Chapter 154: Havoc in the Heavenly Palace

The shape of the Monkey King is based on the Peking Opera costume, and the appropriate changes are made to make the whole shape more magnificent, which is in line with the momentum of the Monkey King's self-esteem.

If the previous Monkey King was short and poor, then the current Monkey King is rich and handsome.

The Monkey King's new appearance made the audience's eyes shine, and he looked mighty and domineering.

Zheng Faxiang's performance has also changed, he used to be a monkey with more demeanor, but now he has more of a humane side, showing the changes before and after Sun Wukong in detail.

Sun Wukong worshipped other demon kings in Huaguo Mountain, but was hooked by Hades when he was drunk.

The underworld in "Havoc in Heaven" is not eerie and terrifying, although there are some images of ghosts, but it is more like an official in the world, this is to avoid frightening children.

For Lin Zixuan, the original intention of shooting this movie was nostalgia, and naturally he did not want a plot that was not suitable for children to watch.

Sun Wukong made trouble in the palace of Hades, changed the book of life and death, provoked the king of Hades to go to the heavenly court to complain, and the Tai Bai Xing Nether recruited Sun Wukong, and the official named Bi Ma Wen, who was in charge of the royal horse of the heavenly court.

If a story has a beginning, a development, a climax, and an epilogue, it is only a third of the way through.

It's a ninety-minute movie, and the show has just begun.

Sun Wukong happened to know that Bi Ma Wen was just a petty official who did not enter the stream, so he went down to heaven and returned to Huaguo Mountain to establish himself as the "Monkey King", which angered the Jade Emperor and sent Tota Li Tianwang and the third prince of Nezha to suppress it.

This battle between the gods and goddesses uses a lot of stunts.

For example, the Hot Wheels of the Third Prince of Nezha were wrapped in a layer of oil-soaked cotton cloth and lit to look good.

But the little actor who plays Nezha doesn't really stand barefoot on the wheel, it's unrealistic, it's all suspended with a rope.

Moreover, the dialogue between Tota Li Tianwang and Sun Wukong in the sky was filmed separately in two places, first creating a lot of smoke in the room to create the feeling of being in the clouds, and filming Tota Li Tianwang's lines.

Sun Wukong's lines were filmed on Chongming Island, a location on location.

Therefore, it seems that two people are talking, but in fact, it is just a splicing of two shots, and the two of them will not appear in the same shot at the same time.

However, it was this magical immortal fighting method that shocked the audience.

Foreign films in this era are mainly realistic, even if they involve religious mythological themes, they are also shot in a decent manner, at most there is a lightning bolt or something, and they will not use such a large number of special effects.

Some foreigners who watched were dumbfounded, thinking that witchcraft and magic had appeared in the movie.

Lin Zixuan couldn't help but shake his head, this is just an appetizer, and the scene of the real havoc in the Heavenly Palace has not yet begun.

Sun Wukong defeated Nezha, and Tai Bai Xing recruited again, named Sun Wukong as the Monkey King, and let him manage Pan Taoyuan.

Unexpectedly, Sun Wukong was unruly, but instead secretly ate the peach, drank the fairy wine, secretly ate the elixir and disturbed the peach feast.

The Jade Emperor was furious and ordered King Tota Li to lead 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals to bring eighteen heavenly nets to capture Sun Wukong.

This is arguably the biggest scene in the movie.

Naturally, there are no 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals, and it is still possible to find dozens of people to make up for it, but the conditions are poor, and there is no way to make up for this.

The focus of this fight is that Sun Wukong has transformed countless clones to fight against the heavenly soldiers and generals.

Lin Zixuan found more than a dozen actors from major opera troupes in Shanghai to learn monkey opera.

You don't need to act very well, as long as you can play the stick well, a golden hoop stick in your hand, flying up and down, flipping sideways, and basic routines such as forward and reverse connection, and playing sticks behind your back.

This fight showed the essence of the monkey show, and more than a dozen monkey actors played sticks together, neatly and uniformly.

Some audiences who have watched the Peking Opera Monkey Opera can't help but applaud, this is a scene that cannot be seen on the stage of Peking Opera, and the movie has more room to play than Peking Opera.

When Sun Wukong defeated the heavenly soldiers and generals, Erlang God finally appeared.

The two of them each cast spells, showed their magical powers, and staged a transformation battle.

Sun Wukong becomes a sparrow, Erlang God becomes an eagle, Sun Wukong becomes a fish, Erlang God becomes an osprey, Sun Wukong becomes a snake, and Erlang God becomes a gray crane......

The reason why this movie costs money is spent on props and sets.

In the end, Sun Wukong was captured, and he couldn't kill him no matter how he killed him, so he had to be put into the alchemy furnace of Taishang Laojun for refining.

However, after seven hundred and forty-nine days, Sun Wukong cultivated a pair of fiery eyes in the alchemy furnace, kicked down the alchemy furnace, picked up the golden hoop stick, and fought and killed in the heavenly court.

No one was its opponent, not even the Jade Emperor was terrified.

At this time, with the passionate music, Zheng Faxiang vividly expressed Sun Wukong's madness and killing intent.

It is to break this heavenly court, break this old order, and no longer be constrained, it is the Monkey King who is the only one in the world.

That's the refreshment, that's the climax!

The audience became excited with the complete outburst of Sun Wukong, watching the heavenly soldiers and generals at a loss, watching the hasty escape of the heavenly ministers, and watching the cowardice and weakness of the Jade Emperor.

The audience substituted into Sun Wukong's body, and seemed to be full of strength, so that they had the courage to resist.

After the climax, the Jade Emperor shouted out the classic sentence.

"Hurry up and invite the Buddha!"

If the Buddha appeared, Sun Wukong's fighting failed, and a big mountain fell from the sky and pressed it under the Five Elements Mountain.

Seeing this, the audience felt aggrieved and held grievances for Sun Wukong, and some even scolded him.

Lin Zixuan naturally didn't want any bad farce to happen, and at the end, he left a hope.

Five hundred years later, a monk rode to the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, folded his hands, and looked at the Monkey King who was crushed under the mountain, and the movie ended, and subtitles appeared.

Stay tuned for the next "Three Dozen White Bone Spirits".

Of course, Lin Zixuan will not forget to advertise, he wants to make "Journey to the West" into a series of movies.

Although he knows that other film companies will definitely follow suit to shoot "Journey to the West" after seeing the popularity of "Havoc in Heaven", he is confident that he will win in quality.

This series will become the signature of Star Studios.

In the theater, the audience erupted in warm applause, knowing that there would be a sequel, there was expectation, the feeling of aggrieved was alleviated, and all that remained was praise for the movie.

Zheng Zhengqiu took the actors forward to accept congratulations, and most of the hard work of half a year finally paid off.

Zheng Faxiang sighed with emotion, this movie is basically his one-man show.

In order to figure out the difference between Peking Opera performances and film performances, he spent a lot of time pondering, and also designed many iconic movements, and innovated in monkey opera.

Now let him play monkey play, he will definitely be more physical and spiritual.

But he knows that there will not be too many opportunities to perform monkey shows on the stage in the future, and if he wants to keep filming "Journey to the West", it will take at least ten years.

He may have to play the Monkey King for the rest of his life.