When I first watched the opening of "Martial Arts", I looked at the artistic conception expressed in the picture: it was not ancient or Chinese at all, and it was even a bit prosperous scientific/visual picture, which was once confused. When Xu Baijiu, played by Takeshi Kaneshiro, appeared, quickly reasoned and restored the facts, combined with the pictures of human muscles, nerves and internal organs, and explained the real process of the incident, I knew: The movie "Martial Arts", Dazzling reasoning pictures, an attempt to create a Chinese-style CSI plot structure; there are similar visual expression styles that imitate the internal circulation of the human body commonly used in the well-known American doctor's album "Dr. House"; plus the abandonment of traditional Chinese music melody , Changed to use contemporary soundtrack elements to match the plot trend and rhythm of the abnormal behavior (to make you watch the fight as passionate as the fight in "Chasing Bill"). "Martial Arts" successfully refreshed the whole movie. If the whole world is fed up with "Chinese-style martial arts movies" that make people expect disappointed, then at least "Martial Arts" will not let people be too disappointed?
The magnificent epic is replaced by a small town style
Chinese ancient costume movies. In recent years, the pictures are often larger and more luxurious than the screens. Sometimes even the styles are very surreal and dazzling. When I was a child, I watched Shaw Brothers movies, Hong Kong TV series and TV series. The quaint style of styling is very different, which often makes me feel that my cognition is wrong? It is also not clear: what is the authentic costume? (It is true that there are too many styles of dynasties, regions, and even the royal family, the commoners, and the Yi ethnic group.) However, from the costume modeling to the scene, it matches the costume modeling change period of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China in 1917 (each has its own characteristics), " Everything about "Martial Arts" makes me look pleasing to the eye and has high psychological acceptance. The story of
uses a small town in Yunnan to package a martial arts spirit that has been hidden in the mountains and forests for ten years. The scenes can be sustained. The continuous appearance of teahouses, butcher shops and small squares is a bit of a dilemma that the crew has few places available (after all, they are really a cultural preservation area), but it also reflects the "small town" in a harmless manner. Background setting. With the development of the plot, there are constantly interspersed with Yunnan impromptu song chanting, and the dark scenes of the street in the old house, making people listen/see interesting/comfortable. In addition, in the emotionally strong part of the plot, the screen is also matched with a strong and sharp visual style, and the rhythm is also different, so the viewer can easily feel the emotion of each character at the moment.
Since I didn't have high expectations for the movie, I felt satisfied after watching it. (Sure enough, whether the perception is good or bad depends on the error measured by your default position as a benchmark at the beginning)
Chen Kexin’s skill
At the beginning of the movie incident, we also saw the process of fighting, but were returned It is classified as "general people": He obviously has ulterior motives, but can't see why, until Xu Baijiu's appearance and his reinterpretation. Chen Kexin fooled everyone gorgeously from the beginning! The civilian house of
dreams (I really love that house! Half-roofed cows, cute and cool!), paper mills, pools for killing wanted criminals, slaughterhouses... these charming scenes are not It's just the background, they are all given practical value by the plot, and there is no waste. There are also powers in small props. In addition to Chen Yan (check) which can be exchanged for silver, a license ticket (arrest warrant) is required to arrest criminals, and the tea hotel shopkeeper also sells "Daliwan" (aphrodisiac). Especially the fish-fat condom, which is very popular (as a rare life rival for the young civilian couple, their conversation is quite real).
summoning the toughness of the cast can also be said to be a part of Chen's skill. Wang Yu and Hui Yinghong played the role of the Yi people in Xixia to the point where they can be crazy. It was the first time I felt this brutal atmosphere when I grew up. As for the exquisite part, the whole picture is not visible in the movie, but a simple explanation of Xixia's animality wishfully (this is also a way). And Wang Yu, who was once cut off by Pan Yingzi in "The One-Armed Sword King", plays the role of this eldest brother, which has the interest of echoing and inheriting.
has a strong sense of tension at the end of the film. The masters can play tricks but there is a gap in physical strength. The fight between father and son (Wang Yu and Yen Zidan), both hands PK and one hand. Moreover, the big devil has a martial art trick of "invulnerability"...How can the play continue? The key to
is Takeshi Kaneshiro. The big devil can be said to have died because of Xu Baijiu, but did Xu Baijiu kill him? God killed him..
