"Brother Strong"-the American version of "Let the Bullets Fly" a tribute to Jiang Wen

Cameron 2021-10-13 13:06:17

What should Quentin Tarantino look like?

It's a beauty. It is Uma Thurman's coquettish and beautiful in "Pulp Fiction", and the coldness and strength in "Kill Bill".

It's black humor.

It is a circular narrative.

No matter what, the bloody killing was done in laughter and curse.

If Wong Kar-wai's style can be summed up in one sentence: events + time + worldly things, "just 30 minutes and 05 seconds after I met you, I ordered another bowl of ramen, but this time I didn't add spicy food."

Then Quentin Tarantino’s style is an unrelated joke + a bloody scene, "Hey Tom, California won’t snow", and then he dug out the opponent’s eyeballs and threw them on the ground with his boots. Stepping on is like stepping on a cigarette butt.

However, these traces are not obvious in this "Brother Strong". If there are any, only those ridicules when the last strong brother killed Stephen. Dr. Schultz, the only person with the protagonist of Quentin's film, is the biggest highlight of this film. Almost all the fun plots are carried out on this person.

At the beginning of the game, he pretended to force the two brothers to be Dr. Schultz. This appearance was quite exciting. "Brother, you lie here, should we sign the contract first? No, it doesn't matter, we are prepared." This is what Schultz said when he killed a wounded one. This is almost like Guo Degang with a pistol.

After that, the two big smoke guns went where they went. The typical rhythm was to say nothing. Suddenly they drew their guns and fired in the atmosphere of a peaceful and warm Spring Festival Gala. When everyone was astonished, they slowly pulled out a wanted warrant and rode horseback. Leave.

Until I met our second brother Li, who was not suitable for Quentin films, second only to Brad Pitt. Black humor can’t use handsome guys, only comedians, like tim roth, or evil stars. , Like John Travolta. You see, there are a few cross talks who look like Andy Lau, aren't they all small fat people, big fat people, big fat people?

After talking about Quentin, let's take a look at the shadow of Jiang Wen. Dr. Schultz and Brother Qiang are not just a match between a master and a county magistrate, one with good marksmanship and one with brains. When I saw Brother Qiang ambushed in the woods and aimed at the manor and shot, I almost thought his next line was: Let the bullet fly for a while.

Previously, the manor gathered a group of people with sacks on their faces to besiege Brother Qiang. It was like a bandit in a bullet flying, so it was just a matter of printing five loaves and nine loaves on the mask.

And the verbal confrontation in the scene where Huang Silang banqueted the county magistrate and Shiye was almost as if he had moved to Xiao Li’s banquet for Brother Qiang and the doctor intact. It's all a few old drama bones in the middle of talking and laughing, with murderous intent hidden. Don't you think that Xiao Lizi and Fa Ge are a bit like each other in their appearance and acting? They are all big names, all supporting roles, and all come to play the ruthless villain.

At the end of the film, Brother Qiang, like all heroic movies, smiled at the destroyed evil forces and reported the beautiful return. I couldn't tell whether the raging fire burned the Candy Manor or the Huang Family Compound, and whether the dead accomplice was the master or the doctor.

Even the flaws in the two films are similar. The heroine is so tasteless whether it is Carina Lau or the black girl. Of course, this is related to the protagonist to be prominent in the film. Pulling Uma Thurman over again might steal the spotlight from Brother Qiang.

Of course, to say that Quentin is like Jiang Wen is naturally a joke, this film is still Quentin's own style. It's just that the familiar flavors have faded a lot. There is no bloody violence of "Kill Bill" and "Sin City", nor the blackness of "Falling Dog" and "Pulp Fiction". Although Huarongyue looks old, she still knows who it is

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Django Unchained quotes

  • Amerigo Vessepi: [Franco Nero played the original Django] What's your name?

    Django: Django.

    Amerigo Vessepi: Can you spell it?

    Django: D-J-A-N-G-O. The D is silent.

    Amerigo Vessepi: I know.

  • Django: [as Schultz prepares to pour the beer] What kind of dentist are you?

    Dr. King Schultz: [smiles] Ha!

    [Schultz fills the beer glasses from the tap]

    Dr. King Schultz: Despite that cart, I haven't practiced dentistry in five years. But these days, I practice a new profession...

    [Schultz grabs the glasses filled with beer and gives a drink to Django]

    Dr. King Schultz: Bounty hunter.

    [Schultz sits down with his own glass]

    Dr. King Schultz: Do you know what a bounty hunter is?

    Django: No.

    Dr. King Schultz: Well, the way the slave trade deals in human lives for cash, a bounty hunter deals in corpses.

    [Schultz clinks his beer glass to Django's]

    Dr. King Schultz: Prost!

    [pause]

    Dr. King Schultz: The state places a bounty on a man's head. I track that man, I find that man, I kill that man.

    [pause]

    Dr. King Schultz: After I've killed him, I transport that man's corpse back to the authorities. Sometimes that's easier said than done. I show that corpse to the authorities, proving yes, indeed, I truly have killed him, at which point the authorities pay me the bounty. So, like slavery, it's a flesh for cash business.