In "Han Feizi·Five Beetles", it is said: "Xiamen use martial arts to commit bans." And the so-called "masterpiece" "Seven Swords" after a few years of silence by the old monster Tsui Hark may be used as the cornerstone of his intention, but at the beginning of the film, a piece of "sacred decree" flew from the distant capital --- "Prohibition of Arms".
…Two and a half hours later, when Yang Yuncong pointed to the direction of the imperial city and made an annotation gesture for the sequel of "Seven Swords", the sadness in my heart could only be adapted from a poem to describe: "Looking at the leisure of the Tianshan Mountains, I am sad and sad. ".
It was once heard that the lengthy structure and complex clues of Liang Yusheng’s original "Seven Swords under the Tianshan Mountains" were dispelled by Tsui Hark’s idea of "Human Swords in One". This was originally a good "A good beginning is half the success", and it has become a hope. Old Monster Xu's "re-shaking the rivers and lakes" fans are eagerly looking forward to the best reasons. However, the "intent to stay high" has steadily transformed into the "alien" of the two heavens of ice and fire-the coldness of the sword has frozen the eagerness of the hero. "Swordsman" is a very elegant aesthetic image in Chinese classical literature and art. "Swordman" has even become an indivisible organism. The loss and annihilation of the "Swordsman" makes "Seven Swords" only the remaining material form. The meaning of is nothing but a set of soulless lens assembly.
Seeing the sword but not the knight
"Seven Swords" is undoubtedly a pioneering work with distinct and distinct themes. The film uses the supreme ruler in the capital to issue a "ban on armed forces", triggering mercenaries who exchange heads for silver (this term is more important than officers and soldiers). Appropriate) Starting from the mass murder of civilian martial arts practitioners, the forbidden violent machine and the seven Tianshan swordsmen who were forced to fight against the killing staged a battle between good and evil for more than two hours---how simple, such a simple judgment of right and wrong The national hatred, family feud and national justice in the original work are all eliminated. The suspense in terms of conception is revealed to the world as soon as the opening of the article. It can not help but let people count the many epic Hollywood idiots in recent years, such as "Troy." Wait. In conjunction with the demonization and symbolization of mercenary soldiers who have been demonized and symbolized by the heavy ink (the eight scriptures painted on their faces), the bitter fruit of the intention of "a tendon" has been quietly planted.
Of course, a simple concept can also lead to rich content, but it must be padded with a proper plot. However, in the "Seven Swords", the chivalry is unclear, and the evil is the evil and the words are unclear. It seems that every character is Carrying the secret of varying sizes and weights, I just don’t know when to show you stuff, especially the famous Shanxi doctor Fu Qingzhu, who was born in the Ming dynasty execution department and killed him from the extreme evil. To the extreme benevolence does not kill to the super benevolence and then kill again, such a big circle, but only the result is difficult to see the process. In the vigorous "Seven Swords Under the Tianshan Mountains" paragraph, two stunned young men took the swords inexplicably in surprise, as if they had received divine enlightenment from the divine enlightenment, and they could see the chivalrous man with a few gestures... In fact, this exposed Xu Ke's past. The cliché that has been criticized for a long time-"form is greater than content" may be an overly obsessed with one's own ingenious creativity. The typical "alienation" symptom of Tsui Hark's signature has occurred. Similarly, the "sword" is above the "xia", so you see the sword but not the man. Those swords with names that sound like "a frightening hungry, like a dragon" will hide the "chivalrous" in charge of them, and they will be obscured. If you can't check it out on the official website of the film, it will be difficult to be seated one by one---however, This is a good sign for the promotion of online games.
Having said that, the "sword" is still in the hands of the "Xia" after all. If an actor can escape the light of the sword, he can be equally proud. However, Tsui Hark is not a director who can inspire and train actors. In the past, his If the actors in the works are outstanding, or they are proficient in acting (such as Maggie Cheung in "Green Snake"), or fit the role properly (such as Jet Li in "Huang Feihong"). In "Seven Swords", the most ostentatious is undoubtedly the villain with the heaviest traces of carvings. Sun Honglei’s focus on stage play made the already crowded interpretation space of the seven swordsmen even more constricted. On the contrary, the performance treatment made the image even more dull—there is no chivalrous cloud, but I think the villains are quite cute.
See Wu but See Xia
The concise intention and the thin plot combined with the pale performance of the actors, "Seven Swords" originally aspired to achieve the ideal of "Romantic martial arts giants" in the original creation, but in the end, the violence and killing scenes of martial arts preempted the audience's attention and became the original The biggest feature of the film. Although it is necessary to see the film’s strong efforts in martial arts design, Tsui Hark has always claimed that "Seven Swords" will show "real kung fu", so the film completely discards the elegant and flexible freehand style of Cheng Xiaodong that impressed fans. Maybe this It is a kind of "reactional" to the dungeon who flies around and violates the earth's gravitational fashion. The hard bridge and hard horse Hongquan master Liu Jialiang personally fights, Dong Wei and Xiong Xinxin's emphasis on close combat and flying leaping has increased. The realism and tension of the fight, the rhythm and the switching are all quite enjoyable. However, the movie is named after the "sword", but it abandons the lightness of traditional cognition, uses more force-type actions such as chopping, slashing, and stabbing, and even uses the method of sticking to hold the sword. Liu Jialiang can't help being beaten when he turns Mo Wenjian. Reminiscent of the "Wulang Bagua Cudgel", Xin Longzi's Jingxing Sword is like two daggers, both of which are very different from the previous "dancing"-based sword holding method. The martial arts of "Seven Swords" are "true", but they are more than "martial arts", and "Ren Xia" is far from enough. Visually, it has nothing to do with "Romanticism". What's more, the most important thing is that the whole martial arts is filled with bloody violence. At the premiere, it caused some audiences to leave the scene because of physical revulsion. In Hong Kong, they were even classified as "Second B" — no 18 People under the age of age watched alone, such a scene of martial arts and bloodthirsty, not only does not give people the pleasure of being a devil and a chivalry, but it also creates the feeling of falling into the devil's way.
Just as the children chanted in the film "Heaven and earth have righteousness, mixed with manifolds... and people say Haoran". In general, "Seven Swords" is Tsui Hark's loss of the direction of martial arts movies. This is a loss of chivalry. Out of my feelings for him, I would rather compare Kim So-yeon's Korean female slave Lvzhu and Yen Zidan's Chu Zhaonan His love scene is understood as a compromise to open up the Korean market, and the lack of common sense to call the red cannon "small steel cannon" is just a mistake. These are trivial. However, nowadays Old Monster Xu with white temples has become a stranded trip to the rivers and lakes with his sword. The "myth" of his loss may be discussed in the atmosphere of Hong Kong movies and even Chinese movies before we can find out. The real question, or the real answer can be solved, re-establish the awe-inspiring spirit of Chinese martial arts movies.
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