When it comes to "Wind and Cloud Dominates the World", many people think of Bu Jingyun played by He Rundong and Nie Feng played by Zhao Wenzhuo . The two male gods, one is domineering and the other is kind-hearted, are countless post-80s and post-90s. Youth Memories.
In fact, before the drama version, there was a better -matched movie "The Wind and Clouds Dominate the World" , which was also quite exciting. "Wind and Clouds Dominate the World" is a fantasy martial arts film directed by Liu Weiqiang and starring Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Chiba Shinichi, Yang Gongru and others . The film is adapted from the comic "Wind and Cloud" by Hong Kong cartoonist Ma Rongcheng .
"Wind and Cloud" was released in Hong Kong in 1998, and the box office revenue reached 41.5 million Hong Kong dollars , winning the Hong Kong annual box office champion . The success of the box office is attributed to the high quality of the film, and "Wind and Cloud" has won many awards. The 18th Hong Kong Film Awards : Best Editing Award, Best Costume Design Award, Best Sound Effects Award, Best Film Score Award; 35th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards : Best Visual Effects Award, Best Styling Design Award .
There are currently 2 films in the "Fengyun" series. "Fengyun Xiongtian" is well received by the audience, while "Fengyun 2" is dismissed as a bad film by netizens. What is the praise of "Fengyun Xiong Tian"?
script story, connotation
The story of the script of "The Hero of the World" is not unconventional . The world's largest martial arts gang in the film, the World Association, does not teach people to be chivalrous, and the leader of the World Association, Xiongba, is not highly respected. Xiongba asked Gaoren Ni Bodhisattva to do the calculations for him. Ni Bodhisattva gave Xiongba's prediction for the first half of his life: " The golden scale is not a thing in the pond, and it will turn into a dragon when it meets the wind and cloud." Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng were apprentices.
Nie Feng's father, Nie Renwang, fought against Xiongba in Lingyun Grotto in order to regain his wife Yan Ying. Yan Ying committed suicide by jumping off a cliff. Nie Renwang was killed by Huo Qilin, and Xiongba adopted Nie Feng; Bu Jingyun was the only son of Bu Qingtian. Qingtian forged a peerless sword, but was destroyed by the tyrant, and only Bu Jingyun survived.
Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun and their senior brother Qin Shuang and Xiongba's daughter Kong Ci gradually grew up. Xiongba gave three disciples different martial arts skills. The ten-year appointment between Xiongba and Juggernaut is approaching. The Persian treasure box given to him by the Mud Bodhisattva has not been opened, the prophecy of the second half of his life in the box cannot be known, and the tyrant cannot let go. So he sent his eldest disciples Qin Shuang and Nie Feng to look for the fire monkey, because if you want to find the mud bodhisattva, you must first grab the fire monkey. At the same time, Bu Jingyun was ordered by his teacher to go to Wushuang City to capture the Wushuang Sword.
Qin Shuang and Nie Feng found Yi Rong's Mud Bodhisattva. On the way back to the World Association, the Mud Bodhisattva was kidnapped by a man in black pretending to be Xiongba. Xiongba forced Mud Bodhisattva to open the Persian treasure box, and came to his own prophecy for the second half of his life: "The dragon roars in the sky will change, and the wind and clouds will swim in shallow water . " . Kong Ci wandered between Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng emotionally. Xiongba resorted to a plan of alienation: he knew that Bu Jingyun loved Kong Ci deeply, but he betrothed Kong Ci to Nie Feng. On the wedding day, Bu Jingyun took Kong Ci away, and Xiongba stimulated Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun to a duel in the name of a man's dignity. Xiongba Chengfeng and Yunhuo attacked them in a sneak attack, but killed Kong Ci by mistake. Bu Jingyun was distraught and left with Kong Ci's body. Bu Jingyun won the thousand-year ice soul to preserve Kong Ci's body, and Kong Ci's appearance was restored.
