There are fewer and fewer performances that can put self-esteem underfoot

Clarissa 2022-03-20 09:02:02

I really admire the actors in this movie.

Because Junior Brother Shui Piao is a person who "especially loves eggs", he can even eat broken raw eggs that fall on shoelaces and other people's pants.

Because the big brother of Tietou Gong is a person who is "especially easy to be spineless", he will be shot in the head by a glass bottle, take off his shorts as a white flag, and put his opponent's underwear on his head.

Tai Chi's Ah Mei is a "specially inferior" character, so she doesn't wash her hair, her face is full of oily shine and acne, and she is slapped twice by the protagonist but not angry. Even "pretending to be beautiful" is to dress up as a very ugly beauty, otherwise it will be bald, and the only beautiful image is the "Kung Fu Couple" poster that appears on the building at the end of the film.

Why is my dad not Li Ka-shing? Because he is a "bald" character, so... he has always been bald.

I haven't seen these dedicated performances in movies or TV shows for many years. The last one seems to be "Crazy Racing", and the main characters in that one are basically either oily or sweaty, and bald.

First of all, the general environment may feel that my country's economy has taken off, so there is no need to make these miserable and self-respecting movies. Next, you can imagine the current domestic actors. What they like more is the star halo and spokesperson halo given to them by their status as actors. The image they are most keen to maintain in the fashion show. What? Playing ugly in a TV show? Can't do it! Hair permed into curly hair, pretending to be curled spontaneously, a pockmark on your face and a pair of large-frame glasses is a breakthrough image, and you can even win awards for it.

Imagine that even if the Hong Kong stars in this movie can still act like this, will the new generation of star actors be involved in the plot? No, I will only look at the performance of eating shoelaces, eating broken eggs, and wearing other people's underwear with sympathetic and pitiful eyes.

Many new-generation "actors" have no life experience and no academic support. They have changed careers from models and idols. They are best at controlling expressions, finding the right position, showing a stiff-necked posture, and frowning is the best. In order to express the mysterious and unpredictable psychological activities of "there must be something strange about this matter".

All "performing" artists are welcome to take their seats.

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Extended Reading
  • Hailee 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    Stephen Chow directed the first movie independently, without Li Lichi, without Gu Dezhao, just a two-in-one, the competition mode in "God of Cookery" and the love of ugly girls + the persistence of small characters in "King of Comedy" to their dreams, it became this film. "Shaolin Soccer". The player played by Uncle Da is another Stephen Zhou, the ugly Tai Chi girl played by Zhao Wei is also another turkey with two knives, and the unhappy brothers scattered in the market are the depth and depth of the context of "Domestic Lingling Paint". At the moment, those who are deceived by life, those who are burning for their dreams, and those who are hurt by love, the three parties work together to score the winning goal. Although there is a suspicion of being lazy, the advantage is that the rhythm is smooth and one-stop: If people live without dreams, what is the difference between salted fish and salted fish? Although it looks like an inspirational film on the surface, Zhou Xingchi wants to make a kung fu film. His dream has always been to make a kung fu film, and it is also a kung fu film where everyone knows martial arts and masters in the folk. "Shaolin Soccer" is just a test of the water. The bitterness of the market in the first half and the struggle for hegemony in the second half, the differences between the front and back of the play are still obvious, and the core love line in the past has finally become an embellishment.

  • Megane 2021-12-25 08:01:10

    Watching Xing picked up a dirty steamed bun from the ground and ate it. Thinking about the many low-level people with dreams he played in these years, he was suddenly very sad and moved. The story of Shaolin football is relatively simple, and there are not as many nonsensical lines as other works. Only with extremely exaggerated dynamic effects to win, the subsequent kung fu and everything are the same. There is still a simple and kind-hearted ugly girl, Zhao Wei is not a violation, Karen Mok and Cecilia Cheung flashed past for a second, and Xie Xian was so coquettish.

Shaolin Soccer quotes

  • Sing: I said... that's no way to kick.

    Golden Leg Fung: You think you can do better?

    Sing: There must exist a fusion of mind and foot.

  • Sing: That's a great idea - kung fu soccer! Why didn't I think of that?