Let's start with two old stories.
In 1996, when the wireless remake "Smiling Proud of the Rivers and Lakes" was selected by executive producer Li Tiansheng as the male lead, it encountered a lot of controversy.
Many people think that Lu Songxian cannot be called absolutely handsome and handsome, and his fame is not loud enough to play this classic ranger written by Jin Yong. But Lee Tim Shengli defied the public opinion and insisted on using Lu Songxian to play Ling Huchong.
However, wireless resources are limited, the level of special effects in that year is not the same as today, the shooting can only be carried out in a narrow factory scene, and the action design can also be saved, but who can think that after this, the Chinese film and television circle remade "Smiling Proud of the River" seven times, but there is no longer a word of mouth beyond this version.
Ling Huchong, played by Lu Songxian, is even more vivid in the original book, but it is not exaggerated and greasy, and even Jin Yong gave Lu Songxian a high evaluation.
In many people's hearts, Ling Hu Chong has only one face, that is, Lu Songxian.
But Ling Hu chong also became the peak of Lu Songxian's role, and although he played many roles after that, he never surpassed "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu".
In 2001, a large-scale Xian Xia film directed by Xu Ke was released.
The filmmakers invested nearly 100 million Hong Kong dollars, made more than 1,600 special effects shots, gathered Zheng Yijian, Gu Tianle, Cecilia Cheung, Hong Jinbao, Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi and other top superstars, and filmed this work that still stands in the pyramid of Chinese fantasy films even today - "The Legend of Shushan", but in the following many years, the special effects of Chinese fantasy works have not exceeded the level of lao wei's painstaking production.
There are large-scale fantasy dramas that claim to have invested hundreds of millions of dollars, and the level of special effects is not even advanced or retreated. Some viewers sighed: I thought that "The Legend of Shushan" was just the beginning, but I didn't expect it to be the peak of Chinese fantasy films.
And in the blink of an eye, who could have imagined that 26 years after "Smiling Proud of the Rivers and Lakes" and 21 years after "The Legend of Shu Mountain", Ling Huchong, who was a gentleman at that time, became the "wind qingyang" of the Immortal Wind Dao Bone, and the lonely nine swords of that year also became today's Ten Thousand Swords returning to the Sect.
A new fantasy film was released - "The Legend of Shushan: Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect".
Before the start of the broadcast, many people were not optimistic, after all, the two years of online movies, has long become a concentration camp of bad films, especially works under the guise of special effects blockbusters, it is worse than one after another.
And many of the online movies starring veteran Hong Kong stars are also word-of-mouth. "The Legend of ShuShan: Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect", the two things are together. Can it be said that it is still impossible to counterattack?
But life is full of fantasy, and it really makes him pretend!
Let's take a look at a wave of Douban reviews! Qi brush brush is all four-star, three-star praise! Critics have spoken out: The special effects far exceeded expectations. And, far beyond a certain national drama.
Looking at the heat, 4 hours rushed to the first place in the soaring list, and 6 hours rushed to the second place in the popularity of the whole network.
On the bullet screen, a piece of praise, iQiyi score, is even more 8.3 points, almost can sweep the vast majority of past online movies.
In the end, what is so special about this fairy film? Domestic fantasy, really ok again? The nonsense has been said too much, the sword comes - look at the master brother of the year, how to "return the ten thousand swords to the sect".
First, put this "Legend of Shushan" and other domestic fantasy film and television drama special effects together, the difference seems to be a world of difference
It is said that the domestic immortal is the real ceiling of the special effects imagination.
To present those imaginative special effects scenes, whether it is a fanciful special effects scene or an imaginative story core, it is a great challenge.
But this time, it was really filmed.
A real fairy movie, often the first picture can make you into the play.
In the opening scene, the male protagonist of this film, the former top killer of the Demon Sect, defected and wanted to escape with his lover.
Demon Sect, birth gate in, death door out, go, naturally will not let you go alive.
