This time, Stephen Chow said that the famous comedy star, former children's TV host, film director, screenwriter, producer, member of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Bruce Lee Association has always appeared in the public eye with huge controversy. His unique and nonsensical film aesthetics are accompanied by negative accusations of being mean and ignorant, but Stephen Chow himself has never responded positively to these accusations. In front of the audience, do your duty as a filmmaker.
"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has achieved a huge box office success, breaking many Chinese box office records one after another, and it is also accompanied by huge controversy. Star Lord. It should be said that in the sequence of Zhou Xingchi's works, the appearance of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is not surprising. First, its story texture inherits the context of "Westward Journey to the West", and secondly, in terms of 3D special effects, it is also Xingye from "Shaolin" The inevitable result of the practice of football, Kung Fu, and Yangtze No. 7. In fact, Xingye's comedies have always been full of martial arts and fantasy, and many of them can be regarded as variants of kung fu films (fashion or ancient costume), and there are very few so-called urban light comedies, which actually injects into Xingye's creation " The bone and blood of "blockbuster", heaven and earth, attaining Taoism and immortality, coupled with joys and sorrows, small people's counterattacks and nonsensical hilarious scenes, the comedy film was made into a blockbuster, and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was packaged into a genuine magic blockbuster. To the audience, this is Star Lord's ability. I believe that audiences who have watched the film will have a real feeling. The visual effects of the film are genuine, and although there are some flaws, they are definitely not cheating. The real money and silver are used on the edge.
In the story of Xing Ye, women chase men, and the mountains are separated. This is obviously a direct use of the emotional setting of men and women in "Journey to the West". 30 years ago, film critics had a big discussion on the "Xie Jin Model". Now, a certain "Chow Xingchi model" is gradually taking shape: first there is a "happy" male protagonist who does not need women in his life world, and then a woman who is infatuated with him "disturbs" the male protagonist's life world. He didn't care about women at first, and even avoided them deliberately, until he woke up and found that women were his true love, but it was too late, and he had to resolve the end of the tragedy through the "sublimation" of personal values. At the end of Liu Zhenwei-Zhou Xingchi's "Journey to the West", Monkey King possessed the sunset warrior and gave a kiss to Fairy Zixia, and then followed Tang Seng to the west; at the end of "Journey to the West", Tang Seng subdued three apprentices to go to the west to get scriptures and exorcise the dead Miss Ren Duan is transformed into a cloud in the sky (even in "The Great Sage of Love" directed by Liu Zhenwei, the ending is also a banshee transformed into a white horse to follow the Tang monk on the way).
From the perspective of the overall story, "Journey to the West" has completed a standard "Zhou Xingchi mode" narrative. In my opinion, it contains some distinct "old man" interest. Bob Dylan sang the classic lyrics of "How long does a man have to walk before he can be called a man", which shows the maturity of men, and the obstacles are long. For women who hate to marry, most of them are surrounded by boys. If they find a suitable man, they will marry after washing. A man can't grow his heart without experiencing emotional tempering, so some people say that every man can only mature after experiencing an unforgettable woman, and this woman is just the emotional goddess of this man, "training" The mature man who comes out must be someone else's husband. (This article is only for heterosexuals)
Under the wrapping of Buddhist culture, love was finally dissolved. Therefore, in the "Zhou Xingchi mode" such as "Journey to the West", men will "sublime" themselves and dedicate themselves to Buddhism, thus completing a "little love". "Conversion to "Great Love". Zhou Xingchi himself said that "Journey to the West" is not directly related to "Journey to the West", so the adaptation of this film is ingenious, and the audience's well-known stories and character settings were used by Xingye and his screenwriters to exorcise demons. The way is retold again. And for the background settings of each character, they also received unexpected and reasonable effects.
The man who "rejects love" who devotes himself to Buddhism is actually a boy, and the book "Three Hundred Children's Songs" has become the best portrayal. The universal values of : a firm and simple belief in truth, goodness and beauty. The "Three Hundred Children's Songs" that Ms. Duan tore up and spliced together became the "Dari Tathagata True Sutra", which not only reflected the "epiphany" of Zen Buddhism, but also symbolized the sacrifice of women's self (emotion) into the sacrifice of men's "sublimation".
There is always lingering male remorse and sadness in the taste of old men. This is not a bad thing. When men know that they regret it, they can basically consider marrying - which means that they begin to know how to cherish them. From the Supreme Treasure to Chen Xuanzang, they all follow this emotional "ripening" model. If they are not Buddhist disciples, they must be the fifth diamond king.
Therefore, all the men who like "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" are "old men" who know how to cherish women. They will not wait for the eyes of the beloved woman to close forever before they dare to kiss.
-To all the old men, they will say "ten thousand years is too long".
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