Of course, the next step is to look forward to the release.
Let's talk about this movie. This movie is the return of the so-called "Iron Triangle" - Johnnie To + Zheng Xiuwen + Andy Lau. But in my opinion, this is more of a classic reappearance of the "iron five horns" - Johnnie To + Wei Jiahui + You Naihai + Zheng Xiuwen + Andy Lau.
Johnnie To + Wei Jiahui + You Naihai, the screenwriter + director combination of this iron triangle is already the guarantee of the quality of the movie, and it is also a foreshadowing of the surprise of the movie. These three great gods have given us movie surprises again and again. Similarly, there are still surprises in "Blind Detective".
To Qifeng + Zheng Xiuwen + Andy Lau, needless to say about this triangle. It has been nearly 10 years since the last film ("Dragon and Phoenix") cooperation. During this time, Director Du has always been pleasantly surprised by moviegoers, Andy Lau has always been between good and bad films, and Zheng Xiuwen has been in the "Song of Everlasting Regret". Because of depression, he has not appeared on the big screen very much. Because of his relationship with Xu Zhian, he suffered from depression for a time. During the period, it was only "The Daughter of the Great Search" by Mak Zhaohui and "Love at High Altitude II" by his mentor Johnny To. The combination of these three has always been the guarantee of the box office, and in the movie, it is the guarantee of acting skills. This time, as wonderful as ever, we deserve to enjoy it.
Actors' acting skills are a very important part of supporting a movie. Just like last year's Hollywood disaster film "Tsunami Miracle", the film with infinite slots is all supported by the heroine Naomi Watts.
In this film, the most enjoyable thing for me is that I saw the old drama of Galaxy appear like soy sauce in many scenes, and those familiar faces are all great golden supporting roles in old Hong Kong films. Especially when He Jiatong and Johnston went to look for Xiaomin's grandmother's house, the golden supporting roles passed by like soy sauce, and their acting skills were just right, I couldn't help but ignore the protagonists.
Zheng Xiuwen must be said in this movie, Zheng Xiuwen's acting skills are really in place! Although in many movies, the roles played by Zheng Xiuwen are so similar, but actresses like her are really rare. The current rookie actress can only guarantee the box office at most, and Zheng Xiuwen can also guarantee her acting skills at the same time. After watching the movie, my impression is that if this year's Academy Awards don't give Zheng Xiuwen another actress, I'll be really sorry for her. Zheng Xiuwen has been shortlisted for the Best Actress at the Academy Awards for many times, but she has never held a trophy. Especially in 2001, she was shortlisted for the Academy Award for "Slimming Men and Women", "Zhong Wuyan", and "Cohabiting Honey Friends". It is a pity that the best actress was still won by Maggie Cheung.
The second thing I want to say is, Guo Tao. Before watching the news, a reporter asked Guo Tao if "Blind Detective" was filmed at the same time as "Drug War". After knowing the definite answer, he couldn't help expressing his goodwill towards him.
As for Andy Lau, in fact, I personally think his performance in this movie is mediocre, and his blind form once made me play. I saw someone who was bored before saying that when I went to see "The Blind Detective" to compare which of Tony Leung and Andy Lau's blind man played better, I was bored to compare. In contrast, Tony Leung is still slightly better.
As a female supporting role, Gao Yuanyuan once felt that this role was a bit tasteless, but after all, drama needs contradictions, so she still accepts it. But looking at Gao Yuanyuan's acting skills, it really can only be a good soy sauce. After a while, I will still remember Susan, not Gao Yuanyuan's role.
The movie combines comedy and suspense, which Director Du is best at, and is a bit like "Big Brother" in terms of genre. The comedy's laughs are very predictable. When watching it in the movie theater, many girls around are laughing like a man. In terms of horror, in the first half of the movie, the atmosphere was created very well. Until the end when Johnston and He Jiatong found the taxi driver, they were really frightened. At the same time, all kinds of corpses also added more to the movie. Point to taste.
In the comedy effect, more benefited from the tacit understanding of the two protagonists, which made their cooperation seem very natural. Coupled with Du Dao's unique style, all the combination in the early stage was particularly good, so much so that After the contrast, the place that is not heavy-mouthed appears heavy-mouthed and terrifying, and it also achieves the suspenseful effect it should have.
Personally, I really like this movie is the foreshadowing. Because the plot of the movie in the past two years has become more and more cliché and guesswork, and the foreshadowing has become more and more obvious. But Director Du's movie is still only when the ending comes, you will know the final development of the movie, and you will not be surprised when it comes, because he has put a lot of foreshadowing in front of him, and these foreshadowings are like Like a puzzle, you have to connect them one by one before you find out.
I liked the concept of "blindness" in the movie very much. Johnston told He Jiatong why God wanted him to be blind, because he wanted him to investigate those old cases. Of course, this "blindness" is only superficial blindness.
What is "blindness"? [Combined with the reasons why Johnston became blind, no spoilers. 】
This movie can't be a pure reasoning suspense movie. If you have to be so serious, then your heart is blind at this moment.
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