Nie Feng took the bat and Ma Ying to Lingyun Grotto to collect blood Bodhi, and the flashback childhood memories made Nie Feng in pain. Bat and Ma Ying poisoned Nie Feng on the orders of Xiongba. The three fought in the cave, and the fire unicorn suddenly appeared, killing the bat and the hawk. Nie Feng devoured the blood bodhi to detoxify and strengthen his skills, and used the snow drink mad knife left by his father in the cave to fight with the fire unicorn, and finally avenged his father. Xiongba chased and killed Bu Jingyun. When he was in a critical situation, Bu Jingyun cut off his arm and used his blood to shoot Paiyun Palm against Xiongba, and finally escaped. The genius doctors Yu Yue and Chu Chu rescued Bu Jingyun and gave him a unicorn arm. The Sword Saint arrived as promised; Bu Jingyun and Nie Fengbing released their previous suspicions, and the two joined forces to fight Xiongba to the death...
In this story, the domineering character is the main driving force of the story . It can be said that there is no tyrant, no situation . Without Domination, the entire story would collapse and cease to exist. Shi Wuzun's line "everything is too much, fate is bound to end early" is the theme of this film. If Xiongba did not have an excessive desire for hegemony, it would not have caused the tragedy of Nie Feng and Yun; if Xiongba had not pursued excessively the glory of the second half of his life, he would not have caused Feng and Yun to join forces to kill him; if Kong Ci was not too greedy for affection, she would not Killed by Xiongba. There is this cause and the result, the karma, and the cycle is endless.
Characters are vivid and three-dimensional
The film has created a vivid and three-dimensional character image, Xiongba, Nie Feng, Bu Jingyun, Kong Ci, the main characters in the film are all impressive. Domineering
"I would rather lose the world, don't want the world to lose me" is the motto of Xiongba. Disciples who have been raised for many years can be killed, and their own daughters can also be used. The extremely selfish and domineering tyrant can be called the reincarnation of Cao Cao. Xiongba's tenderness when he confesses to Kong Ci that the woman he loves the most is always her mother complicates the character. Xiongba thinks that he can control everything, but he can't help fate. He wants to preemptively eliminate Feng and Yun, but he makes Feng and Yun join forces to kill him and suffer the consequences. Japanese actor Chiba Shinji interprets the tyrant to the fullest, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the tyrant. Because of his outstanding performance in the film, Chiba Shinichi was nominated for Best Actor at the 18th Hong Kong Film Awards, becoming the first foreign actor nominated for Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards. After that, Chiba Shinichi acted again as the hero of the drama version of "Wind and Cloud 2", and the actor of the drama version of "Wind and Cloud 2" changed the actor. Many viewers have expressed that this hero does not have the natural domineering of the first film.
Bu Jingyun
Bu Jingyun, nicknamed "The God of Death without Crying" , watched his father die with a blank expression, without shedding a single tear. When Wushuang City was washed with blood, Bu Jingyun saw a little boy, recalled the massacre in Bujiazhuang that year, and said coldly, "Cut the grass and eradicate the roots". To let him live to take revenge, to suffer like himself? In that case, it would be better to kill him, die early, and hope for the next life. Bu Jingyun's heart is dark, but his appearance is rebellious, aloof and arrogant, and taciturn. Facing the sunny, kind and beautiful little junior sister Kong Ci, he was humble to the dust: "It doesn't matter if you don't love me, I don't need explanation when I love someone . "
"In this world, there is a kind of person who has no friends and no love, and I am such a person." Compared with Ho Rundong's version of Bu Jingyun, Aaron Kwok's interpretation of Bu Jingyun is deep, lonely, vicissitudes , with blue curly hair, Indifferent eyes, most of the time expressionless, the whole person looks cold. This kind of Bu Jingyun is more adult, and only when he grows up will he have his feelings. Ho Rundong's version of Bu Jingyun is easy to understand and suitable for children to like.
Nie Feng
Like Bu Jingyun, he is an orphan, but Nie Feng is not as withdrawn as Bu Jingyun. Nie Feng, who has grown up, has long hair, elegant, funny, and handsome. The childhood Nie Feng did not know that Xiongba was the murderer who indirectly killed his father. The ignorant has the happiness of the ignorant. Nie Feng has a kind-hearted side in his nature. Even if Ni Bodhisattva tells him the truth, Nie Feng still thinks about Xiongba's upbringing grace and leaves Xiongba alive.
