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wanted to write an article about "Westward Journey to the West" a long time ago, but I couldn't write it for various reasons, but today I finally got what I wanted...
Sincere love, love each other in this life, I read it last year A comment made after Wong Kar-wai's "Evil in the East and Poison in the West", the intricate emotional clues in the film were confusing and incomprehensible when they first appeared in the last century, but good things always endure Since the test of time, it has been continuously interpreted and analyzed by later movie fans, and the lines in it have been recited.
And also in 1994, in addition to "Evil in the East", there was also a film that actually told a love story in a costume film. Journey to the West".
The real reason why this film can become a timeless classic is that it borrows a crazy and exaggerated appearance, but succinctly interprets a touching love story.
It can change "Journey to the West" beyond recognition, especially such as "Journey to the West", which is adapted from a classic but has a unique way to form a film style of its own, and has a huge influence that is well-known to everyone. I want to look at the whole of China. Liu Zhenwei With Stephen Chow can have such courage, creativity and courage. In fact, the theme of "Journey to the West" is very simple, just like Stephen Chow said in the interview: "When you have it, you don't cherish it, and when you lose it, do you regret it?" It is such a feeling After running through the whole, the film is plated with a layer of light like the return of the king.
I have to mention that Zhou Xingchi in the film, who tried to transform in "Journey to the West", not only deeply impressed a large number of audiences with his rich acting skills and life experience, but also climbed to the peak of his performance. With the expressive performance of this film In one fell swoop, he entered the Hall of Honor of the Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award. The image of Supreme Treasure (Monkey King) has also become a classic iconic character in love movies in history.
Everyone wants to have a Moonlight Box, to be able to go back in time to make up for the mistakes they made. Therefore, in the last episode "Moonlight Treasure Box", we can see Liu Zhenwei's childlike innocence and Stephen Chow's funny laughter, and then the film ends the story with the supreme treasure constantly traveling back and forth through time and space, and also for the next episode "Cinderella" Fate" made a perfect foreshadowing.
Going back to the Supreme Treasure five hundred years ago, I found that at this moment it was a matter of right and wrong. Perhaps, at this time, he couldn't realize that what he was destined to come back to was not his wife Bai Jingjing, but the Zixia Fairy who called herself the Great Fairy of Pansi. So, when the overwhelmed Supreme Treasure picked up the "terrifying" mirror, he immediately felt an inexplicable rejection in his heart, refusing to accept the fact that he was the Great Sage Monkey King. I'm just a bandit, can He De He take the heavy responsibility of taking the western longitude? However, some responsibilities are unavoidable, just like his love for Zixia. After the Supreme Treasure pulled out the Ziqing Sword, Zixia Fang secretly promised that he was the one who she loved, and believed that the marriage arranged by God was the greatest. And this deep sense of fate of the protagonists has always been around the whole movie for a long time. But that doesn't mean they are content with the status quo, and they still have the instinct to fight when a ruthless fate treats them unfairly.
Is Zixia an exclamation mark in your mind? Or a full stop? Is your head full of question marks? I think the Supreme Treasure can't even answer this question by really asking himself at the moment. Because he is running away from his own heart. Until the moment he died, the Supreme Treasure began to see the world with the eyes of the heart. After breaking away from the superficial attitude of observing the world with the naked eye, he finally understood that the love had only left a tear in his heart, and he could see it personally. How sad the girl was at that time. However, the Supreme Treasure, who realized it later, lost this love after all. So, he decided to forget the past and resolutely put on the diamond ring. Feeling ashamed of conscience, but with a clear understanding, in exchange for something called responsibility. However, the more you want to know if you have forgotten, the more you remember. Zixia is like the golden hoop he wears on his head, which can never be avoided or forgotten.
After these five hundred years, for Supreme Treasure, love may just be a distant dream. It was not until the moment when he woke up from the dream that he suddenly realized that the love of his life was no longer around, and he had become a monkey who could no longer linger on the lusts of the world. In fact, the seemingly flowery Supreme Treasure is the same as the infatuated Zixia, and no one can replace the favorite position in the heart. It's just that they only guessed the beginning, but never guessed the ending.
In Zixia's eyes, love is simple and pure, and the person who can draw her sword is her favorite. Just like at the beginning of the film, she was as pure and lovely as she rode a lonely boat on the sparkling lake and shuttled through the reeds. At the same time, she also loves to dream, dreaming that one day that person will be able to marry her wearing a golden armor and stepping on seven-colored clouds. This kind of unreachable beautiful dream, but it is placed in this extremely cruel love tragedy, and it seems extraordinarily precious and beautiful.
Therefore, in order to make up for the regrets brought about by this lost relationship, Liu Zhenwei and Stephen Chow arranged a bright but slightly sad ending. With the help of the body of the sunset warrior, with the most affectionate kiss and the promise of never parting, to complete the love that was not fulfilled in the previous life. And Sun Wukong, who was carrying the golden hoop, also gradually moved westward with relief. "He's like a dog!" Under the helpless self-mockery of life's impermanence, I believe that at this moment, he has wiped away the tears in his heart, let go of all worries in his heart, and truly embarked on the journey of becoming a hero of the world.
Perhaps, as Grape said many years later in "The Great Sage of Love": Love that does not pursue results is infinite. Yes, the result of a thing is often not important, what is important is the whole process and the emotion that grows in the heart, as well as the sentence "I love you" that you say with the most and most genuine emotion.
Unforgettable, never forget.
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