"So, do you think the way out for our action movies lies in realism?"

On this day, Liu Jialiang asked Chen Xi.

Both men have been basically discussing many of the tricks of The Raid lately.

Originally, at the beginning, Liu Jialiang always had a feeling of neglect for Chen Xi......

Certainly not disdain for this man, he wouldn't be like that.

Liu Jialiang just thinks that Chen Xi, as a director, "Border Storm" is enough to show his strength, but as an action director...... There were no previous films that could be used as a basis for him.

Chen Xi's action movies are just talking on paper: this is also Liu Jialiang's previous opinion of Chen Xi.

But when the two really had an in-depth exchange, Liu Jialiang realized that his idea was very wrong.

Chen Xi is like an old fritter who has been immersed in this way for many years, and he understands many things about martial arts.

His understanding includes things in the general direction, as well as subtle considerations, in short, many things can be easily obtained.

And he has a deep understanding of martial arts movies and action movies, whether it is theory or practice, in short, he can combine reality and say that he is ugly.

So, the two continued to discuss, and at the same time, they were also designing many movements.

In terms of specific design actions, of course, only Liu Jialiang can come, and Chen Xi can only put forward opinions based on memory on the side.

He's not a professional......

But for the general direction, Chen Xi's sensitivity and many grasps surprised Liu Jialiang.

The discussion between the two actually carried a bit of a year-old friendship!

Today they talked about the way out of action movies and kung fu movies, and naturally talked about the way out of Chinese action movies.

In fact, one thing that is obvious is that the once most brilliant and unique genre of Chinese cinema is gradually reaching a dead end.

The table of Chinese kung fu and action movies reached its peak in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", so much so that every subsequent Zhang Yimou movie, "Hero", "Ambush on All Sides", and "The City Full of Golden Armor" is actually some aftertaste of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon......

So, our film has also had a bottleneck here.

Even though last year's "Huo Yuanjia" still sold 20 million US dollars in North America, everyone can see that Chinese action movies are becoming more and more unsustainable.

Hollywood Tong Guò "The Matrix" and others gradually learned some things from Chinese action movies, and they have their own integration and development, but the kung fu actions in Chinese movies have gradually been reduced to fists and embroidered legs, like toys in the store.

That's why Chen Xi said this.

"To ......" Chen Xi said in the face of Liu Jialiang's words: ""The Matrix" did trigger the trend of Chinese kung fu in Hollywood, but soon Hollywood absorbed the strengths of Chinese kung fu movies, and the most respected action movie style by the audience was quickly replaced by films based on realistic fights such as "Boxer" and "Spy Shadow". The former is a ferocious Muay Thai punch with a fist to the flesh, and the latter is a special fight with a sharp cut to create an immersive effect...... It's not hard to see that our films are being replaced by a ferocious style of actual combat. ”

"Human beings are still belligerent by nature! Don't look at everyone who disguises themselves as civilized people, but the barbarism in the bones may not be so easy to fade. Chen Xi said: "Violent things, actual combat things, are still everyone's favorites!" The simplest example, you also filmed "Seven Swords" with director Xu Ke before, you can see that Zhen Zaidan's path is biased, he is more practical in style...... And it was not for nothing that his "Slaying the Wolf" was so popular last year. ”

In "Seven Swords", Xu Ke walked out of his previous whimsical and began to try a practical style.

Liu Jialiang played one of the seven swords in it.

The movie is indeed quite wonderful in terms of actual combat style.

And "Slaying the Wolf" became a hit in 05, and this film blended MMA technology that was rare in China at that time into action scenes, and injected a trace of vitality into the decadent action movie with dark, cold and sharp brilliance......

Zhen Tsai Dan also took an important step from it!

Liu Jialiang was thoughtful.

In fact, Liu Jialiang's action movies are indeed close to actual combat, but his action movies, in terms of thinking, are still based on actual combat under traditional kung fu routines, not based on traditional routines under actual combat, this issue of priority is very important and critical.

"Okay." Liu Jialiang nodded: "On this point, I agree with you. ”

Chen Xi smiled slightly: "I didn't mean to convince you, I just put forward my opinion......"

He is also thinking in his heart, saving Chinese action movies, this is too big a proposition for himself, and the framework is not small, and it is very difficult to complete it...... Let's shoot "The Raid" first.

The two men continued their discussion.

"In my "Raid", I think, the most important thing is to solve two problems! The first problem is to fight fakely, and the second problem is to fight in groups......" Chen Xi said.

"Well, we've discussed this before, but we haven't gone into any further hole, so let's talk about your thoughts now."

"Hmmm......"

Chen Xi organized the language and said: "The first question is fake, this has been said before, and now our kung fu films rely too much on special effects, and they have become flower fists and embroidered legs." ”

In fact, it's really not a problem to play into fists and embroider legs......

After all, it's not actual combat that is the selling point.

For example, at the beginning, "Smiling Proud Jianghu: The East is Undefeated", a movie with that number of roads, although Li Lianjie was vigorous and agile, his appearance at that time was also high...... But in that movie, how many real tricks are there? It's all a dazzling shot editing with a whimsical effect.

It was at that time that Xu Laowei assertively established his own style of action movies!

Bizarre and whimsical!

But he also has a lot of good movies, and the reason is very simple: that kind of movie fights for feelings, and fights for feelings......

But if on the one hand, it is filmed as a fist and embroidered legs, and on the other hand, it can't play with feelings and feelings, then what else can the movie be interesting?

Liu Jialiang and Chen Xi have also discussed this problem many times, and they also have some solutions.

"The second problem is that the group battle scene is unconvincing, there are always a bunch of minions dangling around with knives!"

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