’s domestic films fell into a slump this year. The new movie on the theater line “ Life Events ” performed the best at the box office. The box office reached 1.5 billion in one month of release. Finally, Zhu Yilong proved his box office appeal. However, Chen Sicheng 's " Mozart in Outer Space " did not return to the peak of the " Tang Detective " series, and the box office was less than 200 million in 11 days of release.
There are only a handful of good-looking domestic cinema movies, which also makes many viewers focus on the online movie market. Although the online movie market with frequent bad movies is difficult to launch high-quality works that really go out of the circle, this In the past few years, the performance of thriller movies such as "Fox Wife in the Mountain Village" has still been outstanding, including "Flying Fox in the Snow Mountain", which was launched soon, and it also made people have to re-examine the big online movies.
and the just-launched "Swords and Demons" is enough to refresh the audience's perception of online big movies. This film rushed to the top of the list when it was launched, making the fantasy film that has been silent for a long time once again attracted everyone's attention. This time, Jiang David came out, Pu Bajia entered the game, and "Sword and Sword" set off a king blow for fantasy films.
One, strong visual impact, special effects broaden the boundaries of imagination
fantasy films focus on the word "fantasy", whether it can bring an extraordinary visual experience to the audience is the top priority for such works to be considered heavy. As a fantasy film, "Sword and Sword" has undoubtedly gnawed on a hard bone. After all, even theatrical films have rarely released films of this type in recent years.
special effects production is most likely to expose the shortcomings of fantasy movies, especially fantasy movies in the online big movie market. Although one after another is launched, none of the works can really form a visual impact on the audience. On one point, the degree of completion of "Sword and Sword" is relatively higher.
just in the first few minutes of the play, the Meng Po with a fish face and a monster that looks like a giant mouse, a relatively small size, can be surrounded by three demon sealers in minutes. Destroyed it, but the giant monster gave a sense of Tesla's immediate vision, which took three people a lot of time.
Whether it's the oppression caused by the monster's roar in the close-up camera, or the razed surroundings of the monster in the long-range camera, the destruction of flames everywhere, and the nervousness of the monster rushing towards the demon sealer in the next second, it's all good enough. The audience's vision forms a powerful impact.
In the follow-up plot, the most powerful monster appeared, radiating fire all over his body, holding fireballs and throwing them at the tower. The movements were very smooth and completed in one go, far exceeding expectations, completely breaking the audience's visual expectations for online big movies. Not only that, the special effects used in some detailed shots are also enough to broaden the imagination of the audience.
It can be said that "The Sword and the Demon" is technically successful, but as a qualified film, only visual impact is not enough. A good work must have a core that can make people feel empathy.
Second, the theme is sublimated, and the complex human nature is explained by Feng Moren
The fantasy films on the Internet big film market in the past, taking into account the special effects and visual experience, often ignore the real theme that a work wants to express, for the sake of cool and cool The movie makes it easy for the audience to have a sense of tasteless food and a pity to abandon it after watching it. However, "Sword and Sword" is sublimated due to the theme, which makes people taste more and more delicious. In
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, the demon Fengmen who want to fight against monsters need to cut off their arms and use iron to forge a brand new arm to fight against these monsters. They protect the peace of the people, and they are enough to be called heroes. Without these Demon sealers, it is conceivable that what the common people can do in the face of monsters is to wait to die.
The beginning of the film lets us see this cruel fact, the little girl and her sister are chased by the fish-faced monster Meng Po. Killed the little girl's sister, and the little girl almost died, they were the most hopefulWaiting for the Demon Sealer to appear.
When there are monsters, the demon sealers are the people the people believe the most, but without the monsters, these demon sealers with a prosthetic limb become monsters in the eyes of the common people. Human nature, the scary thing is never monsters, but people who regard good people as monsters.
The most impressive scene in the film is that the third child of the exorcism trio was slandered as a hooligan. The crowd gathered around him and watched him slash his hand with a knife and stab his body. That's not enough , everyone also hung his body in the city and everyone spurned it, but they had long forgotten that this demon sealer was the hero who protected them.
The film uses the sealer to explain the complexity of human nature, which makes people feel helpless and sad. Not only does it feel that it is not worthwhile for the sealer to sacrifice his own life to exorcise the demon, but he can also clearly know that when the monster appears, these sealer will definitely He will protect the people even at the cost of his own life.
can say that what "Sword and Sword" really wants to show the audience is not the special effects, but the good and evil of human nature.
Third, a large collection of classic Hong Kong film elements, Jiang Weihua has become a genius
In the work "Sword and Sword", you can feel that the elements of the classic Hong Kong film are all integrated together. "The sense of sight, the brotherhood between them can make people instantly substitute for the brotherhood depicted in the Hong Kong film, although the subject matter is different, but the feeling is the same.
and Feng Moren fight monsters. During the period, some light comedy elements were also incorporated, with a bit of Lin Zhengying zombie movie flavor, and the relationship between the protagonists. Although it is not regarded as the focus of the portrayal, it can be seen from it. In the shadow of "A Chinese Ghost Story", the love between human and demon, although it is a commonplace, can always have a timeless feeling.
In addition, there are many scenes that can be seen that "The Sword and the Demon" pays tribute to some high-quality films in the past, but what really pushes the Hong Kong film atmosphere of this work to a climax is Jiang Weihua's appearance. Jiang Weihua was rarely seen in the scene, but this time he still amazed four with his acting skills.
Good steel is used on the blade, and "Sword Sealing the Demon" also makes Jiang Weihua, the old drama bone, a key figure in revealing the theme and core of the film. Through Jiang Weihua's mouth, he poured out the truth behind the demon sealing people. They share the energy of iron. It is coexistence. After destroying the monster, only by destroying the demon sealer can it be truly stable.
Jiang Weihua's eye scene is still terrifying, but his short appearance has raised the level of the film's acting skills.
As a big movie on the Internet, "The Sword and the Demon" is enough to be called a real king-level work. Even if it is placed in the theater, it can make domestic movies ashamed.
