Lao Niang Pao--A Jiang Wen movie without balls

Guiseppe 2022-04-20 09:02:46

Laopao Film Critic
Jiang Wen
's first thought after watching the movie was, I seem to have watched a Jiang Wen movie, cigarettes, swear words, all villains, those who can put on beards, put on beards, all decent, stubble. But after thinking about it carefully after watching it, this movie is precisely a Jiang Wen movie without eggs.
Want to promote first restraint, impotence
When writing an article, especially before encountering a major event, the first thing to do is to want to promote first restraint. The same is true when making a movie. Before you encounter a big climax, you must suppress it first. Let's talk about the love between children first, and then the dinosaurs of the Jurassic period can escape. The hero and heroine's bed is cloudy and rainy, and then the Titanic can hit the iceberg. This film takes this desire to promote first and suppress it to the extreme, wait, it seems that something is missing? That's right, this film is only depressed, forget about Yang. All lows, no highs. Whether it's the thief stealing the wallet from the beginning, the sixth master said you can see if you can get out of this alley today. Everyone pays attention, seeing Liu Ye make a move. The lampshade was slapped on the face, and the sixth master said that the slap can't be slapped like this. That's great, the sixth master will take action immediately. Including the second time in the auto repair factory, Liu Ye, Man San'er and his party were besieged, great, Liu Ye immediately shot. The results of it? not at all. Show me this with your pants off?
In fact, the director's meaning is very clear. This movie is an impotence movie. I didn't plan to let you watch the big scene. You still want to watch gang fights for a movie ticket of 33 yuan? From the very beginning of the film, the moment Liu Ye lay on the back of the chatterbox, he made it clear that this is an impotence film. Including the long-awaited climax, Liu Ye finally took off his leather jacket and put on a windbreaker, and rushed towards the enemy camp with a Japanese samurai sword. Let me imagine that he shouted at the same time: I'm hard, I'm hard.
In the end, it was still soft on the ice.

But male impotence is quite embarrassing. The movie impotence is often called a joke of Hong Kong 囧 Charlotte Pancake Man, so this film is filled with a lot of cigarettes and swear words. Basically, you must smoke before you speak, and then three or more sentences. The lines must be to greet the ancestors and so on.

Acting, face, Ah Q's Chinese spirit
Regarding impotence, I have to mention China's "acting" [face] culture. As the saying goes, life is not just a show. The person who said this was Wei Zongwan, who appeared in "The Dutiful Son and My Grandson Serve". However, it is said that only Chinese people have the culture of acting, or only Asians have the culture of acting. There is no word in English that can express the meaning of "face".
Acting [verb-object phrase] face [noun]
means that the original face of the fact is not important, even money is not important, acting is the most important.
This is actually the Ah Q spirit described by Lu Xun.

Sixth master found out that the thief had stolen the wallet. It doesn't matter, money is not important, but face is important, so he sent his ID card back. What? Do you dare not listen to me? Don't give me face, right? Believe it or not, I can't let you get out of this alley? Here in Jinghu, there is a big question, how do you prevent people from getting out of the alley? Do you have a toll booth or what? Later, didn't you plant yourself in this alley? Who can't get out of this alley? For your alley, people just come when they want to, and leave when they want to. It's a public toilet.
The lampshade was slapped, it was all right, money was not important, car was not important, face was the most important.
Want a car? OK, here you go. This lampshade is fighting for, the money-making guy who supports the whole family, Liu Ye will easily give it to you with a word.
People don't matter, if you break the law, go in when you should.
Money doesn't matter, how much did the headlights break? I give it to you, even if I borrow money, I will give it to you.
So what's most important?
Face, yes, this worthless face is the most important thing. If you slap him in the face, I have to pay it back.
This case is repeated many times in the movie.
My son was kidnapped, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. The most important thing is that you slap me in the face at the auto repair shop. It can't be left alone.
Son is back? And brought back a lot of money? It doesn't matter, money is not important, the slap in the face last time is the most important, and this can't be left alone.
Even the fuse of this matter, that slap in the face. from what? Isn't that the two sentences of greetings and foreplay in the northeast of our country?
What are you worried about?
Look at you.
So, what is called cowardice, or what is called the spirit of Ah Q, it is obvious that he has no seeds, but he has to be the big head.
The car with the lampshade confiscated by the police, Liu Ye, I respectfully call you Liu Ye. Suppose, even if you really caught the lampshade, what can you do? The police call you Liu Ye just to respect you, don't put your nose on your face. Don't you still have to raise money to redeem people and lead them to eat mutton?
However, the play must be performed enough. In front of so many old and young men, we must finish our words. This is called Mian’er. Although there is no li’er, we must have Mian’er.
When someone slaps you in an auto repair shop, what can you do? Can you kill Zhao Zilong from Changbanpo seven in and seven out without leaving a piece of armor? Or can you easily get a hundred thousand dollars out of your wallet? You can't do anything, but you have to pretend that you can do both of the above with ease, and you have to act. Then the harsh words must be put down.
Later, the lampshade broke the car that cost 25,000,000 yuan, and the limited number of 400 cars in the world was damaged. Can you afford it?
You will know how many zeros you count by yourself, and you will definitely not be able to pay.
Is there a way?
Don't worry, there is absolutely no way.
What to do then?
The play must be done enough, and the harsh words must be put down. This is the spirit of Ah Q.
Including the director is also a coward when arranging the plot of the movie. He tells the story first, then finds his son, and then the auto repair shop is gently touched on the face, and then the sword is drawn. After a little rest, the big climax can begin, and the war can begin. As a result, the director suddenly burst into impotence, and began to flatly describe the deep love between father and son + Lao Tzu's recent physical discomfort. It's basically equivalent to starting a second story, and abruptly stretches the movie time from 90 minutes to 2 hours and 20 minutes.


