Film Name:陸阿采與黃飛鴻 / Challenge of the Masters
Hong Kong kung fu film has many of his unique elements, such as the gun grabbing in this film, and lion dance. It is very suitable for the depiction of large scenes, in addition not only contains the meaning of traditional culture, there are often elements of dance.
In terms of drama, Hong Kong martial arts have a lot of routines, the more common routines are generally to learn from a master, either revenge, or to get rid of evil, and basically revenge and get rid of evil can be combined together.
In addition, there is the spirit of martial arts, which emphasises the spirit of self-improvement and the enhancement of one’s courage, as well as the enhancement of one’s character. As the film stresses, more forgiveness, less bravado, with a righteous spirit to resolve their grudges, although a little childish taste of preaching, but glowing with idealism.
In addition, Liu’s grasp of the camera and the scheduling of scenes as well as his storytelling ability are relatively average, thus his action feels solid and often not very visually impactful. Many of his unneeded editing shots tend to be more colourful, such as the martial arts scenes, which are about form, strength, gas and spirit, and there are two pieces of music that are wonderful, Tsui Hark’s Wong Fei Hung’s music should be from here, I don’t know if the music here is original or not.
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