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The waves cast the rivers and lakes
The sea laughed, the tide on both sides of the strait, the ups and downs with the waves, only remember the present day.
The ancient melody of the rivers and lakes echoes in the ears, depicting a legend of joys and sorrows.
The rivers and lakes were originally an ideal place for martial arts heroes to pursue a free life.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.
Where there are rivers and lakes, there are grievances.
The rivers and lakes are long, and the predicament of being involuntary has never stopped.
In the movie "Smiling Proud Jianghu: The East is Undefeated" directed by Tsui Hark, the sad atmosphere of the rivers and lakes is everywhere.
As the boy told others while riding a horse: "If you drink while riding a horse, you will one day crash into a mountain." ”
No one expected that this prophetic statement would become a portrayal of their later tragic encounters.
On this road in the rivers and lakes, I originally wanted to only ask about wine and entertainment, but in the end I was swept into the red dust and had to cut off the cause of love and hatred with my own hands.
The loneliness behind the smiling rivers and lakes
At the end of the film, Ling Hu Chong finally got his wish and went to Fusang in seclusion.
By his side, only his childhood sweetheart's little sister was accompanied, and none of the rest of his relatives and friends were with him.
When Ling Hu Chong was young, he had a long-cherished wish to retreat to the mountains and forests, and he did not want to be disturbed by the battles in the rivers and lakes.
But the reality is far from that.
In order to save Ren Yingying's father, and in order to avenge Dongfang Undefeated's crime of killing his junior brother, Ling Hu Chong had to be deeply involved in grievances and disputes in the rivers and lakes.
The price paid was heavy, the juniors and disciples were brutally killed, and there were no bones left;
The lover Ren Yingying is far away in the Divine Cult, and there is no news;
Although Dongfang is undefeated and dead, how will the grievances between the two be resolved?
These mysteries will accompany Ling Hu Chong throughout his life.
Therefore, when Ling Hu Chong finally came to Fusang alone and looked around, the feeling of loneliness and loneliness would definitely come to his heart.
I thought that I could get rid of the chaos of the rivers and lakes and live a free life by retiring, but I didn't expect the price to be so great.
Friends are separated, lovers are gone, brothers and sisters are gone, and everything is gone.
Although the laughter is loud, it can only smile at the obsession and enthusiasm of the past.
At present, although Fusang is quiet and beautiful, those past events are haunting like ghosts, and it is difficult to let go.
Just like Ling Hu Chong when he was young, he was full of longing for the rivers and lakes, but he didn't know that once he entered the game, he would be tired of it, and it would be difficult to get rid of it.
Fusang's retirement life originally represented his ideal life, but after all, it was overshadowed by too much loss.
Although the vision is there, it is still spotless and lonely.
Is this kind of retreat a consummation?
It's just an escape, a way to escape, to leave the old land and start over.
It's hard to do both
In the movie, the entanglement between Dongfang Undefeated and Ling Hu Chong can be said to be the best annotation of "reasonableness and difficulty".
Although there is a love relationship between the two, it is difficult to reach the end.
At the beginning, Dongfang Undefeated did not have much malice towards Ling Hu Chong.
The two met in a wine store and had a good impression of each other.
Ling Hu Chong likes the undefeated style of the East, indifferent and calm;
Dongfang is undefeated, and appreciates the frankness of the young man Ling Hu Chong.
They appreciated each other, cherished each other, and were once as close as confidants and friends.
Even Ling Hu Chong once said: "Maybe you never know what I'm talking about, then we will never have a grudge." ”
These words are tantamount to a trust and expectation for the undefeated East.
When Ling Hu Chong found out that this "confidant" turned out to be the murderer who killed his junior brother, Dongfang Undefeated, he was naturally disappointed and threw a heavy punch.
Dongfang Undefeated also felt helpless about this, she just couldn't help herself.
As the leader of the Sun and Moon God Sect, she already had the ambition to unify the martial arts, and paid the price for self-transformation.
Although she and Ling Hu Chong also have a relationship, in the face of the temptation of power, personal emotions are overshadowed after all.
This is the portrayal of "it is difficult to achieve both reasonableness".
Affection made Dongfang undefeated to show mercy to Ling Hu Chong's subordinates repeatedly, and finally even deliberately missed the killing move during the duel, eating Ling Hu Chong's sword.
Ren Xing laughed at her subordinates for showing mercy at that time, but Dongfang was undefeated and couldn't care so much.
Reason prompted Dongfang to be undefeated and adhere to his ideals and pursuits.
She once chanted the poem "The world is out of my generation, and the years urge me to enter the rivers and lakes." In the talk and laughter of the emperor's hegemony, it is better than a drunk in life. ”
The first three sentences reveal the ambition of a domineering knight, while the last sentence reveals a hint of indifference and helplessness after a lot of pride.
Dongfang Undefeated was originally a man, and he had practiced the martial arts "Sunflower Treasure Book", and he was ambitious to unify the rivers and lakes.
Although she had a time of wandering with Ling Hu Chong, it was just a small episode on the way, and it couldn't change her determination to pursue the "Emperor Hegemony" at all.
