Reflections after viewing Yangtze River No. 7

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If you become a good person, don’t come to me

Will every young and Dangerous boy who was once domineering become a cowardly father in the end? Are all the bandits who have turned into bandits secretly longing for Zhao'an? "Yangtze River No. 7", which is suitable for all ages, is like a prostitute who spent three years changing her appearance and finally became a good person. It can make people smile a little and cry a little, just like a flawless lady. Every move and every move has a very good sense of position and a very good sense of the camera. If you control yourself, you will control you.

There is nothing wrong with being a good person. This is not a matter of right or wrong. Some things in the world have nothing to do with right or wrong, such as Brother Ma helping his brothers to kill people. I can't say whether killing people is right or wrong, and I can't discuss the feelings of those Ma Zai's parents and relatives. This is just about feeling. If you have ever been in a smoke-filled video hall, then you should understand what I mean. Stephen Chow's movies shouldn't be like this, not at all.

Compared with today’s box office, which everyone is happy with, I still like “Westward Journey”, which failed miserably at the box office back then, and I like the nonsensical comedy that was criticized as vulgar and boring. Compared with today's Mr. Xing who can easily walk into Peking University to give lectures, I prefer Brother Xing in "Fighting Back to School", or even Xing Zai from earlier. Watching the projection in the video room, the man on the white wall is clearly one of my own. If he stepped into this dark room, he would still be staring at him smoking a cigarette. Who cares whether it's box office or not, vulgar or not, little people need someone to show off their wildest dreams on screen.

You need to have those bizarre encounters that bring laughter and tears, you need to have those struggles and encounter bigger blows, and you need to always have a beautiful star girl who will never leave you and will stay with you until the clouds clear and the sun rises. , stayed until Zhang Min returned and hugged her, stayed until Zhu Yin met again at the top of the city, stayed until Karen Mok fixed her buck teeth and eyebrows. What more can I ask of you? After a thousand years of achievements and immortal fame, Suchahar can continue his life as a beggar. Aqi is shaking the pork stall in the market on a sunny day. At that time, Stephen Chow was not far away, and I felt that he would be the worst offender for me.

"The worst thing is the pig intestines. There is shit in it, shit!" What's wrong with the shit? You can watch it while eating and it won't affect your appetite. Fighting with Zhong Zhentao, you come and go, foam is flying everywhere. What's wrong with drool? If you replace it with bullets, it's "The Matrix". How come you're not disgusted? When you step into the ground with your cloth shoes and tap your left foot with your right foot, you can rise in the air. This is called "floating on the water". It floats very hard on water, but can be shot down by a rocket launcher. It was boring, sure, but I laughed, and laughed happily. I didn't say anything about meaning. Did you see me laughing? That's what it's all about. Stanislavski said in "The Actor's Self-Cultivation": Emotions should come from the outside in, and then from the inside out. Specifically, it is to step on the other person's feet hard, make him communicate in tears, and show the extreme pain in his heart. Foot-tapping has little to do with dramatic theory in any case, but nonsensicality is also a method of interpretation. No one stipulates that it must be an academic explanation, right?

I think these are the best compliments in the world. When Stephen Chow couldn't win the Best Director at all, when newspapers and magazines were criticizing him and predicting that he would disappear soon, I felt that was his most valuable moment. Mainstream society, mainstream values ??and mainstream people do not acknowledge it at all, but instead make people feel that Stephen Chow is shining all over. This is like a sex worker. Not many people admit it, but the wildness and vitality exuding from her body are heart-breaking. Even if everyone in the world has their thumbs down, I will give him a standing ovation. It’s not that you are not beautiful, it’s that the world is blind and cannot appreciate you.

Now they have opened their eyes, from the easy-to-digest "Shaolin Football", to the sweet and delicious "Kung Fu", to today's "Yangtze River No. 7" that is suitable for all ages, the box office has, and the golden statue There is a prize. Today, let’s talk about watching Stephen Chow’s movies. That’s going to a real cinema to watch a real movie. It’s not about skipping classes and collecting money to go to the video studio, or watching VCDs by yourself with three friends.

Why do movie tickets costing 50 yuan a piece and D9s costing 16 yuan each bring me less happiness than videos costing one yuan a ticket or two VCDs costing 8 yuan each? Why do the more people like you, the more I feel that you are getting farther and farther away, almost to the edge of my sight?

