Text / Shen Lone
This is by far the cleanest martial arts movie.
As a senior knight who studied Gulong at the age of six, skipped school at the age of fourteen to go to Shaolin, and entered Wudang at the eighteenth, I said this without any guilt.
This is the river and lake of my dreams.
There is no racking their brains in intrigue to please young audiences inspired by American dramas; nor is it pretending to be a profound so-called discussion of human nature and life to please all kinds of film critics who think they read the whole world but actually make a living by abusing them; Romance and tragic are actually very hypocritical for love or freedom to sacrifice one's life to please Western audiences.
This is an all-powerful old river and lake squatting on a cigarette bag and pot under the sunset. He sighed and told the story of the rivers and lakes in his dreams. Because of its simplicity, cleanliness, and purity, it is perfect.
It was a world of great harmony, with morality, honor, and responsibility as its cornerstones. Because it was completely incompatible with the dark and shameless real world, it was highly desired. Just like the theme song of "Nineteen Sisters of Gan" said, it is an adult fairy tale.
The plot is extremely simple, the villain BOSS Dai Yan Wang wants to grab the Qingming sword, the decent Michelle Yeoh Donnie Yen and others want to protect the sword, and finally justice defeats evil.
The Qingming Sword is just a symbol here, representing the wish of all living beings, that is, people are kind, and the world in which all living beings hope to live is the kingdom of gentlemen, not the Yama Temple that dare not help old ladies. Therefore, the Qingming Treasure Sword is the Dinghai Divine Needle that lies between black and white. Once it is robbed, the faith in the world will collapse.
From the analysis of this theme, it seems that Hollywood's hero films are all in this mode. Heroes save the world, use family as a fuse, use scenes such as speeding car explosions to attract male audiences, and then seduce female audiences with romantic love. The audience who can watch the movie will go all the way to the ninety-nine, and the box office will be a big hit, and it will end perfectly.
But the film doesn't fall into place.
Corresponding to the government and the opposition, Jianghu is a place of self-exile for those who refuse to submit. We don't know.
Jianghu can only be born in the highly centralized oriental society, and it is jointly created by the three religions, Confucianism and Taoism, who truly understand the beauty of life in heaven and earth.
There are only two words in the rivers and lakes, but it can make any Chinese feel full of waves and thoughts.
Jianghu is a virtual free world, so there must be constant and tenacious rules of operation, that is, morality, responsibility, and honor. The law must have guardians, that is, Qingmingjian, Tiebeile, Meng Sizhao, Xiangxi Shadowless Dart and other successors.
What Meng Sizhao played by Donnie Yen and Yu Xiulian played by Michelle Yeoh want to protect is to maintain the order in which this free world operates, or to be more precise, what they protect is the ideal of all the unyielding. From this point of view, things are connected.
The reason why I say this film is clean is that this film only tells a story of breaking the rules and guarding them, and not involving others.
Other films must be inseparable from the dark and twisted human nature, complex and muddy love and desire.
I don't deny the eulogy and greatness of love, but when all the movies are filled with this kind of eroticism, extremes turn against each other, so I want to break free and look at the starry sky above my head.
Morality, dignity, and glory seem extremely ridiculous in today's world where fame and fortune are paramount, but we cannot deny that they have always existed, and human beings have therefore become independent from beasts.
"Three-Body Problem" uses three stories to tell it thoroughly and vividly. It took Confucianism two thousand years to educate and reluctantly upgrade the beast into a human, but without morality, it only takes three seconds for a human to return to the beast. What are the characteristics of the beast? Cannibalism.
The emotion of love is born from human physiology and desire, so it is mixed with turbidity and filth, so countless generations of writers and artists have to spend their best efforts to paint it.
But morality is pure, and this emotion breaks free from all human desires and is as lonely as the sky.
The power that underpins this emotion is what Confucianism calls Haoran Righteousness.
Mencius said: "I am good at nourishing my magnificent qi!"
Wen Tianxiang further elaborated in the prison: this qi comes from the righteousness of heaven and earth, and it is mixed with manifold shapes.
