Ang Lee, 120 frames/4K/3D, technology for life, true and false Smith... There is no doubt that many labels have made fans expect high for it.
Will Smith played two roles with his excellent acting skills and met and killed his 20-year-old himself.
Actually, Smith has co-starred in many movies with the 30-year-old "Will Smith Jr.". He started his acting career with "Men in Black 2" in 2002, and later "When happiness comes knocking." "", "Return to Earth" all have his presence.
Yes, this little Smith is the son of Will Smith: Jaden Smith
may be the glory of his father too dazzling, Jaden Smith has been in a tepid state for more than ten years since his debut.
To be fair, he actually has a pretty good performance.
Among them, the one that impressed mainland fans the most is probably his starring "Kung Fu Dream".
This action film directed by Harold Zwart and starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith is a remake of the 1984 Hollywood movie "Longwei Kid", which was released in China in 2010. After the film was released,
broke through 170 million U.S. dollars in the North American film market and ranked 11th in the North American annual box office list. Finally, the global box office revenue reached 360 million U.S. dollars (about 2.5 billion yuan). The
film begins when Dray Parker's father, played by Jaden Smith, passes away and prepares to move to China with his mother.
On the plane to China, Dre looked at the magazine and felt that "all things in China are old old houses, old parks, and old people."
After arriving in China, looking at the high-rise buildings in China in the "post-Olympic era," her mother retorted that "it seems that nothing in China is old".
Drey, who came to China for the first time, couldn't adapt to this strange country, especially when he and his classmate Cheng Luwei got married because of the girl Meiying.
bad boy Cheng Luwei martial arts high, beat Dray to the ground.
came to school the next day, and Drey, who made a mistake on school uniform day, was out of tune with other students in casual clothes;
was in the cafeteria, and Cheng Luwei deliberately knocked Drey’s dinner plate over; therefore,
Drey issued "I hate this place." Go!" Exclaimed.
has to be commissioned here, and it's fun to play. Master Han, a plumber played by Jackie Chan, came to repair the water heater for a foreigner, but found that the water heater was not broken.
just because they didn't know the existence of the switch.
Master Han: "Are you always on in the United States?" Dre: "We don't have a switch in the United States." Master Han: "Install a switch and save the earth."
ridiculed a wave of American imperial powers with high energy consumption.
On the way home from school, Dray used dirty water to avenge the bad boy Cheng Luwei.
both overcame the wall and started a wonderful Hutong chase.
In the end, Drey was forced to go nowhere and was about to be beaten all over the floor.
However, Master Han, a plumber, happened to be passing by, and he unremarkably packed Cheng Luwei and his gang in threes or twos, and he was called a modern sweeping monk.
Not much nonsense, Drey found a world-class expert and opened the way to Chinese Kung Fu training.
First of all, Master Han just told him to repeat "pick up-hang up-take down-put on-take off jacket" mechanically.
When Drey, who continued his coat practice, was impatient, Master Han came forward to guide him and told him to correct his attitude. Although the little guy
has a good temper, he has great enthusiasm for Chinese Kung Fu.
after that, in order to help him open up.
Master Han even took Drei to practice in Wudang Mountain. The most exciting thing here is Master Han’s teaching on Qi (will be mentioned later).
And Del Rey uses the energy in "Star Wars" as an analogy, which is vivid and interesting. After
descended from Wudang, Delei also accidentally learned of Mr. Han's tragic past.
Faced with the painful self-blame of Mr. Han's car accident and the death of his wife and children, Drey asked Mr. Han to practice martial arts together to cheer him. After
, the two practiced and learned the stick method on the Great Wall, practiced kicking with high-hanging bells, and exercised their arm strength on the balcony clothes rail.
There is no limit to the location of martial arts, and everything can be a tool for martial arts. It can be said that
fully implements the concept of "Everything is Kung Fu".
The day before the game, Master Han gave Dray the Tang suit, and the two embraced to express their gratitude.
