After watching the two "Tai Chi" series, I feel that the film is really surprising. In my impression, Feng Delun, who was "Beautiful Man Over Flowers" and "Idol Drama" in the past, really has two hands. Various cult and modern elements are mixed with traditional martial arts. An interesting movie came out. Overall, "Tai Chi" is a commercial film and also a "author's film", otherwise, how can the director let his own interest in it so freely, which also creates the personality of this film. It should be said that the film is very fun to mix and match, and it is a bit "out of control". The battle between modernity and tradition introduced from the "steampunk" style makes people's eyes shine, from the steam monster in the first part to the aircraft and robot installation in the second part. Even the "Human Limits Research Institute" at the end of the article expresses the feeling of "steampunk" very tastefully. However, this is not a complete "steampunk" film. The so-called "steampunk" is just an element played by Feng Delun. The tone of the whole film is still "cliché", traditional, Chinese and foreigners, good people and bad people, and even The final complaint to the prince is still the core of traditional films of this type. Feng Delun does not intend to innovate in depth, but only to display his personality in the form of "shape". After all, watching a group of Chinese people wielding swords and guns to charge and be bombarded by artillery has already been tired of watching, and come up with some style. Modernized monsters are more interesting than modern machines. In addition, Feng Delun also frequently uses the clearance mode of video games, the first perspective of FPS games, the introduction method to introduce the "traveling" sense of the players, and the Western or metal-style soundtracks that do not match the background of the film. The decisive battle of throwing fruits against the enemy is more interesting. When the Qing army generals slashed the flying fruits with their knives, I believe that many people will think of the "Fruit Ninja" game with a knowing smile.
I appreciate all the imaginative attempts of "Tai Chi". This film shows some sincerity and attitude of the author. However, the defects in the quality of the film are still obvious. Under the various interesting bridges, what cannot be covered is the dullness of the plot and the childish feeling that penetrates from time to time in the performance lines. In fact, if you look at "Beautiful Girl", you are also playing "steampunk" and passing the video game, but the whole film from the plot to the shape is full of energy to be alternative and cool, so the overall film style is relatively Unity, the positioning is relatively clear, but the global box office is still sluggish, largely because the style is too heavy, and the director's YY is too self-satisfied. And "Tai Chi" is even more awkward, it is sometimes serious, sometimes funny; sometimes traditional, sometimes modern; sometimes animation games, sometimes playing the name of the dish. In the promotion of the film, the title and gimmicks are very traditional. It seems to be a strong movie for the whole family, but its style is very personalized. It is estimated that audiences with various tastes and preferences who walk into the theater will have a huge difference in evaluation. Here, I have to admire Huayi's courage and dare to let Feng Delun try his own style in this movie, which obviously has high box office expectations and positioning. Perhaps it is also because the film has a commercial orientation, so Feng Delun is bound again and wanders here. The degree of entanglement between the modernity and tradition of similar-themed films also reflects the struggle between modernity and tradition in the film. At the end of the second part of "Tai Chi", "the train was diverted" left a happy ending to the ups and downs of the plot, and Feng Delun also made his personal stylized experiments not directly run through the whole film. In the tradition of such commercial films On the fortress, it also changed the way, giving the audience a little visual and stylistic impact on the periphery, which always made me feel a little pity.
"Tai Chi" starring Yuan Xiaochao is a very interesting newcomer. As the Olympic Changquan champion, the whole film's performance is quite satisfactory, but I don't know why he wants a deliberate "Wang Baoqiang" style most of the time. In fact, from behind him " From the more normal performances after "Enlightenment", the young man still has some potential to be tapped, but most of them are only an excellent action actor. In fact, the actors in the whole film have limited space to play. The director did not make much innovation in this regard. Most of the characters are stereotyped "familiar faces". It is also in this situation that it is easier to show the superiority of acting skills. For example, Liang Jiahui showed his acting skills in details and aura in the process of interpreting the image of a very traditional leader.
"Tai Chi" is a useful attempt, but it also exposes Feng Delun's flaws in strength, and there are many problems at the technical level, so that the overall level of the film can only be "OK". But, after all, this is not a "bad film", Feng Delun has sincerity, but lacks calmness and depth, which makes the film finally enter a "comfortable" situation, but looking ahead and looking back leads to contradictions in style and plot, and in the end there is no " From "cool" to "cool". From this point of view, Director Feng's attempt is not very successful. However, I still have to give him a high five when he takes this step. Compared with many films in which capital has poured into speculative gambling at the box office in the past two years, this bold and A sincere attempt is never wrong.
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