The Underworld with Love and Righteousness - The World and Rivers and Lakes Before the Change in Woo Yusen's Eyes

Sammy 2022-03-26 09:01:07

"This world has changed and we are no longer suitable for this arena because we are too nostalgic." Indeed, John Woo made a tragic story of the changes in the old world. The appearance and characteristics of this "old world" can be seen in the story. This "old world" is the underworld with affection and righteousness. Here, people more or less think of the affectionate and righteous martial arts rivers and lakes in Tsui Hark's movie, which is another story.

> Special emphasis on the relationship between men and men, and even the love between Chow Yun-fat and Ye Qianwen is more like a brother-sister relationship based on repaying debts and repaying kindness >
Attaching importance to interpersonal commitments
The movie "The Day After Tomorrow" also has a similar
feeling, but the family relationship between the father and daughter is portrayed in it, and the name of the movie forgot to mention the brotherhood between the US soldiers stationed in Iraq and the theme of revenge for the brothers
> Emphasis on morality: morality is morality and justice. Police Li Xiuxian emphasized justice. But his view of justice seems to be that good people repay the bad and should kill them; good people are those who take care of weak and sympathetic people, such as Chow Yun Fat's Ya Zhuang; evil people are people who will do whatever they can without sympathy, such as boss Wang Hai.
I personally disagree with this view of justice. I think that justice is first and foremost equality, there are some things that are not different because of natural conditions, that is, the rights that everyone should have - the opportunity to enjoy certain legitimate benefits, such as education, participation in work and getting economic rewards (election and being elected Ignore it for now...); both ethics and law involve discussions of justice.
> attaches importance to friendship and regards friendship as a friendship between brothers: friendship is more valuable than his own life
. Yazhuang values ​​friendship most. For the fourth brother who betrayed his brother and wanted to harm him, he chose to forgive his friend and treated his friend like this. The fourth brother also used his life to complete the account to
Yazhuang Li Xiuxian In the end, I killed the boss to avenge Chow Yun-fat's blood. In the end, the police must not be able to do it and they must bear the pain of prison.
This kind of brotherly loyalty, this selflessness of ignoring one's own life, contains a lot of sadness. There is also a movie that can feel this tragic loyalty. "Infernal Affairs"
Personally, I feel that this notion that friendship is more important than life is worth reflecting on. After all, friendship can be expressed in many ways, and it is not always expressed in life; so although the belief that friendship is above life is worthy of reverence, I am not. Personally, I think this kind of belief
is a bit reckless and reminds me of a movie called "War Horse". There is a classic scene in which the German and British armies stopped fighting to save a horse. The two soldiers chatted in the middle of the battlefield; It is obviously unwise to stop a battle that may be related to the survival of the respective armies and even the country, but it is this apparent unwiseness that reflects the soldiers' affection.
In addition, there is also "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" as a way to get back for her husband The idea of ​​justice goes far beyond getting justice. The explanation that can be given when it comes to the actual function of the recovery of her husband's lower body is that Qiu Ju has a belief in justice/justice in her head
. At times, we will feel that this is determined by personal factors, whether it is the person's beliefs or personal temperament, the power that transcends personal life is awesome
> Do not believe in the rules: Emphasize that good people take care of the weak and sympathetic
The policeman played by Li Xiuxian is the last The choice can reflect this. Even though the boss Wang Hai has been arrested by the police, he still chose to kill the boss on the spot.

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The Killer quotes

  • Joe (Cantonese)/Jeffrey (English): They aren't just gonna let me walk out. I have no future! Can't you see that? Walk out and tell 'em you're a cop; see what happens to you! You think that'll make any difference?

  • Joe (Cantonese)/Jeffrey (English): Don't hurt her, you maniac!

    Johnny Weng: No, I won't hurt her. I'll blow her head off!