the story is so well told

Rosalee 2022-04-21 09:03:34

I don't really have high expectations for movies. A movie, if it can tell a story well, let people escape, experience something different, or let people learn something, let people think out of the routine, it is very good. This king's man is quite satisfying to me.

The script is really good. The street juggling entered the palace, and the palace changed because of this. The king fell in love with the actor, and the actor hesitated between the head of the squad and the king. . The story is smooth and engaging. It's not easy to tell a good story in two hours. Just ask Lao Zhang and Chen to know that living and Farewell My Concubine are good-looking. The most fundamental thing is that Yu Hua and Li Bihua's scripts are well written. There is room for other talents to develop.

Korean history and street juggling are also interesting. Court grievances seem to be the same everywhere. But their palace buildings, furniture, decorations, pomp, stage for street operas, costumes, makeup, and props don't seem to be on the table, they are thousands of years behind us, and several grades lower. Especially the street juggling itself, it is really primitive and vulgar. I thought Xiaoshenyang's two-person turn was vulgar enough. It seems that there are mountains beyond the mountains, and people should never be underestimated. The Korean people don't seem to want to whitewash it, and they're not afraid of your jokes. Just a few actions and a few words will make you dirty, lively, and not concealed at all.

But the actors are really good. Lee Jun Ki really played the weak, handsome and kind Kong Ji to life, how can a big man be a woman more than a woman? It's mind blowing. If there is some background in the front and some psychological transformation in the back, this character will be perfect. Changsheng is even more of an actor. He is not tall and looks like a passer-by. But in the end, his bravery, his open-mindedness, his domineering, and his true feelings, how do you feel that no matter whether he is on stage or off stage, he is a person A king who is willing to follow in life and death? At the end, I no longer criticize their rudimentary stage, their vulgar plays, or their cottage, because the truth is always shocking in ancient and modern China and abroad.

The director is very smart and is very good at telling stories with the camera. He didn't have much of the same-sex relationship between Mokongji and Changsheng, there was no unnecessary entanglement and twisting, and there was no intimate words and actions. Also liked the final bright ending, the rebels rushed in, no melee, no killing, and no end of the poor and hateful king, only Kong Ji and Changsheng took a brave leap on the high rope, and everything came to a close. end. happy.

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The King and the Clown quotes

  • [From subtitles]

    Gong-gil: [atop a tightrope] To be up here, away from the bustle, my legs like wings would spread.

    Jang-sang: [from below] Ahoy! What is that flower in full bloom I see yonder?

    Street musician: Dost thou not recognize the one and only?

    Jang-sang: So it is! The one and only! With rose petal'd lips. O Friend, beat thee thy leather while I go pick the flower.

    Gong-gil: [watching Jang-sang ascend the tightrope] My, my, there comes a fool, rash and proud! Never knew a fool who knew his place!

    Jang-sang: Ho! A tongue most untamed! Master of this house am I, come to bait thee!

    Gong-gil: A gallows-hung scoundrel is what I see with an ill-fitting coat to hide his sores!

    Jang-sang: Oh thorny Rose, is thy iris closed for me? Open them, and see as I walk the Master's gait. Oh, really!

    [Jang-sang precariously walks across the tightrope]

    Jang-sang: [finally reaching the other side] Good heavens! Me thought it would be a mere hop and a skip but t'was longer than a runny trip to the outhouse!

    Gong-gil: [having climbed down] Master gait, master bait, either way strains the balls!

    Jang-sang: And now, a fornicating wench, running off upon being surprised. 'Tis thy own form, saucy wench.

    [Jang-sang quickly walks back across the tightrope again]

    Gong-gil: I was expecting to see thee fall and crack thy frame. But not bad!

    Jang-sang: Indeed, gifted are my two legs, but it is my third that has true genius - and thou shall see it this night!

    [Jang-sang performs acrobatics on the tightrope]

    Blackhat: Master wants to see you.

    Gong-gil: Thy twin eggs, are they cracked yet or just in the crack?

    Jang-sang: [as the crowd laughs] Safely in the crack, plugging my bunghole! But now, I must drain my bladder. I gotta pee before I continue!

    Gong-gil: Why, you dirty boor! So then, let's try it on for size!

    Jang-sang: Good idea! I shall oblige!

  • Jang-sang: Kingly is he who struts for a while, then exits in style.