1. The role of Donnie Yen
""Slaying the Wolf" is very good, but you don't remember the name of Donnie Yen's character, so I must give Zidan a representative role, so I will try my best to be Ye Wen and let Zidan Become a person with Ip Man. "Ip Man" is not the best, but each link has seven or eight points, which adds up to an average, it has a feeling of returning, there has been no such kung fu movie for a long time."— When Ye Weixin talks
about Bruce Lee, we will at least immediately think of Chen Zhen, "Fist of the Fist". In addition to showing off their extraordinary physical functions, the three martial arts superstars have successfully left impressive roles in the film history, and achieved the unity of actors and roles. For an action actor, it is not easy to achieve such achievements.
Donnie Yen, who was born in 1963 and is the same age as Jet Li, finally ushered in a character like Ip Man who is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people at the age of 45, which shows the importance of the series to him. The hero who has always followed the civilian line, Ye Wen, can be said to have refreshed the public's traditional impression of the male protagonists in kung fu films. He is elegant, reserved and humble, afraid that his wife will love his children and his apprentices. , Ye Wen's family of three was having a meal. He smiled and invited the master to sit down to eat together. After the meal, he sat together to eat dessert with tea and smoke. It was very leisurely, and it also showed the way of hospitality. After the Japanese invasion of China, his family's downfall, and his exile from his hometown, Ye Wen was never a knight, let alone a national hero, but a mortal. He wants to support his family and work part-time to supplement his family. The problems that hit him one by one are—the children have to pay tuition fees when they go to school, the landlord urges the rent, and they open a library to accept apprentices to teach Wing Chun. Tuition first, haha. Such a mortal hero image is very close to the people, and it also increases the credibility, making people friendly like a big brother next door, and this kind of down-to-earth hero image setting actually has a certain origin with the tradition of Hong Kong film, especially After Bruce Lee's mythological era ended, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung set off a boom in kung fu comedy, and the mortal heroes with small characters were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
2. "Family"
of Yip Weixin "How could the film made by Yip Weixin not have a family to eat" - Donnie Yen
Born in CULT, the director of films by Quentin, Yau Litao and others - Yip Weixin, is now the backbone of Hong Kong's Mesozoic directors. Mainstream commercial films, especially after collaborating with Donnie Yen in "Slaying the Wolf", the action duo forged a bloody path in the downturn of Hong Kong films, which also contributed to an important turning point in their respective careers. Throughout the 10 years of cooperation, we can find that in Wilson Ye's action movies, there is always a particularly important emphasis - family and affection. Even in the most popular and fresh "Slaying the Wolf", the father-daughter relationship in the embellished part is magnified and rendered in the moment before death, and the villain Wang Bao played by Sammo Hung also cherishes his wife. Children, show the other side of the gangster, and the black tragedy at the end can't help but make people confused and overwhelmed. "Fuse", which is also full of gunpowder smell and violent action, also specially set up the relationship between the three Vietnamese brothers and their mother. This is even more true in the "Ip Man" series. In the second part, Jin Shan, who was rude and rude, completely changed his appearance after having a family. He was gentle in front of his wife and children, and betrayed his wife to borrow money to bail out Ye Wen's apprentice. The roles are endearing; and Sammo Hung's role of Hong Zhennan is another stark example of continuing to show the family life behind these bigwigs and their identities in front of their own family. The role of Hong Zhennan and Wang Bao in "Slaying the Wolf" can be said to be in contrast and have a high degree of similarity. The family occupies an important position in their lives on the other side. They fought, but when Hong Zhennan's wife and children appeared in front of them, they both stopped in time, and Ye Wen asked back: Do you think it is more important to win or lose, or to eat with your family?
