In May this year, Zhang Jizhong version of "The Smiling Proud Wanderer" landed on B station.
This controversial martial arts drama broadcast on TV and mixed reviews 20 years ago was posted on streaming media gathered by Generation Z, but unexpectedly received positive reviews -
views are approaching 125 million html, with a score of 9.7.
In fact, in the 21 years of broadcasting, after several generations of iterations of Jin Yong's dramas, this version of "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer" also silently accumulated reputation from the "failure" and "laughing stock" that was initially ridiculed by the crowd, and kept a low profile and praised the popularity of the people. Finally, after time, it was cured to the past.
1, Twenty Years Avengers the Shame
As early as the project was launched, this drama was in the limelight.
First, Jin Yong Old man sold the adaptation rights to CCTV for 1 yuan copyright fee;
Immediately afterwards, the "controversy over the elegant and vulgar works" represented by writer Wang Shuo at the turn of the century, and the discussion on the status of Jin Yong's literary status.
plus producer Zhang Jizhong, who has deeply participated in the CCTV version of the four masterpieces as the director of , and the resources that can be mobilized are even larger. This new work is naturally expected to be "magical work".
Therefore, before "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer" was broadcast, it gained great attention from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three regions. When
was first premiered, a record rating of 17.8% proved its popularity.
However, at that time, the domestic Internet was just beginning, and the people had a strong desire to express themselves. The strange casting and different artistic propositions made the audience accept it for a while. In addition, TVB Lu Songxian version was the first, and this version became the first batch of netizens to have a wide range of bad reviews;
"Three Failures" and "Eight Laughing Stocks" are listed one by one.
It is said that on Douban, its initial score was only 5.5;
According to netizens, it was only 5.9 until 2010.
The fate of this drama is quite similar to that of Linghu Chong in the original work -
The entire hypoxia groove was filled with six real qi entering the body, and the internal force was sealed.
A kind heart is confined to the cliff of thinking, and the narrow-minded action was cut by Tian Boguang was covered with scars...
Until the end of the story, it was not until the end of the story that it was bad and rebounded.
Until today, its rating has reached 8.4, which is only 0.2.
2. Seeing the road, I took another approach and took another path. This version of
was initially criticized because it broke the established impression left by the TVB version on the audience.
At that time, after hiding the peak of Shaw Brothers martial arts, Hong Kong film and television dramas had already formed an existing style.
try to compress the cost, the moves are mainly realistic, the combination of simple special effects, the drama conflict as strong as possible, in order to win the audience to the maximum extent, shooting according to the original work...
TVB's series of Jin Yong adaptations, and even the series of movies produced by Tsui Hark and Wang Jing are all in this style.
And audiences around the millennium grew up under this style.
is good, and classics are also classics, but only is missing.
The so-called authorship is that creator expresses unique ideas with original content ;
If you want to make new ideas, you must break away from the existing ideas.
For example, "Oriental Unbeaten" under the camera of Tsui Hark, boldly launches female actor Brigitte Lin , portraying Dongfang Bubai, who was originally a supporting role in the original work, as a tragic protagonist with a full personality and a rich resume. Tragedy and fate are the traces of Tsui Hark's author in this work.
Let’s talk about “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, which also breaks away from the martial arts movements that the audience remembered at that time, abandons the sharpness and heroism, and instead uses charm and connotation.
Zhang Jizhong's version of "The Smiling Proud Wanderer" was unintentionally compared to the TVB version;
It bravely broke the audience's impression and reshaped a world with obvious personal style. The entire production cycle of
is as long as 17 months, of which the shooting took up a full 181 days, which is by no means a Hong Kong movie assembly line-based shooting method;
0 episodes, the production cost of each episode is close to 1 million, and the total cost reaches 40 million. A single episode 20 years ago can be regarded as a sky-high price. In this drama, you can't see rockery, fake water, and intricate clothing;
production is absolutely generous.
