Piccolo wrote a few days ago about "The movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" was urgently removed from the archives" review article after the release of the enthusiastic response, netizens expressed their expression of the arrogant Bruce Lee image that Quentin portrayed in the movie. Up my own opinion.
The vast majority of netizens think that there is no need to go online for this matter, but that the director’s film creation should be respected, because the fictional image and reality in the film cannot be equated, and at most, artists like Quentin are different from ordinary people. Bad taste". While discussing Quentin’s controversial approach, we should also reflect on ourselves, because when it comes to deliberately blacking Bruce Lee, we do not do less in domestic movies, compared with Quentin’s pediatrics in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".
Next, Pi Ge will take a look at the movies that feature Bruce Lee as the protagonist or appear in Bruce Lee's movies in film history, to see how different his images on the screen are from reality.
1. "Ip Man: The Ultimate Battle" turns Bruce Lee into a "wretched"
When it comes to movies that take Bruce Lee to death, Piccolo first thought of "Ip Man: The Ultimate Battle" in 2013. This is A movie with Ye Wen as the protagonist, directed by Qiu Litao and played by Huang Qiusheng.
With the release of Donnie Yen's "Ip Man" series, this movie is obviously trying to catch a wave of popularity. The character image of
is the point that Pi Ge wants to complain most. Huang Qiusheng, who is 180cm tall, is asked to play the 163cm Ye Wen. The gap of close to 20 cm makes it difficult for Pi Ge to have a sense of substitution for the character image.
The image of Bruce Lee that did not appear until the second half is played by a passerby named Zhang Junjie. Regardless of his face, body, and image, he is very far from the real Bruce Lee, and the tone and form of his speech are even more reminiscent of two. One word-wretched.
To be honest, Pi Ge was a little shocked when he saw this character, and he couldn't understand why the film's creator wanted to damage Bruce Lee's image so much. If
is just a joke, its damage value is more than twice that of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".
2. "Brother Bruce Lee", Bruce Lee turns into a "puppet"
In the 2010 film "Brother Bruce Lee", the film crew chose the young and handsome Li Zhiting to play Bruce Lee. The
film has been in preparation for a long time, and the main creator has also spent a lot of energy on restoring historical details. The film was released just in time for the 70th anniversary of Bruce Lee’s birth, which is a good time and place.
However, the story is very thin while the movie is playing the love card. Bruce Lee’s image does not reflect personality at all. Instead, he has become a "puppet" that only connects the historical figures of Hong Kong film industry that appear like a revolving lantern. My own experience and emotional line are as tasteless. The
movie also caused word-of-mouth and box office failure without any surprises. The national box office was only 13 million yuan, which is simply horrible.
3. "Tower of Death", a work borrowed from Bruce Lee's famous name
5 years after Bruce Lee's death, Jiahe re-produced a "Game of Death" based on Bruce Lee's unfinished legacy, "Game of Death". South Korean actor Kim Tae-jung is responsible for completing the back and action scenes of "Starring Bruce Lee" according to the plot, but he is actually not like Bruce Lee at all, and he does not know how he was selected back then.
In 1981, Kim Tae-jung starred in another movie "Tower of Death" that took the money from Bruce Lee, and later appeared in many action movies.
This includes "A Game of Blood" directed by Yuan Kui in 1986, with Shangge Yundun as the villain, and Bruce Lee, played by Kim Tae-jung, as the mentor of the hero in the film. The movie is very second, and there are no highlights in the action scenes. Bruce Lee's appearance is just a gimmick, and Kim Tae-jung's performance can be ignored.
Fourth, "Bruce Lee and Me", with Bruce Lee's love history as a selling point.
There is also a "Bruce Lee and I" in the 1970s that must be mentioned, because it is based on Bruce Lee's confidante Ding Pei "self-exposed" and the story of Bruce Lee's love history. Among the most fascinating of
is Ding Pei's account of the details of the story that happened on the day of Bruce Lee's death.
But this movie is full of Ding Pei's wishful thinking, and the story doesn't have much brilliance.
Although Li Xiuxian’s image and temperament are very good, he still lacks in playing Bruce Lee. His body and lines are not at the same level. The audience watching his image is veryIt is difficult to associate him with Bruce Lee.
5. "Birth of the Dragon", Bruce Lee vs. Shaolin monk
The last movie to tell the story of Bruce Lee was 2016's "Birth of the Dragon", which is also a Hollywood work, played by Wu Yunlong as Bruce Lee. The
movie also bears the signature of Bruce Lee's biography, but not to mention the image of Wu Yunlong, it is enough to violate Huang Zemin as a Shaolin monk and let Bruce Lee fight with a monk.
6. Taiwan He Zongdao imitated "too deliberate"
and counted those Bruce Lee actors. If we go back to the 1970s, many people will recognize He Zongdao from Taiwan.
He is called "Bruce Lee Second" and his English name is "Bruce Li". He has appeared in many movies imitating Bruce Lee. He has also appeared in "Legend of Bruce Lee" (1974) and "Legend of Bruce Lee" (1976). Played Bruce Lee in this movie.
He Zongdao is 176cm tall, taller than Bruce Lee. His image, temperament, and martial arts skills are very good, and he is generally accepted by the audience. However, if you deliberately imitate a person, you will always live in the shadow of it, and he will definitely not be able to walk. Too far.
may be deeply moved by this. He actually directed and acted in a movie called "Dragon's Shadow" in 1984, and Bruce Lee's disciple Dan Inno Santo also starred.
He Zongdao has been active until 1990, and he retired when he was just over 40 years old. I don't know why.
