May 12, 2010

叶问(宗师传奇)2 - 打得好,就是故事普通 Ip Man 2 - Good Fights for Insufficient Reasons

看到叶问2的尾端,观众都情不自禁的鼓掌,为叶问最后的胜利兴奋。

叶问2无疑是一套高质素的片子, 好在(倒序):洪金宝的武术指导,好久不见的洪金宝功夫,甄子丹的身手,叶伟信把武打场面的拍摄手法。

也可以说,这套片唯一的好处就是打得好看。打得好,再加上利用观众的对外国的帝国主义的反感,就制造到血脉沸腾的效果。

故事跟第一集同样的简单。基本上开始的一个小时左右就算不看对了解结局也没有么影响。而第二个小时呢?当Twister这个强大的对手出现,又拥有一副看不起中国人的嘴脸那一刻起,基本上,观众对第二个小时剧情的发展都猜到七七八八了。

我猜想構思这套电影时编剧和导演的思路是这样的: "要十个武打场面,每一次的对手都不同。 有时一对一,有时一对很多(越多越好)。其中五场要大的。大的怎么做?去问洪金宝。 如下的时间想想办法写个故事把这十个武打场面连起来。”

叶问1‘2故事最失败的地方是把叶问写到毫无目标。 空有一身功夫但是没有目标,从而也领到电影的进程变得虚无飘渺。每集的叶问对同胞受外国人欺压都无动于衷,每次都是因为好朋友给打死了才会挺身出来“结尾”。能够成为一代宗师真的能够那么被动的吗?我看过的其他关于叶问的纪录都不是这样的。

叶问3可能有开拍了, 希望对头两集的“方程式”有调整,不是单靠甄子丹+打得好看+打大众都讨厌的人就马虎了事。假如方程式不变,我已经想好了叶问6的故事(第六套应该打到现代了吧):

甄子丹+打得好看+
1) 雷曼兄弟
2)地厂商
3)陈振聪(港版);给网民爆了光的地方贪官(内地版)

第六套找我写吧!保证有十场武打场面,五场还是大大的!

Ip Man 2 is undoubtedly a quality film. Its qualities, in descending are: the martial arts direction, the long-missed martial arts of Sammo Hung, the always-superb movement of Donnie Yen, and the ability for the director to capture the fight scenes.

In others word, you can say that the only good thing about Ip Man 2 is the fights. The fights, especially against abhorrent enemies that challenge national pride, a good movie made.

You can miss the first 1 hour of the movie without loss of understanding of what happens in the 2nd hour. And by the time the abhorrent enemy shows up at the beginning of the 2nd hour, and spit out racist comments, well you know how the 2nd hour works also.

My speculation is here is how the script was conceived:"Need 10 fight scenes, each with different set of opponents. Sometimes 1 on 1, sometimes 1 on many. 5 of these have to be big. Now go and fill out the stories in between these fights."

In both the first and second installment, Ip Man had no aim and objective in life. He chose to sit back and witness his compatriots being unfairly treated by foreigners, that is until, one of his friends got killed by these foreigners. As a great master whose name lasted for decade, could he really have such a passive personality? Not according to other records of him I have read. The passiveness in his personality also contributed a great deal to the passiveness and aimlessness of both films.

I hope the next installment will change the formula, and not relying on the tried-and-so-far-true Donnie Yen+Good Fight Scenes+Enemies everyone hates. If they stick to this, may I suggest this for Ip Man6(which surely would be in the modern era):

Donnie Yen+Good Fight Scenes+
1) Lehman Brothers and other Wall Streeters that lost a lot of our money
2) Real estate Developers
3) Tony Chan (Hong Kong version); local corruption officials (Mainland version)

Give me the gig for Ip Man 6! I guarantee 10 fight scenes, 5 of which will be very big.

欢迎!

各位好,小弟圈外人, 是一个刚好在影视圈边缘之外, 对圈内的事情感浓厚兴趣但十知八解的人。 不自认是影评人,也不觉得自己的见解如何了得。但是觉得自己的观感和某部分的影视观众接轨。

本网址从影视圈边缘外看中国/香港影视圈的发展, 以稍微幽默‘稍微主观的模式和有兴趣的好友一块探讨影视发展。希望各位有兴趣的朋友一起探讨这一个领域。

圈外人 上。