The proportion of movies in my life has become less and less. Many times they are more like fast-moving consumer goods to pass the time. Most of the movies I have watched, let alone three days later, can still impress me within three hours. There are very few. It's often that when you wake up, you forget everything, let alone bother to write about it. (From this point of view, this year's "Deadly Gold" is a rare good movie, because I still remember many interesting details two months later.)
But Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is different. It is like an antique placed at home. Whenever you take it out and examine it carefully, you will see something different from an angle that has never been cut before.
There are two couples with very different personalities in the movie, but their fates are intertwined with each other. At the beginning of the film, Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian appeared first. Li Mubai said that his retreat was at a bottleneck and could no longer be carried out. He wanted to hand over the Qingming Sword, and from now on, he would stay away from the disputes of the rivers and lakes and no longer bother. There are two things he can't let go without knowing it, one is the teacher's hatred, and the other is Yu Xiulian. These two things have nothing to do with the Qingming sword. He can get peace by handing over the Qingming sword. It is just his wishful thinking. He avoided Yu on the grounds that he wanted to sweep the tomb of his teacher, and then went to Beijing to join him. Yu Xiulian didn't know her true intentions, she didn't take it seriously, she continued her forbearance for this relationship, and went to Beijing alone.
Several scenes of Yu Xiulian's visit to Beijing were taken with great care, and the simple cutscenes explained this woman's character characteristics: Except for the relationship with Li Mubai, there is nothing wrong with this woman in the world.
It is followed by a close-up view of the performers on the flyover and a long-range view overlooking the capital. The two fine and gorgeous shots are less than five seconds together before and after. Especially the bird's-eye view of the capital, I don't know how much thought it takes for the director, and the time it takes to appear cannot exceed three seconds. No wonder the director said that every time he saw it, he was criticized by many media and said that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was filmed for Westerners. When I was filming, I would feel very sad, but there is no need to talk about this kind of thing. Since it is what I want to shoot, no matter what kind of evaluation I get, I will be happy.
Yu handed the sword to the Baylor Mansion, where he saw Yu Jiaolong for the first time, and when he showed Yu Jiaolong the sword, he said, "Li Mubai's swordsmanship really requires this Qingming sword. "Yu Jiaolong moved his heart to steal the sword because of this.
Lord Baylor and Lord Yu had an appointment at the mansion. In the movie, the Qingming Sword was unsheathed for the first time, and there was no lightning and thunder in the sky. A spiritual sword requires a spiritual person to be able to control it. Lord Baylor and Lord Yu borrowed the sword to talk about the way to be an official, which is actually the way to control the sword: the combination of hardness and softness is the way to govern.
In the middle of the night, Jiaolong came out of the cave. Yu Jiaolong and Yu Xiulian met for the first time. Every Yujiaolong fight is very interesting. Fighting is not a simple fight, but also assumes the role of the plot.
Yu Jiaolong's first shot is outstanding, and Tan Dun's soundtrack uses all drums, revealing that this restless sword thief is not as simple as stealing a sword, what this sword thief really wants to steal is not the sword, but freedom.
The sword thief knew that he was not Yu Xiulian's opponent, and even panicked and ran away after being tested out of his martial arts style. Unexpectedly, Yu Xiulian tried her best, but it was still very difficult to catch up with herself. She was not afraid to fight with him, and she had the first classic fight in the film. Yu Jiaolong is agile and compelling, with extremely high comprehension. He has no experience in the arena, and he can even fight to a tie with Yu Xiulian. Up to now, Zhang Ziyi is the best choice to play Yu Jiaolong. Zhang Ziyi is more than glamorous, rebellious and restless, but obviously lacks spiritual energy. Up to now, I can't say who is qualified for this role. Maybe this is one of the reasons why this movie has neither a prequel nor a sequel for more than ten years. The owner of this role has not yet appeared.
For Yu Xiulian, the sword is not just a sword, but also Li Mubai. What a sword thief steals is not the sword, but the trust of her beloved in her. With the help of , the sword thief Jin Chan escaped. This sword thief was very unusual, and Yu Xiulian became suspicious of Yufu.
This fierce fight matched with Tan Dun's drumbeat, how wonderful it was. After that, the plot immediately became calm and stable again, which is Ang Lee-style martial arts.
