Although the two films are of the same type, they show a clear distinction in the grasp of style. Although "Jianyu" integrates the narrative modes of many Hollywood movies, the plot and characters are still based on the unique understanding and interpretation of the spirit of chivalry. Although Su Zhaobin's perspective is a bit cross-genre, the soul of the martial arts film is still alive. But in "Di Renjie", I saw a Tsui Hark who made me more and more unfamiliar. A martial arts film without rivers and lakes can only be classified as an action film. In essence, "Di Renjie" is closer to "The Great Detective" Sherlock Holmes, this is not only because "Di Renjie" is also a detective-themed movie, but also because of the "embedded" action scenes. After watching it, I suddenly found that there is no problem here that must be solved by "fighting" , the "fight" here is just to label the movie with an action. My feeling is that two people fought for a long time, and the last person took out a pistol and ended the fight. If you can't fight, you won't be able to win. The victory or defeat is not very relevant, so the action scenes in the film are very embarrassing. Although Sammo Hung's action design is still very dazzling, in the end, there is no showdown that impresses me. This is also because Sammo Hung is not good at it. The reason for the design of weapon action. When Pei Dong came to investigate the scene, he jumped down from the stairs in a cool posture, and Shangguan Jinger's sm game when he seduced Di Renjie, I kept thinking of the trailer of "Let the Bullets Fly". Li and Ge Youxue's words: "Is this necessary?"
In fact, what is more prominent than martial arts in "Di Renjie" is the special effects, which are all produced by the Korean team. The Tongtian Buddha and the ghost town are the selling points of "Di Renjie" in the early stage of the publicity. Tsui Hark has really worked hard to reproduce the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty here, and the impact of the visual spectacle will also make the audience feel that it is worth the money. However, Koreans are not always reliable. The CG composition of the exterior scenes of Tangcheng and Tongtian Pagoda is very lacking in texture on the big screen. I think it is not as good as the CG of the scenes such as the Bund, the Dog Run, and the Waibaidu Bridge in "Dongfengyu". Moreover, Crystal Stone, the special effects company of "Dongfeng and Rain", is an authentic local company. Technically speaking, the completely digitally synthesized mouse in "Dongfeng and Rain" can instantly kill the special effects tricks such as spontaneous human combustion and disguise in "Di Renjie". . I don’t know if it’s a matter of time or money, but these things that lay the foundation for the film’s most basic blockbuster temperament have not done the best they can.
To a certain extent, "Di Renjie" is more like a Chen Guofu film transformed by Tsui Hark, and Tsui Hark's superficial skills in vision and action have subtracted the suspenseful reasoning part that Chen Guofu is good at. From the plot point of view, the core reasoning part of "Di Renjie" is extremely simple, with no layers, no echoes, and no shadows. It just uses "seeing" and "telling" to reveal the truth, and the audience does not get the fun of solving puzzles at all. This is the biggest failure of the film.
After the two failed transformations of "Deep Sea Searching" and "Women Are Not Bad", Tsui Hark should have filmed this "Di Renjie" with an attitude of eagerness to prove his status, but there are too many things he is not good at However, the arrogance and arrogance in the martial arts world created by Old Monster Xu in the past have gradually drifted away. I was very excited to see Liang Jiahui in the film, because he thought of the eternal aftertaste of "New Dragon Inn", but I couldn't express the last breath of pride in my heart. , to "Di Renjie" in the prosperous king and minister, what I see is that Tsui Hark's hero is short-lived and unfulfilled. It can be said that "Di Renjie" is a "good-looking" movie, but it should not be a movie that will satisfy Tsui Hark's fans.
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