Not to mention the rush, the supporting role Blue Phoenix is handmade 1:1 according to the original work.
Producer team, it is no exaggeration to praise the All-Star lineup -
Two directors, the fourth generation director Huang Jianzhong , one of the seven little blessings, Yuan Bin, one of the literature and one martial arts, both insurance. In the original work of
, the "Swordsman's Song" played by Liu Zhengfeng in is a rare and melodious sound in the world of swords and swords.
In order to create this artistic conception, the music invited everyone composing Zhao Jiping .
countless representative works, running through the early works of the fifth generation of directors, from "Loess Land" to "Farewell My Concubine", from "The Big Red Lantern Hanging High" to "A Chinese Odyssey"...
to "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer", the opening song sung by Liu Huan and Faye Wong is deeply impressed -
"Yi-ah", the male voice is loud and loud, and the female voice is gentle and humming.
Behind this sound of nature, there is both bloody storm and long love for children.
is different from the desolate and indifferent style of "A Laugh in the Sea". The songs written by Zhao Jiping are ethereal and happy.
The most commendable thing about CCTV version of "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer" is the martial arts world it creates.
is different from the studio filming of Hong Kong dramas. Most of the scenes in the drama are real scenes, and the crew visits all over the mountains and five mountains.
Waterfalls, streams, mists, cliffs and mountains are all naturally decorated.
is to give the camera poetic and charm in a natural environment.
lonely and arrogant
The wind is clear and the wind is bright and the cliff is tested. The background is lush and lush
Linghu Chong and Yue Lingshan practice the Chongling sword technique. The sound of water behind it is gurgling, increasing the deep affection and sweetness
Quyang Liu Zhengfeng The flowing water meets the soulmate fragment, the mountains are standing tall, the trees are growing, the smoke is curling, and the water is smooth.
The fingering and tone in the film are both in line with each other. Unlike many films, the music that is flowing in the soundtracks, and the "playing" people just fiddle with each other.
When filming the plot related to Hengshan, because they could not go to the real Hanging Temple , the crew simply built a towering Hanging Temple for shooting;
is different from the realistic adaptation of the predecessors based on the script, Zhang Jizhong intends to aggravate the "freehand beauty" in the play and creates the romance and nature of the martial arts world.
Let’s take a look at the very ornamental action scenes.
is different from the "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" moves in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and the "One palm to the Golden Dragon" move. The fights in "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" mainly focus on swordsmanship.
Feng Qingyang Dugu Nine Swords, paying attention to the enemy's initiative, responding flexibly, and having no moves will be better than moves.
... For ordinary audiences who are not familiar with swordsmanship, how can they convey the "no move" movement?
This requires a wild imagination. Through the use of props and environment, the character's moves can reach a kind of "Disorder Beauty"
Black Wood Cliff Battle, Dongfang Bubai defeated Linghu Chong, Ren Woxing, and Xiang Wentian .
The original work is written like this -
"Three people desperately chased a red shadow, but the long sword never passed through Dongfang Bubai." The pressure in the text is full, but how to express the film and television system becomes a problem.
book, can be written like this;
is a dramatic, do you really need to shoot an embroidery needle that is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye?
This reflects the crew's ingenuity again -
with colorful lines assisted by high-speed editing, which not only reflects Dongfang Bubai's extremely fast body shape, but also presents multiple visual beauty.
Actions, scenes, soundtracks, attentiveness everywhere, and the details are shown in the true meaning, truly realizing the "real landscape".
Zhang Jizhong and his team bravely challenged the audience's existing impressions and created a unique martial arts world.
In fact, in the later "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the image style follows the aesthetic concept of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer".
"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is filmed on the spot from the grassland and desert to the Peach Blossom Island in the East China Sea, from riding a whale to fishing and woodcutting and reading;
"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" weakens the narrow meaning and deliberately increases the tragic color of the protagonist;
"The Legend of Condor Heroes" specially sets up a semi-surround sound effect to shape the realism of the world...
