released in Afghanistan, it attracted countless criticisms. Maybe the film's creators were all Americans, and they did not really understand the spirit and belief of the Afghan nation. The Americans used their own way to express the dozens of friendships between the two Afghan teenagers. Amir Amir, an Afghan teenager who had immigrated to the United States, was asked to rescue the son of his childhood friend Hasan, and the other suffered in Afghanistan. A young boy, Amir kept thinking about the friendship between him and Hassan on the way to rescue. The original intention of the film was good, but it was rejected by the Afghan audience, who probably didn't want to see Afghanistan distorted by the Americans. The touching of "The Kite Runner" was touched by people outside Afghanistan. Obviously, the movie "The Kite Runner" was a bit unacceptable in Afghanistan.
The "King of Kung Fu" released a while ago was not a good movie in the eyes of the Chinese, but a more lively movie. The director insisted that Sun Monkey and the white-haired witch have nothing to do with each other for thousands of years. People are pulled together. Jackie Chan and Jet Li joined forces to create an embarrassing effect of 1 + 1 < 2. It seems that the collision of the two kings of kung fu is not necessarily a spark, but a publicity stunt. In fact, many of Jackie Chan and Jet Li's previous personal films are much better than this one. Perhaps "King of Kung Fu" is a pretty good Chinese Kung Fu movie in the eyes of foreigners. It can only be said that the main creator of the film does not understand Chinese Kung Fu at all, nor does he know the essence of "Journey to the West". Therefore, "King of Kung Fu" is just a Chinese Kung Fu movie made by foreigners for foreigners to watch.
It is not the first time that China's "Journey to the West" has been misunderstood. When Japan filmed "Journey to the West" earlier, the beautiful Miyazawa Rie was invited to play the female Tang monk. Don't be too happy for the Japanese too, their geisha culture has been ruined by the Americans as well. After the release of "Memoirs of a Geisha", everyone praised how vivid the performance of the three Chinese-speaking actresses and how accurately they showed the life of a geisha. I think the Japanese must also sneer at this film. Geisha culture is not a matter of a few foreigners. You can tell in an hour. Many years ago, I watched Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor", although the movie was very atmospheric and exciting, the English of the emperor and his concubines in the movie always felt that the movie was too foreign and not so Chinese.
For me, there seems to be no difference between an Englishman and an American speaking English. Only the people of the United Kingdom and the United States understand the difference best. Just like the 007 film series insists on using British actors, so as to ensure that the 007 British Empire is pure Bloodline, maybe the British are worried that the American ruffian will destroy the elegant style of the 007 British gentleman. Just as the mainland cannot make an idol drama in Taiwan, or make an underworld gunfire film in Hong Kong, one side of the water and soil has cultivated the other side of the film, and only the filmmakers who grew up on this side of the water and soil know the characteristics of this side of the water and soil best.
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