The literary drama is weak, the martial arts drama is wonderful: "Seven Swords" (2005.08)

Hillary 2022-03-25 09:01:19

The most common saying about this movie is: "The literary drama is weak, but the martial arts drama is wonderful." People also like to compare the film to Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. Another guy on the Internet speculated that Akira Kurosawa had also watched "Seven Swords Down the Tianshan Mountains". This is really a high-level joke. I don't want to talk about this anymore, gossip about something else.
To be honest, I think many of the lines in the film are very mentally retarded and far from Tsui Hark's normal standards. When I saw the end, there was a problem with playback, and the sound was misplaced with the picture. So, I simply blocked the sound and watched it as a silent film—I didn't expect such a depressing thing to become a fortunate thing. In the masterpieces of famous directors in recent years, mental retardation of lines seems to have become a fashion. Among them, Lao Mouzi's "House of Flying Daggers" can be said to have exerted it to the limit - I think this is a film that basically does not speak people. talking movie.
Many people think that the film's action is very realistic, and it is a return to action design. I don't think so. It's true that the film doesn't make much use of "wei Ye", and there is no "god-and-ghost" martial arts in films such as "Eastern Invincible", but calling it "realistic" is probably overkill. Judging from several games such as Youlongjian vs. Beacon Fire, the action design of the film is still very exaggerated. Liu Jialiang is indeed the master of "realistic" action design, but the action scenes directed by Master Liu can be called "realistic". Besides, although the action director of the film is Liu Jialiang, the specific design of many action scenes is implemented by Dong Wei and Xiong Xinxin, the two action directors. On the other hand, to demonstrate that the action of the film is not "realistic", it can be seen by comparing it with classic "realistic" action films such as "The Five Ancestors of Shaolin" and "The Thirty-Six Rooms of Shaolin" directed by Master Liu. Films such as "The Five Ancestors of Shaolin" and "The Thirty-Six Houses of Shaolin" can be described as "national art" exhibitions. Several martial arts stars showed their real kung fu. Boxing" and other boxing skills were brought into full play. Besides, the action scenes of films such as "The Five Ancestors of Shaolin" and "The Thirty-Six Houses of Shaolin" mostly use long shots, and the coherence of the action is very complete. Looking back at "Seven Swords", its action design is still very trendy, and its lens usage is also very trendy. There is neither a complete display of martial arts nor a "documentary" lens, so how can it be "realistic"? However, I still quite like the action scenes of the film, which are passionate and dynamic, although it is not "realistic".

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  • Kiarra 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    The martial arts drama is very exciting, the literary drama has not broken away from the clichés, and the emotional drama has not been dealt with properly. It feels that Tsui Hark wants to shoot something like an epic, but due to the limited space, he has not expressed it.

  • Isac 2022-03-15 09:01:07

    When the heroic seven dragons, he once said that the seven samurai should not enter the United States for two reasons. 1. European immigrants, even if they are farming traders, still have a strong adventurous character. They are far more resistant and capable than Japanese farmers in poor rural areas, so it is harder to empathize with the weak (Uberna's version occurred in Mexico in 1960) . Second, the formation of the soldiers and guards is based on the premise that the cold soldiers dominate and the muskets are few. The heavy firepower does not care about the number of people, it is more suitable for display with violent aesthetics. Just like the field group and the invincible kid. Looking back at the "Seven Swords", which also has a distinctive "black" film, the problem is only one point: Although the martial arts are respected by martial arts and cold soldiers, they are powerfully portrayed, but they are extremely freehand and exaggerated. , I am afraid that the forty thieves will be hooked by the soldiers and guards collectively! Therefore, it is even harder for you to reproduce the tactical motivation and psychological changes in the original book based on the realistic style of the strength of the enemy and ourselves.