Embroidered Spring Knife 2 is really "beautiful"

Good-looking in the title means good-looking, visually beautiful and especially beautiful.

This is probably the first impression and the deepest impression of Embroidered Spring Knife 2.

No matter how many times you watch it, you will never forget the visual beauty of this film. Photography, art, costumes and props are all excellent. It is no exaggeration to say that this is one of the most attentive films in clothing and art in recent years.

Flying fish suit, embroidered spring knife, various props and various weapons settings, I feel very attentive. It's beautiful, a little comic exaggeration. At the same time, it won't be exaggerated to let you play, like a weird hairstyle that a hair needs 130 years in a popular drama in China.

Such a specialized art group and costumes, etc. And then you have to win some technical awards.

"Embroidered Spring Knife 2 Shura Battlefield" has been officially released today, so I can finally slow down and talk about this movie. The film is now bright with a score of 7.6.

This time, I can finally get almost the same score as everyone. Oh, what a relief.

In fact, this score is roughly my current score for this film. A 7-point martial arts film, there are some outstanding places, but also some places that are not as good as the last one. After synthesis, it is still 7 points. Whether it is a martial arts film or a costume theme, there is something to watch, at least it is a very serious film.

As I said before, this "embroidered spring knife" is very beautiful, and the meaning behind it is actually very serious. Whether it is photography or art, all kinds of weapons, mainly the heart.

Pay attention to the film and work hard on all kinds of details. The film will at least have a very good foundation.

The so-called slow work makes fine work. The director said that it took him almost four years to make this film, only to find out that the last "Embroidered Spring Knife" was really in 20 14. I have seen many movie clips and videos before, all about how much effort the crew has put into costumes and props. And the actual film, you can really feel it.

Good service is the lifeblood of a costume film, which will make the audience have a sense of trust in the film from the beginning, which is also the reason why a large number of China costume dramas and fantasy dramas are performed.

As I have said several times before, the most obvious feeling of this "embroidered spring knife" is money.

More locations, clothing and other aspects are also more careful.

Especially the location is really beautiful. When Zhang zhen first met Yang Mi, the bamboo forest in the rain was really beautiful, and it was so beautiful in the stills.

Well, I just watched a 20 14 Embroidered Spring Knife again the other day, which will be more obvious. That obviously doesn't dare to shoot so many positions, and many plays are very tight. As the director said, there was really not much money at that time. If the scene is any bigger, it may be ruined.

I still remember spitting out a fake beard of Wang Qianyuan. This time, there is finally no such problem.

The highlight of embroidered spring knife lies in action design. A few days ago, I read several articles by action director Sang Lin, and learned more details.

Compared with the end of the last movie, Zhang zhen used three weapons against Nie Yuan to avenge his dead brother. In this movie, the real core war is actually not the end of the battle scene, but the purpose is actually something else.

It is estimated that the most impressive thing for everyone is the middle section, where Zhang zhen burned the library and Zheng Zhangban fought. Zheng Zhangban's weapon was a meteor hammer.

A very special weapon, small and light, and unique in use. There are fireworks in the hammer. Although it looks like a juggling toy, its attack power is still very strong. It is reported that Liu Fengchao, the actor of Zheng Zhangban, has studied martial arts himself, so his action design can be more complicated and good.

In short, in that battle, you can still clearly feel the master's love for weapons, and you are happy to show it.

On the contrary, the big battle at the end weakened the prominence of action design and weapons.

At the end of the war, besides Zhang zhen's new move to break Master Ding's Japanese sword, there were obvious skills. Other parts are mainly difficult to cut. Of course, hard cutting is also designed on purpose.

I really like the bitter struggle in the last war, especially the despair, strong sense of powerlessness and bleak future. What impressed me most was Master Ding's knife, which was cut into pieces, but I still want to continue because of you, no way back. There is also a close-up of Zhang zhen's bloody eyes, which will have a strong sense of oppression.

Such a scene, more want to show an effort, is the exhaustion after despair.

It's like watching the big kill array in the Japanese sword halberd film. It's particularly bitter and tiring, and it's cut to the point of weakness. This kind of treatment can enhance the realism of action scenes.

This is completely different from the ethereal, elegant and freehand brushwork of Hong Kong martial arts films in those days, and it is two operation modes of action drama. So I will say that it reminds me of the scene at the beginning of Infinite Dwellers in Cannes a few months ago. It was a hard fight and both sides lost.

This sense of reality has always existed in the series of embroidered spring knives. There are both caricature-style enlargement and realistic treatment of action scene display in the characterization. Therefore, it has always been said that the series Embroidered Spring Knife represents a direction of contemporary domestic martial arts films, because there are indeed some new things in it.

In particular, the director showed his love for Japanese swords, spears and halberds or samurai cartoons intentionally or unintentionally in the film, and derived his own style. Many of the contents here are not common in previous China martial arts films. I hope there will be more breakthroughs in the future.

The story of Xiuchun Knife 2 Shura Battlefield is set in a few months before the last Xiuchun Knife. At that time, Wei Zhongxian was still in power, and Zhang zhen was still a hundred households.

