Text / Guan Yadi
At the media viewing meeting before the release of "Jin Yi Wei", the representative of the film party made a brief speech before the screening, thinking that "Jin Yi Wei" is the "most attractive" film in the Spring Festival this year. After watching the film, I fully agree with the issue of "selling appearance". The film tells the story of a framed Jin Yiwei who regained his dignity in exile and wandering. Such a relatively simple and clear story line is interspersed with romance, love, the scenery of the Western Regions, and of course, through the beginning. The action scenes at the end, and the film's cast is also good enough, whether it's the popular Donnie Yen or the long-standing Zhao Wei, both of them have quite a fixed crowd of fans, not to mention that the film also implies that it is suitable for young people. Fashion topics of aesthetic orientation all confirm that "Jin Yiwei" is indeed a very "pretty" entertainment film. But to me, "Jin Yiwei" is an ordinary home-cooked dish with full "presentation" and bland taste. On the whole, I feel that "Jin Yiwei" has no merits, no surprises or joys, but it is compared to In 2009, when the domestic film was full of thunder, it seems that the transcript given by "Jin Yiwei" is reasonable.
The biggest "selling appearance" of the film is obviously in the action, and the director is really solid. The action scenes of various fights run through the film almost from beginning to end, but this series of fights did not touch me more, because most of the action scenes The scenes were all normal and uneventful. The only box of "knife set" that Donnie Yen was close to had a certain creativity, but there was relatively less room for it to be revealed. The overall atmosphere and performance of the film, including the action design, all permeate a traditional and outdated flavor. Of course, some people can understand it as a nostalgic feeling that pays homage to a certain era/film review, but in my opinion, there is a lack of the director's stylization. . Because only from the stylistic point of view of the film, I think the director's previous work "Under Armour" is better. Both the sound and the editing of the picture are cool enough, and there are not many action scenes, but it is enough to have a fresh martial arts style. But in "Jin Yiwei", all the actions are familiar, and there are too many cold weapons in action scenes, which also limits Donnie Yen's performance to a certain extent. From this point on, my expectations for the film's action were clearly not being met.
When the story and action of the film couldn't fully attract me, I could only cheer up and look for other fun I could get in this film, but instead, I got some surprises. Even though the atmosphere of "Jin Yiwei" is rather old, but many elements highlight the fragrant fashion sense. For example, the film rarely fully presents Donnie Yen's upper body muscle outline and pectoralis major muscles. Zhao Wei's Zhao Wei showed extraordinary calmness. It is no wonder that some netizens said with emotion that "Jin Yiwei" actually tells the story of how a cold and straight man bends step by step. If you follow this line of thought, you will find more "fun". For example, one of the film's big villains, the best killer is to take off and put on layers of clothes, and then take off and put on again, so Her name is called "Tuotuo" in the film. And Wu Zun plays another ranger supporting role, showing a small belly button from beginning to end, and often repeating the shocking line of "thieves are also good", I believe that countless rotten girls see Wu Zun's outfit, and they are also at the scene of the film. There will be cheers.
It turns out that from another angle, "Jin Yiwei" is an entertainment film that can be enjoyed by straight men, doujinshi, and rotten women. Although the story and overall production of the film are lackluster to me. But in fact, you can still get a lot of unexpected fun, but according to the current aesthetic standards of young people, this kind of fun is likely to be converted into consumption power, because when "Jia Junpeng" and "Harem Elegance" such online marketing events All can be turned into gossip and entertainment. When I see a lackluster domestic film in the theater, I try to find angles and elements that can entertain myself. I think it should be a kind of spiritual self-protection. If I had to find faults, I would ask why Jin Yiwei’s helmet and the helmet worn by Andy Lau in the director’s previous work “See the Dragon Unarmor” seem to be produced by a prop workshop. Is it possible that one prop can be used for a year or so in history? Did you cross it?
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