Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow are two milestones in Hong Kong cinema. In my opinion, their success is inseparable from their efforts, but at the same time it is undeniable that one of the important reasons for their success is that they have chosen the right development direction. That is, the two most talked about directions of Hong Kong movies: action and funny. And if the two can be perfectly combined, the effect that can be achieved is incomparable to the general film theme. Although Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow have similar choices in general direction, it is not difficult to find that Jackie Chan has a more strategic vision than Stephen Chow if you count down their careers from the beginning to the present. The reason why I say this is because it is not difficult to find that Stephen Chow's films were mainly funny in the early days and were relatively weak in action. This situation did not change until his "Shaolin Soccer" and "Kung Fu" in recent years. However, Jackie Chan has been able to combine the two very well from the early days of filming in films such as "Laughing Fist Strange Trick" and "Drunken Fist". It can be seen that Jackie Chan's success is by no means accidental. Before the teacher gave us a documentary about how Jackie Chan strived to create his own films, I think Jackie Chan's success can be attributed to three factors: one: Hong Kong was a good film environment at the time, and two: he chose the right direction for development , three: his own hard work. The proportions of the three are roughly the same. After the teacher showed us that documentary, when I saw that Jackie Chan not only repeated over and over again in pursuit of the perfection of an action, but also tried hard to make the fighting action more realistic. I suddenly realized that although the factors that led to his success are still these three, his own hard work is definitely much more than the other two. There are many people who debuted with him at the same time, but he is the only one who has made great achievements. is the best proof. In "Police Story", there are many scenes of Jackie Chan's death. There is absolutely no exaggeration in the story of Jackie Chan's death, because if there was a slight mishap, Jackie Chan would have died a long time ago. Whether it's running down a very steep hill and chasing a car or sliding down a high iron pole full of wires, you can't do it without a lot of guts and skill. Speaking of which, another factor that prompted Jackie Chan to stand in today's position has to be mentioned again, that is, he does everything by himself. Even at such an advanced age, he still does not need a substitute for some dangerous actions. What's even more commendable is that I think Jackie Chan's unstoppable spirit not only makes him strive for perfection in every film, but also brings his unyielding spirit to the role he plays. "
At the beginning of the last paragraph, it was said that Jackie Chan had combined action and humor very well in the early days of filming. As one of Jackie Chan's early masterpieces, this "Police Story" naturally explained the combination of the two perfectly enough. . This combination is not only reflected in the relatively large number of action and funny scenes in the film, but also cleverly links the two in one shot, which can be described as a whimsical use of action to achieve the purpose of being funny. Among them, the scene when Jackie Chan sends his own people to scare him in order to make Lin Qingxia realize that he is in danger and the scene where he uses the swivel chair to answer the phone can be regarded as classic scenes.
But the reason why "Police Story" won the best picture at the 1986 Hong Kong Film Awards is that it is not enough to have the above points. The film has something to learn from other films in terms of theme, script, and pacing.
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