Compared with Neo, who has a superpower index in The Matrix, I prefer the little plum who took out a cigarette after getting rid of the devil in "Constantine". This is a distant place where the idol component is more than the strength. It does not need to rely on acting skills. Simply using a soft face with a tough curve and a soulful gaze with soulful eyes is enough to kill everything in seconds. But, damn, this handsome guy with Chinese, Hawaiian, and Portuguese descent, but with a Western flavor all over his body, ran into a film based on a well-known Japanese story. After watching it, he felt as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly.
Let's start with a backstory prototype. This is Japan's well-known loyal minister Zan - Genroku Ako incident. A simple description is that the other party used a conspiracy to kill his master, and the 47 loyal samurai who were demoted to ronin under the master's mask then fought back and avenged his master. In the end, under the absolute authority of General Tokugawa, he cut his belly and died in the most dignified and dignified way as a samurai.
That's right, the cultural connotation of this film is summed up as a cut-throat glory!
If you are looking for some old traces from this film in the name of Japanese Bushido, sorry, you entered the wrong door. The Bushido movie reached its peak with Akira Kurosawa. Although there were countless shoes later, no one could show that pure taste again. What's more, it's still a Western director...
Hoping a Japanese who has received a complete Western education to play a Japanese who respects Bushido will make the actor schizophrenic. Little Lizi may not have learned what unconditional obedience means since he was a child. Therefore, the bowing and humbleness in the face of the feudal lord can only achieve impeccable etiquette. But the free will of the West cannot be eliminated. The Japanese samurai's obedience to the master is the most core part of Japanese culture, and Xiao Lizi can't understand it. Just like the flattering eunuch in China, no foreigner can successfully perform it.
The film dubbing even omitted Japanese dubbing in order to be close to the mainstream western audience. Open-mouthed English is the biggest departure from Japanese culture, cutting off the most deeply rooted associations and connections between the audience and the culture itself. Therefore, this film can be regarded as a story of Western heroes saving beauty and revenge, performed by a group of Westerners with oriental appearance.
The movie has many beautiful scenes, and the art designer can add points. The director pays great attention to the role of ritualization, from the contest field to the wedding banquet performance, from the beautiful kimono to the exquisite armor, and then to the white powder painted on the face of the kabuki. It can be seen that the director is still trying to trace the origin of Japanese culture. However, after searching on the Internet, most of the audiences who understand clothing culture are very complaining about the Japanese and South Korean and even my Chinese style mix and match clothing in the film. So I think this film, which cost over 100 million yuan, pays too much attention to externalization, but the more accurate answer should be - this is Japan in the eyes of Westerners.
Xiao Li, who was born in 1964, is still old after all. There are several shots of the upper body naked, but the director only cut the part where the pectoral muscles are just seen. Every time I see this kind of shot of Xiao Lizi, I will have a deep association with the big belly outside the lens.
What's more worth complaining is the plot. The early part of the film describes the love between the little plum and the princess. (The princess is so beautiful!) When the princess asked Xiao Lizi if she loved her in that humble cave, and Xiao Lizi replied that there was a difference between superiors and inferiors, I felt sick all over. It was another collision of nondescript Chinese and Western cultures. The princess went straight in with the unique way of the West, and the little plum answered with the Western concept of hierarchy.
What is even more worrying is the change in the scene when the ronin assembled. From the Tengu Forest to the galloping horses on the black wilderness with the mountain as the background, brother, did you shoot the Lord of the Rings?
The most stingy thing is the final fight scene, where personal heroism prevails, and Xiao Lizi is single to save the beauty. But Nima's witch, who has been shown as a white fox since the beginning of the film, turned into a dragon.
Let me go, the oriental version of Dragon Quest? And, moreover, the dragon has long hair. Screenwriter, how vicious you are, how you destroy the beautiful image of the dragon in the hearts of the Chinese people!
In a nutshell, this is just a typical Hollywood blockbuster where laymen watch the fun and experts watch jokes. If you want to find something more spiritual - change the channel.
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