I remember that on the day of the viewing group, some viewers said that Zhang zhen's personalities in the two films were very different, even contradictory. The director also explained this matter in particular, saying that Zhang zhen himself especially wanted to present different faces in the two films. We can even understand these two characters as two completely different Shen Lian in the parallel world.

Or because he is younger, Shen Lian in this movie will be more impulsive, more emotional and less rational.

In particular, Zhang zhen's image is particularly distinctive, with a thin face, a knife-shaped eyebrow and a moustache. You will find the role a little gloomy. It just corresponds to his role, not really a good man, but in the troubled times when that man eats people, he still has a trace of goodwill.

Although, this residual good thought is likely to hurt him again.

After all, Royal Guards is not a very positive role, but an agency organization in that era, helping them do dirty work and existing like killers.

Yang Lu also said more than once that his creativity originated from Ryotaro Shiba's novel Love in Okita Souji, that is, the newly selected troupe was transformed into a Royal Guards.

They should be cold-blooded killer, but they have a sentimental side, which is the other side of human nature.

Therefore, although the action scene is realistic, emotionally, the embroidery spring knife series always hopes to be romantic. This movie "Xiuchun Daoshura Battlefield" will be more romantic than the last one.

I don't know why Shen Lian, played by Zhang zhen, always falls into a relationship that shouldn't have happened, causing a lot of trouble. The last one is with Liu Shishi, and this one is with Yang Mi. Zhang zhen, a Royal Guards, always thinks he is a young man of literature and art, who owns cats, loves calligraphy and painting, and is passionate and sincere.

Speaking of Yang Mi, it seems that many people still think that she is the biggest trouble in the film.

In fact, I have always had some different views, and recently I have argued with many people about this matter. Of course, Yang Mi's performance has always been problematic, including playing the triangle "Race against Time" by himself a few days ago. What a headache.

However, Yang Mi in Embroidered Spring Knife 2 is not particularly bad. Although it's hard to say whether it's the best Yang Mi, it's at least the best. Of course, this comparison also stems from the comparison between her own roles. It is better than her previous role, and this role has always been quiet and beautiful at least.

I always feel that the film is intended to suppress Yang Mi's performance, with few lines and performances, as long as she is a beautiful girl who keeps a straight face.

And with the help of clothing, photography and other departments, Yang Mi is suitable for both clothing and modeling. Compared with Zhang zhen's particularly depressed armor, Yang Mi's image is obviously more fresh and literary.

In fact, the role of Yang Mi represents Shen Lian's ideal partner. In other words, it is the life he yearns for. After retiring to the mountains, there is a quiet, literary woman who lives a quiet life, which is completely different from his intrigue and licking blood every day.

Of course, that kind of life is just an imaginary life, and he will never get it.

And just being a stupid weak woman, Yang Mi's performance is actually not bad, and she has been pinned down a lot. The image of a weak little woman is relatively safe.

If you want to say a good role, except Zhang zhen, who everyone likes very much (there is no need to say too much nonsense about him, just handsome)

In fact, Lei Jiayin's performance is also very good. I have to say that Luyang's film is really a male match, and the last one won Ding Xiu (it is said that Zhou Yiwei is still pondering Ding Xiuchuan, and there must be Ding Xiu and Shen Lian in Embroidered Spring Knife 3). It depends on Lei Jiayin.

I think Yang Lu will intentionally bring out some sense of comedy when he sets the role. Lei Jiayin, who is always smoking a pipe, also carries some evil spirits.

There is such a setting in the play, which is estimated that many people have noticed, and it is the following stills.

When writing, you have to stick out your tongue to touch his pen. The whole process is very calm. This setting is actually very comic, and in such a scene, this character image basically comes out, which is very powerful.

And in the later performance, it is also an interesting and very likable character in Evil.

Zhang Yi is another way of performing.

It is said that this is his first time in a costume film. You can clearly see from his performance that his performance style is completely different from that of Zhang zhen. The role of Zhang Yi is very grounded, and many of his lines are very contemporary, not ancient, but more ironic.

Especially in such movies, his role will be particularly unique, and several other people still have a sense of comics. However, he has a sense of the bottom of the market, which will always make you jump out a little, which is very powerful.

In addition, there are always some distinctive women in Luyang's films, such as Dany, who used the western sword in the last Embroidered Spring Knife, and the new Lei Zhi and Li Yuan this time, and their weapons are also very distinctive.

It is probably such a distinctive setting of female Xia that makes the film more full. I especially like these small characters with characteristics, which are more martial arts.

If I really want to complain, I still think this film is a bit ambitious. The film is more involved in historical events, including Chongzhen, Wei Zhongxian, Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and the story the film wants to tell is far better than the last one. Especially in the end, if you want to put the plot on Chongzhen, you can probably get more meaning from it.

The highlights of the film are still based on excellent art and service, as well as realistic action design, and some changes in contemporary martial arts films: there are elements of spy theme in the plot, reference comics in character setting, and those interesting weapons.

Especially in the current China movie environment, it is more necessary to have such a movie, which is more beautiful in vision and more elaborate in props. A relatively serious attitude is the basic respect for the audience.