Chapter 797: Beating and Love
In addition to these short reviews, some film critics also published long reviews of the movie through columns. Luo Xun searched for the name of the film critic Xu Wenjing very purposefully, and sure enough he saw the review of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" written by him, which made him He clicked on it with great interest. After all, Xu Wenjing's previous angrily criticizing Zhou Xingchi and "Yangtze River No. 7" still seemed like yesterday.
The title of the film review is "The Unaesthetic Journey to the West".
She wrote in the film review: "Everyone knows that I once criticized Xingye angrily for a movie. At that time, I was beaten up by many Xingye fans, but Mr. Zhou still invited me to participate in the first production of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" Watching a movie, so regardless of my personal feelings today, after watching the movie, I had a lot of thoughts in my mind that I wanted to write down all at once, but when I actually started writing, I didn’t know where to start, so let’s start with the style.”
Luo Xun nodded.
The style of this movie is indeed very special. Among Zhou Xingchi’s movies, it can be considered a special one. Xu Wenjing’s view is even more extreme: “Stylization is the biggest selling point of this movie. The overall atmosphere is very subversive. It can be said that this is the most demon-like story I have ever seen. Previous Chinese-language magic, such as The Legend of White Snake and Painted Skin, all followed an aesthetic approach. It seems that he is afraid of scaring the audience, but Mr. Zhou's work this time proves that Chinese people are not scared, and that the dark route can really be taken. As long as it can be released, the audience can understand the truly vicious and terrifying monsters. This step is taken. , it really brings everyone a new atmosphere, that is, the ugly things in our fantasies have come out, so I think this is not only in terms of visual impact, but is very important to the atmosphere of the entire film, because only The ugliness must be shown first, then Xuanzang’s behavior will appear brave.”
Luo Xun didn't completely agree.
Xu Wenjing described it this way: "For example, when you watch Alien and Ultraman, your mentality is definitely different. Although essentially they are both fighting monsters. When you subdue the monster, the opposite person is a beautiful snake monster. No matter how special effects she uses, she will give the audience The psychological impact is still extremely insufficient, so fighting against this kind of monster will not give people a real sense of tension. Only when a real monster like an alien comes up and really kills people with the most primitive and bloody method, will it appear that you dare to fight against him. Shocking, from this point of view, in vertical comparison, Mr. Zhou has made a big step forward for Chinese fantasy films. I believe that more evil, ruthless and crazy monsters will appear in the future, and the appeal of the story will naturally be greatly enhanced. To put it another way, I am not advocating the style of Dark Journey to the West, but the setting of demons is that most of them are not good men and women. "
Maybe she is a cut lover?
Luo Xun thought amusingly, and continued to watch. After a while of bragging, Xu Wenjing finally got to the plot: "I didn't watch the trailer, so I didn't know there would be a scene in the end where Xuanzang beats up Monkey King. I just saw this part. To be honest, I was quite surprised. I had also heard about the conceptual dispute between Jin Chanzi and Tathagata. I was even approached to invest in a similar movie project and wanted to film it. However, I felt that the audience base was not deep enough, and Tathagata seemed The image was quite upright, so I left it alone, which is a bit regretful now that I think about it.”
Jin Chanzi was Luo Xun’s idea.
So he quite cares about this film critic's opinion, and it seems to be pretty good so far: "Conquering the fish demon and pig demon relies on violence. Xuanzang tried to use love to influence them, but failed, so he conquered Sun Wukong. It also relies on hard fists. Xuanzang, who we have been cowardly for a whole movie, finally awakens his past life memory and beats the monkey until he is almost bald. From a commercial point of view, it is of course very satisfying, but from a literary point of view, Many people may think this is disharmonious. It should be the influence of true love. Why is it all about fighting and killing? But I thought that in the original work of "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong's willingness to go west was not influenced by love. However, Mr. Zhou still did it in the end. After learning something, Xuanzang, Sun Wukong and the other three monsters finally set off on the road. The atmosphere was very harmonious. You carried the burden and I held yours. Moreover, when they were on the road, Xuanzang whispered something in Sun Wukong’s ear. , this is the suspense of the movie, there is no explanation, but I think it is not that they are discussing to join forces to fight Tathagata in the West. Most likely, it is still as traditionally understood. Xuanzang forgave the monkey and realized the great love of the world. As for whether he was beaten "Come on, it's not important anymore. The parents of the top scorers in the college entrance examination must love their children very much, but no one cares how many times some top scorers in the college entrance examination have been beaten for that one hundred points. That's also love."
Luo Xun was amused.
No wonder Xu Wenjing was the one who sang "Yangtze River No. 7" before. This person speaks outright and likes to talk about extremes. At this time, Luo Xun saw a sentence on Xu Wenjing's signature: "I would rather watch a bad movie with attitude than one without soul." Mediocre work.”
It fits her style very well.
Besides the plot, she also talked about the performance: "Luo Xun is indeed not the successor of Master Xing, but Luo Xun is the first of the younger generation in the film industry. He does not need to be packaged in an art film to make everyone recognize his acting skills. This is not easy. When Miss Duan died, Luo Xun read the line "I love you". In fact, this is really a very cliché line, but it was read by someone else. I admit that when Luo Xun read it, I was moved and my eyes were sore. In my opinion, Miss Duan played by Zhang Suining should be regarded as the most emotional role in Zhang Suining's acting career. She really likes Luo Xun, from the play to outside the play. As for Zhou Xingchi, who is the focus of everyone's attention, in fact, when the monkey appeared, the reaction in the theater has already explained everything, that is, no matter how I evaluate his performance, no one will listen. Everyone will have their own unanimous opinion——"
"This monkey."
"Only him."
The film review ends here. Luo Xun casually clicked on Xu Wenjing, not because the other party boasted that he was the first in something, but because he thought this person's words were quite interesting: "The top scorer in the college entrance examination may not be beaten, but may be the kind of genius who doesn't listen in class and plays computer games at home after school."
In terms of plot...
In fact, Luo Xun understands that "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" cannot be perfect. Unless the Buddha has never suppressed Sun Wukong for five hundred years, this great love is ultimately a little bit off. Instead, it is more like a classic routine of first a big stick and then a sweet date. It is precisely for this reason that he simply carried out the violent exorcism to the end. In the last shot, what did Xuanzang say to Sun Wukong?
Luo Xun doesn't know.
Zhou Xingchi may know because he wrote this plot, but he didn't explain it, and Luo Xun didn't ask.