The best thing about this film is the setting of the supporting characters. In the past action movies, it was often a mode in which the protagonist who opened the unparalleled lead a group of tricks to save the world. When the protagonist was beaten to the ground and then lay down on the ground, the protagonist was often beaten to the ground. Memories Dafa recalls various fragments of the past, and then suddenly revived with blood, one-shot kills, and finally saves the world. The protagonist must be perfect, and the supporting roles are often insignificant.
On the contrary, this film is very careful in shaping the supporting characters. The 4 supporting roles are flesh and blood, and the call for morality and righteousness that the whole film wants to express is not expressed through the protagonists Donnie Yen and Michelle Yeoh, but through the four supporting roles.
First of all, the appearance of the four of them is very interesting. The Iron Palace only spent 10 taels of silver to summon heroes to fight against Xilianmen, and the local ruffians provoke Donnie Yen, who made the list. Follow Donnie Yen without hesitation to guard the Qingming Sword. Ten taels of silver is an excellent setting. On the one hand, it is too stingy to give ten taels of silver as a wealthy family, but on the other hand, the Iron King’s Mansion has maintained the peace of the rivers and lakes for decades, and it seems natural to draw a knife to help; the conflict between morality and interests Through the perfect expression of "ten taels of silver", choose profit or righteousness? The four chose righteousness, however, there are only four of them in the whole Jianghu.
Then, according to the logic of traditional blockbusters, it is probably that under the leadership of Donnie Yen, the heroes from all walks of life perfectly set the background of the protagonist, and finally successfully defeated the villain to save the world, and then reunited each other and took the necessary bridges. However, in the following plot, the performance of the four did not give Donnie Yen a background at all. In traditional hero films, the task of the supporting role is often to take care of all the little minions, and then be beaten by the big villain and wait for the protagonist to make his debut. However, these four people did not have the profound skills to take care of all the little minions, and their deaths did not inspire Donnie Yen's small universe, and even when they died, they were not even given a few roars, standing for a long time, etc. Like every fallen character in the film, they fulfilled their responsibilities and then died ordinary for their share of responsibility. However, the morality and righteousness that the whole film wants to express is perfectly expressed through the ordinary death of these few people. Donnie Yen helps Tie Wang Mansion more because of his love with Michelle Yeoh, but four strangers follow Donnie Yen to help Tie Wang Mansion, but it is pure righteousness. , When encountering a ruthless character, it is a dead word. It is estimated that it is the level of the dynasty Mahan beside Bao Qingtian, but it is such a small character in the rivers and lakes. What it tells us: Dao and righteousness are not exclusive to heroes and protagonists. A small character as a supporting role should also have the Dao and Righteousness he adheres to. Saving the world is not the responsibility of the protagonist alone, but also the responsibility of the supporting role!
For a long time, we have always been accustomed to indulging in the worship of personal heroism. Whether it is a novel, a movie or a TV series, there is often a perfect hero. As long as the hero is there, all problems can be solved. This hero worship has been rooted in When it comes to our way of thinking: in times of war, we look forward to heroes appearing to end the war; in times of poverty, we look forward to heroes appearing to lead everyone out of poverty. We are gradually accustomed to expecting heroes to appear when we encounter hardships and difficulties, and we are gradually accustomed to regard solving problems and difficulties as the responsibility of heroes and great men, and we also regard the solution of problems and difficulties as the credit of heroes and great men. I have become more and more lazy to think, become more and more humble, forget the responsibilities of supporting roles, and get used to the contribution of supporting roles being ignored. Therefore, all kinds of theories of success and failure prevailed for a while, and all kinds of words praising the merits of individuals flooded the media, and the silent efforts of countless people behind the scenes were annihilated. However, is there really a movie that can be made with just one protagonist? Is a good movie really the credit of the protagonist alone? I only know that if everyone in a country does what they should do well, then this country can definitely make the world tremble! But are we really doing what we should do?
As a kung fu drama, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon may not be particularly good. As a moral drama, its morality may not be more profound than Lao Pao'er, but it can also touch people's hearts. Lao Pao’er uses Liu Ye as the protagonist to express his call for morality, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon uses several supporting characters to show what morality is! Although you are a small person, although you are only a supporting role, you also have the morality and righteousness in your heart, and you also have things that you should stick to. We have long been accustomed to the protagonist saving the world, perhaps it is time to think about the responsibility of the supporting role!
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