"The King's Man" Plot Analysis

Paolo 2022-04-19 09:03:00

Marriage [Reprint + Modification]

(Because I have seen many different versions of the translation, I don't know which one is correct, so I have revised it according to my own feeling)

Make a promise, this moment is completely over and the day I can meet again,

I decide to give up I only stand by your side and walk the rest of the way.

It's called marriage, I can't refuse it

. Can such a beautiful day in my life come again

? You are a gift from God on my exhausting journey.

I will love this love. Always rub it in the sun to prevent it from rusting



Although the intoxicating encounter is short-lived but it has been engraved in each other's heart. Even if we can't be together in the end, I will not regret it because I

know that nothing

is

Can such a beautiful day in my life come again? There are still many things I

want to say to you, but you all know it

. Don’t let go again when you come back from a long way to meet



again . The love that could not be completed in this life The marriage that could not be completed in this life is

far away . Don't let me go on the day you come back and meet again. After



waiting for a long time, I finally saw "The King's Man", which is really very beautiful, especially the emotional bond between Changsheng and Kong Ji, which made me feel very moved (I am quite Changsheng and Kong Ji) Ji's ^_^). When I didn't see the movie before and only got various versions of "Marriage" MTV, I thought this song was about the relationship between Kong Ji and Yan Shanjun, but when I watched the whole movie three times, I realized, The love that runs through it actually exists only between Changsheng and Kong Ji.

"'The King's Man' tells the story of the twists and turns of a pair of same-sex folk artists who are in love after being unfortunately involved in a dispute in the palace..." [Source: The Beijing News]

When I first saw such a report, I was a little unconvinced. I still thought it was Yan Shanjun and Kong Ji who were in love with each other. Alas, MTV's preconceived misleading contributed greatly!

After reading it for the first time, the biggest feeling is "Life is hard, it's really hard", and does Kong Ji love Changsheng or Yanshanjun? The report also said that Kong and Chang were "in love". Changsheng's feelings for Kong Ji are indeed clear at a glance. There are many plots to testify, but what about Kong Ji and Changsheng? Did he love Changsheng as much as Changsheng loved him?

Let’s talk about Changsheng first. This character is still very attractive. He is highly skilled, courageous, and humorous at the same time. what!). He protects Kong Ji at all times, like at the beginning of the film, they and the troupe perform for a certain member. Changsheng found that the troupe was talking to the member and he immediately stopped the performance and let himself fall from the rope (silent protest?) At night The head of the class went to them, and with a wink, Kong Ji was about to get up, and Changsheng grabbed him: "Some things can't be sold!" (At that time, no one said that Kong Ji should go out, much less that he should be asked to go out. What to do, but everyone understands, it can be seen that this kind of thing should not be the first time). The class leader obviously beat the obstructing Changsheng, but Changsheng still rushed over and hugged Kong Ji's feet and rushed to block the door. , the head of the troupe will definitely kill him) (I feel that Kong Ji is so pitiful, there is no way to do it, in order to survive, for the sake of the rest of the troupe, he can only be slaughtered by others).

Then in the staff's room, Changsheng rescued Kong Ji in time. Kong Ji refused to leave, so he simply sat down and said, "Well, let's die together." ); when he dragged Kong Ji to escape, he was besieged by people outside the staff, and Changsheng beat people like crazy, and when he was beaten, he had to block a stick for Kong Ji; They had to beg the class leader to let them live, and the class leader beat him evenly, with a few sticks at his temples, and of course he fell to the ground with blood all over his face (at first I thought Kong Ji was really ruthless, He just stood there cowardly and watched Changsheng being knocked to the ground. Later, he thought that Kong Ji must have been heartbroken at the time. But when the shift leader wanted to break Changsheng's foot, he had the courage to take it. The sickle? It was inserted into the vest pocket of the head of the class. I guess it was an impulse. Sure enough, the rabbit will bite when it is pushed! From this point on, I began to feel that Kong Ji's feelings for Changsheng are not simple, whether it is love or family. , Friendship, to let the usually gentle and kind Kong Ji use a knife to hurt people uncharacteristically, this feeling must be very deep)

and then by the stream, Changsheng helps Kong Ji wipe the blood on his face, that is called gentleness.