The theme of "The Sword of Qingming" is morality, which can only flourish in the environment of rivers and lakes.
When it comes to this film, it will definitely be compared with Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
1: Reclining 1, it is a love movie tailored by Ang Lee for Westerners under the guise of Oriental martial arts. Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian are prepared for Western intellectuals. Platonic love, Shakespeare-style dialogue, and humanistic realm are all right on the cusp ; The protagonists of Luo Xiaohu and Yu Jiaolong who dare to love, dare to hate, dare to fight and dare to kill are prepared for ordinary American audiences; the story of Li Mubai's revenge for his master and killing the blue-eyed fox coincides with "The Count of Monte Cristo" The main line of the story, and the clue of stealing the Qingming Sword is very much like an American popular drama. The significance of lying 1 is not how many Chinese elements Ang Lee shows, but how to make many Americans understand and accept this display in an appropriate way.
This is where Ang Lee is smart. This is what Americans think of as Oriental martial arts, like the unbelievable Kung Pao Chicken in Chinatown.
So, I admire him very much, but I don't like it very much, and by the way, I don't like all of Ang Lee's works. No matter how much public opinion praises his work and thinks how profoundly he reveals human nature, in my opinion, it is all a little man who is opportunistic. Adhering to the Tao, the difference between the two lies in whoever plays with the audience is more intelligent.
Second, I didn’t know Ang Lee when I first saw Bedroom 1, so I watched it with joy and anticipation. The painting style was elegant, the music was subtle, and the love story of the two couples was in cadence. If it wasn’t for the appearance of a huge bug, I would also I applaud this work that has won glory for Chinese films. However, this bug, I can not turn a blind eye.
Chow Yun-fat's version of Li Mubai, who was born in Wudang, is the true meaning of Taoism, and pays the most attention to the nature of heaven and earth. How could he cry and cry to accept Yu Jiaolong as a direct disciple, who is indistinguishable from right and wrong?
Was he afraid that Yu Jiaolong would do something wrong, so he wanted to restrain him and save the world? Li Mubai in the movie said no.
His reason was that I felt that time was short, and it happened that Yu Jiaolong had learned Wudang swordsmanship, and it was simple and easy to accept him as a disciple.
However, Zhang Sanfeng in "Ei Tian Tu Long Ji" had already explained it clearly when he taught Zhang Wuji Taijiquan sword. Wudang swordsmanship is the most important, followed by moves and the like.
So, is Yu Jiaolong's temperament suitable? Quite the contrary, she is the most unsuitable character.
This BUG led to the collapse of the plot of bed 1.
Not only that, the ambiguous scene between Li Mubai and Yu Jiaolong made this pseudo-wuxia movie look dirty.
The theme of bed 1 is to talk about love in a martial arts coat.
Romance movies, all in all. But the reason why people are human, does the most beautiful emotion stop at love?
Above love, in the human world, there are morality, loyalty, chivalry, family and country, glory, sacrifice for righteousness... In heaven and earth, there are stars, sea, endless sky...
There are martial arts and immortals in the East, and magic and science fiction in the West. These are the extremes of the imagination of the two civilizations, but Ang Lee put a dirty lust in it.
The theme is based on the idea of high and low judgment, so lying 1 is not as good as "Qingming Sword".
Three: The theme of "The Sword of Qingming" is morality, and the emotional drama in it is the love of men in the rivers and lakes.
This is the pinnacle of romance and morality in human emotions.
You don't know me, I don't know you, but as soon as we meet each other, we have the same temperament. I can accompany you through fire and water and kill people in ten steps without hesitation, just because I like you and I know you are doing the right thing. Can entrust his wife to offer his son, and sacrifice his life to follow. What they do is not profit, but right and wrong. Because we were right, we vowed not to bow our heads.
After the incident, if there is life left, we will go our separate ways and have not communicated with each other for several years.
One day, after you and I met in a wine shop and had a good drink, you said, go kill with me, and I said, okay. So the two fought hand in hand again, with their lives on each other's back.
