saw two finally meet, free to talk about personal feelings on the film.
Director of the film
in Hong Kong martial arts though stronger than some domestic large, but in recent years by the main theme of the impact of standards has greatly decreased, too many places to be careful of, characterization is also more contrived. Donnie Yen didn't say anything about kung fu, literary drama has always been a weak point, and his rigid expression is almost the same as that of Stephen Seager. Shooting a small-angle kung fu film such as "Slaying the Wolf" is naturally not a big problem. Once faced with a biopic of a character in a specific historical period like Ip Man, it is often difficult to control the characters in the play.
But Wilson Ye did not disappoint us. The biggest advantage of "Ip Man" is not Sammo Hung's kung fu, but Wilson Ye's character portrayal. It can be said that "Ip Man" has finally escaped the fate of many Hong Kong films. It is no longer a film produced by supervision or a martial arts film, but a film that truly belongs to the director and protagonist.
The highlight of the characters in the movie is "reasonable details". A major feature of Hollywood movies is their attention to details. Often the background of the entire movie is all fictional. Every time it is the assassination of the president, overseas raids, YY is a mess, but every technical detail and The psychological activities of the characters strive to be real, and the audience will be led by the nose even if they know that they are all fake.
In this regard, domestic films have always done the opposite. In order to ensure "political correctness", the background never dared to overstep the limit, but the details were made up in a wild way. Under the director's halo of "power is ability", the quality of the film Often reaching appalling artistic heights. Especially in the theme of kung fu films with the core spirit of "Xia taking martial law to ban", the melody is written with integrity, but the details are digressed by the Spring and Autumn Period.
Fortunately, "Ip Man" does a good job of being realistic in terms of background and details while romances a real character, making kung fu films rise to an unprecedented height.
Brother of Kung Fu
Donnie Yen grew up in Boston would not have immigration Wing Chun, came to fight in a foreign country, Sanda and training are similar Takahashi hard Ma Gongfu Northern School boxing, shooting back to Hong Kong has always been this route, post also joined the MMA The joint skills and sleeping skills in the competition.
Originally, I was worried about his performance in "Ip Man", but fortunately he has a qualified martial artist. Sammo Hung was originally from the Wing Chun faction (nonsense, there are tens of thousands of Wing Chun disciples in Hong Kong and Guangdong), Jackie Chan even claimed that the Tai Chi in the Olympics promotional video was temporarily taught by a famous teacher, and he was originally a practitioner of Wing Chun. With the guidance of Senior Brother Qi Xiaofu, this film is natural and authentic.
Unlike Beiquan, which takes advantage of height and focuses on attacking with long hands and high feet, Nanquan gives full play to the flexibility of southerners, and uses the advantages of distance and speed to strive for the first mover. In the movie, the Takahashi Takahashi found by Jinshan is naturally easy to say. No matter how you fight, you will be powerful, but the difficult thing is how to show the characteristics of Wing Chun. First of all, I will find the camera. The same moves have different feelings from different angles. It is necessary to explain the scene clearly and to make it look good. Thanks to Sammo Hung's years of experience in martial arts, we have no regrets.
The characteristics of Wing Chun's half-pass and skillful control are also brought into full play here. Don't see Donnie Yen's fist-to-foot pairing throughout, which highlights that Wing Chun's attack on the enemy is unprepared. (Joke, or you meter eighty or so more than two hundred pounds rushing Unibet, when I asked the leaf is shining armor Lux baa ......)
loving family mortal
Ip Man henpecked, this is a real focus on the role of the traditional Chinese In thinking, the synonym of hero is big man, and those who are afraid of wives are little husbands and little men. Ye Wen in the movie is not a "hero" who leaves his family high and high, but an ordinary person who lives at home. Being able to say that "a man is not afraid of his wife, he just respects his wife" proves that he understands the true meaning of "afraid of his wife" and that his fear is justified.
Wufu married a good wife who was well-known and well-educated, and gave birth to a son for him. Anyone who puts it in this angle, if they don't respect their wife, can only be a heartless scumbag. Ye Wen is not a fool, so he is afraid that his wife is too real and too natural.