Lin Zexu and the British Minister challenged no one to be afraid of anyone

This movie reminds me again and again that during the first Opium War, Lin Zexu issued an edict to the British Governor. Said that our emperor’s kindness is mighty. If you are not honest and hand over the opium honestly, our emperor’s kindness will not be magnanimous. Maybe something bad will happen. In ancient times, bad people had bad rewards. So be honest, be careful we don't sell you tea, you people all over the UK are dying for not being able to poop.
And the letter from the British envoy also said, you'd better let our people out and return all our goods to us, otherwise our Royal Navy is not just kidding, fuck you.
Both sides are very strange, why the other is not afraid of themselves. They all feel that they are very arrogant, but why is the other party not afraid of us?
It's just that the truth of the matter is that one side is really awesome, and the other side is just an actor.
This situation is also well reflected in the film.

It is well described in the promotional film of the young generation of veteran and the old generation of brain -dead
films. This film is to show the old generation of gangsters fighting against the young generation of gangsters. It's just that Director Guan Hu didn't have a good grasp on both sides.
The old generation of gangsters, who also experienced the blood and blood in the rivers and lakes in the past, are now old, and in Liu Ye's words, they will run to Liu Zhang immediately. So now there is a conflict with the new generation of gangsters, how should we solve it? Let's analyze the advantages and disadvantages.
Sixth Master, what advantages do you have?
I think it is nothing more than wisdom, experience and courage.
What is the defect? physical strength, body. These two are obvious, right?
And money is also shown in this film.
Correspondingly, the younger generation has money, physical strength, but no brains.
The older generation should be full of intellectual experience, but lacking in body and money.

But the two gangs created by Guan Hu are exactly the opposite.
The older generation has no brains. They clearly know that their health is dying, and they use the method of appointment to deal with the problem again and again. All troubles, once they can rise to force, must rise to their own weaknesses, physical conflicts. It can be seen that the organ "brain" is a luxury that not everyone has.

What about the new generation of gangsters created by Guan Hu?
After the 90s, please, after the 90s, you should be a flamboyant, young and energetic generation.
But in the film, the post-90s are all like old men. Please take care of the tiger, please take a look at Jackie Chan's "New Police Story" in the young generation of gangsters created by Wu Yanzu, a group of post-90s, the second generation of rich and the second generation of officials, with colorful hair and odd-shaped clothes, Talking should also be messy, thinking should be crazy, even morbid. The practice should also be reckless. Lao Tzu kills because Lao Tzu finds it fun and Lao Tzu finds it interesting. Crazy, publicity, and boldness should be the most typical characteristics of the new and new human beings.
But in the film, Xiaofei's subordinate A Biao was poked with his fingers, and the 25,000,000 yuan car was scratched and whitened. His brothers and sisters were ready for first-level battle with sticks. What did Xiaofei do? ?
Like a godfather who is over 500 years old in a Hong Kong film, he said nothing, then hid aside and frowned and smoked. Are you Xiao Fei or Lao Fei, are you sure you are not playing Camel Xiangzi?

