Ten years later, Tsui Hark remade Dragon Gate Inn and named it "Dragon Gate Flying Armor". Director Tsui Hark said that his film opened up a new situation for Chinese martial arts movies. He was right, because this film is not just a martial arts movie. He is a funny movie in essence. My buddies and I were laughing at each other. The cool thing is that the people in the movie are actually quite serious, and it basically became a disaster blockbuster about the black storm in the second half. It almost became sci-fi. A martial arts film with a pure and sharp story in the past is now completely dominated by special effects and 3D. I can't help but sigh that Xu Daxia is getting more and more childish.
Let's talk about the characters first, whether it is Zhou Huai'an played by Tony Leung Ka Fai, Maggie Cheung played the romantic proprietress Jin Xiangyu, or Lin Qingxia's Qiu Mochou, Donnie Yen's father-in-law and the razor's shop Xiaoer are all impressive. However, although the characters in this film are all dark, their skins are pale. Although each character's appearance is very stylish and free and easy, especially Ling Yanqiu played by Zhou Xun falls from the sky to the jade tree and blows the flute against the wind. There are so many beautiful people in Jianghu, but the more you go, the more you find that the characters in the film are posing too frequently. A two-foot-high mound can obviously jump directly. Every time you have to rotate 720 degrees to the ground, you have to bend your knees. .
The most unbearable thing is that each of the villains in the film appears murderous, sinister and sinister, but once they are real, they are collectively mentally retarded, and the reaction of the villains is always several beats slower. For example, Tan Luzi, Yu Huatian's subordinate, was tricked by Fengli Dao several times and still did not wake up. After hearing from outsiders that the inn was set on fire, he took all his men and ran outside the inn to avoid the limelight, knowing that it was a trap. , by the way, look up at the clouds in the sky. Suddenly Tan Luzi came to his senses. Damn, we can't all come out. We still have something in our guest room, so we hurriedly sent a few people back to investigate, but it was too late. The other party had already stolen their house while they were rushing out. The armed forces in the house, disguised as their boss Hanakada. The most ridiculous thing is that when the farce ended, the men who rushed into the house to investigate only ran out and said that it was not good. Our clothes were robbed. What is even more ridiculous is that it is really Yuhuatian at this moment. They led a large army to the Dragon Gate Inn. They thought it was a fake scam, so they shot their boss violently to kill each other. Did they ever think that a small trick would be used twice in a row in the intrigue of the rivers and lakes? It can be seen how the villain's thinking and actions are hindsight, and this section is clearly the martial arts version of "Home Alone". Sheng Jian, who played Tan Luzi, played very well. He played the stubbornness who swallowed his voice and dared not act rashly to hold back tears very vividly. Chen Kun's two roles also have many bright spots.
There is also such a plot. When Zhao Huaian and Ling Yanqiu played by Jet Li and Yu Huatian played by Chen Kun were going to confront each other, Yu Huatian ran towards the two at this time, and at the same time, a sniper master sniped them with darts on the telephone pole. Zhao Huai'an and Ling Yanqiu started a series of dialogues,
Ling Yanqiu said: I will fight against Yuhuatian, and you will shoot down the people on the telephone pole.
Zhao Huai'an said seriously: No, I will fight against Yuhuatian and you will shoot down the person on the telephone pole.
Ling Yanqiu said: Okay, that's it?
Zhao Huai'an said: That's it!
The audience thought at the time that the two were besieged by two peerless masters, and it seemed that they were going to start a tough battle. However, the strange thing was that in a movie where a martial arts hero can jump dozens of meters away, the villain rains. The two of Tian Chao sprinted for a long time without sprinting over. Of course, it could also be that the horses were slower. What's even more paradoxical is that the two of them were talking under the telephone pole, and the sniper on the pole just watched the two finish their words. Then Zhao Huai'an rushed towards Yuhuatian as if at home. Ling Yanqiu turned around and killed the person on the telephone pole. I don't think they need to discuss this shit for a long time at all. They can kill the man on the pole at the beginning, and then they both rush to Yuhuatian.
