"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Qingming" can be regarded as a well-made martial arts action movie, but it is not a beautiful inheritance of the artistic conception of mountains and rivers. For the sake of introduction, it is a fine wine that can be seen with Chinese cultural heritage. The latter is just a sheep's head and dog meat with a Chinese skin and a Westernized content.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was originally an eternal masterpiece like "The Shawshank Redemption" that should not have a sequel. Yuan Heping's "The Sword of Qingming" was destined to be only a follow-up from the beginning. Looking at it, if this movie is not a gimmick of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but a martial arts movie that starts from scratch, then whether it is from the smooth fighting or the excellent picture production, it will not be arrogant. The reputation of the leading actor, but as a director, Yuan Heping obviously does not have the extraordinary film skills of Ang Lee, but he just followed this class of axe work, and it is destined that the sequel and the previous work will be a thousand miles away in terms of style and interior. of differentiation.
In view of the fact that the characters in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are basically exhausted under the tragic rendering of the previous work, the characters in "The Sword of Qingming" are basically all new characters except for Yu Xiulian played by Michelle Yeoh. It has also changed from the former's smooth flow to a random fabrication. I won't do too much spoilers here. It can only be said that such a character composition is almost unconvincing from the beginning. The signboard of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is actually in the movie. The use of "Qing Ming Treasure Sword" only made "The Sword of Qingming" fall into an invisible shackle, and also made Meng Sizhao created by Donnie Yen, except for his martial arts, no bright spot.
The criticism of emphasizing martial arts and neglecting literature is particularly prominent in the film. "The Sword of Qingming" is not a Chinese martial arts with deep roots in its predecessors, but a straightforward Hollywood-style action film. The combination of Hong Kong directors and foreign screenwriters, At first glance, it seems that the production is excellent, but it fails in the details. For the Qing Dynasty, which "keeps the head but not the hair", where can there be so many knights who can shawl and distribute? And the neat and neat action fighting, which was originally a compliment to action movies, is no longer a compliment when used in "The Sword of Qingming", without the aesthetics under fantasy, without the tolerance that contains tension , Where is the Crouching Tiger, where is the Hidden Dragon, all I see is just a weapon pretending to be pale and artificial.
The sword of Qingming is still there today, but I don’t see the love of the rivers and lakes in the past. I would rather be immersed in the past successes and make random changes, rather than recreate a chivalrous arena. This is the creation of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Sword of Qingming”. The crux of death from the very beginning.
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