Old and New China and Japan

Elton 2022-03-23 09:03:30

In a decisive battle, Fujita first easily abused the old-fashioned Huo Tingen, and then fell into a long and hard fight with Chen Zhen, who had accepted the new idea, and both lost; and finally died of the saber he drew. Huo Tingen and Chen are really old China and new China, Fujita is militaristic Japan, and the saber that finally killed Fujita was the war that Japan itself started.

——In the middle of the film, Chen Huo competes with the same family. It is a conflict between old and new ideas, and traditional culture crowds out new ideas. At the end, Chen Zhen went to the three eastern provinces that had been occupied, symbolizing that the first awakening group of Chinese people have rushed to the battlefield;

The remaining Ting En took the disciples of Jingwu Sect to practice Chen Zhen's new way, which means that the people who were still ignorant before also embraced new ideas. The last scene of the film is that young people are running on the cluttered streets in the early morning. China, with its traditional culture and new ideas, has unlimited hope.

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Extended Reading
  • Brennan 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    This film is a remake of Bruce Lee's classic "Fist of the Fist". It is also a new attempt by Chen Jiashang in an action film. Although it adopts the extremely fierce fighting style designed by Yuan Heping, there is still no major breakthrough as a whole. The highlight of this film is that it is a description that is beyond racism, such as bringing out the truth that there are good people among the Japanese (the villain Fujita is the real villain in this film), has the ambition to set things right, and Chen Jiashang has changed Chen Zhen from the Bruce Lee version The proletarian labor hero was changed to an intellectual, obviously following the trend of Tsui Hark's "Once Upon a Time" series, but the technique was extremely rigid and could not bring out Chen Zhen's need to find martial arts authority due to his own confusion, and even the emotional drama between Chen Zhen and Guangguang Rough shoots. The ending saves Chen Zhen from tragedy. Although there is a need for a suspected sequel, it undoubtedly lacks the emotional tragic appeal of Bruce Lee's version.

  • Rigoberto 2022-03-25 09:01:23

    In addition to the classics of martial arts, it also provides a narrative paradigm: how to integrate softness and softness under the double attack of historical grievances and tough types (war western kung fu). First of all, the protagonist is from Fang Qingjun, Chen Zhen. But it must be matched with the role of heroic heroic change; the supreme good elder who helps him change must come from the enemy camp, Cangtian. And dedicate the golden sentence, "Use a pistol!" (In a world-renowned film of martial arts fighting scenes, there is a golden sentence that denies being brave and fighting hard. Is it an unconscious self-irony or a philosophical sublimation or both? ) and this partially balances the background of the invasion of China and the extreme evil of Fujita. On the other hand, there is a lot of noise in our camp, especially Qian Xiaohao's jealousy. ...the latest use case for this set of templates seems to be the best of both worlds.

Fist of Legend quotes

  • Chen Zhen: The object of matching is to beat down the opponent.

    Fumio Funakoshi: Wrong kid, the best way to beat the opponent is to use a gun.

  • Fumio Funakoshi: Why don't you show me what you've learned

    Chen Zhen: [Picks up rock and breaks it into pieces] It's about the energy. About focusing on a single point in time.

    Fumio Funakoshi: So, it's about energy. But tell me something, does a rock have as much energy as an opponent would?

    [Slices a leaf floating in air with hand]

    Fumio Funakoshi: You need a more powerful stroke when you're fighting a human being.

    Chen Zhen: Let's see how I can put it into action.