Martial arts is just a hobby, not the whole of life, let alone a responsibility. If you love your family, you will love your country, and if you love yourself, you will love others.
Whether it's characterization or dialogue, authenticity is the biggest advantage of "Ip Man". The truth here does not mean restoring history, but depicting it with a normal heart, not exaggerating or deliberately. To be honest can be credible, to be credible to enter the heart, and only to be shocked.
The anger and questioning contained in the phrase "You rob the Chinese?" are more thought-provoking than slogans such as uniting as one to resist foreign humiliation.
Nowadays, there are too few movies like this, and everyone plays deep, high-sounding and righteous at every turn. Unfortunately, people don’t think about the content of the slogan, and the common people don’t believe in sanctimoniousness.
Lonely master
in cognitive martial arts, Chinese people have always admired communicators, rather than a simple sense contest winner. Huo Yuanjia opened the Jingwu Hall, Ip Man popularized Wing Chun, Bruce Lee created Jeet Kune Do, established a school with his own strength, and widely disseminated the exclusive private collection of martial arts to benefit the world.
When playing the wooden dummy, Donnie Yen's Ip Man is not as fast as Jackie Chan and Yuan Biao, nor is he as strong as Sammo Hung. Every blow is moved from the heart, thoughtful. It is beyond the level of beginners to study and judge and create your own style in the exercise.
In the section introducing the occupation by the Japanese army, Ip Man's figure of practicing Falun Gong flashes from time to time in the alternate editing. He is very helpless and lonely, isolating himself from the world and seeking another breakthrough in life.
In fact, when the age of hot weapons came and "martial arts" became a "skill", martial arts itself has transformed from an outward-looking practical type to an inward-looking exploratory type. Every martial arts practitioner needs to constantly examine their relationship with the world. Experience a pure spiritual realization. Only loneliness can make people truly understand, and only those who can endure loneliness can become a generation of masters.
As a counter-evidence, in the one-to-ten plot, Ye Wen, who has become a master, made martial arts return to a complete tool of injury, transformed Wing Chun's delicate moves into crazy beating methods, and used the most direct and shocking way to express his righteousness. Bestial wrath and revenge. Seeing this made me burst into tears, it was the outbreak of Ye Wen's pain and humiliation.
Using violence to control violence is a retrogression of civilization. As Clausewitz said: "War is the final solution." When patience and compromise cannot solve the problem, Yuan Shikai's method can only be used, that is, "killing the murderer." , to kill to stop the killing, then the killing will stop.” This is revenge, venting, and statement.
Caomin consciousness of
some people say that the movie is certain, certain, how not to play in Japan. To this question, I can only say that it was difficult for ordinary people at that time to have the consciousness of "spontaneously resisting Japan" because there was no such soil.
going to war? The government has run away, is it up to the common people to fight against Japan? Looking for GCD? At that time, it was just a small group of armed forces in remote places, and the common people didn't even know whether it was a soldier or a bandit, and how to "join". As for the anti-Japanese organizations like the Old Ladder in the Northeast and the Hebei Guerrilla, their predecessors were bandits and bandits, and they had ready-made armed forces to fight against the Japanese. In Guangdong, due to political and economic reasons, there has always been a lack of such organizations, so no one can give you refuge. In fact, even if it is placed elsewhere, most ordinary people can only choose to endure it silently.
In a peaceful and prosperous world, the people are like grass, and in a chaotic world, human life is not as good as a dog. In a cowardly, ignorant, and numb country, the consciousness of the common people is at most "don't do things for the Japanese". The description in the movie is very true. Grass people have a fart way.
There is one passage that, although not shocking, made me feel the most uncomfortable. Ye Wen was on his way home after a dozen dozen, when the Japanese military vehicle behind him honked its horn a few times. He looked back and silently stepped aside, looking at the car and the Japanese soldiers' leather boots, his face full of confusion and helplessness.
How about ten? What about fists? In the end, don't you have to obediently make way for others? !
