Before watching the film, wherever he went online, there was a lot of scolding, as if Chen Kaige used the 350 million RMB, which was piled up enough to kill people. What he created was not a movie, but a target, which made Chinese people a movie. The ultimate words of humiliation and blows that can be exhausted, all poked up one by one, and with the fluttering red tassels, it is obvious to the world. Therefore, the process of waiting for the film is really not what it feels like.
On the one hand, the directors of Uncle Triumph’s generation always have such traces on them. They are a mark of the past, but in our generation it is a cultural gap. So they may have a few favorite movies. As for the director himself, I don't like any of them. Especially after watching "Kill Me Gentlely", the first impulse was to kill Uncle Veuve viciously.
On the other hand, Chinese directors, especially those from the mainland, have generally been in a recession in recent years. Watching Korean films destroy the city at the World Film Festival, they inevitably hope that these uncles and brothers who are marching into Hollywood can use their financial and material resources. , Create a brilliance, don't need to be as brilliant as fireworks, the fire of fireflies is soothing.
I was tossed by despair and hope just like this. Ten minutes after the film opened, I went to my friend's personal space and yelled that I like "Promise". I have always had no resistance to strange and beautiful things. I like the full of spirits, the ink-and-wash background, the story about the steamed bun, and the choice about true love.
The Promise, this is the English name of "The Promise", just like the English title of "Evil and West Poison", it may better express the author's intentions. Many women always have one or even several opportunities in their lives to face this choice: do you want love or bread? Many people always have many opportunities in their lives to face this problem: loss. In the face of fate, once the choice is made and the promise is made, the future life cannot be said to be doomed, but at least one of the tens of thousands of roads has been taken and cannot be turned back. But what if God would give us another chance? To bet on the same destiny is not to bet, and to fight is not to fight? Those who have not lost in life, those who have not lost in life, who have not been the masters of their own lives, are casual people, who cannot understand the meaning of that steamed bun to me and to Wuhuan. Being hurt at the most innocent and credulous time in life, unhappy or exaggerating the result, but my good boy in reality can understand his feelings.
People who are too perfect can win the hearts of the world, so I am not afraid of losing my partiality. Just like in the Three Kingdoms, Dudu likes Zhou Yu; Dudu fell in love with Wuhuan in "Wuji", knowing that he committed a mistake, and he will pay for it with death in the end, but he is so capricious and lonely, and persistently seeks the number one. A person who lied to him thought that by killing her, he would be able to return to the beginning, and would believe in love again? As smart as him, he is still a silly boy after all....
If the film follows this route, if Uncle Veuve fixes the theme of Wuhuan and Qingcheng, this film may become my annual choice. It has such a complete imagination, which is very rare among Chinese filmmakers, and it should be said that it has been extinct. At that time, the disappointment and resentment of being half-frustrated by "Huadu Wars" can be compensated by "Promise" now. It also has such distinctive characters, bright pride, unhappy obedientness, Kunlun slaves' simplicity, ghost wolf cowardice, and rare group portraits.
But I have to admit sadly that what I like may not be a good thing, and even my definition of "good" may not be recognized by the public. This film is essentially a failure.
Uncle Veuve doesn’t know how to shoot martial arts movies—just like Wong Kar-wai can’t shoot rural subjects, Hou Xiaoxian can’t shoot traffic jams, and Li Ang can’t shoot violent subjects. There is nothing to be ashamed of. If you don’t know how to shoot, just find a director who knows how to do it, but you have to do it yourself. I don’t want to mention anything in the film. The venues for the fights were quite creative, but unfortunately they couldn't produce results. Especially the Horseshoe Valley Battle, which opened the film, should be to express the bravery of the bright, but it feels like shooting a children's film, the long-term view-the close-up-the middle shot-the further view-the middle shot, in order to confess the overall situation at the same time The details of the fight are usually shot like this, but...most of the time the camera stays at the part where the soldiers polished after the victory, and the same angle is thrown three times-is this necessary?
