Now, let's watch this movie. The continuation can be a classic or a dog's tail. This film has fulfilled the basic expectations of the two audiences. First, it does not destroy the classics. It is made with heart and strives for perfection. : Entertaining, nonsensical, compact and complete plot. If you want to ask whether it surpasses the previous work on the whole, my answer is: "Probably not, but this movie has new thinking and understanding of Xingye.
1. Instead of conquering demons and eliminating demons, it is better to go west and learn scriptures
in the film. , The fish demon's dissatisfaction with the fishermen, and the pig's revenge against the woman who covets beautiful men are all expressed in terrifying and bloody pictures. There are no unnecessary words, and some are just brutal killings. In the mouth of Xuanzang's fat master, we have to Knowing that in the previous life of the fish demon, he risked his life to save the drowning children but was recognized as a human trafficker by the fishermen, while the previous life of Zhu Ganghya loved his wife but was betrayed and killed by his wife and adulterer. They all died for love. , Reborn from hatred.
At first glance, you will think that it is the same as the story of Liao Zhai, showing us the love and hatred of demons. But it is not that simple. In this movie, there are no good demons and bad demons, but It is through demons that the two sides of human beings are shown: the villagers of Xiaozhai Village are paranoid and superstitious, but in times of crisis, mothers can sacrifice their lives to save their daughters, and the villagers can unite to protect their homes; However, there are also Duan women who are consistent with Chen Xuanzang and even give up their lives. The demon is born from the illusion of human resentment, and it is the sin of human evil that promotes the birth of the demon. At the
end, Chen Xuanzang realized that it is better to go west to learn scriptures than to subdue the demon and eliminate the demon. To guide the good is to purify all sentient beings
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The image of Monkey King in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" completely subverts the traditional cognition. Whether it is the supernatural powers and debauchery of Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West", or the love and fate of the supreme treasure in "Journey to the West", the image of Sun Wukong is basically positive and loved by the audience. In "Journey to the West • Conquering the Demons", the Monkey King, who was trapped in the cave for 500 years, was bald and scruffy, and his face was pale; the prototype of Monkey King after escaping from Wuzhi Mountain was rude and savage, bloodthirsty, and charcoal holy.
I once thought that Sun Wukong was suppressed by the Tathagata Buddha for five hundred years at the foot of the mountain. When no one taught him, no one was influenced by him, and he just relied on self-reflection. He would really change his temperament. Will his heart hate, twist, go to the other extreme? The movie shows us this possibility. We see that under the Wuzhi Cave, Buddha Tathagata did not provide Sun Wukong with any space or props for repentance. The moonlight was not visible in the cave. There was only a stone table on which was written "Mahayana". The seal of Buddha Dharma. When Sun Wukong wanted to escape, he was bound by countless vines, whipped, and beaten. When Sun Wukong successfully escaped, his desire to hate everything and destroy everything to take revenge against the Tathagata was vividly displayed.
Although Sun Wukong, like Zhu Bajie and Monk Sha, all started to kill, but the situation is not the same. Just like the previous Monkey King is the embodiment of freedom and justice, this time Sun Wukong is the absolute embodiment of evil. He has no feelings, does not know love and hate, only Know to kill blindly. Five hundred years of violent suppression by the Tathagata Buddha did not help, why was Chen Xuanzang able to tame him in just a few minutes? Is it because an upgraded version of Tathagata's palm descended from the universe? No, it was Xuanzang who gently placed the Indeterminate Dharma Ring on Sun Wukong's head against a white background. It was because of love. The Indeterminate Dharma Ring was a weapon used by the Duan woman to protect Chen Xuanzang, and it was also a token she wanted to have privately with Chen Xuanzang for life.
Conquering violence with violence will only lead to deeper hatred, and only through the influence of love can we eliminate the evil nature and save the world.
3 Instead of waiting for thousands of years, it is better to fight for the day and night
There was a sincere love in front of them, but they didn't cherish it at first. The end of the supreme treasure was to lose, but the end of Chen Xuanzang was to have it. The ring on Chen Xuanzang's hand later became the golden hoop on the head of the Supreme Treasure, but Chen Xuanzang used it to accept the love of the Duan woman, and also realized that Xiaoai is also the Mahayana Buddhism of love, and the one with the golden hoop on the Supreme Treasure In an instant, he was forced to sever the fate forever.
In the love designed by Xing Ye, both men and women have experienced hardships, life and death. In the end, the most painful is not the one who sacrificed, but the one who has to continue to face. Even for a short moment, Chen Xuanzang and Duan Nuan had each other, but Supreme Treasure and Zixia could only miss it again and again. Chen Xuanzang said "I love you" before the death of the Duan woman. It was a momentary moment and a moment of eternity, which made him realize the "little bit" of the business trip ("Only if you have had pain, can you understand the suffering of all living beings; if you have attachment, you can Let go of attachments; if you have been concerned, you will be free from worry."), which made him truly possess the wisdom root of purifying all sentient beings. But Supreme Treasure watched Zixia go away but was helpless, and understood the absurdity of his heart and behavior, but he didn't have the opportunity to sincerely say "I love you" to his lover, leaving the regret of eternal reincarnation.
If it is said, Journey to the West has always told us: don't know how to cherish after losing it. The first two parts said: "If I can, I'd love to love you for ten thousand years." The Conqueror chapter said: "If I can, let's love each other this morning and night."
There are a lot of good things about the film, but there are also some shortcomings. First of all, in the plot development, there are gaps and loopholes in some plot settings, such as how Duan woman fell in love with Chen Xuanzang. Even if this part is due to the length, at least a few close-ups of expressions or eyes should be added to prevent the audience from letting the audience. It felt too sudden. Sun Wukong lost his mana in the Wuzhi Cave, and he would bleed even if he cut a bamboo root. How could he easily subdue Zhu Ganghya? The formation of the final master-apprentice relationship between Xuanzang and Sun Wukong and others has not been introduced in detail; the character lines still retain many shadows of Stephen Chow's previous comedies, but compared with the first two "Westward Journey", there are not many laughs. Although the article's "Three Hundred Children's Songs" and dance stripping clips made the audience's eyes shine, they were only a few places; in the special effects of the screen, the 3D effect that was criticized by everyone, except for the ring that flew to the audience at the beginning of the film and the middle of the film. The subtitles, the rest is no different from 2D, although the special effects in the film are realistic, but the fish demon is like the tentacles of "Alien", the pig is like the mutated wild boar in "Princess Mononoke", and Sun Wukong is like "King Kong" in the end And the Saiyan who transformed into "Dragon Ball" also seems to lack some creativity.
In fact, the biggest shortcoming of this film is precisely the new thinking of Xing Ye. When this film was labeled as a "New Year's comedy", its market positioning became suitable for all ages, but this is not the case. The bloody murder scene and the creepy monster image continued the previous big talk about Journey to the West. The style of magic realism, but the innovation and subversion of Xing Ye this time have reduced the comedy effect of the film to a certain extent.
In other words, the visual shock that Xing Ye pursued this time took up the space of spiritual shock, and the connotation element affected the play of the comedy element. Do you simply pursue the comedy section or inject connotation into it first? Perhaps, there is no contradiction between the two, but how to find this balance? This may not be a problem that Xing Ye has to consider alone, and it is also worth thinking about by all filmmakers in the Chinese comedy circle.
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