Revisiting "The Demon Lord of Heaven and Slaying the Dragon", I really admire the plot and character design of director Wang Jing, which is very profound. It is also very regrettable that there is no follow-up content, which is really appetizing.
Every time I watch "The Demon Lord", I have been accumulating anger in my heart from the very beginning, and finally releasing it step by step, which is very enjoyable. After that, I need two or three days to settle down. What left the deepest impression now is the words of Zhang Wuji (Jet Li), "Not only beautiful women can't be trusted, but even seemingly loyal men can't be trusted". I thought the plot of Wuji falling into a cliff was an important turning point in the whole movie, and Wuji saying that sentence was also an important turning point in his life. Such a sentence is very crucial. To clarify its key point, we need to analyze the origin of this sentence from scratch.
The five sects (excluding the Wudang sect) threatened Zhang Cuishan and his wife to reveal the whereabouts of the golden lion king Xie Xun, but Zhang Cuishan refused. Then Yin Susu played tricks on the Shaolin monk, warned Wuji that the beautiful woman could not be believed, and then committed suicide with a short blade and left with her husband. As a mother, you must tell your son very important things before dying. I thought she might want to say: She must not tell the whereabouts of her adoptive father, but it was not, it was such a warning. This surprised me at the time. Thinking about it, Yin Susu should think that this is a very important thing. Why don't you talk about the rivers and lakes but say don't trust women easily?
There are three points to speculate about the plot: 1. Wuji should have no idea how to get to Ice and Fire Island. Before the movie, Zhang Cuishan and his wife took their son back to the Central Plains, and warned Wuji not to mention his adoptive father's name. This was to keep information about their whereabouts from being released, and for Wuji's own safety. In addition, he was still young at the time, so he might not be able to remember the route to the Ice and Fire Island. Therefore, it cannot be directly proved that Wuji knows the route of Ice and Fire Island, he should only know the name of the island. In this way, there is no need to worry too much about revealing Xie Xun's whereabouts from Wuji's mouth. 2. According to Zhang Sanfeng's temper, if Zhang Cuishan and his wife passed away, Zhang Sanfeng would definitely try his best to save Wuji's life, and he would never let Wuji fall into the hands of the five sects. This has been revealed in the plot where Wuji was caught by the second elder Xuanming. Therefore, there is no need to worry too much about the safety of Wuji after the death of Zhang Cuishan and his wife. 3. Zhang Wuji was lustful when he was a child (pure speculation). The mother may have observed it through her words and deeds, which in itself is not a big problem. After all, "a slender lady, a gentleman is a good man", plus living in an island of ice and fire for a long time, he lacks the ability to resist temptation. Although most of Zhang Sanfeng's disciples showed good personality qualities, they could not be absolutely guaranteed. For example, the quality of Song Qingshu is extremely bad. Therefore, the education and guidance of the children after the death of Zhang Cuishan and his wife is a big problem. To sum up, Yin Susu played tricks on the Shaolin monk, set an example for her son, and warned Wuji that the beautiful woman's words could not be believed. There may also be factors that prevent Zhang Wuji from being seduced by others, because Zhang Wuji is the only insider of Xie Xun's whereabouts, and his life is bound to be difficult.
From the above analysis, Yin Susu thinks more about his son than Zhang Cuishan, and he also thinks very clearly. The biggest problem is education and guidance. The big truth I think they should have said a lot during the time they lived on the Ice and Fire Island, and there is no need to repeat it too much. However, being a mother is still worrying. The most worrying thing is that the son is easy to be deceived. For the next eight years, Wuji should well implement his mother's admonition, always remember it, and never dare to forget it. Then why did Zhou Zhiruo, Emei, get dizzy when he came to Zhang Wuji and forgot his mother's words?
It is still speculation about the plot, and there should be the following two points: 1. In the past eight years, due to the Xuanming Palm, Wuji has always followed Zhang Sanfeng and never went down the mountain alone. Even if someone wants to seduce, there is no chance. At the same time, Wudang Mountain is rarely able to see women, and it is still similar to the isolation situation on Ice and Fire Island. The ability to resist the temptation of beauty has not improved at all. 2. Zhou Zhiruo should really be quite beautiful and beautiful, and it is difficult for ordinary people to resist the temptation. In short, Zhang Wuji was easily dealt with by Song Qingshu and Zhou Zhiruo.
