"Sui Xian 1" broke 142 million at the box office on the first day, without suspense to win the single-day box office champion, as of press time, the current box office has broken 200 million, successfully scheduled today's box office champion. "Xue Xian 1" can get so much attention, one is that there are more fans of "Xue Xian"; the second is the power of traffic stars, you may not know Xiao Zhan before the summer, but after "Chen Qing Ling", Xiao Zhan has occupied the list of major traffic artists; the third is the blessing of director Cheng Xiaodong and Jiang David, Xu Shaoqiang, Liang Jiaren, and Ye Tong.
Personally, I am a fan of books, plus I am a Hong Kong movie lover, at the beginning of the "Su Xian 1" is still full of expectations, but after watching it, I can only say that it is decent, first of all, the Baguio shape does not meet, destroying the image of the smart and beautiful proud lady in my mind, and then the plot adaptation is unreasonable, and the special effects are not passed.
What the so-called Xian Xia movie should be, you can refer to Xu Laowei's "The Legend of Shu Mountain" in 2001, the theme is the vast world, the righteousness is eternal, the so-called love is only the obstacle experienced in the cultivation process, not the main line. At that time, I thought that "The Legend of Shushan" was the beginning of the Xian Xia movie, but I didn't expect it to be the peak, and it has been 18 years, and no Xian Xia movie can surpass it.
The audience's eyes are shining, and the Douban score of "Xuexian 1" is also declining, from the initial 6.7 points to the current 5.6 points, so what level is this score at in Cheng Xiaodong's works?
Cheng Xiaodong, a well-known action director in Hong Kong, is equally famous with Liu Jialiang, Yuan Heping and Hong Jinbao, Cheng Xiaodong flying cornices walking on the wall, Liu Jialiang hard bridge hard horse, Yuan Heping moves gorgeously, Hong Jinbao is a big opening and closing, and the styles of the four are different. In fact, the best solution for "Su Xian 1" is directed by Xu Ke and Cheng Xiaodong as the action director, and the combination of the two can definitely create a cool and magnificent fairy world.
Cheng Xiaodong and Xu Ke have been the best partners, whether it is Xu Ke as a producer, he is a director, or Xu Ke is a director, he is responsible for action design, and the works he has cooperated with are all classics, such as the "Ghost of Qiannu" series, the "Smiling Pride" series, and the "New Dragon Gate Inn".
First of all, "Qiannu Ghost", Douban is as high as 8.7 points, Cheng Xiaodong's best directorial work, the best human ghost love in Hong Kong movies, the most amazing female ghost Nie Xiaoqian, the most bookish Andy Ning Caichen, the most powerful ghost hunting master Yan Chixia, Wang Zuxian, Zhang Guorong, and Noon Ma are all born for them, and no one has been able to surpass them so far. There are also the music of the tree demon Grandma Liu Zhaoming and Huang Xia, which are also classics.
Then Xu Guanjie's version of "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" was hailed as the pioneering work of the new style of martial arts, and it was also a fateful end, and a number of directors were changed in the middle, even the starring actor was not the original candidate, originally Ren Yingying was played by Ye Qianwen, and later replaced by Zhang Min. Just as the so-called good things are more grinding, Hu Jinquan's elaboration and Xu Ke's sneering critical style have created this classic. In "Laughing proud of the East Undefeated", Xu Ke is even more boldly adapted, taking the Oriental Undefeated as the protagonist, Lin Qingxia fully interprets this role, masculine and feminine, gentle and domineering coexist, even Jet Li has been robbed of a lot of limelight. In the third "Oriental Undefeated Rises Again", Xu Ke and Cheng Xiaodong were originally "fighting counterfeits", but they lost the core of martial arts, but they were more like a lily movie, Lin Qingxia and Wang Zuxian were the biggest highlights.
"New Dragon Gate Inn" needless to say, the monument of martial arts films is an insurmountable mountain, Cheng Xiaodong also designed the best action that year, and the small second diao of the single shop did not meet the knife to remove Cao Shaoqin, he was amazed, even if he could use special effects to complete it now, he could not achieve the effect of that year. Desert yellow sand, masters gathered, fighting wits and courage, children's love, martial arts films should have elements it has taken full, see Lin Qingxia, Maggie Cheung, Liang Jiahui, Zhen Zidan, they are like seeing the best time of Chinese martial arts films.
Many people may say that the above works have a strong Xu Ke style, everyone recognizes that Xu Ke works, this point does not argue with everyone, let's take a look at Cheng Xiaodong's first directorial work "Life and Death Decision", released in 1983, Douban as high as 7.6 points, this is a martial arts film that completely belongs to Cheng Xiaodong, is a realistic, aesthetic, tragic martial arts film. There are martial arts in the film, the realm of heroes, Liu Songren and Xu Shaoqiang heroes, this film is definitely the most underrated new wave martial arts film, even compared with Xu Ke's "Butterfly Change" and Tan Jiaming's "Famous Sword".
In addition to martial arts films, Cheng Xiaodong and Du Qifeng also co-directed "The Legend of Modern Heroes" and "Ji Gong", as well as "The Adventure King" with Jet Li, "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors" with Zhang Yimou Gong Li, and "Chinese Gamblers" with Wang Jing, which is most similar to martial arts films.
"Xue Xian 1" currently Has a Douban score of 5.6 points, and only 2 films in Cheng Xiaodong's directorial career are less than 5.6 points, that is, "The Legend of the White Snake" and "Jiangshan Beauty", the former is a big joke compared with Xu Ke's "Green Snake", if it is not Jet Li participating in that year, it is estimated that the score will be lower. As for "Beauty of Jiangshan", it has a gorgeous appearance, the plot is very silly and naïve, there is a sense of patchwork, and it is really powerless to spit out.
Cheng Xiaodong's most brilliant period of directing level stayed in the 1980s and 1990s, there are few representative works after the new century, of course, in fact, Cheng Xiaodong as an action director, the classics are countless, in addition to the previous introduction, there are "Journey to the West", "A Lang's Story", "Hero True Colors 2", "Famous Sword", "Super School Overlord", "Hero", "Cast Name", etc., then you have watched "Xue Xian 1", do you think that Douban 5.6 points are high or low?