For example, Huang Qiusheng and Wu Zhenyu in Du Qifeng's "Gun Fire", such as Li Xunhuan and Guo Songyang in Gu Long's writings.
This is the meaning of the existence of the martial arts world, this is the adult fairy tale of our dreams.
In "The Sword of Qingming", as soon as Donnie Yen appeared on the stage, he didn't say anything at the restaurant in the forest. He just hung the hero post written by Yu Xiulian on the tree. The King of Hell wants to win the Qingming Sword, and Tiebeile will use it to guard the order of the rivers and lakes for 20 years. Now that he is dead, it is our turn to take the top.
So, Feidao Li in Shuzhong, Shadowless Dart in Xiangxi, Jiujian in Tangshan, and Tiebilu in Shandong stood up, all willing to follow.
These four people didn't know Donnie Yen, they only knew that he was nicknamed "Lone Wolf", but they knew that the Lone Wolf wanted to protect his sword, which was right.
To be honest, when I saw this paragraph, my spine was tingling, because of the excitement, this is the martial arts picture I want.
But I'm also afraid, afraid that the director Yuan Ba Ye planted some conspiracy and tricks for these four people, it would fall into the cliché, these are four clean and upright men and women, and they should not be sullied.
Fortunately, Yuan Ba Ye is an old river and lake after all, and he has been rolling in the dark reality for decades before he can open such a white and flawless lotus flower.
What is morality, responsibility, and honor? The four of them are.
Four: The film restores a pure and real ancient oriental world. The specific counterpart is Michelle Yeoh's version of Yu Xiulian. She vividly expresses the beauty of oriental women that has been imbued in the Confucian education system under the dynasty system.
Affected by the current education, we believe that under the feudal etiquette, men are superior to women, and this is a great absurdity.
If there is a daughter in the family, if there is a treasure, a true traditional oriental woman, soft, subtle, persevering, knowledgeable and righteous, is the pinnacle of the family and society.
The film chose Yu Xiulian as the first protagonist, compressing Donnie Yen's role, but I, a die-hard Dan fan, did not feel resentful, which is enough to prove Yu Xiulian's charm.
A few years ago, fiance Donnie Yen tried to complete Yu Xiulian and Li Mubai, imitating the story of Li Xunhuan, and escaped the world by cheating. A few years later, he learned that Yu Xiulian wanted to protect the sword, and it was difficult to cry alone.
How would an ordinary director handle the reunion of the two?
Yu Xiulian will definitely rush up to punch and kick Donnie Yen, or play a little woman's temper, and have a stinky and long love scene, so as to create an opportunity for Dai Yanwang to enter.
But Yuan Ba Ye didn't deal with it this way.
It was a cold moonlit night. Yu Xiulian was still gentle and elegant, with a tall and straight waist. After listening to Donnie Yen’s story while sitting at the stone table, she knew very well that this fiancé was a chivalrous person who put morality first. If she doesn't change, she becomes more determined, so she is relieved. She has affection for him, so she wants to fulfill him.
Does she have a grudge? have.
But after all, she is not a little woman who doesn't care about the deformed education of New China. She has a clear mind and can see that behind her fiance's actions, she deeply cherishes herself, and this is his fulfillment for her.
The term Jianghu was first coined in Zhuangzi's "The Great Master", which said in it: It is better to forget each other in Jianghu. Since both of them are Jianghu people and practitioners, they should fulfill each other.
Five: The character setting of "Qingming Baojian" continues the pattern of lying 1. The middle-aged pair is Donnie Yen and Michelle Yeoh, and the young pair is Xue Ping and Wei Fang.
Twenty years ago, Hanmei left after stealing Yiwu Dang, gave birth to Wei Fang, was dropped by an official wife with a baby girl snow bottle, and Hanmei treated the snow bottle like herself. Wei Fang was stolen by Dai Yan Wang's generals and raised as an adult. Han Mei was killed by Dai Yan Wang in order to save Wei Fang. Xue Ping worshipped Yu Xiulian as a teacher, and Wei Fang failed to steal the Qingming Sword and was arrested. This is the relationship between this young man and woman.
Actually, this setting is not important.
