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"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Qingming" directed by Yuan Heping is said to be a sequel to Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". In my opinion, there is no "continuation", at best it is a repetition. The repetition is only a small part, and the rest can be regarded as a step backward.
Originally, he had a good time in the martial arts instruction industry, but as a result, such a piece of garbage was produced, which tarnished the halo of his body and was not guaranteed in the evening.
In the 30 years that Yuan Heping has been engaged in film martial arts instruction, Yuan Heping's contribution in some classic movie segments is indelible. Those dashing action scenes have become the labels of the industry. First-line martial arts superstars such as Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen have such achievements It is also thanks to Yuan Heping, including many Hollywood movies, Yuan Heping is also indispensable, he is the guarantee of the box office.
However, local guidance is local after all. Yuan Heping is still far from grasping the context of the film as a whole and expressing the visual language. He doesn't understand movies at all. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Qingming" has fatal flaws. The sharp increase in box office is a morbid phenomenon and sadness in China where the market economy continues to deepen.
I have summed up the five fatal injuries in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Qingming". It is not surprising that our martial arts guide has internal injuries.
1. The rivers and lakes in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Qingming" are not "jianghu", but a "community" at most
In the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Ang Lee deliberately weakened the function of the Qingming sword held by Li Mubai, focusing on people. Rivers and lakes are human rivers and lakes, weapons are cold and objective, and the role of deified "weapons" is a dead end. It cannot become the ultimate incentive for the development of a movie story. To stop at the symbolism of the sword, this is the art of down-to-earth. claim.
Yuan Heping's movie is about the death of Lord Baylor, leaderless dragons, and fighting for swords as the main tone. The whole movie is based on earning weapons. Can such a primitive motivation support the complicated arena? I doubt it. Several characters in Ang Lee's films cannot be ignored. The roles of Yu Jiaolong and the blue-eyed fox master and apprentice are very important, and they are also the main objects for Ang Lee to express the sinister nature of the rivers and lakes. The portrayal of these two characters is relatively successful.
One is Yu Jiaolong, who appears to be as clear as water and indifferent, but has evil thoughts in his heart; The two have one thing in common: they are good at disguise, which is also in line with the characteristics of Oriental martial arts, secret, complex and fatalistic.
Yuan Heping did not give us a river and lake, what about martial arts?
2. The theme of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Qingming" is instilled in a blunt, cramming-style education
How can there be a theme? Yuan Heping still has a conscience in the movie. The ultimate theme of the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon series is preaching, maintaining the order of justice in the rivers and lakes, arousing the ultimate concern of human nature, and appealing to the truth, the good and the beautiful. So is there any in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Qingming"? Yes.
In Ang Lee's film, Li Mubai educates Yu Jiaolong, who has not yet been deeply involved in the world, and transmits the color of justice, which is the process of preaching. No matter how superb the martial arts are without a clean mind, it is impossible to control the sword. This is Ang Lee's precise artistic feeling. Yuan Heping just told us a story called "Tragedy Caused by a Sword" through a story of "taking the sword" and "protecting the sword", which is really shriveled.
Such a story can be told a little flavor, if the heat is in place, the chivalrous spirit of the rivers and lakes will be exuded. It's just that Yuan Heping didn't do it. The so-called sermons are just the dialogues or narrations of several main characters. There is no excavation from the inner changes of the characters and the advancement of the story, which is very superficial and contrived.
The most representative is what the boss of the negative said at the moment when he was about to die: It is not the man who dominates the sword, but the sword that dominates the man. This is the truth that the so-called taking off the pants does not arouse people's desire.
3. The characters in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Qingming" are portrayed by masks and concepts
The characters in Yuan Heping's films first determine a character label, with this background color, and then find the corresponding character. This is the practice of putting the cart before the horse. The concept of the character that comes out in this way is masked and has no distinct personality.
As far as the visual expression of the film is concerned, it is forcibly wearing the underwear outside, which is to make people think it is sexy. This is grandstanding, and the appearance of a slave who earns shouts is not something that a serious filmmaker should have. Donnie Yen's Meng Sizhao is a new character, similar to Li Mubai's role in Ang Lee's film. Undoubtedly, the role was a failure.
Yuan Heping only valued Donnie Yen's commercial value and action advantages for casting. The theme of this role is a positive character image of chivalry, courage, restraint, strong martial arts, and upholding justice, but Yuan Heping has achieved two points at best. Protecting the sword is not equal to safeguarding justice, and taking the initiative to reveal the recruited sword is just for private thoughts - a personal love for Xiulian, of course, this is also an inevitable arrangement for Meng Sizhao's character to appear.
But the emphasis on such an important motive is not from the heart, but to favor personal feelings, which is really surprising. The grudging account of this motive undermines the overall ethos of the film, and the characterization is terrible.
4. The script of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Qingming" has nothing to do with Ang Lee's film, and shamelessly approached the previous work to make money
The film is adapted from Wang Dulu's novel "Riding a Silver Bottle", while Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is an original script. The two unrelated things were brazenly linked by Yuan Heping only by the word "jianghu".
This is flattery and a trick, not a normal movie marketing method. I appeal to Ang Lee to sue Yuan Heping for this, breaking Yuan Heping's dream of making a fortune and the unreal "director's dream", and making his legacy last forever.
This reminded me of a bookseller selling books on a tricycle on Xi'an Street. I saw a new book "Abandoned City" by Jia Pingwa with rough printing and unattractive paper quality, and a book titled "Jin Yong's New Book" on the cover. 's books. It was written by a person whose pseudonym is Jin Yongxin, but this can also make a group of people buy it wrong or misread it.
I don't know how this kind of thinking ability came about, I secretly admire it. Just like our great martial arts instructor Yuan Heping, he destroyed the audience's impression of him and shot himself in the foot.
5. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Sword of Qingming" There is no chivalry in the world, only smog
This is a comprehensive consideration. Yuan Heping is obviously a weakness in character composition in the smoky martial arts scene, and his specialty is limited to the emphasis on one move and one style of action.
There is no logic in a martial arts environment with a large number of people, and there is no distinction between primary and secondary. It is not denied that Yuan Heping handed over a qualified answer sheet in the final battle. The plot of Donnie Yen Taishan pressing down the reverse boss from the top of the tower and exchanging weapons in the air at the end is very exciting. But that's about it.
The ice lake fight and the action scene of the final battle are the two most important fights in the movie, but the atmosphere is asymmetrical. The fight in the ice lake has an elegant and soothing rhythm, while the final duel is much more violent, with a faster rhythm, which is more obvious in a movie and makes people uncomfortable. This is a flaw.
As a martial arts movie, if it fails to find the narrow meaning from the martial arts plot, it will be a failure. The "qi" of the movie does not exist, and it is hard to call a standing movie without bones. There is a lot of smog, and there is also the bad luck of leaving the field.
To sum up, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Qingming" is a landmark work of Chinese martial arts films that have developed to the present day. There is a problem in the expression of the profound themes of the movie, the characters are not full of personality, the filmmakers have a wretched attitude, and their techniques are disorganized.
2016.2.25
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