After 1 day of broadcast, it rushed to the second place on the list. Jiang David successfully made the audience enter the pit. Did the fantasy movie have a king blow up?

oriental fantasy still play?

Once upon a time, domestic fantasy films were not only very successful at the box office, but also carried the important task of "blockbusterization" of domestic films.

In 2008, a Chen Kun Zhou Xun's "Painted Skin" opened the door to a domestic fantasy blockbuster in one fell swoop. The audience voted at the box office for the first time: The original domestic fantasy film can be played like this?

A Tsui Hark 's "Di Renjie" once again opened up a new world of special effects for domestic fantasy films. The audience found: The oriental magic world opened by fantasy films can be so magical?

In the first decade of the new century, the "Monster Hunt" series and the "Journey to the West" series by Zhou Xingchi and were the absolute heads of the market. Fantasy films were once synonymous with domestic blockbusters.

But then, it all came to an abrupt end.

firstly saw a decline in the performance of blockbuster sequels, fantasy films were no longer invincible, and then fantasy films such as " Asura " directly pushed the reputation of this genre to a bottom. When it comes to the Spring Festival in 2021, the box office failure of " " created by Chen Guofu , Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, etc., who have jointly set off a whirlwind of fantasy film box office, indicates that fantasy films will basically bid farewell to the main film market in the short term. schedule.

So far, domestic fantasy films have fallen into the quagmire of creation, like falling into a blurred fantasy world in a fantasy world, with no way out.

But while theatrical fantasy films were on the decline, online fantasy films began to rise on a large scale. The reason for

is that the Internet means a more open creative space and a more circular audience. Fantasy films have once again blossomed in this soil.

When the summer season arrives, blockbusters such as "Mozart in Outer Space " are struggling at the box office. An online fantasy film that has just been launched recently is full of momentum as soon as it appears - "The Sword and the Demon". On the first day of

, it won the second place on the platform soaring list.

What's even more surprising is that in addition to the male protagonist Pu Bajia , I even saw a familiar face from the movie: Jiang David .

Shaw Brothers martial arts, must belong to the era of high-quality goods, he is the real top class sweeping Asia.

But at the same time, three questions popped into my mind.

is the first, so many people hold it, is this fantasy film real, and is the audience watching it?

Second, pull away the fig leaf of feelings and invite a veteran actor like David Jiang, is it another consumption of feelings?

Third, except for special effects, what is the core of a domestic magic blockbuster?

After watching the video, everything suddenly became clear. Unexpectedly, the domestic magic universe really hit another blow in this summer.

is a domestic fantasy, why make a new world on the Internet? It's time to make it clear.

1, into the play, Feng Mo

is a real blockbuster, often the first picture can let you into the play. The movie opens with a large chase scene. The

demons are in the world, and the demons are rampant.

A mother and daughter fleeing in the jungle.

The dark and dark forest, the blood-red claws, the fish-faced "fish-head monster" and the miserable and sharp cry, instantly made the hair stand on end.

Mother and daughter hid under a big tree, the gears of fate turned slowly. The music of

is low, and the mood is involuntarily tense.

At this moment, a pair of sharp claws stretched out to the girl's mother, and the next second, the woman became the monster's meal.

's mother's blood spilled on the girl's head.

But the girl didn't dare to cry and silently covered her mouth with her hands, but she still couldn't escape the claws of the demon, and the girl couldn't keep it?

Feng Mo Ren shot.

a demon sealer? In the Lieyang Volcano, there is a special metal called Yi iron, and the weapons forged with it have miraculous effects on monsters. However, the mortal body cannot withstand the powerful energy of iron. Many warriors came to Lie Ri Volcano in order to slay demons and remove demons, where they cut off their arms and put on prosthetic limbs forged with iron.

The three brothers Tangxi (played by Pu Bajia), Luo Chuan and Qiu Feng are the last generation of demon sealers. The demons will be eliminated. Today is the ultimate battle with the demon king.

The three of them were galloping in the woods, and they saw a monster on the way. Tang Xi took action and rescued the girl.

The demon who chases girls is called Po Meng.

Then the three formed an encirclement, encircling Po Yan in the center, Po Yan flew away, and the three of them chased after them all the way with the help of branches in the forest.

is finally in one place, subduing demons and subduing demons - "Luo Chuan, the old way".

one person went around to the front of Yan Po, blocking the enemy with bows and arrows, one person forced Yan Po to the Jedi with a blade, and finally the elder brother Tang Xi volleyed down and succeeded in subduing the demon.

But the girl ran all the way and came to a river, but was stunned by the explosion not far away. Isn't the

demon already subjugated? Why is there still an explosion? When the

camera turns, it turns out that this is the last battle between the demon sealer and the demon king.

