How to evaluate Wuji?

Some movies, even if you watch them again ten years later, twenty years later, or a hundred years later, are still just as bad. Yes, I am talking about "The Promise" here.

Many people may not understand the meaning of the word "Wuji". In fact, these two words come from "Laozi Chapter 28": "Return to Wuji." Wuji means centerless and chaotic. State generally describes the formless original state of the universe. But the plot used here to describe this movie is just right.

Although the sets and costumes of "The Promise" are very good, they are very suitable for wallpaper. But these gorgeous appearances cannot hide the chaos of the plot. There is no central point in the whole movie. Man Shen, Princess Qingcheng, Northern Duke Wu Huan, General Guangming, Kunlun, Snow Wolf, everyone fights to death, you Think it's a trick of fate?

No, this is just the revenge that the young Wu Huan endured for ten years after being cheated by Qingcheng into giving a steamed bun. In fact, if the name of this movie was changed to "Murder Case Caused by a Steamed Bun", it might be more appropriate. But in this way, the copyright of a certain short video is infringed.

In addition to the ridiculous plot, the lines in the movie also give people a sense of mystery. It can be seen that the producers have put great care into these lines, and every line has a sense of Shakespeare. The first time I encountered this kind of line was in the TV series "Daming Palace Ci". By the way, Chen Hong was also in it.

Although this kind of Shakespearean lines was quite successful in "Da Ming Gong Ci", in the movie "The Promise" it was a real failure, dry and tasteless.

Of course, it cannot be said that the director is not careful, but the director is obviously too careful this time. Making a movie in the form of a drama is a huge mistake in itself.