The story takes place in Shanghai. A pair of childhood sweethearts grow up and live in Pudong and Puxi, which is not far away. She went to meet the heroine Wang Lina with a fake identity, and finally regained her old dream of growing up happily. As a children's animation story is obviously simple, but there are many highlights. Jackie Chan's dubbing and Jackie Chan-style fighting are full of laughter. The details of Shanghai alleys are well done, and the localization is very careful. Although the concept of the difference between the rich and the poor is old-fashioned, it is still It has practical significance. You can see "Aladdin's Lamp", "Cinderella", "Mulan", and you can also see localized "alley life", "daily traffic jams", "daily road rage", "daily life for money". busy you and me".
The Shenlong Mandarin in the film is dubbed by Jackie Chan, and the cordial and joyful interpretation is really wonderful. The cordial and vicissitudes of voice reminded me of a clip I watched not long ago. During the interview, Jackie Chan said, "Sometimes, why can't I do this action? I can't jump as high as before, and slowly I found out that I am old. In the words, sighing about the old age makes people feel sad. In the film, the first wish of the male protagonist Si Qi was made when he was in a hurry-I really hope that I can kung fu. In the subsequent chase and fight, especially with the help of the break in the scene, the seemingly clumsy fight is actually a joke, a trick Every style has the shadow of Jackie Chan. With a knowing smile, I understand that maybe the old Chinese Uncle Long can flexibly jump in front of you and me again.
It's true that Jackie Chan and Hong Kong movies are getting old, but as the saying goes, the ultimate death of things is that no one in the world remembers it anymore. Maybe it's time to look back at Jackie Chan and the Hong Kong kung fu comedy he represents.
The following content is organized from "The Tenth Screening Room - Comedy Seven Episodes Kung Fu Comedy"
Since 1949, the Hong Kong film industry has been involved in the "Once Upon a Time" series of films starring Dexing, Shi Jian and others. And it is the solid foundation of Hong Kong kung fu films that makes it the cornerstone of almost all Hong Kong genre films. This series of films fully excavated and carried forward the traditional Guangdong martial arts, and played the main roles of positive and negative martial arts masters with real kung fu. It is against this background that a generation of martial arts masters and movie star Bruce Lee entered the film industry. Through the superb display of Bruce Lee's kung fu, combined with the clumsy attack of the opponent, a strong contrast effect is formed, which naturally makes the audience want to laugh. The comedy element in the films of this period was not a major selling point. But it was Bruce Lee's initial attempt at comedy elements in kung fu movies that gave birth to the genre of kung fu comedy movies.
Until Bruce Lee passed away in 1973, the disappearance of this century-old hero icon created a heroic vacuum at that time. Film companies in Europe, America and Hong Kong began to search for Bruce Lee II throughout Asia. Under such circumstances, the Jackie Chan era of Hong Kong kung fu films began. In 1978, Jackie Chan, who had already started to serve as a martial arts instructor, won the favor of Wu Siyuan and starred in "Snake Shaped Hands", officially creating a precedent for kung fu comedy. "Snake Shaped Hands" is an earth-shattering work that has set off a wave of Hong Kong kung fu comedy. The martial arts scene is a representative work of Yuan Heping's martial arts style. The hard bridge and hard horse are real kung fu, and the humorous action design fully highlights Jackie Chan's flexible skills. Then the brilliant "Drunken Fist" appeared, which combined Hong Kong action movies and comedy movies, two very different types of movies, and became a genre that was deeply loved by audiences. The two classics have also become the representative works of Jackie Chan Kung Fu movies.
With the overall development of Hong Kong's film industry, as well as the development of Hong Kong's economy and culture, Hong Kong's urban life has become the main film theme, and the local characteristics have become more distinct, and pure Hong Kong films have officially emerged. During this period, film language and concepts, as well as technical skills, especially action and special effects photography, have been greatly improved, thus significantly improving the quality of Hong Kong film production. Under the background of this era, Jackie Chan's most famous masterpiece "Plan A" was born.
The famous bike chase in Jackie Chan's "Project A" is a perfect demonstration of Jackie Chan's kung fu comedy style. There is almost no line in this chase. Jackie Chan uses only a bicycle, a bamboo pole, a few windows, and a ladder to make a group of opponents turn their heads and make a lot of jokes, which makes the audience admire. That is almost something that only Chaplin can do, and what Western film critics say about Jackie Chan is that he is one of the few actors in the world who can also become popular in the silent film era. At the same time, Jackie Chan's action style also changed from the early street fighting style to the fighting style. In the previous Kung Fu films of the Republic of China, Jackie Chan's role in martial arts is not high, and it is very difficult to deal with opponents. Therefore, the hands and feet are used indiscriminately, and the martial arts moves are rarely used. The fights are very close to the real street fights, and the movements are mainly used to cooperate with the plot. The film is successfully integrated into the creative use of surrounding props. The acrobatic inspiration and flexibility of the kung fu actors' limbs have also reached the maximum integration with the martial arts itself, so that almost every action scene in the film has a unique and careful design, and strives to give the audience enough freshness.
