Before you know it, Ip Man's film series has been with you for eleven years. In the market environment where the kung fu is declining, "Ip Man" can be regarded as a qualified audio-visual consumer product, without careful consideration of the history and details, refreshing The fighting and the magnificent soundtrack allow most viewers to follow the filming tenet of "It's over when it's cool" to consume with confidence.
And Ye Wen seems to be a "major" existence, tirelessly teaching ignorant Chinese, despicable and shameless Japanese, and white people who look down on Chinese people with brute force. Wearing a navy blue gown, Nian is very gentle, and looks like a modest gentleman, but one has to doubt that his principle of being a man may still be-dissatisfaction is to do. Simple and rude. If you are not convinced, I will fight until you do. Not only one, but ten.
This kind of routine is very similar to an otaku watching Shuangwen. It doesn’t matter what setbacks and difficulties you encounter in reality, you hide in the bed, turn on your phone, and then take the role. Somehow you become the best in the world and the best in the universe. Tongchen can't cover up the edge, because someone will find my shining light and come to the door. The opponent hates me and gritted their teeth, but they can do nothing about me. All the beautiful girls just look at me and think about me. I can't stop it, and I'm so annoying!
Don’t study everything, don’t study everything. If you take a closer look, when you are done, others are spending money for enjoyment, and you are spending money for troubles.
Is there a true record of Ye Wen in history? Have you ever beaten a Japanese? Have you ever taught a Western boxer? Have you ever been to the United States to beat the American Marine Corps instructors?
According to the logic of this story, Ip Man went out of the country, rushed out of Asia, and stepped into the world. Should I enter the universe in the next step with Wing Chun to beat and run away the aliens who are coveting the earth. Unfortunately, "Ip Man 4" is the whole We can't see the full stop of the series.
However, we still have to look forward to it. The American people have Marvel and DC, Avengers and Justice League, which can create a lot of superhero crazy money. It is not enough to have heroes of the earth. We have to open up the universe. Why can't we? Kung Fu League!
The Kung Fu League has a head start! We not only have Ye Wen, but also Huang Feihong, Huo Yuanjia, Chen Zhen, Bruce Lee... everyone is enough to support an 11-year series. Anyway, it depends on the screenwriter. "Ip Man Side Story: Zhang Tianzhi" may have a little grasp of the essence. And routines.
There are 4 parts of "Ip Man", and the story background and characters of each part are different, but no matter which part you are watching, you seem to be watching one.
First of all, explain the story environment and the protagonist, Ye Wen. Then, send an ignorant Chinese person or a group of ignorant Chinese people to tell everyone that there are contradictions and differences within us. Although these people are ignorant, they just can't help it with Ye Wen.
Then, in order to transfer internal contradictions to external contradictions , the foreign villain must appear on the scene. He must be proud of the Chinese and look down on Chinese Kungfu. He must be ruthless, cold-blooded, cruel and unreasonable. He must beat some ignorant Chinese. He vomits blood and hits so hard he can't stand up.
In the end, the protagonist Ye Wen came on the field. Although he would be injured during the fight, the final winner must be Ye Wen. It must be us Chinese, Ye Wen Niu X, Chinese Niu X! ! !
It is precisely this kind of routine. Therefore, whether the protagonist is Ye Man, Kung Fu or Wing Chun, you can construct a Kung Fu movie that can be consumed, and the audience can also get pleasure, but it can also be understood as "Ip Man" "The whole series has nothing to do with Ye Wen, nor does it have to do with Wing Chun, what does it have to do with it, it has something to do with patriotism, patriotism, nationalism...
There are two major metaphysics in today's society, one is Chinese medicine and the other is Kung Fu. Is Chinese medicine useful? It is said to be very powerful. After all, it was handed down by the ancestors. What "Huang Di Nei Jing" and "Fang Zhong Shu"? Peng Zu can still be an imperial daughter when he is 800 years old, but he only needs to search for "average life expectancy of ancient people". This matter cannot withstand scrutiny, but it is not easy to deny it directly. We still have to use the wisdom of the Chinese people and say "take the essence and discard the dross."
Is Chinese Kung Fu useful? It is said to be very powerful. Yang Luchan, the master of Yang-style Tai Chi, can practice to the realm where birds do not fly, but no one has ever seen it. It is the kung fu masters who claim to be martial arts masters to be pressed on the ring by modern fighting techniques. It’s understandable that they are all scammers who are ignorant and have no skills. Bruce Lee, but there are not only Wing Chun and Tai Chi in Jeet Kune Do, but also Muay Thai, Judo, Karate, Taekwondo... Except In addition, Bruce Lee has strict requirements on his physical functions. Therefore, we can say that if you can't beat others, it's not that you can't work hard, but that you haven't practiced well.
During the period of the Republic of China, my country was concerned about foreign and domestic troubles, and advocating martial arts to strengthen the country became one of the needs of the times. The general public also had a strong desire to participate in martial arts to strengthen their health. In fact, it is not difficult to find out from history that both the rise of martial arts and Kung Fu movies are essentially psychological compensations for the lack of national power . Studying medicine cannot save the Chinese. Can martial arts save the Chinese? Obviously not, so in the end it can only become a tool to arouse national sentiment and patriotism.
The "Ip Man" series is precisely such a tool, not to mention an aesthetically tiring tool that is out of touch with the current era, and the future of Kung Fu films should be explored on the philosophical and aesthetic levels, rather than just using a certain slogan.
I am very happy that "Ip Man" is finally over in the fourth part, and I understand it very well. It is indeed impossible to edit it. Even if there are aliens, the aliens will probably not be in the ring with Master Ye.
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