Ekin Cheng's image is simply born for anime characters, with long flowing hair and handsome, pure and refined temperament. When Xiongba gave Kong Ci a betrothal to Nie Feng, Nie Feng was happy and asked Kong Ci's opinion in private. She didn't want him to force her. Such a gentle and graceful young man is both Kong Ci's ideal partner and the dream lover of thousands of young girls.
Kong Ci
Kong Ci's setting in the movie is Xiongba's biological daughter. She has a distinguished status but has no pretensions. She is gentle and kind, and is the only person in the world who has given Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng warmth.
"If you marry him, you can be with you" , this is a line that made the audience laugh. Looking at Kong Ci from the current point of view, Kong Ci is a "Bichi" with two boats. Kong Ci is girly, and likes Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng at the same time, and the two men also like her, but she still likes Nie Feng more after all, otherwise she would not agree to marry Nie Feng. "You can be with you when you marry him" means "forgetting each other in the rivers and lakes", they are still brothers and sisters, but "this relationship is not there", there is no longer a relationship between men and women.
Epoch-making special effects
After all, Fire Qilin's "Wind and Cloud Dominates the World" is a movie from 21 years ago, and the special effects of watching this movie now feel a bit rough. "Titanic", released in 1997, shocked the Chinese people with its realistic and dazzling special effects, and "The World's Heroes" barely met the expectations of Chinese audiences for local special effects films. The computer special effects scenes used in the film made the Chinese audience at that time feel refreshing, colorful and imaginative. Whether it is Bu Jingyun's Cloud Dispelling Palm, Nie Feng's Fengshen Leg, Qin Shuang's Tianshuang Fist, Xiongba's Three Points Returning Qi, or the construction of the fantasy scene Sword Tomb, Lingyun Cave, the exotic beast fire unicorn, they are all quite cool .
As the pioneer of introducing special effects into martial arts films, "Fight and Cloud Dominates the World" has played a great reference role in the production of subsequent films of the same type. The film makes use of Sichuan landscape and Leshan Giant Buddha, and the real landscape and special effects virtual scene complement each other, making the picture richer and pleasing to the eye.
classic soundtrack
In addition to the above three points, the episode "Flying Bugs" composed by Chen Guangrong and lyrics by Lin Xi is also excellent. Nie Feng carried Kong Ci on his back and flew through the sword mound. Such a picture is really a handsome man and a beautiful woman, a match made in heaven. The clear children's voice and the warm and beautiful pictures left many viewers with fond memories.
In 2009, "Storm 2" was released, with Ekin Cheng and Bu Jingyun still playing the leading roles, as well as Ren Dahua, Nicholas Tse, Charlene Choi, Tang Yan, He Jiajin, and Tan Yaowen. The star lineup of this film is even stronger. However, there are some deviations in the production concept of "Storm 2", which leads to a strong incompatibility between the script and the special effects of the scene. The movie is hard to watch. After watching it, I don't know what happened. The actors are not angry. They are just tools to perform special effects of martial arts. , Movies and TV dramas have used this idea. Words are hard to describe, and all kinds of tastes can only be experienced by viewers in person.
Wan Jian Guizong It is reported that "The Wind and Clouds 3: The Broken Waves" will be filmed by Louis Koo's film company . In Ma Rongcheng's book "Wind and Cloud", "Duan Lang" and "Nie Feng" were childhood friends, and Duan Lang was the son of "Duan Shuai", the head of the sword of Nanlin. "They were killed and they both joined the sect of the world, but "Duanlang" betrayed his teacher and became insidious and cunning after regaining the Huo Lin sword. Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun are Duanlang's lifelong enemies. Looking at the story alone, there is a blackening of the protagonist, which is quite popular with young people today. How the final effect of the movie will be presented, or to make a comment after it is released.
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