Chapter eight hundred and fourteenth
As the sequel to "A Chinese Ghost Story", "The Way of the World" does indeed lack a sad meaning. However, under the background of a treacherous minister in charge and the declining people's livelihood, the movie uses ghosts and monsters to mock things on earth, such as "Writing travel notes, saying that I leaked state secrets, writing history, saying that I use the past to satirize the present, annotating military tactics, and saying that I instigate rebellion, writing stories of gods and monsters, and saying that I lead superstitious people. Finally, I rewrite the biography of a celebrity, hehe, as a celebrity was killed and was designated as a rioter, and I was sentenced to life imprisonment" golden sentence, which made the movie create its own inner depth that is different from the previous work, and is sometimes more terrifying than ghosts.
Just like Terminator 2 is Terminator 1, Ghost Story 2 is also a few sequel movies that are not inferior to the previous work. In some ways, Ghost Story 2 is more profound than 1.
This drama not only maintains the classic combination of Zhang Guorong and Wang Guixian, but also adds Li Jiaxin, Zhang Xueyou and others to make the plot richer.
In terms of character image, A Chinese Ghost Story 2 has an interesting sense of youth, and Jacky Cheung, who plays a terrifying Taoist priest, also has rich and colorful expressions.
It is said that Zhang Xueyou is the best actor who was delayed by singing, so this is not in vain.
Zhang Xueyou is not good-looking, so he is not like Liu Dehua. He always pays attention to his handsomeness because he is too handsome and ignores his acting skills.
The handsome Zhang Xueyou can only pay attention to his acting skills in the movie. There is a scene in which he is used to "fix" in the story, which can highlight his acting skills and comedy skills.
Zhang Xueyouyuan Shikong also won the Best Supporting Actor nomination at the Academy Awards for this role.
As for Zhang Guorong's honest appearance in the film, he successfully rooted a scholar who seemed a bit pedantic in troubled times. He also did not forget to add humor to his interest in the scene. For example, Ning Caichen and Taoist priest Zhidi met in a ruined temple, Ning Caichen learned the "fixion technique" and met a real monster, and the scenes were full of humor.
In terms of female roles, the film added "Fu Yuechi" played by Reisi on the basis of the first part of "A Chinese Ghost Story", which improved the "one-sided" setting of the comedy effect in the first episode.
Then, in the costumes and the transformation path, Age Ghost Story 2 made better progress compared to Age Ghost Story 1.
The traditional clothing scenes and dramatic movements are used to blend computer special effects to create a different visual experience.
The film Original Time and Space is not only very popular among audiences in the traditional market, but also received excellent reactions from Western audiences in the non-traditional market, pushing Hong Kong's sword action drama to a higher level. This carefully designed commercial film has received high praise in terms of both artistic and entertainment.
As a sequel to "A Chinese Ghost Story", the biggest regret is that it lacks a brilliant story structure to carry much stronger political satire than the regular episode.
Although "A Chinese Ghost Story" has the classic human-ghost love pattern provided by the original work of Liaozhai, the subsequent "Swordsman" co-starring Tsui Hark and Cheng Xiaodong, although it was a drastic adaptation, it did not violate the political spirit of Jin Yong's original work.
In contrast, the main plot of "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" is unclear, and the plot of rescuing loyal ministers is very similar to "Dragon Gate Inn", Zhang Guorong and Wang Kuixian seem to want to continue "A Chinese Ghost Story", while the man-eating black shop reminds people of Tsui Hark's old work "Hell No Way".
Therefore, no matter how good some political satirical concepts are (such as the demon monk confuses the world with the image of a Buddha, and only the civil and military officials have virtual shells), they are always covered up by a large number of not-so-exquisite scenes of gods and monsters - the shapes of giant corpses and thousand-year-old centipedes are dull, of course, compared with Hollywood.
Qiao Feng has watched the Ghost Story of A Chinese Girl many times, and has watched all three of them many times.
Looking at the Ghost Story of Age 2, every time he saw Yan Chixia waving her hands heroically and shouting "The Heaven and Earth are invincible, the Universe Sword Technique", he was excited, and with the powerful background music, he was so excited that he burst into tears. That heroic chivalrous spirit really touches people from the heart and from the depths of his heart.
The second part of the Ghost Story of the Age of Age has nothing to do with Nie Xiaoqian. Qiao Feng once guessed that the director must have seen the first part have a good box office. It happened that during that time when he thought about life and looked down on the people, he felt a little disappointment and dissatisfaction in his heart, so he used the art of film to satirize the reality.
The centipede demon turned into the Buddha of Tathagata, and Yan Chixia cursed: "You are so bold, even the Buddha of Tathagata dares to pretend!"
The centipede spirit replied: "Everyone likes idol worship, why do you have to go against the world?"
Yan Chixia angrily scolded: Bah! You took advantage of the ignorance of the world. Even if you want to worship, you won’t worship monsters like you. Don’t want to lie to others!”
I always think this conversation is very classic. Putting aside the plot and understanding it according to the artistic logic of the movie's reaction to reality, it is really a complete curse. It is appropriate to scold Hong Kong at this time, the mainland in the future, and the decades ahead.
However, this line is not the most outstanding. The monologue when Mr. Zhuge Wolong appeared can be said to be a classic part of the history of Hong Kong and even Chinese films.
"Writing travel notes, saying that I leaked state secrets, and writing history, saying that I used the past to mock the present, and annotating military tactics, and saying that I instigated rebellion. Write stories of gods and monsters, and saying that I led superstition. Finally, I rewrite the biography of a celebrity, hehe, but this celebrity was killed and was designated as a rebellion. I was sentenced to life imprisonment with him..."
This sentence reminds people of the eternal slogan, "If you want to add a crime, you have no refusal." If the powerful and powerful who control the power have to punish you, it is too simple to find a reason to punish you. This black humorous line has been read almost 20 years ago, and it still makes people feel so profound. It is still the same sentence that true art will not withdraw from the stage of history because of the passage of time.
Zhang Guorong is really amazing. When reading novels, Ning Caichen looks very vague, at most he is just a passionate scholar. When he saw Zhang Guorong, he felt that Teacher Xu was literate, and this scholar should have grown like this. Especially at the beginning, the haggard and affectionate figure in the wind is full of graceful and sad poetry—
Ten miles of flat lake full of frost
A sad year of green hair
Looking at each other in a single moon
I only envy the mandarin ducks but not the immortals
If you want to match this poem, it is so elegant that it is extremely elegant. A Hong Kong director has so much emphasizing that his technique is so good.
At that time, Qiao Feng had watched many movies of fighting monsters, including mutants, aliens, under the sea, deserts, and lakes..., but he had never seen such a fun and cultural way like the "A Chinese Ghost Story" series. Every time he revisited it, it made people feel refreshed and his tendons were unobstructed.
Chapter completed!