In domestic films and television, "bad people" are a very special existence.
It is difficult for you to use a few simple words to describe him, no, it should be said that they define it -
Once upon a time, some people said that the martial arts arena in domestic films and television had disappeared.
Those born in the 1970s and 1980s who watched Gu Long Jinyong grow up, and as they age, "I once thought I was Linghu Chong, but when I grew up, I became Yue Buqun."
The new generation loves fantasy ancient dolls. The martial arts world is no longer important. What is important is the appearance of the brothers.
Until, "bad people" appear.
The new generation discovered that there is such a charming and dangerous world.
Traditional martial arts are gradually withering away, but the bad guy's "Hua Jiang Hu" is rising among young people. It took
nearly ten years and 6 seasons of animation to be released. It not only became the first line of national comics, but also became evidence that martial arts is still alive.
In the story, from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, based on the "bad guys" arrested by officials in the Tang Dynasty, a fictional mysterious organization loyal to the Tang Dynasty tried to save the crisis.
Li Xingyun, the son of Tang Zhaozong, was forcibly pushed to the stage by the bad commander Yuan Tiangang because of the fall of the Tang Dynasty.
Yuan Tiangang, the first-generation leader of the bad guys, has always presented himself as unfathomable and with a ceiling of combat power. But how was the bad guy organization established? Who is Yuan Tiangang? But it is never told alone.
Until today, a comic book movie about bad guys in the world has finally been released online -
"The Bad Guys in the World".
At first, I thought the same as you: Don’t think about it, it’s another bad money-making movie!
animation becomes a real person and acted out. It is necessary to restore the style and soul of the animation, but also have the style of the live-action version. It is best to take a different approach to the story, but it cannot deviate too far from the animated version. How can
do it?
I didn’t expect that an online movie would be included in a domestic live-action comic book movie, which surprised me.
A prequel story about a bad handsome man, Yuan Tiangang sheds his cold coat in the movie, and becomes flesh and blood, with love and hate, resisting fate, accepting fate, and recreating his destiny.
first aired for two hours and shot to the top of the popular list. When I checked Douban again, it received rave reviews.
What did "Bad Handsome" do right? In my opinion, the success of
lies in four words: martial arts, Jianghu.
put down the ax and raised the Longquan Sword. Chen Guokun once again made the martial arts movie a hit.
1. Domestic live-action comics adapted "martial arts movies" and found a way out
Let me talk about the background of the story first.
Frankly speaking, I think it is normal that "Bad Handsome" was not favored at first.
Because the background of the story is not simple at all.
The story background of the animation "Bad Man" is from the late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
The background of the story of "Bad Handsome" is the late Sui Dynasty, because it tells the prequel story of Yuan Tiangang.
tells the story of how a bad handsome man helped Li Shimin end the troubled times and create the Tang Dynasty in his youth, and finally established a bad man organization and grew into a bad handsome man.
A movie dedicated to bad guys, there is also another key role in "Bad Man", Li Chunfeng.
also contains many elements drawn from real history: Li Yuan and his son, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and Yuwen Zhiji.
When the story begins, the Sui Dynasty still exists, and Emperor Sui Yang is looking for a Longquan Sword.
This is the most important subversion of the movie: it is obviously about Jianghu, but it uses a most unconventional method.
opens with a change of background from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, triggering grievances and resentments in the world and the court.
Yuan Tiangang’s story begins with a massacre.
He had an unusual destiny since he was a child, and he was born with two evil fates. He overcame his parents and neighbors, and only his uncle, who believed in his destiny, was willing to take him in.
However, the uncle's Hidden Soldier Valley soon encountered a massacre. A young man who could use the evil doll to drive Chinese characters to kill people arrived. Everyone in the Hidden Soldier Valley went crazy and his uncle was outnumbered.
Young man Yu Wenzhiji threatened him to hand over his sword - this sword would be Yuan Tiangang's lifelong weapon in the future, the Longquan Sword.
His uncle died to protect his sword, and young Yuan Tiangang wandered around the world since then, becoming a killer known as bone fortune teller.
15 years later, Yuan Tiangang appeared on horseback.
One scene quickly opened up a new style of dealing in the world of killers, and also created a vivid image of Yuan Tiangang that is different from other martial arts heroes -
Before taking an order, he must tell his fortune first, and he should only kill but not kill. person to avoid Party A spending money.
