fearless, meaning: not afraid, bold, brave, fearless.
So, is this the meaning of "Huo Yuanjia" to convey to foreign audiences?
No, the film is definitely not as simple as the English title means. If a foreigner really watches it seriously,
he will have a real and profound understanding of the Chinese philosophy of life, regardless of whether he understands it or not.
Of course, if they realize this, the significance for China's peaceful rise will be extraordinary.
If it is large and not pressed, just look at the movie itself.
This is the most emotional film I've seen in over a year.
Undoubtedly, as an active person like me, it is natural to prefer action movies.
But as Jet Li himself said, martial arts films are not equal to action films, they contain the spirit of martial arts.
I didn't see a lot of things that were previously promoted. It is estimated that too many clips were deleted. I didn't even hear Jay Chou's songs.
However, the story is complete. It's not as confusing as "The Promise", and even has a spoof mood.
There are loopholes in the plot, although the average audience will not find it:
Tianjin people speak Mandarin with a Cantonese accent - Huo Yuanjia's father!
Wandering from Tianjin to a place where ethnic minorities live in the south?
In a place surrounded by mountains where rice is grown, how much snow can you see in winter?
Of course, I won't talk about the stunts used in the action.
The deleted plot, in addition to the scene of Michelle Yeoh, and the fight with the Thai boxing champion.
(I know so much now.) I
have to admit that this film uses the skin of Hollywood to tell the spirit of China.
In the past, every time I saw a Hollywood blockbuster, it was promoting the American spirit. Although it looked good, I felt very uncomfortable.
But this "Huo Yuanjia", as a Hollywood film made by Chinese people, has the obvious color of Chinese philosophy.
Looking comfortable, it just speaks to our hearts.
The word "righteousness" comes first.
The core spirit of Chinese civilization is the emphasis on "righteousness".
From the perspective of Marxist philosophy, this is the spiritual pursuit of a nation after material satisfaction.
Yes, we were once the richest nation in the world.
After being rich, our ancestors left us a tradition of "respecting righteousness".
Spiritual wealth is indestructible, even if a momentary material disappointment makes us forget the traditional virtues.
But when we are looking for the way forward and rethinking the culture we have, we find that:
it turns out that it is our ancestors who can truly find a sense of belonging, the culture that has been passed down for thousands of years.
Yes, the Chinese live on the word "righteousness". Therefore, Huo Yuanjia can do anything for "righteousness".
life? unimportant! If death can awaken the numb hearts of the masses, that is enough!
If you choose such a "righteousness", you must move forward bravely.
I use actions to tell the public, keep improving yourself! ! ——I think, is this Huo Yuanjia's last will to fight?
The kingly way is righteousness, and righteousness is the human heart. Those who win people's hearts win the world.
According to words and deeds
, the film is too preachy, but when I watched it, I didn't feel forced at all.
If I were a young man (of course I am a young man, and I consider myself very thoughtful), if I were
to tell me this way, I would be willing to listen.
The preaching of the film was told to himself by "Huo Yuanjia", and to Huo Yuanjia by the people around him.
For love and reason, for things and people.
Using his outlook on life, saying things like this, doing things like this, and reacting like that after encountering it is all very normal.
Even if he preached, I couldn't see a trace.
What film does not pursue to leave some classic dialogue now? Could that be considered preaching?
It's just that people use plots to elicit insights, and he uses classics to elicit stories.
Another angle of martial arts,
I don't know if you have noticed. In the past action movies, the elements of Chinese martial arts were cited, but there were more flying legs, weightless Qinggong, or simply looked like Sanda, or Muay Thai, Karate. The feeling of waiting.
But we saw in "Huo Yuanjia" that in the face of the gap in strength, better skills are used to deal with it.
By the way, grappling, using force to fight, Tai Chi... The material essence of martial arts is the use of power.
Jet Li is a martial arts champion, and his understanding of martial arts is definitely better than Jackie Chan.
In Jackie Chan's films, except for the early "Drunken Fist", "Snake Shaped Hands" and the like, it is difficult to see the fighting skills of martial arts after that.
Of course, this is not the action element that made Jackie Chan Lai Yi famous.
But Jet Li's film is not. From the subtle skills, we see the fighting process required by the real Chinese martial arts.
It's not a simple punch and kick, it's not a simple physical contact to transmit the blow...
I'm not a martial arts expert, and I can't find the right words to describe the current feeling! !
Of course, the supporting role of the film, the Japanese samurai that I feel the most is Tanaka Yasuno.
What a lovely Japanese!
If today's Japanese are also so traditional, then what is the difference with us?
So what else is there to hate? So what is left unsolved?
Only if we find out that a nation is despising you from the bottom of my heart.
So how do we feel?
How do we act?
How are we going to respond?
Shouting in my heart: Kill all the Japanese? eye for eye?
Or just know: boycott Japanese products when buying foreign products?
At least, after watching "Huo Yuanjia", I know: self-improvement! !
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