Forbidden kingdom： A good movie without watching Kung Fu.

First of all, CNN is an idiot. They commented that "forbidden kingdom" is extremely wonderful in martial arts, but the story is extremely stupid. It’s really a foolish thing to think about Huashan’s sword after learning kung fu for a few days. Associated with the recent condescending, malicious and shameless attacks on China, it makes people feel that this arrogant arrogance is rooted in extreme ignorance and self-righteousness towards the East. In the eyes of China martial arts fans who have been influenced by kung fu movies for decades, the martial arts of this film are as normal as most insiders predicted, and it is really commendable. However, the content of the film is full of new ideas, and all kinds of beauty can be understood by shameless boys such as CNN?

The main line of the film is about a child who ventured into a world made up by himself. Actually, it is not a very new theme. The earliest classic can be traced back to The Wizard of Oz, and this film does not hide the meaning of paying tribute to this classic. Jason enters a dream, and he pushes open the door to see the beautiful and magnificent scene. The lens is consistent with the design of Tao Le reaching the fairyland and pushing open the door to see the mysterious scene in The Wizard of Oz. The most recent work of this kind is Kung Fu by Stephen Chow. In fact, forbidden kingdom is quite close to Kung Fu. For the sake that the screenwriter said that he had not seen Kung Fu, I can assume that great minds think alike. Of course, the story of "forbidden kingdom" is much more straightforward than that of "Kung Fu", but there are still many wonderful designs and hints in the film, such as why Jackie Chan’s role is called "Lu Yan", because the old Jackie Chan’s shop is "Lu Yan Pawnshop", and when he meets Liu Yifei in Boston at the end, it can be understood that Liu Yifei is a girl who Jason secretly loves in his life and has been programmed into his dreams, which is the experience that most boys have had (this is the same as "Kung Fu") In the dream, Lu Yan was shot by an arrow, and Jason went to the home of the God of War alone to change the elixir. In fact, it was a projection of his remorse that killed Old Jackie Chan because of his cowardice.

In fact, all kinds of characters and story elements in the film come from China martial arts and kung fu films that he is obsessed with at ordinary times, such as the white-haired witch from bride with white hair, golden swallow from come drink with me, silent monk from Shaolin Temple, the drunken fairy from Drunk Boxing, Wuzhishan and magic generals in The Journey to the West, Shaolin Temple and the legendary Shaolin thirteen stick monks. I don’t know anything about these China movies and cultures, and I lost my childlike innocence early. I don’t understand the mood of a kung fu fan boy at all, insisting that the story of forbidden kingdom is ridiculous, but I don’t know that it is himself who is ridiculous. Of course, the adventure story of "forbidden kingdom" doesn’t have much creativity, but don’t forget that this is a little boy who has watched countless China martial arts films in which good and evil are separated to be a little naive. The world he imagined, the world of children is simple, and it would be really ridiculous if he was involved in something profound and complicated. The only thing I don’t like very much is the ending. Jason, who came back from the dreamland, suddenly had kung fu, beating the shit out of several hooligans. I think it’s quite artificial, and it also makes the movie divorced from the truth. If Jason got courage from kung fu and adventure instead of kung fu, I think the movie would be much better.

The artistic design of the film opened my eyes. The legendary Wuzhishan was made with magic and realism by special effects. The evil palace of the God of War in Yujiang was built on the mountain, and the inspiration was obviously from the Hanging Temple in Datong, China. Jason and his party headed for the territory of the God of War in Yujiang. Just like The Journey to the West and the heroic journey in The Lord of the Rings, the God of War in Yujiang finally wanted to destroy the golden cudgel in the fierce inflammation, which was inspired by the setting of destroying the Lord of the Rings in Mount Doom in The Lord of the Rings. The costumes of several main characters in the film are very wonderful, and the most amazing thing for the audience is undoubtedly Li Bingbing’s white-haired witch. It’s really white-haired and snowy, dancing in the air, and the color matching of the whole body is excellent. The makeup on the face also highlights the character Leng Yan and there is no lack of rare temperament, which is more successful than the Brigitte Lin version of the white-haired witch. Two of my favorite scenes, one is Jason practicing martial arts between waterfalls, and Jet Li explains that the essence of China Kung Fu is to let nature take its course, just like a piece of water. There is also the design of the hotel, which shows that it has been well researched. The drinkers sit on the floor at will, accompanied by singers and dancers, and are full of charm of the Tang Dynasty.

As for the film’s martial arts, the movements directed by Yuan Heping are of course standard, but they have completely lost their peak, and it’s hard to see a stroke of genius, but more of a repetition of the past. Although the film’s martial arts is also a tribute to the summary of various old China martial arts films, Jackie Chan’s drunken fist and snake-shaped tricky hand appeared, and Jet Li’s mantis fist and stick technique, but martial arts can be the same, and the movements should still be innovative. Of course, this probably has something to do with Yuan Heping’s lack of final editing rights, which once again shows that western filmmakers don’t know how much they have to do for a living, and they occupy that.

In my opinion, although this film will make many Chinese people laugh, in fact, the yearning and respect for China culture is sincere at heart, and it is also a film that introduces China culture (although it is popular and superficial) to the world. I believe more and more westerners will know that the real source of China culture is China, not Japan. The screenwriter of the film loves China philosophy and culture and is still practicing mantis boxing and Chen Taiji since he said it. Foreigners are still so, but if we China people abandon our own culture, can we not be ashamed?