This reminded me of what often happened when I was watching movies when I was a child. When the Eighth Road or the People's Liberation Army rushed to the enemy, there would definitely be applause from us children in the theater. It's not difficult to understand. Good people beat bad guys, and not applauding is not enough to express the happiness in my heart.
After watching "Ip Man", I understand, Ip Man beat the devil with great joy, in fact, it touched the G-spot in the audience's heart, making people reach a climax involuntarily - after all, someone defeated us, we can't fight in reality The devil, after all, "anti-Japanese" is a matter of standpoint and national justice. "Ip Man" chose such a point as the center of the story, which is undoubtedly clever. Look at the hot box office and you will know how good this is.
I am a good person. After reading this kind of biographical legend, I always like to look for historical materials to see how far the film is from reality. Of course, the movie can't be too real, otherwise it won't be entertainment, but due to inertia, I still went to check some information on Ip Man's life.
The story of Ye Wen beating the devils has its roots, but in reality, Ye Wen and the devils were not as ruthless as in the movie, and the target of the competition was only the samurai hired by the Japanese gendarmerie, not the devil generals. In reality, Ye Wen's competition with devils is relatively well-established. The so-called point is, the Japanese samurai only showed their defeat, and Ye Wen left the circle with a "concession". If he beats a Japanese general half to death as in the movie, I am afraid that Ip Man's life will not be guaranteed. In the movie, Ye Wen, who won the battle, was shot by the devil. Although it shows the despicableness and shamelessness of the devil, he retreated after all, and the people who rushed to rescue Ye Wen were not shot by the devil. It's a bit contradictory, after all, the devils in those days were not so kind, and they weren't so afraid of public anger. This contradiction, although it is not a big problem for the whole film, I think it weakens the tension of the whole film, because Ip Man cannot escape no matter what.
However, movies belong to movies, and reality belongs to reality. For a kung fu movie, you especially can’t investigate its realistic rationality, or ask it to have any careful logic. In kung fu movies, the story is actually second, the main thing is to play well, and of course add some condiments such as martial arts, national justice, justice, and culture. After all, "fighting for the sake of fighting" does not stimulate the audience's G-spot. The more classic kung fu movies are not pure fistfights, and the reason is here.
Ip Man's life is very legendary, but the director chose the point of "fighting devils" as a perfunctory story. As the central story of the film, it is undoubtedly the pulse of the market, which is also a prerequisite for the success of a commercial film. The kung fu in "Ip Man" is very beautiful, but the script itself is weak. The film's time is very short, only about 100 minutes. This capacity is also difficult to arrange enough - although the historical background, Ip Man's own thoughts The process is all there, but the writing is unexpected. The layout of the whole film seems cramped, and the rhythm is a bit rushed. It looks a bit like the sentence of "Finish and call it quits" by Master Xing.
Even so, "Ip Man" is still a good-looking movie, especially the handling of one of the characters and a plot is even more wonderful. The character is Li Zhao, who is a policeman and then an interpreter, and the plot is Ye Wen. The shot after defeating the Devil General.
Characters in kung fu films, with flesh and blood like Huang Feihong, are more difficult. However, the handling of the character Li Zhao, the translator, is very unusual. He said, "I'm just a translator, I'm not a lackey" - just this sentence, the helplessness and bitterness of the little people who live in the cracks, and this character is enough to subvert our minds that "the translator is a traitor" The established values of , let us see the mental journey of a little man struggling to survive. In my opinion, the image of translator Li Zhao should live longer than "Ip Man". Maybe one day, when we think of the movie "Ip Man", the first thing that comes to our mind is not Master Ye, but Translator Li.
And the black gun fired by the devil tells us the fact that no matter how invincible your kung fu is, you can't hold a bullet. And the reason why this gun is brilliant is that it tells us the truth that when a country and a nation face the invasion of foreigners, it is impossible to achieve real victory with one’s own strength and individual heroism, even if you fight all over the world Invincible, even if you are such an indomitable hero as Ye Wen.
Although "Fighting Devils" has won applause and praise from the audience, it is still not out of the "spectator" mentality. It is not necessary to say that "Ip Man" has inspired national self-esteem and pride based on this alone. Just like the people at the end of the film who cheered for Ye Wen's defeat of the Devil General, it was these people who were once indifferent and indifferent to the death of their compatriots; they could righteously scold others as traitors and lackeys, but they wouldn't succumb to their own servility. Feel ashamed; they can cheer for Ye Wen's victory, but they will never stand up and fight like Ye Wen; most of the time, they are just the silent majority, but Mr. Lu Xun "mourned for his misfortune, and did not fight for his anger" spectator.
In front of "Ip Man", we once again saw where the "most" G-spot is, although it is wrapped in gorgeous coats such as patriotism and national justice. The successful box office of "Ip Man" also shows that the number of the editor and director is in the vein of all of us. And this, perhaps, is a question that we should think about more deeply outside of entertainment—of course, this is just a personal opinion, you can still let "Ip Man" just entertain yourself, isn't it a movie?
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