, that pure arena.
White clothes beat snow, come on the moon, do you still remember? Once upon a time, we were guarding the black and white TV set, waiting for that scene of the story of the rivers and lakes to be staged?
Back then, I remember that in the most ruthless place outside the desert, there was a coquettish proprietress, and there was a woman named Brigitte Lin who was holding a pot of wine when she was heartbroken and drank the tears that ran down her cheeks.
That drop of tears represents the most classic scene of the most glorious era of Hong Kong cinema.
If you ask a foreigner now, what is your impression of Chinese films? Nine out of ten will tell you: Kung Fu. This is not a shameful thing, but our martial arts movies play a decisive leading role in Chinese movies.
I still remember those Hong Kong-made martial arts TV series - "The Book and Sword", "The Great Inner Talents", "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", how popular were they? Jet Li, Zhao Wenzhuo, He Jiajin, Zheng Shaoqiu, Wan Ziliang, and Liu Songren witnessed the peak era of Hong Kong martial arts films - at that time, who knew about Korean films? Who knows Japanese movies? Throughout East Asia and Southeast Asia, Chinese Kung Fu is popular.
I can't remember how many years ago, and when there was no movie that made me feel like I was back at the peak of Hong Kong cinema, someone asked: Does Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon count?
I laughed and said: Is that movie made for foreigners?
Since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, including the seven swords of the martial arts master Tsui Hark, it's all in the same tone--Bid for the Olympics, we made movies, for the Oscars, so martial arts films became more and more like East Evil and West Poison, and Tsui Hark became more and more like Wong Kar-wai .
Finally, after I walked into the theater with the feeling of watching a bad movie, I found this work that returned to the peak of martial arts series - Jin Yiwei. This is the purest martial arts movie I have seen since "New Dragon Inn". In this movie, I not only saw the resurrection of martial arts, but also returned to that bloody and vigorous era.
This is a film made purely for martial arts. The purpose is very simple, just to show you, whether it is a love scene, a friendship scene, or a family scene, the purpose is very clear - action, fight, rivers and lakes.
There is no distraction, no idea of winning an award, or even an idea of imitating--if you want to imitate, first watch Wu Zhenyu's chasing movie, it's an absolute bad movie. There is only one purpose - pure martial arts movies. Back then, the martial arts film master Zhang Che once said that Tsui Hark is his successor, and Li Rengang is Tsui Hark's successor. After filming such bad films as Seeing the Dragon Unlocking Armor, I once doubted whether Li Rengang could still make martial arts films, because he tampered with history in the process of seeing the Dragon Unlocking Armor to the point of heinous, but in Jinyiwei, I have seen his progress - Jin Yiwei's clothes and Liu Songren's Taifu's clothes are quite close to the historical facts. Of course, don't criticize Wu Zun's male model clothes. After all, his appearance is all about selling tickets.
Whether it is clothing, art, or editing techniques, they all reproduce the style of the peak era of Hong Kong movies in the 1990s - fast editing, head-up screen, realistic martial arts.
After Jin Yiwei, martial arts movies finally returned to nature.
From an actor's point of view, Donnie Yen is moving towards the ranks of first-line male stars. Although he debuted very early, the one that Donnie Yen left in my memory is actually the New Dragon Inn I mentioned above - the ultimate boss, Eunuch Cao. After that, after going through TV series such as "Jingwumen" and "Hong Xiguan", although I am extremely optimistic about him, he has been half lukewarm until Jackie Chan and Jet Li can't beat him, and then there is a glimpse of "Ip Man". . After the baptism of the October siege, Donnie Yen finally stood at the crossroads of the first star of kung fu films. Can he replace Cheng Li and the two? I think it's almost the same, the premise is that you have to pick a good script.
This woman, Zhao Wei, is very complicated. She has always been in the ranks of first-line actresses, but she has not performed outstandingly every time. This time it is the same. Of course, traditional martial arts movies do not need Maggie Cheung.
Wu Zun, Sword Butterfly ruined his film debut. In this film, I still feel that it doesn't match. However, I saw the shadow of Lin Zhiying in the film. He is still an idol, no matter how old he is, this may be the sadness of the handsome guy.
Of course, many people think I am exaggerating. I can also see a lot of criticism on the Internet. I can understand the criticism of many people against Jin Yiwei. On the one hand, the director chose the wrong heroine. The law of Zhao Wei = big poisonous weed is still popular among many people. Second, some lines are terrible , very party culture. Third, the names of Tuotuo are very unprofessional and ambiguous. Fourth, there are too many acquaintances in the movie, such as Wu Zun and Captain Jack from Pirates of the Caribbean, Tutuo is similar to Bai Jingjing in the big talk, Journey to the West, and even the soundtrack of the movie outside Yanmen Pass, all of which are similar to the ones in the game Legend of Sword and Fairy 4. Fairy Town is not far. But the most important thing is that times have changed. Many people's understanding of Shaw Brothers, the king of kung fu movies (most people only relish the abbreviation sb), is very different from that of our generation. Many mainstream audiences now I don't remember old TV dramas like "Huo Yuanjia", and I gradually forget the majestic or charming looks of Wan Ziliang and Mi Xue.
Of course, you can't expect most people to remember that this was the traditional way of shooting Hong Kong's martial arts movies that dominated Asia in the 1990s.
At that time, Tsui Hark's "Once Upon a Time" was banned in South Korea because it was too popular (see Avatar of the Celestial Dynasty today), but who would see Huang Feihong in today's audience and think this is a classic? It's not that the audience is bad, but everyone's tastes have changed. You can go back to the New Dragon Inn by yourself and have a look. If you think it's not good, it means that you and we are not a generation, and everyone is right. It's just that we appreciate each other from a different angle.
Just as the box office myth of Twilight Crescent marks the birth of a new generation of American audiences, the Chinese film market is moving towards diversion.
And what I saw in Jin Yiwei was not only the return of Hong Kong martial arts movies to nature, but more importantly, I relived an era when I peeked at a martial arts novel under the desk during class, and I finished watching it that night. On the second day of the episode "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", I gathered with my classmates to discuss who is more powerful.
That era will never come back, so when I saw a good friend I hadn't seen for a long time, I couldn't help but praise him.
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