"The Story of a Journey to the West" This play tells the story of the Tang monk and his apprentices, who successfully returned to Chang'an after obtaining the scriptures. Three hundred years later, when the Buddha passed away, the world suddenly changed. Demon sect leader Wutian suddenly came to the scene, occupied the important place, Lingshan, and proclaimed himself "Wutian Buddha." And tell the demons: 33 years later, the Tathagata will return with the help of the reincarnated soul boy, gather 17 relics, and return to the Three Realms again. Their goal is to capture these 17 relics, then kill the reincarnated soul boy and dominate the Three Realms. Tang Seng was imprisoned in the underworld by Wutian. Knowing Wutian's ambitions, Tang Seng used the Twisting Curse to make Wukong and Bajie in Huaguoshan realize that the Three Realms are currently facing major problems. On the other side, the reincarnated soul boy Qiao Ling'er is growing up day by day. A bad fight is about to kick off... a TV series
. After the show was broadcast, the evaluation was not very good. Most people have a lot of opinions on the fighting scene. For example, in the film, Monkey King uses a spell and the action has just been played. Then play it again from all angles, and repeat it three or four times. This method of shooting is similar to that of the ghost and animal videos that became popular on the Internet, so many netizens call it the originator of the ghost and animal. In fact, due to the lack of funds during the filming of the TV series, there were a lot of repetitions in the play.
Another point is that most viewers think they see a serious and almost expressionless Monkey King, and they all say that Monkey King is facial paralysis. In fact, we can think about it for a moment. At that time, Monkey King had already become a Buddha. If he was a giggling Monkey King, would he show his calmness and wisdom? Although Monkey King had facial paralysis, his expressions were still in place, which was a bright spot. The look in his eyes is not deceiving. Every time Monkey King stares, he is thinking and judging. The character image in
is completely in line with the aesthetics, and it is not ugly enough to affect the visual effect of the audience. In fact, the biggest highlight of this TV series is its plot. Let's take a look at the character that is not in the original: Wu Tian. He was ordered to preach, and the local Brahmin high priest wanted him to die. The prostitute, A Huo, saved Wu Tian and committed suicide. Wu Tian was expelled from Buddhism with six impure charges. He deeply felt that preaching could not save the world, so he had a demon.
This is a flesh-and-blood villain. He was even the most respected figure of Buddhism at the beginning, but finally embarked on the road of violently overthrowing Buddhism. It can be said to be very creative in the era of blindly masking villains. I also responded to the sentence: One thought becomes a Buddha, one thought becomes a devil. The boundary between good and evil has always been blurred.
The whole drama is about Wukong looking for two things to return to the Tathagata: the seventeen relics and the reincarnated soul boy. The whole story is intertwined. It can be said that the screenwriter Yan Nanqiu has a very big brain. The concept of the play is also very advanced. When I watched it ten years ago and now, do you think this play can be said to be a pinnacle masterpiece?