As Li Zhao said, "Go and kill, kill 1,000, 10,000, kill them all!", can a country that has no eggs and no cars be rescued by a warrior? So he said things like "I'm useless" after he got home.
The sad fate of
Gordon Lam, played by Li Zhao is definitely a major highlight of the film, before the film half, Li Zhao police, crooked hat oblique eyebrow stare, motionless revolver out to scare civilians, but he is limited to the level of The power of the fox and the tiger is still far from the level of Yurou Township. Because he was born as a commoner, it is impossible for him to turn away from his own class and persecute his peers. This is a very real class limitation.
In the second half of the film, the Japanese come and the police become translators. At this time, Li Zhao, on the contrary, was much more restrained, limited to translating and passing messages, not saying one more sentence, not taking one more step. Because he knows that he is helping the Japanese, which is a very contemptible thing, but in order to support a large family, he must keep his job. So I can only try my best to be worthy of my conscience and have an explanation for everyone. To convene warriors in the coal mine to "beat the Japanese and still have Mina" is an explanation, and it is also an explanation to protect the safety of Ye Wen's family. He just tried to keep his inner balance by making seams on both sides and being beaten and angry.
It is this type of people who are most popular among Japanese people, and it is especially difficult to be caught between Chinese and Japanese. The "big traitor" Shi Yousan once said to his opponent: "Do you think the traitor is easy to be? Who the hell likes to be a traitor, who is the bastard!" This also made a good foreshadowing for Li Zhao to shoot and kill Sato at the end of the film. Ye Wen was shot, he could no longer explain to anyone, and his inner balance had completely collapsed, so he could only choose to explode.
Li Zhao's ending was cut off by censorship. After killing Sato, he was beaten to death by angry people. This is a sad fate. Only by death can he give everyone an explanation.
In the past, the descriptions of traitors in literary and film works were often very politicized. They were either hardcore traitors, or two-faced factions who claimed to save the country through curves, or defectors who were inspired by the righteousness of the nation after going astray, but they have never seriously faced many Ordinary people who want to beg for food, after all, this is a real existence.
Each other's mirror
Zhou Qingquan is a businessman, industrialist, he had no way coincides with the swordsman, but because doting son was met with Yip Man. The relationship between Ye Wen and him is a real gentleman's friendship, a real respect in the sense of personality. He has to settle accounts with Ye Wenming when he borrows money to open a factory. It is a businessman's duty to "share the interests". Ye Wen refused. It is the duty of a warrior to insist that "money can't be overpowered".
When Ye Wen was looking for a job but rejected his invitation, he said to his son, "I know him too well." At this moment, the relationship and personality between the two were most vividly confirmed. Ye Wen can go to the coal mine to work for the sake of eating, but he definitely doesn't want to destroy this friendship for the sake of eating, and turn the friendship between two gentlemen into mutual benefits, which will lose respect and lower his personality. Therefore, he refused Zhou Qingquan's repayment of shares to repay him, and he also refused Zhou Qingquan's arrangement of positions to help him. And Zhou Qingquan also respected Ye Wen's choice, just silently waiting for the time when Ye Wen really needed him.
Later, when the spinning mill was robbed, when Zhou Qingquan and the workers begged Ye Wen for protection, it was no longer a relationship of "benefit", but a demand of "righteousness". Ye Wen not only could not refuse, but was willing to accept it, so he came calmly. to work in a spinning mill.
Best friends exist as mirrors of each other, and Zhou Qingquan and Ye Wen deserve it.
The only regret
the whole chapter only obvious unreasonable, is finally leaves his wife took the children back to the ring. There are many similar bridges in male and female emotional dramas, but it is not suitable to put them here.
As a mother, the love for the child is far deeper than the love for the husband. Just as Anita Yuen said to Andy Lau in "The Disciple": "You must die, and the children and I can live". The love of family is more important than that between men and women. Love, responsibility first. Mrs. Ye, a famous Foshan family lady, should understand what is more important. Of course, the husband is in a near-death situation, and the safety of the children and himself is more important at this time. And their return has no obvious effect on the atmosphere at the end of the film, which is a failure.
All of the above are only for the film itself, just for self-entertainment.
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