Many friends who like Gulong martial arts movies know that the last Gulong martial arts movie was "The Top of the Forbidden City" in 2000. Until 2016, only one Gulong martial arts movie was released, that is, "The Sword of the Three Young Masters." From then on until 2019, there were no movies related to Gulong Wuxia.
Why do martial arts fans look forward to Gulong martial arts movies?
is a movie adapted from Gulong martial arts novels, representing the best era of martial arts movies and the peak period of martial arts movies. Those who have read Gu Long's novels should feel that Gu Long's novels are innately prepared for movies. There are Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng, and Wen Rui'an as famous martial arts giants as Gu Long. Of course, some people say that Jin Yong is the first and Gu Long is second, and some people say that they are tied for the first place. In terms of literary achievements, Gu Long is still inferior to Jin Yong. of. However, Gu Long surpassed Jin Yong in some aspects of martial arts. For example, in the field of movies, Gu Long has more than 80 novels adapted into movies, and Jin Yong has more than 20 adapted into movies; but Jin Yong’s novels surpass the adaptation of TV series. Gu Long.
Jin Yong's novels are upright and upright, never going lopsidedly. They belong to the traditional Chinese culture. The protagonists in Jin Yong's novels mostly rely on slowly fighting monsters and upgrading, gradually becoming more powerful, and eventually becoming a generation of heroes. The rhythm of the novel looks like a person’s legendary experience. For example, "Swordsman" can be called "Legend of Linghu Chong", "The Legend of Condor Heroes" can be called "Legend of Guo Jing", and "The Legend of Condor Heroes" is called "Yang Guo" "Legend", "Yitian Slaying Dragon" is called "Legend of Zhang Wuji". The protagonist grows up step by step. This kind of martial arts novel creation method is most suitable for TV series, and there is enough space to show a person's growth experience. However, the limitations of making movies are too great, because movies are mostly one or two hours, so it is very difficult to change Jin Yong's novels into movies, and there are inherent limitations.
On the contrary, Gu Long’s novels were born for the film. The protagonist in Gu Long’s novels is martial arts as soon as he enters the stage, and he can do it with three punches, unlike Jin Yong’s hundreds of rounds. To give a few examples, who is Li Xunhuan's master? Who did Chu Liuxiang learn martial arts from? Who knows who taught Lu Xiaofeng's aura? Surely no one can answer, they are super masters when they come out.
Gulong's novels are not about a person’s growth experience, but all the characters in the story. They revolve around a central event. The protagonist is either revenge or gratitude. In short, this is the core. Therefore, Gu Long's novels were prepared for the movie innately. He is not as long as Jin Yong. His novels do not need to be comprehensive. Once they appear, they are the climax of the plot.
In ancient dragon novels, there are many plots that are against martial arts traditions. For example, usually martial arts novels are powerful. The older they are, the higher the martial arts. But ancient dragon novels are not. The more typical "Sentimental Swordsman Ruthless Sword" and "Little The protagonists in "Li Fei Dao" are all young people.
Gu Long released many excellent martial arts works throughout his life. His life was at its peak. At that time, Gu Long even wrote scripts first, and then wrote novels based on the scripts, so he himself gradually learned how to write scripts. Therefore, when Gu Long's novels are published, they are often section by section, which feels like a sub-shot of a movie, so Gu Long's works are very suitable for making movies.
Now that the peak era of martial arts films represented by Gulong movies has passed, why are all martial arts films no longer good?
’s current computer stunts are very cash. People who don’t know how to martial arts can also take great martial arts effects. This has led many people to grab the martial arts show, so there are fewer and fewer real stars. Becoming blue and yellow, so everyone can no longer feel the original feeling of fist and fist, and martial arts movies will inevitably gradually decline.
Gulong martial arts movies represent the best era of martial arts films, but that era has passed. At present, Chinese star starring is declining and technology is more and more advanced. How can we carry forward martial arts films in this era?
In the past, martial arts films were the earliest and most glorious field of Chinese film going to the world.
Can our country produce more good screenwriters like Gu Long and Jin Yong, and then produce such good martial arts novels, and hope that more novel martial arts novels will appear in the future. We look forward to that day.