The "monsters" that made the audience's eyes stunned appeared one after another. The "fish-headed monster" with a fish-faced body, the "Yan Po" with the shape of a bone skeleton, and the giant "big monster" with a sense of oppression all appeared.

, especially the king of demons, turned out to be a huge monster with a body shape like Godzilla in the monster movie, as if it had the power to destroy the world.

The fireball it spit out was so powerful that it hit flint everywhere.

The Demon Sealers lined up and tried to restrain them with a spear, but were countered by the Demon King, who also devoured several Demon Sealers.

At a critical moment, the three brothers entered the battle and nodded with the master played by David Jiang.

Tang Xi stepped forward with his knife and hit the Demon King, but he did not hurt him in the slightest.

Sparks splashed everywhere, the battle was stalemate, the screams of the demon sealers, and the explosions caused by the demon king's counterattack, the killing sound shook the sky. In the blink of an eye, the fireball caused an overwhelming amount of sand and dust, rolling up the sand and gravel, covering the sky and the sun.

A fireball fell on the child, Tang Xi flew forward and was bounced off by the explosion.

At the moment of life and death, the master played by Jiang David rose up in the air, jumped onto the body of the demon king, inserted the top secret weapon of the demon sealer, the Jue Mingzhu, and forced out the demon body.

Pearl entered the body, but the master was injured by the blood of the devil, fell to the ground and vomited blood, and was seriously injured. "Don't worry about me, hurry up and bring down the demon, don't let him force out the Pearl."

The demon sealer obeyed the order and said an oath. Burning his physical energy to the limit, he rushed towards the Demon King with his fleshly body, causing bursts of explosions.

The devil remains motionless. But at this moment, the Jue Mingzhu worked, and the devil finally spit out his body. This was the best time to subdue the devil.

Tang Xi immediately picked up the knife and flew up, slashed down in the air, and sealed the demon with the sword. This knife

chopped off the Demon King's body.

The hero fell to the ground, and the devil's body spontaneously ignited and turned into dust. All exorcists finally took off their veils to welcome this epic moment.

The era of demons has passed, and so has the era of demon sealers.

So far, the movie has been going on for 7 minutes, monsters, monsters, monsters, forest chase, human-demon showdown... The first wave of

climaxed, and the fight was earth-shattering.

With the sorrowful cry of the demon sealer, I have already entered the play. Not only did he enter the play, but a strong emotion was ignited.

I read that right? The details of

, this camera movement , this special effect, the narrative is not at all sloppy, the special effects and martial arts movements are not top-level, but they are already advanced in the big online movies, the most important thing is that the filming is blood boiling and immersive.

Internet fantasy film, is this level already?

But, after the excitement, the question also came out: the demon was successfully subdued at the beginning, what's the next story? The trinity of

2, atmosphere, special effects, and story. Comparing this film with other fantasy films, the difference comes out

Continuing to watch it, I find that the film is different.

When theatrical fantasy films were still spinning back and forth in the world of the Western magic system, it found a new way from classics and traditions. The new path of

is "inclusiveness".

This is also the first point of view of the movie: the thrilling scenes with flexible styles.

In Wangdali, "Sword and Sword" may make people's eyes shine. However, after all, "deceived" but true fans.

In the first half hour, you can already see the fusion of multiple types of films: the opening is a Hollywood and Japanese monster film, followed by a suspenseful reversal of a thriller, three brothers, two swords and one straw hat. Brotherhood of the film... Seven years after the opening battle of

, the three Tangxi brothers lived in Qincheng to fish for a living, but unexpectedly met a new monster by the river.

But haven't the demons been wiped out seven years ago? The three of

investigate deeply and find that there is a problem with the brewery in the city. Those who drink are turned into demons. The three of

informed the city owner, but they were thrown into prison.

was about to be harmed by demons, and the heroine rushed to save the three at a critical moment.

A few people rushed to the brewery.

came in and saw that he was very demonic. The guy in the brewery has long been turned into a fish head monster. This scene of

fully reflects the characteristics of online fantasy films: at the production level, a horror atmosphere is fully created under limited conditions.

its trick, although old but clever.

For example, this scene - the demonic spirit of the brewery covered the eyes, the four people were separated, the second brother and the third brother finally got together, the next second, the second brother was thrown down by one fish-headed man, and another fish-headed man appeared in the position of the second brother. The younger brother is still talking to the second brother, "Second brother, you are so icy".

turned his head again, "Demon" - punched the fish-headed man, "scared me to death".

feels like a zombie movie made in Hong Kong.

In another scene, Tang Xi and the heroine "Xiaolu" are investigating in the brewery, trapped by demonic energy, Tang Xi is in danger, Xiaolu is the savior, and does not hesitate to show the prototype of the demon to help Tang Xi escape.

was immediately asked three times by Tang Xi, "How can you be a demon." The male protagonist eliminates the demon? It is to make her change back immediately, so as not to be seen in real body.

