"Shangyang Fu" and "Grand Song Palace Ci", as two highly anticipated ancient costume masterpieces this year, respectively brought Zhang Ziyi and Liu Tao two big Tsingyi to the forefront - "the girly feeling of middle-aged girls" once became people's after dinner. The most fashionable talk.
But is it really age that is the problem?
In "Wu Zetian", Liu Xiaoqing played the role of Wu Mei Niang, who entered the court at the age of 14 or 15 at the age of 40. She was charming and charming, without any sense of disobedience. Willful, arrogant, but cute.
In the topic of playing a girl at the age of 38, there were originally many dimensions. Taking age as the only gimmick is really the perspective that lacks imagination and creativity. But also playing the role of a girl, Zhang Ziyi's Wang Yan is undoubtedly disappointing. Like all Mary Sues, she also has her own halo. Competing to pursue, even if they fall off the palace wall, they will be picked up by the passing male protagonist like a hero to save the beauty...
It was so tedious - I couldn't even stick to a two-minute video clip.
In this tediousness, another girl character of Zhang Ziyi emerged once again through many years: the girl in white between a large green bamboo forest, with messy hair, no makeup, but a pair of black eyes like sharp knives, Straight to the heart - that's the girl I love so much, and the girl that's becoming more and more rare nowadays: Yu Jiao Long.
Lady in the boudoir
At that time, Yu Jiaolong turned around, and the styles were elegant and graceful. I couldn't help but think that this is probably the case with the old Houmen's daughter. When encountering something, she is not panic, not chaotic, not anxious, not dry, and she should speak like this. At that time, the popular Qing Dynasty dress in the impression was the one in "Han Zhu Gege". There was a blooming peony in the center of the big wing pull, with fringes hanging down on both sides, and the clothes should be bright orange and vermilion. Yu Jiaolong, however, has two small flowers on a slanted hairpin, with small silver tassels lining the delicate two heads.
Eighteen-year-old Zhang Ziyi was not the most popular beauty in that era. They all said she was little Gong Li, but she seemed to be more elegant than Gong Li's queen temperament. She looks very classical, like the beauty in the lady's picture, with a slender figure and a light and clear beauty, reminiscent of many nice sentences - "light flowers, thin jade and light makeup" - such a woman should be It is in line with all people's imaginations of ladies and gentlemen, gentle and pleasant, and exhaled like a blue orchid.
But she is not.
At night, Yu Jiaolong was sitting in front of the dressing mirror, her long jet-black hair hanging down on her white silk pajamas, her face like clear water, her eyes were like a lacquer, and her eyebrows were like distant mountains. The blue-eyed fox, her sister-in-law, frowned and combed her hair, while muttering worriedly: "Madam won't let you mix with such a person."
Her eyes widened: "I'll hang out with whoever I want." She didn't grit her teeth, she didn't blow her nose and stare, and she didn't even have a clear expression change on her face, but it completely broke the impression she left on the scene.
Many people's impression of Zhang Ziyi is probably settled in this second - so beautiful, but wild and untamed; delicate eyebrows, exquisite bones, such a wonderful person, should have enjoyed the pity of his parents, the husband's Pampering, the attachment of children, the quiet days, but she is not such a person.
But I like Yu Jiaolong, just in this second - that look, like a beauty on paper suddenly has a soul and walks down alive - an eldest lady who was born in a meticulous building, but she wants to To splash ink freehand life. This is more useful than 10,000 bridges to describe her.
She has the life she pursues, the freedom she wants, and the desire that is difficult to restrain and persuade.
Eighteen years later, in the variety show of actors, even if they wear similar clothes and have similar hairstyles, the little girl Xu Jiao's performance is full of awkwardness - she is playing Zhang Ziyi back then, not Yu Jiaolong . She is well-behaved in her bones, but she is a little rebellious, and she is also a teenager who loses her temper. She does what she wants without breaking the rules.
But Yu Jiaolong is a girl who breaks the rules.
frost and fire
Yu Jiaolong has multiple colors in the film. When she appears on the stage, she is graceful and generous, like a hibiscus out of water. She is a girly pink-purple, gentle and arrogant, but that is just her most apparent color.
In Xinjiang's memories, she is a deep red, like a fire, burning blazingly in the desolate desert. Everyone in the desert heard the "half-day cloud", but she didn't even have the slightest fear. She picked up a gun and dared to chase the bandits alone in the desert. He swung it up and hit the head. When all the weapons were gone, he punched with his bare hands until he was exhausted and could no longer toss.
At this time, Yujiaolong is more like a wild beast. It has not been domesticated in the human world, but still retains its innocent and sincere wildness: full of curiosity about the outside world, relying on the original and rebellious instinct in consciousness to go Explore and test the edges of the world. When something is snatched, he chases it, catches up and fights, sleeps when he is tired, eats when he wakes up, eats when he is full, and runs away when he is full... all motives have no trace of logical thinking.