In the next episode, Zhang Wuji became angry and wanted to fight with Song Qingshu. He was beaten by Song Qingshu and vomited blood. Xiao Zhao came out halfway, and was defeated by Zhou Zhiruo's Yitian Sword. Finally, Wuji and Xiao Zhao both fell into a cliff. However, the falling off the cliff is the turning point of the whole film. Zhang Wuji and Xiao Zhao met the fire foreman of Shaolin Temple, whom Zhang Sanfeng once mentioned. The fire engineer Tuo wanted his apprentice to surpass Zhang Sanfeng's apprentice, so he forced Zhang Wuji to learn his Jiuyang magic, and forcibly transmitted the Jiuyang magic to Zhang Wuji. When Jiuzhong Jiuyang was a great success, Zhang Wuji bowed to the fire foreman Tuo to thank his teacher, and the fire foreman Tuo realized that he had been deceived. At this time, Zhang Wuji said: "Not only beautiful women can't be trusted, but even seemingly loyal men can't be trusted. ." The reason why this episode is the turning point of the whole movie is that on the one hand, Zhang Wuji has absolute self-protection ability and begins to rise in life; logo. What is maturity? I thought it was very important to be able to sum up some principles of action from the numerous things, and start to have my own thoughts. Therefore, Zhang Wuji continued his mother's admonition and concluded that "not only beautiful women can't be trusted, but even seemingly loyal men can't be trusted". But how did he conclude it? Through what things did you get such a deep understanding?
There are two things in my speculation: 1. Song Qingshu and Zhou Zhiruo teamed up to tease Zhang Wuji. After Song Qingshu took over as the acting head, Wuji could really see Song Qingshu's true face. Song Qingshu's usual behavior of defending Wuji in every possible way is in sharp contrast to his order to kill him at this time. At this time, what he recalled was the scene of the five sects forcing his parents, which accelerated and catalyzed the anger in his heart and broke out completely. This incident should have had a very large psychological impact on Zhang Wuji, and from then on, he began to really doubt everyone and everything. 2. The fire foreman Tuo and Zhang Sanfeng once competed. Zhang Sanfeng said that the fire foreman Tuo was no match for himself and jumped off the cliff with emotion. However, what Zhang Wuji and Xiao Zhao saw was Fire Worker Tuo tied up and trapped on a huge boulder, Fire Worker Tuo also cursed Zhang Sanfeng for being despicable and shameless. At this time, Wuji should have thought that Zhang Sanfeng (his own master) would also lie to himself, although it cannot be said to be malicious, but it is not true and credible. This matter should just stir in Wuji's heart, not to completely deny the image of the master in his heart, at least to confirm the conclusion of the first thing. Combining these two things, Zhang Wuji was deeply branded with suspicion of everything in the process of rapid plot change. There are only two kinds of people in the world - men and women, and now he has set up relative lines of defense in his heart. And this will also mean that I can no longer easily trust anyone in the future, and I have to fight everything alone. From then on, Zhang Wuji really matured and began to rise in life.
It can be said that this sentence has evolved into Zhang Wuji's code of conduct, whether it is for women (Xiao Zhao, Zhou Zhiruo, Zhao Min) or men (Zhu Yuanzhang), including doing things (Green Willow Village) maintain a high degree of vigilance. psychology. I won't go into details, you can carefully observe what feels awkward and unreasonable, this is Zhang Wuji sticking to his own code of conduct, doubting everything and not easily trusting anyone or anything. According to Jin Yong's original novel, Zhang Wuji should have a change in temperament after that. Unfortunately, there is no next episode of this movie, and I can't see the follow-up plot arrangement of director Wang Jing. It's a pity! I sincerely hope that Director Wang can select suitable actors as soon as possible to continue the plot, so that the audience can have a quick look!
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