The most painful thing in this world is to see a piece of art being destroyed when it is about to succeed. The impact of the photography and editing of this film on this film, for example, is as if "The Last Supper" drew a draft and asked me to color it. A redundant lens can be bent over to pick up one, such as the feather that looks a bit like "Forrest Gump", etc., and where it is necessary to explain carefully, such as the first encounter between Guangming and Ghost Wolf, it is so sloppy. Up. There was no bright spot in the fierce battle of the whole film.
The biggest failure of the film is not "insufficient", but "too much." Uncle Veuve’s heart is too big. When Guangming, Ghost Wolf, and Kunlun Nu appeared one by one, the clues of the play were messed up, and the focus was blurred. Is it all for a woman or a steamed bun? What is this woman winning? Fate or love? The person watching is confused, is it clear to the person who made the film?
I have no interest in religion. Among the gods, only Buddha can be regarded as philosophy. A Zen master once said that if you are willing to give up, you can get it first. However, it is easy to give up. This is because people are greedy. If the various symbolic elements in this film are torn apart, maybe a dignified Chinese version of the Twelve Kingdoms can be made, but choice, humanity, love, trust, destiny... how can a film be affordable in a mere trivial way? of.
In addition to too many symbols and unclear themes, relying too much on special effects is also a big failure. To create the kingdom of your dreams, you don’t have to shoot the Chinese version of "The Lord of the Rings." Tim Burton is known for his close-to-magic stories, but he is notoriously a person who doesn’t use computer stunts. "Fish" is all done with realistic scenes and unique shooting techniques, so it's not interesting. After all, our advantage over others lies in the "big land and rich resources". There are many scenes that can be clearly completed by extras and real objects, and the burnt money will not be much more than 3D special effects. Besides, does the animation company know that this is a magical movie, not a 3D game, all kinds of shoddy things, I can see it clearly on the computer, the big screen? I can not imagine.
In addition, Uncle Veuve’s literary temperament cannot be shaken off after all. In fact, this is a very childlike fable. There are gods, weird countries, strange people and stories. Although Wuhuan is a tragic character, it is Comedy, such as his funny scepter, exaggerated dress, and neurotic way of speaking, can actually be taken very interestingly, just like a fairy tale. But it was ruined by too much preaching. The big confession in the last part of the film, so the bad dialogue didn't know who came up with it. If it is now in front of me, he will definitely kick his ass! ! ! In fact, the film is full of inexplicable from beginning to end. The preface does not follow the dialogue, as if the script writer has never spoken to anyone in life, but this is just a little bit of blockage. At the end of the film, it finally can’t hold it and it flows. The pus came out, so disgusting. Since you want to be symbolic, don't speak so clearly, you don't even understand how to play deep~~~ I must have never seen Wong Kar Wai GG movie.
Finally, there are too many celebrities... I remember that Zhao Baogang said that he likes to promote newcomers before, so that there is a sense of accomplishment. I think about it, too. The current directors don’t know how to think, as if there are more movie stars than any other movie star, so that even "Auntie", a film that doesn’t require any acting skills to support, has to dispatch N actor to kill. Ji Yan used a sledgehammer to waste other people's acting skills and the emotions of the audience. Nowadays, internationalization is popular, and filmmakers can really do anything for the sake of the market. I watch movies because of the lines, otherwise the inventor of the sound film would have died unjustly. The lines are well spoken. It is an art. Think about our professor Hannibal. The only thing that can move freely is a mouth. Except for cannibal time, it is used to talk. The reason why "The Silent Lamb" is so. Most of the horror was "said" by him. What a level it is. Look at those two foreigners who don't know what they are talking about. They can speak Chinese like this according to Roman pinyin. I should also thank them for their hard work, but there is no human touch in these words, and I cry. How good is it to invest the money saved from celebrities in animation special effects. The barrel principle is not only applicable in economics.
