Analysis of Stephen Chow's Movies: Westward Journey-Moonlight Box

"Journey to the West: Moonlight Box" is a classic nonsensical comedy film produced and produced by Stephen Chow Caixing Film Company in 1994. It is adapted from the supernatural novel "Journey to the West" written by Wu Cheng'en. The film is the first part of the "Westward Journey" series. It is directed by Liu Zhenwei, written by Ji An, produced by Stephen Chow, and stars Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Ng Meng-tat, Lam Jieying and others.

This movie has a Douban score of 9.0, which is second only to Westward Journey - The Marriage of the Great Sage. The film mainly tells the story of Tang Sanzang who sacrificed his life for another to save Wukong. 500 years later, the Supreme Treasure that reincarnated Wukong was still a bandit, leading a group of brothers to engage in robbing families and homes. However, because Tang Monk was about to appear in this world, he attracted The story of the entanglement between three goblins, spider spirit, white bone spirit and bull devil who want to eat Tang Monk's flesh.

The content of the story is not very complicated, but through the performances of each actor and the excellent skills of the screenwriter, the whole film has a series of twists and turns, endless excitement, and of course constant laughter.

In fact, this movie has a lot of laughs. If you understand every line of dialogue carefully, you will find it very funny, from the dialogue between Tang Monk and Guanyin Goddess and Wukong in the opening scene (the moonlight box smashes to Huahua Hastily, the size of the diamond circle is an issue, Wukong wants to kill me is just an idea, etc.), to the various manifestations of the Supreme Treasure being hit by the Seven Injury Fist at the beginning, a group of bandits led by the Supreme Treasure want to murder the spider spirit and the white-bone spirit transformation The various failures of the two beauties, and the jokes that also failed after the Bodhi Patriarch joined, to the mutual calculation and final forgiveness of the Spider Spirit and the Bone Spirit in the later stage, as well as the two battles with the Bull Demon King, and finally evolved into the rescue of the two beauties. A classic scene between two bears.

I will just say a few more jokes here. There are really many others, such as reversal, surprise, self-deprecation, mutual abuse, etc.

A． After the Supreme Treasure obtained the invisibility talisman given by Patriarch Bodhi, he led the gang to murder Bai Jingjing and Chun Sananniang. Little did he know that the invisibility talisman had already been exchanged by the second master (who betrayed him because he fell into Chun Sananniang's infatuation). Therefore, it is impossible to be invisible at all, but the two beauties pretended not to know and repeatedly spread fire on the body of the Supreme Treasure. In order not to be exposed, the Supreme Treasure endured the pain and let the gangsters trample on themselves. Put out the fire, put it out and light it again, step on it again, and light it again, 3 times. I really had no choice but to fight with my knives. Of course, because they wanted to be invisible, all the gangsters only wore paper skirts (probably derived from grass skirts) The scene is extremely funny, the Supreme Treasure endures the pain, the two beauties act as if no one else is around, and the gangsters extinguish the fire in a righteous way, it is really interesting.

B. When Chun Sanniang (Spider Spirit) once again used the charm method on the second master, the second master (actually already knew that the second master was Zhu Bajie at that time) shuddered. People who may not have watched this movie, why? They would never have thought that Tang Sanzang would be born like this. Of course it was very ridiculous and nonsense, but in the scene at that time and as far as this movie was concerned, this was really the only way Tang Sanzang could be born. I have to admire the screenwriter's imagination and boldness. At the same time, Chun Sananniang also made the second master (father) not admit it, saying that he was the child's nanny (the key is how a man can be a nanny), "If we don't say it, how can the child know that a man can't I'm a wet nurse."

C. The third very funny scene is the scene that happened when the Supreme Treasure used the moonlight treasure box again and again to save Bai Jingjing from outside the cave and into the cave where Bai Jingjing committed suicide (in 1994, in fact, time travel was still quite unfamiliar at that time) , the Moonlight Treasure Box is actually a prop for time travel), including the many conversations between the Supreme Treasure and the Second Master in the cave. The funniest thing is that when the Second Master ran outside the cave to wait for his wife (Chun Sansanniang) to come out, he saw What the Supreme Treasure said when he traveled through time and time again (it should have traveled 4 times): "Ah, I have ascended to heaven", "Ah, I have ascended to immortality again, why should I say that again", "Damn, I have ascended to heaven again", "My lady , Come out with the Bull Demon King to see God.” It really made my stomach hurt from laughing.

