After 2 hours, I saw the concrete concept of the Chinese court coup that Director Zhang wanted to convey.
1. The appearance of Wang's ex-lover, Skynet's splendid physical interpretation
, makes Wang decide to kill the imperial doctor he has always trusted.
Once the king decides to kill a person, that person cannot escape.
In the quiet night, the moon was shining like a wash, and the assassins sent by Wang descended from the sky like Spider-Man.
2. Yu Canghai's blood drop is
also the king's killer. With a sharp "呔" sound, it falls from the sky, which reminds me of Yu Canghai's appearance in "The Swordsman". The killers and their unique weapon, the half-moon machete that can fly back with a rope dance, and the blood drop of the royal eagle.
3. The Change of Xuanwu Gate
Anyone with some historical knowledge will associate the names of the princes Yuanjie and Yuancheng with Jiancheng and Yuanji in the Change of Xuanwu Gate, which also gives the whole story a palace coup in their minds. imprint.
4. Huang Chao's chrysanthemum kill
is nothing else, just the name of the movie is a play about rebellion.
When autumn comes on September 8th, I will kill a hundred flowers after the flowers bloom; Golden Armor.
Huang Chao's "anti-poem" and the Yellow Turbans gave the yellow a meaning of rebellion. Yellow also represents kingship, so Prince Jie's rebels chose yellow as their armor.
But these 10,000 golden armors, just like the chrysanthemums in the palace, failed to bring fragrance to Chang'an in the end, but ended up being crushed to dust by the silver defense camp.
5. The selfish queen and the innocent prince Jie
were punished by the king, and they provoked a coup d'etat for their own interests and personal feelings, but they wanted the son who loved her deeply and was about to be canonized as the prince. Getting involved, it's not something you should do from a mother's standpoint.
Since Prince Jie was involved, he did what a son who loved his mother should do under the guarantee of "I won't kill the king, I just want to force him to abdicate". In the end, not only did he fail to save him, he also sacrificed himself. This sacrifice, Jie has no hesitation.
I understand Wang's disappointment and despair when he found out that the third prince was a coup. At that time, he hoped that Prince Jie would not be involved. I believe that many viewers will also like me. I hope that Jie did not participate in the coup, but then there will be no tragedy. Shocking power.
6. Thunderstorm on the court stage
Let's talk about the plot of the Golden Armor again. Some friends show disdain because it was adapted from Thunderstorm, but I think this is the genius of Director Zhang. Thunderstorm, as a classic work of Chinese modern literature, exposed the sins of the old Chinese high society with a great tragedy. Director Zhang transplanted this crime into the environment of the court, which is a great skill in the intelligibility and controllability of the plot. Personally, I think that Zhang Dao's discussion of this coincidence is really well-intentioned, and it can be said to be just right.
It is still the usual Zhang Yimou, who is playing with the concept of China. He is to distill the representative things of Chinese culture into specific images to convey to the audience, especially the international audience.
The whole city is covered with golden armor, which is the figurative symbol of Chinese court drama that Director Zhang wants to explain to the audience, a concept about a palace coup.
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