I don't know how many people are like me. At that moment, what I think of is not Tsui Hark's appearance, but the scene of the last lady singing on the roof of "New Dragon Inn". At that time, a big fire was engulfing her inn, singing was mixed with flying sand, and went with the wind, and everything was annihilated in the desert. Thinking about it now, for Tsui Hark and that movie, there is still a feeling of reverence deep down in my heart.
The next step is the waiting process like a relay race. In various news reports, I didn't care about the handsome men and women, nor did I pay much attention to the filming thoughts of the various actors. I just want to stare at Tsui Hark, who has white hair and a thin face. I want to know how much energy he can release in this movie. He said in an interview: Everyone's desire is a sword. I like this sentence very much, but when I finished watching "Seven Swords", I realized that Tsui Hark only showed the Seven Swords under the Tianshan Mountains, and the desires of those seven people have been forgotten on the Tianshan Mountains.
The fighting scenes in "Seven Swords" are indeed very beautiful. The weapons and action design are very good. The sword held by Yang Caini and the presentation of this sword are very creative. It is undoubtedly not enough to bring a movie with very high expectations to the height it deserves. Tsui Hark only showed his ability to deal with details in this movie, but he lacked the overall control of the whole movie. This film is a good-looking film, but it is not good. I gave it a B-, because I have been expecting that Tsui Hark’s contribution is an A-level film, so I was still a little disappointed, so I focused on the fault.
The sword user died of the sword because the sword saber actually carried a kind of fatal injury. Seven swords under the Tianshan Mountains, in a word: Seven people, seven swords, one injury:
1 Hue
Frankly speaking, I really don’t like the overall tonal treatment of this movie. Especially when the red (red lantern) paired with Dahei (a force of storm and fire) at the beginning, it was against the dimly yellow background, which made people very uncomfortable.
The whole movie didn't make people feel, the feeling of a swordsman floating down when I saw the title of Seven Swords under the Tianshan Mountains. On the contrary, it seems that seven people have been in the trenches to accept the enemy's indiscriminate bombardment, and despite the final victory, it still feels depressing. After all, we are making martial arts movies. Qingyi, dexterity, and freedom are the fundamentals. Otherwise, wouldn't it be the same as shooting World War II movies? Personally, I think it would be better if you use blue-gray as the main color.
2 Image design
I don't know what the characters imagined in your mind when you read martial arts novels without the influence of the characters of film and television works. But I myself would never imagine the bad guys of that era like the underlings of the fire and the fire: one by one wearing armor like holy clothes, there are artistic patterns on the face, that woman even made a very Creative heads, speaking in dialects from all over the motherland, learn to learn the drag expression of American rappers when speaking...Oh, it's really convincing. The whole is a patchwork of funny elements. This is not a human creativity. , It's like something made with computer software.
Fortunately, the image of Qijian is relatively normal.
3 Saint Seiya Plot When
I watch "Seven Swords", I always can't help but think of Saint Seiya, which makes me want to ask if Tsui Hark also has a manga plot. Like the armor mentioned earlier, when it came up, it made me feel like Hades' troops are coming.
When the Seven Swords teamed up, it made me feel that this is simply a Saint Seiya, an old man narrated, and then a sword fell from the sky like a holy cloth, Chu Zhaonan broke out of the mountain like a glacier, and then put' Fighting for the goddess Athena is replaced by'Go down the mountain and save Wuzhuang'. The process of forming a team after drawing on the way of Saint Seiya is familiar, but such a simple team formation is really a little tasteless.
4 Swords
People who have read martial arts, especially those who have read Jin Yong's martial arts, should know that a swordsman with a sword in his hand is not as good as a swordsman with a sword in his heart, which is the so-called "no sword is better than a sword." In fact, this is a manifestation of philosophical thinking, and it makes sense. Tsui Hark is a hero, so he should be more aware of this, but the role of the sword in the Seven Swords is really exaggerated.
At the beginning, Yang Caini could only resist desperately like ordinary people. She had no tactics and had no confidence in her heart. How could she take a sword and be pointed by Dawn for a while and the final battle became so powerful. Lu Yi didn't make a move at the beginning. I don't know how powerful it is, but since he drew the sword in the stone, his whole person has changed. He speaks and acts with confidence. Killing the opponent with a sword is as easy as trying to get something. It really makes people feel that the rise is too fast, and it is a bit unacceptable.
