In contrast, the figure of Master Wing Chun in [Ip Man] is obviously weaker, and the focus is on the contrast between eras and heroes. Even if there is a kung fu that has never been defeated in the film, heroes are useless in the face of the general trend of the times. This dramatic tension is also exaggerated by the director. The drama suspense was all placed on Ye Wen's patience and action. From the initial master Liao to the door to ask for advice, the Yankee challenged the Foshan martial artist, to the Japanese Pimi contest. The director is manipulating the nerves of the audience. Yankee openly stepped on Ye Wen's mansion and asked for a martial arts contest. Ye Wen refused because his wife didn't like him "fighting and killing". The Yankee then said wildly that he could let his hands go. In the end, his wife couldn't listen to him until he said a word. : "Be careful, don't break the furniture." Only then did her husband acquiesce in teaching the reckless man in front of him. Later, the Japanese recruited Chinese martial artists to "study" with the Japanese, and won a package of rice. Ip Man, who has a wife and children, has always followed his low-key style and is not strong. Later, after Wu Chilin was killed, he couldn't bear his temper. At the scene of the competition, he saw Master Liao being robbed and killed. At this time, the audience's emotions also reached a critical point, and the director calmly let Ye Wen appear.
A scene mixed with nationalism and a lot of drama management, watching Ye Wen change his usual style of stop-and-go, beat ten Japanese people into immature shapes, and shot violently and ruthlessly. Not only did the angry youths and nationalists see the blood boil, but even the general audience seemed to feel a spit of filth.
Not counting the splicing is not smooth. The manipulation of the Sino-Japanese complex and "when to shoot" is the reason why [Ip Man] is more entertaining than [Huo Yuanjie], but it is also inferior. Ye Wen is bloody enough, but what is the difference between his figure and the thousands of anti-journalists. Ip Man's final battle with the Japanese generals, although there is a conspiracy suspense of the Japanese on stage (if Ip Man wins, the glasses corporal will be killed), but with a little lack of preparation, the final battle will seem like homework. , lacks the feeling of a movie climax.
The reason why [Ip Man] is more entertaining is because the world inside is simplified and fairy tale. Of course we can't see how Ip Man trained his invincible Wing Chun, even after the Japanese invaded China, we didn't see how tragic the war was. No woman was raped and killed, no child was killed by bayonet, no people starved to death, cannibalism, etc. Even Li Zhao, the translator of the imperial army who was a traitor on the surface, was a good person in his heart. In the movie, the Chinese are all good people, and the Japanese are all beasts. In the end, Ip Man beat the general to the point where he became popular, and was shot again (although it was in the shoulder), and "in the end, nothing happened", and he was able to escape from Foshan and go to Hong Kong and the like.
A scene in which Ip Man defeats Sanpu is reduced to a binary simplified symbol of China/Japan, Chinese/Japanese, and justice/evil. After the phallic ejaculation of nationalism, there is only a historical emptiness that haunts every Chinese. After the blood boils, what is left?
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