The World in Seven Swords

Russ 2022-01-18 08:02:55

I have been looking forward to Tsui Hark’s new work "Seven Swords" for a long time, and finally watched it. I read a lot of film reviews and introductions before and after, with mixed results. According to Tsui Hark’s own account, "Seven Swords" will reflect the new style of his movie. In fact, I think "Seven Swords" is closer to Tsui Hark’s favorite themes of early movies. He likes to describe the cannibalism. "Seven Swords" changed the angle of killing people, but they were actually similar in nature.

Tsui Hark's concept of the martial arts world is violence, killing battlefields, and bloody storms. The two-and-a-half-hour movie aims to beat you to death. There are many descriptions of swords in the film, but they are all conceptual descriptions. They lack the in-depth expression between man and sword. Therefore, the relationship between the seven brothers and the sword cannot be seen, nor can it express the spirit of the unity of man and sword. .

Because martial arts scenes occupy a lot of play, there is no room for emotional play, and Tsui Hark has always been not good at dealing with the relationship between men and women, so he always feels that the sex scenes of men and women in the play are very blunt and can not be invested. On the contrary, the description of the relationship between the old horse Laifu and the owner is the most complete and moving thing in the whole film. If there is an award for the most animal and best actor, I will definitely vote for it. Especially the scene where Laifu came back from the end of the mountain and walked down alone, the shot was very beautiful and freehand. Through Laifu, we have seen the cruelty left by the valuables in the world.

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  • Rosalia 2022-03-20 09:02:43

    The wonderful place is obvious, the martial arts scene plus the magnificent soundtrack, it is impossible not to be excited. The worst is also more obvious. The more the plot progresses, the more messy it gets. Tsui Hark obviously doesn’t know what he really wants to express. He may only look at the superficial scenes. The characters are divided into different personalities, shaping them. It's a mess.

  • Matilda 2022-01-18 08:02:55

    Sure enough, it is an overbearing art. This plot can't be more than two. What do you want to do? I found so many big names and it turned out to be like this. But Kim So-yeon still likes her so much. Brother Zidan is so handsome~~