About this time three years ago, "The Promise" came on the scene. At that time, the box office was acceptable and there was a lot of scolding.
Three years later, the old films were brought up again to see if we could have some new consensus.
1. About the general. Appearing is a victory. The team under his team is dressed in red, and he is also in red flower armor. Everyone pays attention to his name as "Guangming", and everyone should pay more attention to his victory based on coaxing, buying and using a gang of slaves. Slaves, absolute poverty, are self-explanatory as to which class they are equivalent to. In order to win, he did not hesitate to use all means. But the beauty of the film is that it melted his ruthless heart with true feelings. So we saw a sad man watching the withering of Begonia flowers, and then saw a warm man looking forward to his lover in the sky, so we saw the sad tears in his eyes at the moment of his death. People in Zz, leaving sad tears means that he can no longer play this game. In other words, the author is trying to dissolve the rock-like heart of the "General" with the most touching love and tears.
2. About Kunlun. A slave, in a life-and-death situation, stood up! From the beginning of the actual need for survival of "meat and follow you" as the only driving force, to being enlightened by ghosts and wolves-realizing "desire". This is precisely the confrontation and resistance against the traditional Chinese "unknowable" of the people. The process of Minzu and the need for ziyou must be derived from the "desire" of people, and the "desire" of people in capitals. This desire is as indelible as human genes, and as clear and natural as the eyes of a child!
3. About Qingcheng. In Chinese history, women have not received true love for almost two thousand years. Do not treat women as people with independent personality and rights, but as dolls, vases, assets, and tools for life. Men who turn a blind eye to the pain of women who make up half of the population, or even disagree or even displease, are either pretending to be idiots or professional killers in a sense. The meaning of such a typical image is clearly visible, and her sharpness points to the current era of fading material desires and emotions!
4. About ghost wolf. In the cruel reality, the life exchanged with ziyou and dignity may be nothing wrong. The significance of the ghost wolf is that he lives in the shadow of his own confession. For the Chinese who have experienced hell on earth for ten years, how many people confess themselves in their hearts? There are very few confessions, let alone the degree. More sophistry, evasion or denial! From "cultural celebrities" down to ordinary people. It seems that sin is no longer a sin if it is forgotten. We are a nation raised by a sense of music culture (Li Zehou). We are not used to or even hate bowing our heads to our own faults. In a sense, this is the characteristic of children, and we are most afraid of being raised by others. What I did wrong, therefore, our national character is still immature, more stubborn, good-faced, and cowardly towards history and ourselves! Ghost wolf commits suicide in order to save his lover, this will make everyone who harm others and benefit themselves speechless!
5. For Wuhuan. The name is the state of existence of this person. People are born without knowing a word, not knowing a word, and not knowing whether beauty or ugliness is right or wrong. Why do people grow up to be noble and insignificant? Wuhuan wants to be a good person, but society, times, and others have destroyed his opportunity to be a good person. When everyone smiles, they can think carefully: Do you want to be a good person? And what destroys your chance to be a good person? A person who has been harmed by the environment grows up and takes revenge on the environment! Such scenes are not uncommon and are worth considering. When he conquered Snow Country, all the Snow Country people who were not his slaves were tied up and shot to death! Everyone thinks this is a story, but is history not like this?
6. About Manshen. The power messenger of destiny. This can only be expected and cannot be said. One of the important feelings I read "A Dream of Red Mansions" is that the "judgment" hangs on the head of the character, that is the power of destiny. Older friends naturally understand what it's like.
7. The movement and stillness of the lens are combined, it looks comfortable, and there is a tendency of ups and downs. The soundtrack is meticulous, and the characters have their own theme music. The picture is bright and beautiful, and the scene is full of meaning. The editing is very beautiful, the rhythm is strong, and there is almost no cold scene.
8. Wang was killed in this film. This is an incredible explanation. Everyone pays attention to "Song of Qin", "Assassin of Qin" and "Hero", although the reasons are different (this is mentioned by Dai Jinhua). But treating the king as a sissy is the most exciting place! The king of China, fictionalizes himself, self-yange, and then yange the crowds, this treatment is wonderful anyway!
9. Moving emotions. Let us sink into the heart of the character and see if we will be moved by it? This is not explained, but felt. Love is felt, it is love!
10. This film combines Chinese culture, Chinese history, Chinese reality with Western absurdism, metaphors, and symbolism, which is unique in the history of Chinese movies! For example, the begonia that has appeared many times is fused with the self-produced "Zen" meaning in China, and at the same time it symbolizes rich inner meanings, such as inner feelings, such as emotional tastes, such as the cycle of life...
Of course there is also this film There are two regrets. One is the CG part. If you watch "Ten Thousand Years of Prehistory" this year, you can understand what kind of yak the "Promise" wanted to make but actually only made a rat-like cow. The other is not a movie. Complete. For example, the line behind Manshen was broken, General Yeli did not explain, and the part where it is said that all the slaves of the Kunlun Enlightenment stood up did not appear. I hope that the director’s cut version will be released in the future. Of course, it is better to later Lao Chen. I'm rich, let's redo the CG part!
All the friends who jumped and scolded at "The Promise", I don't know how you feel about reading my ten reasons. I hope that if you agree with me, you might as well watch "The Promise" again, maybe you will suddenly feel, oh , This film turns out to be sentimental!
Meat will follow you
2008-12-4 11:22
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