Yu Xiulian came to Yufu because of the treasure sword exploration. Yu Jiaolong was exquisite and easy to deal with. On the one hand, she wanted to make Yu Xiulian as a friend, but she grew up in an official family. She was worried, but instinctively, she did not completely trust this sister. The two had some conversations, whether it was a test or a heart-to-heart conversation, but all of this did not escape Yu Xiulian's eyes.
Li Mubai originally just met with Yu Xiulian in the capital, but did not expect that the theft of the sword would bring out an old grudge against her master's murder. Yu Xiulian only thought that Li Mubai blamed her for the theft of the sword, and the two began to argue. The two had been in love with each other for many years, but they couldn't talk freely about their hearts. Li Mubai had to hide from Yu Xiulian even when he went to the capital. The hearts of the two were far apart.
The blue-eyed fox was led out by the official, and the blue-eyed fox was ruthless. It seemed to be tricking and killing people, but there was no cleverness at all, and Li Mubai almost captured her. Yu Jiaolong appeared in time, she and Li Mubai met for the first time, and the shot of her and Li Mubai facing the sword revealed the director's intention for the first time: this Qingming sword has two masters, one is Li Mubai, the other is It's Yu Jiaolong. Hearing Li Mubai's name, Yu Jiaolong was not afraid, but instead resorted to Wudang's unique "Xuanmu Sword Art", both Li Mubai and the blue-eyed fox were dumbfounded. The sword thief in front of her was talented and intelligent. Her kung fu was definitely not learned from the blue-eyed fox. She even taught herself the unique martial arts of "Xuanmu swordsmanship". plan to contact.
Yu Jiaolong was tried out by Yu Xiulian in a clever way. Yu Xiulian continued to help her cover up the identity of the sword thief, and she used her own method to let the sword thief return to the original owner. The subtlety of this paragraph is that Yu Jiaolong's looking back shot is superb.
Because of the accident, Yu Jiaolong knew that if he did not return the sword, it would be difficult to clean up the scene. She dispatched again late at night. Li Mubai knew she was coming and waited early. When he came to hear about the blue-eyed fox, he wanted to fulfill one of his own wishes: to be friends with Yu Jiaolong, and his excuse was to accept her as a friend. only.
This first discussion between Yu Jiaolong and Li Mubai in the ancient temple is really worth writing about. Li Mubai said, "Your swordsmanship needs the training of a good teacher." The smart and cunning Yu Jiaolong knew Li Mubai wanted to accept him as soon as he heard it. Disciple: "If you want to be my master, who knows if you have a false reputation." On the one hand, she dares to challenge authority, on the other hand, she has doubts about Li Mubai's character because of the blue-eyed fox's years of indoctrination. Why do I say that Zhang Ziyi can't play well, because Yu Jiaolong's defense against the blue-eyed fox is not out of ruthlessness and scheming, but something that the blue-eyed fox can never have: spirituality. This kind of thing makes Yu Jiaolong have an accurate intuition by nature, makes the blue-eyed fox love and hate, and finally kills him because of love and hatred.
Speaking of Li Mubai and Yu Jiaolong, they could guess each other's thoughts with just a few words. What about Yu Xiulian? Yu Xiulian is her beloved, but she never seems to be her confidant. He could guess at a glance that Yu Jiaolong "is not that kind of person, and should come to Wudang Mountain to learn as a teacher." What about Yu Xiulian? The two loved each other very hard, but he never seemed to understand what she was thinking. What this traditional Chinese woman could do for him was forbearance and repression.
He pointed out that Yu Jiaolong's swordsmanship is "sharp and sharp, and cannot be preserved for a long time." This sentence comes from Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching". A person uses a sword, and the principle of being a human being is actually the same. Yu Jiaolong is wild by nature and unrestrained. She was the one who made the move first, but Li Mubai saw through it all. Li Mubai didn't move, but not only could he resolve it every time, but he could also hit Yu Jiaolong's point. The realm of movement.". Yu Jiaolong knew that he was not an opponent, so Li Mubai kept chasing after him, put down his Qingming sword, and used a branch to confront Yu Jiaolong with the sword. Li Mubai is willing to let go of the Qingming sword to Yu Jiaolong, but he has completely let go of Yu Jiaolong's heart, and even more frankly said: If they are master and apprentice, they will meet with their lives, she does not need to steal the sword, she is worthy of this sword . On any other occasion, Li Mubai would never have said such a thing, and it was even more impossible for him to say such a thing to Yu Xiulian.
