Martial arts film and television.
The most common Jin Yong film and television works.
Generally, MOSTLY TV SERIES ARE THE MAINSTAYS.
The reason is very simple, the story is too long, there are too many characters; let's say that the protagonist practices martial arts and gradually becomes stronger, and the length of the movie is difficult to restore the cool feeling of following the protagonist step by step when reading the novel.
But there are still directors who want to challenge the high difficulty, the most successful is Xu Ke's "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" series, which directly led to a small wave of recovery of costume and martial arts films in the early 90s.
Later, some became classics, but the box office did not seem to be bad. So this small wave of recovery to 95 years later is gone.
Like Wong Kar-wai's "East Evil and West Poison", although it is not a Jin Yong adaptation in the true sense;
There is also Wang Jing's "Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer record in the Heavens" (hereinafter referred to as "Demon Sect Leader").
Like Xu Ke's "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" series, Wang Jing also plans to shoot in multiple movies, and the entanglement between the protagonist Zhang Wuji and the heroine Zhao Min can be said to be just beginning.
Unfortunately, due to the poor box office, Wang Jing did not get the opportunity to shoot a sequel, and waited until now, only to use the remake method to shoot the complete story of that year.
Wang Jing's new version of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", which is divided into two parts of "Nine Yang Divine Gong" and "Sacred Fire and Heroic Wind", shows many plots similar to the original version.
However, the original version can stand the test of time and be remembered by countless fans because it has distinct characteristics.
While the new version wants to cater to the times, how much essence of the original version can be grasped, to a large extent, determines whether the reputation will collapse in the end.
(1) The story structure is simple and effective
The original work of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", Jin Yong was written as a sequel to "Divine Eagle Hero".
The content of the first two chapters tells the story of Zhang Sanfeng and Guo Jing's daughter Guo Xiang, and then mainly writes about Zhang Sanfeng's disciple Zhang Cuishan, who has been writing at least 150,000 words, and the protagonist Zhang Wujie was finally born...
Even if it is a TV series, according to the order of the novel, it is not good for the audience to abandon the drama without waiting for Zhang Wujie.
Therefore, film and television generally begin with the tragic love story of Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu, and when Wang Jing made the film, she directly started from the ending of Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu, directly omitting all the preparations of Jin Yong's original work, in fact, it did not have much impact on Zhang Wujie's main story.
The plot of "Demon Sect Leader" has been effectively simplified, and it can be simply divided into three parts.
The first is how Zhang Wuji, an orphan, reversed his tragic life by chance, from the possibility of dying at any time, to practicing the Nine Yang Divine Skills, hanging against the sky;
The second is the great battle of the six major factions besieging the top of the light, this part has large-scale action scenes, Zhang Wujie punched the face of the six factions directly to let the audience experience the feeling of Shuangwen;
The third is that the imperial court forces represented by Zhao Min reveal a conspiracy, and finally Zhang Wuji helps Wudang to solve the difficulties, which is another hearty battle.
The audience can not only understand the context of the story simply and quickly, but also enjoy the martial arts action, which makes "Demon Sect Leader" wonderful enough to watch.
The only thing that was lacking was that Zhang Wuji's divine skill also came too quickly, and the protagonist's aura was simply not too strong.
The new version of "Nine Yang Shengong" should also be able to omit the plot, and retain the plot that is useful for character building.
However, Zhang CuiShan found Gu Tianle to play, if Wang Jing wants to make up for the plot line of Zhang CuiShan that was not filmed before, it may not be a good thing.
(2) Complete subversion of the famous and upright
Jin Yong wrote out the dark side of the famous and upright from the beginning, for the innocent Zhang Wujie, the Shaolin sect that had the ability to save him actually rejected Zhang Sanfeng, and the monk who usually said that he did not kill could actually see a child die and not save it.
Later, in order to compete for the dragon slaying knife, the six major factions were written as villains by Jin Yong.
Wang Jing used her own style to show the ugly side of the six major schools, especially the representative of the Huashan sect, the second elder of Huashan, and even had a sense of high-level irony.
However, there are also representatives of the six major sects who still have conscience, and Wudang represents the bottom line that a famous and upright sect should have.
So some people said that Wang Jing understood Jin Yong.
And he used his own way, his own understanding, undisguisedly photographed.
Sometimes things are complicated and profound, it is better to simply be blunt, anyway, Jin Yong's novels are also popular literature!
It's just that the environment of the new version of the film is different from the Hong Kong films at that time, and Wang Jing wants to criticize the hypocrisy of the famous and upright, and I am afraid that she cannot be as "big as before".
So that's why the new version is a bit hard to get.
(3) Zhang Wuji's dark side
The famous and decent have a dark side, and the protagonist Zhang Wuji also has it.
The mere involvement in a triangular relationship pits readers and viewers over his people.
"Demon Sect Leader" has a very interesting adaptation, that is, Zhang Wuji's process from falling off a cliff and almost dying to getting the Nine Yang Divine Gong.
The fate was changed suddenly, and Zhang Wuji did not immediately shout to become a hero to save the world, but to avenge The Snow Hate.
Xiao Zhao on the side said, The way you looked just now is terrible.
After that, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who exposed Zhang Wujie's ambitions.
Zhang Wuji knew that he was also exposed, so he had to admit it.
Although he ostensibly said that he did not like zhu Yuanzhang, who had a heart, but if he thought about it carefully, he might just be exposed, feel that he could not hang on to his face, and hated Zhu Yuanzhang.
Inside Zhu Yuanzhang's emotional intelligence is also high enough...
The original wrote so much Zhang Cuishan to write Zhang Wujie, perhaps Jin Yong felt that the role of Zhang Wujie was more malleable, so he directly wrote Zhang Cuishan.
Anyway, if you make a movie, no matter how the story is adapted, it will be impossible to tell the role of Zhang Wujie well.
It's just a pity that "Demon Sect Leader" failed to shoot, so that Zhang Wujie's arc under Wang Jing's lens was complete,
And Lin Feng's version of Zhang Wujie, that is, a path for Wang Jing to shoot a new version.
I hope that he said that Lin Feng is a powerful faction, really because he played the difficulty of Zhang Wuji's complex personality.
(4) The charm of the character actor
Hong Kong films have the ability to fuse multiple superstars, such as "East Evil and West Poison", and "Demon Sect Leader".
Zhao Min of Zhang Min;
Qiu Shuzhen's Xiaozhao;
Zhou Zhiruo of Li Zi;
Even Hong Jinbao's Zhang Sanfeng;
Wu Yaohan's Wei Yi smiled;
Zou Zhaolong's Book of Song Qing.
Each supporting character has a distinct character, and within their respective scenes, it is easy for the audience to remember them.
The magic of the movie is that as long as the person who makes the movie is strong enough, a one-second shot can express the writer's hundreds of words of pen and ink.
It's just that this is a very test of the strength of the director and the actors.
Optimistically, Wang Jing really read Jin Yong and really took it seriously, not purely to sell feelings to circle money;
But the years are ruthless after all, and will not bring the audience a second Zhang Min, a second Qiu Shuzhen.
Even if Wang Jing relies on her own relationship to find Zhen Zidan to play Zhang Sanfeng, she may have another taste, but he can't escape the casting controversy.
Not only the protagonist Lin Feng, a group of female characters are destined to be compared with "Demon Sect Leader".
In the past, actresses had their own characteristics, and now most of them are the same.
Again, the environment is different, so many classics can only rely on feelings to survive.
Therefore, lowering expectations, Wang Jing will win if she does not collapse this time.