Demon Sect Master, intercepted and killed.
This fight, the ability setting is indeed careful, but also the film's originality is relatively high paragraph, regardless of the protagonist and supporting roles have their own fighting style.
Selling cute girls, the absolute school is the Yagi Great Snake. In the blink of an eye, there is another golden bell cover.
The male protagonist's mastery is the Royal Sword Flight.
But when he saw the cute girl, his mouth chanted the divine incantation, and with a force between his eyebrows, a dark cloud suddenly turned into a large snake and walked through the eaves.
The snake's head twisted, the illusion came true, and a fiery fire erupted from its mouth. Travel between heaven and earth without hesitation, flying through the sky and the earth.
The male protagonist flashed and moved, circling with it.
Another one, proficient in ninjutsu, water escape, shape-shifting phantom, in the blink of an eye, sharp weapons came into shape.
As soon as the male protagonist slapped the sword box, dozens of swords flew out and turned into swords and shields to block the interception.
The opponent sighed: Worthy of being the first killer of the Demon Gate, how many swords do you have in your sword box.
Male protagonist: Guess what.
Then use the qi to transport the sword and break the enemy in a second.
Is it dazzling enough? These fighting methods are just the appetizers of the new Shushan Legend.
Next, there are various Shushan sword tricks: land sword immortals, fantasy dust.
Shushan Crane, otherworldly.
Nine-headed willow, magical.
However, what really made me feel the nuclear bomb-level imagination was the youth of Lu Songxian's fan xiangxiang character, and the special effects play of Bai Yunfei and Ran Qingchen rebelling against The Gate of Heaven.
Styling, as if the Cecilia Cheung Version of Shushan Chuan style, special effects?
4 minutes of special effects drama, I believe these 4 minutes, is enough to make countless domestic fantasy films blush.
One sound, the sword came, one move, and the ten thousand swords returned to the sect.
Am I right?
The picture, this detail, this mirror, this special effect.
Coupled with the sentence of the young Bai Yunfei, this world is not as good as you in my eyes.
Count it or not, and perfectly restore those magnificent dreams in your heart!
More critically, as a fairy movie, "fairy temperament" is particularly important. In this regard, the special effects of the film are very well rendered.
A few shots will bring the audience into the world of that Shu Mountain.
When the male protagonist wielded the sword array, ten thousand swords came out in unison, and an indescribable sense of oppression swept over his face, as if this was a real scene. These beautiful and shocking scenes are full of Chinese aesthetic charm.
I believe that after watching this film, everyone can't help but sigh in admiration:
This special effects scene exploded!
Second, although the story is clichéd, the phrase "open the gate of heaven" satisfies all my fantasies about xianxia films
But there is one thing to say, in addition to the visual shock, and another big kill. In other aspects of the film, it is quite lackluster.
The whole story can basically be summarized as: one-third of "Kung Fu" + one-third of "Shushan Legend" + one-third of the gags.
Back to the opening scene where the Demon Sect master defects, it is really cool to say that the Name of the Demon Sect is really cool, for example, this killer is called "Sword", you give anyone such a name, no wonder he has to defect.
Although the front of the "sword" was very lively, with his combat strength, defeating other killers was not too much of a problem, who could have imagined that at the crucial moment, the woman he wanted to take away would slash him with a sword from behind and cut off one of his arms.
The male protagonist who lost love and lost his arm fell into the bottom of the lake in despair, and was originally physically and mentally crippled for the rest of his life.
As a result, they were saved by the heroine, that is, Bai Yunfei's daughter.
The next step is naturally to be gradually moved by a kind family, and there is a romantic name - Sword Twelve.
You see, if the Demon Sect doesn't work, it can't work, and the name gap has come out.
However, although the film is very good at naming, the narrative is really not good, not only the rhythm is delayed, but the gag is rampant. And there are too many plot slots, which make people even support their foreheads.