But the proprietress of the inn in a small town on the northwest border insisted on keeping no one else. She didn't wait until next year and took action immediately. She is the heroine of this film, Huanyin.
The task was completed and he received 10 taels of silver. However, he calculated that Huanyin would die in ten days. Yuan Tiangang, who had always told fortunes, wanted to change his life to save Huanyin.
"There are some things. You shouldn't leave it to fate."
With this move, he inadvertently helped Huanyin kill a big figure in history - Li Yuan.
Yuan Tiangang involuntarily broke into the world's chess game.
If Li Yuan dies at this time, the Tang Dynasty will cease to exist.
So of course Li Yuan will not die.
Yuan Tiangang competed with Li Chunfeng, who had white hair, elegant and graceful swordsmanship and a dragon-like sword. However, Li Chunfeng exchanged a secret for Li Yuan's life: the mystery of Yuan Tiangang's uncle's murder.
From then on, Yuan Tiangang's sword style pointed directly at: Yuwen Zhiji.
The phantom sound is an opportunity, which evokes his past memories and his heart to change his destiny.
However, changing your life is not that easy.
He went out of the mountain to save Huanyin, and Huanyin died to save him.
Once the game of chess in the world begins, it must continue.
Traditional martial arts movies usually involve competing for secrets, hunting for treasures, competing for the first place, or inviting a few people to discuss swordsmanship in Huashan.
And Yuan Tiangang in the film, behind the flash of sword and shadow, is all about belonging to the world.
The final battle is also a martial arts showdown, starting at the same time as the battle for the world.
Some people may say that if a martial arts work does not focus on the world, but on the world, isn't it a kind of abandonment of the basics?
before answering this question.
Let me first ask, what kind of rivers and lakes are these?
Isn’t it the arena of power and the martial arts of people’s hearts?
The story of "Bad Handsome" continues exactly this bad guy style, but changes the background of the story from the late Tang Dynasty to the late Sui Dynasty.
It carefully presents a background of troubled times.
once again spent a lot of time describing the different characters fighting in this troubled world, using their complexity to set off Yuan Tiangang's simplicity.
When all the dust settled, Yuan Tiangang became Yuan Tiangang.
From telling fortunes by weighing bones, changing a woman's destiny against the will of heaven, to changing the destiny of a dynasty against the heavens.
I have to say that the story’s discussion of the relationship between people and destiny is very Chinese-style Zen.
In the fusion of history and fantasy, the prequel story of Yuan Tiangang and the bad guy organization becomes complete.
And this style of fusion of fantasy and martial arts, rivers and lakes and temples has also found a new way out for the domestic martial arts film.
Two or three fight scenes are enough to be written into the textbooks
One of the major difficulties in the movie is that both It has the style and characteristics of live-action movies, but also needs to restore and present the animation style.
The most direct thing is action scenes.
Traditional martial arts movies originated in Hong Kong, from Shaw Brothers to Jiahe, and they pay attention to tricks and tricks. You come I'll explain it clearly, move by move.
The action design of "Bad Handsome" completely breaks through the traditional martial arts: it not only pursues a hearty and refreshing feeling, the lens language is also very traditional Chinese artistic conception, the combination of real action and special effects, and more Reminiscent of animation.
Three action scenes, progressive and immersive.
The first scene: Yuan Tiangang versus Li Chunfeng.
After watching this action scene, all my doubts about the movie disappeared: it’s great!
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such an exciting fighting scene.
The iron law of the world is that it’s easy to kill people at night.
Yuan Tiangang just followed Huanyin, who came to avenge his father, and pierced Li Yuan with a sword.
The next second, when he walked out of the room, he was surrounded by Li Chunfeng and his troops.
Let’s look at Li Chunfeng, who is dressed in white and has sword skills like a dragon. He is as elegant and agile as ink, creating a unique and unrestrained artistic conception unique to the world.
The next second, he suddenly made a move, as fast and accurate as the wind, stepping lightly on the ground, blocking, sweeping, soaring, and moving, so smoothly that if he were an ordinary master, his life would have been taken away long ago.
But Li Chunfeng’s opponent is Yuan Tiangang.
