Text/Elephant Watching [Taste Jackie Chan's Movies, Get a Glimpse of the Big World of Little People]
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"Junior Brother" is Jackie Chan's first work after joining Golden Harvest. It is also Jackie Chan's first major production of his own writing, directing and acting in Golden Harvest.
After entering Jiahe Company, Jackie Chan has unprecedented "degree of freedom", such as Jiaolong into the sea.
Coupled with the accumulated experience of writing, directing and acting "Laughing Fist Strange Trick" for the first time in Luowei Company, the energetic Jackie Chan has carefully tailored this kung fu comedy with personal characteristics.
"The Junior Brother" was released in February 1980, and the theater was full, and the screening period was postponed again and again. During the film screening, nearly 10,000 people were empty, which was rare in the past years. When the film ended, the streets around the theater were crowded with black and white for several miles.
The final box office of "Junior Brother" broke the historical record, reaching 11 million Hong Kong dollars. It was the box office champion after "Laughing Fist" a year ago, and the Hong Kong movie "Spring Festival" was opened for the first time!
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Jackie Chan fully demonstrated his agility and comedic nature in "Junior Brother Going on a Horse".
Many funny elements, such as naughty, funny, embarrassing, and trouble-making, are added to the movie. The expressions are exaggerated, the movements are dexterous, and each move is very enjoyable.
Jackie Chan also unearthed many weird skills from the folk "unique martial arts": fan skills, bench skills, skirt feet skills, soft rope skills, and so on.
The humorous fighting performances of the main characters in "Junior Brothers" are amazing.
The most impressive thing is the "Ultimate Showdown" at the end of the film for nearly 20 minutes. The epic fight between Jackie Chan character Aaron and the villain "Golden Foot Belt" is the Best Fighting Scene of action movies.
However, a friend has always felt a kind of doubt: the "Golden Foot Belt" has a high martial arts skill and a very vicious shot. In the ultimate duel with Jackie Chan's character Aaron, why didn't he come to a choke to quickly kill Aaron in seconds?
The battle ended quickly, so he could carry a big bag of gold and silver treasures and fly away, continuing to get away with it.
This question also extends to another question: Why is Jackie Chan's character Aaron so resistant? You can't kill you no matter how you fight. Isn't this a bit unreasonable?
It's been almost 40 years since "Junior Brothers" was released, and it is estimated that some friends still have doubts about it. That’s right here, to see if we can resolve this doubt for you all.
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Indeed, the "Golden Foot Belt" martial arts is so high and vicious, it gives people a shuddering feeling as soon as they appear on the stage.
You have to lock your hands and feet tightly with handcuffs, and you have to put him down to make him obedient.
Once freed from the shackles, the "golden foot strap" is like an angry lion. The eagle plays with chicks one by one, beating the errands so much.
The "Golden Foot Belt" is played by South Korean Aikido 7th-dan and Taekwondo 6th-dan master Huang In-Sik. He is good at leg skills, grappling and throwing. He has quick movements and old moves. He is known as the "King of Left Leg Attack".
Huang Renzhi has participated in many movies of Bruce Lee. This time he starred in "Golden Footband" is the first collaboration with Jackie Chan.
The "Golden Foot Belt" played by a master-level master really reveals an excellent skill in every move.
In the ultimate showdown between "Junior Brother" and Jackie Chan's character Aaron, the "Golden Footband" didn't put Aaron in his eyes at all from the beginning.
He relied on his own martial arts that no one can beat him, and his opening moves were just playing Aaron.
What the "Golden Footband" faced was just a stunned kid, plus a greedy old man, the whole situation was not a threat to him, and the "Golden Footband"'s attitude of underestimating the enemy was therefore revealed.
Even in the midfield, the "Golden Foot Belt" is still a posture of arrogance and underestimation: After grabbing the water bottle for a while, it drains the remaining water.
I thought I could end the battle soon, and didn't even consider that I might still be thirsty.
The arrogance of underestimating the enemy from beginning to end is the "intrinsic reason" that the "Golden Foot Belt" did not come with a lock-throat spike.
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Jackie Chan's character Aaron allows his opponent to beat him how he can: punches, kicks, clasps, twists arms... He can always get up again after a fall, continue fighting, and continue to be beaten.
Even if the pain was so painful that he grinned and screamed, his whole body almost fell apart, his spiritual will has not been crushed from beginning to end.
Aaron's supernormal "resistance ability" and his supernormal "will to win" that he never gave up were the "external key reasons" for the failure of the "Golden Foot Belt" to lock the throat for a spike.
With this extraordinary "resistance ability" and an extraordinary "will to win", Aaron clenched hard, hugged his waist and locked his legs, hit his head with his head, and twisted with his hands until his opponent was exhausted.
Aaron's "war of attrition" not only consumes the opponent's physical strength, but also consumes the opponent's energy. In the second half of the game, the "Golden Foot Belt" was obviously light-footed and weak.
Especially when Aaron drank the pipe water, his anti-fighting ability and force value both increased greatly.
The "Golden Foot Belt" on one side was physically weak, while Aaron on the other side had a sharp increase in his force value, and the situation has since been reversed-facing Aaron whose resistance to fight and his force value have both increased, the "Golden Foot Belt" has My heart felt a little guilty. At this time, the "golden foot belt" wants to "have a lock of throat".
In the first half, the "Golden Foot Belt" was arrogant and underestimated the enemy, and "Disdain" came to a lock-throat spike; in the second half, the "Golden Foot Belt" was exhausted to the point of exhaustion and was "incompetent" with a lock-throat spike.