If Guan Hu's modeling of the old generation of gangsters is successful, [this also led to Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Hanyu's excellent acting skills and won the best actor, because they are hardly acting, they are usually like this] It is just that the behavior lacks thoughtfulness, so it is If it fails, then for the new generation of gangsters, both the shape and the behavior are failures.

The new generation of gangsters are sitting on wealth, bodies, numbers and equipment. They know that the other party is old and poor, and they can't beat you, but they finish the scene with the elderly. Even if a cat catches a mouse, he has to play with him until he dies, and these new gangsters didn't play with it, and they didn't enjoy the game feast, and they were stupid enough to bury themselves in the end.

The opposition between the aristocratic class and the poor class is not complete.
What Guan Hu wants to express in this film is the opposition between the aristocracy and the poor.
The rich second generation, sitting on a sports car of 25 million yuan, should be considered an aristocratic class in any city in China, and there is no need to discuss it.
And look at Liu Ye's career, gangster, no career.
What is the lampshade for? A bottle of wine is converted into 20 bottles, selling fake drinks. [Someone left a message downstairs saying that it was converted into 20 bottles for himself to drink, please use your brain, won't the lampshade wash the bottle and use it repeatedly? 】
Stupid three children? Drunk driving.
What about the rest? Bike repairs, supermarket clerks, haircutters. They are all small people, so it should not be an exaggeration to say that they are people at the bottom of society.
And Liu Ye also has a few friends who are rich - Yang Huo'er, who became rich through his own hard work. Liu Ye obviously went to him to borrow money, but he didn't say anything out of face. In the end, he understood what Liu Ye meant, and threw the money to Liu Ye. Liu Ye started Ah Q again, saying that you look down on people, that you are insulting me, and finally said that I just wanted to chat, the most primitive and sincere feelings between human beings .
Really can't be more funny here.
First, the audience understands what you mean.
Second, you are bored in your courtyard all day long, why don't you usually come to Yang Huo'er to talk about feelings?
Finally, Master Liu, if you really think that relationships are important?
Then, when the chatterbox gives you the money, you should tell her I love you instead of giving her your real estate license. What you give her is what you think is most important. At the same time, if there is money, how many lads can't be hired? What trouble can't be solved? [This was already reflected when Liu Ye entered the hospital and when Mansan Er led someone to smash the auto repair shop. Rich = Soldiers. 】Your appointment is obviously a war in the age of cold weapons. You must have the advantage of many people. If you have money, you will have soldiers, and someone will be able to win the battle. Don't you understand such a simple truth?

Taking a step back, you feel that the relationship between people is more important than money, then the ending of the film is extremely funny. When Liu Ye's friends who didn't come when they borrowed money, when they heard that Liu Ye was terminally ill and had cancer, they put aside everything and came to the river with an attitude of feeling more than anything else.
And how did your sixth master ask people to come here? You lie, you don't tell Chatterbox and Mansan'er, they guessed it, and then what they said, yes, lie. Speaking of terminal illness. You shameless bastard and all the lying bastards around you.
If it is true that feelings are greater than everything and money, it would be better to say that these friends who have been deceived by you are the real feelings that are greater than everything.
However, according to Guan Hu's main theme, these guys came here because of their feelings, but why did they participate in the war when they came to the river? ? In theory, it's completely unreasonable. If it's purely for love, you should save Liu Ye back, and how much money you need to pay. Because people are important, and feelings are important.
So I can only guess that these guys are involved in the war because they are out of face. . . . What a far-fetched and pointless move.
Director Guan Hu really wanted to show the concept of money vs feelings, but not only did he not discuss the result, but he also got himself involved in this whirlpool.
When Liu Ye asked Yang Huo'er to borrow money, he said how did you talk about business all day, where did all the feelings go? Don't you need to spend money to settle things when you meet Liu Ye? When your heart needs a bypass, don't you also need money to pay for the surgery? Who gave the last money? That’s right, it’s still Yang Huo’er. If I say the most affectionate one, I think it’s Yang Huo’er.

My humble guess is that director Guan Hu's intention is to stand on the moral high ground and attack the notion that money is supreme, but what his works show is that money is omnipotent. If you have money, you can have a car, a house, and a woman. You can beat the old man and kidnap his son, and he can also save people for surgery and bypass the heart. Besides, the young couple who quarreled and jumped off the building were also because of money, right? It is very in line with the main theme of the film's mouth, and the director himself is equivalent to slapping himself.