Seven. The image of Bruce Lee in the "Ip Man" series is well received.
Compared with the previous six different versions of the "Image of Bruce Lee", the treatment of Bruce Lee in the "Ip Man" series by Donnie Yen is much more positive.
A childhood Bruce Lee appeared in the ending egg of "Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grand Master" in 2010, played by Donnie Yen’s little apprentice Jiang Daiyan. It was just a shot and said something without miles. Although it has nothing to do with historical facts, it is also very interesting.
Since the childhood Bruce Lee is mentioned, Pico needs to explain the copyright issue of Bruce Lee's image.
Bruce Lee’s wife Linda Emory and daughter Li Xiangning, and his family Li Zhenhui and others, also had disputes over this, and later reached a consensus that the copyright of the image from Bruce Lee’s birth to his departure in 1959 belongs to Bruce’s family After arriving in the United States in 1959 until his death, the copyright belongs to his wife and daughter.
However, when Li Zhenhui uses the copyright of Bruce Lee, he has always been careful to avoid causing disputes. Therefore, in the 2015 "Ip Man 3", Bruce Lee, played by Chen Guokun, only made a cameo appearance in the form of easter eggs.
Pig has always felt that among the many Bruce Lee imitators, Chen Guokun's image is the most similar, at least 80%, while others are less than 50%.
As early as when Stephen Chow was filming "Shaolin Football", Chen Guokun was discovered to play the fourth brother in the film because of his image resembling Bruce Lee.
got the opportunity to star in the CCTV version of "Legend of Bruce Lee" in 2008, for which he spent a lot of time and energy training his muscles.
In "Ip Man 3", he basically continued the image in "Legend of Bruce Lee". In addition, Chen Guokun also served as a stand-in for Bruce Lee's CG image in the 2013 Johnnie Walker drink commercial. Pico was really shocked when he suddenly saw the ad on TV, but later learned that it was drawn with CG.
The "Ip Man 4" released at the end of the year will feature Ye Man's entry into the United States. In the cast, Chen Guokun's name is next to Donnie Yen. Pico estimates that by then Chen Guokun's version of Bruce Lee will have more scenes.
8. Hollywood produced "Bruce Lee's Biography", which concealed the face gap
The more conscientious Bruce Lee movie produced by Hollywood was "Bruce Lee's Biography" in 1993, which was played by Bruce Lee, a big man like Pico very much.
Li Tie has exaggerated muscles, and his height has reached 178cm. His pectoral muscles are bigger than Bruce Lee’s, but his back muscles are a little bit worse. He is the best in shape among many actors, but his face is worse than Bruce Lee’s. A lot.
movies basically follow Bruce Lee oneLife experience tells, as a pure action film rather than a biographical film, which adds a lot of action scenes, where Bruce Lee goes, there will be a fight. Although
has no milestones in the story, it can't stand scrutiny, but it is very enjoyable, and it is one of the favorite movies of Pi Ge when he was a child.
9. "The Legend of Bruce Lee (Dragon in the Rivers and Lakes)", the character interpretation is the biggest highlight.
When I was young, Pi had watched a conscientiously produced TV series, "The Legend of Bruce Lee (Dragon in the Rivers and Lakes)" in 1992. Liu Jialiang plays Bruce Lee's father in the film, named Li Baichuan instead of Li Haiquan.
is Wu Dawei who plays Bruce Lee. Although he has no martial arts skills, his personality is somewhat similar.
There are 30 episodes in this play. The Hong Kong-style story is accompanied by wonderful action scenes. It was considered a serious work in the 1990s, but unfortunately, there is no complete set online.
Whether it’s Quentin’s portrayal of Bruce Lee’s “arrogant” image in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" or the imitation of the form and spirit in the 9 film and television versions mentioned above, in fact, what audiences want to see is the real Bruce Lee in history. Not subjectively ugly. Some netizens of
mentioned that Bruce Lee's character was indeed a bit "arrogant and arrogant." They also cited that the reason why he went to study in the United States was because of fighting and causing serious trouble.
In response to this, Pico would like to explain. According to Pico's in-depth understanding of Bruce Lee over the years, he did have an arrogant and violent side during his lifetime, and he once went downstairs to Luo Wei's house with a knife to find him. The black history was also nicknamed "crazy dragon" by the Hong Kong gossip media.
And when he was a teenager, because Ye Wen encouraged his disciples to exchange ideas with others, the Wing Chunmen, including Bruce Lee, often fought with others. Most of them competed on the rooftops, but also in the Kowloon Walled City. Even Bruce Lee was called one of the "Four Tigers in Nine Dragons" because of his experience in the competition.
As far as Pico knows, Bruce Lee is a person with distinct loves and dislikes. He can treat people he likes or is close to him, and he can put his heart to heart; and people he hates are often very arrogant and irritable.
Yuan Hua also recalled that on the set of "Fighting Dragons", Bruce Lee had always had a very good attitude towards the staff of the Hong Kong company; while for the Hollywood team, he put on another face and became furious at every turn. In fact, this has a lot to do with his grievances that he was unfairly treated in Hollywood in his early years.
Everyone has advantages and disadvantages, Bruce Lee has many disadvantages, so that if Pico says that he can write a separate article.
But the most important thing that Pico likes Bruce Lee is that he is real and direct, never hides himself, and reveals his advantages and disadvantages.
Bruce Lee was extremely obsessed with martial arts and raised it to a philosophical level. This is something that martial artists in the same period rarely can do. It is also the reason why he can still occupy a place in the martial arts world even if he has never had a ring record. .
Text/Pippi Film Editor: Passionate Blood