, does this scene look like a Hong Kong-style fantasy love affair with a "A Chinese Ghost Story"?

In addition, the horror and thriller stories, coupled with the realistic shooting, can instantly bring the audience into the fantasy atmosphere of the film, which is also often seen in Hong Kong-made thrillers.

A tribute to the heart, or a parody?

only has Hong Kong movie elements? Pay attention to the key elements of the demon sealer in the film. The "prosthetic limbs" (integrated with iron), such as ancient Yanshi, Maoshan tenon, and contemporary mechanical steampunk, are not the common elements in Japanese-style monster films?

But the film is eclectic, all the above elements are integrated into one furnace, how to look good, of course it looks enjoyable.

The second point of view: the special effects are not top-notch, but they are sufficient.

A good story is the premise for the audience to enter the play, but the reason why fantasy films can be watched must be special effects.

For fantasy movies, special effects are almost the lifeblood, and a single sentence of special effects can basically sentence a fantasy movie to death.

But the cost of online movies is very limited. How to make special effects with limited money?

The answer is: use good steel on the blade, and then use imagination to fill the lack of cost.

said that for this film, demons, demons, and iron, every element is the crystallization of imagination. It is no exaggeration to say that the special effects belong to the kind of limited cost, but the effect is enjoyable.

Take the monster in the film as an example, the special effects of the giant monster body are not easy to do, after all, there are details everywhere, and it may be easy to wear it, but the monster special effects in the film are very convenient, such as the monster body composed of insect bodies, which is enough to make Audience intensive phobia attack + creepy.

Another example is the monster war scene.

shoots high-firing action scenes by switching between fast and slow motion.

Feng Mo Ren is as fast as the wind when he shoots his sword, and as steady as a clock when he lingers in the air, showing the vigorous tension of the action and the picture when he is fast and slow.

When looking for the opponent's weakness, focus on the eyes of the Demon Sealer and slow down appropriately. When

made a unique move, he instantly accelerated and cut a large panorama, capturing the iron prosthetic limbs rubbing against the flesh, and the sound of a match making a "呲呲" sounded in his ears.

What is a coherent and natural fighting rhythm? This is! The appearance of the

Demon King, the attack of the demon sealer, and the final blow of Tang Xi, each of which is burning with limited funds, but each also gives the audience a real visual impact.

is not hype or black, a big fantasy film on the Internet, it is enough to make special action scenes like this, I would rather watch this than those embarrassing special effects that are often made by Hollywood teams at a large cost. The special effects scene, at least one word: cool.

The third point of view: the story is complete and has staying power.

There are a lot of fantasy movies, but many of them do not understand the story, and can only attract audiences with kitsch and gimmicks. The story of

is not ambiguous. The core of

's film is, of course, "The Demon Sealing Man".

Feng Mo Ren's combat power is amazing, but Yi Tie's power will still attack Feng Mo Ren. So as the demons were eliminated, the demon sealer became a thorn in the eyes of the people and had to remain anonymous.

The battle of the brewery made the three Fengmo brothers discover that the demon was reborn, but as the investigation deepened, the more and more the investigation became more and more wrong. Could it be that the so-called slaying demons and exorcising demons and acting for the heavens was a lie from the beginning?

this time, the suspense is reversed.

But just rebirth of suspense is not a good story. There is a scene in the

film that reminds me of the famous "jelly" scene in " let the bullets fly ".

, the purest and purest third brother among the three Fengmo brothers, wanted to propose to the girl he loved, but when

met the girl, the girl suddenly screamed, saying that he was tainted by him.

Everyone thought that Feng Moren was not pleasing to the eye, but this time they surrounded him in the center, asking for an explanation regardless of indiscretion. The third brother

didn't say a word. You said that you didn't know how to touch you. I'll give it back to you.

cut his hands, just thought about it? The people are still reluctant. The third brother's heart was like a knife, "It seems that if I don't die today, I will not be able to prove my innocence." The next second, he inserted the knife used to seal the demon into his body and was dying. The beloved girl stepped forward and killed him again. a blow.

died, and he couldn't die in a peaceful way. The body was hanged at the gate of the city to show the public, and a row of archers was ready to kill the three brothers in one go. Is

cruel? But the human heart is like this. When you need it, you are a hero. When you don't need it, you will try your best to get rid of it to avoid future troubles.

Did the story reverse later? Seems to be.

But you look at the end of the film, when Tang Xi, the last demon sealer, once again heard the cheers of the "big heroes" from the villagers, he turned back sadly. big hero? Only for this second.