If Xu Baijiu's unremitting acupuncture tricks can be stalked a little bit more, and a few flashes of lightning will come down when fighting outdoors, so that Xu Baijiu will see the lightning and then realize the idea of "acupuncture". "Manually" and "with calculations" to let the weather kill the big demon, it would be much better than the "big devil accidentally struck by thunder" method of death, right? At least it won't make people surprised (although the method of death is basically the same), there is always a difference between "deliberate" and "accident". Be deliberate, it should be easier to convince people.
About Takeshi Kaneshiro
Takeshi Kaneshiro, who spoke Sichuan dialect and made me at a loss, became accustomed to listening as the movie went on, but I still can’t help thinking about his purpose of speaking Sichuan Mandarin? So I think of the section where Chen Kexin admired Takeshi Kaneshiro very much, but was upset that everyone was not sure of his acting skills. Maybe they want to take this hard work to break through and prove something.
As a catcher who believes in science and strict law enforcement, Xu Baijiu performed unfeeling to Tang Long, but he was not unfeeling enough. This made his basic personality indecisive and difficult for him. This is a good character. His professional performance in case handling is 100 points. It is basically the Chinese version of Sherlock Holmes (the same as Tang Long’s martial arts major, both take 100 points), but the personality performance is more subtle and not as good as Tang Long’s tenure in a small town. The faith of the year has always been carried out (but Yen Zidan is very good at acting, his facial expressions are not so powerful, and No. 101 is indifferent). Even if Xu Baijiu's repeated behavior and personality were to be pushed to his "use acupuncture and moxibustion to control his emotional susceptibility," there would still be faults in performance. So although Takeshi Kaneshiro’s expressions and gestures are in place in the movie, I can hardly find a place to dislike him, but this role can be said to be professional or above, not full of personality, and there is no room for more locomotive and cold-blooded play (it should be like Dr. . House is more thorough), the masterpiece of Takeshi Kaneshiro’s movie cannot be realized.
About Tang Wei
There are three Tang Wei movies this year: "Late Autumn" (playing a prisoner), "Martial Arts" (playing a village girl), and "Speed Angel" (playing a racing driver), "Late Autumn" made her the number one in Korea A foreign actor (drama queen) who won the "Korea Baeksang Art Awards" award, and then she won the "Chinese Film Media Award". The best actress.
So why did Tang Wei take on the role of Martial Arts? After watching the movie, you almost have to ask, "How about using a sledgehammer to kill the chicken?" (Tang Wei’s acting skills are inexplicably good in everyone’s minds. She didn’t need to take on such a role with limited performance space, and she was still a commercial Movies.)
Her answer is that if there are movies that make her heart-stirring, she will take them. It may be a role that has not been tried, a good director, or a good counterpart.
Tang Wei in "Martial Arts" is an extremely ordinary village girl, without any independent role. Almost every role next to her is more important than her. But Tang Wei said that it was the perfect role in her heart: living the perfect mountain life, living in a great farmhouse in the forest, with a husband, two sons, and two cows. This is the comfortable life of being a person. Movie, half a year after shooting. There are a few family portraits in Tang Wei's phone that were taken at the time of "Martial Arts", and she still can't bear to delete them. She said she was still reminiscing about the happiness at that time.
For her, this is a role that she has never tried (and loves), a potential commercial film, a powerful director, and an outstanding actor colleague. This is the reason why she took over the filming of "Martial Arts".
She said that in the movie world, there are scripts and very certain, which makes her feel real; on the contrary, the real world is difficult to understand, like a dream. Therefore, we no longer need to think that Tang Wei should only take on special roles and scripts, because in the movie, Tang Wei really feels alive: in this case, having the opportunity to act as an ordinary person is of course the happiest.