Of course, I can’t express such funny scenes and dialogues clearly with these few words. I just mentioned a few words. Those who have seen it can recall it. Those who have not seen it can really do it. Go and find out. If you don't laugh, I lose.

Of course, if a movie is just funny, it may not be very popular. A good movie must have the word "love", whether it is about love, family, friendship, etc., at least you must have it. , and perform well, or appropriately. Next, I will talk about this movie on the following points.

A． The brotherly love between Zhizunbao and his gang of gangsters, even though they are a ragtag group, still shows a little bit of affection between them. "Don't kill my brother"---Supreme Treasure, "Gang leader, we are here to save you"---Gangster, "A blind man will remain blind all his life, but the most discerning one is to follow the gang leader"---Blind man.

B. The love story between Zhizunbao and Bai Jingjing, of course, is the continuation of the love-hate relationship between Sun Wukong (not reincarnated) and Bai Jingjing. Zhizunbao fell in love with Bai Jingjing at first sight (probably due to his past life). Although he didn't know he was a demon, he changed his appearance repeatedly for her. In order to save her, he begged the Spider Spirit for mercy and help, and repeatedly used the Moonlight Treasure Box to hope. Can save Jingjing. "Because I don't want you to think about another person when you see me." "It doesn't matter during the day or at night. From today on, I will always be with you." On the contrary, Bai Jingjing mistakenly thought of the Supreme Treasure. As Sun Wukong (actually he is Sun Wukong, but he has not yet fully awakened and does not know what happened before), he has always wanted to renew his relationship with the Sun Wukong of the past. "If you are not happy as a human being, immortality is useless", "If you are not Sun Wukong, I will kill you". In the end, Bai Jingjing thought that the Supreme Treasure had left her again and deceived her, so she committed suicide and was transported back by the Moonlight Box. When the two parties were discussing the reasons for killing or not killing, Zhizunbao showed the wooden pendant (look) that Bai Jingjing had dropped on the top of the mountain at that time, and she was completely convinced that Zhizunbao had not lied to her.

C. The love between Chun Sanniang and the second master (Zhu Bajie) is, of course, a sudden love that neither party wants, and no one expected. Here we have to admire the crew, in addition to bringing the White Bone Demon and Sun Wukong together. Yes, Spider Spirit and Zhu Bajie actually became a couple again, and they even had a child named Tang Seng. "It doesn't matter whether you want to be a god or not, whether you can eat Tang Monk's meat, what's important is to live a good life and bring up your children" - the second master, "bring up our children well" - Chun Sanniang, " "Madam, husband." At the end, when the second master was outside the cave and Chun Sansanniang stopped the Bull Demon King in the cave, both parties called them names. Although the love was so sudden and absurd, they finally recognized it.

D. At the end, in order to stop the Bull Demon King, Bai Jingjing and Chun Sansanniang resisted the Bull Demon King in the cave. One said, "Supreme Treasure, see you in the next life," and the other said, "My lord, the scene where the beauty saves the bear is also a good tear point." .

The above are just some of the laughs and tears that I can think of after watching this film. In fact, there are many more that are worth watching, thinking about, talking about, and laughing at.

Looking at the whole movie, it mostly provides some foreshadowing and introduction to his second marriage of the great sage, but it also explains some truth. The two fairies originally came to eat Tang Monk’s meat. The person who was looking for the Supreme Treasure ended up sacrificing himself to save the Supreme Treasure and the second master because of some emotions and love. How does a gang leader who is a gangster who makes a living by robbing change his thoughts, how can he achieve enlightenment in this life, change his past mistakes, sacrifice himself for others, and follow Tang Sanzang to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures? Humans and monsters are actually the love between monsters and monsters, the trade-off between immortality and unhappiness, etc. The movie still wants to express some meanings. The key is whether we can get these.

Okay, that’s it for Westward Journey - Moonlight Treasure Box. If you have anything you want to talk about, please leave a message and discuss it. Maybe we will find more, more interesting and more interesting things. Something of value.