The Monkey King in this film is neither naughty nor rebellious, but Song Jiang who has been recruited, but it can be seen that Donnie Yen did his best. In fact, Monkey King is the most suitable for being a villain. Of course, we don't expect this kind of skillful crew technique. Who makes this film a special effect movie. In fact, the conceptual design of this film is still creative and high-level, but after going through the original + copycat, without making any choice, the level of the film stays at the typical naive stage of unrestrained piles of falsehood and naivety, regardless of the creator. How self-righteous and unrestrained, its atmosphere and texture are not comparable to the disaster movies of the silent Hollywood period. What is even more embarrassing is that a large part of the special effects of this film are also made by South Korea.
Special effects can't be the core of the movie at all. "Godzilla" has been filmed for decades and still uses a model, which does not affect its ability to become a popular culture in the world. Frankly speaking, the old version of "Journey to the West" is very simple in every aspect, no matter what. It's a dramatic performance or a character creation, but the audience can still feel that the people at that time were doing what "literary and art workers" did, while "Havoc in Heaven" and similar special effects as the first element of the film were extremely extravagant. Even if you achieve the level of Industrial Light and Magic, you will not be able to advance to the height of art.
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