Best movie review I've ever seen on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Lizzie 2022-01-26 08:09:10

[Turn] This story begins and ends. Li Mubai came with a horse, crossed the bridge, entered Hongcun, walked under a house like an ink painting, and then said to Yu Xiulian in the room of the security guard, "During this retreat and meditation, I once entered into a deep state of mind. Silence, there is only light around me, time and space do not exist! I did not have the joy of attaining the Tao, on the contrary, I was surrounded by a sadness of silence. This sadness exceeded the limit I could bear. I went out There are some things that I need to think about." In fact, he had nothing to think about. He approached Dao and saw clearly what Dao was. Suddenly he realized that the essence of Dao was nothing but annihilation. It can only be sadness. Obtaining the Tao means exploring, and once it is discovered, there is nothing left, including the affection that has been known for many years, and must be abandoned. No way, sinking into the darkness alone, becoming a poor lonely soul. Heaven and earth are like a big melting pot, and the rivers and lakes are even more empty. Following the rules to be a hero with respected status, a word of courtesy, trapped myself. He knows it well, Yu Xiulian knows it well, his peers in the escort bureau know it well, and so does Master Baylor. Everyone knows it well, but it seems that there is no such thing. If the parties do not say it, no one can do anything about it. Some people go ups and downs all their lives, and accumulate in trickles until they reach the old Fangwu. Some people's juvenile talent is bright in an instant. Li He only lived to be twenty-six years old, and said something similar, "I don't know that the sky is high and the yellow earth is thick. I only see that the moon is cold and the sun is warm. Come to fry life. "When a person reaches middle age, he is bound to usher in the greatest crisis. Going forward, the end of life is complete annihilation and deep sorrow. It is said in "A Dream of Red Mansions" that even if there is a thousand-year-old iron threshold, one must have a steamed bun in the end. Li Mubai He has practiced in the human world all his life, his sword does not touch blood to take people's lives, and his grievances are clear. How can he not know that the so-called eternal silence is actually eternal death. What he describes is surrounded by light, and the unbearable sadness is not like the near-death recorded in many documents. Experience? Actually it is. He touched the truth that he would not face before, hesitant to believe it, but had to make a choice. Stepping back, etiquette is fettered, Taoist rituals are there, and he cannot get around. Maintain the status quo. The ground does not move, the affection is hidden in the heart, and the heart cannot be calm. Life is too short, why do you have to suffer so much? Even though the sky is high and the earth is thick, the distance between him and Yu Xiulian cannot be tolerated. The sun and the moon alternate, and the fingers pass by. Is it worth the waste of a lifetime? Li An chose Anhui, a cultural place that has produced ink, paper and inkstone since ancient times, and let Li Mubai appear. The metaphor of traditional culture is just right. The layout of Hongcun is a typical black and white style of Huizhou architecture, like ink painting. Li Mubai practiced Taoism, but dressed up The behavior is particularly like a scholar in commoner clothes, Confucianism and Taoism are integrated, showing that this is a chivalrous person with a literati atmosphere. The essence of being a chivalrous person is to benefit the world, to get close to the dignitaries and nobles in the temple, but also to pursue the birth of the world. Young people often have great ambitions, and as the years get older, the world consumes people's hearts, the Confucian sentiments hidden in the Taoism weaken, and their worries about themselves surface. Lord, this has two meanings. The original intention of the royal family to associate with people in the rivers and lakes is to win over and use it in the dark. In this regard, Lord Baylor has called the nine-door admiral, that is, the father of Yu Jiaolong. The sword has always been given to heroes and martyrs. It's like a red-pink gift to a beautiful woman. Li Mubai gave it to a prince who was very old and strong in the city, and he was resigning. The deeper thought is self-delivery. If you want to get out of the fence, start with the nearest sword. The sword is The personality symbol of the knight, the life extension. When he met Yu Jiaolong, it seemed like lightning appeared in the long night. Li Mubai loved Yu Xiulian deeply, and Yu Jiaolong was the deepest echo of his thoughts. He smelled the same breath on her. Yu Jiaolong relies on the talent of chance. An eight-year-old child, born in a family of officials, is smart enough to read and write. The blue-eyed fox gave a child the freedom to traverse the rivers and lakes as I imagined, but underestimated the child's awakening. The blue-eyed fox practiced the exercises according to the pictures, while she learned the heart tactics according to the words. The little girl found that she easily surpassed the teacher's wife. The collapse of her belief was as serious as Li Mubai's mid-life crisis. She knew that the teacher's skills could only reach a certain level. but can't bear to say , so as not to be sad. If she can't find the boundaries, it is difficult to define herself, and it is difficult to find her true self. Yu Jiaolong is also a high-ranking daughter of a high-ranking official. In Xinjiang, she met her lover Luo Xiaohu in the desert, and it was also difficult for her to part with her parents. With both talent and skill, this little dragon is not willing to be trapped in a cage. The blue-eyed fox's temperament pattern is too narrow, unable to understand Yu Jiaolong's will, and regards it as scheming and poisonous. Yu Xiulian loves Li Mubai and understands the knot that Li Mubai encountered, but her love is very deep, her faith is firm, and she has already recognized her own destiny. Her rivers and lakes are real, and there is no beautiful fantasy. I can't take a bath and get bitten by fleas. It's all book writers who glorify and coax reading. She has done what a traditional woman can do to the extreme. Take care of the escort, act according to the rules, be considerate and attentive, and be dedicated and sincere to your lover. She only hoped that Li Mubai would break the invisible wall, but Li Mubai held Yu Xiulian's hand and said, "Your hands are cold, those hard calluses that I have trained with knives, I dare not touch them every time I see them." With Yu Xiulian, Li Mubai felt calm, and this calm would make him further touch the unbearable sadness and silence. Old age is approaching, and the people who accompany you are the greatest proof. Even if