Dragon Horse Spirit: The gathering and collision of Jackie Chan and Wu Jing marks the end of an era

Before entering the cinema, I didn't expect much from "Dragon Horse Spirit".

The film industry has developed too fast in recent years, everyone is accustomed to watching all kinds of blockbusters, Jackie Chan's little character movies, it seems to be more and more outdated, but if you keep pace with the times and add a little new elements that attract attention, it is easy to become a strange thunder film.

Moreover, the eldest brother, who is 69 years old this year and will soon be 70, is really old.

Watching his movie, there will be a very subtle sense of contradiction in my heart: if he doesn't fight much, then the other young fighting scenes in the movie always seem to be tasteless, after all, they are coming at him; But if he really fights, and he feels worried, hey, hey, is he so old, can he really still fight, don't be too tired, don't hurt ah.

But "Ryoma Spirit" is different.

Although it is also a small character movie, the protagonist Master Luo is just a dragon and tiger martial artist who seems to have never mixed up anything famous in his life but has his own persistence and never admit defeat, but it is different from those small character movies in the past, because you can clearly see that it is a tribute to Jackie Chan himself, but also to an era and a group of people.

As a martial arts actor, Jackie Chan contributed perhaps the most moving literary drama since art in this movie, because he didn't even have to act, he was Master Luo himself.

Jackie Chan is a star and a superstar, and Master Luo is like another Jackie Chan in a parallel world: he has no name in his life, even if he is not understood, he never despises any scene, and he always takes the lead in fighting, leaving countless pains, but he does not regret it.

When Master Luo was young, such a fight for dragon and tiger martial artists may be very common, after all, in that era, the film industry was not developed, and the vast majority of martial arts shots, including high-risk actions, were completed by real people, and the protective measures were far from as perfect as they are now, and everyone can be said to exchange lives for money.

Master Luo is getting older, and the times are gradually changing.

Now the action scenes, do not need actors to fight so hard, many shots can be completed by fake and real post-special effects, even if they must be shot by real people, there will be the safest auxiliary measures and protective measures.

Is there really a need for a person like Master Luo to exist?

As an audience, I am extremely conflicted:

On the one hand, the current special effects are of course very advanced, even if you look closely, you can't see the traces of "fake", but if you can choose, I definitely prefer to watch the real interpretation, because I always feel that film and television works are always "human" works, when the presence of technology exceeds people, will such works lack the human touch that can move people's hearts?

And the film and television practitioners who make this kind of work, will they lack that awe-inspiring awe for this industry?

On the other hand, I know that filming is very dangerous, and if you can solve problems with technical means without risking a living person, then why not?

Not to mention people, even if it is an animal, when it comes to some shots that may harm them, most crews will choose to use post-production special effects to complete, even if the cost will be higher, after all, life is the most precious.

In this entanglement, I even suddenly felt a little lucky, fortunately, Jackie Chan is old, even if he wants to fight, he can't fight, otherwise, if he is still in the prime of life, he will encounter such an era where everyone will worry about being replaced by AI and causing unemployment...

Where should he go?

Do you continue to shoot flesh-and-blood scenes as before, or do you take the road of "technology" like everyone else?

Fortunately, he didn't have to get tangled.

But in "Dragon Horse Spirit", in addition to the already dying Master Luo, there is indeed a star in the prime of life.

Wu Jing and Jackie Chan appeared together in the movie "New Shaolin Temple" 12 years ago, but at that time, the starring role was Andy Lau, who was not a star, and Wu Jing had not yet gained a foothold with "Wolf Warrior 2".

Now they have become the representatives of the old and new generations of martial arts stars, and when they gather in the "Ryoma King God", they have a completely different meaning.

Wu Jing plays a junior Yuan Wei who was promoted by Master Luo, although the two are both dragon and tiger martial artists, but their encounters and achievements are worlds apart, Yuanwei is a hot kung fu star, and Master Luo is a down-and-out martial artist who owes a debt.

The setting of these two characters is really meaningful.

In such a rapidly changing era, Yuanwei can become a big star, in addition to ability, temperament and opportunity, a large part of the reason is that he can be flexible.

Just like Wu Jing, he does not stick to kung fu movies, but opens up a new world with military-themed wolves.

He will not be the enemy of the times, but will open his arms to accept all the changes brought about by the progress of the times, even if he can fight and fight, he will not stick to the road of "fighting", and use whatever technology he should use.

But Master Luo stubbornly adhered to the spirit of the Dragon and Tiger Martial Master, even though he knew that all this was outdated.

In the era of material desires, no matter how noble the spirit is, it is not worth anything.

If I were to judge, it would be difficult for me to say whether I would support Yuanwei or Master Luo more.

But at the last moment of the movie, when Master Luo suddenly grabbed the reins and gave up the adventure to fight for his life at the moment of kicking the door, I was really relieved.

It's okay, it's okay.

No matter what, it's just filming, it's not worth taking your life.

All the audience, probably like Yuanwei, felt from the bottom of their hearts, great.

However, at this point, even the most stubborn Master Luo has also let go, then...

There will be no more dragon and tiger martial artists who take their lives to Bo.

The moment Master Luo made his decision, it actually marked the end of an era.

It's both reassuring and frustrating.

I can't help but think that in the past two years, there were always netizens discussing why the younger generation of martial arts actors seemed to be extinct, but now everyone seems to have calmly accepted this reality.

What is there to discuss, the answer is so obvious.

Learning martial arts is an extremely hard thing, learning it is also when martial arts is a stuntman, dangerous but not much money, and easy to be replaced, the effort and return are so disproportionate, how many people will chase their dreams purely without thinking about reality?

Every step of the times' progress will leave behind countless people abandoned by it, as well as careers, good or bad.

The demise of kung fu movies seems to be inevitable.

Fortunately, the spirit can be passed down forever.

Although Jackie Chan's literary drama in "Dragon Horse Spirit" is very moving, he plays a lot in it, and the action design is very interesting.

In the end credits, I saw a lot of scenes of him beating, although he can use props and special effects, but in fact, he can fight by himself, he is still insisting on playing by himself, in any case, this spirit is worth learning from young actors.

Finally, I want to say that I really like Chitu so much, in fact, I cried several times in the film, all because of this horse.

When I see the red rabbit's ears moving, I always think of the two little rabbits I raised, and they also like to shake their ears, but unfortunately, they are not as spiritual as the red rabbit!

Of course I know that this spirituality is only played out in movies, but...

As a horse, acting skills are so good, it is spiritual in itself!