Many fantasy blockbusters on the cinema line fail to tell a story, but an online fantasy film does it. The performances of

3 and David Jiang reflect the true core of the film

Although a fantasy film is a commercial genre, it also has a world view andvalues. For example,

sums up the core of all the films of Lin Zhengying in one sentence, that is: "People are divided into good people and bad people, corpses are divided into zombies and corpses, and demons have good demons and bad demons." Another layer of human horror is injected into the film.

Jiang David, in the era of Shaw Brothers' martial arts films swept across Asia, was one of the favorite tough guy actors of many directors such as Zhang Che, Li Hanxiang , Liu Jialiang , etc. He performed " Thirteen Taibao". ", " New One-Armed Swordsman ", "Ma Yongzhen", " Water Margin ", " Stab the Horse " and other more than 30 movie works have long become the classics of Hong Kong-made martial arts films in that era, and Jiang David, He was an absolute superstar of that era.

later moved to TVB. He starred in "Evil in the East and Poison in the West", and the performance of Huang Yaoshi is still a classic of Hong Kong drama.

Who would have thought that this time, he would play the villain and the behind-the-scenes boss in the film.

zoomed in, looking at this close-up, with a serious expression and gloomy eyes, the audience knew at a glance that the leader of the sealer was not simple. Director

knows Jiang David's enhancement to the film itself, so when he was filmed, he was mostly close-up + looking up. The close-up of

can bring a sense of oppression, and the upside-down mirror symbolizes the absolute authority of the character being photographed.

With David Jiang, the final foreshadowing of this drama is half. In the

video, all the demon sealers are just a piece of chess that the world can use when they run out. Faced with the contradictions of human nature, they do not have a way to have both.

This is a great irony, and it is also the greatest helplessness to fate and human nature.

But what is even more cruel is the truth that the master of the male protagonist played by Jiang David finally told Tang Xi: after the death of the demon, it will become iron, its power is infinite, and it is difficult to destroy, but it will disappear with the body of the demon sealer. Only by eliminating all the demons in the world and all the demon sealers can Yi Tie disappear completely and the world will be at peace.

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It turns out that all this, the demon sealer, from beginning to end, is a chess piece that eliminates 0 iron, a sad joke. The

film uses a chivalrous routine similar to "Hong Kong-made martial arts films", wrapping an anti-martial arts core.

However, when Jiang David faced the fatal knife from his apprentice, the seemingly peaceful scene was full of infinite tension.

This is also the spiritual core of "Sword and Sword":

The sword sees the common people, and also defends the common people. Even if you let down all the demon sealers, you will not fail the world. This is the fate of the "last demon sealers".

Although the film combines the creative highlights of horror, action, monsters and many other elements, at the end, what touched me the most was David Jiang's performance that subverted the previous impression.

On the emotional depth of the character, in the domestic fantasy film, this character, in the cinema, also hangs up most of the empty villains. It is also Jiang David's performance, which constitutes the biggest reversal of the film.

And this kind of treatment not only sublimates the depiction of human nature, but also adds a touch of sadness to the so-called "Story of Sealing Demons".

There are no monsters in the world. The people under the skin of

are the real ghosts that are indistinguishable from black and white.

4, Internet fantasy films are filmed like this, right? Is

"The Sword and the Demon" a perfect movie? Of course not

. It has drawbacks, and there are quite a few.

You will often see some places where the editing is a little abrupt, and some places where the details of the plot are not considered.

For example, the heroine Xiaolu played by Wenxin is really beautiful, but the character can't stand up: a little girl was hit by a fireball sent by the demon king, how did she become a demon?

But, even so, I still think "Sword and Sword" is worth watching.

In particular, when domestic fantasy films are becoming more and more lonely, if it weren't for "Sword and Sword", I would almost forget the feeling of fantasy films. Compared with cinema blockbusters,

is an online fantasy movieThe shadow cost is limited, but it has more flexibility.

For example, in "Sword and Sword", you can see a larger-scale picture, more extreme emotions, and a hero's more heart-wrenching desperation than the cinema movie.

Therefore, when fantasy blockbusters such as "The Order of the Samurai" have been trapped in the shell of oriental fantasy blockbusters, low-cost fantasy films have made a bloody way.

Although there are many imitations in the movies, good genre films all start with imitations. Isn’t the Korean film that is now its own style imitating Hollywood blockbusters?

When there are more and more excellent imitations, genre films will give birth to new soil.

When oriental fantasy films are showing a declining trend in the mainstream film market, the audience actually has huge psychological expectations for this genre, and success or failure is not about cost, but about creating dreams.

We all want to see a fantasy world unfolding slowly on the screen, temporarily detached from the surrounding reality, to see the love, hatred and hatred of the characters inside, the sword is like a dream.

"The Sword and the Demon" made the audience have a good dream, and it deserves to be seen.