Unexpected Unexpected (spoiler, but Wong Kar Wai doesn't have much to say, you know)

Sophia 2022-03-23 09:02:59

I like Wong Kar Wai, so the first premiere in my life was given to "The Grandmaster".

Trailers, documentaries, interviews, eight years of preparation, three years of filming, several years of actor apprenticeship, various expectations in the early stage and my love for Wong Kar-wai over the years, I am a little excited Spent 120 minutes in four rows of fifteen seats.

The opening chapter is the night rain in the trailer, which clearly tells you what Wong Kar Wai's martial arts films are like! He said that Ye Wen is a tree. If you want to photograph a tree well, you must first photograph the forest of that tree. Shooting is the meaning, not the shape!

However, all kinds of close-up close-ups make me, Tony Leung's brain-disabled fan, a bit of a pity for Wei Zai. After a few years of hard work, I will give you a few more full-length shots~ I saw the scene of Mr. Zhang, the national martial arts champion, and I was actually content. . The story and strength of Zhang Zhen's character felt like he was going to be suffocated, but Director Wang still stabbed it gently, suffocating it to death.

Ye Wen said that forty years before his life were all spring. His family was rich and he lived a happy life. At the best time of his life, he met Master Gong who came to Foshan from the northeast to promote Chinese martial arts and save the country (the girl can't remember the name, please forgive me), and the Southern School of martial arts pushed Ye Wen as the representative and Master Gong. Big hands, which means that in the future, Ye Wen will be in charge! The whole process was shot very well. It used Wong Kar-wai's romance to depict a gorgeous and splendid martial arts forest, using a splendid brothel and full of women as the set, and the fighting in the rivers and lakes became very beautiful. , The beautiful is thrilling, the beautiful is a bit like the rivers and lakes, and the beautiful is like the rivers and lakes of Wong Kar Wai.

What impresses me the most is that Miss Gong Er held a banquet for Ye Wen, who had won over her father, and at the same time she wanted to save face for the Gong family who had won all her life. The camera is fluid, the picture is still, Liang Chaowei and Zhang Ziyi are sitting opposite each other, and behind him are the beauties of the brothel, Gu Pan, who are swaying in their own way, like oil paintings. There is no language action, but the filming makes you dizzy, and the deer rams! At that time, I was shaking the arm of the BF next to me excitedly. I want to watch this film again, I haven't seen enough! It is this picture that makes me think that Wang Jiawei's Jiuyang magic has gone a step further, and it can be commercialized so appropriately, it has opened up a new world, and the stories are actually told in order! ! ! So impressed! ! !

Later, I discovered that a movie cannot be concluded halfway through.

As soon as the emotional drama came in, I found out that Wong Kar Wai is still Wong Kar Wai. After the fall of Foshan, the embarrassed Liang Chaowei was sitting in the golden building and waiting for the leftovers, which made me feel as if I was going back to the Chongqing forest. The emotional scene with Miss Gong in the back was all kinds of memories and associations. A little messed up.

Of course, I have watched so many Wong Kar-wai plays, and naturally I am not disgusted. Wong Kar-wai doesn't have this kind of tune, is it still Wong Kar-wai? ? ? His grasp of the atmosphere, the romantic to the extreme, the paranoid to a little neurotic beauty, is really unique in the film industry. However, the 30-minute super-level performance at the beginning of the movie was so provocative that after returning to Wong Kar-wai's normal level later, it was a bit disappointing. Of course, after all, such a big theme and ambition is Wong Kar-wai's first attempt, and the breakthrough and progress are obvious to all, so good that he can compare his best emotional dramas, not to mention those bad movies.

Afterwards, the ending is a bit awkward. If Ms. Gong Zai leaves, the scene will be fuller, but the artistic conception will be small, and it will become a romantic drama; so Shu Zai dies, but after Ms. Gong dies, until Ye Wen dies, there is basically nothing to do. After filming, I filmed Ip Man sitting. No matter how beautiful and exquisite Wong Kar-wai’s filming was, Ip Man still sits. It feels like sitting in 2046. Time travels. Moreover, this film definitely needs to be watched twice, many places are not clear, and many pictures are not addictive! ! !

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Zhang Ziyi's dividing line,

do you think I didn't see how awesome Miss Gong Er is! ! ! I want to specifically pull it out to worship! ! !
Zhang Ziyi said that after watching the demo, she didn't sleep all night, and decided not to make martial arts films in the future! ! ! Nima's acting is against the sky! ! ! The first half definitely surpassed all the actors, she was full of drama, Miss Zhang, this is a small universe erupting! It was the first time I saw someone play with Tony Leung, but his style was not even the slightest! ! ! However, according to my analysis, Zhang Ziyi also has advantages in character setting. Forty years ago, Ye Wen was a wealthy young man who had no worries about food and clothing. He practiced martial arts for sentimental reasons, so Liang Chaowei's acting was more condescending, and of course he couldn't compare with the aura of the second lady of the Gong family who followed his father for 20 years!

Miss Zhang's Bagua Palm has not been practiced in vain. The strength of several years of kung fu combined with the figure of a dancer, she is soft and strong, and she is properly retracted. The martial arts scene is also the most important and outstanding. Especially the scene at the train station, although it is not as lively as Liang Chaowei's Night Rain, but there is more room for personal play. I think it can almost be said to be the peak of Zhang Ziyi's martial arts. In the back, Zhang Ziyi went from the arrogant lady of the palace family to the only descendant of the palace family who avenged her father's stubborn grief and indignation, and finally to Mr. Gong who did not marry, have no children, did not pass on art, grew old and withered alone, Zhang Ziyi handled it very well, definitely the best in this movie. There is no one bright spot!

PS Tucao ~ Can Uncle Zhao arrange sketches well? The whole movie theater is laughing, and without any laughing points. Can Xiaoshenyang arrange sketches well, the people of Liaoning will love you forever! And even if you play a supporting role, can you pay attention to controlling your weight? Do you have a face full of meat! I have pity on you, brother Zhang Zhen, the national martial arts champion who is so outrageous that he is so handsome that his hair is so handsome, but he has no two shots! ! ! Huiqiao mm, I guess he really offended Director Wang. There is only one scene where he opens his mouth in the whole play, and the rest are narrations! ! ! Clips have levels!

In short, a film made by a good director who has been preparing for eight years and filming for three years, forcing the actors to practice martial arts and become a national martial arts champion, you have no reason not to support it! ! !

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Extended Reading

The Grandmaster quotes

  • Gong Er: I had considered a career in opera years ago, I had received training. I had thought about it a lot: me on stage performing, and you in the audience watching...

    Ip Man: What if your performance had sold out?

    Gong Er: [smiles] You flatter me. I would have reserved a seat specifically for you.

  • Ip Man: I have watched you perform in the opera of life. You have shown great timing and skill; however you never went beyond the role you played.

    Gong Er: I had no idea I have such an ardent spectator.