After going to Wanda Studios to watch the movie tonight, I hurried back to finish the homework of "Time.com". I haven't written a serious review for a long time. Seriously write something tonight.
Let's not talk about the plot. Talking about the explosion of "Ip Man II" is also the condiment that the media is willing to hype.
I like Huang Xiaoming and appreciate Donnie Yen's martial arts very much. Therefore, I paid attention to the shooting process of "Ip Man II" early. At the premiere ceremony two days ago, some media said that Donnie Yen was in charge of Ip Man and Huang Xiaoming was in charge of 2. In the process of watching the movie, such scenes did appear constantly, especially in the first two episodes of the film. A story (I divided this film into three stories, one foreshadowing), the idol Huang Xiaoming used his tough appearance and simple expression to keep 2 stories. Of course, there is more than one Huang in the whole film 2. Every time such a scene appears, it will cause the audience to laugh. In such a society where the pace of life is getting faster and faster and the pressure is increasing, the plot of the story uses the so-called "2" expression and language to attract the audience, which is indeed the skill of the screenwriter. In the current stressful society, the audience needs a channel to dissolve and release the pressure, so the "2" scene can play such a role for the time being. Of course this is my personal opinion.
Now let's talk about the plot.
The story is very simple, and the way of telling the story is also very old-fashioned, which belongs to the typical Chinese way of telling stories. I personally divided this film into three story segments: The first story is that Ip Man withdrew from Foshan and settled in Hong Kong to recruit apprentices. Of course, he won't let him easily receive an apprentice (this is a well-known story, and everyone can guess the development of the next story), the family has no money for renting a house, and his son needs tuition fees. , the landlord urged the rent, so Huang Xiaoming (Huang Liang) appeared and brought out the next paragraph of the story; the second story is that Ip Man fought all over the Hong Kong martial arts world, and then he was able to establish a foothold in Hong Kong, and then through his own personal charm (forgiving, generous degree, etc.) has won the recognition of the Hong Kong martial arts industry, such a story routine must be able to think of the development direction of the story, the second story can be regarded as a small climax; the third story is in that special era (English The foreigners oppressed the Chinese, Master Hong died in battle, and Ip Man challenged and defeated. When Master Hong challenged the foreigners, we guessed that the story was basically coming to an end, and everyone could easily guess that Master Hong was going to die, and then Ye Wen fought and finally won, and the Chinese were proud. The story paragraphs are very simple, but the plot is still very attractive, mainly because the whole film depicts the ideological realm and life feelings of a generation of masters in a three-dimensional manner through various details.
There are two clues to this story. Like Hollywood blockbusters, movies are a carrier for conveying ideology. It is not to deny that ideology is bad. As a film in the cultural industry, I am very much in favor of its function of carrying meanings. Because of the inheritance of cultural history, a culture with a high context is successfully processed into a culture with a low context, and then spread as an ideology. This is a work that tests the screenwriting skills very much, but "Ip Man II" Basically, the patriotic feelings are rendered through the emotions of cutting and plugging the camera, and the patriotic feelings are subtly integrated, so that the audience can't help but applaud. There is nothing I made up here. When talking about "Fat Bo" (a Chinese in the Hong Kong Police Station), he rescued a newspaper editor-in-chief whose finger was almost interrupted by a British police officer at the police station, and taught the editor-in-chief to use newspapers to create The language that is conducive to the Chinese exposes the criminal evidence of the British police officer. Before his words were finished, there was a warm applause in this screening room. This was the applause that everyone couldn't help but applaud during the movie viewing process. inner recognition. It is recommended that officials in the propaganda department take a serious look at this film and study his power in ideological penetration.
The two clues are: Ye Wen's struggle and the kind of martial arts spirit of being kind to others (not necessarily accurate, this is the bright line); the other line is the feeling of patriotism (this is the dark line).
Let’s write a little more about the picture:
overall, the picture processing is very good, and it can be seen that it is an imitation of Hollywood movies. In particular, the shot processing of the screen transition is very good, but there are also a few unexpected cuts; especially in the second half of the scene, in the practice of boxing and competition with foreigners, a lot of screen language is used to express emotions and create Atmosphere, created a good atmosphere, but also achieved good results. It is better to write less about the picture part, and then writing it becomes the homework of "TV picture editing".
Regarding the performance of the actors, I don't know much about this, and I think the performance is still very good. Donnie Yen's skill, Huang Xiaoming's "2" cuteness, Xiong Dailin appeared many times, but there were not a few lines, and there was no conflict between Ip Man and his wife, which is still very regrettable. Sammo Hung's performance as a martial arts instructor is of course also very good.
Finally, in all fairness, "Ip Man II" is a relatively good movie. Although the story is simple and the plot is old-fashioned, the success in details can make up for these shortcomings.
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