In "Ip Man 3", the husband and wife relationship between Ip Man and Zhang Yongcheng became the main story for the first time, and the parallel main character Zhang Tianzhi, for which Ye Weixin also set up his relationship with his son. Even the villain, Tyson, has his wife and children around him many times, and he still inherits the character relationship design from "Kill the Wolf", "Fuse" and "Ip Man 2". In this film, after his wife Zhang Yongcheng fell ill, Ip Man temporarily gave up everything, ignored Zhang Tianzhi's hustle and bustle and public challenges, and devoted himself to taking care of and accompanying his wife to make up for his past debts. Zhang Yongcheng said, "I want to go out and take a photo" when he learned that his time was short. Ip Man finally couldn't maintain his usual calmness. He shed tears in front of her for the first time, and the rendering of family affection also reached the climax of the trilogy. .
3. Lian Po is old - the aging but still good-looking Yuan Heping-style action design
Although "Ip Man 3" provides an emotional mainline that exceeds expectations, for such a Kung Fu blockbuster, "playing well" is still the most important thing! The emphasis on action in Hong Kong films is unparalleled, and the attention to a single scene is extremely skillful. In old Hong Kong films, the long-term action scenes that are lumped together at the climax often jump out of the plot and have independent appreciation value. It can be said that the martial arts scenes designed by Sammo Hung in the first two films have been recorded in the annals of history. In the first film, Jinshan looked for challenges to major schools, Ip Man's one-on-one ten, and the round table battle in the Huacai paragraph in the second film. People watch with enthusiasm, but the ring match at the end of the first two films is a little weak. The editor thinks that the paragraphs mentioned above are not exceeded at all.
"Ip Man 3", in which Yuan Heping helms the action guide, is not too bright in overall performance. This time, Yuan Heping's performance in group battles is slightly inferior to Sammo Hung's. There are occasional small moments in the two major passages of defending the school at night and saving his son at the shipyard. Surprising, but overall unimpressive action graphics, such as the battle of the fish in the second part. But once he entered the two-player battle mode, Yuan Heping's skills were revealed. Although his scene selection and action routines seemed familiar, the two short and intense fights between Muay Thai VS Wing Chun and Ip Man VS Tyson in the elevator corridor The play makes people breathless and addicted, but Wing Chun at the end is rather dull to Wing Chun, I feel that neither of them have been released, and Zhang Jin's powerful aura in "Slaying the Wolf 2" is also lost. Come, the finale component is insufficient, and the regret of the first two parts is still continued on the whole.
①The narrow space in the elevator corridor, the strong contrast between Muay Thai and Wing Chun Yi Gang and Yi Rou, and the presence of his wife Zhang Yongcheng made the atmosphere of the fight scene tense enough. At that time, after Ip Man made sure his wife was safe, the slow motion showed him pulling the elevator door calmly. After this brief relaxation, the fight between the two in the empty corridor was terrifying, with a relatively long bow. Panorama shot. This part of the editor thinks that it is the essence of the whole film, whether it is the action or the atmosphere is perfect. Of course, it is not new to use the special space environment and multi-person relationship of elevators for action design. Take Donnie Yen as an example. In "Fuse", where he is the action director, Shi Xingyu and Donnie Yen fought fiercely in the hospital elevator. There was also a female character present, and the atmosphere of the whole scene was extremely tense. Although the scene of "Ip Man 3" is extremely exciting, there is no innovation in the way of thinking, or it can be guessed that it was designed by the master and the apprentice together.
It is also interesting to choose the element of Muay Thai again. Donnie Yen said at the time, "Watching "Fist Fighter" gave me a lot of momentum, so I made a "Slaying the Wolf" to compete with you", as a distant echo with Tony Jia. It's not enough to finish one film. In "Fuse" two years later, the most powerful villain in the film, Zou Zhaolong, is named Tony. Shouting out "Tony, you're dead!", some comments speculated that this was a demonstration against Tony Jia, because Zou Zhaolong's character was from Vietnam, so he might not have chosen Thailand to avoid suspicion, and Zou happened to be using fierce Muay Thai. The enemy was beaten before turning to flexible MMA to fight and win.
