To sum up, when I saw Yuan Heping as the director, I actually felt a little secret admiration in my heart. Because it's a very unfortunate thing. It is indeed feasible commercially, but it feels that infamy is unavoidable. So I went to the cinema with this feeling.
Well, sure enough, the filming method is a very common commercial film shooting method. There are many characters who are not foreshadowed, and some characters who have not had time to empathize with the audience are killed. If at the beginning of the story, instead of entering the narrative immediately, there is a clip of martial arts people, that is, all kinds of martial arts people are active in the arena, and then let the next few bento players show their faces and give the whole world of the world of martial arts. Feelings may be better. Then there is the lack of attention to the atmosphere. There are too many lights when a few people pay their respects, and the lights are too delicate, which makes the original atmosphere of the rivers and lakes become romantic. Character dialogue is relatively straightforward when filming. In art, the visual aesthetics of a single picture is pursued. All colors have complementary colors. A single picture feels good, but the emotions conveyed are relatively small. So overall, in terms of directing and storytelling skills, it is a mediocre work. But overall, it may be better than what I expected before entering the theater. Because this is a fully told story, and not without highlights. The flashback that revealed Hanmei and Xue Ping's life experiences was a little moving.
In all fairness, the script is thoughtful. Whether the script is good or not, let's first take a look at the creative restrictions. The damned ones in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are all dead, leaving Michelle Yeoh alone. There is also room for development, but if it is played too much and it is all original plots, then the story will hardly be called "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". The film chose to retain Michelle Yeoh, introduce Qingmingjian and another martial arts force, and then use another method to string together an important character who did not appear before, successfully linking the two worldviews, which is quite attentive. In terms of themes, we do not choose the ideals and reality of the past, but choose the chivalrous and moral justice of Jianghu Qi, which is easier to tell. The focus of the film is not on the depth of the theme, but to make this film a real kung fu film, and let the martial arts form itself become part of the theme, which is also a good practice.
The eighth master, Yuan Heping, should be very knowledgeable about martial arts and rivers and lakes, although he is not a strong point in directing and storytelling. But you can see his craftsmanship from the film. Although this is a martial arts action movie, he did not use the most intuitive and sensually stimulating kind of wide-open fights. On the contrary, he was designed to be very forbidding. The fight in the house at the beginning, the confrontation on the ice in the back, the various weapons and different moves used by the middle characters, show the director's understanding of the spirit of knighthood, as well as the kind of martial arts he hopes to show in the middle of the film. The heart of the world.
In terms of Chinese flavor, benevolent sees benevolence, and the lines are inauthentic, but the story itself, in terms of structure and theme, does not deviate from it, it is a very pure martial arts. There is no particularly bad film, the martial arts action design is unique, and the overall viewing experience is better than imagined.
Muyu's completely subjective rating:
Director 6
Script 7
Sincerity of action design 7.5
Shooting under huge creative constraints 7
Total score: 6.8
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