I always thought Chen was a talented, but unlucky director. "The Yellow Earth", "Farewell My Concubine", "Jing Ke Assassinating the King of Qin" and "With You", although the box office of "Assassin Qin" and "With You" really can't be said, but the quality of the film and the box office are not inevitable. Get in touch! "Citizen Kane" has also been bad at the box office, but not many people say it's not a great movie.
Deep thinking, thinking about human nature, these have always been the characteristics of Chen's films, just like him. He has too many words and too many ideas to express here, so it is not easy to watch his movies. That's why I like him.
I have seen it, and there is no trace at all. I can't remember anything after a sleep. It's a waste of time if I don't watch such a movie! That's why I don't like "House of Flying Daggers"! Therefore, even Chen Guang's "With You", which was criticized, I was very warm and moved.
But, coming back from the theater on Friday, I was really disappointed in Chen! I had seen the 11-minute film, 3-minute film, and behind-the-scenes footage of "Wuji" before, I really thought that Chen would give us a Chinese "Lord of the Rings", but obviously I was wrong!
Compared with "House of Flying Daggers" and "Heroes", the storyline of "The Promise" is relatively complete, without too many faults. Obviously, Chen's storytelling ability has not been completely lost, but the mentally handicapped lines are completely destroyed. this play.
Wuhuan's sudden sentence "You ruined my right to be a good person", and the tears flowed for no reason at all. As an audience, I felt that I didn't bring it into the plot at all. Another line that left me speechless, "I was moved by you", was so hypocritical that I almost vomited! It is really elementary school students who write essays. They can only use beauty to praise women, and only use the sentence "I'm so moved" to describe moving. There is also what Manshen said, "There are joys and sorrows of everyone in Wuji." What exactly is Wuji? The movie didn't make it clear. The first half is about fate, and no one can escape. It seems that the line becomes weaker as the moon goes to the back. In the end, when Kunlun puts on the black robe and the time wall appears, the full prophecy of "unless the time is reversed, the river will flow backwards" really appeared. , the prophecy is broken, but it seems that there is almost nothing to explain.
After watching the behind-the-scenes footage, I found that a lot of good shots were cut, and I didn't pay attention to who did the editing. It's really bad!
Finally, let's talk about the actors!
[Kunlun] - Zhang Dongjian
This is the biggest highlight of the whole film in my opinion. As a slave, the crawling action like a beast is very realistic. No wonder Chen is full of praise for him. of firmness. I still remember the scene when Qingcheng fabricated a lie to the Senate in order to rescue Guangming. Kunlun hugged Qingcheng's shoulder and said word by word, "No, then I told you 'to live well, to live'" , Kunlun's eyes, there are excitement, love, desire, satisfaction and determination before death.
When helping Guangming rescue Qingcheng, he desperately pushed open the door that was about to be locked, watched his lover and master leave, and watched himself fall into trouble again, helpless, sad, and confused. Back at Haitang Jingshe, the phrase "Master, I'm back" is so helpless and happy.
When the ghost wolf showed it the disaster of the Yeti people and let him know what desire is, it slowly awakened as a human side, it is no longer like a slave, it understands what it should do and how to do it better than the light. Do.
Kunlun is the most abundant and well-presented character in the entire film.
When I knew Jang Dong Gun played Kunlun, I knew he must be the best, and I bet anyone who watched "Friends" believed it.
In addition, his Chinese dubbing is really good, I didn't expect it to speak Chinese so well!
[No Huan] - Nicholas Tse
Comrade Xiao Xie's performance is definitely a breakthrough for him. Those who know Xiao Xie's character and experience, those who have watched "2020", "My Savage Classmate" and "Jade Guanyin" probably cannot believe that this is Xiao Xie. Wuhuan is a very contrived person, very contrived man. From clothing to weapons, he tried to make himself a humble son, but he was cruel and ruthless. It can destroy the entire snow country, and has no feelings for its opponents. However, behind this is a very fragile heart. He was also afraid that others would betray him, so he continued to betray him. In Haitang Jingshe, he said with tears in his eyes, "You ruined my right to be a good person." Although his lines were extremely bad, Xiao Xie should have grasped the character's feelings, but the editing of the film was too abrupt, because You can see that Xiao Xie's expression is very real!
[Allure] - Cecilia Cheung
may be the reason for the editing. Many of the pre-set costumes did not appear, and the displayed costumes were not very similar to her. Allure is more like a big vase inside, being pushed around without much initiative, but it does show a Cecilia that we usually see differently. When Guangming died in battle for Qingcheng, did Qingcheng ever love Guangming?
[Ghost Wolf]——Liu Ye
doesn't have a lot of scenes in the role, I can only say that Liu's performance can't be missed. Ghost Wolf's performance when he was about to take back his black robe in the second half made me appreciate "Actually, death is not as scary as I imagined", but in terms of the plot, he taught Kunlun "No, you haven't learned to run. When When you know what a craving is, you run fast enough." I doubt if Guilang had any confidence when he said this. Did he know what desire is at that time? The fear he had then, the fear of death. It was Kunlun who changed him! I think the role itself is lacking.
[Guangming] - Why did Hiroyuki Sanada
write it after it? First, because I don't like Japanese; second, I think his performance is really bad. From the moment I saw Qingcheng, he was like a satyr, I couldn't see love, only conquest and desire. A lascivious general is still a general, and there is no difference between this pervert and the playboys who go to the brothel. Only in the end at Haitang Jingshe he still looked like a gentleman when he fought to the death. It shows that this person has changed too much before and after, too conflicting! (Maybe I don't know men well enough)
[Man God] - Chen Hong
Her smile is confusing, gloating or giving advice? The characters are very important, but there are not many scenes, and the lines are too pale, just preaching. I think it would be good if she appeared again at the end of the play, and the film would not be as anticlimactic as it is now.
Wordy said a lot. The flaws of the film are still in the screenwriting and lines. In fact, for such a tough director, the actor's range of activities for portraying the characters is very small. Chen wanted to put too many ideas and too many elements into it, and finally created a four dissimilarities. Some people said they didn't understand what they said, some said it was like a farce, and some people said that the story is not finished yet? Wearing clothes from the Warring States Period and wearing a bob head, will Xi Shi still be a harmonious beauty?
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