This should be a film with an almost impeccable plot among the domestic costume blockbusters in recent years . Of course, the mainland release version has been castrated a lot, making the previous part a bit lacking. However, it was shocking enough.
We can get rid of "Thorn Horse" completely, and stop talking about archetypes. This is a "Name", showing brotherhood, and finally making brotherhood a victim of politics.
From the time the brothers met and accepted the "name submission", to the last Jiang Wuyang inserted the knife into Pang Qingyun's chest, Pang Qingyun shouted to him: Quick, vote for the name. You can see this as the end of a brotherhood, or as the perfect ending to a story. Although this perfection comes with blood and intrigue.
The interspersed siege, intrigue, surrender, ambition and love make the whole film relaxed and relaxed. Although the whole film is less than two hours, it makes people feel that the experience is very long. It takes a long time without feeling procrastination, which is a skill.
The siege is beautiful, the intrigue is heart-wrenching, and the face-to-face hand-to-hand combat is exciting. Those chapters about loyalty are not excited, but the ambition is also chilling.
Ironically, there are so many things this film shows the audience.
1. For the sake of a brother, you can put a knife in both sides, and for a woman, you can put a knife in your brother.
2. Don't fight against the government, otherwise it will not end well.
3. The two brothers should not fall in love with a woman at the same time, otherwise neither of the brothers have to do it!
Fourth, the poor are loyal, but they are not principled.
5. No matter how great the martial arts are, they can't fight against power.
Sixth, the eldest brother who is the most arrogant is also the eldest brother, and it cannot become a big climate.
7. If there is no steamed bread to eat, and the problem of food and clothing is not solved, some people will rebel.
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Actually, "taking a name and forming a brotherhood" is just a pretense. In the whole film, I see more ambitions and political fables. Chen Kexin entrusted such a heavy proposition to himself, and then through his own understanding, he made a "Vote for the Name" showing the power of officialdom.
Thrilling and heart-wrenching!
Perhaps Zhang Zhiliang, who is also a director of literary films, may feel a little ashamed after watching this film. Compared with "Famous Name", his "Ink Attack" is really not revolutionary enough.
Not to mention "The Banquet", "House of Flying Daggers" and "The Promise".
In the technical chapter,
although half of the film's 300 million yuan investment was used for actors' remuneration, the rest of the cost can produce the war scene in "The Name of the Name", which is already superior.
This is not the opera stage in "If Love", because Takeshi Kaneshiro is no longer so handsome.
The deliberately outdated film effects and the shaking shots on the battlefield really give people a documentary feeling. Compared with the restoration of the social environment in "Famous Name", the documentary style of "Seven Swords" is still a lot worse. The thick particles and the cool tones make it surpass similar films. Although the sackcloth shoes in "Ink Attack" are realistic, the actors there are not as realistic as Jet Li and Andy Lau's unkempt appearance. Thinking back to similar films, Jackie Chan's one-man fight against hundreds of soldiers in "Myth" seems too clean.
In the first battle of "Shanziying", Pang Qingyun's tactics showed his ability as a general, while the control of the war scene showed the ability of director Chen Kexin. Foot battle, horse battle, gun battle, arrow rain, shelling are all impeccable.
The scenes of the surrendered Taiping troops in Suzhou City, trapped in the inner city, make people look unspeakable. Those archers who were tearing and clenching their teeth and shooting arrows, after that many corpses in Suzhou City, who is right and who is wrong? .
The martial arts design and production technology of the film are to add points to the plot, not like "Wuji", the use of technology can only make the plot more fake!
The emotional chapter
is still about friendship. To live or to die is a friendship, and to betray your promise is also a friendship.
From the first time Jiang Wuyang met his eldest brother Pang Qingyun, friendship seemed to be born. Later, we learned that this kind of emotion is just Jiang Wuyang's stubbornness towards one, and Pang Qingyun just found a strong arm to help him move forward. Zhao Erhu is the second.
Zhao Erhu is the one who best fits the image of a big brother who is loyal. He is upright and he is loyal. He didn't even know that the eldest brother he admired slept with his wife and killed himself. When he was dying, he called Big Brother, not the woman.
Jiang Wuyang is pure, he trusts the eldest brother and the second brother because he is the younger brother, because they have received the certificate. He thought that the eldest brother wanted to move the second brother for a woman, so he killed the woman. Then Pang Qingyun covered his face in pain, is it for Zhao Erhu's death or for that woman's death? Maybe only he knows.
"Anyone who messes with my brother will kill him if he sees his name. If a brother messes with my brother, he will kill him if he sees his name." The
three brothers died!
Talk about that woman. A Yangzhou skinny horse who doesn't need to know his name.
Will there be love in that era? I do not know.
In fact, she just wanted to survive. She escaped and returned to Zhao Erhu to survive, and she went to find Pang Qingyun to survive.
Yes, but it makes people feel sad.
In the era when life was easily withered, women were always just supporting roles.
The 100 million yuan salary for the actor chapter
gave Jet Li the most wonderful performance in his life, because many people hated him. But in the end, his death was obviously a tragedy. His nameless image in "Heroes" is too thin and too flat, but it is a lot richer in "Putting Names".
Zhang Yimou let him see the world in the war, and Chen Kexin let him see the weak and the strong in the war, see conspiracies and tricks, and see that one will succeed.
Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro are also under the baton of Zhang Yimou, who are jealous over a rival named Xiaomei, but here they let you see what true brotherhood is.
Andy Lau's performance is also wonderful enough, especially when he sees the performance on the stage, he is sad and crying without tears.
It's all over, brotherly righteousness, vote for the name, put it nicely!
Xu Jinglei only needs to keep her face calm and sometimes smile, she exists only because she needs to exist, so her acting skills can be ignored.
The supporting roles played by several mainland actors are not bad. The performances of Wang Kuirong, Wei Zongwan and the actor who played He Kui are also remarkable.
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