When watching "Martial Arts", I kept thinking that it is really similar to the world of martial arts in my imagination. In my opinion, if there really is a world of martial arts, I believe that in that world, there may indeed be chivalrous bones and soft bowels, but the more common ones are definitely darkness and killing, just like a blood maze. The martial arts world imagined by the Chinese is, in a sense, a projection of the real world. The martial arts in the martial arts world is actually a metaphor for power. Because of this, many characters in the martial arts world are older and more powerful. Obviously, this is against the laws of nature. For example, the big villain in "Martial Arts", Wang Yu played the old man with strong martial arts and invulnerability. Looking at him, the first thing I thought of was the lyrics of Cui Jian: "The old man is more powerful"; secondly, this old man As the "father" of Tang Long played by Donnie Yen, it reminds me again of an idea I had long ago: the mystery of traditional Chinese civilization lies in benevolence and kindness, and its true core is a terrifying, dark and lawless one. The "father" who is bloodthirsty and addictive. Perhaps it is precisely because Chinese traditional civilization has such a core that so many massacres have occurred in Chinese history. Sometimes when you look at Chinese history, you will think that it is the history of killing. Thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, or even more people are killed. Everyone is killing, killing, and killing. The more people killed by one person, the more people he kills. The greater his "contributions", the higher his position in history. In traditional martial arts movies, those with the strongest evil violence, those lawless "fathers", they usually end up in the hands of so-called "heroes", and these so-called "heroes" are replaced by more popular ones. In other words, it means "good people". In "Martial Arts", Chen Kexin has used Xu Baijiu, played by Takeshi Kaneshiro, to convey this conclusion: good people do not exist, because human nature is unreliable. The villagers think that "Liu Jinxi" (this is Tang Long's pseudonym) is a "good man", and even looks a bit like a "hero" (although this "hero" has a sinful past). If you follow the routine of traditional martial arts movies, he should definitely complete the "father killing". But in the movie, you will find that he is not an opponent of "father" at all. Not only was he unable to complete "father killing", he was almost killed by his "father". Why is this so? I think this may be because Liu Jinxi is the incarnation of secular morality ("Jinxi" is a very secularly happy name), and secular morality has never been the opponent of the strongest violent. Not only that, but in many cases, it will become an accomplice of the most violent and a ruling tool for the most violent. From this perspective, trying to use secular morals to defeat the most violent is a kind of pure obscenity. Chen Kexin obviously didn't want to make a purely obscene movie, so we saw the character Xu Baijiu played by Takeshi Kaneshiro. In my opinion, this character is the incarnation of science and law (in the film, watching him solve the case, you can see that he is a very scientific person, and handles cases according to the law like a "rib"). Although Xu Baijiu’s scientific method of killing the most violent in the film seems too small, it vaguely conveys the meaning: Only relying on science and law can kill the horrible, dark, lawless, and bloodthirsty. The addictive "father". And the name "Xu Baijiu" obviously has a different meaning. It's a half-and-ninety journey, especially the scientific road and the legal road. China wants to become a truly modern country. This goal may seem not far away, but what we have to face may be the last "ten miles" that is the most difficult to walk. The above is what I wrote the day before yesterday after I finished watching "Martial Arts". Yesterday, I passed by a movie theater in China World Trade Center, where I watched "Martial Arts" again. There are two main reasons why I want to watch "Martial Arts" again. One reason is that I want to re-experience the overall atmosphere of this movie. How can I describe its overall atmosphere? It feels like a blood maze as well as a dark dream; another reason is Wang Yu’s attraction. Wang Yu’s performance in this film is so good, the villain he plays is so powerful. He perfectly performed all the abstract evils of the "father" in traditional Chinese society. He played the horrible, dark, lawless, and bloodthirsty "father" that I said. Looking at "Martial Arts" again, I was very impressed with these two plots. One plot was Ayu, played by Tang Wei, crying and slashing two latches. She wanted to use such a method to keep her home, but it was obviously futile and lawless. The hand of violence can destroy everything (in the movie, there was a plot later: the big villain played by Wang Yu broke the door of Ayu’s house with a punch), and now I think of the Western proverb: "Wind can enter , The rain can enter, but the king cannot enter"-to this day, Chinese houses still cannot provide the Chinese with such a sense of security. Re-watching "Martial Arts", another plot that impressed me was that Wang Yu's big villain said to his son Tang Long: "Your life is mine!" Then he pointed to Tang Long's son and said, "He My life is also mine!" After watching the movie, I went home, and I retelled the plot with Zhang Fatty. Then I said: "In China, there must be many fathers who think that the child's life was given by him." Zhang Fatty After hearing this, he said: "My father provided a'tadpole', and he said that he gave the child's life. This is not bullshit." But such bullshit has been believed by some people, who have believed it for two thousand years. Western traditional civilization has a "father-killing" complex, but Chinese traditional civilization has a "child-killing" complex. On this planet, almost all animals are "baby-based", but the Chinese are a kind of "long-based" animals. In ancient China, the main theoretical basis for the supremacy of imperial power was that the life of a child was given by the father, so "the father wants the son to die, and the son is not filial." And the emperor is the father of everyone, so everyone’s life is the emperor’s. The emperor will go to whomever he wants to be, and whoever wants to be castrated will be castrated, and whoever wants to be killed will be killed... In today's China, There are still countless people dreaming of such an emperor's dream. The TV dramas that promote the supremacy of imperial power are the best examples. In addition, there are some officials who lack effective supervision, so they act unscrupulously and cover the sky in the departments or regions under their jurisdiction, just like the "Emperor of the Earth"... Many martial arts movies in the past actually promote the idea of imperial power in disguise. There are also some martial arts movies. The "hero" in the film finally kills the lawless violent person. This seems very relieved, but the most fundamental thing has not changed at all, and another lawless violence will soon appear. The strongest. This is like an endless loop, but also like a blood maze with no exit. What the movie "Martial Arts" wants to explore is how to find an outlet for this blood maze? The answer is to rely on science and law. Only these two things can put an end to the dark and ignorant state of this country. Jin Yong said that "the great knights are for the country and the people", but he made the "heroes" in his writings live in ancient times, so at most they can only eliminate violence and peace. When they find that they can't eliminate the It may hide in the mountains and forests and go away alone. The "Martial Arts", which set the time background in 1917, explored the possibility of ending a dark and ignorant era, as well as the possibility of ending oneself, because in a truly modern country, martial arts are not needed.
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