② Donnie Yen VS Tyson, a small body and a big man, a real master duel, I am excited to think about it. This short three minutes is fierce and rigid. In terms of environmental design and character comparison, it is more reminiscent of Yuan Heping's classic "Fighting Heroes". We can compare Jet Li VS Billy Zhou and Donnie Yen VS Tyson. It highlights the strong confrontation between the strengths and skills of the two sides, and there are even repetitions in the details of the movements, as follows. In short, the excitement of the action cannot be expressed in words, so let's go to the movies.
——Extra: Yuan Heping and Donnie Yen's mentoring cooperation
In 1990, Da Yuan Heping and Donnie Yen collaborated on "The Iron Horse" which was originally unknown, but later the fragrance was blooming outside the walls. Quentin greatly appreciated it and actively introduced it to North America after discovering it. The action scenes in the film are already dazzling, and the design of Foshan has no shadow The feet give full play to Donnie Yen's outstanding leg skills when he was young. The earliest collaboration between master and apprentice, "Laughing Tai Chi", conformed to the humorous martial arts and action comedy styles of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Zidan also contributed comedy performances. Donnie Yen joined Yuan Jiaban to make the background of his film change from the Republic of China to the modern era, and the action design also introduced modern martial arts techniques such as free fighting. Although it is a master-apprentice relationship, Donnie Yen is not a regular member of the Yuan family, and has an independent martial arts identity.
4. The drama mode is refreshed.
Xu Haofeng said in his anthology "The Knife and the Stars" that in Hong Kong, fighting foreigners is a reserved program. While Jackie Chan's films went international, the villains were mostly played by foreigners. Since the late Qing Dynasty was poor and weak for hundreds of years, the foreigners conformed to the collective psychology, which made the audience look excited. Coupled with the tradition of the original Bruce Lee films, it left a subtle influence. Martial arts movies are the psychological compensation for the lack of national strength. They hide their clumsiness with the righteousness of the nation, and give the public a sense of cheap excitement by declaring war. But the actual situation is that Ip Man has never beaten Japanese or white people, and even has no record of martial arts, and what this reveals is that we are too lacking in heroes.
The first two films are set in troubled times, and Ye Wen's ultimate opponents are all foreigners. The opposition between good and evil is stark, and the audience also seems to have a simple and rude feeling of venting, especially "Ip Man 2". In the third part, the time background has been set in 1950-1960. Although the post-war Hong Kong is still in chaos, the society in general has been on the right track, and the binding force of the law has taken effect, which is mainly reflected in the kidnapping of children by Tysons. Later, Zheng Zeshi's boss approached him and said that even if the superintendent would take care of Tyson, the matter would become very difficult after being exposed in the media and our cooperation could not continue. Therefore, although the film continues to set up a Western villain like Tyson, he does not pose the ultimate threat to Ye Wen and the people around him. Under the majesty of the rule of law, the solution to the conflict between the two is a fair and honest one 3 minutes of confrontation. Ye Wen withstood Tyson's attack, and the conflict was put on hold. Therefore, "Ip Man 3" no longer has the big external conflicts like the first two films, and the internal contradictions have become the main body, but there is no real confrontation and fundamental conflict between good and evil. There are no flattened bad guys or extreme bad guys. , Although Zhang Tianzhi, Ye Wen's real opponent, acts violently and is simple and direct, the relationship between the two is still a hero cherishing a hero, Wu Chi against Wu Chi. This new role of Zhang Jin has traces of Ma San in "The Grandmaster" and Feng Yuxiu in "One Man's Martial Arts", but it has flattened the strong sense of aggression and madness, Zhang Tianzhi is still a rational , Kind and simple warrior. At the end of the battle, the two-person sticks, knives, and fists competed one after another, more like a battle of martial artists, rather than a confrontation between good and evil.
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