The eternal peak of martial arts movies! ! !

Micheal 2022-11-27 20:36:19

I declare that Director Hu is really the first person in martial arts films! ! ! This is so wonderful and sophisticated! ! The length is long enough to bring meticulous and beautiful pictures, and the explanation of things is very clear, there is a feeling of reading! The use of short-focus lenses brings beautiful characters and backgrounds, and at the same time tries to avoid the problems caused by distortion, which is too strong. The peak of martial arts movies. Not only is it brainless, but the villain's combat power and strategy are also very good, and the costumes, lenses, weapons, and combat power are carefully designed, which is amazing. The use of smoke and atmosphere is really textbook level, and the soft and psychedelic tones are amazing! Master Huiyuan's lens has a unique Buddha nature, empty mirror, and the music is very well connected, and the rhythm is superb. Shows a rhythmic beauty. The lighting design is very in place, I think it is better than the Fahai lens in Green Snake, but the lenses of both are very Chinese-style classical beauty! It's really beautiful. Many long-range dialogue shots eliminate the dialogue, and the background music gradually starts. It depends on the atmosphere, the changes in the actor's demeanor, and the audience's association to narrate, which has a very good interactive effect! This way of narration has the charm of Chinese blank space too. There is also the use of backlighting everywhere but just right, resulting in a romantic, classical and soft tone. There is also Miss Yang in the moonlight, at the end of the reeds in the ruined temple, playing the qin and singing quietly, with a lot of affection, and the classical Chinese literati elegance is vividly reflected! Using the narration method of first hearing the voice of the person who has never seen him, and then matching with the in-depth scene, the reeds illuminated by the backlight, and the blue moonlight, it is really shocking and unforgettable for a long time. The artistic conception of those ancient poems in the past came to my mind at once, and the aftertaste was infinite. Great, great, this one. The description of the character's inner world and the current state is also ingenious, with Venus in the eye, chaos and confusion... The use of many novel and intuitive special effects perfectly expresses the character's psychology. Unforgettable. There is also the section of the bamboo forest, which can be said to be elegant and lofty.... thrilling, I want to talk about it. Miss Yang is a really heroic actress, she is so beautiful, every frown and smile has its own charm! The experience is also legendary! First a screen goddess, and later a business tycoon, the chairman of Tomson Yipin, the producer of Farewell My Concubine, really awesome! The female protagonist's long blue dress is swaying when she walks, and she fights neatly. I really love it. Every actor's acting skills are very meticulous and exquisite, as small as a woodcutter who is passing by chopping wood, the mentality of being nervous and entangled but greedy for money, the performance is vivid and vivid! There is also the shattered strand of hair when the scholar was working hard on his way. This is the art of cinema! ! ! What kind of rubbish is the martial arts filming now ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, I hope there are more beautiful works in the world. ...Ugh! ! ! The 1970 film is definitely the pinnacle of work now! For more than 50 years, it is a work that will not fade. However, the rhythm of the film is slightly gentler than it is now, the foreshadowing is longer, and the priority of the fight is not so clear, but I don't think it is a flaw, but a feature of the work.

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  • Ku Shen Chai: Have you seen Miss Yang, the lady who lives here?

    General Shih Wen-chiao: No, I'm blind.

    Ku Shen Chai: Forgive me.

    General Shih Wen-chiao: Miss Yang and her mother are gone.

    Ku Shen Chai: She said you should run for your life too. Do you know where she went?

    General Shih Wen-chiao: No.

    Ku Shen Chai: I have to find her!

    [Shih pulls out a sword as two soldiers fly down from the sky and attack, but are quickly killed in a few brief strokes of the sword]

    Ku Shen Chai: Mr. Shih, Mr. Shih, who are you really?

    General Shih Wen-chiao: I'm not blind, that's for sure.