Now that it comes to stars, I simply commented on all the roles together. As I said earlier, Wuhuan is the love of my heart. When he was a child, he was actually like a combination of Guangming and Kunlun slaves, but he was proud but simple. Qingcheng MM snatched his steamed buns, and since then made Wuhuan no longer trust others or even himself, he cannot get love and happiness, just like his name "Wuhuan". In order to retaliate, but also to calm the shadow of childhood, Wuhuan went all over the destruction, wholeheartedly trying to catch Qingcheng, so that she also tasted the pain of not getting love. Even though Xiao Xie is not my cup of tea, he is really beautiful. It combines the essence of the five senses of his parents. It can be regarded as the kind of male and female faces. In addition to his feminine acting style, although he is suspected of imitating Wu Zhenyu, Wu GG’s eyes are not very focused, but the effect of putting on Xiao Xie is to blur Wuhuan’s gender. Therefore, from the beginning of the siege of Wuhuan, Princess Jie knew that he was not out of "lust." ", but for another purpose. Maybe because I have just watched "The Great Sage of Emotions", I feel that Xiao Xie’s acting in the two dramas is not much different, and the character is not free enough, but the basic tasks are completed (if it is not Xiao Xie’s acting, No joy is not wronged but BT).
The French respect women, so the theme of the French poster is Allure. This MM chose bread firmly at first between love and bread, because she was hungry and her mother died there. Like Scalette after the war, she needed material security. But when she got everything, she regretted it because she found that true love was more important. Three men who tried every means to get him, one hated her, the other loved her, and the other was lying to her. Although the fate of Allure MM is sad, but there is no personality. Cecilia Cheung is beautiful. According to her conscience, her exquisite face is definitely one of the best among Chinese actresses with the initials of 2. It's a pity that she has no image at all when she cries, and the appearance of a little joke in this drama is not very good...I don't know if it is a role problem or the director specified it to act like this.
The other two foreigners don't understand the language at all. If they can make an expression, they will be in place. Sanada Hiroyuki's performance was a bit exaggerated, but it seemed to be more in line with the atmosphere of the play. Zhang Dongjian's eyes were very good, but it was a pity that the act was too realistic and a bit heavy. Kunlun slave is actually quite a naive character. If the apple that Eve ate brought humans’ initial self-awareness, then Kunlun Nu had self-awareness in the first run, and when Guangming forbid him to give the helmet to the ghost wolf, he decided to abandon the helmet and save the light first. This is the first time he has self-consciousness. In order for Qingcheng to jump off the cliff, the Kunlun minion began to bid farewell to the Garden of Eden. Not only did he live for a piece of meat, he became a human being, but he was also the simplest human being. He would not lie to people, and he was also gullible that Zhang GG was slightly older. Now, the clear eyes made me feel the hairs.
Liu Ye is worthy of praise, and I don't understand what is funny about his gesture of hugging Kunlun slave from behind. Ghost Wolf is a very complicated character. Although he is a monster, he is the most ordinary human being in personality. When Liu Ye said over and over again, "I didn't hurt anyone, I just want to live", the frightened and unconfident expression should have shaken many people's "loyalty" views. Kunlun slaves told Qingcheng to live, but blamed for living. The ghost wolf who goes down and puts on the robe is itself a paradox of double moral standards.
Many people on the Internet think that the role of Man God is unnecessary, but if there is no such God, who will decide the fate of Qingcheng, and who will bet with Guangming. It's just that the number and timing of this character's appearance are not right. She has encountered the light too many times, and she didn't even appear in the ending, as if she had been forgotten by the screenwriter. Since there are not many roles in this role, it doesn't matter who plays it. Chen Hong is probably from his own family, and the pay can be less important. Chen JJ's acting skills have not improved, but he is much older.
After spending a while, I really feel that I like this film purely for BT. But I think the stage beauty of this film should be in the eyes of most people. Of course, the costumes really look like Japanese people. In the “Clothing” column, I see the name "Masiko Gongya". I immediately understood that it was not Ye Jintian who suddenly "harri" up, and this is probably the result of "internationalization" again. But putting aside the national prejudice, only from the point of view of "beauty", it is still very passable, at least with an oriental artistic conception. "East" has always been a magic weapon used by Chinese directors to confuse Hollywood. Uncle Veuve is determined to take this film to the Oscar show, guessing that only the "American Finger" can be shortlisted.
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