Two years later, Tsui Hark's masterpiece "New Dragon Inn" is the full display of the agility and elegance of the "new martial arts". At this point, the "new martial arts" full of modern movie visual characteristics was born and grew.
In the next ten years of kung fu movies, there is no lack of images of heroes who are flying in the air and flying in the air.
In 2001, Xu Hart’s "Biography of Shu Mountain", another "map change" work, came out. At that time, Xu Hart had high hopes for "Shu Mountain". He hopes to become another turning point in his works, and he threatened to shoot 3 consecutive films of "Shushan", making it a Chinese "Star Wars". It's a pity that this fantasy masterpiece was miserably defeated due to the overall loss of control of the grand narrative. Excluding special effects, the actions of "Shushan" still bear many traces of "new martial arts".
In fact, when "Shushan" was defeated, the new martial arts were already showing signs of decline. Although "Hero" in the next year is still taking the line of "new martial arts", it is only the last glory of "new martial arts".
After ten years of reincarnation, the audiences of "Flying Heroes" are somewhat aesthetically tired. Therefore, in 2005, "Slaying the Wolf" once again put the "real Kung Fu" in the film's publicity.
"Slaying the Wolf" gained wide recognition, and "Dragon Tiger Gate" also came into being. "True Kungfu" is also one of the highlights of "Dragon Tiger Gate".
On the whole, "Dragon Tiger Gate" is really good enough and beautiful enough. The fast-paced features of Hong Kong films are quite obvious. The film does not start with a fight, but rather creates an atmosphere and mobilizes audience expectations.
In the subsequent two scenes in the restaurant and restaurant, the movie took the Raksha Order as a clue and detonated two exciting fights, which was very enjoyable. The movie is about half an hour so far, the main characters all appear on the stage, the opposite of good and evil is a classic Hollywood law.
Especially in a scene in a restaurant, the use of the lens has some characteristics, and I began to explain that the continuous penetration of the environment and a few long mirrors are a highlight. Later, during a vertical overhead shot and group fight part of Jiang Jiao's escape, the scenes imitating the characteristics of the comic pages were also very distinctive. It can be seen that Ye Weixin is quite diligent.
In addition, there are two more distinctive games, namely the rebirth of Wang Xiaolong's spirit and body. One scene is in a field. The outline halo from the light behind the characters emphasizes the sense of holiness and the innocence represented by the child. Wang Xiaolong's spirit is reborn. The body weight is set in the water, giving a hint of the mother's body, and it is also more distinctive.
When watching the subtitles, I noticed that the shape of the movie was Zhang Shuping again, ha ha. He has become quite popular in recent years. The shapes of the main characters are quite original, especially the long flowing hair of the actor, which moves elegantly and tangibly.
Of course, the movie also has some shortcomings, such as the setting of the heroine, which is somewhat insignificant. Except for the last rescue game, the appearance or absence does not seem to affect the plot at all. This is somewhat similar to Dong Jie's status quo in the show business.
In addition, almost all the portrayals of the protagonists are lacking. Except for the male number one Wang Xiaolong, who also has some descriptions of his psychology, Wang Xiaohu and Shi Heilong basically know nothing about them except for their ability to fight. Of course, this problem is a common problem in comics and movies. Due to the characteristics of comics, most of the main characters are distinguished between good and evil, and the image is seriously modeled. In the film adaptation, more effort should be made to shape it. As everyone knows, Hollywood superhero movies have been following the heart line of "heroes are also mortals" in recent years. The indifferent characterization of "Dragon Tiger Gate" shows some of the problems of Hong Kong movies.
This raises another question, which is the shaping of the villain in the movie. Often, in a comic movie, the most dramatic feature is the anti-one. Because the images of comic heroes are mostly Gao Daquan, the shaping of the contra-angle directly affects the thickness of the entire movie. It's a pity that the Anti-No.1 Fire Cloud Cthulhu in "Dragon Tiger Gate", apart from beating and being beaten, didn't even show his face for everyone to take a look. I thought I was going to uncover the mask in the end to show my true colors, but I didn't expect that after being buried in rubble, I dig a hole and escaped.
In fact, in my opinion, the biggest problem appeared in the final "difference between good and evil". There was no one in the opening, the two protagonists didn't even fight against Xiao Luo, and they faced the big demon directly. The audience's expectations are released without being full, which definitely makes people feel that something is missing. Although the ensuing fights were full of fists, they were alive and well. But it always makes people feel that it is no different from the previous fight, and the characteristics of the fight are not clear enough. The effect of the two's tricks is only acceptable, and the shocking power is slightly less. When Comrade Wang Xiaolong appeared on the stage, Huoyun Cthulhu had no power to fight him, and he was beaten to death all the time. It's a joy to be happy, but there are few twists and turns, and it seems that this victory is a bit too easy. You can't say it's unhappy, you can only say it's not unhappy.
Ten years of reincarnation, I see the word "true kung fu" again, but if no kung fu film can surpass this one in ten years, I am afraid it is not a blessing for Hong Kong films.
Let me talk about two other topics that have nothing to do with the movie. In fact, the "Dragon Tiger Gate" comic was originally called "Little Rogue", haha. Later, Huang Yulang's business became bigger and he founded the Jade Dynasty Company, only to find the name "Little Rogue" indecent, and it should have become "Dragon Tiger Gate". However, after the change to "Dragon Tiger Gate", most of the comics were gunmen catching knives, and Huang Yulang became corrupt. Afterwards, he went to jail and made a comeback.
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