Then it was dawn, and they walked over a hillside full of white wildflowers, climbed to the top of the lush green hill, and came to a few pine trees. Changsheng saw Kong Ji’s tired and frustrated face, (to cheer up Kong Ji?) Root Twig pretending to be a blind man, Kong Ji understood it, he also found Twig Twig to pretend to be a blind man without rehearsal, so he acted as he wanted (from here we can see a little bit of "tacit understanding between lovers") (I most I like Kong Ji's smile when the two embrace, it's too pure, too beautiful), - I personally think this is the most beautiful scene, escaping a misery, a prison, and came to a beautiful place of freedom, in this Under a few pine trees, they pretended to be blind, hugged, laughed, and then dreamed of a hope, a future, and then crossed the hillside full of white wildflowers and ran towards the place of hope in their hearts...

The period when I first arrived in Hanyang was also the most relaxing and happiest time for me (speaking of which, they are really suffering, every time I just feel happy and happy, and then I will encounter people that are several times more than happiness. Tragic), the two of them looked at the painting on the top of the passage of Hanyang City Tower, and looked at Hanyang City at the gate of the city. Their faces were full of novelty, excitement, and hope and longing for a new life when they first arrived in Hanyang. They go shopping, Changsheng imitates the walking gesture of Hanyang women in the street (to make Kong Ji happy?), and looks at the food stalls on the roadside (wow, a lot of snacks that I have never seen before, they look delicious...) I heard there The juggler's gongs and drums sounded, the two just stared at each other with wide eyes at the same time, and then ran towards the source of the sound (Kong Ji's expression here is also very cute! Here you can also see the tacit understanding between them, they can't speak. You don't need to say anything, you know what the other party is thinking; moreover, from here, you can also see their self-consciousness as an artist? Professional sensitivity? At least it can be seen that they really love acting) Then what? When I met Liujia and the others, I was very tiring (I found that Changsheng is really cute here), performed the double dance (Kong Ji laughed too!), got the approval of the Hanyang people, and made a lot of money in one day (I can finally have a full meal. Paused!). Then they and Liujia partnered to perform a burlesque that satirized the king, which was even more popular. All five of them had a beautiful meal. Kong Jiming couldn’t drink a lot, and he still threw up (I don’t understand why there is this part. , in order to tell us that Kong Ji can't drink enough? Or do you want to tell us that Changsheng knows Kong Ji very well, and at the same time shows his gentleness again?) Liujia said excitedly: "Bangtou, we will perform three times a day from now on!"... Everything seems to be They are all beautiful, and the people I watch are all infected by their happiness and feel a sense of happiness.

However, the so-called tragedy, the so-called fate, likes to intervene when people feel happy.

Arrested, tortured, defended, went to the palace to perform for the king, saved from danger by Kong Ji's quick-witted wisdom, was given shelter and food, was opposed by ministers, recruited entertainers (here made a foreshadowing for the following: the original Changsheng and Kong Ji The handwriting is exactly the same, "Because I learned to write by imitating his handwriting") (Kong Ji smiled so cutely when watching the performance of the artists in the city, and watching the two of them sitting together is really good match )) Kong Ji's female attire is really called "Mei" when performing a comical play satirizing the ministers, but that's where the misfortune started ("Bang Yan" is a disaster).

Wang Zhao met Kong Ji, and Changsheng sat at the door of his residence, waiting. In fact, he already knew that something was wrong, but this time he was powerless and could only worry silently in his heart. As soon as Kong Ji came back, he was surrounded by Liujia and the others. While answering their questions, Kong Ji looked over their shoulders and looked at Changsheng sitting behind (seeing this detail, I began to believe that the relationship between Kong Ji and Changsheng was love, because I felt Generally speaking, only lovers will have this kind of reaction at such a time), his answer should be able to widen the heart of longevity, right? But there is nothing to see on Changsheng's face. And then, another tender detail! Going to bed at night, Changsheng couldn't sleep, and when he got up, he was quilted by Kongjila, but Kongji didn't actually fall asleep. It seemed that it was a sleepless night for the two of them. (I couldn't help but think badly when I saw this scene. They were all so good that they were sleeping on a mat, so do they have any relationship in that regard? From the film itself, it is really clean, and they have the most There are only hugs, so maybe it’s just at the spiritual level.)

Then, after receiving advice from the ministers, Wang was very depressed, and took Kong Ji to watch him perform a shadow play, revealing to Kong Ji that he begged his father when he was young The experience of letting him see his mother, he was drunk and still shedding tears in his dream, Kong Ji touched Yan Shanjun's tears with his finger... This scene is really ambiguous. It was obvious that Jun Yanshan had a crush on Kong Ji, but what about Kong Ji? How does he feel about Yan Shanjun? I don't think it's completely emotionless, is it?