Secondly, it is also the part where I laughed to the bottom of my seat. It happened in the last battle of the film. The camera position is like this. Zhao Huai'an and Yu Huatian fought in the ancient city hall. Seeing that the hall was about to be swallowed up by yellow sand, Fan Xiaoxuan played Su Huirong. Came to rescue Yuhuatian, Su Huirong and Yuhuatian Qiqi followed the ancient road to escape the hall that was about to be buried by yellow sand. Zhao Huai'an and Gu Shaotang played by Li Yuchun stood in the center of the hall and watched the two run away. A wooden pagoda broke through the ceiling of the main hall and fell just in front of Zhao Huai'an and Gu Shaotang. They didn't even need to hide. It was obviously waiting for the elevator. Zhao Huai'an said calmly, it's pretty close from here. The two who had fled to the entrance of the main hall at this time looked back and saw that there was a shortcut, and ran back. Once again proved how Parkinson the villain is.
And Fan Xiaoxuan, Su Huirong's character, has no trace of suspense at the moment of betrayal at the end, because this character spends most of the time in the film, except for every time he avoids pursuit, he has to be extremely idiots to make some movements and leave some clues to be caught. In addition to the discovery, there is no role or achievement. Anyone with an IQ higher than 60 thinks that she is a soy sauce bottle that doesn't even count as a vase if she doesn't show some rebellion at the end. She suddenly rebelled and stabbed Ling Yanqiu with countless knives. The knife missed the key point. At the end, Ling Yanqiu not only showed no signs of injury, but her face was radiant. A heart of sympathy has arisen, so why let such a feminine Su Huirong die in ten thousand pieces?
In the regular scenes with characters, Tsui Hark can make the atmosphere and rhythm smooth, but the problem is that there are so many characters in the film, those with names, surnames and roles are far more complicated than "New Dragon Inn". These seemingly very individual characters All the stars are piled up in the Dragon Inn. It seems like a big gimmick, but if you want to shoot a sense of drama, you must leave it to Robert Altman, who is good at group play. In such a situation, Tsui Hark, as a commercial director, was more than enough in the scheduling of the shots. He ignored the other. His imbalance was that his imagination was too large. Because of this, he disturbed the lively rivers and lakes. It became a pile of mush, no audience would worry about the characters in the film, and the film could not even penetrate the theme, a chase suddenly turned into a treasure hunt in the second half, although the film set a double climax , but my thoughts could not continue in the same vein. When Feng Lidao came to the ancient city to see the treasure, he said that he finally found the treasure, and I was completely confused.
I have always felt that Tsui Hark is an overrated director. My love for him has always lingered at the stage of Huang Feihong. There is no disrespect here. I understand his seriousness and his wild fantasies. Reflected in his works, or until the technology that can realize his whims comes, it is all false. The trend I see in this film is that high technology did not make Tsui Hark unruly, but completely out of control. The proud new elements and big fantasy Hollywood are tired of playing.
"Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" is a movie with gorgeous appearance and dross inside, and it is a mentally retarded and somewhat cute movie. Its complaints are really like a honeycomb. It is worth mentioning that the 3D technology and visual effects of this film are really good. It is the most veritable 3D work I have seen since "Avatar" and "Resident Evil 4". To brag, many scenes in the film have depth of field, which makes people feel dizzy. It's a pity that Tsui Hark was completely fascinated by this new type of technology this time. From his interview, we can see his persistence. 3D for 3D, special effects for special effects, I even felt that this film was in the middle of watching the movie. It should be cut and taken to the playground for screening. The failure of "Shushan Biography" made Tsui Hark film "Seven Swords", which returned to the basics. At that time, we couldn't see the moves at all, nor the feelings of the characters, only the yellow sand filled the whole screen, when Jin Xiangyu scolded me for fucking his father's cheapness, and the road was facing the sky. I can't see the pride that goes around. Any kind of carefree, no-nonsense, no-nonsense, no-knowing martial arts, were all swept away by the CG storm.
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