This internal and external reasons made the "golden foot belt" all the advantages, and finally was defeated by KO.
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In fact, why did the "Golden Foot Belt" not come with a lock-throat spike? Another question that extends from this question is more worthy of our consideration:
Why is Jackie Chan's character Aaron so resistant in "Junior Brother"? Why can't you kill me no matter what?
In the previous analysis of this issue, it was mentioned that the core factor that supported Aaron's failure to be defeated was his super-normal "will to win" that never gave up.
In order to apprehend the "Golden Footband" and to help the elder brother to get rid of his crimes, Aaron stalked, did not back down, and vowed not to give up if he did not achieve his goal.
When Aaron finally hit the "Golden Foot Belt" in the abdomen, this was his first punch in the "Golden Foot Belt", and he saw the dawn of victory. At this time, the situation of confrontation had quietly reversed in Aaron's heart.
He is no longer afraid of the fierce "golden foot belt" of martial arts, he has a stronger confidence to fight to the end, and he really feels the possibility of defeating a powerful opponent:
As long as you haven't beat me to death, as long as you don't give me a lockthroat spike; as long as I have a breath, as long as I have a bit of strength, I will entangle you, entangle you, and be tired. Exhausted you.
When Aaron hits the second punch of the "Golden Foot Belt" (hit the head), he has completely taken control of the situation. At this time, the opponent has no strength to fight back, his fighting spirit is completely lost, and his spirits are scattered.
And Aaron is getting more and more brave, almost crazy. Under such circumstances, victory seemed to Aaron to grab something and get his hands on it.
Aaron is relying on this super-normal "will to win" that never gives up, supporting him to fight and tolerate constantly, and finally turn defeat into victory, and get his wish!
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At the beginning of this issue, it is said that "The Junior Brother" is the first self-written, directed and acted production tailor-made for Jackie Chan after joining the Golden Harvest Company.
Therefore, when watching this movie, one cannot help but think of the hardships that Jackie Chan has come along.
In 1971, the 17-year-old Jackie Chan ended his ten-year apprenticeship career, and began his days as a human background, a silly actor, and a stand-in in a movie studio.
Because of hard work and active performance, and the courage to volunteer to complete some difficult and dangerous moves, he won the opportunity to become a dragon and tiger martial artist second only to martial arts instructor.
In 1973, Jackie Chan was fortunate enough to act as the male No.1 star in "Little Tiger of Guangdong", but the filming process was extremely "awkward": no script, no martial arts instruction, bad environment, outdated equipment...Nevertheless, He still finished the filming with vigor and dedication.
But the god of fortune did not really come. The crew eventually broke up, and the producer and director disappeared with the money. Jackie Chan still paid the martial arts remuneration out of his own pocket.
Jackie Chan then had to return to the set again, continuing to work as a human background, to be a superstar, and to act as a stand-in. During this period, although he got a few opportunities to be the martial arts instructor he dreamed of. However, none of the films in which he participated showed any improvement, and they all failed miserably.
At this time Jackie Chan felt that he had fallen to the bottom. Just like in "Junior Brothers", Aaron made a confident attack again and again. He was knocked to the ground by the "golden foot strap", and he was grinning with pain because of the wrist and twisted arms. possible.
In the "Those Frustrations" chapter of "Jackie Chan: I'm Old Before I Grow Up", a total of "seven frustrations" recorded before Jackie Chan became an international Kung Fu superstar. The first five frustrations appeared in "Snake". Before "Diao Shou" and "Drunken Fist" turned out.
It is conceivable that from the little man Chen Yuanlou, to the little man Chen Yuanlong, to the unfamous "Jackie Chan", in the seven years from 1971 to 1978, Jackie Chan has been beaten by the cruel reality with a bruised nose and repeated defeats. Reality comes with a lock throat to kill in seconds.
But Jackie Chan continued to fail and fight again and again, and was never defeated from start to finish. Just like Aaron in "Junior Brother Going on a Horse", he was knocked down again and again, and got up again and again.
The "will to win" that will never give up and the unyielding spirit of stalking reality, eventually made Jackie Chan "turn defeat into victory" and ushered in the glory of success.
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The Aaron in "Junior Brothers Going on Horses" is not incomparable in martial arts, and his skills are not outstanding. He is actually just an ordinary person who has learned some martial arts, no different from the masses of beings in real life such as you and me.
In the face of tough and fierce opponents, he will also feel fear. But with his "will to win" that he never gave up, he eventually defeated a formidable opponent. With an unyielding spirit of stalker, he finally achieved his goal.
Therefore, Jackie Chan also tells us through this movie: ordinary people like you and me, even if there is no outstanding ability, we can never give up and resolutely pursue our dreams.
As long as there is a breath and a trace of strength, we will fight to the end!
As long as the cruel reality hasn't given us a lock-throat spike, we will die to the end!
Therefore, the last thing I want to say is: we don’t have to go to the depths of whether this specific plot in the movie is realistic. Why doesn't the "Golden Footband" come with a choker to kill Jackie Chan in a flash? Why is Jackie Chan's character Aaron so resistant? Why can't you beat me to death?
In fact, the setting of this plot is more of a metaphor and a symbol: as long as there is a trace of strength, we will fight to the end! As long as reality hasn't given us a lock, we will squat to the end!
The cultural connotation of Jackie Chan's films has been shown in this way in the early days, and it cannot but make people admire it. It's a pity that most of us only appreciate the external form of humorous fighting in Jackie Chan's movies, while ignoring its profound connotations. This cannot but be said to be a pity! Baijiahao/Elephant Watching [Taste Jackie Chan's movie and glimpse the big world of little people]
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