It is a good thing to be a good person, it is a good thing to be appreciated by the public, and it is also a good thing to win awards and box office. If someone had pleased me so much over the years, why should I deny him honor and money? Is there any reason to stop more people from enjoying it? Or do you have to be in some niche to make yourself feel good? No, I didn’t feel good about myself back then. I felt terrible, but happy. I feel very happy while breaking the law, messing around, and wasting my youth. At that time, Stephen Chow was an accomplice, which made people like him to death.

Now, I have to say that my fate with Stephen Chow is over. The friendship in the past deserves a three-star rating, just as a farewell gift. This kind of time makes people sad, but I want to say something like wishing you happiness. If there is another movie like "Yangtze River No. 7", I will not go to the cinema to watch it again. As an old friend, I will not buy the D version or download it online. I will occasionally read your news to see how many awards you have won, how much money you have earned, how many buildings you have bought, and how many girlfriends you have had. It’s just a look, that’s all. I miss the Stephen Chow in the past and the happiness he brought, but that has nothing to do with who he is today. There must have been a moment when everyone parted ways and flew off in different directions, never to return. However, I didn't pay attention at the time, so I was shocked by the distance today. The more exciting the jokes of the past are, the more bleak they are today. In my mind, you will always stay on that day, when you were a unique and graceful Prince of Pork.

If you become a good person, don’t come to me.

What to analyze? It’s enough to love it - "Yangtze River No. 7"

The night before watching "Yangtze River No. 7", I was lying in bed, half asleep and half awake, Suddenly, the house I lived in when I was a child came to mind very clearly. After moving there ten years ago, the image gradually became blurry, so blurry that I never thought about it. After the house became clear in my mind, I started to walk around the house. I walked into my small bedroom, where I used to look out the window. In fact, the scenery was so monotonous that there was nothing interesting to see. When I walked into the bathroom, I used to sit in the bathtub. I would be scolded if I water skied and splashed water all over the bathroom. I got into the big closet in my parents’ room. When I was alone at home, I would hide among the hanging clothes, close the closet door, and be alone in the dark. Sit for a long time.

I went to see "Yangtze River No. 7" the next day. I felt that Xiao Di looked like me. She left the cinema with a smile. At the end, the scene of countless little aliens running across a small bridge lingered in my mind. My heart continued to beat.

If there is any similarity between watching "Yangtze River No. 7" about childhood and thinking about my childhood home when I went to bed the night before, it is purely a coincidence. But the similarity between childhood and childhood is just a coincidence, it is purely a matter of similarity.

Once upon a time, I was also a hopeless child. I didn’t do well in the exam. Although I didn’t get a zero score, I did change my scores and forged my parents’ signatures. I laughed when I saw Xiao Di changing the 0 to 100 in "Yangtze River No. 7". I have also been bullied, but I didn't dare to fight back. The appearance of the big kids who bullied me was probably magnified in my mind into the appearance of the big fat man in "Yangtze River No. 7", and they often bullied me just like in the movie. It's over, everyone is friends, child to child, there are so many knots that can't be untied. In my elementary school, there was also a good teacher. Although he was not nearly as young and beautiful, he had the kindheartedness that resembled that of a mother, just like in "Yangtze River No. 7". When he was happy, he turned on the tape recorder and danced blindly like Xiao Di. Boys and girls in the class, you like me, but I don’t like you. I also asked for a toy, but I stayed in the store and refused to leave. It was even worse than Xiao Di in Yangtze River No. 7. I didn’t buy it after all. After being reluctant for a while, I obediently wiped my nose and followed the adults home. Fortunately, children have great forgetfulness. They will not remember things after a few days. They don’t want to remember things and force themselves not to remember things.

As children, we regard "sensible" as the highest standard. Adults praise other people's love for their children: "Your children are so sensible." Adults teach their children: Other people's children are sensible, but you are not.

The father played by Xing Ye, he doesn’t say you need to be sensible. He frankly says, “You know I don’t have money.” He says, “I’ll buy it for you when I get the money next month.” He knows, “Sensible.” It's the adult's responsibility, not the child's.

I am afraid that many people have experienced these things when they were young, and like Xiao Di and the rich kid, "Don't tell adults about children's things!" But the children became adults. These well-kept secrets have all been forgotten, and my mind is filled with grown-up things, including cars, houses, prospects, and intrigues. They have all turned into "Mahjong", "Independence Era", and "Yi Yi".

