This film "The Water Gate Bridge of Chosin Lake" cooperated by Xu Kechen Kaige Lin Chaoxian and 3 directors has a real-time box office of nearly 3 billion, although it is not as good as its previous work "Chosin Lake", but it is already the winner of the Spring Festival file.
Unfortunately, the work is not as well received as the previous one, and the audience is already tired of the war scenes with similar plots. Douban score 7.2, film criticism two levels of differentiation, because "Watergate Bridge" is led by Xu Ke, the plot is much smoother and more complete than the previous one, unlike "Chosin Lake" because of the 3 directors jointly produced the plot is divided.
But there are still many people who think that the superhero flavor of the protagonist is too heavy. The three-bombing Watergate Bridge had a rather meticulous plan in the history of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and it was not a reckless sprint. In the movie, most of the victories are based on the efforts of the protagonist and the accident of the sky, which is very strong in the audience's view.
The reason for this phenomenon may be because of the life experience of director Xu Ke.
Tsui Ke was born in Vietnam, studied in the United States, worked hard to become famous in Hong Kong, and let him dominate the main theme of the film a little bit.
Throughout the films he has shot, most of them focus on a few people, and he is more suitable for the undercurrent of small scenes, the open struggle between several people, such as "Green Snake", "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", "Qiannu Ghost", "Shushan Legend", "Oriental Undefeated".
Xu Ke is a director who is very good at innovation
He has made countless films, one a year when he was young, very prolific.
One of the most famous is his Hong Kong martial arts style, Xu Ke is like the hero in his movie, wanton, dashing and willful, the most famous is "Oriental Undefeated" let Lin Qingxia to star, which made Jin Yong unhappy and did not even sell him the copyright, but created Lin Qingxia's classic screen role.
There is also "Huang Feihong", he asked Huang Feihong's boxing technique to be flowing and elegant, so angry that the martial arts instructor Liu Jiarong turned his face with him, and said: "A southern fist master, but using the northern fist method, makes 100,000 Hong fist disciples laugh off their teeth." "But as soon as "Huang Feihong" came out, the fire spread all over the streets and alleys, and Huang Feihong before Jet Li did not count. Everyone only recognized Jet Li's Huang Feihong, which was also something that people did not expect when they were filming.
These two things can be seen in Xu Ke's personality, he is good at pushing out the old, not sticking to the previous rules, he let the literary and artistic goddess Zhang Maggie play the tumultuous boss lady in "New Dragon Gate Inn", let the great beauty Guan Zhilin Suyan starred in "Huang Feihong", and excavated the charming Wang Zuxian in "Green Snake".
Not only in the actors, Xu Ke is good at tapping into the characteristics outside of their fixed screen image, and Xu Ke's innovation in the film industry lies in his use of special effects.
When special effects have been used in foreign countries, some Chinese filmmakers still have a negative attitude towards special effects, believing that the abuse of special effects has increased the number of films with empty content on the market.
But the progress of film is the progress of technology, which is the truth of the film industry, and Xu Ke is brave to use special effects in movies, including the 2001 film "The Legend of Shushan", which was highly respected many years later, which used cg special effects to show the blood sea and the fighting arena.
The remake of "New Dragon Gate Inn" used as many as 1058 special effects. After entering the mainland market, Xu Ke still did not abandon special effects, it can be said that "Di Renjie Series" is a film tailored to show special effects.
Xu Ke's ideal fantasy martial arts is the style of "Di Renjie", the background of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the treacherous fangshi fight, and the fight scenes between various monsters and the protagonist.
Although Xu Ke has no lack of Westernization characteristics, but he has his own aesthetic for Chinese style and Chinese beauty, the best-looking roles of many goddesses are from Xu Ke's films, Wang Zuxian Zhang Maggie in "Green Snake", Wang Zuxian in "Qiannu Ghost", Lin Qingxia in "Undefeated in the East", Guan Zhilin in "Huang Feihong", he is better at shooting women's reverse charm, not like traditional images, and the women in his films are often paranoid but have flesh and blood.
In addition to the aesthetics of beauty, Xu Ke's composition is also beautiful, and the LoneLy Moon Master and the Moon Golden Wheel are called classics when the Shushan Legend surrounds her.
The beauty of Xu Ke's composition is reflected in "Oriental Undefeated" and "Green Snake", "Di Renjie Series" continues as always, Di Renjie uses a long-range view to show large special effects scenes, and the beauty of composition is not so obviously perceived by the audience.
But it is an important part of creating atmosphere and expressing emotions, so that the existence of those gods and demons in the film is reasonable, which is why Xu Ke's films have their own style, and Tsui Ke's composition is also one of his styles.
People who don't know Xu Ke well may think that he specializes in the Style of Hong Kong martial arts, in fact, Xu Ke's films are very mixed, and the fields he is involved in are also multifaceted, female films, main themes, horror films, Xu Ke has also done animated movies "Xiao Qian", or about the ghost of Qiannu, but he tries to use new technologies to tell stories.
Xu Ke is a complete fan of technology, which stems from his experience studying in the United States and understanding how technology serves film, but he uses Western technology and theory to show the Chinese fantasy martial arts style, which is very rare.
Although Xu Ke has many advantages, but it is not perfect, Xu Ke's ability to tell stories has been criticized, "New Dragon Gate Inn", "Wise Tiger Mountain", "Qiannu Ghost", "Smiling Proud of the River" and so on because of Xu Ke's supervision, a good story plus Xu Ke's aesthetic is really good.
Xu Ke's own leading screenwriter's "Shushan Biography" tells the story in the clouds, too much emotion savings for the audience to understand, but also the reason for the box office of "Shushan Biography" at that time, but there is no doubt that Xu Ke is still the first person to create a traditional Chinese cultural style in China.
However, now that the "Chosin Lake Water Gate Bridge" directed by the director has been sprayed against the American god film, some people have questioned whether Xu Ke is old and can still be filmed? What do you think about that?