According to the official information released by actor Lan Xinyan, this " New Dragon Inn " has purchased the copyright of the original version and can be adapted. In the old version, a group of martial arts people were fighting in the desert in the north of the Great Wall. This adapted version starring Lan Xinyan is about a group of people fighting on an island. From the desert to the sea, this adaptation is also difficult for the screenwriters and teachers who adapted it.
The overall quality of this version of "New Dragon Inn" starring Lan Xinyan is average. There are many reasons. There are script level and Lan Xinyan’s acting level. This movie can basically be regarded as a typical "shoddy Internet masterpiece".
Let’s talk about the issues at the script level first. Lan Xinyan's version of "New Dragon Inn" opens the Dragon Inn on an isolated island, which is fine. This island setting corresponds to the desert setting in the original version. The real problem with this version is that at the end, there is something like fantasy, which makes the whole movie look very embarrassing.
In this film, the villain eunuch captures a little girl because the little girl's blood can open the underground treasure on the seabed. The treasure turns this "dead eunuch" into a man's sacred water again. Blood unlocks treasures, the treasures contain divine water, and the divine water allows the eunuch to become a man again. This setting makes all the serious fighting in "New Dragon Gate Inn" look ridiculous. Obviously, this fantasy-like foundation cannot support a martial arts film.
This kind of foundation can only be called a continuation of the dog's tail. In the original version of " Dragon Inn ", the spirit of the martial arts characters is extraordinary. In Lan Xinyan's version, the fantasy foundation makes the whole play look more like children's play house. It seems that only those teenagers who like to watch fantasy will think that blood can unlock treasures, and the treasure contains divine water. The divine water can make eunuchs become men again. This kind of movie that challenges the IQ of movie fans obviously cannot become a masterpiece. Another problem with this version of
is Lan Xinyan's performance. In this version, Lan Xinyan’s red dress and many parts of her body are deliberately considered important highlights. From the perspective of obeying the Tao, the entire Longmen Inn is dressed in dark colors, except for the heroine who is given a red dress. This is obviously to highlight the heroine. This kind of design with all the stars supporting the moon can shine as long as the heroine has some acting skills.
As for the design of the red dress, the film seems to have some "ingenuity". What is "craftsmanship"? It just satisfies the aesthetic needs of some movie fans for "interesting" clothing. This red dress must reveal the heroine's eight elbows, must not cover her long legs, must show one shoulder, must leave her breasts "faintly half-covered", etc. I suspect that the crew bought this red dress online from some sex shop. And is this kind of fun aesthetic still a real aesthetic? This needs to be doubted.
Teacher Lan Xinyan, formerly known as Lan Yan, has starred in some truly vulgar movies. After changing her name to Lan Xinyan, I don’t know if she said goodbye to her former “Lan Yan”. However, in "New Dragon Inn", teacher Lan Xinyan does not seem to reject this questionable "red dress aesthetic", and in the specific performance, she is also pursuing a relatively low-end taste.
In the original version, the character Jin Xiangyu is a female hero who looks like a prostitute but is actually very chivalrous. In Lan Xinyan's performance, Jin Xiangyu became an out-and-out, whining prostitute. Lan Xinyan's acting skills are probably not up to par. As a result, she can only perform the character's romantic aura, and can only perform content that pleases men, but cannot express the fortitude behind the character.Every female star can hum and moan, but the chivalrous spirit behind Feng Chen is something that many female stars cannot control.
Soft and weak in performance, this is the most intuitive feeling Lan Xinyan gave movie fans in "New Dragon Inn". What makes movie fans even more strange is that even with such a substandard performance, Lan Xinyan still used dubbing. This kind of far-fetched dubbing, coupled with Lan Xinyan's even more far-fetched performance, made the whole drama extremely embarrassing. In other words, lines are the basic skill of an actor. Does Lan Xinyan not even have the basic skills to do this line?
I think "New Dragon Inn" should be a very hard-hitting martial arts movie, but Lan Xinyan gave the role of Jin Xiangyu the air of her previous movie, which is wrong. Such a performance vilifies Jin Xiangyu. And such an adaptation is unnecessary. (Text/Ma Qingyun)