Yu Jiaolong was moved by it, but remembered what his teacher had taught for many years: Wudang Mountain is a tavern and a prostitute. She turned around and ran away, leaving behind a lonely figure of Li Mubai: This hero has no confidant.
At this point in the movie, a love affair between Yu Jiaolong and Luo Xiaohu is interspersed. Because of a comb, Yu Jiaolong can chase after it. But is Luo Xiaohu really something that Yu Jiaolong can't let go of? Is the home she wants really Luo Xiaohu? Obviously not, she stole the Qingming Sword after escaping from the marriage, but set foot on the Jianghu Road alone without going to Luo Xiaohu. "The world is so big that although there is no place for me, there is one thing that belongs to me: the Qingming sword. Back then I only had a comb and could die for it, but now it is the Qingming sword that I carry around with me. Let’s go and have a look.” The
relationship between Luo Xiaohu and Yu Jiaolong comes from the instinctive reaction of the human body, it is for the purpose of “crouching tiger”, and it represents human lust, and what Yu Jiaolong really pursues is to hide in The dragon in the heart is the "hidden dragon", which represents the secret in the depths of the human heart. As for Li Mubai, it was the same. He always thought that the path to this path was enlightenment and cultivation, but this was fundamentally different.
Yu Jiaolong set foot on the Jianghu Road alone, fighting the heroes alone in the inn. Tan Dun used a light and agile flute. "No matter Li Yu and Jiang Nanhe, they must bow their heads and beg me for mercy." They may not need to beg her for mercy, but those great heroes have never lived such a free and easy life, this kind of reckless freedom.
The price of being reckless is that she can't get along outside. Yu Jiaolong had to come to Yu Xiulian for help. Yu Xiulian wanted to get back the Qingming sword. The next generation owner is very dissatisfied: why is she? An official's daughter? Simply absurd. Yu Jiaolong couldn't live without the Qingming Sword. The Qingming Sword was the only thing she possessed, and it was precisely because of the Qingming Sword that she could still have a short-term freedom.
The two women fought each other as soon as they disagreed. Yu Xiulian changed a variety of weapons, and they were able to gain the upper hand at first, but Yu Jiaolong, who was extremely savvy, could eventually find a way to win. She became more and more fascinated, and she seemed to be the true master of Qingming Sword. This is the most terrible thing. Yu Jiao, dragon and sword are one, and the distance between her and Li Mubai is much closer than herself. "It's not good to win against strange weapons." These words made Yu Xiulian, who was restrained and restrained, completely angry.
Li Mubai came over, and he discussed Taoism with Yu Jiaolong in the bamboo forest. I have seen Li An's autobiography in this section, and the director's intention is very obvious. For the third time, it is time for them to recognize each other. The effect is "distraction". Yu Jiaolong and Luo Xiaohu are in love, and Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian are also in love. When it comes to each other's confidants, Yu Jiaolong and Li Mubai are the only ones. This paragraph has been written before, so I won't repeat it.
Yu Jiaolong couldn't let go of her paranoid control over Qingming Sword for a while, her instinct was too strong, and she still dominated her behavior. The blue-eyed fox took advantage of the chaos to rescue her, and wanted to use her as a bait to catch all the enemies. When Li Mubai arrived, he knew that he would be ambushed by the enemy, but he still sent true energy to Yu Jiaolong, and finally died under the poisonous needle of the blue-eyed fox. All disputes are over in an instant, and there are no climax fights, and it is an Ang Lee-style martial arts.
Li Mubai's ending really corresponds to the old Chinese saying: A scholar dies for his confidant. He also did what he taught Yu Jiaolong, "Sacrifice yourself and obey others, and obey others." When he was dying, he finally expressed his heart to Yu Xiulian. This is what he learned from his confidant Yu Jiaolong.
Yu Xiulian, who was desperate, gave Yu Jiaolong the final explanation: No matter what decision you make in this life, you must be sincere to yourself.
Yu Jiaolong's final decision in this life is: redemption. This jump was to save himself, and he wanted to save Li Mubai. "Sacrifice yourself and obey others, and I obey others." She also did it.
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