I watched the movie ten years ago with my father. I didn't know there was so much realism in the movie, but I just thought Qizai was cute and funny. After reviewing it, I can see a lot of things, maybe I have matured a bit.
I have not systematically studied the history of Stephen Chow's film style development, but the films that I revisited after adulthood, "The King of Comedy" in 1999, "Kung Fu" in 2004, and "Changjiang No. 7" in 2008, are all small people without exception. From the perspective, Xingye's signature funny movements have become less, and more contemplation and sadness are condensed on Xingye's face. The bitterness of his description of little people, although mixed with absurdity and exaggeration, is full of humanitarian care and warmth. If there is still a polar opposition between good and evil in "Kung Fu", then in "Changjiang No. 7" even this opposition has been eliminated, and human nature has become more complicated. The "school bully" who showed off his might at the school became friends with his son. In addition to the hierarchical concept shaped by aristocratic education, he still retained the child's curiosity and innocence. At first, he looked down on his father's always fierce contractor, and even laughed at his son on the construction site. But secretly slipped money to his father to apologize for his blunder - from another father's point of view. The son is kind, but he also has the naughty and comparison heart of children. This complexity of human nature reminds me of "Dog Thirteen" easily. The details are also excellent. The father asked his son to study hard. When he wanted to teach his son, he finally found a non-threatening newspaper from the wooden hanger. The father's love is like a mountain, and he is careful. On the other hand, my father is a very simple and simple person, and he is also a representative of a class of people from the bottom society. He is just an ordinary migrant worker, and he is disliked by the foreman because he is not strong enough. He has no education but believes that studying can change his destiny, so he tried his best to send his children to aristocratic schools. He would happily show off to his co-workers with a paper for his child's 100 points in the test, but he couldn't even tell that the score was tampered with by his son. He repeatedly taught his son to be poor but to be ambitious. When his son said in the classroom, "My dream is to be a poor man," the whole class burst into laughter. What kind of education can make a child say such a thing? What a great support and encouragement he was. But such a father also has a big problem. He blindly believes that sending his son to an aristocratic school will allow him to get the best education and stand out, but he ignores the pressure of discrimination between rich and poor in aristocratic schools. The people at the bottom are so simple, they believe in education and teachers. He taught his children to still be "big thunder and little rain", loving and soft-hearted, perhaps because he felt distressed that the child did not have a mother. All in all, a great father.
I think Master Xing must have thought more about life and emotions, and put the point of laughter from nonsensical to the contrast of the mapping. Maybe it is not funny enough, but it is more profound.
"Changjiang No. 7" is a beautiful fairy tale. The son lost his father, Qizai helped him save it, the son lost Qizai, and finally a large group of alien pet dogs fell from the sky. The story ends here, perhaps because the director is optimistic and believes that kind people can be rewarded, but as pessimistic as I am, I can only see it as a beautiful imagination. Sober and mature.
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