As a commercial genre, if the previous work is sold in the market, the sequel will start shooting naturally. But in China's commercial genre films, especially in the mainland market, the appearance of such sequels is still rare. The appearance of "Ip Man 2" proves that the film market in mainland China is gradually becoming mature in terms of commerciality. If "Ip Man 2" can also sell well, it will undoubtedly be good news for the market prospects of kung fu movies, a unique Chinese genre. Not surprisingly, next year we will see sequels of many high-profile commercial films appearing on the market. This creative trend of integrating superior resources and leveraging efforts is for the mainland film market that is still slightly impetuous. Both blessings and curses remain to be seen, but from the perspective of the big movie market trends, this is definitely a phenomenon worthy of congratulations.
As a movie image, Ip Man was successfully portrayed as a "rich second generation, loves his wife, and knows martial arts" perfect man in "Ip Man", especially this man who has deep patriotism in his heart. It is a perfect reproduction of a good man in the new era. When it came to "Ip Man 2", the producer undoubtedly realized the commercial selling point of the film image, so in the film "Ip Man 2", it almost came again, except for some changes in the background, the whole story The structure and character settings, especially the final climax scene, almost perfectly replicated the scene of the final battle with the Japanese in "Ip Man". Judging from the current audience reaction, the mainland audience will never tire of this model of "Chinese martial arts work hard to improve our country’s prestige". Whether it is an Eastern or Western devil, as long as it is my Chinese martial arts to show off the country’s prestige, The audience must respond with warm applause.
I don’t want to comment on the psychological motivation behind this kind of audience reaction, but for a commercial film, the creator undoubtedly accurately grasped the psychology of mainland audiences and carried forward the fine traditions of the Chinese service industry, especially the southern service industry. , Caring for almost every detail of the film, kung fu fights, comedy scenes, warm scenes, sensational tears, national sentiments, etc., and many audience needs have been properly taken care of. And for the popular elements in the previous work, "Ip Man 2" also specially enlarged and strengthened.
As the foundation of the "Ip Man" series, the Kung Fu scene was upgraded and strengthened in "Ip Man 2". The action director Sammo Hung personally played a round table fight with the lead actor Donnie Yen, following the foundation of the previous action style. On the above, there has been significant progress in photography, editing, sound effects, etc., which can be said to be a classic scene in kung fu genre films in recent years.
In the final arena battle, because the previous work was Wing Chun vs. Karate, "Ip Man 2" was upgraded to Chinese traditional arts vs. Western boxing, which not only avoided the audience’s visual fatigue, but also made a new attempt in action design. , I also helped to improve the theme of the film. Compared to the fighting scenes in "Ip Man" where Ye Wen almost killed Japanese officers in seconds, the scene of Ye Wen's battle against the British boxing champion in "Ip Man 2" can be described as ups and downs. The scene is so violent that I want to remind the audience, please don't bring underage audiences to see "Ip Man 2".
As far as my personal preference is concerned, I still prefer the round table showdown between Sammo Hung and Donnie Yen, because from the perspective of kung fu movies, the ultimate showdown between the representatives of these two kung fu movies on the screen is estimated to be difficult to see again in the future. Just like Jet Li vs. Jackie Chan in the face-to-face "Kung Fu King", Sammo Hung's match against Donnie Yen is not only a gimmick, but it does provide audiences, especially those who like kung fu movies, with an unforgettable viewing experience.
As a good man who respects his wife, Ye Man has become disillusioned in "Ip Man 2", but he continues to promote the standard of a good man and starts rubbing his wife's calf.
If a commercial film is to give the audience a foot massage, then the film "Ip Man 2" takes care of the audience very comfortably, and there is almost no complaint. Even the comedy elements that were accidentally revealed in the previous work, "Ip Man 2" are carefully enlarged. Although the addition of a lot of comedy elements in this film is a little deliberate, for the audience, to see comedy elements in kung fu movies is simply a surprise of buying one, getting one free.
In addition to these precise commercial elements, the progress of "Ip Man 2" at the film level is actually not obvious. As a fan of kung fu movies, as long as the kung fu fighting scenes are exciting enough, I actually don't have high requirements for the story level of kung fu movies. If I can tell a story with a complete structure, clear characters, and good emotions, then I will be overjoyed. "Ip Man" and "Ip Man 2" as commercial genre films, belong to the kung fu fighting is very exciting, and the film technical elements including director, script, photography and other elements are also sophisticated enough. Although compared with "Ip Man", "Ip Man 2" only accurately replicates the elements of the success of the previous film, but for commercial genre films, the sequel can maintain the level of the previous film and even make a slight improvement, which is already a big deal. It succeeded. I believe that for most movie audiences, such a movie is enough to stimulate their enthusiasm for movie watching, and set off a storm in the movie market in May.
(There are some small flaws in the movie, which are not innocent. I mention them here just to add a bit of fun.)
Ye Wen's son, Ye Zhun, looked seven or eight years old in the first film, but after the second film, he was at least 5 years old. Years later, he is still only seven or eight years old. It seems that the father is too fierce and the son must be unlucky. But Ye Zhun, as a consultant for the film, didn't make any comments, so we just laughed.
In addition, there is a time detail in the film. The first part ended in 1945, and the second part started in 1950. Ip asked why did it take 5 years to escape from Foshan to Hong Kong? Because in real history, Ye Wen once served as the chief of the Foshan Police Department or a similar position, so after the liberation of the mainland, he fled to Hong Kong alone, and he was 56 years old at that time.
In the second part, there was Jinshanzhang played by Fan Shaohuang again, but Jinshanzhang was not responsible for the action scenes in "Ip Man 2", but was responsible for the funny and soy sauce. He was not too much and he was a lot. It is estimated that it is a friendly cameo plus Make yourself up. In the original "Ip Man", Jin Shan was actually shot to death by the Japanese after becoming a traitor, but this detail was deleted during the screening in the mainland, so Jin Shan found the second part before he had a chance to continue. Beat soy sauce.
Huang Xiaoming played by Huang Xiaoming (or Huang Liang, the voice is a bit big tongue, not very accurate), it is said that the prototype is Ye Wen’s apprentice "Speaking Hand King" Huang Chunliang, but because Huang’s widow is still alive, he opened a concession The producer couldn't accept the price, so it had to come imaginary.
As a big-selling commercial film, "Ip Man 2" has a background in 1950, but it still successfully made placement ads. I won't talk about the specific brand.
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