you love each other deeply. Yu Xiulian is a companion of heart and love, but not an heir. Li Mubai needs a true spiritual heir, just like a famous teacher needs a great apprentice. Yu Jiaolong, who has a thorough mind and undecided mind, and uses the Qingming Sword with ease, is Li Mubai's hope and the lightning he encountered in the vague world. This lightning was not born for the long night, but the long night has its own dazzling lightning that illuminates the soul. He needs Yu Jiaolong, just like narcissism in the highest sense. Narcissism is an admission of annihilation. If we are immortal, why should we cherish and miss ourselves so much. The realm that Li Mubai could not reach, but Yu Jiaolong could reach. There was a little ambiguity between middle-aged men and young women, but it was fleeting. The past of the blue-eyed fox and Li Mubai's teacher Jiang Nanhe is a lesson for the future. Both Li Mubai and Yu Jiaolong need to think clearly about their own lives, and both yearn for a free will. The difference is that Li Mubai is older and the time does not wait for me, while Yu Jiaolong is young, arrogant and willful, everything is possible. So Li Mubai couldn't let Yu Jiaolong go, and Wudang Mountain didn't accept women, but he still made an exception for her. The most upright reason is to prevent this young girl from becoming a poisonous dragon that harms the rivers and lakes. He wants to guide and admonish and educate Yu Jiaolong. In the sea of ​​​​bamboo, the two competed swords again, light and elegant, jumping and chasing on the top of the leaves. The bamboo sea in the movie was shot in places such as Anji, Zhejiang, and Shunan, Sichuan. This scene is extremely beautiful and has a strong symbolic meaning. . Why choose Bamboo Forest ? Ang Lee once explained: "In the Chinese martial arts tradition, bamboo forest has a very profound meaning, especially when comparing swords." Bamboo has always been a metaphor for a master hermit, and it is a model of aesthetics. This cultural psychology is integrated into the Chinese people. blood vessels. Bamboo is a gentleman, and it is strong and elegant. Li Mubai said that he did not subdue Yu Jiaolong that day because he wanted to see her true heart, but Yu Jiaolong retorted, "You old people, how can you see your true heart?" This is actually straightforward. The old rivers and lakes can't be seen, because their original hearts are like dragons and tigers. Once they enter the rivers and lakes, they have been hidden for a long time, and they have lost their true colors and their redness and liveliness. Bamboo shoots originally had a heart, but after rising from the ground, they became hollow. Li Mubai's admonition is a call to Yu Jiaolong. Only by entering into cultural identity can swordsmanship be consistent with those who use swords. He said, "Hidden and sharp, It cannot be guaranteed for a long time", from the "Tao Te Ching", there are a few more lines after it, "rich and arrogant, take the blame for yourself. Success is the way of heaven. "He knew the background of this high-ranking official's daughter, and he was persuading him. It was Li Mubai's request for him to retire when he succeeded, but he handed over the Qingming Sword, which caused more trouble and more entanglement. Li Mubai His master is a negative example, as is Li Mubai himself. He could not go any further in his cultivation, and fell in love with him for a long time and was trapped in the moral and ethical norms. He suffered both himself and Yu Xiulian. Li Mubai, who is the only one, why would he teach Yu Jiaolong? Yu Jiaolong would rather have a Qingming sword that cuts iron like mud rather than this master. Their contest is more like a confrontation between two values, one trades off the other, but which one Neither party could really convince the heart and retreated harmoniously. Then the blue-eyed fox wanted to kill Yu Jiaolong, Li Mubai rescued Yu Jiaolong, and he was struck by the purple yin needle. When the deadline came, he confessed to Yu Xiulian. , only in ecstasy. As he said, "I have always loved you deeply, and I would like to be a wild ghost for seven days and seven nights to surround you all day long. Even if I fall into the darkest place, my love will not make me a lonely soul forever. He is not afraid of dying, he is only afraid of dying with nothing to rely on and leave behind. At the last moment, the disciple subdued, his lover was by his side, two women fulfilled him, and the pain and depression were relieved. Yu said that the cloud is in Qingxiao and the water is in the bottle. "Luo Xiaohu's story says that "sincere heart is good", Yu Xiulian told Yu Jiaolong, "Promise me, no matter what your decision in this life is, you must be sincere to yourself. Both of them said the same thing. After Li Mubai died, Yu Jiaolong went to find Luo Xiaohu. She was ready and treated herself sincerely. Later, she found that Luo Xiaohu could only be an important visitor in her life, because Such fanatical and intense desire and love are not enough to complete herself. Although her life is short, she has experienced all kinds of things, she has been betrayed by her family, she has traveled around the world with a sword, she has loved happily, she has also been taught Taoism, and she has been separated from life and death. , is equivalent to ten times the life of ordinary people. Yu Jiaolong didn't believe in anything at first, Li Mubai's death, Yu Xiulian's grief, Luo Xiaohu's infatuation, the stones of other mountains can attack jade, it's not that cultivation is better than cultivation. The cliffs of Wudang Mountain, the clouds of smoke Misty, but this cliff is actually the bridge hall of Cangyan Mountain. What was Yu Jiaolong thinking at that time? Standing in the suspended mountains, maybe she once again noticed something, the sky is high and the earth is thick, why is life? She used to be in When she was young, she was afraid of the boundless and boundless. At this moment, she may have an empty mind. In the boundless torrent of time, she can draw her own boundaries. This jump down, not thinking of sorrow, not afraid of silence. Dragon, you must face your true heart in the end . Li An's good, it is this kind of confrontation that you can't avoid even if you close your eyes. All kinds of clues and contexts are as complicated as a lost sheep. We can explore and explain how we want. We have our own hearts. The emotion and reason he felt and experienced are all in the movie, and the encounter you experienced in your life, and the reunion after a long absence. Like a person walking a horse alone across the bridge and walking by the water, one person, one horse and the black and white house are reflected in the water. Like the bamboo forest in southern Sichuan under the wind and twilight, the bamboo forest is surging like sea water. Like you hear the rustling sound of the forest shoots and bamboo leaves, but feel more silent.

