Drunken Master Drunken Master (1978) This
film is the 33rd of the 2005 Hong Kong Film Awards Association's 100 Best Chinese Films.
The film tells the story of Huang Feihong's apprenticeship to learn Drunken Boxing. Huang Feihong studied martial arts in the martial arts hall opened by his father, but he was punished by his father for betting on the street and drinking with the same door and then molesting a girl who was a relative. Huang Feihong did not accept the punishment well and was discovered by his father, so his father decided to ask a famous teacher to educate him. After Huang Feihong found out, he ran away in fear. On the way to escape, Huang Feihong had an overlord meal and was severely beaten by the people in the store. A beggar came to the rescue. This beggar was the master invited by his father, so the beggar caught Huang Feihong, the two became masters and apprentices, and let Huang Feihong practice martial arts every day. Huang Feihong didn't want to study hard, and was often lazy. He managed to escape once while practicing scooping water. In order to escape Huang Feihong's clothes were wet, a killer came when he dried the clothes. Because Huang Feihong occupies the position of the killer, the two did not speculate, so they fought a battle. It was not that Huang Feihong's opponent had lost terribly. In order to escape, Huang Feihong got under his crotch as the killer said. In this way, Huang Feihong began to practice martial arts seriously. Once, the master and the apprentice encountered a local ruffian while visiting the market, and Huang Feihong took a few shots to subdue him. A few days later, the ruffian called for a helper to get revenge. At this time, the master was defeated because he did not drink, and the two had to hide. In fact, Huang Feihong has already gone to drink, but he has mixed with water. In the next period of time, the master began to teach his trick "Drunken Fist". After Huang Feihong made a small achievement, he defeated the revenge helper who had beaten their master and apprentice a few days ago, but when he returned home, he found that the master had already left and let Huang Feihong practice martial arts by himself. At the same time, Huang Feihong's father had a friction with another landlord for the people, and the landlord invited a professional assassin to ask him to kill Huang Feihong's father in order to achieve his goal. Finally, Huang Feihong arrived in time and fought the assassin who had bullied him for more than a dozen rounds to kill him.
This movie is very beautiful. It has both funny and funny plots and wonderful martial arts moves, so I am very comfortable and engaged in watching it. But none of the above is the highlight of the movie. The most important thing is two points: one is that the plot of the film is smooth, the structure is clear, and it is completely in line with the logic of reality; the other is that the characters are real and flesh-and-blood characters, not those played by Bruce Lee. Kind of hero who can't eat fireworks. Therefore, such a setting will not only make me look happy, but also make me thoroughly involved in the plot. It's been a long time since I saw a movie with such a smooth, hearty and true story. Can I not like it?
As for the theme of the movie, it is very clichéd. Darkness must conquer the light, evil overpowers righteousness, punishment of evil and promotion of good, etc. can all be attributed to the theme of this film, but it is too ordinary. Of course, this film is for entertainment. It is enough to have a theme that is accepted by the general public, and there is no need to force it to be too deep.
The advantage of this film is very outstanding, that is, the funny action is combined with the wonderful martial arts, which allows the audience to smile when they appreciate the good-looking Kung Fu competition. This is also the fixed pattern of Jackie Chan's movies for many years. Probably the film is the originator of the "kung fu comedy", so this film has also become a masterpiece and masterpiece. It is both good-looking and funny, and there is a theme of punishing evil and promoting good. Who doesn't like it?
The filming is very concise. Apart from telling the story, most of the rest of the time is martial arts action, which is very attractive. Especially in the film Jackie Chan's scooping and pouring water while practicing martial arts, and his alone "Drunk Eight Immortals", these scenes look incredible. Jackie Chan's body is awesome! Can make such a difficult and physically demanding action. It seems that Jackie Chan's fame is built by his excellent body and solid basic skills.
The actors in this film performed well. Needless to say, Jackie Chan’s performance of the protagonist, gagging wit, real martial arts, and rich expressions all reflect his aptitude as a movie superstar. It is strange that he is not famous. Yuan Xiaotian, the actor of the beggar, has mediocre acting skills, but his kung fu is very good. After seeing him, I finally got to know the ancestor of Hong Kong action movies. Other people in the film are supporting roles, not to mention it. Besides, there are no female characters in this movie, which is so simple to the extreme.
in conclusion. This is a classic Hong Kong Kung Fu movie, perfect in every aspect. Can a film that has created a masterpiece of Hong Kong genre films and is also entertaining, can it not become a classic?
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2013-09-20
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