"The Great Pirate" tells the story of the pirate Zhang Baozai.
Zhang Baozai is not the most powerful and accomplished pirate in Chinese history, but today he seems to be the most famous pirate. He was active in Hong Kong and Macau from the late 18th century to the early 19th century, and there are still many relics of him in Hong Kong, such as Zhang Baozai Cave in several places such as Dongying pan, Xiyingpan, Andhju.
If people can be divided into various types, Zhang Baozai is a typical legend, and fate has given him a legendary life, and such a person is very suitable for the theme of film and television dramas.
However, due to the limitations of Zhang Baozai's activity area, only Hong Kong is filmed more often, and most of them are TV dramas, and the film is only impressed by the "Big Pirate" jointly produced by Zhang Che, Bao Xueli and Wu Ma in 1973, and there is nothing else in the impression.
It is also the content that determines the form. Legendary life is generally not enough to express non-cinematically, it requires at least a minimum length. Therefore, the film "The Great Pirate" is also written by Zhang Baozai from a special perspective, rather than the narrative that is really a long paragraph. The screenwriter is very thoughtful.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="18" > rogue saga</h1>
The story of the "Great Pirate" film is very simple, it is about Zhang Baozai leading the pirates to successfully loot a foreign merchant ship, and the foreigners bullied Chinese at that time, and Zhang Baozai specifically looked for them to attack, out of the evil spirit in his heart.
On the way back after the looting, he found that the boat was leaking, so he found a place to dock and repair the ship, and there was a local bully who monopolized all the ship repair business. Zhang Baozai posed as a Noble Prince of Macau to deal with him and discuss the repair of the ship. As a result, he witnessed the bully's men bullying the poor fishermen at the docks, and for a moment aroused his chivalry and promised to pay them all the repair costs.
Who knew that halfway out of the way to bite the gold, another pirate who had a festival with Zhang Baozai took advantage of Zhang Baozai's absence and forcibly drove away his ship. This time, the money could not be obtained, and Zhang Baozai could not go offshore. For pirates, this is a dangerous thing. The imperial court also sent three pins of ginseng to arrest Hu Yi and arrest Zhang Baozai.
Zhang Baozai promised a thousand gold, he was in danger, and he was determined to raise money for the fishermen to repair the boats, so he went to the bully's house to find a way to beat up the bully who was considered to be Hu Sanjian. Just about to succeed, Hu Yi appeared, so the trick was recognized, and finally he robbed the matter.
The bully chased after him and fought with Zhang Baozai and others, and only Zhang Baozai survived. Zhang Baozai rushed to the dock and handed the money to the fishermen, where Hu Yi was already waiting, and the two dueled on the seashore.
Hu Yi admired him as a man, felt sorry for each other, and finally could not bear to catch him and let him have a way to live.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > clever portrayal of the character</h1>
Judging from the existing historical data, Zhang Baozai became a pirate in a very unavoidable situation, he was originally a fisherman's son, separated from his parents at an early age, adopted by other fishermen, fished for a living, and was pirated when he was a teenager, because he was very smart and capable and was appreciated by Zheng Yi, the big leader at the time.
After Zheng Yi's death, he took over the inheritance left by Zheng Yi and carried it forward. At its peak, it is said that there were 800 large ships, 1,000 small boats, and tens of thousands of men. Zhang Baozai is not an idle person, he steals and has a way, somewhat like the hero of the Water Margin.
Throughout Zhang Baozai's life, there is no truth in the name of theft. As a pirate, it is impossible to completely fail to do things that violate the law and discipline, but there is a fact of stealing in the name of stealing.
Is it theft or not theft, it does not matter here, Zhang Baozai is Zhang Baozai, we are discussing only Zhang Baozai in "The Great Pirate".
Before talking about him in detail, I borrowed a line from the film to summarize this version of Zhang Baozai, and the line was: "I heard that Zhang Baozai looks very beautiful." Haha, I can't help but smile when I hear this sentence. There is no record of Zhang Baozai's appearance in history, this beautiful is not beautiful but the three directors carefully fabricated, it is really because of the choice of Dillon as the protagonist, there is no way not to be beautiful.
Characters are portrayed in detail, highlighting the distinctive features of the protagonist.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" > compared to the movie "Thorn Horse"</h1>
"The Great Pirate" was released in 1973, when Dillon was 27 years old, and it was a good time to shine. In the same year, the film "Thorn Horse" was released, shaping the best horse in film history.
The two films are compared not only because they were filmed and released at the same time, but also because the two films have similarities in character status and story:
Ma Xin was officially made by the Green Foresters, and Zhang Baozai later took this road. Ma Xinshi killed the Jieyi brothers in order to move in peace; Zhang Baozai made a great contribution to the suppression of pirates, although he had no choice but to betray his former brothers. Ma Xinshi and Milan fell in love, and Zhang Baozai married Zheng Yi's wife.
The trajectories of their lives are almost the same. Not only that, but there are similarities in such a small thing as clothing, and I am very suspicious that the white robe worn by Zhang Baozai when he pretends to be a Noble Prince of Macau is the one that Ma Xinshi wore when he first appeared.
In the contrast between "The Great Pirate" and "Thorn Horse", examining the meaning of rogue, there is also a deeper understanding of the film.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > the relationship between Zhang Baozai and Hu Yi</h1>
Although the struggle between Zhang Baozai and the ground snake is lively, it is slightly exaggerated in terms of character image and personality shaping, and the plot is also very conceptual, and there is nothing new.
The film is really good in the relationship between Zhang Baozai and Hu Yi, the General of the Qing Court.
Speaking of this, I always feel that the line between the two of them and the overall design and expression of all the plots in the film are just a little trick played by the directors, and they are endlessly doting on them when they seize the opportunity. Anyway, the audience also likes, all the plot is not as good as watching this little brother punch and kick lively once, seeing that they somehow have the fate of the past life and this life, just the first sight, but they have taken care of each other.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="39" > confidant</h1>
At the end of the film, Hu Yi's skills are still slightly higher, Zhang Baozai is willing to be bound, but Hu Yi let him go, meet at sea, and then show no mercy. And Hu Yi stared at Zhang Baozai on the seashore as he drifted away alone and in a boat, and that look was actually a confidant.
I can't help but think of "The Line of Fire", the same officers and soldiers catch robbers, but they are so tragic, and they feel sorry for each other spiritually, and they can't exchange for a moment of tranquility in life. In contrast, "The Great Pirate" is simple and naïve, but in the context of Chinese culture, such things are normal.