There are four films on the Spring Festival schedule. "The Elders" has been released for a few days, directed by Liu Jialiang and starring Hui Yinghong, at Shaw Brothers Cinemas. Hui Yinghong plays a young but senior elder who has a lot of action scenes and becomes famous in one fell swoop. The film was quite satisfactory, and the most outstanding part was her martial arts scene. But interestingly, she actually won the Best Actress Award at the first Academy Awards for this film. It will be followed by "Modern Bodyguard" released on January 30, directed by Xu Guanwen, at Golden Harvest Cinema. Xu Guanwen is the number one in Hong Kong after Bruce Lee, and Jackie Chan is ranked behind. He has won four annual box office championships. As soon as his new work is released, "Modern Bodyguard" is unrivaled at the box office and is still a hit. Then there will be "Tai Chi" on February 3rd, and "Happy Fairy Nest" in Xinyi City on February 5th. Chen Qi targeted "The Elders" with ridicule and publicly stated that "It's not easy for a master to fight, so why not make friends with your works and see who the audience likes", which attracted a lot of traffic. 3rd day, night. At the entrance of Nan Wah Cinema, Shu Qi spent ten yuan to buy a ticket for the back seat downstairs. She lamented that the ticket price had soared. Two years ago, it was only five yuan. This has greatly improved the overall box office performance of Hong Kong movies. He entered the theater, found his seat, took out his notebook, and took notes while observing the audience around him. There were people of both sexes, old and young, and the attendance rate was actually good, about 60% of the people were seated. It seemed that the promotion of "Tai Chi" was very effective.
"..." Shu Qi wrote a few paragraphs, closed the book for the time being, and waited for the movie to start. He is a screenwriter, critic, and editor-in-chief of Film Fortnight magazine. He and his colleagues at the magazine are currently studying the fact that Hong Kong films are becoming more and more prosperous, but there is no professional award. They want to create one - this is the Academy Awards, which will be held for the first time next year. He looked around, and suddenly his eyes fell on two thin men wearing hats. "Brothers Yuan?" Shu Qi recognized it for a while and found it very similar. She couldn't help but wonder, what were they doing watching a mainland movie? "You street boy! Are you taking me to watch a leftist movie again?" "Isn't "Fatal Bend" very enjoyable last time? You even asked Liu Xuehua for an autograph!" "This is a martial arts movie! What kind of martial arts movie will the left make, in which old people do gymnastics? It's better to wait and see "Dark Invasion". The left is now good at making horror movies." Two young people squeezed in noisily and happened to sit in front of Shu Qi. He listened very interestingly, patted the two of them, and said with a smile: "Pretty boy, I am the editor of a movie magazine. What you are talking about is very interesting. Wait a minute. After watching the film, can you do an interview?” “Wow, in a magazine!” "No problem!" After waiting for a while, no more spectators came in, and about 65% of the seats were filled. As the lights dimmed, the whispers gradually stopped, and hundreds of eyes looked at the lit big screen. The list of main creators came out first, and Chen Qi’s name was on the screenwriter/planner column. "Chen Qi? The person who quarreled with Liu Jialiang recently? He's a screenwriter at such a young age, huh? He seems to have written "The Fatal Turn" too... It's kind of interesting!" Shu Qi adjusted herself to the most comfortable sitting position, and was very curious. What would this first introduced mainland martial arts film look like? "Yang Yuqian, I must defeat you today!" "I've said this ten times, it's boring!" "Hmph! I learned a new move, just wait and see!"
