Let's talk about screenwriting
The title of the film is Shaolin Soccer, which contains two elements, Shaolin Kung Fu and Soccer. How to make these two elements combine reasonably without being obtrusive is very important.
The screenwriter chose to use football to promote the idea of Shaolin Kung Fu, which is really a coup. In the film, the two lines of football and Shaolin Kungfu fall on Uncle Da and A Xing respectively.
At the beginning of the film, the grievance between Uncle Da and Qiangxiong was explained. Twenty years ago, Huang Jin's right foot was framed by Qiangxiong to become the lame Uncle Da. Twenty years later, Uncle Da wanted to lead the Devils to a football match, but was rejected by Qiangxiong, so he had a conflict and was kicked out. In frustration, he met the protagonist, the researcher monk Axing. A Xing is a young man with ideals. He has the unique Shaolin Power King Kong Leg and takes the promotion of kung fu as his mission. Although the two talked about football for the first time, they were both immersed in their own worlds. In the end, they broke up. Ah Xing kicked the can with Ah Xing's "business card" thrown over by Uncle Da. Afterwards, Uncle Da went sad alone, while Ah Xing was still full of passion to find a way to promote Shaolin martial arts.
A Xing passed by a steamed bread shop and met A Mei, who made steamed bread, and was a master of Tai Chi. Ah Mui kneaded the noodles with Tai Chi, and the steamed buns made were delicious. Ah Xing couldn't help singing praises, which made Ah Mui feel embarrassed and warm. After a super funny dance, Ah Xing came up with the idea of wrapping Shaolin martial arts with singing and dancing, so he went to the master Tietou Gong who was doing odd jobs in the singing and dancing hall. With the help of the dance hall manager, the master agreed with Ah Xing's proposal. ideas, together to present a hilarious and jaw-dropping performance.
The collision between singing and dancing and Shaolin martial arts was obviously a failure, causing a conflict between a group of dance hall gangsters and Ah Xing. On the playground separated by a wall from Uncle Da, Ah Xing punished the bullies who bullied him with the help of football. And all this was seen by Uncle Da, who had just pulled out the cans certified by Axing's "business card" from the wall. He was shocked. For the first time, he felt that football could be played like this. So Uncle Da came up with the idea of using kung fu to play football, which made Ah Xing, who had been struggling to promote kung fu, suddenly become enlightened. But Uncle Da did not expect that football could not only promote kung fu, but also help him get revenge.
After that, everything just happened. Football is not something that one person can play. It is necessary to set up a Shaolin football team. Ah Xing's brothers and sisters are perfect. Two problems: everyone has no foundation, the effect of training from scratch is too slow, there are not enough players, and more people are needed. A friendly match solved these two problems. The level of the Shaolin football team improved rapidly. They went to sign up for the competition and made great progress all the way to the final.
In the final, the Shaolin football team encountered a drug-injected devil team. The Shaolin football team was beaten and could not fight back, and the players were injured one after another. Just when the referee wanted to sentence the Shaolin football team to lose due to the lack of participants, Amei appeared. Before that, there was a entanglement between Amei and Axing. Amei repaired Axing's broken sneakers. Axing told Amei that she was very beautiful and had to be confident - love came so fast. Ah Mei took the fatal kick from the Devils striker with Tai Chi, helping Ah Xing to complete the lore, and the Shaolin football team won the game.
So far, with the help of football, Shaolin martial arts was promoted, and Uncle Da finally got his revenge.
As for the performance of the actors, with Master Xing's training, since it won't be bad, I won't say more.
Also, the pacing of the film is good, which gets the hilarious parts just right and works best.
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