The movie "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero" was officially announced and released a concept poster, directed by Tsui Hark, Xiao Zhan as Guo Jing, Zhuang Duffy as Huang Rong.
As soon as the news came out, the whole network was in an uproar. No matter how you think about it, the kind and honest, stubborn and strong Guo Jing Guo Daxia is completely out of line with Xiao Zhan's image.
Xiao Zhan is handsome and dashing, with a feminine beauty, lacking a masculine, honest and straightforward temperament. If you let Xiao Zhan play Yang Kang, it may be more suitable, but let him play Guo Jing, I don't know what Director Tsui Hark Xu thinks?
Sure enough, the older Tsui Hark gets, the less reliable he becomes!
The 1983 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Huang Rihua's version of Guo Jing and Weng Meiling's version of Huang Rong, has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has become an eternal classic in the hearts of Chinese people.
Among the Hong Kong stars at that time, Weng Meiling's image may not be the most beautiful, but her big flexible and godly eyes seem to be able to speak, a pouty small mouth that can speak eloquently, and a pair of cute little tiger teeth are revealed when she laughs, the overall image is delicate and cute, eccentric, and a "brother Jing" has long been deeply imprinted in the audience's minds and memories.
And Huang Rihua interprets the image of a "silly brother" who is honest, tolerant and kind, fierce and stubborn, vividly and endearingly.
Since then, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has been remade in many versions, among which the more famous and well-received version is the 1994 version starring Zhang Zhilin and Zhu Yin.
This edition is also liked by many people. But in my opinion, Zhang Zhilin's pair of eyes are shrewd and cunning, which does not match the humble Guo Jing temperament, although Zhu Yin is the most beautiful "Zixia fairy" in the audience's mind, but she plays Huang Rong, but lacks a bit of eccentricity.
In 2003, the mainland version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", starring Li Yapeng and Zhou Xun as Guo Jing and Huang Rong. This version is also not satisfactory.
After that, in 2008, Hu Ge and Lin Aichen also played Guo Jing and Huang Rong. This version of Hu Ge does not have much popularity and reputation, and the quality is very average.
In 2017, there was also Yang Xuwen and Li Yitong's version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". At that time, Li Yitong was indeed delicate and cute, and she was very beautiful from the appearance alone, but Huang Rong, who she played, lacked a bit of evil spirit and arrogance.
It can be seen from the above version that the most classic and widely recognized by everyone is Huang Rihua and Weng Meiling's version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". The remake in the back, the overall quality is worse than the other.
Blindly fried cold rice, everyone naturally does not like it.
The "Condor " that Tsui Hark is going to shoot this time is a movie version. The characteristics of Jin Yong's martial arts films shot by Xu Lao Wei are that the overall framework and background of the story come from Jin Yong's martial arts stories, but the internal characters and the style direction of the story are completely new things extended and innovated by Xu Lao Wei.
For example, "Smiling Rivers and Lakes 2: The East is Undefeated" directed by Tsui Hark, although the story and style have long deviated from Jin Yong's original work, but due to the wonderful performances of Jet Li and Lin Qingxia, especially Lin Qingxia's excellent anti-string, this film has successfully become a classic, and Lin Qingxia's version of "The East is Undefeated" has also become the only "Oriental Undefeated" candidate in the minds of many people.
But this time, can Tsui Hark create another classic and miracle?
I've seen enough.
Although Xiao Zhan's fans strongly praise the acting skills and strength of their idols, the majority of the audience really sees his acting skills. Handsome is indeed handsome, and the flow is indeed strong enough, but whether it is image or acting skills, it is not very related to the Jin Yong classic of "Guo Jing".
However, Xiao Zhan's ancient costume is still very popular, although the temperament does not match Guo Jing, but at least the appearance is pleasing to the eye.
But the heroine Zhuang Duffy, modern appearance looks okay, at least a little personality and beautiful, but the ancient costume is completely impossible to see, really even in daily life, many Hanfu control girls are not as good as the appearance.
Some people even ruthlessly pointed out that Zhuang Duffy's ancient costume looks like a "women's clothing boss" dressed as a man.
The appearance is not good, and the acting skills are even more questionable. The little-known Zhuang Duffy, who has played a role, can make people remember a little bit, is the online drama "Rock Crazy Flower" starring with Yao Chen last year.
It may be because of this drama that Zhuang Duffy was appreciated by Yao Chen, this time, Tsui Hark named Zhuang Duffy to play the role of Huang Rong in the new "Condor ", as if it was through Yao Chen's introduction.
Moreover, as soon as the concept poster of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero" was released, Yao Chen immediately posted on his personal homepage to call for Duffy Zhuang's new movie, and Duffy Zhuang said, "It's out, Ms. Zhuang"!
And Zhuang Duffy immediately responded to Yao Chen and said, "I work hard!" ”
Then Yao Chen replied: "Come on! Pay remember to hit me in the card. ”
Although it is a joke, it can be seen from this that Yao Chen spares no effort to support Zhuang Duffy.
But the appearance of a passerby in ancient costume like Zhuang Duffy is really completely out of reach with the "pretty yellow rong" in everyone's mind.
Judging from the title of Tsui Hark's new movie "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero", as well as the synopsis, the film tells the story of the heroic great man represented by Guo Jing, serving the country and the people, gathering the martial arts forces of the Central Plains, and resisting the Mongol army to defend Xiangyang.
The story of Guo Jingli guarding Xiangyang does not actually come from "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", but from "The Condor Heroes". Therefore, Guo Jing in the film is not Guo Jing in his youth and youth, but the story of leading his family and children to garrison Xiangyang after Huashan became famous on the sword and became the "great hero" of Beixia.
Speaking of the middle-aged version of Guo Jing, everyone is most familiar with the middle-aged version of Guo Jing and Huang Rong played by Bai Biao and Wei Qiuhua in Gu Tianle's version of "The Condor Heroes".
Post-70s audiences may also be familiar with the 1983 version, "The Condor Heroes" starring Andy Lau and Chen Yulian, in this play, the middle-aged version of Guo Jing and Huang Rong is played by Liang Jiaren and Ouyang Peishan.
The middle-aged version of Huang Rong in these two versions is very beautiful, Ouyang Peishan's version is gentle and beautiful, and Wei Qiuhua's version is beautiful and scheming.
Xiao Zhan is 32 years old this year, and Zhuang Duffy is only 22 years old this year. By such a traffic star and a rookie actor to interpret the middle-aged version of Guo Jing and Huang Rong, people can't help but pinch their sweat.
Young them, their acting skills are not proficient enough, how can they experience the mood of middle-aged Guo Jing and Huang Rong, and interpret this "heroic great" couple?
Maybe the old Tsui Hark no longer pursues art, only pursues fame and fortune, or perhaps, Tsui Hark really has the power to "turn decay into magic", and can successfully bring two actors who are still immature in age and acting skills out of the circle?
In short, choosing Xiao Zhan and Zhuang Duffy to play the middle-aged version of Guo Jing Huang Rong sounds like a joke!
As for the final presentation, whether Tsui Hark and the two actors will be scolded at that time, they can only talk about it after watching the movie at that time.
Which version of Guo Jing and Huang Rong do you like best? Are you looking forward to Xiao Zhan and Zhuang Duffy's version of Guo Jing Huang Rong? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss.
(Text/First Dewdrop)