The world of Jianghu in the martial arts novels of Jiayao is extremely cruel, but it is fascinating. The so-called hero is short-lived, and children are long in love. We have all been more or less excited and moved by those martial arts stories in our memory. Therefore, "Jian Yu", as a rare pure martial arts blockbuster in the Chinese film industry in recent years, coupled with the name of John Woo, is enough to make many fans flock to it, but due to the countless lessons learned, when I lowered my expectations to look at such a film, Surprisingly, it's still amazing and good enough.
Unlike Tsui Hark's movies, which are romantic or freehand or thick and realistic, "Jian Yu" not only tells the affection of Jin Yong's traditional Chinese martial arts stories, but also constantly integrates Gulong's ideas and whimsy to try to break the pattern of martial arts films. The Jianghu world jointly created by Su Zhaobin is full of treacherous winds from beginning to end, but there is no lack of touching love-hate entanglement. The two complement each other and open up a new world of martial arts films.
Compared with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Sword Rain" is more like a martial arts film familiar to the Chinese, rather than a pure show of the artistic conception of the world to please the world and take the international route. It is also not the court struggles and power killings that have nothing to do with martial arts, which the fifth-generation directors focus on exaggerating. After all, "Jian Yu" is a pure traditional martial arts film. It has a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, a landscape, a chasing and killing, an intrigue, a love-hate relationship, and a magical relationship. The elements of the martial arts story are almost all available. . The film depicts a cruel and chilling martial arts picture through the series of many characters. In the film, no matter whether it is decent or villain, protagonist or supporting role, the character modeling is relatively complete, highlighting the darkness and absurdity of human nature. And Wu Yusen and Su Zhaobin gave a reasonable explanation for everyone's motives, except that some plots will bring obvious abruptness, the design of the whole film's characters is basically not a problem.
As a pure martial arts film, the action scenes of "Sword Rain" need to be highly praised. The excellent action design and good editing skills make "Sword Rain", which already has many different weapons, even more powerful, and successively present scenes of various martial arts to the audience. Except for Michelle Yeoh, a group of non-professional Kung Fu actors fight The play is also impeccable, the whole film can be described as dizzying and hearty. Basically, it completely beats the bluffing "Fourteen Styles of the Ming Dynasty" in "Jin Yiwei". The confrontation at the end also highlights the rare "chivalry" in Chinese martial arts films in recent years, fulfilling the audience's martial arts dream!
Although this movie is exciting enough, its advantages and disadvantages are obvious. "Jian Yu" has little vision and ambition, and it is also mixed with nonsensical lines and shocking plots similar to "Chibi", and the performance of the actors is uneven. Therefore, it is difficult to become a classic in martial arts movies, and everything has yet to be tested by time. But the flaws do not hide the good, what's more, the valuable part of "Jian Yu" is that it breaks the old and establishes the new. While strictly following the core of the traditional martial arts story to make it a rare pure martial arts film in recent years, it also tries to make new possibilities in the structure of the story. , so unexpected plot settings emerge one after another. What's interesting is that this time John Woo used it for China. After improving his classic "face-changing" trick, he "replayed the old tricks" in "Jianyu", which not only did not create a sense of repetition for the audience, but also gave people an indescribable surprise. . "Sword Rain" does not have the fetters of the historical background in "Red Cliff", and the thaumaturgy of the rivers and lakes is not uncommon, which also leads to the phenomenon that the plot is too absurd and bizarre in the second half, but it is also in line with the unpredictable changes in the world of rivers and lakes. The film has taken a higher level of imagination, and it seems to be more free and easy than the previous costume blockbusters. Therefore, the final overall effect of "Sword Rain" is also surprisingly good.
Once you step into this arena of intrigue and deceit, how can you escape? It's a shame how many people would rather endure hundreds of years of wind, sun and rain to complete a redemption for a promise. The lover looks at the sword, and is careful to guard against the dark arrow. Talk about love, but want you by your side every day. After all, we can only hide from the rain under the same roof, and we were together for a short time.
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