The final chapter of the era of "costume blockbusters"
The year (2006) when "Full City Full of Golden Armor" was released, Zhang Yimou was appointed by the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee as the general director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 29th Summer Olympics. year. When he returned (2009), he opened his way with a small-cost comedy "Three Shots Surprise". After
"The Banquet" (2006), Feng Xiaogang tried war film for the first time, and "Assembly Number" received rave reviews. After
"The Promise" (2005), Chen Kaige returned to the themes of drama, and "Mei Lanfang" was rated as "Half Good Movie".
Looking back now, "Full of Golden Armor in the City" seems to be the final chapter of an entire era of "costume blockbusters".
Since the beginning of "Heroes" in 2002, and the end of "Full City with Golden Armor" in 2006, the most lively and absurd scene in the Chinese film market is undoubtedly the most popular and absurd scene in the Chinese film market, and it is undoubtedly that the first-line directors have tried the "costume blockbuster".
On the one hand, there are frequent box office news:
"Hero", the mainland box office is 250 million yuan (accounting for a quarter of the year's total box office), the global box office is 177 million US dollars, setting a global box office record for Chinese movies;
"Ambush on Ten Sides" , The mainland box office of 153 million yuan, the global box office of 93 million US dollars, the annual Chinese-language movie box office champion;
"Promise", two weeks after the mainland of China, achieved a box office of 130 million yuan; and broke the box office record of Chinese movies, the first Daily box office records, single-day box office records, and first weekend box office records;
"Banquet", the final box office in mainland China reached 130 million yuan;
"Full City with Golden A", the mainland box office was 290 million yuan, and the global box office was 78.5 million US dollars , 2006 Chinese film box office champion.
, on the other hand, is full of bad reviews. According to the slightly pessimistic summary of scholars: China's film market seems to have entered a vicious circle of "the more you curse, the more you watch, the more you watch, the more you curse".
Now more than ten years have passed. We re-watched this batch of movies. Objectively speaking, although each has its own problems, it is far from a "bad movie." The Douban score of
"Hero" has risen to 7.3. The worst "Promise" was criticized that year, and many years later, the sound of vindication was often heard.
is a remake of Cao Yu's masterpiece "Thunderstorm", "Full of Golden Armor". It is also a very interesting attempt to adapt the story of a dog's blood from a big family in the Republic of China into an ancient costume drama.
is a remake of "Thunderstorm", Jay Chou's role is temporarily added
From the play, Cao Yu's original "Thunderstorm" is exciting enough: the characters are distinct, the dramatic conflict is fierce, and the love and hatred of the two families lasting for 30 years , But also mixed with two unconventional stories. It can be said that no matter how it is changed, it is hard to look good.
When Zhang Yimou was adapting, there were two biggest changes: first, the story moved from the Republic of China family to the feudal palace; second, the addition of the second prince Yuanjie played by Jay Chou.
Someone listed the one-to-one correspondence between the characters in "Full City with Golden Armor" and "Thunderstorm", as shown in the following figure:
Although the characters have slightly different personalities and the plot has been slightly adjusted, most of the relationship between the characters is very easy Correspondingly, it is difficult to be convinced that "the archetype of the second prince Yuanjie is Lu Dahai" alone.
In "Thunderstorm", Lu Dahai is the second son of Zhou Puyuan and Lu Shiping. He has been living with Lu Shiping and later worked in Zhou's mine. If you want to find a character corresponding to the second prince Yuanjie in "Thunderstorm", it should also be the child born to Zhou Puyuan and Fanyi, so he wouldn't be named Lu! The question of
was not found until after reading a book published by Zhang Yimou’s literary planner, Ms. Zhou Xiaofeng. The book
is called "Fate: Lonely Zhang Yimou". The original text is:
Zhang Weiping will have a decisive influence on the film. For example, "Full of Golden Armor in the City", the script has already been completed, and Zhang Weiping asked to increase the role of Jay Chou to benefit the box office. It’s about to start up, and it’s not easy to say that you want to re-emerge a new protagonist from start to finish. The screenwriters Wu Nan and Bian Zhihong are a couple, working crazy in the countdown limited time; from the studio to the home, one writes first, one sleeps first, and then changes shifts. The two take turns relaying each other day and night.
From Zhang Weiping’s perspective, 2Jay Chou in 006 was the top stream in the top stream, so this choice is understandable.
From the perspective of the play, adding the role of the second prince Yuanjie and the plot about the love between mother and child, although it is slightly simpler than other characters, but in such a cold palace fight story, it can be regarded as a touch of warmth.
continues the "Father Killing" theme that Zhang Yimou is good at. In addition to most of the character settings and plots from "Thunderstorm", this film also has a strong Zhang Yimou style. As long as you think about his past works, you will find that "Full of Golden Armor" is still Zhang Yimou's best "Father Killing" theme.
The King (played by Zhou Runfa) in "The City is Full of Golden Armor", with Yang Jinshan, the owner of the dyeing workshop in "Judou", Chen Zuoqian, the rich man in "Raise the Red Lantern", and "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma" The Tang boss in The Bridge, although the times are different, all represent the terrifying and unshakable patriarchy of the old society.
The dye workshop owner Yang Jinshan in "Judou"
The Tang boss
Yang Jinshan in "Shake and Shake to Grandma Bridge" is still paralyzed, which is still creeping; Chen Zuoqian has not had a frontal shot from beginning to end. Majesty is everywhere. There are also exquisite designs for the rendering of power in "Full of Golden Armor". Among them, I like two things best:
is the voice of the eunuch who tells the time throughout the film. I didn't feel it at first, I thought it was just a rendering of the ancient palace atmosphere. Wait until you understand that the queen should take the medicine, and in the medicine, there is a chronic poison arranged by the king. Hearing the sound of the time again and again, you will experience a escalating sense of oppression.
The second is after the court battle at the end, the guards quickly and methodically washed the blood off the ground and replaced them with fresh chrysanthemums, as if nothing had happened—it seemed to tell us: power can cover up everything it wants to cover up .
Judging from the endings of the four movies, without exception, they all ended in failure. The tragedy ended. Nothing changed. The sun rose as usual, and the patriarchy was further consolidated. So, it is not so much that Zhang Yimou was filming "Father Killing." The story is not as good as the story of "father killing failed."
This seems to be Zhang Yimou's consistent perception of the old age: suffocation, hopelessness, no matter how you operate it is fierce as a tiger, patriarchy is patriarchal, unshakable.
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