——Comment on the theme of "Ip Man 4": In fact, the most important thing in life is self-confidence, and it is the same everywhere. 'Ip Man has such good strength and self-confidence. He has defeated fascists, bandits, boxing champions, and martial arts masters along the way. Ye Wen has never been defeated. This action film blends Chinese and Western cultural differences, nationalist feelings and father-son love. From "Ip Man" in 2010 to "Ip Man 4" in 2020, it has witnessed the birth, development and end of a generation of classic movies.
The core of family ethics as an action film "Ip Man 4" is a special drama that runs through the Chinese father-son relationship and father-daughter relationship. This is a martial arts film dressed in family ethics. Ip Man often hides his love for his son in In the bottom of his heart, he would call his son regularly every day when he was abroad. Although the phone fee was very expensive, and although his son would not answer his calls, he would answer it on his behalf, but as long as he knew what his son was doing every day, he felt at ease. The reason why Ye Wen can understand Ye Zheng is because Ye Zheng is exactly the opposite of Wan Ruonan's ideal. Ye Zheng wants to inherit his father's business. Wan Ruonan is like dancing. Let the son learn the other and let the daughter learn Tai Chi. When the rebellious son learned that his father, Ye Wen, had an incurable disease, he jumped up to answer the phone and wept silently. At the end, when Ye Wen returned to China, he said, "The moon in a foreign country is not necessarily the roundest." Finally, he stopped forcing his son. He went to school abroad and agreed to his son to learn Wing Chun, and to carry forward Chinese martial arts. "When Dad is done, I'll go back and teach you boxing." A simple sentence melted the ice between father and son in an instant. At the end of the movie, Ye Wen carefully taught Ye Zheng to practice boxing and filmed the process. The film ended, ten years later, Ye Wen finally came to an end.
International Political Metaphor Chinese people always think that the moon abroad is rounder than China, but this is not the case. Even if Ye Wen got a letter of introduction, he was embarrassed by the school principal; Wan Ruonan won the game and was appointed captain, but was bullied by white students; The Mid-Autumn Festival Gala was held, but it became the arena of Gelian. Since ancient times, various martial arts schools in China have adhered to the ancient teachings that are secret and not passed on. Ye Wen went to Chinatown, but was criticized by the masters of the martial arts halls headed by Wan Zonghua, who believed that his apprentices should not teach foreigners martial arts. It is this disunity that also led to the decline of Chinese martial arts. But Ip Man and Bruce Lee broke this tradition. They believed that self-isolation and complacence would only lead to more misunderstandings and contradictions. Teaching foreigners Wushu can let more foreigners understand Chinese Wushu and eliminate their prejudice against Chinese Wushu. In terms of the reasons for the conflict, not knowing each other's situation does create a lot of prejudice. Just like in the movie, Ye Wen doesn't understand the situation of the Chinese in the United States, and the foreigners don't understand the original intention of the Chinese to travel across the ocean. However, the most fundamental reason is that a weak country has no diplomacy. The Chinese people in the film were not so powerful at that time, so the nationalism and heroism in the film are so impressive.
The predicament of kung fu films Jackie Chan is a child star. From elementary school, with a big nose with a sense of joy, he plays a comedy without any sense of disobedience, while Donnie Yen is exactly like his idol Bruce Lee, with bright eyes and full of heroic spirit, which is slightly different from the drama style. Violation. Li Lianjie, who is a teacher from the same school, has a soft face, quite a Confucian chivalrous style, and has a moderate and gentle temperament. Donnie Yen basically created a new type of action movie that is different from the previous generation, and this drama also has an important position in action movies. Now, with the rise of special effects technology in movies, traditional kung fu fighting has no advantage in the face of special effects blockbusters, and it is difficult to attract the attention of the audience as before, and the reason for this environment is irreversible. In the current environment, there is no longer a market for traditional kung fu films, and kung fu stars must transform like Wu Jing and become commercial movies. It is very rare that the old generation of Chinese martial arts stars are still active in the front line. There is a problem of no successor, so there are fewer and fewer martial arts movies. The end of "Ip Man 4" is more or less a metaphor for the end of this Chinese martial arts film.
Many people saw Ye Wenzhong beating instructors in the military camp, and beating Tyson was exaggerated, but he also expressed nationalistic feelings, and hoped that martial arts films would not end there.
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