The biggest problem is that in order to forcibly prompt Bai Yunfei and his wife to go out of the mountain to fight against the Seven Slayer Demon Sect, they forcibly demote their wisdom, almost sacrificing all the rationality of the plot.
Anyway, the mysterious divine eagle hero was forced to re-emerge from the jianghu.
Then there is a reminiscence paragraph, it turns out that the father played by Lu Songxian is the Shushan Baiyunfei of that year, and the old mother is the Tianshan Sect Ran Qingchen, who made a big mistake when Ran Practiced and went into the fire, and would have been killed by the major factions. But he was saved by Bai Yunfei and has been anonymous until today.
Bai Yunfei was only half a step away from opening the Heavenly Gate, but he gave up everything for Ran Qingchen. Now that Sword Twelve's identity had been exposed, the major factions were not good enough to fight against the Demon Gate, and they also came to surround and suppress them.
And then there's the exhaustion of the old man's power,
A heroic sacrifice,
When the predecessors died, it was almost the turn of the new generation to open the Gate of Heaven.
In short, the story really doesn't work.
But not very good, there are wonderful parts, especially, when the Seven Killing Sects entered their home, the ordinary old man and old lady in everyone's eyes suddenly transformed into a world-class master, which was still very enjoyable.
And although the whole story is routine, it is better than simply understanding, and does not confuse the audience.
Of course, the most important thing is that this big ending is really too burning.
There's a shot that completely shocked me—
The male and female protagonists attacked white clothes, a long sword, and rode a white crane to fight against the Demon Sect, first opening the Gate of Heaven with a sword. It was as if the scene of Li Chungang vs. Wang Xianzhi reappeared.
But realistically, this visual imagination is indeed far beyond the TV series.
Next, it is another move in "Wind and Cloud" in the Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Sect, although, the reference is a bit obvious, but it is really very burning.
When thousands of iron swords gathered in the sky, turned into a giant sword, and killed thousands of disciples of the Demon Sect in a second, the next second, the Gate of Heaven opened, and the Demon Sect was shocked and insane, knowing that the general trend had gone.
And the male and female protagonists flying with cranes, one person and one crane killing the Demon Sect, is not equivalent to the scene of the crane riding under the jiangnan and the sword coming from "In the Snow"?
In the end, the Demon Sect Patriarch incarnated as the Killing God to summon the lava giant beast, and the male protagonist fused thousands of swords into a heavenly giant sword, breaking through the heavens and the earth from the clouds, instantly reminding me of the scene of the male and female masters of the "Legend of Shu Mountain" who combined their swords and defeated the demon.
No, this is even more burning than "The Legend of Shu Mountain"!
Because this is the culmination of our Chinese fairy imagination.
At this moment, the victory or defeat is no longer important, what is important is the belief in their hearts.
As long as you believe, the immortal can transcend reality. Straight to the deepest touch in people's hearts.
As soon as this famous scene appeared, it was indeed an epic high-burning scene.
A combination of domestic immortals and magic! Just ask you if you are surprised, are you surprised?
But in addition to the special effects, the film also has a secret weapon.
Third, the Ling Fox Chong of that year became the wind and qingyang, or the old belt
Lu Songxian, of course.
A successful fairy tale film, what else is needed besides film and television spectacle?
Characters are essential.
After all, if a fairy film does not have human touch and resonance, then how to get the recognition of the audience?
If Fan Xiangtang is a scene of cooking for the whole family, it supports the biggest laugh in the whole film.
Then Ling Huchong, who played the gentleman in "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", played a unique father who retired to the jianghu.
Speaking of which, it is also a sigh.
At that time, Lu Songxian, handsome, heroic, evil, and extremely malleable, was once praised by TVB.
After Ling Fox Chong, Yang Jiacong in "Outlying Islands Special Police" (1998) once again had countless powders with his muscular body and bronze skin.
But at that time, wireless was like a day in the sky, and the first-line students were too capable of playing.