At the beginning of the film, what was actually shown was a landscape shot: a vast countryside, chickens and dogs chatting, farmers working, and a group of young people playing under a big tree with lush leaves. pretty! Shu Qi secretly praised that Hong Kong films can never capture such authentic pastoral scenery. The first shot of "Tai Chi" shows natural scenery, as if it understands the audience's thoughts very well. The teenagers formed a circle, with two people standing inside. One of them is Yang Yuqian, played by Li Lianjie. He has become a superstar because of his good appearance. He wears a robe common in the late Qing Dynasty, has a handsome face, and has his own magnanimity. The person opposite him was a man with bronze skin and a strong and muscular figure. The two started fighting, and Yang Yuqian was obviously the superior one. He teased the opponent, then kicked him down, jumped out of the circle, and said with a smile: "You lost again! As per the old rules, I don't want your winnings, so you shout three times." ” The other party was not convinced, but he still shouted honestly three times: "Yang Yuqian is the best in the world!" "How dare you, a country urchin, be called the best in the world?" At this moment, a passerby who had been watching suddenly spoke and said: "The art of martial arts is profound and profound. You are so complacent after learning some foreign martial arts, but you don't know that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world?" "You want to reason with me? I'll listen if you win." Yang Yuqian's eyes lit up, he became energetic and flew towards him. According to Chen Qi's request, Yuan Heping wanted to highlight the styles of different sects. Yang Yuqian is now learning Pi Gua Quan, which emphasizes long and far strikes, and Baguazhang, which is used to wander around. The two were one far away and the other close. Yang Yuqian tried to distance himself several times, but was easily defeated as if he was stuck by a snake. He was not angry at all, but kowtowed. The passers-by were quite fond of this performance and gave some advice: "I have no intention of accepting disciples, and I have no time to teach them, but I can show you a clear path. Taigu, Shanxi, has form and meaning, and Henan There is Tai Chi in Wen County, go and find it yourself!” The opening chapter is clean and neat, directly introducing the main plot. Yang Yuqian was a martial arts fanatic. He embarked on a journey to find famous teachers. However, his search was not going well, so he went to Chenjiagou to find Tai Chi. However, the ancestral rules of the Chen family could not be passed on to others, so the patriarch Chen Zhengying kicked him away. He refused to leave, so he lingered outside Chenjiagou, and then he met Chen Shaomei by chance. Chen Shaomei and her maid Xiaotao were flying a kite by the river. The kite was blown away, and the two went to chase it. Chen Shaomei accidentally fell into the water. Xiaotao couldn't swim yet, so she was saved by Yang Yugan. Gong Xue wore a sky blue jacket and two braids. Her character was born with deficiencies, so she deliberately put on makeup to look like a sick beauty. She was also good at martial arts and had a wealth of theoretical knowledge, which added a bit of heroism to her sickness. "This actress is good. There are no actresses with this style in Hong Kong." Shu Qi watched the film, and there were many miscellaneous inspirations in his mind. He was afraid that he would forget them later, so he wrote them down in a notebook in time with the weak light. When he watched the beginning, he only felt that the action design was good, the rhythm was brisk and not dragged out, and as the plot developed, he actually found more and more "easter eggs", which gradually made this film infinitely close to Hong Kong's high-level kung fu films, and even surpassed them. For example, the part where Chen Shaomei taught Yang Yugan to practice kung fu. "Your mind is not calm! Remember to be calm and relaxed, and sink your qi into the Dantian... Use softness to overcome hardness, and use force to fight force!" Snap! A small stone flew over. "The waist should be loose outside and straight inside!"
Snap! Another small stone flew over. "Raise your arms!" "Wrists two inches higher!" "Be calm and peaceful!" Throw a stone and the scene will be cut to the corresponding part of Yang Yugan's body. Throw one and cut one, and the scene will go back and forth, and with the sound of the small stone hitting, there is a strange and very comfortable rhythm. "This scene is very advanced!" Shu Qi was very surprised. Hong Kong films have a lot of performances of martial arts training scenes, but this martial arts training scene has a sharp and fast editing, and the viewing experience is unprecedented. From the time Yang Yugan started practicing Tai Chi, the rhythm of the film suddenly increased, and it became even more intense afterwards. Chen Shaojie found out that his sister was meeting with a wild man secretly, and wanted to teach him a lesson. He and Yang Yugan got to know each other after fighting. Chen Zhengying also knew about this and was furious, wanting to destroy Yang Yugan's kung fu. At this moment, the ghost face played by Ji Chunhua led the crowd to attack, and a chaotic battle broke out. Yang Yugan saved Chen Shaomei again...