Many years ago, when this movie was first released, I watched it on a cable TV channel where Hong Kong movies were often shown. At that time, I was still young. I just remember that it was different from the flying Hong Kong-style martial arts I watched before, with special effects. , very beautiful, I also remember the insects flying, the red Yang Gongru, the firefly, and the long hair fluttering Ekin Cheng. But I didn't leave much impression on Bu Jingyun played by Aaron Kwok.
Revisiting it nearly 20 years later, I feel that the impact is quite big, probably because today’s screen is full of too many costume dramas with smooth Korean eyebrows, and decent martial arts have basically disappeared. Looking back at this last century movie, I think The advantages are as follows:
- Full-bodied characters and complete plots: Although the actors of the year also depended on their looks, their acting skills were not bad, whether it was the rebellious Bu Jingyun, the romantic and elegant Nie Feng, the innocent and soft Xiaoci, the domineering and sinister Xiongba, It's all made alive by the actors. The plot of the two-hour movie is compact. The first half of the film explains the background, love and hate entanglement, and the second half of the characters grow up and join hands for revenge. There is not a minute of wasted plot.
-Real mountains and waters, the most important thing is the truth: Sometimes I often miss the previous martial arts movies, and I always feel that there is something missing in the current costumes. Later, I discovered that a very important point is the real shooting. This movie should have been filmed in Sichuan, whether it is the Big Buddha (although there are computer effects in the fight scene on the Big Buddha), the fight between the mountains and streams when fighting for the fire monkey, the square of Tiandihui, the battle between Xiongba and Nie Renwang in the bamboo forest , coupled with the neat movement of the mirror, the real mountains and waters bring the feeling of the vast world and the vast rivers and lakes, which will forever kill those fake sets. Watching the behind-the-scenes footage of Bu Jingyun's scene under the waterfall was shot by Aaron Kwok himself. Although the temperature was 40 degrees at that time, the water from the waterfall hit him with a cold and stinging pain, like a knife piercing. Aaron Kwok had to do push-ups to warm up before shooting, he said. Also drank the local Wuliangye. Which little fresh meat will fight so hard now? I think this is also one of the reasons why Fengyun II hit the streets later. It gave up reality and built the world with full CG. It seems that there is only a mechanical sense of sci-fi, but it does not look like a martial arts film. Fengyun I's costumes are simple and elegant, Xiaoci's wedding dress, Nie Feng's tight black clothes, and Bu Jingyun's cloak, all very well interpret their characters and make them full of human flavor. He Yun looks like he's wrapped in mechanical armor, is he going to the world of warcraft or the world of warcraft?
- Heart of the soundtrack: This time I revisited it, and I found out that Zongerfei is the original episode of this movie, not an old children's song. . . Whether it's the opening song sung by Ekin Cheng or the song Aaron Kwok sang by his side after Xiao Ci's death, the composition is very good, and the soundtrack perfectly sets off the plot. classic. There were many classic songs in the martial arts movies of that year, such as "A Laugh From the Sea". In order to write a song, I would try to figure it out. The unique style of classic martial arts songs has also become a swan song.
In my impression, Hong Kong-style martial arts began to use a lot of CG special effects, such as Ekin Cheng's "Shushan" later, and then to "Fengyun II", and then Hong Kong-style martial arts movies gradually faded out of my vision. When going north, the films they made have gradually lost their imaginative elegance and unrestrained uninhibitedness. The golden age of Hong Kong-style martial arts movies has gradually faded away, leaving only the sound of us viewers reliving the past. Sigh, hey. . . . . .
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