Re-watching today, you will still be surprised by the different ways and unconventionality of this drama, and it is difficult to deny it arbitrarily.
Especially when the younger generation of audiences grow up and put aside the preconceived feelings of the times, at a glance, the pictures containing the true mountains and true waters and the revenge that takes place in the true mountains and true waters are obviously more charming.
3. The bold and unexpected casting
must be admitted that even today, letting Li Yapeng play Linghu Chong can still cause considerable controversy.
If Li Yapeng can perform Guo Jing's "dullness", then Linghu Chong under this face will inevitably be a little square and even dull.
while Linghu Chong is free and unrestrained.
However, when we put this character into a specific martial arts world, we will find that the logic can be self-consistent.
"The Smiling and Proud Wanderer" is a political satirical novel -
Whoever stands at the peak of power will be corrupted by power;
And on the road to fighting for power, there are too many intrigues and hypocrisy.
From this point of view, the "straightforwardness" and "openness" of Linghu Chong are particularly precious.
Since that's the case, why not boldly amplify this feature?
Linghu Chong, played by Li Yapeng, is cheerful and heroic, full of youthfulness.
The faint pain on his face is precisely a portrayal of his yearning for the life of the hermit. After all, once he embarked on the road of power struggle, would have no choice but to retire after he wanted to achieve success and retire.
Zhang Jizhong's "boldness" is not only reflected in the protagonist, but also in the supporting roles.
Back then, just when everyone was curious about who would play Dongfang Bubai, Zhang Jizhong unexpectedly activated the drama-born Yue Opera goddess Mao Weitao .
Tsui Hark once praised Lin Qingxia for having a manly heroic spirit;
Zhang Jizhong magnified this idea twice. Mao Weitao is a professional young student dressed as a man in Yue Opera.
Every frown and smile together is the hermaphrodite temperament.
The same idea is placed in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which is to invite dancer Yang Liping to play Tie Shi Mei Chaofeng.
integrates the dance movements into the "Nine Yin White Bone Claws", which not only has a kind of evil beauty, but also conforms to the character of Mei Chaofeng's cruel and sadness.
In "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", 16-year-old Shu Chang plays the 90s Tianshan Tonglao , putting on heavy makeup and tied a braid, creating this petite but mature and bitter character in her heart.
In "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer", the choice of supporting roles is also extremely accurate. The casting director can always grasp the unknown traits behind an actor who is well-known to the public.
For example, a majestic black man performed Yue Buqun's hypocritical behavior;
Zuo Lengchan played by Tu Men is very cruel to the end;
Li Jie played by Lin Pingzhi is particularly outstanding.
From this face, you can read grief, unwillingness, innocence, and sinisterness...
Yu Canghai, the head of Qingcheng School, is also impressive. Sichuan Opera master Peng Denghuai directly shows his unique face-changing skills in the play, which not only conforms to the character's scheming personality, but also enriches the character's background.
In fact, not only "The Smiling Proud Wanderer", Zhang Jizhong, as a producer, has now played a beautiful counterattack curve on various rating websites:
"The Smiling Proud Wandererer" 8.4
"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" 8.5
"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" 7 .3
"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" 7.7
"Blue Blood Sword" 7.6
In addition to "The Sword of the Sword", another one with a high voice is "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Some movie fans directly announced that it is the best version in history. Perhaps the character Qiao Feng is a character with both loyalty and righteousness, which is more in line with the life experiences of ordinary people today.
There is a joke online: In the future, every time a Jin Yong is remade, the ratings of Zhang Jizhong's version of Jin Yong's drama will increase.
No matter what, in the film and television industry where the waves are shining and extracting, a drama can withstand the time and be discussed more than ten or twenty years later, proving its vigorous vitality. From being initially attacked to being praised now, it has also witnessed the changes in the aesthetics of mainstream audiences in the wave of the times.
