I don't know if it was intentional or not. Director Zhou changed the way of horror as the beginning. After all, almost everyone went to the cinema with the gimmick of the king of comedy, just to have a good laugh. The beginning of horror concealed a lot of the lack of comedy effects. It enhances the sense of substitution of the plot. When the audience is in the play, throwing one or two burdens out to relieve the little tension is very pleasant, and it is a smarter approach.
The "big scene" at the end of the film can indeed make people complain. We have watched too many big scenes, and the technology is also flawed. It is not enough to rely on imagination, but imagination is really a little bit lacking. From the embarrassment of the article at the beginning of the film, I thought that he would finally appear like the monk Tony Leung in the road, but the refreshing feeling brought by that kind of surprise was not achieved, which is a pity.
However, in terms of details, Zhou Dao is very attentive. For example, when Xuanzang and his master described the origins of water demons and pig demons, they used pictures to illustrate, which is very similar to Western totem stories and has a sense of fate. Shu Qi closed her eyes when she died, but only got a kiss from her sweetheart. Her sadness and irony were also very moving. The idea is also good, everyone has been moving for me for so long that I hope it will be 10,000 years, but Director Zhou has stood up this time and said that he should love the moment, not empty words, which is in line with ZF's call. As for that song, the image of Journey to the West is really vivid in my eyes. No matter what form of emotion it is, just be moved a little, don't make a loss-making business for yourself.
Many people go to see the Westward Journey for Dahua, but what they get is not the Westward Journey. It will definitely not be a big talk about Journey to the West, which is a false proposition in itself, otherwise why would Zhou Xingchi not act and become a director with such self-knowledge. He also knows that a person cannot be a classic forever in his life. Not God. So why not just judge it as a normal movie. Compared with most Chinese-language films, this film has a sense of substitution, is moving, and is a qualified work. Don't dig a hole for this movie because of the height of the Westward Journey, just put it on the flat ground and evaluate it.
There is also a strong expectation that China will have a film rating system, this film is not for children to watch. But now the children are very precocious, what not to see.
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