The fire of death aesthetics

Vincenzo 2022-01-26 08:46:43

A very fast-paced movie - not as quick as greed and hatred, but as quick as life is fleeting and a drop in the ocean.

1. She

The image of Dongfang Invincible in the original work has always been thunder and rain, and it has always lived in people's legends. Because of taking care of Yang Lianting, he received a lunch as soon as he appeared on the stage. Only the core of "being wronged by love" runs through the film.

Her image is full of turbulent death aesthetics, how much fire that red dress has ignited. When he was born, he wanted to be a murderer and an immortal in wine, and the images connected to it were not only the fire, the river, the cliff, but also the night moon, the bamboo forest, and the curtain. When he dies, he is like the moth that flies into the fire, like a vow of resoluteness.

Second, he

Regarding Linghu Chong, I don't quite agree with some of his practices in the original book that seem to be extremely principled, but are actually double standards. The movie no longer emphasizes his set of moral standards, but instead makes the name of the amorous prodigal son real.

The image is simplified, and it no longer emphasizes the nobility of its "deontology", but more reflects its struggle.

When he fell off the cliff, all three of his women wanted to save him, and Hero Linghu did save all three (Dongfang Invincible pushed him away, but he also hugged her after all, so let's just say he was able to save people. will.)

However, in the seemingly small reunion ending, he couldn't hug anyone. (I don’t think the younger sister can live happily with him in Fusang. Their shared experience is too heavy.) I call this kind of small reunion “a small reunion that is a mirror-like reunion on the timeline”.

3. They

Constrained by the length of the film, the image must be flattened, and all characters serve two themes: 1. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and rivers and lakes are places you can’t live without. 2. Jianghu is reincarnation.

Reality is breathless. Personal persistence is too vague.

What I have to say is that the goddesses are too good-looking, woo woo, fairy acting! After watching, he closed his eyes, all the dripping blood spread into Lin Qingxia's fiery clothes.

This is the most important memory point. Subvert a supporting role to the extreme, crazy to the extreme.

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Extended Reading
  • Reid 2022-03-27 09:01:20

    Dongfang Invincible has unrealistic political ambitions, is an activist, is bisexual, understands music, has many admirers, and is occasionally swaying, hesitant, and emotional. But it is clear that she is a punk until death

  • Curtis 2022-03-27 09:01:20

    It strengthens the grievances and grievances of the Jianghu children in the political fable, and at the same time, the irony is not reduced at all, and proposes the binary opposition between the temple and the rivers and lakes, the active and the inactive. In the place where the world's situation and clouds gather, the emperor's tyranny is only a matter of concern; however, he has no choice but to be secluded. Aliens are also confidants. At that time, when the heart gallops, play the piano and sing together.

Swordsman II quotes

  • Asia the Invincible: Ling, it is due to my love for you which is why I am not fighting at my full strength but yet you try your very best to hurt me?

  • Ling: There can be no love between us, only hatred