In 1992, the "martial arts ghost talent" Xu Ke made a major change to the original work of "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", and the villain Dongfang, who was originally only four pages long, was undefeated and became the absolute protagonist of the film, and he also found the "pure and amorous" Lin Qingxia to reverse the role.
Jin Yong was very unhappy after reading it: "In the future, our friends will continue to do it, but they will no longer sell you the copyright." ”
But even if he broke with his idol, Mr. Jin Yong, Xu Ke did not waver in his determination to adapt.
In this way, he worked hard to overcome public opinion and achieved an undefeated oriental, and after the release of the film, it was a great success at the box office, selling 34.46 million Hong Kong dollars.
The following year, Wang Jing, who was red-eyed, invited Jin Yong to change "The Tale of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavens" together, but because the change was too outrageous, the film only received 10.47 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office after its release, leaving the investor Yongsheng Film Company with no return.
Wang Jing's dismal experience made the directors and screenwriters at that time realize a truth: spoofs are risky, and magic reform needs to be cautious.
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In the book, Mr. Jin Yong describes Zhang Wujie, who has an indecisive personality and a very pitiful life.
By coincidence, he possessed a unique martial art and gained the favor of four women at the same time. Punishing adultery and eliminating evil, Kuang Zheng helped the devil, and reached the peak of life at a young age.
After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, he embraced the beauty and stayed away from worldly strife and became a casual person.
However, in 1993, in Wang Jing's adaptation of "The Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavens", Zhang Wuji became a "peerless ninja" who was both good and evil, seemingly loyal, but in fact full of cunning, bent on being the supreme ruler.
For some people, suffering is the dirt that gives rise to ambition.
Zhang Wujie had a happy and carefree childhood, but when he returned home at the age of 10, he was slapped by the second elder of Xuan Di and witnessed his parents being forced to commit suicide by the martial arts upright.
Suffering begins, and the seeds of hatred are planted.
It is said that children who beg for food in other people's bowls will be stronger than ordinary people. Every painful night, Zhang Wujie secretly swore:
Sooner or later, I'm going to get ahead.
In the following 7 years, in the face of the bullying of shi brothers, despite the careful care of shigong Zhang Sanfeng, he still chose to hide his patience and became more and more deep-minded.
After accidentally falling off a cliff, Zhang Wuji cleverly deceived the Fire Foreman's Nine Yang Divine Gong. After completing his studies, he told Huotoutuo a wise saying: Not only are the words of beautiful women untrustworthy, but the words of seemingly loyal men are not credible.
Later, under the leadership of Xiao Zhao, Zhang Wuji learned the supreme divine skill in the Ming Sect Secret Room- Qiankun Great Shift.
After a fierce fight, Zhang Wuji sat firmly on the throne of the Ming Sect Leader. He went alone to the Chamber of Secrets, destroyed the Secret Stone Tablet, and laughed loudly inside, which made people shudder.
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Subversion can make a classic, or it can destroy a classic.
The magic reform of the protagonist Zhang Wuji in the film made many Jin Yong book fans unacceptable, although there were big names such as Jet Li, Qiu Shuzhen, Zhang Min, and Hong Jinbao, and at that time, it was still a double hit at the box office.
At the same time, what makes the audience even more unacceptable is that in order to continue the funny style of Zhou Xingchi in "Deer Dingji", Wang Jing added a lot of nonsense funny to the film.
For example, Zhang Sanfeng, played by Hong Jinbao, is no longer a highly respected martial arts master, giving people the feeling of madness and old impropriety, beating people, cursing people, opening yellow chambers, and saying that they will come.
The dragon claw warrior monk who represented the Shaolin Temple suddenly uttered the astonishing words "My combat effectiveness is only 6,000, and his combat effectiveness is at least 10,000 or more" during the fight.
Because of Jet Li's schedule, the total shooting time of the whole movie was only 7 days, and in this way, Wang Jing also added a pair of "very disgusting" partners in the middle of the shooting - the second elder huashan wearing a red cross and white clothes.
The appearance of these two people is four words in the words of the exterminator in the movie: shameless to the extreme.
Not to mention the later stage of the movie, Wang Jing estimated that she wanted to run the spoof through to the end, and the fifty cent special effects were more eye-catching at the time.
When the Ming Sect Five Elements Banner and the decent martial artists were fighting, Wang Jing actually gave a desolate and mournful love song "Song of Laughter".