The successor Jet Li who appeared later, with his handsome and easy-going appearance, hatred of evil, beautiful fights, dumped countless audiences, and made his way into Hollywood with extraordinary skills, allowing the whole world to appreciate the charm of kung fu movies. Tsui Hark's "Once Upon a Time" series established Wong Fei Hung's status as a Chinese kung fu superstar. Jet Li's comedy in the movie with the help of his profound martial arts skills is also pleasing to the eye. The later "Fang Shiyu" and "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" are different from Jackie Chan's comedy performances that rely entirely on their own movement characteristics and body language to create, while Jet Li's kung fu comedy focuses more on the development of comedy elements in character relationships and situations, and requires the cooperation of other actors. , perform comedy scenes together. In most of Jet Li's kung fu comedies, the elements of kung fu and comedy are distinct. Once it involves martial arts action scenes, Jet Li will become serious and never use kung fu itself as a funny bridge. Perhaps this is a tribute to Chinese martial arts in the minds of Jet Li, who has received strict martial arts training since childhood.
After Jackie Chan and Jet Li both left Hong Kong to develop in Hollywood, another replacement for kung fu comedy unexpectedly appeared, and he was Stephen Chow. As a representative of Hong Kong comedy, Stephen Chow has added a certain kung fu element to his early films. In the film "Tang Bohu's Autumn Fragrance", various postmodern techniques emerge in an endless stream, showing the extraordinary imagination of subverting the theme of classical martial arts. The subsequent film "Zero Detective in the Big Inner" made a spoof of traditional martial arts films at the beginning. It is this contrast that completely subverts and reconstructs the image of the four heroes who fought on the top of the Forbidden City, which constitutes the comedy effect of the film, and also sets the tone for the style of the subsequent films. In Jackie Chan and Jet Li's films, although the comedy element is very important, kung fu will always occupy the most important position. In this film, kung fu is only a constituent element, and comedy is what really attracts the audience. In this paragraph, Stephen Chow shows a smug face to Hong Kong's kung fu films in such an extreme way of parody.
Stephen Chow, a fan of Bruce Lee, in the 1999 movie "The King of Comedy", we can see Stephen Chow's ambition from the clip imitating "Jingwumen". In 2001's "Shaolin Soccer", Stephen Chow began to completely transform Hong Kong's kung fu comedy, and achieved unprecedented success. In this film, Zhou Xingchi not only publicly regarded Bruce Lee as a spiritual idol, but even paid tribute to Bruce Lee movies in terms of costumes, actions and lines. "Shaolin Soccer" successfully knocked on the door of Hollywood for Stephen Chow in the form of football, kung fu and comedy. The film not only achieved good box office results in the United States, but its next movie "Kung Fu" was also invested and filmed by Hollywood film companies.
"Kung Fu" in 2004 was a successful attempt by Stephen Chow to combine Kung Fu and comedy elements. Zhou Xingchi, who started in the style of nonsensical comedy, basically abandoned the traditional nonsensical comedy performance style in "Kung Fu", but turned the focus of the story to kung fu and computer special effects. For Stephen Chow, who is looking forward to the international film market, such a change is a tragic choice for a strong man to break his wrist, because the nonsensical comedy originally based on the Hong Kong dialect will lose its charm once it leaves the local Hong Kong market. The model of kung fu plus comedy plus computer special effects is the secret that can pass the global film market. It is with the influence of Hong Kong kung fu movies that Stephen Chow has grown from "Xin Jing Wu Men", "King of Destruction", "King of Comedy" to "Shaolin" "Football", he never misses any opportunity to express his sympathy for little people, his pursuit of ideals, his love for kung fu, his admiration for Bruce Lee, and his interpretation of kung fu philosophy. Zhou Xingchi, who was born in a poor street, finally became the king of comedy admired and loved by everyone with his nonsensical comedy, and obtained the qualification to make the kung fu movie he wanted to make. In the movie "Kung Fu", Stephen Chow used computer special effects to transform the most basic elements of Kung Fu, the most basic element of Hong Kong movies, with the most contemporary flavor and visibility. Kung Fu Empire for all audiences.
The Hong Kong film industry has followed the Hollywood film system in the enlightenment stage. After more than 60 years of development, to this day, Hong Kong Kung Fu comedy, which successfully integrates comedy and kung fu elements, is undoubtedly the most dazzling pearl in Hong Kong movies. Hong Kong kung fu comedy is full of chivalrous spirit of punishing evil and eliminating evil, morality of abandoning evil and favoring good, and simple and pure love. An anime reimagining of old-school martial arts, as well as a tribute to Bruce Lee and many classic action scenes, the elements are simple but moving; the kung fu elements are dazzling, but not forced. And all this comes from passion and sincerity, from seriousness and innovation, which is the secret of the long-lasting prosperity of Hong Kong kung fu comedy.
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