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  • Vincent 2022-03-22 09:01:24

    The first time I saw it, I felt that it was nothing compared to the Hong Kong martial arts movies of the 1990s, and the traces of the steel cables were heavy. Those Hong Kong-produced films have been lost for more than ten years, only Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is like a timeless calligraphy, a mellow wine, and every gesture makes people feel the secluded feelings of Chinese culture. This is a martial arts movie filmed by Ang Li as a literati.

  • Joaquin 2022-03-22 09:01:24

    It's been a long time since I watched a movie and got so goosebumps. In fact, the lines are very modern, or literary, but it fits the aura of the lens and the characters, so it is so appropriate. Jianghu is really not a word that can be said clearly. It is not only kung fu, nor just that era, because people's hearts are the rivers and lakes, and there are rivers and lakes everywhere. I can't tell which of Ang Lee's best film is between this and Brokeback Mountain. It's so entangled. . Everything is perfect movie

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon quotes

  • Li Mu Bai: Giang Hu is a world of tigers and dragons, full of corruption.

  • Jen Yu: [while slicing through customers at a local restaurant] You want to know who I am? I am... I am the Invincible Sword Goddess, armed with the Green Destiny that knows no equal! Be you Li or Southern Crane, bow your head and ask for mercy! I am the dragon from the desert! Who comes from nowhere and leaves no trace! Today I fly over Eu-Mei. Tomorrow... I topple Mount Wudan!