The "Tai Chi" series is not a martial arts movie in the traditional sense. It can be seen from its trailer that this movie is full of martial arts novel elements, and it is also full of so many fantasy and humorous indecent accents. Karen Mok is very good at choosing men. Both Feng Delun and Stephen Chow have their own unique and innovative talents in movies. And "Tai Chi" really opened the door for Feng Delun to be recognized by the public as a director.
The subject matter of "Tai Chi" is too straight, the form of "Tai Chi" is too rigid, and the meaning of "Tai Chi" is too profound. Many similar themes have created the grand and broad momentum of the martial arts master. The story is told in a square and round, and the characters are correct to the extreme, which shows the broad spirit of Chinese Kung Fu. And this kind of personal heroic blockbuster has long been OUT. Huang Jiguang and Dong Cunrui are no longer needed in the theater, and a generation of masters has become more humanized, and a little Forrest Gump-style master of Gongxue was born.
Feng Delun put aside the concept of "Tai Chi", and told the legend of a generation of masters who lost his mother when he was young, was born stupid but has a wonderful talent, suffered a lot of hardships, and met a master. He did not deliberately pursue the preaching of the biography of the monument tree, but told a down-to-earth and wonderful world full of fantasy like a villain's book. In the context of the big era, the screenwriter has set up a lot of threads. Each character has flesh and blood, but it is completely in line with the background of the era at that time. Chen Zaiyang, an inventor with a unique pursuit, does not hesitate to deceive the trust of his family for his dreams, but in order to protect his family The country did not hesitate to fight for their lives. Although Chen Changxing saw through the eldest son's scheming, he still silently supported in another way. Yu Niang didn't give up and fell in love with a heartless person, and she fell in love with a little fool for a long time. Everyone has flesh and blood, instead of being black and white like in previous kung fu movies, which makes the characters closer to life.
A generation of masters are all tough and handsome like Jet Li and Donnie Yen, but this time it has subverted the law that the hero must be the dragon in the individual. An idiot is not only not handsome but also stupid. mother. Under this nonsensical theme, elements such as the industrial revolution have been incorporated, and the chemical reaction of kung fu films has been organically combined, giving wings to the imagination, making new breakthroughs in the form, making the story more novel, and making the film more interesting. Interesting.
A kung fu film is divided into three parts. Director Feng has an unhurried and calm way of telling the story, which is a kind of adventure to some extent, but also has more room for display, the rhythm of the story and the way of shaping the characters. There is a lot of room for improvement. Without the train-catching start-up and turn-around of most martial arts films, and without the 90-minute time limit, the rhythm of the Tai Chi series makes people feel more comfortable and smooth, allowing the director to conscientiously forge and develop and deepen the story. In terms of image style, it also strives to be exaggerated and bold, and the comic-style shots make the audience's visual perception more powerful. At the same time, Feng Dao has always adhered to the tenet of putting storytelling first and showing kung fu for the plot, and did not deliberately pursue kung fu for kung fu's sake. This makes the story more fluid. Although there are many elements in the story, the audience is dazzled, and the dishes are mixed but each taste is clear.
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