Therefore, Dongfang Undefeated was neither willing to hurt Ling Hu Chong, nor could he completely give up power, and finally chose a way out that best of both worlds.
On the one hand, it is implied that Ling Hu Chong is "forever guilty", so that this relationship is not so easy to break;
On the other hand, it also allowed Linghu Chong to get out safely, and there was a chance to start again in the future.
As the saying goes, "the encounter of people is the destiny of heaven, the acquaintance of people is the fate of knowledge, and the enmity of people is the fate of resignation." ”
Dongfang is undefeated and Ling Hu Chong's reasonableness is difficult, and it is also a kind of "resignation".
Regrets from the bottom of my heart
In addition to Dongfang Undefeated and Ling Hu Chong, the love between Ren Yingying and Ling Hu Chong is also another big regret.
From beginning to end, the two were a pair of lovers who knew their hearts and minds, but they finally missed their good relationship due to various practical reasons and were destined to break up in the end.
At first, Ren Yingying and Ling Hu Chong looked so compatible.
The two are in love, and their feelings are moving forward.
Ren Yingying always looked at Ling Hu Chong with anticipation, eager to get his love.
Linghu Chong also did not hesitate to fall in love with the little junior sister, and the two were like glue and love.
There was a time when Ling Hu Chong also had the idea of marrying Ren Yingying as his wife.
It's a pity that reality is cruel, and anything simple and beautiful will inevitably be tarnished by reality.
's father disappeared, the church was in turmoil, and as the head of the house, Ren Yingying was almost bound by reality.
And Ling Hu Chong is willing to help Ren Yingying rescue Ren Xing, but it also means that he will be completely involved in the disputes in the rivers and lakes, far away from the ideal of retreat.
In this way, the two drifted apart.
Ren Yingying originally promised to play the song "Smiling Proud Jianghu" for him after Ling Hu Chong returned, but in the end she said to Ling Hu Chong, "I can't play this song for you again in the future."
In the face of Ling Hu Chong's retention, she only said, "I am a member of the Divine Cult, and I want to live and die with the Divine Cult."
These two sentences have already expressed the decision of the two to break up, but Ren Yingying's choked tone and gloomy eyes make people see that she still has a deep attachment to Ling Hu Chong in her heart.
In fact, Ren Yingying has been holding back her emotions.
Obviously, she is full of love for Ling Hu Chong, but she has to let go repeatedly because of all kinds of practical constraints.
When she was forced to calm down, the tears choked at the corners of Ren Yingying's eyes and the regretful tremors at the corners of her mouth all told her suppressed tenderness.
But in the end, she chose responsibility and gave up the pursuit of personal love.
Ling Hu Chong and Ren Yingying's intimate intellectuality can't find a way out after all, what a pity for the couple in the movie!
Tsui Hark's feminine spirit
It is undeniable that in the whole movie, the two female images of Dongfang Undefeated and Ren Yingying are really impressive.
What they show is the heroic spirit and charm of women that director Tsui Hark has always written.
Tsui Hark has always had his own unique views on the shaping of women's images.
The women he writes about are never graceful flowers, but outstanding women who are heroic and chivalrous.
The undefeated East is like this: she sometimes wears a fluttering red dress, and her gestures are full of charm, charming and delicate;
Sometimes shaved his hair, wearing a black robe, cold and indifferent, and there was a domineering look between his eyebrows.
She can even sit on the ground, drink in a dashing manner, and take the enemy with a snap of her fingers, dignified and elegant; You can also smile on the edge of the cliff, with no fear on your face, free and easy.
Even Ren Xing couldn't help but admire her heroic spirit of "sword eyebrows and starry eyes".
As Tsui Hark himself said when he commented on the undefeated Dongfang played by Lin Qingxia: "It takes a hundred years to produce such a great beauty." Her nobility actually carries a kind of heroism, more handsome than a man. ”
This aptly sums up the essence of Tsui Hark's femininity.
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The movie "Smiling Proud of the Rivers and Lakes: The East is Undefeated" tells the themes of sadness, loneliness, and emotional entanglement in the life of the rivers and lakes, which is thought-provoking.
From Dongfang Undefeated and Ling Hu Chong's "Reasonable and Difficult to Fulfill", Ren Yingying and Ling Hu Chong's "Regret of Knowing the Heart", we saw the helplessness of love in the face of reality;
From the loneliness of Ling Hu Chong's laughter and arrogance, he felt the loneliness of retiring Coats;
From the display of the spiritual temperament of the two heroines in the whole film, I realized the unique charm of the traditional female image written by director Tsui Hark.
As sung in the opening song "A Laugh in the Sea": "The rivers and lakes laugh, the red dust is a dream, who waves and volleys into the air?" Who solves the problem, smiling at each other. ”
Life in the rivers and lakes is like a dream, full of helplessness, entanglements and regrets.
Only by smiling at Hongchen and suddenly becoming enlightened, may be able to break free from this dream.
Director Tsui Hark uses his unique artistic techniques to vividly reproduce all this in this film, so that the audience can gain endless thoughts and insights in the process of enjoying the film.
It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes.
It is really worthy of being a classic masterpiece of Chinese martial arts films.