I think I prefer martial arts movies, I dare not say that I am obsessed, but in recent years, martial arts movies have rarely fallen, so I have a lot of curiosity about what is the so-called Shen Yun of Chinese martial arts.
First of all, it is concluded that this film is undoubtedly a failure. As everyone said, it is an American attempt to play with Chinese martial arts. I don't know how the director managed to get all the characters to speak American English with all their heart and soul in the background of the authentic Chinese fighting sounds. Language is not the point, the problem is that the way of thinking and language logic are also American, which is no doubt a drama for Chinese martial arts. Yu Xiulian actually knew that Master Xue Ping was a woman with only one She, and I don't believe you can tell it from the Chinese word "she".
For the core of the martial arts film, the martial arts action, this film does the general. Except for Donnie Yen, the old face of Michelle Yeoh, the rest of the actors' poses and actions have deficiencies, but they are still acceptable. In terms of the form of martial arts, this film has done a lot of design very well. There are three sticks, short knives, long knives, swords, flying knives, Hongjia iron line fist, mad battle axe, plate axe, flying knives, darts, and daggers on the weapons. , shields, eagle claws, crescent halberds, three-pointed two-edged spears, zhangba snake spears, eight-edged gourds, etc. are countless, and the number is no less than Xu Haofeng's "Master". However, for Chinese people, these are actually relatively familiar. In contrast, there are more unique weapons in "Master", and judgments are made. These may be from Yuan Heping's handwriting, but it should be very new to the American creative team. Needless to say, it is very rich in martial arts scenes, but there are many problems in the lens design, mainly leaking shots. For example, in the previous scene at 54 minutes and 03 seconds, Shi Yindao leaked a flaw, and there was no scene where the opponent made a sword. In the next scene, Shi Yindao was directly stabbed to death, which is unreasonable. There are still 1 hour, 24 minutes and 31 seconds of the two people stabbing the scene. Next, only the scene where the snow bottle stabbed each other without her being stabbed was edited. Although it can be vaguely seen in the previous scene, it is an important plot point. Ignoring is problematic.
In addition to the martial arts lens, the design of other lenses also has many problems. From 1 minute 11 to 1 minute 26 in the opening, the camera has advanced from the panorama to the carriage, and then there is a big panorama, and then jumps back to the small panorama. In the fake long shot of 1 hour, 18 minutes and 26 seconds, did Wei Fang teleport from under the tower to the tower? Too many to list.
When it comes to the key script, the lines are too plain and ridiculous. Repeatedly talking about chivalry is the biggest misunderstanding of chivalry. All characters rely on narration to explain their hearts, and there is no room for actors to perform. In terms of characters, the few people in the arena who sacrificed later are embarrassed from beginning to end. From the promising sentence "At your service", you can take turns to appear, to when you are drinking, you have no words to find something to make fun of in order to explain the respective settings in the script, to one by one inexplicable death, and then to the very student-like Flash Back at the end of the film. It can be seen that the screenwriter wants to shape each character, but it is counterproductive. The biggest loophole in the plot should be, why do you still find so many rookies to kill you when you know that the villain is going to take the sword instead of directly transferring the sword? Why did you remember to transfer the sword after someone died Yu Xiulian?
Well, aside from the loopholes, the complexity of the plot is actually okay, especially the relationship between Wei Fang and Xue Ping, but for the core of martial arts, why fight, all you can see is pure revenge, the domination of the villain and the reckless arena Loyalty. Several main characters are relatively flat, especially the villain BOSS is single. Although I don't like "Master" very much, I still feel that in contrast, Master's discussion of the fact that the dignified martial arts cannot be based on martial arts is far deeper than the elements in this film such as sword capture and revenge. Even the tangled emotions between the protagonists Donnie Yen and Michelle Yeoh are nothing more than that Michelle Yeoh loves Chow Yun-fat. There is a saying that is good, people can't help themselves in the arena. Except for revenge, the rest of the elements of the film seem to be unable to prompt the characters to return to the arena. The pure sword, light and sword shadow lacks a trace of "Kung Fu"'s counterattack, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" rebellion, "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" can't let go, "Huo Yuanjia" "The comprehension of "Ip Man", the grandmaster style of "Ip Man", the contradiction of "One Man's Martial Arts", the tricks of "Seven Swords", the mystery of "Sword Rain"... Well, although these are not necessarily good films, but compared to them , This film is not about the chivalry of the rivers and lakes, not full of blood, nor is it the love of children, it is only a brainless gift.
I can also say that it is marked with Samsung because of the photography and special effects of this film. Although, I saw traces of green screen keying and indoor studio shooting, and the highlights on the faces of many shots were also shot, but I have to say that the scenes are still very beautiful, and every frame can be Use it as a tabletop film. The special effect of CG is stronger, and it is definitely not suitable for Chinese martial arts, but the effect is still good. The Qingming sword built in the pre-Qin Dynasty is still so bright and clean in the Qing Dynasty, and it is also bright and blind.
Finally spit out, no one thinks that the villain BOSS looks like a fat version of Bosh. . .
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