The important thing is that Xue Ping and Wei Fang went all the way, not lust, but only compassion, perseverance and trust. Xue Ping firmly believed that Wei Fang was kind, so he let him go. Unexpectedly, Wei Fang stole the Qingming Sword. At this dark moment, Xue Ping still trusted him, so he followed Lone Wolf and his master to kill him. Attended the Xilian sect of Dai Yanwang. Sure enough, Wei Fang stole the sword in order to assassinate King Dai Yan.
The halalism of this golden boy and jade girl and the righteousness of morality, like a sunny day, are more in my heart than the deformed love of Yu Jiaolong and Luo Xiaohu.
Six: The cleanest part of the film is that there is no trace of writing in the love scene, but it makes people feel a lot of love. This is the highest way to deal with emotional scenes. Let me give three examples.
In the battle of Baylor Mansion, Donnie Yen and Michelle Yeoh fought side by side, relying on each other and having a tacit understanding, which is one of them.
In the battle of Ice Lake, Donnie Yen was seriously injured and lay on the shore, and he and Michelle Yeoh were just a few words, which was the second.
In the backyard of Baylor Mansion, Xue Ping told Wei Fang about his mother's life. If your conscience is not clear, I will protect you, and if you help Zhou to abuse, I will get rid of him. is the third.
Seven: lines. Concise, subtle, and deep meaning, like ink landscape, it complements the picture and is worth chewing.
Eight: Photography, color matching, mixed with a touch of oil painting style in ink and wash, which is the most visual film in recent years. Before watching the film, I didn't know where I chose the location, but I felt that 80% of the clear pictures were in New Zealand, and sure enough. According to Internet buzzwords, every frame can be used as a screensaver.
Nine: The main creator of the film, it is said to have the photography of "X-Men", the costumes of "Lord of the Rings", the editing of "Exorcism", the special effects of "The Fifth Element"...
These are not important, now in the film market, it is a blockbuster All so foolish.
Most importantly, the screenwriter is John Fox of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Jianghu belongs to the East alone, but it is a group of Westerners who really portray Jianghu.
Ten: Donnie Yen and Wei Fang’s master and apprentice fought in Ice Lake.
Eleven: I am sorry. The action design continues the style of lying 1, which is ethereal, which is understandable, after all, flying around is more martial arts style. However, it is estimated that many Dan fans will be disappointed. As I said in the film review of "Fuse", we are here to watch Donnie Yen play, because there are many good actors in the world, and many good action actors, but they are sharp and fierce. , Fierce, realistic fighting style, only Donnie Yen's family, irreplaceable. So, why not add his ferocious style to flying around? Personally, I don't think it will spoil the overall feel of the film.
Twelve: Sure enough, Donnie Yen used the nickname of Lone Wolf, why doesn't it remind people of the "Legend of the Wolf Warrior" that he directed and acted!
It is not a secret that Donnie Yen's previous movies (except "Ip Man" series and "October Siege"), the script is really not good, his appearance and temperament, in Zhang Yimou's "Hero" in the corner of the sky, there is no doubt that he is Gu Long. The prodigal son in the pen, so I suggest that he can look for it in the Gu Long novels if there is no good script.
In addition, Donnie Yen's acting skills this time are like flowing clouds and flowing water, very natural. When Du Qifeng was filming "Dark War", he told Andy Lau, don't act, be yourself. So, Andy took the actor.
Donnie Yen is really not acting this time, just being himself, he is a lone wolf.
Thirteen: The glasses of Wanda IMAX 3D are too generous, and my big head will inevitably slip off when I wear them, which really affects the mood of watching movies.
Fourteen: To be honest, I said in "Fuse" that you don't need to watch Donnie Yen's movies, such as plots, emotions, and director's techniques. Thirty minutes of action scenes are left, and I still buy tickets. Therefore, "Qingming Treasures Sword" is aimed at Donnie Yen and Yuan Ba Ye, just to see what new action designs the world's No. 1 martial arts can come up with this time. Unexpectedly, I harvested the martial arts world of my dreams.
After the official release, it must be brushed again.
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