At the beginning, the old man said: The sword user died of the sword. This sentence is so philosophical, but this film still makes people feel that the sword makes people, and no one makes the sword, let alone the combination of the sword. This is not a mischief, but it makes people feel that the director did not work hard on the depth of the film, only making scenes and not teaching reason.
5 Perspectives
I know that some of the developmental jumps in the plots I mentioned earlier will be accused of lack of familiarity with the novel. I admit that I have never read Liang Yusheng's Seven Swords, but with so many audiences across the country, does everyone have to read Seven Swords before going to the movies. This request is a bit excessive.
If I remember correctly, the length of the movie is more than 2 hours, which should be considered longer than the average movie, but it still makes people feel that there are a lot of discontinuities. The film is adapted from a novel that is more suitable for arranging into a series, but the ambiguity of the film's plot is exactly the result of the director's overwhelming desire. Three or four are missing.
In fact, a movie, especially adapted for novels and televisions, should put its perspective on one point, and strive to do well on this point, so that the plot at this point is complete and full of tension, whether it reflects conflicts or conflicts. To explore the inner world of the characters, we must strive to make depth, so that not only the key points are expressed, but the things that radiate from this point are enough to cover other things that cannot be elaborated, which will prompt many people to go again. Reading, watching movies again, endless aftertaste, discussion and analysis.
After all, the main task of the film is not to pursue complete works, but to create more conflicts and achieve higher expressiveness in the shortest possible time. There is nothing wrong with changing the work of the movie, as long as the change can be justified. It's better to have no books if you have all the letters.
6 characters
In works with many characters, the handling of characters has always been an unavoidable problem. Seven swords are also planted on this issue. This time Tsui Hark forgot about the way he discovered Maggie Cheung's potential in "New Dragon Inn". That kind of effort to inspire the actors themselves to express the characters' hearts is gone.
None of the seven swords has a distinct personality, and they are all held back by the rescue of Wuzhuang and unable to play. In my opinion, it does not seem to be Qi Jian Xia rescuing Wu Zhuang, but it is like Wu Zhuang where Qi Jian is trapped in it, forgetting himself for the mission. There is no actor in the Seven Swords who can win a valuable award for his performance in this film, because no one has the opportunity to express what is deep in his heart. The introduction to everyone is very pitiful, only the one who is fighting the sword. After shaking a few shots, it stopped abruptly, let alone any exploration.
The seven people should have seven styles, seven tones, with wrong accents, and the correct circumstance. As a result, they almost took turns taking turns to take turns. On the whole, it was one note that represented the seven swords. Tsui Hark's handling of the relationship between the seven people is too ideal, but it is unreal. Fu Qingzhu and the other Tianshan Four Swords have a very deep connection. How come Lu Yi and Yang Caini, the two newcomers, suddenly merged into this collective. Seven Swords didn't seem to be a temporary team at all, but rather like a perfect team that was born and died together for many years.
Although the contradiction was inserted, the handling was too smooth, suspicion, misunderstanding... There are few things that may cause Seven Swords to fall apart. It is pitiful, and it is stupid enough to kill Seven Swords with a carbine or get some intelligence. I went to change drinks, but I never wanted to leave Qijian. In this way, the opponent paid off and said he was a master, so be careful, it was really interesting.
In general, Qijian lacks depth in personal aspects and is too idealistic in group relations. Wholeness is not full.
7 When
I saw my underworld wife 2 before, the DVD cover said Zhang Ziyi was introduced. After I saw it, I realized that I was just cheating, in order to prepare for the next step. This kind of thing is very annoying, just like when a singer sings the first song, he tells the audience what he is going to sing next month. Boring.
The classmates who have seen Seven Swords talked to me about the superfluous points in the movie: There was a sword in Seven Swords, that is, the sword dug up by Lord Duo Ke Duo. He said it was a masterpiece, so I said nothing about it. . I don't think this is an omission in the plot, it is simply telling everyone that this film has a sequel, please look forward to it! Alas, I really don’t understand. Isn’t the last Seven Swords going to the court not enough? The ads for the sequel have to be in pairs?
I'm not afraid to set up doubts, but because of this kind of psychology, it is not good. Look at other people's Miyazaki Toshi, there are so many doubts in the film, but they do not make any prequel sequel to make the film more mysterious. This is called freehand brushwork! It would be superfluous to lay the foundation for a later sequel like this.
Seven swords and seven wounds, so far, I know there are a lot of harsh reviews above, don't blame me, if there is no expectation, where is the harsh review?
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