Gang movies are a genre that is generally preferred by male friends because of the violent aesthetics that symbolize masculinity and androgen.
But to be honest, many people's appreciation tastes are not very high. People around me all know that I like gang films and I like to communicate about them. I remember a friend recommended me a person one year, saying that he was also a movie fan, especially like gang movies. You two can communicate.
I was very happy that I met the fan under the guidance of my friend. The fan was very happy to see me. He pulled out a drawer and took out a lot of "Young and Dangerous" CDs and out-of-print comics, and wanted to share this with me.
I went, and when I saw this, I turned around and wanted to leave, but out of politeness, I was patient and exchanged with him about Chen Haonan's seduction of the second sister-in-law, which gang rule he committed, and how to get along with the pheasant.
The "Young and Dangerous" series of films was directed by Liu Weiqiang, and his level is slightly higher than that of Luo Shouyao. Anyone who has read my review of Infernal Affairs knows that I have a high opinion of Infernal Affairs, but Infernal Affairs was directed by him.
That's right, Director Liu has a good grasp of the film's form, and also has a musical element. In addition, he can be sensational. If you watch all his films, almost all of his films have tragic scenes, and the soundtrack is also in place. (Is there any "Blood Drops"? Ruan Jingtian's snot bubbles are about to come out!)
But the problem is that in order to achieve the effect of "Infernal Affairs", he must have the help of Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Wenqiang. After all, Liu The director is a person who lacks depth of thought. You can see that after Mai Zhao left him to go it alone, his career fell into a low ebb.
If he wants to get out of it, he has to find a screenwriter with deep thinking, but I don't know if he has this consciousness.
Du sir's Galaxy has a great sense of screenwriting, from old partner Wei Jiahui, to confidant You Naihai, as well as Situ Jinyuan, Ou Jianer, Ye Tiancheng, none of them are easy people.
Therefore, Yinhe's films are very thoughtful. Take "hei she hui" as an example. If you have read sociology, you will find that it is not a movie about fighting gangsters at all. It is about: in In an organization, if there is no rule and bottom line to fight for power, what kind of consequences will it eventually lead to?
Anyone who has seen the film knows that the consequences are very bad. The inevitable outcome of a power struggle without rules and bottom lines is personal dictatorship.
This can be seen from the metaphor of Gu Tianle's burial of the dragon head stick and the gang veteran Deng Bo. In fact, if you have read the history of Rome, you will find the greatness of this film.
Rome used to be a republic without an authoritarian emperor. The reason why it later became an empire was that the internal power struggles were too frequent, and they did not pay attention to rules and bottom lines. In the end, they went to the same level as "he streak".
(Rome has been fighting infighting since the Gracchus brothers. In the era of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus, it is irreversible. Finally, Octavian terminated the infighting and the Republic. His role is actually the same as Louis Koo.
You know, seeing what Deng Bo did, I couldn't help but think of the elders of the Roman Senate. They all knew the consequences of this kind of vicious fight, so they repeatedly warned the gang members, "The gang must be balanced, and we cannot let one Make people bigger!"
But who could listen to him, so he could only see his beloved gang go downhill, but he couldn't do anything about it, how similar it was to Rome in the past.
So, it is for this reason that I say "hei she hui" is an epic movie that only Coppola's "The Godfather" can match.
I said just now that "hei she hui" has deep thoughts, and now I'll talk about the excellence of its soundtrack.
Du sir pays great attention to the soundtrack, and there are royal musicians for the soundtrack. Speaking of which, Galaxy's soundtrack is very characteristic, that is, its soundtrack works very hard to create dramatic tension.
Almost every film, when the conflict is about to break out, has a gripping soundtrack to set it off, such as "Drug War".
Drug War has several conflict scenes.
One time, the drug captain played by Sun Honglei and the drug dealer played by Gu Tianle confronted each other for the first time in the hospital; the other time was when Gu Tianle accepted Sun's arrangement and approached two accomplices who transported drugs. After getting the weapon (qiang), he wanted to escape. As a result, there was another confrontation with Sun, who was secretly monitoring not far away.
As long as the two meet, Xavier Jamaux's soundtrack comes out immediately. The audience was already nervous, and with this exciting soundtrack, the pressure of the camera came all of a sudden.
(From this point of view alone, Sir Du’s films are not known to be higher than Feng Xiaogang’s films. I remember Du Sir also said that he didn’t have feelings for Director Feng’s films, but had a special liking for Zhang Yimou. . This coincides with me. Of course, Laomouzi has also made bad movies, but in his understanding of movies, I feel that he is much more accurate than Director Feng.)
The soundtrack of "hei she hui" was made by Luo Dayou of.
Luo Dayou is definitely a prodigy in the Hong Kong music industry. In my opinion, only Huang Zhan can compare with him, but this analogy is a bit inappropriate. Huang Zhan is mainly a lyricist, so it may be more appropriate to use Gu Jiahui to compare.
(Gu Jiahui is Huang Zhan's golden partner, and the two have collaborated to create many classic songs, such as Shanghai Beach)
"hei she hui" also has some very dramatic bridges, such as the second part of the plane (Zhang Jiahui) , Instructed by Ah Le (Ren Dahua), to kill Gu Tianle.
Outside the restaurant where Gu Tianle dined, the plane kidnapped Gu's wife. After Gu's men found it, they wanted to fight back, and the plane also drew guns. The conflict was about to break out.
At this time, Luo Dayou's soundtrack suddenly sounded. It is said that the soundtrack was played with an acoustic guitar and cymbals. Of course, some friends said that there is also a bass. In short, no matter what the instrument is, after the music came out, the whole atmosphere was both depressing and tense. , and at the same time terrifying. (The name of the song is said to be "Yun Gong Yin")
The good soundtrack of "hei she hui" is not only "Yun Gong Yin", as long as the plot needs it, it is the soundtrack of traffic lights, he can make you feel nervous.
For example, in the first part, Big D negotiated in the car driven by Ale, whether to cooperate or start a fight, just at the red light, Ale gave him a time to wait for the green light to think.
Whether it is to shake hands or meet in battle depends on these few seconds. I remember that the traffic lights were flashing, and under the background of the exciting soundtrack, the whole person's heart was about to jump out.
Of course, "hei she hui" has other advantages, but I won't go into details.
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