The film grafts two thousand years of Eastern and Western civilizations into the Western Regions, and tells the story of the Silk Road in 48 BC. Huo An, the chief protector played by Jackie Chan, and 36 ministries of the Western Regions worked together to defeat the invasion from the Roman Empire. Friends, and built Licheng on the Silk Road to commemorate this friendship.
In every film Jackie Chan has made, he is very powerful and has a sense of justice. He has served as countless unknown little characters and countless heroic heroes. He loves to preach, which is almost the characteristic of most of his films. In "Myth", he advocates the protection of cultural relics, in "Little Soldier", a deserter who is eager to get rid of his armour, and in "Police Story" series, he calls for caring about children's family education. In "Plan A Sequel", when the revolutionaries persuaded Hong Kong policeman Ma Rulong to join their anti-Qing court camp, Ma Rulong's answer was refusal, because "I can't guarantee that thousands of people will throw their heads and shed their blood, and finally get the what is it?"
In the play, he is an undead hero. Outside the play, Jackie Chan's desperate performance made him a new force challenging Hong Kong's action tradition, and he was also a hero in the full sense. In life, he is a "big brother", a "parent", and sometimes chats about the gossip with Teresa Teng. So many people "follow themselves", and he seems to enjoy the feeling of being looked down upon. The hardships of his youth made him understand that it is not easy to become famous. And heroism also penetrated into life from the play. He saw injustice on the road. He once sent a seriously injured person to the hospital in the middle of the night, and sent the little girl home in the middle of the night. It is not so much that he is kind, it is better to say that he is eager to do something in his heart. a hero. He is also generous, and even lends money to "pig friends and dog friends".
Today, his paternalistic style has not changed, he still loves preaching, and he still "loves peace". In this "Lion of the Heavenly General", he played the protector's mansion who preached peace, and he was also a hero. Just like the "coexistence of the enemy" that he has always advocated, this film expresses his family and country feelings in the form of almost the main theme. Some people say that he is not playing Huo An, but himself. Well, this film, with its cool scenes and fierce fights, simply expresses the yearning for peace.
Attentive viewers may find that the film has many places that are not historically true. The 125-minute film, "Except for the subtitles at the beginning and end, reveals a lie every minute." But this does not hinder its expression of the theme of peace and beauty.
Audiences who didn't like it thought that the film "made a lot of people's ass", "the main theme of ancient costumes, Jackie Chan is a secretary", "Jackie Chan was actually included in the central government", and film critics did not spare no effort to criticize fiercely. But this does not prevent it from achieving good box office results. Anyway, "scolding" is another kind of propaganda.
There is no doubt that this is a film with absolutely correct ideas. It is a pity that it was expressed as early as 2002 in Zhang Yimou's "Hero", which received mixed praise and praise. Huo Qubing, the hussar general of the Western Han Dynasty, said: "The Huns have not been destroyed, so why are they home?" This is the tragic and charming feeling of the Chinese people for their family and country. And as long as the family and the country are involved, we can always interpret various political demands from various angles. For example, Huo An went home to see his wife Xiuqing, and was sad about his wife, talking about the soaring prices and the low salary of civil servants, so he wrote to the boss to ask for a salary increase. How in line with current political hotspots, I wonder what the majority of civil servants think when they see it.
The years are not forgiving, and Jackie Chan is getting old. Even if he can still touch, roll, and climb, he can't resist so many head-to-head fights. What is impressive is that in the film, in addition to fighting with women, men, Chinese, and foreigners. Weapons collide with each other, and strengths compete with each other, he still picks up his old line of "playing", desert confrontation, flying over the eaves and walls, with one enemy and a hundred, often turning danger into safety. He played hard, but the audience was tired. A big brother whose power has dropped sharply makes us lament the ruthlessness of the years.
I remembered in an interview that he said that if he didn't make this movie, he would regret it because he lost the opportunity to "speak". "I don't want to make money, I just want to leave something in the world." As an old filmmaker in his 60s who has been struggling for so many years, with a strong hero complex, he still always feels that he has to say something for the next generation or the country. At the same time, in recent years, he has been singing "The Nation" and serving as a member of the CPPCC. His image has become more and more "politicized", and criticism is inevitable.
As Hollywood films are invincible in the Chinese film market with American-style patriotism, some people believe that if domestic films want to be self-improving, they must have self-confidence, and the source of self-confidence is the feelings of home and country. And if you want to make a home and country feeling, you can't just rely on didactic dialogue. A good example is some movies in Taiwan, such as Hou Hsiao-hsien's "City of Sadness".
It is a pity that the national feelings of the Chinese people have long been submerged in the feasting and feasting of modern metropolises. From "Promise" to "Night Banquet" to "Painted Skin", domestic production, war, star, ancient costume, these labels have drowned out our hopes for domestic films, so that we have no feeling for the same type of films, but we are not interested in Hollywood Bollywood blockbusters. In a rush.
Preaching and promoting patriotism also depend on whether the audience buys it or not. Too much sensationalism will undoubtedly lead to disgust. "Wolf Warrior" is also a patriotic commercial film, but at least the way the story is told is easy to accept, and the audience also feels that the Chinese People's Liberation Army is so good. Could it be that the audience doesn't like the story of "The Lion Falls from the Sky"? But what about the box office? "Heaven Falls Heroes" achieved a box office success of 750 million yuan within 20 days of its release. Perhaps because of the "international faces" of big-name stars such as John Cusack, the overseas screening is also a win-win for both box office and word of mouth. Is its success the unification of the cultural value of the main theme and the commercial market?
"Any country has its own main melody. The main melody does not mean fake, big, or empty. As long as it is really close to the brilliance of human nature, the main melody can also be artistic and resonate with people." If Li Rengang was shooting for profit, with Jackie Chan's Box office appeal, he succeeded.
Of course, in addition to his own unique "armor aesthetics", the concept of "peaceful coexistence" seems to have become his director's style direction. Also in the "Peacekeeping Martial Arts Film", "Heaven Falls Heroes", he reproduced the hero in his mind, just as he understood, "For a belief, do something that is usually impossible, and in the end put your life away. Put it aside, for the sake of public welfare, he forgets himself to complete one thing, whether it is completed or not, this is martial arts."
With the development of China's economy, the film wants to go out of the film country, the main theme film wants to have a market, It must also be full of flesh and blood, and cannot be mere formality. There is no real family and country feelings, no profound content, and no spring of domestic films.
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