The movie "Taoist Down the Mountain" has a very bad reputation. what do you think?

? Of course, the director's sincerity does not come from his emotional love letters from Weibo, but from his earnest understanding of Taoism, Zen and martial arts, and from the sincere feelings of the world life and human growth wrapped in the whole film. He is like an old man who has been baptized by years, full of philosophical thinking. He is eager to convey his understanding of life and teach the truth of being a man through a movie. He chose the theme of "Taoist going down the mountain" not so much because of his obsession with strangeness, but rather because he just wanted to express his philosophy of life through the Taoist Zen contained in "Taoist". It is not difficult to see from the movie "The Taoist Down the Mountain" that he spent a lot of thoughts on creating the artistic conception of Zen. Many scenes combining reality and reality make us not only appreciate the beauty of art, but also appreciate the tranquility and indifference conveyed by the artistic conception of Taoism and Zen. Few people have done this. If Tsui Hark's martial arts express friendship, Ang Lee's martial arts express emotion and Zhang Yimou's martial arts express environment, then what Chen Kaige wants to express is an artistic conception-an artistic conception based on Zen Buddhism, which is the embodiment of Chen Kaige's rich emotions. It is precisely because of the director's rich emotions that the film shows his skill in scene creation, visual presentation and some scene scheduling, but it also exposes his shortcomings. It can't be ignored that several fighting scenes show a very beautiful side: whether it's the colorful flowers driven by the "devil's pace" of Aaron Kwok's martial arts and dancing skills, or Zhang zhen's leisurely and powerful internal strength and heroic spirit in a white robe and a pike, or Wang Xueyin's magical place when talking about Taoism, it has brought a good visual experience. But Cheng Xiaohe also defeated Xiao He. Director Chen Kaige's too rich emotions made the film look "too full" and made the audience feel boring and redundant, because he was too eager to show more understanding in the process of conveying the artistic conception of Taoism and Zen. Too much understanding of Zen makes the story of the film give way to truth, so that the plot of the film is weakened and the truth is enlarged, which makes the audience feel that they are passively accepting almost lengthy lectures. You know, at this moment when anti-chicken soup is more popular than anti-vulgarity, reasoning will greatly enhance the audience's desire to vomit. Even if the lines are Zen and philosophy, they will be regarded as false and empty preaching and hated. Unfortunately, Chen Kaige is also a person with rich and delicate feelings. He really wants to take care of the audience's feelings, and he is worried that the audience will complain again that they don't understand. So while sketching out the beautiful lens language, he added a narrator who only heard the sound and could not see the people-which almost became the most redundant flaw in the film. If you want to express too much, it obviously shows the effect of "more is less", which not only makes the characterization insufficient, but also makes the story tend to be "indifferent". On the contrary, many viewers feel that this film is "speechless". In fact, although the film is very different from the original, it still tells the story. If careful combing will make you feel bored, we might as well make a simple summary in a joking way: He Anxia, played by Bao Qiang, did not become the protagonist of "growing stronger" as expected, but took him as the main line, stringing up three "bloody cases caused by ugliness"-Lin Chi-ling found a good-looking Cui brother to satisfy himself because he disliked Master Cui's "ugliness", which triggered a "golden lock mandarin duck boat sinking to the bottom of the lake". Because Aaron Kwok doesn't like his brother's ugliness, he doesn't want to practice with him. He found a handsome cave in Zhang zhen for many years, which eventually led to a bloody case of "watching bullets fly" and staged a strange drama of "I was shot by my son". Zhang zhen's chest muscles are slightly undulating, and he is obviously a hero. Because he refused the birthday performance of Zhao Liren, a bully who was "on the road" but was "ugly", another bloody case was triggered, and an internal PK drama of "Handsome and Cool Masters Fighting Demons" was staged. Interestingly, these stories are not only the highlights of the film framework, but also the slots of many people's anger: perhaps they don't understand, but they are more dissatisfied with preaching. Many people find it strange that He Anxia's position is too marginal: you thought he would become more "mature and powerful" with the increase of things he experienced and people he knew, but I didn't expect him to be a bystander or enthusiastic participant all the time. Instead of becoming stronger and playing a key role, he followed Zhang zhen and climbed the mountain again. Many people are puzzled by this kind of treatment, and don't think this is the director's "going down the mountain and up the mountain" to express his growth after being wet behind the ears.