Of course, Master Yan's peerless martial arts of "hitting people from the air" is like a pediatrician in the movie.
The movie "Tai Chi 2" is very interesting, you really can't guess what it is going to do. At the beginning, you would think that this was a patriotic film about anti-imperialist and anti-aggression in the late Qing Dynasty; after a while of beautiful kung fu punches, you would guess: this might be a kung fu martial arts film; at this time, the director told you about a The suspenseful thriller story of the counterattack of the unfilial son; when you think this is a suspenseful thriller, a person's head immediately grows with big horns, and his eyes glow with white light, which makes people feel that this is a magic similar to "The Promise". Mythical drama. And at the climax, the director used a nonsensical style to create a dive bomber, making you think this is a Hong Kong-style nonsensical film; if you really think you have found the answer, you are wrong. When you hear heavy metal, light rock and all kinds of rock and roll music in the film, you may be overwhelmed with shock - I'm darling! Is this a movie about the origins of rock and roll?
At the end of the story, you suddenly realize: it turned out to be a story about a young couple who went through untold hardships to petition in Beijing to appeal for their father. Really, the characters in the play spend most of their time talking about life on the high roof, watching the stars and even dancing the waltz while standing on the eaves.
This is really a "going to the house" movie.
Feng Delun's ambition is not small. He tried to make a film teaching comprehensive film, so that everyone can see all the subject matter of today's world in one film. Just like the "Mine Warfare" that year, a good teaching film just turned into a movie that the masses love. This little Feng Dao is doing the opposite.
In this film, we can see traces of Stephen Chow's nonsensical kung fu films; we can also vaguely find the shadow of Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"; or there are some elements of comics.
In fact, the overall storyline of the movie is not complicated. There are two main story lines:
The first is that the runaway son (Feng Shaofeng) of the head (Leung Ka Fai) suddenly came back with a dumb daughter-in-law (this dispensable character I never understand what she was used for in the film); And try to mess up the whole Chenjiagou. In the end, the conspiracy was seen through by his father, and he had to flee. Immediately after returning, the world's first dive bomber with wings was developed. In the end, he rescued his sister and brother-in-law by sacrificing himself (captured), thus obtaining his father's forgiveness in the cell and completing self-redemption.
The second clue is that the silly boy Yang Luchan secretly learned Chen Jiaquan and married the beautiful daughter (Angelababy) of the leader. Because he is a foreigner, he is always misunderstood by Chenjiagou people and his daughter-in-law. Chenjia Village was retaliated by the villain (Peng Yuyan), and the head was arrested. So the silly boy passed through layers of "Kung Fu" with his superb martial arts in the process of petitioning in Beijing and saving his father-in-law. In the end, it fits the name of the movie and returns to the theme.
It can be said that the first clue is the cause, the second clue is the effect; the first clue is the side branch, the second clue is the main trunk, and the purpose of the first clue is only to trigger the second clue (theme). occur. But due to commercial needs, in order to get enough visual impact, the film put almost all of its energy into the first clue. Regardless of whether it is reasonable or not, whether it is necessary or not, anyway, all kinds of sci-fi and magical dog-blood plots swarmed up, occupying most of the time, and completely disrupting the entire story framework; .
The film has the savage, unreasonable style of American blockbusters. Perhaps for Western audiences, it's enough to just watch those "aliens" in robes and jackets fly dehumanizingly on rooftops; it's like watching Western horror movies, just watching murderous demons use electricity It is enough to dismember a large living person with a lively and fragrant look, no matter what the plot is. Who made our world not have such a scene.
Finally, I would like to talk about the picture of this movie, which is very beautiful and full. The empty shots are also very beautiful, and the picture quality and color are very textured; just like "Hero" or "House of Flying Daggers", it is definitely a " Top-notch scenery". The character modeling is also very exciting, and the spirit of the characters in the play is fully reflected; this may be related to the art director Ye Jintian. The lines in the play are also quite nonsensical, something like "Birdman", which made the audience laugh out loud, and finally felt that this trip was not in vain.
Anyway, this movie is not disgusting as a whole, it is still cute, and it has a certain nature of exploration and experimentation. If I had to describe it in one sentence, what I would say is: Tai Chi - 2!
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