As a loyal fan and super fan of Xu Hui, Guo Xiaosi couldn't calm down for a long time after watching "The Lion King", and when he got home, he immediately drafted a Weibo.

The title is "Xu Hui and His Wong Fei Hung":

The series "Once Upon a Time" is a landmark work of Xu Hui's films.

In fact, when I first watched "Huang Feihong", I had some complaints about many of the characters, such as the weird role of Aunt Thirteen, and I felt that I was "out of generation" at that time.

Later, I felt that perhaps such a setting could reflect Xu Hui's understanding of love and romance.

I'm so used to thinking about a movie that I have to watch a movie three or five times, and I can't usually remember the content of the movie, but the movie feels like skin!

What touched me most about Xu Hui's Wong Fei Hung series was actually what his films focused on: the question of what an individual can do for society in troubled times, and what attitude should be used to face the competition between Chinese and Western cultures, and what measures should be taken.

The "Once Upon a Time" movie roughly portrays four types of Chinese facing this situation: the first is completely Westernized.

Represented by the thirteenth aunt, this character actually plays the role of an introducer of Western technology and values in Wong Fei Hung's films;

The second is against Westernization.

Most of the Qing Dynasty officials, and some bloody Jianghu people.

The aims and manifestations of these two types of people are also diametrically opposed, with the former aiming to defend vested interests, which is manifested in both flattery and covert non-cooperation, or as an excuse to attack the domestic population. The purpose of the latter is to maintain a fixed state of life, which manifests itself in total exclusion, whether it is an object or a person;

The third is that it does not matter about the arrival of the West, as long as they can benefit or do not affect their own benefits according to the previous state, there are many such people, which are basically told as a vague background, some officials, a large number of underworld figures, their interests are inextricably linked with the Western powers, or as compradors, or collude with whites to sell piglets, opium, or sell and buy arms, and oppress the people;

The last and least type of people are people of insight who have changed from a sense of crisis to a sense of urgency, and feel that they should selectively absorb Western technology and take the initiative to participate in the competition. There were a small number of officials, intellectuals like Sun Wen, and some national industrialists who directly faced commercial competition, such as Huang Qiying, the treasurer of Bao Zhilin, who bought the steam engine, because they felt the pressure of competition more directly and urgently.

Huang Feihong is also portrayed here as such a positive character, although sometimes he acts like a person who blindly rejects the West, but once he recognizes the reality, under the guidance of the thirteenth aunt, he can basically quickly accept Western things and make pragmatic choices.

Is the reproduction of these kinds of people successful, or can they represent the reality of the time?

After all, we made films that reflect that era a few years later, and these stories of Wong Fei Hung are basically made up by screenwriters, so is this analysis still meaningful for understanding that era?

Many people may not know that Once upon a time in China is the English name of the movie "Once Upon a Time", which translates into Chinese as 'Once Upon a Time in China!'

Xu Hui borrowed the name of "Once Upon a Time in America", he wanted to describe an era, and I think he did.

It should be an artistic reproduction of the situation of the past, and it can be a warning or reference for the present.

Many of the questions I don't think commercial films should avoid. Commercial films should also have values, because it is a work after all.

But in China, the thinkers who write essays look down on the tricksters and the screenwriters of film scripts. Everyone shouted: Don't talk about movies. Whether it's a mainstream box office blockbuster or a marginal alternative work, it's all treated like a quarter of the corner of the eye.

We wrote, I naturally have a good sense of the story, and the picture is very good, I like Xu Hui very much as the director, and even admire him a little...

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Han Shao, who is also a leading figure in the post-80s literary world, may not be so touted for his film criticism.

Directly from the perspective of the villain Zhao Tianba, it shows how 'ridiculous' "The Lion King" is!

"I think Zhao Tianba is a pure ruffian born and raised, with a very flexible mind, although he has martial arts, he rarely does it himself, he has some leadership skills, his mind is flexible, and he is quick to respond. Although he is very arrogant and domineering, he is quite principled.

Zhao Tianba only aims to get the lion king, although he will do whatever it takes. But things are basically above board, and they don't do it absolutely.

Only do things for the target, and hardly do anything to his family, unrelated people, etc. You can see it in a few details. For example, when he came out of the Guangdong Pharmaceutical Factory, there were no radical moves. After Huang Feihong obviously broke the rules and affected his efforts, he didn't do anything to his family, disciples and his family!

A detail, Zhao Tianba met the thirteenth aunt for the first time, and in the face of the glamorous and moving thirteenth aunt, Zhao Batian actually just glanced at it with appreciation!

Some of the rules of the rivers and lakes Zhao Tianba still abides by.

Zhao Tianba himself said, either my people or my enemies, you offer me and I should pay something, it is obvious how much he paid for this lion king competition. As a result, when Huang Feihong first arrived, he wanted to pull a group of people to find a relationship and cancel the game...

It's strange if you don't have a mortal enmity with him!

Zhao Tianba is the second generation of the enterprise, and Huang Feihong is the second generation of martial arts.

The second generation of the enterprise is easy to understand now, and the second generation of martial arts is actually an illusory Monkey King-like savior fantasy in modern times.

He is neither an underworld, nor a yamen, nor a consortium.

And Zhao Tianba represents the power and interests of the enterprise. He can feed a lot of people and he can hire a lot of people. is not like Huang Feihong who wins people's hearts by saving lives and helping the wounded. Zhao Tianba is very simple, I will give you money, you do things for me, if you have the ability, I will appreciate you, if you can't do it, I will fire you.

When I saw the bleak plot after the seven legs of the ghost feet were broken, I felt that Zhao Tianba was very cold, and the people under him were also very bad.

But if you think about it carefully, Ghost Feet Seven will not be a human being, and it is purely self-inflicted to blame for getting that ending.

For example, at the beginning, when Zhao Tianba shouted Ghost Foot Seven, the position he stayed in was obviously unsociable.

Then the first thing Ghost Feet Seven did when he appeared was to kick away the group of colleagues who were defeated first and scolded them, and the performance was basically a hot head, six relatives did not recognize, arbitrarily behaved, and there was no distinction between inside and outside, which shows the usual temperament.

It is estimated that even if an ordinary person encounters such a master, he will not give him a good look when he is down.

By the way, at the end, he also slightly "criticized" Xu Hui, feeling that he was a little too cautious or too flattering: "The biggest villain of the movie, Zhao Tianba, actor Wang Qianyuan's portrayal is no problem at all, and he interprets a person's arrogance, greed and ruthlessness to the extreme. There is only one thing that is very disappointing, that is, the duel between Huang Feihong and Zhao Tianba is surprisingly fast, and the ability to talk about one-on-one is not on the same level at all. And the fact that a lot of foreshadowing that had been planted ended in this form seems a bit abrupt. It is obvious that Xu Hui is in a hurry to finish, anxious to show his loyalty, and said a reason through Huang Feihong's mouth, indicating that he is not implicitly alluding to the Olympics..."