Then, it was Chengshan who asked Changsheng to act according to his script. Changsheng was very angry and felt that he had become a puppet and wanted to leave the palace, but Kong Ji said that he wanted to leave after this time. Then tragedy struck again.

Kong Ji asked Yan Shan Jun to let him leave, but Yan Shan Jun gave him an official robe. The jealous queen Lu Shui came in to humiliate Kong Ji, but Yan Shan threw him out of the door (another curse!)...

Longevity finally arrived. Kong Ji, but Kong Ji wearing an official robe,

"I think you don't want to leave here at all."

"You wear this silk official robe, which is comparable to the dignitaries in the city"

...

"Don't use such a tone . Talk to me" (I believe Kong Ji must be mad when he hears Changsheng talking to himself in such a sarcastic tone, which can prove that the two of them actually care about each other very much).

Then, fate developed more and more in the direction of tragedy. Yanshan held a hunting activity for Kong Ji's official position, but it was actually a trap set by the ministers to kill Kong Ji. Under the protection of Changsheng and Liujia, Kong Ji was fine, but Liujia was shot and killed. The brutal Yanshan shot and killed a minister on the spot, but then performed the scene with Kong Ji afterwards. I don’t know what Kong Ji was in the mood at that time. I saw in other plots that Kong Ji wanted to shoot Yanshan at this time. With a look on his face, he couldn't help sighing in his heart, it turned out that he was really emotional about Yanshan.

The conspiracy of the ministers has just ended, and the conspiracy of Lushui has appeared again.

After the death of Liujia, the announcements and tricks outside the city that insulted the king were also included. The entertainers in the palace packed up their things and prepared to leave, but Changsheng remained motionless until Kong Ji returned. He deliberately waited for Kong Ji to come back and wanted to say goodbye to him face to face, right? Maybe he just wanted to see Kong Ji again), Kong Ji stopped like he was crazy, Changsheng grabbed the sword in his hand and slashed the props on the car, and went back to I don't know if the rope has any special meaning when I cut the rope. In short, Kong Ji was standing still when he saw Changsheng cutting the rope, so he rushed up and hugged his waist desperately to stop it (could it be that the rope is the stage and their lifeblood? ), just then, Lushui and Yanshan came. Therefore, Changsheng could have avoided his tragic fate. However, the reason why fate is fate is that it is only manifested at this critical moment, neither one step earlier nor one step later, no one has a way to escape .

Lushui asked Kong Ji to transcribe the notice that slandered the king. Changsheng realized that when Kong Ji’s catastrophe was imminent, he laughed a few times. keep going...),

"He learned to write by imitating my handwriting"

"He doesn't have the guts to write this kind of thing"

"I can enter the palace because of my guts"

"He is His Majesty's favorite, how could he do that?" This kind of thing"

Changsheng who had to abandon Kong Ji just now, but now he is soberly aware that he can be saved by death, where in the world can we find such a person, such love!

Cheng Shan released Changsheng from the prison and sent him out of the palace gate "forget about Kong Ji". Changsheng stood outside the huge palace wall, and the sky was just dawning. When I think about it now, what a beautiful picture it is. I think Changsheng made up his mind at that time. No, it should be when he committed the crime for Kong Ji. He made up his mind and never gave up on Kong Ji.

Kong Ji was begging in the king's room all night, and the king was so drunk that he ignored him. At this moment, he suddenly heard the voice of Changsheng from above. Kong Ji rushed over to open the window, and sure enough, Changsheng was holding a fan and sitting on the rope in the sky with great arrogance, expressing his ironic remarks towards the king and also towards Kong Ji. Yanshan was of course angry, and he wondered if Kong Ji had any consciousness in his heart.

Yanshan wanted to kill Changsheng on the spot, but Kong Ji stood in front of him and begged desperately, Changsheng said, "I have nothing, let's do it" (indeed, even Kong Ji lost, he really has nothing). Yanshan ignored Kong Ji's pleading and blinded Changsheng's eyes with a soldering iron in front of him. In the prison, Changsheng told the guard about what happened when he was a servant and about pretending to be a blind man, and Kong Ji listened to it quietly (Kong Ji's silent tears really burned my heart). Kong Ji performed a puppet show for Yanshan, and the lines he said were very meaningful:

"Don't look down"

"I'm so scared"

"Under the rope is the abyss"

"In my life, I have played many blind people, and now I really Blind, I will never pretend to be blind again"

"But I used to pretend to be blind and played well" (this is what Changsheng said!)

