There are four films on the Spring Festival schedule.
"The Elders", which has been released for a few days, directed by Liu Jialiang and starring Hui Yinghong, is at Shaw Brothers Cinemas.
Hui Yinghong played a young but very senior elder. She had a lot of fighting scenes and became famous in one fell swoop. The film was quite satisfactory, and the most outstanding part was her martial arts scenes. But the interesting thing is that she actually won the first gold medal for this film.
Like an award-winning actress.
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 star in Hong Kong after Bruce Lee, and Jackie Chan is behind him. 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 10 yuan to buy a ticket for the back seat downstairs. She lamented that the ticket price had soared. Two years ago, it was only 5 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 on the spot while observing the audience around him. There were men, women, and children, and the attendance rate was actually good, with about 60% of the seats occupied. 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 and critic, and the editor-in-chief of the "Film Fortnightly" magazine. He and his colleagues in the magazine are studying the fact that Hong Kong films are becoming more and more prosperous, but there is no professional award, and they want to create one - this is the Academy Awards.
The first session 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 Turn" 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, with old people doing 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 main creative list came out first, and Chen Qi’s name was on the screenwriter/planner column.
"Chen Qi? The person who recently quarreled with Liu Jialiang? He is so young and is a screenwriter. Huh? He seems to have written "Fatal Turn" too... It's interesting!"
Shu Qi adjusted herself to the most comfortable sitting position, and was very curious in her heart, 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 leafy tree.
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.
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The person opposite him had bronze skin and was strong and strong.
The two started fighting, and Yang Yuqian was obviously the superior one. He teased the other person, then kicked him down, jumped out of the circle, and said with a smile: "You lost again! The old rules, I don't want your winnings, 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 up 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 heaven 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 Guaquan, which emphasizes long and far strikes, and Baguazhang, which is used to wander around.
The two of them 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, and the main plot is introduced directly.
Yang Yuqian was a martial arts fanatic, and he embarked on a journey to find famous teachers. However, he was not satisfied with his form and mind, 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 drove him away.
He refused to leave, so he lingered outside Chenjiagou, where he met Chen Shaomei by chance.
Chen Shaomei and her maid Xiao Tao 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. Xiao Tao couldn't swim yet, so she happened to be rescued by Yang Yuqian.
Gong Xue wears a sky-blue gown and has two pigtails. Her character is inherently deficient, and her makeup is deliberately designed to look like a sick beauty. And she is good at martial arts, has extremely rich theoretical knowledge, and is a little more timid. Heroic.
"This actor is good. There are no actresses with this style in Hong Kong."
Shu Qi watched the film and had a lot of miscellaneous inspirations in her mind. She was afraid that she would forget them later, so she wrote them down in a notebook in time with the faint light.
When he watched the beginning, he only thought that the action design was good and the rhythm was fast and not sluggish. As the plot developed, he discovered more and more "Easter eggs", which gradually made this film infinitely more like Hong Kong's high-level Kung Fu films. Getting closer, even looking beyond.
For example, Chen Shaomei teaches Yang Yuqian how to practice kung fu.
"Your heart is not at peace! Remember to be calm and comfortable, and let the energy sink in the Dantian... use softness to overcome hardness, and use strength to fight against strength!"
Snap!
A pebble flew past.
"The waist should be loose on the outside and straight on the inside!"
Bang! Another pebble flew over.
"Raise your arms!"
"Two inches higher on the wrist!"
"The mind is peaceful and calm!"
Throwing a stone will cut to the corresponding parts of Yang Yuqian's body. Throwing a stone cuts one after another, and the pictures come and go. Coupled with the sound of the pebbles hitting, there is a strange and very comfortable rhythm.
"This shot is very advanced!"
Shu Qi was greatly surprised. Hong Kong films are rich in representations of practice scenes, but the editing of this practice session was sharp and fast, and the viewing experience was unprecedented.
From the moment Yang Yuqian started practicing Tai Chi, the pace of the film suddenly increased, and even more so after that.
Chen Shaojie found out that his sister was having a private meeting with a wild man and wanted to teach him a lesson, since he and Yang Yuqian would not be acquainted without fighting. When Chen Zhengying also found out about this, he became furious and wanted to destroy Yang Yuqian's skills.
At this moment, the ghost face played by Ji Chunhua led the crowd to kill, and a chaotic battle ensued. Yang Yuqian saved Chen Shaomei again...
Chapter completed!