In addition to the unchanged main line, Wang Jing subverted the entire "Dragon Slaying Record of Yi tian".
However, even if the movie was scolded by many people at that time, the audience after watching the movie had to admit that Wang Jing, as a senior temperamental person, really understood the audience.
Three hong Kong palace-level beauties, appearing in a work at the same time, Wang Jing shot the beauty, not once disappointed.
First there is Li Zi's version of Zhiruo fading yarn, and then there is Zhang Min's version of Zhao Min's looking back and smiling, and the whole process is so beautiful that people's eyes do not want to leave her Xiao Zhao - Qiu Shuzhen.
It is said that during the filming, there was also a small episode.
The heroines in the TV series version of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon" are all the cruel princess Zhao Min, but in this film, Wang Jing wants Xiao Zhao to be the female number one.
To this end, Wang Jing deliberately added drama to Qiu Shuzhen, and frantically deleted the scenes of Zhang Min and Li Zi, Li Ziren spoke softly and obediently admitted it, but Zhang Min's backstage could not agree.
One day, Wang Jing was blown off the head on the way home and stitched 17 stitches. After that, Wang Jing no longer dared to bully Zhang Min.
After the shooting, Wang Jing also called Zhang Min back and made up a scene that he deleted, and Zhang Min casually played a "look back and smile" scene at that time.
At the end of the movie, Zhou Zhiruo was caught in Dadu, Xiao Zhao was still by Zhang Wuji's side, and Zhao Min left the words "come to Dadu to find me".
When "The Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer" was released, word of mouth hit the street and the box office was dismal. However, with the change of the times, the audience likes this movie more and more, and is looking forward to the meeting of Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min in Dadu.
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"Demon Sect Leader", which once had a Douban score of 4.9, slowly climbed up to 7.7 points. Perhaps like the underrated Journey to the West, The Demon Sect Leader is an underrated film.
Many people don't know that Wang Jing's adaptation of Zhang Wujie is actually the closest to the original work. In the original work that Mr. Jin Yong first published in the newspaper, Zhang Wuji was such a man with a deep city government.
However, with the serialization of the novel, the old man felt that Zhang Wuji's personality must be changed in order to continue to unfold the story behind, and then changed him to an indecisive persona.
And the audience at that time could not accept Wang Jing's magic reform, nor could they accept the nonsense style, which led to the box office of films such as "Journey to the West" and "Demon Sect Leader".
But now, the audience likes more and more styles, and these funny scenes have all become classic clips in Hong Kong movies.
Just like huashan erlao, who was rated as "shameless to the extreme" at that time, it is now the partner group that the audience most wants to see in the sequel.
Although the plot of the film is very simple, the sense of rhythm is extremely strong, and at the same time, the martial arts scenes are also fist to flesh, full of realism.
In addition to the protagonist, there are also very brilliant supporting characters in the movie.
Wu Yaohan, who plays the green-winged bat king Wei Yiyi, is actually the "invisible rich" in the Hong Kong circle, and in many Hong Kong movies, the audience has seen his unique smile.
Mr. Yan Huaili, who plays the Golden Retriever King, is a sand monk who uses "Master Brother, Master Was Captured by Monsters" as a mantra in the 86 version of "Journey to the West".
Sun Mengquan, who plays the extermination master, is the gentle and virtuous sister-in-law Li Feng in the 87 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
With Wang Jing's unique adaptation of the script and the wonderful performances of the actors, the word-of-mouth of "Demon Sect Leader" has flipped many years later, and everyone's expectations for the sequel are higher.
A sentence of "Zhang Wujie, I am waiting for you in Mostdu." It was 27 years before Wang Jingcai finally announced the news of the second "Yin and Yang Sacred Fire Order of the Dragon Slaughtering in the Heavens".
Unfortunately, the time is too long, whether it is the protagonist or the supporting role, the audience is doomed to see any of the actors in the original team.
From the loss of blood to the attention of the people, this time Wang Jing mainly sells feelings.
But whether it is Zhang Sanfeng's cute and funny, or Huashan Erlao's "meat vegetarian is not jealous", or the unique appearance of the three beautiful women, it has now become a good memory of a generation.
The audience's expectation for the sequel is not so much to like the movie itself, but to like the glorious Hong Kong film era in the past.
Or maybe most people miss the past, but they are reluctant to go past themselves.