However, the road to revenge is ultimately painful and not a joyous one. He kills your parents, it seems right and right for you to kill him, but he said that the people on your side were sorry for them first, how should you judge the right or wrong of it? Does the extraordinary act of killing still have justice for you? ? In addition, murder is also a battle between warriors. You violated your own martial arts for revenge. Are you worthy of the ancestors who died for it? You said that parents’ fertility, family love and blood are thicker than water, this is the greatest, and you can do everything for revenge. Have you ever considered that your revenge object will also have relatives and friends, and they will also suffer from your revenge. And if the other person is also an innocent person like you who thinks he has been victimized and comes to avenge you, how should you treat it?
The gratitude and enmity are only for a moment, and the grievances are reported to Monet. In the final analysis, revenge is a matter of the living, not the dead. Revenge depends on how the person concerned persuades himself and obtains comfort. Yingjiu turned the heart of revenge into the ideal of revitalizing the "Yidao Style" and promoting the martial arts, and went on firmly. As for Rin, a young girl who has not been deeply involved in the world, she needs to grow up, experience and think before she can come up with mature and most beneficial ideas. But for girls whose homes have been destroyed, survival is no longer easy, so let's talk about growth. As a result, the "undead" as bodyguards appeared ten thousand times.
Thousands of murders are very serious, and now he wants to make atonement.
Thousands of people called "Hundred People Killed" and killed many people. When he was a samurai servant, he performed his duties faithfully, and he killed whoever was told to kill him. Until one day, he found out that he had killed a good official, and the lord who gave the order was a greedy and perverted man. This had a great impact on Wanji, not only killing the innocent by mistake, but also undermining his belief as a samurai. He killed the lord and several colleagues present, unfortunately one of them was his sister's husband. My sister was crazy because of this. Later he was wanted and killed his sister.
Yu Dayi is in personal love, tens of thousands of times have caused misfortune because of murder. But he doesn't seem to be a bad person. God cares for the poor man and wants this "master murderer" to make the best use of it and obtain salvation. Wanci became an "immortal" and he wanted to protect the weak and unfortunate.
In addition to revenge, "Infinite Residents" also contains a problem of warrior's dilemma. The Warring States period, where the heroes co-existed and made people's blood boil, was over long ago, and Japan is now in a relatively safe and stable Tokugawa shogunate period. There are roughly two ways for the martial artist: one is to be loyal to the court and earn a living; the other is to open a school by himself, and to collect disciples to pass on art as a career. The way of martial arts has gradually become a way of survival rather than an ideal.
Eating other people's food depends on what they say. Loyalty is emphasized, justice is rigidly simplified or even ignored. Disobedience will be regarded as heresy, traitor, abandoned and punished. This is the case with Wanji, Kagehisa and others. But after becoming "non-mainstream", the choices of the two are very different. Wanci was "born", basically living in seclusion, only appearing when needed. Yingjiu, on the other hand, actively "entered the WTO" and took the initiative to carry forward the banner of revitalizing the martial arts, setting off a bloody storm again. Although the goal of Kagehisa and others was not to target the Tokugawa shogunate, their behavior itself was a provocation and threat to the shogunate and could not be ignored. So more people are involved... The
above is the main background and theme of "Infinite Residents", the original comics and adapted movies are roughly the same. Of course, as a comic that has been serialized for nearly two decades, the content is naturally richer; and the film has many limitations in performance due to the influence of form and length. The movie "Infinite Residents" lasts more than two hours. Some people say that it is too long. I think that in terms of the content presented in the movie, it is not only not long at all, but also a little short. The character stories are all overwhelmed. The presentation theme is a big issue. Those who have read the original comics have more advantages in viewing and understanding, and can supplement the background and content omitted or simplified in the movie by themselves; however, on the other hand, they may also be more picky about the movie.
In terms of the theme, the works can be abstract and pursue metaphysical points; in terms of specific content, whether it is comics or movies, they are popular works facing the public. In addition to the storyline, they must attract the audience with their performance characteristics. The biggest feature of "Infinite Residents" is the gorgeous and bloody beheading, especially because of the existence of Ten Thousand Times, "Hundred People Beheading" and "Undead", making the action scenes more exaggerated and direct.
While the gorgeous scenes stimulate the audience with unique aesthetics, they also create a gap, allowing the audience to reflect on the contradictions of the behavior itself and the meaning behind it, and then get a richer and more complete experience of the work, which is the so-called "blood and flesh." ". Of course, different works have different pursuits, but creators who dare to go above the real form still need a lot of courage.