My childhood, which is not seen in movies, was beatings. Most Chinese children cannot avoid this lesson. The doors of their homes are closed, and the "Minor Protection Law" is not even a decoration. In the movie, Star Master pretended to beat Xiao Di. He first picked up a wooden board, then a clothes rack, then a piece of cloth, and finally rolled a loose "stick" out of newspaper. What I didn’t see in movies during my childhood was the relaxed and harmonious relationship between father and son. So when I was a kid, I saw some foreign movies where children could mingle with their fathers, and I thought it was so fake. But deep down in my heart, I really want such a fake thing.

The puppy-like Yangtze River No. 7 is this beautiful but not powerful "fake" dream. Xiao Di thought that No. 7 was Bruce Lee, who could defeat the big wolf dog, and that No. 7 was a doraemon, and that he could make various tools to help him get full marks in exams, and deal with classmates who bully him. But no, he has to experience the setbacks of growth by himself. , Master Xing understands, and he also wants us to understand that life is not smooth. Therefore, 7th Zai was defeated by the big wolf dog and could not help himself to get full marks in the exam. He only gave shit to Xiao Di's fantasy and asked Xiao Di to be down-to-earth and do a good job first.

Master Xing knows what children need most and what is most important to them. So the little bit of power that 7th boy had was used on the most important and necessary thing. 7th boy repaired the second-hand broken electric fan that his father bought back. The electric fan blew the air for Xiao Di in the summer, so that Xiao Di could have a good sleep. . What does a good night's sleep mean? It's Dad's meticulous care for Xiao Di, and Qi Zai has repaired this care. The second and final time that 7 Zai used his magical power was to save Xiao Di's father who died in the accident. What is dad? Dad is Optimus Prime.

Mr. Xing lacks fatherly love, and he has created an era where he is warm and the generation gap is bottomless. How many people hope to have such warmth. Since you hope, take over Star Master’s dream and warm yourself.

The children in the movie theater were laughing, crying, and moaning with me, who had just become an adult. I know that today’s children are still experiencing it in school. Going through what I have experienced, going through what Mr. Xing has gone through, and going through what our previous generation has gone through.

Our adult directors, directors, who dare to pat their chests and say, I will definitely be able to make a movie to impress children. With the old-fashioned look in their movies, they can only impress them. Wrapped in a thick layer of truth, adults who understand human affairs. They have long since deleted their childhood. They just pat their heads and do some scenes of making money, and after making money, they pat their butts and leave without saying a word.

What were we watching before, Brother Gazi and Pan Dongzi? But what do Brother Gazi and Brother Dongzi teach us? Make fun and make a list, replace the wooden gun with a real one, take revenge, stab someone with a knife, the red star must shine, revolution, revolution, revolution again. What kind of revolution is this? We are just a child. Our lives have not yet grown together, and the word "revolution" is still written crookedly. Over the years, children have also struggled in movies. Who is as serious as Mr. Xing, who has told us repeatedly, "Although we are poor, we don't fight, lie, or take other people's things." "Our movies, for many years, are not creating dreams, they are crushing them.

Many people have commented profoundly: Stephen Chow is repeating himself. This is simply profound and chilling. Can they see the repetition that is the symbol of Xing Ye? But where is the repetition? I don’t feel it is repetitive at all. Watching Xingye's previous movies, I would never want to think about my useless childhood. After watching "Yangtze River No. 7", I am willing to think about it. I am also willing to dream with Master Xing to make my childhood better.

After reading Momo Ku’s blog, he said he cried while watching it, and Xiaofei left him a message saying that his friends also cried. Why don't we cry? We are crying ourselves.

A movie that can really impress children is a good movie, and I believe this is one of the criteria for a good movie. I remember watching "Mom Love Me Again". The children in the cinema burst into tears. What were they crying for? In fact, they were crying for themselves and their childhood.

For "Yangtze River No. 7", for me, what should I analyze? The stunts, the script, the shots. If there is anything to analyze, loving it is enough. To love it is to love one's own childhood, to love that childhood full of shortcomings, to love that childhood without divine power to help and one's own fantasy of divine power. Movies are about creating dreams, Mr. Xing understands. Without dreams, how can you live your childhood? Childhood is the root. People sprout from there and grow up. Only with a little dream can you have the courage to grow up.

If a movie like "Yangtze River No. 7" helped me create dreams when I was a child, what would I analyze? It would be enough to love it.