However, it was still a real hit. The fighting scenes in the film are the most gorgeous I have ever seen, especially the duel at the end. The lens jumped in, and then switched to zooming all of a sudden, the feeling was really awesome, I almost forgot that I was watching an animation. . . Fighting is also real, there is no magic, no sword style, and the bloody reality brings shock. The action scene reminded me of the duel between the exploding head and the bear man head in "The Exploding Head Samurai", also in the snow. The graphics and special effects are adequate, but in terms of the smoothness and sharpness of the rhythm and action, this film is obviously superior.
The overall atmosphere of the film is not like the animations I have seen before. It is a bit similar to the reminiscence of Rurouni Kenshin in terms of elements, but unlike the tragic style of the reminiscence, I feel more of the kind of joy from the rivers and lakes. Qiu, this is more like a Shaw Brothers martial arts film in the 1970s. The Chinese style BGM is also easy to make such associations. The music is really good, but unfortunately the style is relatively simple. What impresses me the most in this regard is the BGM of the final duel in cowboy bebop's "The Door to Heaven". The punk and Hong Kong-style fighting make the blood boil when I think of it. However, the works of Kanno Daishen are indeed difficult to surpass.
In terms of connotation, the film is more than a little worse than "The Gate of Heaven", and it is all about "protection" and other old-fashioned topics. The visual impact is too strong, but it also makes people ignore the plot and connotation. However, that old minister of the Celestial Dynasty left a deep impression on me, and before he died, he shouted that he was loyal to the king and loyal to the king. . . The background of the story is in the Ming Dynasty. I think of the "Fifteen Years of Wanli" that I have seen before, is it the Celestial Dynasty? . . That's how it declines.
As for the historical background not being investigated too deeply, should Luo Lang be Dutch? Our compatriots are also very good, a few people wiped out a Japanese army.
The biggest flaw in this film is Luo Lang's Chinese. It was originally a serious film. I wanted to spit on it when I heard it, but I thought he was a foreigner in the first place. . . But why does he speak Japanese so well?
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