Preach in words. - Don Tears
In the comments section of another article about Liang Chaowei's acting skills, there is a message.
Some people say, "Liang Chaowei is controversial, not to the point where Aaron Kwok can compare his acting skills."
Because the article mentions that looking at the entire film world, the male actors who have this ability to "speak with their eyes" are Liang Chaowei and Aaron Kwok.
And he translated this sentence.
The first is that I can't look at Aaron Kwok's acting skills.
Secondly, I feel that if Liang Chaowei is compared with Aaron Kwok, it is a kind of degeneration.
Judging from the general public impression, it may be true.
But does the impression have to be correct?
not necessarily.
Look back at the shadow path of the two people.
In 1988, when Liang Chaowei won the first Golden Statue Best Supporting Actor Award, Aaron Kwok had not yet started filming, and in 1990, when Liang Chaowei won the second Golden Statue Best Supporting Actor Award, Aaron Kwok had just made two films, and later when Liang Chaowei won the first Golden Horse and Golden Statue Film Emperor with "Chongqing Forest", Aaron Kwok only had one Golden Statue Best Supporting Actor nomination.
It was not until 2005, when Liang Chaowei won his fifth Academy Award for Film Emperor with "2046", that Aaron Kwok won the first Golden Horse Film Emperor with "Three Forks", and his first Academy Award Film Emperor had to wait until ten years later.
Can it be compared?
From the perspective of the award, of course, there is no comparison, not to mention Aaron Kwok alone, even if the four heavenly kings are in the battle together.
But that's not all an actor is all about.
The box office is not entirely representative of commercial value, and awards are not a complete substitute for acting judgments.
The work should always speak, and the acting performance speaks.
Although Liang Chaowei and Aaron Kwok have different peaks and frequencies, they are not two actors who cannot be benchmarked at all.
To be fair, take your entire career up to now as an observation period.
Based on the depth, breadth and irreplaceability of performances, it combines literary niche and commercial works.
Then take the protagonist class and quality as the primary measure, and also the popularity of the work.
The first is the benchmarking of literary and artistic niche works.
First look at Liang Chaowei, three famous directors, seven works.
In 1989, he participated in Hou Xiaoxian's "City of Sorrows", playing a dumb man, acting simple and clean, not grabbing or abrupt, which can be described as a masterpiece. Ten years later, he collaborated again on "Flowers on the Sea", and the performance was calm and capable
In 1994, he began to formally cooperate with Wong Kar-wai in "Chongqing Forest", Liang Chaowei's acting method was self-righteous, restrained, but extremely dependent on the director's image, falling into the regular script will lose its charm, in 1997, he cooperated again with "Spring Break", and Zhang Guorong was equally divided, acting skills were great, and he saw the mood flowing between his hands and feet, and in 2000, he cooperated with "Fancy Years", returned to simplicity, and began to repeat himself until "2046".
In 2007, he cooperated with Ang Lee on "Color Ring", leaving wong Kar Wai's film Liang Chaowei took another step forward, and his acting ability was more subtle.
Look at Aaron Kwok, four famous directors, two new directors, seven works.
In 2006, he cooperated with Tan Jiaming in "Father and Son", which for the first time completely sank into the depths of the role, with a primitive explosive force to affect the audience's emotions, and the acting performance can be called a step to seal the gods. In 2008, he collaborated with newcomer director Yao Shuhua on "Silver Empire", which expressed an atmosphere and calmness. In 2011, he cooperated with Gu Changwei in "The Favorite", a scene of laughter and tears, which was moving and could not be copied.
In 2012, he cooperated with Yan Hao in "A Hundred Years of Floating City", which was praised by the director "Mingqin", and the role had been ups and downs in the big era and the commercial sea for decades, and the acting ability began to be unfathomable. In 2015, he cooperated with Chen Kaige in "Taoist Descending the Mountain", the character temperament, aura and performance are impeccable, and the cooperation with Weng Ziguang "Treading Blood and Finding Plums" has reached Dacheng with introverted and precise performance.
The films "The Secret Visitor" and "The Wheat Road Man" are contemporaneous works, with diametrically opposed character characteristics and performances that have been perfected to an impeccable degree.
Commercial works can also be divided equally.
Liang Chaowei has two works that can be listed separately, one "Dark Flower" and the other "Infernal Affairs".
In these two works, Liang Chaowei determines the temperament of the film with his outstanding performance ability, and the anxiety and fear of "not knowing tomorrow" are carried out throughout in "Dark Flower", and the feelings of suffering, despair and inextricable "three years and three years" are accurately transmitted to the audience, which makes people feel empathy.
Aaron Kwok has three works to be displayed: "The Majesty of the Wind and Clouds Dominate the World", "Cold War" and "Peerless".
The first work is unique and can be skipped.
In "Cold War", he created a high-level character image that has never been seen in Hong Kong police films, and interpreted the concept of "guardianship" of the Hong Kong Police Force with his flawless righteousness, making the film a landmark police film in the history of Hong Kong cinema. In "Peerless", with its peak creativity, the characters are integrated with the devious and ingenious script, which is a performance feast.
This is the benchmark of the work.
With our works, we have captured the brilliance of two good actors in their careers.
As for the depth and breadth, those who are interested in the film can experience it for themselves, and the two are about to compete head-on for the first time in the latest work "When the Wind Rises Again".
Again an old saying.
Learn to appreciate the excellent works and actors.
It's more interesting than narrowly attacking others.