Feeling that he lacked play, Lu Songxian turned to ATV and was called "Twin Dan" together with Jiang Hua, Wu Yongwei and Wan Qiwen.
From Jiang Baiqi in "The Winner is King", Song Shiyuan in "Silver Fox", to Song Ziqi in "The King of the Drama King", it cannot be said that ATV did not praise him, but these roles did not "make Fox Chong" make people remember deeply.
Then ATV fell, and Lu Songxian's star path gradually dimmed.
Maybe some people really belong to one role in their lifetime, as Lu Songxian said, "What is my person, what is the role of Ling Huchong."
But Lu Songxian, who is already 56 years old, his acting skills are still not reduced in that year, playing the game BaiyunFei in the world, meeting small on the road, all the way pretending to be stupid and soft,
Still so giggling and scolding, the game mortal.
Seeing that my daughter met her sweetheart, I did not forget to exhort: "It is okay to go out to play, don't spend the night outside!" ”
The most wonderful thing is a scene in the finale, implicated by the male protagonist, Bai Yunfei's family died and was injured.
Lu Songxian, a master who had once opened the Gate of Heaven in half a step, had to use his life's cultivation to reshape the male protagonist's body before he was about to die.
At such a moment of life and death, Lu Songxian's sentence of "Ge Laozi", leading the audience to dream back to the smiling and proud rivers and lakes, making people cry, and also making the fantasy farewell scene silent than sound.
Even more people can't help but be touched by Bai and Ran's immortal love, for you, how about Cheng Immortal, how about making enemies with thousands of people, and how about dying and destroying the soul?
It can be said that Lu Songxian's appearance gives the film a certain quality of a big-screen movie.
Even if it is only for the phrase "Ge Laozi", watching this movie is worth it.
Written in the end: Once dismissive of the special effects of online movies, but now it is too deep into the drama
But as a big online movie, the film is really not perfect, with such and such problems. For example, the film's large number of references will make some viewers disdainful.
Although the second half of the story is constantly shocking, the story of the first half is too loose, and there are too many gag paragraphs.
The emotional line of the male and female protagonists advances quickly and without reason, and the lackluster acting skills of the male and female protagonists make these paragraphs even more boring.
Many of the plots in the story are also unreasonable. Of course, the most unreasonable thing is that Ran Qingchen, who was able to make Bai Yunfei give up everything, grew into Fan Xiangxiang in 20 years, and there is no meaning of disrespectful actors, but such a change is also too magical.
Even so, I still think the film is flawed.
It is said that "The Legend of ShuShan" has opened the door to domestic immortal blockbusters. But the gate of heaven opened, but there was no follow-up.
For various reasons, the domestic fairy tale theme is increasingly trapped in the creation of the mortar.
In the past, the protagonists of xianxia films all took the world's life as their responsibility, and now they all take "falling in love with the master as their responsibility".
In the past, the immortal theme works were full of pride and chivalry, "The Legend of Shushan" emphasized the haoran righteousness, Li Xiaoyao could sacrifice for the world, and now the immortals pursue the three lives and three sons and daughters.
Xian Xia works, indeed, regressed.
Although the network fairy film has returned home again and again, in a sense, it has continued the incense of the fairy film, so that the fairy theme has found the soil for continued growth here.
And this "New Shu Mountain" can not be said to be an excellent work, but at least let the audience see the possibility of seriously making a Xian Xia work.
This special effects and Lu Songxian's fairy tale film that saved the whole movie were well received by the audience, and also proved from the side that everyone recognized and expected this type.
Even if there is such and such imperfection, there are bloody rivers and lakes in the film, there is fairy love, there is a sword to open the gate of heaven, and there is lu Songxian, who is old and clean, these are enough for a big network movie.
The question is, after the Gate of Heaven is opened again, can the Immortal Hero Film return to the Sect again? The so-called immortals are actually just ordinary people who survive in adversity.
Never give up that tiny hope, one day, you will be able to open the gate of heaven and return to the Sect of Ten Thousand Swords.