Compared with the first and second films, I personally feel that John Woo's film is a violent aesthetic, a brotherhood, a family relationship, and the portrayal is very good. I would like to call it a man's romance. The third part seems to be more in line with my taste. Tsui Hark shot the prequel of Pony Ma, placed it in the context of an era, and also portrayed the triangle/four-corner emotional line.
The emotional scenes are very delicately shot, and the primary and secondary are appropriate. The main love line is not won by length, but by delicate scenes. The quiet conversation between Brother Xiao Ma and Miss Zhou outside the karaoke hall touched me the most. In fact, it was only a few minutes of footage, but this scene was shot in the midst of the noise of the gunfire. It was unique. Brother Xiao Ma and Miss Zhou can be described as hard-to-follow mandarin ducks/Gone with the Wind. Although they have good feelings for each other, but because Xiao Ma wants Miss Zhou to give Amin, there is a very abusive triangle play. Here, Xiao Ma's psychology is also worth pondering. It is because he does not want to grab a girl with his brother, so he gives up his love. Although the bitter mandarin ducks later expressed their affection for each other in the troubled times, they separated due to misunderstandings and met in a gun battle, but that was already destined to end in hard life. After Miss Zhou was shot, there was no possibility of healing in the turbulent times. In the last scene of the movie, Miss Zhou died in Brother Ma's arms. Brother Ma's eyes in this scene were also playful.
Mei Gu's performance in this is really a big heroine, a heroine in a female middle school is very sassy. The shot of curly hair and red lips swept away with double guns is really amazing. Mei Gu's performance was accompanied by "Song of the Sunset", and the artistic conception came out immediately. The charming thing about this woman is that she is brave, dashing, daring to love, daring to hate, and independent and sober.
In the initial stage, Pony Ma was still very immature. He was the Pony Ma before evolution, but it also explained the reason why the first two Pony Ma became so powerful. Some people think that this little brother is not strong enough and dislike it. I like it very much. Although he is still a younger brother, he has actually shown his edge in many scenes. When the second uncle was bullied at the customs, he picked up the baton one-to-many, and when Miss Zhou and He Changqing finally showed up, they shot against He Changqing, and they all behaved very manly. (In addition, He's performance was different from what I imagined. I thought he would personally send Miss Zhou on the road, but later, because the housekeeper accidentally injured Miss Zhou, he shot at the housekeeper for many years, and in the end, it was considered a fair shot with the rival in love. Despicable means, based on this, I don't hate this villain so much. Also because he is not the biggest villain, Sangbang is)
In the grand background, there is also a small person who is very moving - the eighth day. After being adopted, he seemed to keep silent every day, but when the second uncle was about to go back to Hong Kong, he burst into tears. With just one look, he knew that he helped the second uncle take down the signboard, and he was very grateful. Later, he also served as a soldier and rescued Brother Xiao Ma and the others. Although there were not many words, the actions were practical.
After watching the movie, I also went to make up lessons about the background of this era, because it actually mentioned the mainland Chinese ge (1966-1976), the Vietnam Civil War (1955-75), the American Watergate Incident (1974) and so on. I read a film review about the dialogue between He Changqing and Xiao Ma at the end. He Changqing said that there was a war outside, and it was useless to go out. Xiao Ma said, I know that the last plane to leave Vietnam has left. In this big environment, under the overturned nest, An You has finished the eggs, so whether it is He Changqing and Miss Zhou, or Xiao Ma and Miss Zhou, they are all ants of the times, and Gone with the Wind is destined to be a mandarin duck.
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