That's how kung fu is made

Meta 2022-03-26 09:01:04

The film "Kung Fu" broke the box office record of Chinese-language films as soon as it was released. It was nominated for a total of six awards in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and other places, and it also won the best film of the year. 's awards. Why is this film so influential? Because it's Star Lord? This is one of the reasons, but the most important thing is that the movie is really good. It can let you enjoy the visual impact and bring you a spiritual touch at the same time. The background of the film is Shanghai in the 1940s. At that time, the gangs in Shanghai were rampant, and even the police did not dare to control them. If you are a good person, you will only be bullied. Such an era background provides the basis for the film's protagonist, Ah Sung, who is trying to escape reality to be a bad guy who can stand out and try his best to join the Axe Gang. Although the era of the film is far from reality, the director uses the film's exaggeration and caricature to make the film more able to shake the hearts of real people and get rid of the shackles of reality. "Kung Fu" uses a conventional linear narrative technique. The plots in the film are closely connected and interlocking, giving people a very smooth feeling, and some memories will also be introduced from it to supplement certain plots. or description. In fact, the plot in "Kung Fu" is not complicated. The protagonist A Xing is a peerless master, but the two veins of Ren and Du have not been opened yet. Before he became a great hero to protect the world, he was hesitant, painful, thinking, and unsuccessful in doing anything. In order to live a better life, he swore to be a bad person, but his good roots, fortunes, and the strange situation he witnessed over the past 20 years made him at a critical moment. Possess the ability to do justice and come forward to turn the tide. At the end of the film, A Xing, who has opened up the two veins of Ren and Du, changed his previous hippie smile, wearing a white Chinese cardigan and black kung fu shoes, showing the posture of a master of martial arts as calm as water. The phrase "you want to learn, I will teach you" convinces the opponent. Among them, the dumb women stand at the two ends of the years, witnessing the development of the plot with the eyes of expectation or disappointment, with sweat and tears. Although the plot is simple, but with this narrative method, the film appears to be very rich in connotation, very real, and there is no false feeling. In terms of filming, Xing Ye brings different visual enjoyment to the audience in his unique way. At the beginning of the film, it starts with the picture of "the detective's sign", revealing the place where the incident happened - the police station. Then, in the very quiet police station, a small noise began to appear, and then as the sound gradually became louder, the camera slowly moved in the direction of the eyes of many people in the picture. During this process, only Except for the push and pull of the camera, the characters are not moving, the expressions of the characters appearing in the film are very dull, this kind of movement The contrast between them makes the audience feel strange and uneasy, until this long shot of the film shows a scene where a person is smashed to the plaque of "Sinner Buster", which suddenly changes the audience from the previous static. The tension is pulled into the dynamic, which makes people have a sense of visual jumping, and also feel a certain surprise. This way of shooting was also used in the plot of the Fire Cloud Cthulhu catching the bullet. Everyone was frozen, only the camera was pushing and pulling, in order to express the feeling of surprise in the movie that the audience felt. Also, when Zhou Xingchi went to save the Huoyun Evil God, the camera started to shoot a long-term view of the mental hospital. The picture was at night and covered with dark clouds. With the addition of lightning, it gave people a very depressing and fearful feeling. The title is related to the identity of his number one killer. In this way, the audience was associated with it, and the unexpected image of Huoyun Evil God was used to show the nonsense style of Xingye, which made the audience laugh. The film also uses a lot of montage techniques, such as: in the scene of the axe gang dancing, at first, Brother Chen was dancing alone, but with the switching of the camera, that is, when the camera switched from the picture of the axe gang killing to the picture of brother Chen dancing. , The number of people who danced with Brother Chen of the Axe Gang also gradually increased. The switching between the pictures used the method of cross montage, which cleverly introduced the development of the Axe Gang and the gradual expansion of its scale. At the same time, the symbol montage used here The increase in the number of dancers symbolizes the growing power of the Axe Gang. Also, when the Axe Gang went to trouble the renter's neighborhood for the first time, a large group of people came out of the right side of the screen in a hurry, and a large dark cloud appeared from the top, which was slowly pressing down. This is a symbol of montage. It symbolizes that the oppression of the Axe Gang is coming