Other people's film reviews say that Liu Ye has his own rules and is a man who does not follow the rules of society, but only follows his own rules. He is a knight. Let's not say whether Liu Ye's naked eyes can see through the truth of the matter at a glance, not to mention that there is still the profession of judge in the world. Just talking about a few bad things that your sixth master did, you asked Meng San'er to mix it with wine and sell it as a drink. What kind of behavior is this? lie.
If you see someone stealing something and don't call the police, what's your action? Legally blind.
You obstruct the law enforcement of the public security, and you are legally blind.
Do you still have premarital sex?
Liu Ye entered someone else's room without the owner's permission, and poked his finger from the owner of the room. If this happened in a country with laws, the master could pull out a gun and kill Liu Ye with one shot. Now, and do not need to bear any legal responsibility, do you understand privately breaking into the house?
You finally tricked those brothers into fighting for you? what behavior? Disturbing the public order and lying.
I dare not say that these behaviors can characterize Liu Ye as a bad person, but he is definitely not a good person.

A good work can make one thing clear from beginning to end. A bad movie, just trying to clarify a bunch of things, but in the end, nothing was explained.

What to watch in this film:
The rare Guanhuguan uncle who sees martial arts instructors from digging his fingers
should be very poor, especially poor enough to hire a martial arts instructor.
The sixth master has been in the arena for many years, and he is very good at kung fu. Why did the police smoke the lampshade and didn't fight back? Because people didn't show their fingers. Why didn't you do it after the auto repair shop smoked your sixth master? Because people didn't show their fingers. My Sixth Master is a little expert at pouting fingers. The biggest martial arts action in this film, close-to-hand combat is to pouting fingers. Don't miss it. Other than that, it's all mouth guns and won't do anything.

Slap on the face and never fight back
. Liu Ye should also be a devout Christian. According to the Bible, if someone slaps your left cheek, they will stretch out your right cheek to give others a slap. This film captures this to the fullest. Once there is a slap in the face in the film, don't worry, you will never fight back. I will give you 10,000 guarantees that there will be absolutely no scenes where the two sides will tear each other up. It has always been a person who was drawn, and then continued to act with a straight face. I'm sorry, there are too many words for acting, one word, pretend!

The drag racing party doesn't know anything about cars
What's more funny is that as a rich second-generation, young-generation drag racing party, and he has a tuning factory, he seems to know nothing about automobiles. For the engine of the car, tires, headlights, and driving vocabulary, it can be said that you don't know anything about driving. You know liquid nitrogen supercharging, and your car knowledge is learned from Need For Speed.

Liu Ye's leather show has
to say that Liu Ye's leather show, every time he gets a slap in the face, he will change one.

The Japanese sword that was born in the sky reminds
me of Liu Ye's repeated advice to Man San'er: Don't look for those young men, they are neither light nor heavy.
Sixth Master, you should get full marks in anatomy. The samurai sword can be both light and heavy, and the military general hospital should hire you to be the main sword. And Sixth Master, since you finally choose to use the katana sword, you usually do a push-up or something like the lampshade, right? I have never seen you wielding a sword, and suddenly you took out a samurai sword. . . Have you experienced the Anti-Japanese War? Then you are the person who is running six Zhang, you are all confused! I see that Liu Ye often skates, and the last scene might as well ask Liu Ye to rush forward with a skate.

The appearance of the inexplicable ostrich
ostrich is very wonderful. The ostrich came from Africa and was sent to Beijing, which does not belong to its hometown. So what is the metaphor? Liu Ye does not belong. . . where? Sent over? Finally, when Liu Ye went to the battlefield, did the ostrich escape? So what is the metaphor? Shouldn't Liu Ye live a peaceful life? Should the sixth master go through the blood and rain? So simply put, Sixth Master should die?
The blue sky of Beijing in this film is also a big highlight. Except for the smog on the last day I went to the battlefield, the rest of the day was clear and clear, so it can be estimated that the APEC meeting was being held at the time of the story.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, which is extremely efficient
, does not see how many petitioners are in Beijing Railway Station, and how many petition letters are blocked. The letters are received and processed in less than a week. Our national government functions are very efficient.

Hunan rich second generation without Hunan accent, Beijing youth with Chengdu accent
The rich second generation without the Hunan accent is easy to understand, but the young Beijing youth with the Chengdu accent is difficult to understand. Please, the director, please spend some money to hire a voice actor.

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  • Liu Ye: This is rule?

  • Xiao Fei's friend: Good Morning

    Liu Ye: Good Morning.