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On April 7, Jackie Chan's big brother ushered in his 66th birthday. What is the concept of 66 years old? Most men, by the time they are 66, have probably become little old men. And that Jackie Chan, who is omnipotent in heaven and earth, in the impression, seems that he should not grow old, but in fact, the years have not spared anyone.
The omnipotent Jackie Chan big brother, after all, is 66 years old.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >, Jackie Chan who does not accept defeat</h1>
In recent years, Jackie Chan still insists on making movies, but what is said is that the movies of these years have more or less dragged the hind legs of his entire career.
Jackie Chan began to act in literary drama, the audience can understand, but regardless of whether the mouth supports it, the attitude is expressed from the action. Over the years, Jackie Chan's movies have continuously encountered Waterloo, and the fundamental reason is actually only one, that is, the former Jackie Chan who went to heaven and earth is no longer there.
In 2005, the "Myth" cooperated by Jackie Chan and director Tang Jili was probably the beginning of the transformation of Jackie Chan's films, and there were naturally some hints in the previous works, but they were all shallow tastes, and "Myth" was a work with great efforts and great ambitions at that time.
Kim Hee-sun was invited, as well as Marika Shalavat and Leung Ka-fai as supporting roles, starring Jackie Chan, and the cast had popular movie stars from three countries. There is also director Tang Jili, and the imaginative story script at that time, which shows the ambition of this film at that time.
The result was a big disappointment, investing 160 million Hong Kong dollars, and finally the mainland gained 97 million yuan, Hong Kong won 17.06 million Hong Kong dollars, and the global box office was only 174 million yuan, compared with the huge investment and Jackie Chan's box office appeal that year, this achievement is not worth mentioning.
However, in the mainland market of that era, the consumption of discs was quite large. Although it failed to achieve good results at the box office, the spread of "Myth" is no less than that of Jackie Chan's classic works, or even more so.
With that comes a discussion of the film. "Myth" is one of the more controversial in Jackie Chan's films, and the word-of-mouth differentiation is relatively large. I don't like it, I think the loopholes in the script and Jackie Chan's costume style are all groove points. Loved it, I think this imaginative story is touching. In recent years, the Douban score has been climbing, and now it has reached 6.6 points.
By now, the threshold for film creation has become lower, there are many stories to cross, loose scripts are also sought after, all kinds of strange shapes are various, and in the chaos of chaos, this movie that was thick and ambitious at that time seems clean in comparison.
After all, they were sincere and forceful anyway.
Works with heart, in the long river of time, will not sink.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > second, a fanciful love story</h1>
The story of the film is divided into two lines, and the narrative intersperses the two lines together, in addition to the montage, out of the logic of the story, there is also a sense of surrealism.
The first line is Jack, played by Jackie Chan, looking for his dream.
At the beginning of the movie, it is a scene of Jack dreaming. He always had the same dream over and over again, and there was a connection between the dreams. But whenever a normal person encounters such a thing, he will think of something wrong. Jack naturally felt that something was wrong, but in ancient times, he could only crack it by consulting the information.
Jack's best friend, William, played by Leung Ka Fai, is a scholar who aspires to become a great scientist. For many years, he has been funded by Mr. Gu to carry out scientific research, and Mr. Gu and Jack have many years of enmity.
The story of Mr. Gu and Jack, the film does not put much ink, but the contradiction is described very clearly. Many years ago, the two had a cooperation, Jack is an archaeologist, when the two were on a mission together, they found antiques underground, Jack wanted to give them to the state, Mr. Gu wanted to take it for himself, and finally Mr. Gu succeeded. So Jack kept thinking about it.
Jackie Chan's movies seem to be like this, the character portrayal is somewhat one-sided, just like in the current network novel, the decent is particularly positive, the villain is particularly bad, and there is less description of the interest relationship between many people. But it also has more "Jackie Chan style", clean and neat, straight to the point, and the movie experience is cool.
And the scene about antiques in the film should also be what Jackie Chan wants to talk about. Later, William took Jack with him to the Empire, and after a series of twists and turns, Jack discovered some secrets about the dream, and William took the opportunity to take away a few antiques.
After returning to China, Jack took these antiques and handed them to the relevant agencies, asking them to return the cultural relics to the original country. This is probably the attitude that Jackie Chan wanted to show, and seven years later, he made "Zodiac" and used a whole movie to express this attitude.
In the experience of the Empire, Jack and William were hunted down by the believers, William successfully escaped, and Jack jumped off a cliff and drifted into the temple after falling unconscious. There, he competed with the warriors of the Imperial Sha Kingdom, awakening the memories of Meng Yi in his mind.
One detail is that in the dialogue between the old man of the temple and Meng Yi, it is obvious that the creator wants to be deeper in the effort of this turning point, but some are too strong, and the depth is somewhat deliberate.
After returning to China, William was confused by Mr. Gu and took Jack with him to find the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, where Jack saw Princess Yushu and unlocked all the secrets of the dream. Mr. Gu also achieved his goal, discovering the tomb of the first emperor, and there was a bigger discovery, that is, immortality. Next, at the end of the film, the two story lines overlap in this ancient tomb, a scuffle that takes place, and the final collision of each character.
This line ends here.
The second line is the love story of Meng Yi and Yu Shu.
Compared to the first storyline, the story of this past life is much deeper. When the film is carried out in Jack's perspective, there is still a lot of Jackie Chan-style comedic humor, but when it is carried out from Meng Yi's perspective, there is no comedic effect, and the whole process is in a serious, heavy narrative.
