Finally, Mr. Ye Wen was photographed of natural death. Naturally, this series (should) also come to an end.
The sensational flashback of the ending series can recall the IP Man series. At the beginning, there was still gray space (traitor issues) to discuss. After that, the two films gradually reduced to a catharsis of nationalism. Exports——Because of the road that Hong Kong films are no longer Hong Kong films, other exits have been completely blocked. Beat yourself, Japanese, British, mainland China, Hong Kong, and the United States. As long as you fight, you can't lose.
As a unique type of Chinese-language film, watching those tricks and sparring, even if there is no change in the pursuit of new ideas, it is indeed not too boring. But "Ip Man 4", almost all the outbreaks and results of every fight are linked to propositions such as "Are you going to vent the Chinese" and "Are you Chinese", no matter what age you are in. , I'm sick, in short, it just won't work if you don't fight.
Of course, one must be confident. But whether to use Chinese martial arts (Kung Fu) to find applause on racial discrimination—or to say who the applause of the Marine Corps sparsely and reluctantly is addressed to, the film is obviously unable to discuss. I mean, fighting is such a fun thing, why can't the Chinese take it easy. Why do you always have to find confidence in the battle arena for decades, just to fill up with the naive nationalist psychology of the devil's old boxing, can rise bursts of pleasure.
Someone may want to bargain. Ye Man also beats his own people, and he is also the boss of various sects who don't write recommendation letters and embarrass him. The problem is that all ghosts can see that between those fights, it is not a life-and-death order at all. But the Ip Man series has almost no other way to do it except to pull on nationalism.
It is precisely this kind of emotional mobilization that when the same group of viewers, even those who have gone abroad and went to Cannes, see "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", they will feel that Bruce Lee's beating by Brad Pitt is insulting. Actual street combat and competition against Taiwan are essentially not the same contest mode. "Ip Man 4" used Wing Chun's venomous tricks such as flirting and kicking the crotch, but still had to take care of the audience, repeating the "looks very beautiful and dazzling" tricks and punching punches that children would imitate.
In short, even in the eyes of everyone, Ye Wen, who is incapable, seems to have to kill him as soon as he comes up-but this seems to violate the principle of the movie to be wonderful and beautiful. In other words, the most vicious techniques of Wing Chun don't seem to be suitable for appearing on the table. But the crux of the problem is not here, but when you accidentally see some contemporary actual combat on the Internet, the physique is like a chicken, and is beaten by a lumpy free fighter. At this time, you begin to believe that Newton's laws have his truth. When the movie breaks into reality, especially those things that have no effect at all, repeatedly add fuel and vinegar, volatilize and make up, and become a series of repeated hits by Ye Wen, you will feel that it is simply nonsense.
Going back to Bruce Lee, his explosive power need not be said. His movies also have stalks about kicking the sick man of East Asia. That was all fifty years ago. In other movies, most of Bruce Lee is in an overhead purely fictional feature film, but this does not affect him. People regard him as an action movie superstar and become the pride of the Chinese. The problem with the Ip Man series is that when it came up, it positioned itself as the light of Chinese people and the beacon of hope, and how it became an autobiography later seemed to be self-confident.
The most unreliable thing in the film is the old and sick Ye Man (the black screen cuts the subtitles to the real life of Ye Man), which is completely inconsistent with the sense of age in the image of Yen Zidan. Considering that Ye Wen passed away in his seventies, in any case, Yen Zidan's state, combined with Bruce Lee's beginning to make his mark, he was in his sixties or seventies anyway. In this state, to challenge the American soldiers, I don't believe in this line of words.
The movie can of course be adjusted, but "Ip Man 4" can historicalize the prototype character of Ip Man, which means that the great master of Wing Chun has become famous, which is a bit difficult. Someone must say that you know the plot routine with your eyes closed, so why bother to be so serious. Even if you just watch the fight, but the final chapter of the fight can only be said to be improvised. For example, indoor furniture destruction, round table battles, etc., the previous episodes also had similar and similar settings. The performance of the action design in the final chapter is obviously very rushed, not to mention that Yen Zidan is no longer in his peak state.
In my opinion, the most interesting part of the movie is not to win honor at the end. It was Bruce Lee's street fight, and Ye Wen's lesson?? Middle school students. It seems to be able to perfectly connect with the emulsification storm of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". Fighting was originally a fun thing, so why do you take it so seriously?
Perhaps, against Quentin, talking to Pitt in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", I am so happy. This is the greatest significance of "Ip Man 4" inadvertently realized.
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