step by step, and it can also render a tense atmosphere. Then, Ah Xing was wounded by Huoyun Evil God and was wrapped like a mummy for healing. When Huoyun Evil God went to find him, he combined the picture of Xingye's bandage breaking with the picture of the butterfly breaking out of the cocoon. With the metaphorical montage technique, it means that Ah Xing will also complete the transformation like this butterfly, from a small gangster who has accomplished nothing to a superb master. It also played a reasonable role in eliciting the climax of the film and capturing the audience's interest. At the end of the film, that one gives ah a star The beggar from the "Tathagata's Palm" cheat book appeared again, and gave another child's martial arts cheats. Here, the technique of repeated montage was used to echo the Ah Xing martial arts cheats given to childhood by the previous beggars, making the audience think about the film: Ah Xing's story is true or false? ... After I finished watching "Kung Fu", I can use three words to describe my feelings: funny, shocking, moving. These three words also sum up the personal style of Star Lord's movies very well. Funny, this is the most famous style of Star Master. In fact, in my opinion, it is the embodiment of Star Master's desire to bring joy to others; shocking, the film uses a lot of computer specials and is full of realistic scenes and props. It can be seen that Xingye pursues perfection and works extremely seriously; I am moved, the film really put a lot of thought into the creation of small characters, and now the image of the charter wife and haircut has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has become the object of ridicule. , which shows that Xingye pays attention to the weak and small groups in real life, and reflects his directing style of paying attention to people's livelihood. The film "Kung Fu" continues Xingye's consistent nonsensical style, but it is not just a single nonsense. It combines Xingye's thinking about life. In my opinion, the image of Ah Xing gangster is simply the abbreviation of those people in reality who are full of ideals and struggle constantly, but because of the helplessness of reality, they have to give up their ideals and embark on other paths. And the plot of Ah Xing's final diaosi counterattack is also an encouragement to these people by Master Xing, I hope they will stick to their ideals, and I hope they can break out of the cocoon and transform like Ah Xing. In addition, this film is also a kind of care for small people, exposing the fact that weak groups are still being oppressed. I hope everyone can increase their care for these people and help these people to live a better life. And they should also believe in themselves, no matter how much pain and pressure they are, believe that they can handle it, instead of giving in and despairing. This is how real kung fu is honed. A single nonsense, it combines Xingye's thinking about life. In my opinion, the image of Ah Xing gangster is simply the abbreviation of those people in reality who are full of ideals and struggle constantly, but because of the helplessness of reality, they have to give up their ideals and embark on other paths. And the plot of Ah Xing's final diaosi counterattack is also an encouragement to these people by Master Xing, I hope they will stick to their ideals, and I hope they can break out of the cocoon and transform like Ah Xing. In addition, this film is also a kind of care for small people, exposing the fact that weak groups are still being oppressed. I hope everyone can increase their care for these people and help these people to live a better life. And they should also believe in themselves, no matter how much pain and pressure they are, believe that they can handle it, instead of giving in and despairing. This is how real kung fu is honed. A single nonsense, it combines Xingye's thinking about life. In my opinion, the image of Ah Xing gangster is simply the abbreviation of those people in reality who are full of ideals and struggle constantly, but because of the helplessness of reality, they have to give up their ideals and embark on other paths. And the plot of Ah Xing's final diaosi counterattack is also an encouragement to these people by Master Xing, I hope they will stick to their ideals, and I hope they can break out of the cocoon and transform like Ah Xing. In addition, this film is also a kind of care for the little people, exposing the fact that the weak groups are still being oppressed. I hope everyone can increase their care for these people and help these people to live a better life. And they should also believe in themselves, no matter how much pain and pressure they are, believe that they can handle it, instead of giving in and despairing. This is how real kung fu is honed.

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Extended Reading
  • Tyreek 2022-03-21 09:01:44

    Wait a few years for you to see it again, it's really a classic!

  • Russel 2021-11-18 08:01:28

    He said in the cinema, you laugh so happily.

Kung Fu Hustle quotes

  • Landlord: [commenting on Sing's newfound abilities] If he studies hard, he could be a doctor or a lawyer.

    Landlady: A stuntman, more likely.

  • Axe Gang Advisor: Let's kill them all and make this place a brothel.