Toyo's story

Claudie 2021-12-30 17:20:57

"Chrysanthemum and Sword" tells the story of forty-seven Ronin, which is described as the three knots of my big Taoyuan in the Japanese mind. But, I deeply cannot understand and agree with the three views conveyed by this story. The cause was stupid (Hou Asano made a mistake in etiquette and went to Kira Hou, teacher of etiquette), and the resolution process was exaggerated (Asano Hou cut his belly, his samurai abandoned his wife and son to plot revenge for him), and in the end I felt that it was unnecessary (ronin's revenge) Success, all abdominal incisions afterwards). I think this may be due to the fact that the Westerners do not express well, and do not understand the forbearance of the East and the gentleness of a bowed head. This time Hollywood is telling this story, and my expectation is that it is a very interesting grafting product to use the mainstream Western values ​​to tell the story smoothly.

Gao Xiaosong has a point of view, "The Oriental face is not working in Hollywood." The martial arts star also said that the big star in the literary drama must have a white appearance. Black people will do too. Latino also works. But it can't be Asian anyway. Can you use this to explain the role of Keanu Reeves. Some blood must be mixed to be the protagonist. Although the role of Keanu Reeves (Que) does not promote the development of the plot, he is actually quite important. First of all, he has the appeal of the North American market. Secondly, his character stringed up the three magic weapons of "pornography, violence, and feudal superstition" to attract adult audiences. Without his beautiful castle owner's daughter, who would go to Huaichun with. There is no dungeon monster ultimate fighting tournament where he comes from. There is no jungle where he came from to take evil swords. The trailer is well cut. There is a mysterious oriental sense.

If this is a Chinese theme, it must be shot to death. Think about it: Liu Bei has a mixed-blood psychic attendant. In fact, he scared off the enemy in Changbanpo. Zhang Fei was credited with robbing him; Guan Yu’s sister was wearing a cosmic Han costume and had a deep affection with this attendant. misty. The degree of historical drama is sometimes difficult to determine. If it is to be accepted by modern audiences, it is too far away from the historical background. When the story of the East is put in the West, this problem is even more serious. Disney's Hua Mulan hugged her father and was accused of not understanding China's national conditions, but I think it is understandable that the creative party should express emotions in a way acceptable to Western audiences. I don't know whether Japan's expensive daughter can attend important diplomatic occasions, but I understand that her kimono must be wrong. The kimono does not have a high collar. . .

In the end, I still can't understand the behavior of the 47 Ronin, or what people want to pay homage to them. One reason for the poor evaluation of the film is that it patronizes pornography, violence, and feudal superstition. The character creation is not strong enough, and the emotions cannot be convincing. The chrysanthemum and sword summed up many Japanese folk tales as the disharmony of "love" and other emotions. Looking back at the story, Hou Kira coveted the land, used a fox fairy to confuse Asano Hou, causing Asano Hou's perception of people, making the latter have to apologize, and it is reasonable for the samurai to avenge the wronged Lord. In the middle part of the story, various stories of selling wives as prostitutes are omitted, and the focus is shifted to the fantasy color of Keanu Reeves. In the end, there is no suspenseful finale-Ronin realizes his love and righteousness, but violates his loyalty (the shogunate expressly ordered no revenge), so they all cut their stomachs. Keanu Reeves also had an abdomen (I'm really not worth it for him. You are not a samurai in the martial arts competition, and you are again when you have the abdomen). Miss Asano left a line of tears, and muttered in her heart Lang Jun's last words, "Forever, I will find you in the crowd." The distribution of the roles led to the deaths of other Ronin, it's the same thing, it has nothing to do with the audience. Only Keanu Reeves deserves you and I sigh. This way of pushing the protagonist made the conflict between love (revenge for the lord) and loyalty (to obey the orders of the shogunate) become secondary-Keanu Reeves is not a samurai, he must avenge if he is not guilty, and loyalty does not treat him too much. Multi-binding. The core of the story returns to the knight beheading the devil and saving the princess. You tease the child.

I have read the Western version of the story of 47 Ronin, but it is also a unique perspective. The story of the East, what kind of changes have been made to allow Western audiences to accept it. Although the evaluation of this film is still very poor. .

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  • Alvina 2022-04-23 07:01:54

    The film is not as bad as I imagined, and the big scenes are a little less. It is really awkward to listen to a group of Japanese people biting English, but it is all within the acceptable range. As for the American director who shoots Asian themes, he will always add a bunch of messy oriental elements. I'm used to it. The biggest mistake in the whole film is Keanu's meaningless persistence. In the end, he used the sorcery to no avail. The previous forbearance was a bit unreasonable. In addition, the final collective incision was more thunderous than tragic, hey...

  • Eldridge 2021-12-30 17:20:57

    Slightly better than imagined, with style but no plot

47 Ronin quotes

  • Ôishi: We will leave this record of our courage so the world will know who we were and what we did. Tonight, we will regain our honor and avenge our lord. None of us knows how long he shall live or when his time will come, but soon, all that will be left of our brief lives is the pride our children feel when they speak our names.

    [Summons Kai to sign the document]

    Ôishi: Kai.

    Kai: [Kai signs his name and stamps his blood] We end this now.

    Ôishi: Now, we are 47!

  • Tengu Lord: Was it worth it what you found in the outside world? The love of a woman you can never have?

    Kai: Yes.

    Tengu Lord: No matter what you do, Mika will never be yours in this life.

    Kai: Then I will go to my death and pray I find her in the next!