For movies, hacking people must be carried forward. As for the "flesh and blood", there is some carelessness.
In the movie, Takuya Kimura (playing ten thousand times) cuts more than 300 people, which is the focus of the film's publicity. Not only does he have to fight against the masters of all walks of life, but also the scene of "a hundred people beating a hundred people" with one enemy.
In the battle against Wanji, there are eight and six groups of Yi Daoliu (Black Mackerel, Fierce Daidou, Xianma Yongkong, Otachiman Makie, Ambush Trio, Tianjin Yingjiu), and Wukuliu one (Shiliang) ). These villains have their own characteristics. The black mackerel is perverted, "has a knife behind his back", fierce Daidou and officials have hatred, and are good at making use of the terrain. Xianma Yongkong is also an "immortal" and has lived for more than two hundred years. Foreign aid, genius attribute, but unfortunately because of this, Shiliang is not only abnormal but also ferocious. After one hand is chopped off, his stump is turned into a weapon.
The actor Ichikawa Eizo of Xianma Yongsuo, during the filming, his real wife Maao Kobayashi was fighting against breast cancer. Now that the Sri Lankan is dead, this character who used "immortality" to sigh impermanence looks a little more heavy.
Every battle is a vicious battle, and every battle has its own characteristics. It's no wonder that the screenwriter director is reluctant to give up, and the director is still keen on showing violence, Takashi Miike. However, as a result, the movie had to become very long, and the space for the characters became smaller. Originally, movies could not be laid out slowly like comics, telling everyone's story. Now that a person only has a few sentences of self-introduction, how can it be "flesh and flesh". And it will also affect the explanation of the action scene, leaving the audience unclear.
The most affected is Maki Otachi, played by Erika Toda. When it was almost the last blow to be chopped down by 10,000 times, she suddenly stopped and began to reflect... In the absence of background introduction to Otachi Makie’s background, experience, personality, etc., this scene It became a bad ending under the protagonist's aura of immortality, and the emotions before came to an abrupt halt, very unhappy. Otachi Makie will also appear in the final battle. Although her behavior itself is more complete (protecting Kagehisa and sacrificed for it), she still cannot change the cannon fodder nature of this character.
Although the battle has shortcomings, it is pretty good-looking. In contrast, the drama of "Hundreds of People Beheaded" is a bit boring. Not only is there a lot of dramas like one dozen ten or one dozen hundred, but it also doesn't break through the traditional routines, which looks very fake. It's one-to-many, but the fight is still lined up one by one, and the others are grinning at the show; one knife is easier than cutting a melon. Although Wanci had more oil bottles around Wanci, which basically couldn't hit, the difficulty didn't increase at all. Like other "woods", she revolved around Wanci.
In addition, regarding the effects of the entire action scene, although there are a lot of blood and limbs, there are some restrictions, whether it is for budget or scale. Some movements in and out of the body are indirectly expressed through close-ups such as expression props. Shiliang's effect when he fell off the cliff was also a bit crude, with only CG blood flowers, and the waterfall water was not red.
The supporting role is responsible for the fight, and the protagonist is not only responsible for the fight, but also for the story. When ten thousand times, Kagejiu and Rin were left panting, the play was not over yet. Not only does the BOSS have to fight, the topic of "revenge" also needs to be finalized.
In the end, Rin stabbed the sword to Kagejiu. But the meaning is different from pure revenge. Rin is no longer killing people for personal grievances. This is her protest to Kagejiu, who is still stubborn. She doesn't want to see more killings and more innocent victims. Rin is protected and taken care of by others, and she can slowly grow up to overcome her inner demons; Yingjiu is alone in carrying the banner, and is always fighting. In the end, she failed in the plan, and her enmity is hard to dissipate. The two men's mental journeys are in contrast, and this leads to the final result. Rin's behavior is not necessarily justified, but it is her own choice.
The story of revenge is complete, but the effect is actually not very good. The origin, the course, and the results are all explained, but they are not vivid, and thus cannot make people move and highlight the theme. The performance of the three protagonists also has an impact on the effect. Ten thousand times are good, Kagehisa make do, Asano Rin is a bit disappointing. Rin Asano was treated with exaggerated and old-fashioned treatments in the movie (so the pan still had to be memorized by the director), and became a popular character who only yelled and burst into tears. Her performance cannot reflect growth, and her behavior is very empty. The revenge story is after all a hacking story.
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