This martial arts fight is not about showing off skills, but about shaping the character's characteristics and describing the character through moves.
Compared with Li Chunfeng's lightness as water, Yuan Tiangang's martial arts style is as heavy as Mount Tai.
The punches rise and fall with full force, killing every move.
The battle between the two was like a duel between ice and fire.
One fist is like fire, and the other sword is like ice.
One fell from the sky, and the other retreated to advance.
The leaves are falling, the powerful collide, you come and I go, the fight is not only the Tiangang Jue under the special effects, but also the cultivation and different personalities of the two peerless masters.
It was also because Yuan Tiangang showed his unique skills in the face of a powerful enemy that Li Chunfeng discovered his identity, which led to the subsequent murder-rescue.
But if you want to save Li Yuan, you must go to one place: the Star Tomb.
This leads to the second battle: Yuan Tiangang versus Yuwen Zhiji.
In the small mountain space of Xingzhong, Yuwen led his troops to confront Li Shimin and Li Chunfeng.
Is there a template for this fight scene? There really is!
is obviously reminiscent of the passage in "River God" where Lian Huaqing manipulates the church members and attacks the protagonist group like zombies.
all fought against the enemy in a small space, but Yuwen's magic power was more vicious. He directly drove Chinese characters to resurrect the dead, and the dead chopped down the living and became dead again. In this way, Li Shimin's troops all became Yuwen’s puppet.
Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang could only fight against the enemy.
This battle not only captured the beauty of the fight, but also captured Yuan Tiangang's domineering power, Li Chunfeng's elegance, and Phantom Yin's agility. With the cooperation of
special effects, Yuan Tiangang's combat power ceiling is really vividly captured. Chen Guokun is simply the commander-in-chief of Yuan Tiangang.
But in this battle, he finally lost to Yuwen.
Yuwen Zhiji: On the wonderful uses of evil dolls.
The doll exerts its power and enters the soul in one second, bringing Yuan Tiangang into a confusing environment, a boy's nightmare.
This scene is a blend of martial arts, fantasy, and horror movies, and it doesn't actually go against the grain.
Yuan Tiangang is at a disadvantage, how to break the situation?
At this point, the action scenes have actually created a sense of suspense. This approach seems both novel and confident.
Game 3: Yuan Tiangang fights Yuwen Zhiji again.
This time, Yuan Tiangang will not give the other party any chance.
single-handedly broke into the lair of Yuwen, who had already attempted to usurp the throne. He wanted to settle a personal vendetta with his opponent.
At the same time, Li Shimin's Tang army formed a formation, competing with Yuwen's troops outside the city for the country.
Yuwen is still the same, what if there are no dead people? Then release the Chinese characters and turn the living Imperial Guards into dead Imperial Guards.
With the disadvantage of one against many, when has Yuan Tiangang ever been afraid?
In the main hall, everyone took action, but they were no match for Yuan Tiangang's vigorous attack.
There was a cold light in Yuan Tiangang's eyes, making the audience feel as if they were in a Shura field where ghosts were crying and wolves were howling.
The miscellaneous soldiers have been eliminated, and Yuwen's last lackey, the wizard, was hit into the sky by Yuan Tiangang.
Yuwen has no party members anymore.
one against one.
Yuwen needs the help of Chinese characters to drive the puppet. If there is no puppet to drive, he is just a miscellaneous soldier.
But Yuan Tiangang’s last punch brought a sense of grief like breaking his wrists and cutting his flesh.
What does it mean to settle a grudge with one punch?
this! At once! yes!
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, Yuan Tiangang is really good at revenge.
The three carefully designed fighting scenes show the extremely high "business" of the entire crew.
Falling leaves, moonlight and other very Chinese-style images dispel the blood-soaked nature of the film.
special effects help, showing animation-like fun.
uses clever techniques to retain and even amplify the visibility of the battle.
What's even more impressive is that all characters' fighting scenes will be subtly and reasonably adjusted according to different opponents and different scenes.
Yuan Tiangang is extremely fierce and righteous in his heart.
Yuwen hides behind the viciousness of the ink and wash characters, which shows the cowardice deeply buried in this character's heart.
