First of all, let me say that from beginning to end, this movie has never been released on the mainland. Because at this time, Master Xing's level was already perfect, and he used politics to make fun of him.
I saw this movie in high school and it was amazing.
I firmly believe that this is the pinnacle of Stephen Chow's style.
In previous films, Stephen Chow always appeared on the screen with a slick and sophisticated image, but this time, the tone of the whole film gives people a calm but undercurrent of color. Its world view is very formal and logical, but if you look closely, you will find that although each character's behavior is rigorous, elegant and polite, the core or their thinking is seriously different from normal people. They do what they think is normal, and in our opinion, they are very happy, which is black humor. In this mode, I think this is also the peak level of Xing Ye, and it is really difficult to see his subsequent works. The summary in one sentence is: let a bunch of "idiots" act in a serious manner. That's why, I really can't hate the villain in it, it's not about acting.
There are many reasons for the success of this film. Including the youthful Yuan Yongyi, the Xiangxiaoyu death Chen Baolian and the soundtrack Hu Weili.
Text: At the beginning of the film, there is a strong but oriental James Bond style. But Stephen Chow's brain is so cute to make movies, what he wants to talk about is not a big conspiracy, not a big event under capitalism. It's a story of a hero who brings beauty back home. At the last moment, when the words "national hero" appeared on the knife, a kind of optimism that not only wanted to laugh but also mixed with the open and inclusive optimism unique to China in the 1980s and 1990s emerged. It's amazing.
Summary of the plot in one sentence: In order to conceal the fact that he stole the national treasure, the director sent the agent he believed to be the weakest to investigate. He wanted to make the incident out of the matter with his death. Unexpectedly, the agent Ling Lingqi was no trivial matter, and exposed it in one fell swoop. His conspiracy, the return of the national treasure to the original owner, and finally the story of his cronies.
In that era, some of the scenes in the film were very surreal. A pork dealer can easily grab a dry martine. Can you think of gunpowder, hammers, chisels and yellow video tapes to get a bullet in the leg?
After watching the movie many times. I've been thinking about what the director is trying to express. patriotism? Anti-corruption and anti-corruption? love? It doesn't feel right. In the case of a long time without results, I combined with the fact that the director is Stephen Chow, I found that there is really no theme. The movie just tells a story in the context of an era. But I think the essence of film is storytelling, and the rest are accessories. As for how to tell the story well, this is the knowledge of the filmmaker's profession.
Summarize. This movie of Stephen Chow is very different from the previous ones. There was no chatter, no giggles, no exaggerated body movements. It is a group of people who are full of postmodernism who are extremely earnest and honest to complete their mission.
In the past, the style of comedy was divided into levels. There's tragicomedy, there's black humor, and so on. Nonsensical is the lowest form. Because for 5,000 years, we have been a country that emphasizes thinking, as if no thinking means no soul. And the appearance of Zhou Xingchi made this style elegant and put a label in his name. In today's film and television culture, do you still accept the form of another person showing nonsense?
This movie is where he presents a superlative level of comedy in his lowest and also his form. Although this happy ending doesn't make people feel very cheery, you can always feel a little different.
In contrast, Stephen Chow and Quentin really have many similarities. The storytelling capabilities of both are industry-leading. In this film, he exerted his greatest skill to tell a story that can be told in one sentence and stuff it into the content of a movie. The difference is also obvious. The former used a lot of nonsensical techniques in this film, but if Quentin were to shoot, I believe that a lot of nonsense will be added in it, and then return to the topic with the last sentence.
Hong Kong in the 1990s belonged to Stephen Chow's era. But fate always seems to give a very sad bow to a tragic figure wrapped in a humorous shell. Even if you have melancholy eyes, a sloppy hujazi, and a magical knife huǎ.
And Zhou Xingchi's real helplessness is this line in the movie.
"I thought we could talk about feelings based on our friendship, but I didn't expect it to be a business."
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