As always, he used his grand scene to show us the brilliance and aura of history. This time, the beautiful landscape and the unique Chinese colors finally made people's eyes shine, at least there is no sense of a cottage. When I watched "House of Flying Daggers", I deeply felt that it was imitating Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and it turned out to be imitating Failed. This film, according to Zhang Yimou's own taste, is not a grand scene deliberately appeared in order to shock the audience, but it is indeed out of the needs of the plot to make those magnificent Qin palaces, thousands of troops, flying all over the sky. The shot arrow appears on the screen. Let the whole plot give people a very deep sense of reality, I believe this is indeed a real historical reproduction. It seems to make the audience feel that era. The four colors of the film are beautifully used, red, blue, green, and white. Each story is told with a color of heart, which is related to the state of the characters and the stage of the whole event. For example, red is the color of blood, and the first paragraph is about jealousy and killing; blue is the color of melancholy and mystery, expressing the suspicion of King Qin and the sadness of Can Jian's death due to flying snow; the third paragraph is white, the real The reappearance of the story is a symbol of purity, that is, a true restoration of the chivalry, love and noble spirit of the three heroes in the story. Green is the color of life. To assassinate the King of Qin without killing is for the life of the world. When Can Jian Feixue meet and know each other, it is the spring of love. These are the most appropriate to use green. Zhang Yimou's use of color in this film is wonderful. The use of red and black in "The Big Red Lantern" is also quite good, but "House of Flying Daggers" is ruined. Especially in the green bamboo forest when Song Dandan wore a big green color, I couldn't help laughing and crying.
What I admire most in the film is that there are many Chinese-style things in it, which are well used. The battle between Changkong and Wuming in the rain, accompanied by the old man's piano sound, as well as those raindrops that slowly fall and freeze, rows of eaves...especially the lens of raindrops has a long meaning. There is also the scene of Wuming and Canjian fighting on the lake above Jiuzhaigou. The slow motion of the sword crossing the lake and the sword being pulled into the lake is very beautiful. The duel between the two men is also related to water. The harmony of yin and yang is the way of martial arts. This is why and Wuminghe Feixue have to fight in the desert. These two scenes are very well used, showing the Chinese style's beautiful and ethereal and profound sense of martial arts. Of course, there are also places where the film goes too far. For example, the scene where Feixue and Ruyue are fighting in the woods with yellow leaves is a bit overdone, flashy, and emotionally artificial.
In the film, the close-up of King Qin with tears in his eyes after listening to Can Jian's "World" is very touching and sad. He said that people in the world scold him and no one understands him, and the one who understands him the most is the one who wants to kill him. Chen Daoming played very well, and vividly interprets the helplessness and pathos of a generation of emperors. Personally, I think the worst actor is Tony Leung, who is paralyzed and doesn't show his feelings at all. I don't know what Zhang Yimou likes about him.
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