As the prequel of "Di Renjie: The Empire of Heaven" starring Andy Lau and Li Bingbing in 10 years, the contents of the two films are not closely related. You can hear the crack, and if you hit it, it will be broken." The Kanglong Mace. The screenwriting of Tsui Hark's films is often a weakness, and there are many bright spots, but the integrity and rationality of the script have always been lacking. In recent years, the master's script has developed a routine. The scene is the focus of the screenplay. The ghost market in Tongtian Empire, the inn in Longmen Flying Armor, and the mausoleum palace are all good. This is also what master is good at playing. In the draft, the three major scenes of "Dragon King, the God of Di Renjie" are exposed: Dali Temple, Yanzi Building and Bat Island, and the story basically follows this. The plot of the first half hour was a little messy, the characters' appearance and personality were not clearly established, and the descriptions of the various people were not clear enough.
At the scene, Wang Zhonglei said that the film cost 150 million yuan, which is cost-effective. It is obvious that the actors basically didn't spend much, and all the money was spent on visuals. Previously, the focus of publicity has always been underwater 3D. As a Chinese film technology stream, Master naturally lives up to expectations, and the whole film has 3D effects. Very good, whether it is the depth of field effect, the stereo effect or the out-screen effect that the Chinese people love most, they are all done very well. It is indeed "true 3D". I think the meaning of "true 3D" lies in the shooting method and ordinary 2D movies. difference, not whether the effect is obvious. "3D" is the real protagonist of this film, but I personally feel that the 3D of this film is a bit too much, and it is overwhelming. Since the title of the film is "Dragon King of Di Renjie's God", everyone who has watched the trailer will know that there is a big thing called "Dragon King" in it, so this film is the highest standard monster film among Chinese commercial films, right? For this, I have to admire the pioneering nature of the master, which fills the gap in the monsters of Chinese movies (there were also some movies similar to "Million Crocodile" before, but unfortunately the technical content is a bit low).
The word "Tsui Hark" is the golden sign of fighting scenes, especially the pictures presented by martial arts in 3D. In the film, Yuchi Zhenjin, played by Feng Shaofeng, plays a good yo-yo, and some small objects such as darts will fly out of the screen after a while, which should be the same as the flying baseball in "Da Ming Gorilla". Technology, stimulation returns to stimulation, and it becomes disgusting when it comes too much. I really liked the scene where Feng Shaofeng came out of the water in Yanzi Building. He curled up and rotated for three and a half circles, and the water splashed a hot wheel. The film basically follows the team of "Flying Armor of Dragon Gate". Feng Shaofeng has several sword-wielding moves that are exactly the same as Zhou Xun's in "Flying Armor of Dragon Gate". Mr. Yuan Kui, is this considered lazy? In terms of editing, although there are consistent quick cuts of Tsui Hark-style action shots, I always feel that many editing points and transition effects are very deliberate, a bit like Ang Lee's "Hulk". Anyway, I am not very used to this kind of .
To sum up, this film mainly focuses on commercial elements such as martial arts, suspense and monsters, plus a dazzling 3D signboard. I believe that apart from Tsui Hark, few Chinese directors can rub these things into a film and still have it. If it can be done well, it will definitely sweep the National Day file this year.
Then let's talk about the characters. I saw a sentence on the Internet before: Tsui Hark dared to use such a group of actors because of his confidence in himself, haha, this group of people looked at it together and felt okay, just watch the Smurfs I also don't think the Smurfs are so small. The male protagonist Zhao Youting, thanks to his lines, was completely unable to enter the play in the first half hour with a lot of his monologues. The other male protagonist, Feng Shaofeng, has red hair and beautiful contact lenses. He could have played a role in the Bat Island at the end, but it seems that the director didn't give him a chance, and he was basically paralyzed. As soon as AB appeared on the stage, it was quite amazing, but after three seconds, it was boring, and it has been dull and dull. The setting of the character's appearance is a bit like the little girl played by Zhang Ziyi in "House of Flying Daggers", which is all set by a wooden man, but this performance is heaven and earth Farewell, Ziyi's "The Immortal Guiding the Way" in Peony Square is amazing, and the same AB's dance scene in Yanzilou makes me puzzled that choosing "Luoyang Hua Kui" is the same as choosing Miss Hong Kong today. standard? Lin Gengxin's role is similar to Feng Shaofeng's role in "Painted Skin II", Jin Fan swayed his eyes a few times, and Carina Lau, who played Wu Zetian again, was not as brilliant as the previous one. Chen Kun also made a cameo appearance in this film, I didn't see it myself, so I won't give any spoilers here...
In the last film, Carina Lau's domineering sentence "They just don't want a woman to be the emperor" points out the whole film at once. The resistance to the patriarchal society and the feminist position should be the important reason why the previous work can be shortlisted for the Venice main competition unit. ? And this film actually landed on the beach of war and peace, and it was only a superficial step on it, without the wind blowing, the footprints scattered after a while.
In general, "Di Renjie" is very rare as a series of brand commercial blockbusters that are rare in Chinese-language films. Watching the meaning of Huayi Brothers, this series will continue. I said there is a mystery here), I hope this time "Di Renjie's God of the Dragon King" will be a big hit at the box office, and I hope that Xu Laoguai can make some other monsters next time.
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