Martial arts and martial arts, martial arts come first, chivalry comes after, martial arts are the bones and muscles, and chivalry is the skin and flesh.
can so easily make a desperate and sleeping hero angry and awaken, embarking on a road of revenge toward death, which is really exciting.
earned back his face with wonderful fighting scenes, and then filled it with chivalrous characters.
I dare to say that the ceiling of ancient martial arts + revenge movies + political intrigue has been touched by this bad handsome man.
3. The villain is amazing, Chen Guokun is a bad handsome guy, but the heroine firmly caught my eye as soon as she appeared.
Jianghu is never just about swords and swords, fighting and killing, people are the flesh and blood and soul that make up martial arts.
"Bad Handsome" skillfully draws a group portrait of the late Sui Dynasty, and it is very advanced. The characters often stand up as soon as they appear.
The one whose appearance amazes me is the heroine Mao Xiaohui.
In the past, many viewers were prejudiced against Mao Xiaohui, including me, because of the divine sculpture.
Now that I have watched the movie, I think the casting is fine.
Mao Xiaohui is really cool and chivalrous, and her appearance when she first appeared was pure and somewhat gold-inlaid.
is also very cool to play.
Of course, the most important thing is beauty. Every shot is as beautiful as a painting. Only such a beautiful woman can make Yuan Tiangang want to change her life for her.
The acting that amazed me was Yu Wen Zhiji played by Kang Eun Hyuk.
, this "educated" and "filial son" with a face full of words, acted so bad and evil that he looked like Lian Huaqing from "River God" in his true colors, so ruthless!
But the most outstanding character in the film is Chen Guokun, who is the protagonist and stuns the audience every time he appears.
As the movie star most like Bruce Lee in the world, Chen Guokun's development in the entertainment industry has not been smooth in recent years. Even if he participated in blockbusters, he only got supporting roles.
This film, however, gives Chan Kwok-kun plenty of space to perform. In several big action scenes, he uses special effects to show his dominance and power without anger. It seems that the winner has been decided before even a fight.
During the fight, Chen Guokun had no expression on his face the whole time, and he looked confident, showing his image as a master.
In addition to action, he also played the heart of Bad Handsome, a character full of complex emotions and contradictions.
He bears a blood feud, but he still has a sense of justice.
Although he could not save Huanyin's life in the end, he protected the Tang Dynasty for 300 years.
Chinese-style heroes all have a lonely temperament, and the fate of martyrdom is fully reflected in Yuan Tiangang.
Today, we have been hurt for a long time by domestic martial arts that are full of fake chivalry and slow motion.
can see works that not only have good fighting skills, but also have more heroic characters.
Who knows, I am in tears.
It is because of these flesh-and-blood characters that I dare to assert -
4. The martial arts expression in "Bad Handsome" shows that martial arts movies
are not without their shortcomings.
The presentation of some scenes is too showy; the plot is also immature, but one advantage is enough: martial arts.
Although the decline of domestic martial arts is an obvious trend.
But while watching a movie. Those emotionally charged comments on Douban pages made my heart surge instinctively.
makes people clearly aware that the core of
martial arts is not only not dead, but also iterating.
movie carefully presents a background of troubled times. The Jianghu texture in it is not only very impactful when moving, but also worth holding your breath when you sit still.
The desert has wild sand, and the setting sun melts gold.
rode his horse and whipped his whip, and drove away.
The mountains and rivers are vast, and a horse walks alone.
The composition, light and shadow are all deeply oriental aesthetics, like ink paintings, so beautiful that they pierce your heart. With the soundtrack of
and the ink flowing, I felt as if I had followed Yuan Tiangang into the world.
Destiny is unchangeable, but the true meaning of martial arts lies in disobedience.
Yuan Tiangang clearly knew Huanyin's fate, but wanted to resist it.
Yuan Tiangang clearly knew the fate of the Tang Dynasty, but he still wanted to change his destiny against nature.
can't do it, so what?
I like what Yuan Tiangang said very much: If fate brings misfortune to me, then I will bring misfortune to the wicked.
In fact, today’s martial arts movies are changing fate against the will of heaven. So what if
fails?
In at least one online movie "Bad Handsome", some people see chivalry, some see righteousness, and some see love.
Martial arts are not dead after all.
Because there are still people in martial arts.
Once you are a bad person, you will always be a bad person.
