Recently, I saw a friend mentioned this film and Ekin Cheng, so I found it and revisited it again. This year is also the 20th anniversary of the film's release. I didn't go to the cinema to see this film back then, but I still clearly remember that the high school sports committee at that time was very excited to tell us about this film, he made superhuman moves and said, "Aaron Kwok flew like this. It is estimated that the shock this film gave everyone back then was that it suddenly evolved from a traditional boxing martial arts to a super-powerful martial arts that destroys the sky and destroys the earth. Watching so many fantasy martial arts TV dramas now is also a kind of entertainment. Reincarnation.
I feel that sometimes after so many years of ACG baptism, re-watching the special effects movies of the year has a different flavor. For example, seeing the title of the computer CG animation in the PS1 era was indeed considered a top 3D animation in 1998. After all, the in-game CG animation of "Final Fantasy 7" that shocked the world was also a work in 1997. At that time, it was estimated that the director also wanted to use the characters in the comics to emphasize that this film is a "martial arts comic adaptation" movie. This method is basically no longer used, because real people can also make scenes comparable to the comics. . It may be that I watched the Blu-ray version, and the green screen footage was played directly at the end of the film. I don’t know if it was also shown in the theaters that year. I guess everyone saw the green screen performance and felt it was very fresh. This martial arts is indeed quite a superhero. It was the first time that a cloak was used in a martial arts film. Cloud Dispelling Palm is a bit like a water man, without water it would have no power (Khan
However, looking at this film from my current perspective, I feel that there are still many problems in storytelling, editing, etc. The expression technique of territory expansion will no longer exist, and will make Xiongba stand in front of a physical model. In this way, some scenes appear suddenly and inexplicably, such as Bu Jingyun's famous contemplative scene, which flashed by forcefully in the movie, but as an audience, I don't know what he was thinking. And the story is also a little weird. It feels like Xiongba is being led away by the prophecy of the mud bodhisattva. If there is no such prophecy as "Fengyun", Xiongba can also find someone who has no revenge for his father's death as an apprentice or even just rely on Xiongba owns the world. And he panicked when he heard that "Failure is also Fengyun", and he seemed to know the relationship between his daughter Kong Ci and Fengyun, in other words, he knew what happened to Bu Jingyun and his daughter. . . Then Fengyun duo is a typical model of "the protagonist hits the great fortune and wins the magic", so the last two poems should be changed to:
"Nine Xiaolong Yinsheng Mercy, Diving Tour"
The lineup of the film was really strong back then, but it was also very young and confusing. Aaron Kwok's full-textured face is so suitable for such a silent role. Ekin Cheng's Nie Feng feels that he is going in the direction of Young Master Pian Pian, and that fan does not seem to be a weapon except for being handsome. I didn't know Xiongba was Japanese back then, but now when I watch the movie, his mouth shape really doesn't match the lines, and seeing that he uses the Chinese sword completely with the grip of a Japanese sword, it seems really strange now haha. What amazes me the most is Zhang Yaoyang's monk. He has muscles and benevolent eyebrows. The other is the mud bodhisattva, who has a good attitude of seeing through the world. He is now the famous Liu Xing who "eats shit" hahaha. Wang Zhiwen and Xu Jinglei are regarded as the mainland representative team. I don't think Yang Gongru is pretty. In addition, I have forgotten that there is Shu Qi, so it has been 20 years, Shu Qi is really an evergreen tree in the film and television industry~
The songs in the film are really evenly distributed to the two protagonists. Ekin Cheng and Tianwang Guo have two songs each, and Ekin Cheng sang the theme song. It is estimated that many people remember it so far. ps, I am not used to listening to Hong Kong and Taiwan male stars sing Mandarin songs. I always feel that they are too hard to articulate, and they sound like soulful recitations rather than singing. . .
At present, it seems that Hong Kong will no longer make pure fantasy martial arts films. Di Renjie has some elements of reasoning. Maybe the IP of Fengyun will be restarted in the future, we will wait and see.
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