...

Kong Ji committed suicide because the person he loved was also the most loved His people have been irreparably hurt, and there is nothing he can do about it? Or lost a partner, lost freedom and lost the world to live in? Or have you completely despaired of Yanshan's brutality?

Of course Yanshan couldn't let him die, but maybe he finally realized that he had lost Kong Ji.

In the last scene, Yanshan and Lushui saw the blind Changsheng walk on the ropes to perform, Kong Ji walked slowly along the railing,[b]he only looked at Changsheng[/b], Yanshan glanced at him, Then he lowered his head again, maybe he knew that Kong Ji was no longer in his eyes.

The lines spoken by Changsheng also have a deep meaning:

"I'll tell you a story"

"After my first performance, I couldn't see anything, standing on this stage, how high, performing with my companions , but I can't see anything"

"After I came to Hanyang, the light of money blinded me even more" "I came to the palace, because I was blind, so I couldn't see anything, so I couldn't see the murderous thief with my own eyes"

"That's the way it is. Now that I'm in the abyss, I should have gone blind earlier."

I think the story he told was about Kong Ji, and Kong Ji burst into tears when he heard it. Perhaps, at that time, Kong Ji found his true self, understood his heart, and understood his feelings even more.

"You fool!"

"Is it really that good to be blind?" (I don't know if he was referring to himself or Changsheng, I think both)

"A blind fool who can't see himself in danger Hurry up, come down!"

"Hum, it's really lacking in teaching" (this is their line in the show at the beginning of this film! Maybe they want to go back to that time?)

"I am the king of the palace. , you little prostitute" (the beginning is "I'm a member of the staff here")

at this time, Changsheng stood firmly on the rope, and the background was a clear blue sky. (Too handsome!) Kong Ji climbed up from the other end of the rope, stepped on the rope, and the fluctuation spread to Changsheng, letting him know that he had also come up.

"I always wanted to see my king"

"I finally saw it, I saw it!" (Kong Ji's tearful smile!)

"You're blind, you can't tell the difference between high and low, so you won't confuse right and wrong" - wow, does this count as a confession? When Kong Ji said this, didn't he mean that Changsheng was his king? He finally found this out?

"If you were reincarnated, what kind of body would you like to have?"

...

"I'd rather be a

showman again" "Why do you want to kill yourself again?"

"Then what about your reincarnation?"

"I don't do anything else, just do Actor, don't do anything else!" - wow, does this count as a promise to die for love, to set a promise to the next world? (So ​​I said that "Marriage" should be about Changsheng and Kong Ji! "The day we meet again after returning from a long way", does it mean that we will meet again in the next life?)

When Changsheng heard Kong Ji's words, he was very surprised. He smiled brilliantly,

"The world is a big stage! The king is only a prominent one for a while, and he will have to call it a curtain! We will be together again, and we will travel through this holy land together!"

Kong Ji also smiled, and the two of them joined hands again. , flew high into the sky, and that scene was frozen into eternity.

At the end of the film, when the CAST table was about to be played, I returned to the lush mountain road that can only be reached through the hillside covered with white wildflowers. In the distance, a group of actors came, they were banging and jumping happily.

"I'm here, you're over there" "

No, I'm here, you're over there"

"We're all here, there's no difference between you and me!"

Where is such a beautiful place? world? Or Huang Quan? In any case, the free actors in this vast world, the actors who are finally happy and free, brought tears to my eyes. It's not tears of heartbreak, but tears of consolation. Maybe, the director specially arranged this scene to give us a little comfort who are so sorry for the fate of the two? I really hope they can get real happiness in that world!

Posted in Weijun Base on June 12, 2006, with some modifications compared to the Han Xing family

Revised again on August 02, 2006

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The King and the Clown quotes

  • Archer: [From subtitles] By selfless sacrifice ministers have built this kingdom, yet you invite gutter rats to mock us.

  • Jang-sang: [From subtitles] From up here, even the palace looks no better than a hovel! In a world full of scoundrels, only here did I meet the nastiest of them all. Ho! And the foul things he would do! Will you hear this tale then? As the gods kill us for their sport, so would he. He killed more souls than there are tiles on these roofs. His lust insatiable, even 2000 virgins were not enough. Why, his pecker was this big. No, THIS big! With it he skewered clam after virgin clam. And when he got tired of girls, he wasted no time mounting a boy. Whoever pleased his one-eyed snake was given delicacies and silk robes - and a title to boot!