soon as possible to become famous , as soon as possible to stay This year, one Chinese and one West get together nostalgic. The two nostalgic films released, a Hong Kong-made martial arts nostalgic "Fighting Ring", and a Hollywood tough guy nostalgic "The Expendables" are both tribute to the images of the passing years and the past. On the one hand, it satisfies the old fans of that era. Our nostalgia, on the other hand, is rather an expression of the nostalgia of the action stars. Compared with other actors, action stars continue to rise with age, and they can better appreciate the feeling of "time is not waiting for me, unable to do what I want, and time is not forgiving." The so-called "veterans do not die, only withering" is the most painful portrayal of the martyrs in their twilight years.
This is by Sylvester? Stallone wrote, directed and acted, and brought Jet Li and Jason? Statham, Duff? Lange, Arnold? Schwarzenegger, Bruce? Willis, Mickey? Locke, Randy? Kudrow, Terry? "The Expendables" created by many top-level action stars such as Cruise, has the momentum of thunder before appearing, and the mountains and rain are about to come and be full of wind. However, if you think about it rationally, this will be a film that is not very brilliant. As an action film, it does not seek depth or humanity, but it must have a world-class action scene that is the core element of the action film. In the above list, it is hard to imagine that all the action emperors can gather together in joy when they are young (the fight between Jet Li and Jackie Chan in "The King of Kung Fu" is also considered too late by fans). This unprecedented gathering together, although it is rare, it is helpless, because the main focus of this film is not the movie itself, but nostalgia. Similarly, a considerable number of movie fans do not watch movies, but nostalgia. Especially the scene where Stallone and Swarzenegger face to face, although there is no fight, but only some boring dialogues, ridicule each other, leaving people with endless sighs. And Mickey? Locke, every time he sees him now, he remembers the handsome face of the past, what kind of years there is a man here.
He once had such a bright face.
Today, there is no handsomeness, and the vicissitudes of life are everywhere.
Except for the nostalgia itself, the film is hard to applaud. The plot that is far-fetched and obsessive, the hero saves the American-style dog-blooded bridge, all give people a tacky feeling. The Chinese element that Chinese movie fans talk about-Jet Li, in this film is like "Yen Zidan in charge of Ye Wen, Huang Xiaoming in charge of 2" in "Ip Man 2", "Stallone, Statham in charge of the death squad, Jet Li in charge of 2" No matter in the two matches between China and the West, Chinese Kung Fu was completely defeated by the old American fight, or Comrade Lian Jie exploded with inferiority too low, it is very inconsistent with the image of a "national hero" in the minds of the Chinese people who should have become famous. Although Jet Li used to say “I can beat him” after losing in the film, Jet Li, who picked up the gun, no matter how hard he worked, always felt out of place and nondescript, even if No matter how hard it is, it can't make it strong, like the effect of punches on cotton. This is a film that does not require Jet Li. For the sake of the Chinese box office, Comrade Lianjie became the third leading actor.
The poster style of "Playing the Ring", which is also nostalgic for not watching movies, is deliberately old. The film uses the subtitles and titles commonly used in Shaw Brothers movies in the 1970s to pay tribute to the old-school Hong Kong kung fu movies. Like the luxurious lineup of "The Expendables", "The Ring" also recruited a group of veteran Hong Kong filmmakers, including many former action superstars or comedy masters, such as Liang Xiaolong, Chen Guantai, Luo Mang, Teddy Robin, Chen Huimin, etc. . I have been in the ring all my life, refuting the negativity of "to be old but not to die, but to be a thief", and to interpret the vividness of "the old man has aspirations for thousands of miles."
We don't want "The Expendables" and "The Ring" to be their curtain call performances, even if this will be the last time some people will appear on the screen, they are still young and alive in our hearts.
2010-9-15
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