On February 11, the movie "The Origin of the Journey to the West" was launched on the genuine video platform. The film starred Wu Haochen and Ma Rui, and made a cameo appearance by Teacher Wu Mengda. Because it is Uncle Da's posthumous work, it is highly anticipated by many fans. Of course, there are too many adaptations of "Journey to the West", so before the release of this "Journey to the West", some fans said that it was purely a ruin to the classic. Based on the complete viewing of all the contents of the film, I think that this "Origin of the Journey to the West" has obtained the essence of Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West" series, which is a relatively good movie.
First of all, let's talk about the essence of Zhou Xingchi's version of "Journey to the West". It is not the essence of the satirical comedy in Stephen Chow's early films, but a kind of fairy tale interpretation of the love content of young men. How do you say that? "Journey to the West" tells a very simple story, men in their youth will always meet a woman they like, but because of their own lack of ability, this woman can not always stay by their side, and once they have achieved the transformation to the level of "Qi Tian Dasheng", this "woman" will also disappear.
This kind of fairy tale-like young male love content is not a very profound thing. But this can sting a lot of young men. Therefore, after Zhou Xingchi's "Journey to the West" movie went north, it was the first to be touted by many children who went to college. At that time, the Internet was just emerging, or the era of BBS, this group of college students who were the first to be able to access the Internet touted "Journey to the West", and later followers were overwhelmed.
When "Journey to the West" was first released in Hong Kong, the word-of-mouth feedback from film critics and fans was not good, and the reason was that it was too simple emotionally, losing the essence of Stephen Chow's early satirical comedy. Later, after being touted by the group of college students in the BBS era, it was also widely recognized by college students because of the simplicity of this concept of love expression. We may wish to ask one more question, why are male college students often willing to agree with this concept of love in "Journey to the West"?
Because male college students are better educated, especially this kind of self-examination education. At the same time, they also began to face more excellent female college students, who were really their Purple Xia fairy. And the male college student who has not graduated is just a monkey without any achievements, and it is more difficult to marry the Purple Xia Fairy around him than to make a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace. And once these male college students can become the "Qi Tian Dasheng" in their respective fields, the Zixia Fairies will already be married to women, and the children will be born.
Many boys who have not gone to college, first of all, it is unlikely to meet the "Purple Xia Fairy", in fact, the big guys do not have to raise the will to sigh life and love. College students like to interpret their favorite movies more complicated. Moreover, this group of people like to set up classics, and do not want to listen to others, you set up classics, but so, that is. Don't believe it, look at the reader's message area at the end of my article, there must be some people who think that "Journey to the West" is very advanced, god-like existence, I said it is ordinary, they do not agree.
Seeing the emotional essence of "Journey to the West", we can analyze the film review and analysis of "The Origin of the Journey to the West". Wu Mengda's posthumous work, continuing, is still this kind of love content in "Journey to the West", how can a stinky noodle seller protect the Zixia Fairy, and after he ignites this love, he needs to make himself a Qi Tian Dasheng, and once he becomes a Qi Tian Da Sheng, he needs to face sacrifice. The final ending of "The Origin of the Journey to the West" is that the Purple Xia Fairy once again sacrificed herself to save this stinky noodle seller. "Poor" and "impatient" are still important narrative contents of this film.
"Poor" and "impatient" can sting many young people. Especially at the moment, it is more and more able to sting many male college students. The more they go back to their hometown for the Spring Festival, the more this group of male college students will have this kind of feeling. Especially in the film, the realization of Ma Rui, a young actor, for the Purple Xia Fairy can indeed make many male fans empathize. Poor and worried about beautiful women, it is easier to feel that "The Origin of the Journey to the West" is a dream-making journey, and he can become a Great Sage of Qi Tian. The advantage of fairy tales is that they make their specific audiences and fans feel that their emotions have been volatilized and that they have achieved short life satisfaction.
Personally, I don't like "Journey to the West" and this "Journey to the West", and the reason is that this kind of work is just a short dream or a short film and television work. My view of literature and art is that we should not smoke or drink, not drunk or confused, but should open our eyes, wake our minds, and use realistic brushstrokes to analyze the emergence of tragic fate, why is this so, and whether it can be avoided. As far as love stories such as "Journey to the West" are concerned, I prefer to see whether in reality, the noodle sellers can marry their own Purple Xia fairy through their own efforts, and after marrying, how to wait.
Even those who sell noodles can enjoy it, instead of being crowned with a "stinky" word. How can we build a respect between all walks of life, rather than the wrong distinction between high and low between professions. Even so, everyone can support themselves through their own labor, realize love, support the family, and so on. These are obviously beyond the reach of a "Journey to the West" and "The Origin of the Journey to the West", and this batch of works only touches on an elevated love content, like a petty bourgeois drinking coffee.
Therefore, my conclusion is that young people should still look more at realist works and sell tears less in such hypocritical petty bourgeoisie. (Text/Ma Qingyun)