Meng Yi was a general of the First Emperor and was ordered to marry the Goguryeo princess Yu Shu of the Qin State. Princess Yushu is a victim of politics and is about to face the gray days of her life. Until she met Meng Yi.
When receiving Princess Yushu, the general who admired the princess blocked Meng Yi's people and wanted to take the princess back to China. A battle took place between the two sides. The role of Meng Yi is also accurately positioned, that is, the ancient version of Jack, stubborn, decent. He swore to protect the princess to the death, and after killing the general by mistake, he rolled off the cliff with the princess.
Below the cliff is a lake, and the two survived. Princess Yushu woke up first and took care of Meng Yi. But Meng Yi is a stubborn and upright person, who knows that there is a difference between the two people's dignity and inferiority, and dragging a weak body still has to keep the difference between respect and inferiority.
Later, the two were hunted down and killed, and Meng Yi tried his best to kill all the people who were pursuing and killing, and hid in the cave with the princess, and he was unconscious again.
The two spent some time in the cave, and one particularly creative detail was that Yu Shu used her hair to stitch up Meng Yi's wound. But then comes a confusing script, and the two seem to spend three seasons in the cave. Meng Yi and Yu Shu were dependent on each other during this time, and Yu Shu also fell in love with him, and Meng Yi naturally felt affectionate, but he still did not dare to cross the line.
In the winter, Meng Yi froze and fainted on the ground, and Yu Shu undressed and lay on Meng Yi to warm him, which is also a very creative classic picture.
Spring arrived, and Meng Yi took Yu Shu all the way back to Xianyang. Here is the most classic scene of the whole movie, Yu Shu danced a dance for Meng Yi on the top of the mountain, and the sun sprinkled on her, which was extraordinary. Princess Yushu wants Meng Yi to take her away, but Meng Yi is still stubborn and decent, and this psychological level defeats her love.
Yu Shu knew the life she was about to face. In the face of fate, everyone has no strength to fight back. Meng Yi gave Yu Shu hope to live, but they could not change their fate after all.
Entering the Great Wall, Yushu became a concubine. Although Meng Yi always called her Lifei, she only became a real Lifei from then on.
Later in the palace life, Meng Yi competed with the warriors of the Disha Kingdom, which is the memory that Jack was awakened during the competition.
There was also a painter who painted a portrait of Li Fei, li fei could not smile, and when Meng Yi appeared, Li Fei showed a smile. That painting was the artifact that William later took away.
Later, the emperor died, and the rebels also heard the wind. Meng Yi led his army to fight against the rebels, and everyone knew that the battle would never go back. When leaving, Meng Yi and Yu Shu rubbed shoulders, perhaps life and death, Meng Yi showed his heart for the first time, but it was also a word of advice.
On the battlefield where the yellow sand was flying, the two armies fought, the Mengjia army was defeated miserably, and Meng Yi stood on the pile of dead people, and did not surrender until he died, and did not even let himself kneel. To say one thing, although this paragraph is slightly exaggerated, the emotions and plot are indeed very moving. Although Jackie Chan's costume style has an indescribable awkwardness, it also looks heroic and heroic.
At the end, Jack meets Yu Shu in the ancient tomb who has been waiting for a thousand years. At first Jack wanted to leave with Yushu, and Yushu was very happy. After Mr. Gu entered the tomb, there was a scuffle, and the meteorite that maintained the vacuum was also moved, and the entire tomb was about to collapse.
Knowing that Jack was not Meng Yi, or that Jack and Meng Yi were not the same person, Yu Shu chose to be buried there and continued to wait for the General Meng Yi who could not wait.
This thousand-year-old love ended here, but it did not end.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > three, those who can't go back</h1>
When the movie was hot, it didn't seem to be long ago, but looking back, it had been fifteen years. Fifteen years is enough for a child to grow into a youth, enough for a young man to grow into an adult, and enough for an adult to stand tall in the sky and become an old man.
Jackie Chan's resume is capable of mentioning the "most brilliant" among Chinese actors. From learning martial arts, to the first attempt to shoot drama, to changing the name to Jackie Chan, and finally met his partner Yuan Heping, determined the "Jackie Chan style", and soared.
Just like when it comes to Chinese comedies that can't get around Zhou Xingchi, when it comes to zombie movies that can't get around Lin Zhengying, when it comes to Chinese action movies, no one can bypass Jackie Chan. To a certain extent, Jackie Chan can be said to represent Chinese kung fu films in terms of influence, popularity, and the film itself.
But in the past, the young Jackie Chan who was conscientious and dared to fight was old after all. Zhou Xingchi, Lin Zhengying, Jackie Chan... The glory of that era eventually dissipated with the wheel of history.
Looking back more than 20 years ago, jackie Chan, who was flourishing, relied on a real kung fu and a unique film style that dared to fight, and the limelight was unparalleled and full of spirit, from Hong Kong to the mainland, from China to the world, conquering countless audiences. More than two decades later, Jackie Chan won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Oscars, and he was the first Chinese to win the award.
One award may not matter, but the weight behind this award is enough to prove a lot. He has achieved fame and is old, but he still does his own thing for the film career.
Meng Yi and Jack are not the same person, but can you say that they are really not the same person? The former Jackie Chan big brother and the current Jackie Chan big brother may choose a different direction, but he is always himself.
Some people, some times, although they have passed, but always live in people's hearts. The times are always moving forward, and we miss those people, and those times are because of the beauty of that time. But every era passes.
It is precisely because the hero is old, so it is more important to cherish the present. (Written by: Tang Chong) # Toutiao Film and Television Archives # #头条观影指南 #
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