Next, is the climax of the film-the contest.
can see that the whole film has a relatively smooth narrative, wonderful fighting scenes, timely laughter implantation, and dynamic popular music, which make people immersed in it. The combination of
and Jackie Chan and Wells Smith’s sons in the middle and small groups finally made the film nearly 9 times the production cost of the box office. The
film also invited popular singers Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith to sing the theme song.
What is not directly proportional to the box office performance is that the film’s reputation is average, with Douban only 6.3, and IMDb's 6.2 points are equally unpleasant.
Actually, this is a movie with obvious advantages and disadvantages.
First of all, the biggest advantage of the film is that it shows the essence of Chinese Kung Fu while expressing Chinese cultural elements. The
film started with Drey’s casual clothes throwing and disrespect to his mother. Later, Master Han taught him to mechanically repeat "pick up-hang up-take down-put on-take off his coat" day after day. "I reflected on myself in the action."
And this training method not only corrects Drey's attitude, but also trains the basics of Kung Fu movements.
The most exciting thing is Master Han's teaching of "qi" in Kung Fu.
Master Han compares "stop water" to the calm heart of a Taoist priest, and explains the principle of using "qi" to control the enemy and static braking, and it can be said that he has grasped the inner spirit of Chinese Kung Fu.
Generally speaking, whether it is the martial arts concept of "Kungfu is for peace" and "Everything is Kungfu", or go to Wudang Mountain to seek Taoism and practice, the film shows the harmony of Chinese Kungfu and life. Philosophy of harmony.
This is the most commendable part of the film.
However, the biggest shortcoming of the film has eliminated its advantages. Its biggest shortcoming is:
is out of common sense of Chinese culture and has prejudiced character creation.
First, the film's modeling of Drey's biggest opponent, Lu Chengwei, is very rigid.
From the very beginning, Lu Chengwei appeared to be aggressive and fierce, fighting against international friends. This really does not conform to our peaceful and friendly image.
later used Lu Chengwei and his team to help Master Han. Although it is understandable to turn into anger, a group of young children are still too presumptuous to attack adults.
Second, Lu Chengwei's master is portrayed as an absolute villain, and he adheres to the principle of "no mercy to the enemy". He will use all means to achieve victory and has no morality at all.
Third, Meiying's image creation is also very divorced from reality.
For a student who was practicing violin all day for college entrance examination, after meeting several times, the two met in the shadow puppet theater and kissed, which completely did not conform to our introverted and implicit traditional image.
Fourth, the portrayal of Meiying's parents is also very split.
When Meiying’s parents learned that she was playing with Delei but did not practice the violin, her parents called Meiying and Delei broke off diplomatic relations, as if they were a "Chinese-style parent" with a strong desire for control and a "Chinese-style child" who had no opinion. "image of.
can be said that in order to create conflicts and confrontations, the film did not hesitate to break away from basic common sense and created a series of prejudiced characters.
In the end, in the plot routine of "Justice Over Evil", "Justice" represented by American Drey finally defeated "Evil" represented by Chinese Martial Arts Center. In summary, the film takes China as the background and incorporates many Chinese elements. Many clips try to bridge the dialogue between Chinese and Western cultures and convey the concept of friendly cooperation between China and the West.
However, many of the stacked Chinese elements are superficial and have no effect on the progress of the plot. They are just to cater to the Western audience's curiosity about exotic scenery. At the same time,
inevitably falls into the stereotype of China, and these problems are frequently seen in co-productions such as "Snowflake Secret Fan" and "The Great Wall" in recent years.
Behind the co-production boom, it seems that Chinese culture has gone out of the country, but in reality it is justEuropean and American countries are eyeing China's huge box office market.
All in all, our external image rests on these foreign screenwriters and directors, which is very difficult to achieve.
In contrast to this, it is better for mainland filmmakers to insist on implementing "learning from the middle school as the body, learning from the west for use", and using their excellent film technology to produce Chinese blockbusters that meet international needs.
This is the cultural output we look forward to most!
Bluestone Film Editorial Department | Chenchen