At this time, Yu Jiaolong was a little childish. Although her aggressive and ruthless personality had already begun to emerge, she would still be scared when she woke up from her dream, and she would still cry when she tried to escape and was caught and tied up. The dewy relationship between her and Luo Xiaohu was just the whim of a rebellious girl who escaped from the willfulness of her parents and family.
This is the jade dragon that has not yet grown - wild, impulsive, and fearless.
But Yu Jiaolong, outside of this memory, outside the pavilions, outside the cognition of parents, relatives and friends, is like frost, arrogant, cool, and going his own way.
Speaking of Yu Jiaolong, what is most often mentioned is her desires—she is said to be ruthless because of her desires. What's more, it is her pureness - Yu Jiaolong in the movie is more of a child with an immature mind, smart and rebellious, possessing unique skills, not willing to be a bird in a cage, but without direction; She despises rules and authority, but she can't completely betray her origin, family, and upbringing.
She yearns for the rivers and lakes, but she doesn't want to run away with the blue-eyed fox and become the Jiangyang robber who everyone calls to kill; she stole the Qingming sword for fun, but because of this, the blue-eyed fox reappeared in the rivers and lakes, and the official was killed, she was very concerned; she When she was young, she was infatuated with Luo Xiaohu, but Luo Xiaohu appeared to steal her relatives again, cutting off her connection with the family, and her eyes were very complicated...
She walks on the edge of the orthodox world and the world of rivers and lakes, but can't really integrate into either side, and is doomed to be contradictory, hesitant, and at a loss. However, such conflicts and contradictions reflect an unpredictable halo on her body, making this girl exude a mysterious and charming color.
runaway girl
In ancient and modern Chinese and foreign stories, there are many girls who run away from home. For example, the classic literary research topic "Nora who ran away", Shuying who escaped the shackles of a feudal family in "Home Spring and Autumn", and even the "cold-hearted" fourth young lady Xichun who became a monk in "A Dream of Red Mansions" after witnessing the decline of her family... In the works, it is even more commonplace - the girls in the boudoir enter the real world, and they meet the chivalrous and brave young chivalrous heroes. It is a beautiful and romantic story just by imagination.
I prefer Yu Jiaolong's departure, mostly because of her truth-apart from the care of her parents and identity, she is still arrogant and arrogant, but she has a rare relaxed and playful side. Drinking tea at the inn feels like the bowl is dirty, but it is rare to have the leisure to tease the little girl who delivers the tea; the inn shop has ordered a table of "Full Han Banquet", completely ignoring the embarrassing eyes of Xiao Er; She didn't pay attention to any of them, didn't understand and didn't bother to listen...
The Yu Jiaolong here really has the simplicity of a little dragon girl, and all she relies on is good martial arts. A willful and arrogant girl is easy to be annoying, but once she has enough convincing ability or talent, she becomes cute in an instant.
However, she was not very happy after she became angry with the various martial arts factions who came to teach her a lesson. When she found Yu Xiulian for help, she couldn't help but hugged her and cried a little, and it was also sincere. reveal. After all, she is not a person in the rivers and lakes. She just wants to be fresh and fun for a while, but she doesn't know the hardships of walking in the rivers and lakes.
I always refuse to associate Yu Jiaolong with scheming, shrewdness, and viciousness. She is more arrogant and conceited. Her break with the blue-eyed fox and the separation of Luo Xiaohu are all related to this. Confined by their own limitations, talents, or spirit, they could only accompany her for a while, and could not be her guide in life.
As for Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian, although they could guide her in martial arts, persuade her in their temperament, and restrain her in morality, they were already shackled by themselves, and they were all people who were bound by rules and morals for a lifetime and could not break free—— At least on this point, they couldn't help themselves, let alone Yu Jiaolong.
What Yu Jiaolong needs is not a life mentor, but a person who can guide her and pamper her; however, she has spiritual roots, but no luck, and when she is about to enter the adult world, she is only a moth to a flame In general, trial and error, struggle. This is like everyone's life - how many people can have the same luck as Huang Rong?
At the end of the story, Li Mubai died to save Yu Jiaolong. Although she was rescued, she finally carried the shackles that all adults had to bear. Whether it was morality or rules, these were destined to wear away all her edges, corners, and brilliance, intentionally or unintentionally, in the rest of her life.
The real world was surrounded by a net, which locked her firmly - in front of her was a river and lake intertwined with rules and morals, and behind her was her hometown that she could not go back to.
So, what is Yu Jiaolong jumping on Wudang Mountain?
The viewers have their own answers. In my opinion, this is more like another choice, a kind of relief - she is finally still unwilling to yield, whether it is the original world with strict rules, or the world of Jianghu that has begun to polish her - the first taste of the world Bitter, but she still has to go her own way.
Even this leap has the pureness and determination of Yu Jiaolong - she would rather leave in pursuit of freedom and ideals than give in to survive.
Perhaps such an extreme is not desirable in reality, but in the world of art, it can be a shining figure - come to think of it, Ang Lee should also prefer her.
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