Recently, there was a big internet movie, and it became the most popular one after it was launched.
If you click on the playback, you will find that the
barrage queue is uniform, and they all brushed the name of Wu Mengda .
for a year.
On February 27, 2021, Wu Mengda passed away suddenly.
As Wu Mengda left us forever, the movie fans' longing for "father and son reunion" wish was finally disillusioned, leaving only the sentence "unacceptable" of Stephen Chow and the pair of confused eyes at the funeral.
Unexpectedly, in Wu Mengda's last works, I found the energy to comfort this sadness
was wrapped in the barrage of "Missing Uncle Da " on the screen. I only had two words in my mind:
perfection.
Mr. Ng Mengda's last work -
"The Origin of the Westward Journey"
"The Origin of the Westward Journey" is adapted from " "The Origin of the Westward Journey": Moonlight Box ". The film started filming in November 2020 and is the last work of Wu Mengda during his lifetime.
In the countdown on physical functions, Wu Mengda chose to participate in an IP adaptation of "A Chinese Odyssey". I don't know whether it is intentional or unintentional.
After watching this "Family Origin", its story is even more like a love letter written by the main creator to all Stephen Chow fans and Journey to the West through the hands of Ng Man-tat.
Looking back on the past, Stephen Chow's works are always filled with sadness that cannot be achieved.
In the early days, this kind of sadness was that a little person fell in love with a rich girl, or went to a big city alone. In pursuing dreams and love, there were always layers of obstruction from reality, which made the naive protagonist bent.
But fortunately, the protagonists will eventually turn the tables against the trend, marry a beautiful woman, reach the peak of their lives, and usher in a perfect finale.
But as his experience grows, Stephen Chow begins to disbelief of this deliberate beauty. He begins to deprive the fairy tale in his works, and even if he goes against the audience, he will do his own thing.
This mentality is most intuitively reflected in the transformation period in the mid-to-late 1990s. With his subjective participation, the work began to show a pessimistic temperament.
" Return of the Soul Night ", " Dead Grass " and even " King of Comedy ".
Of course, among them, the "American Journey" series, which is named the masterpiece, is the most important. Through the dislocation of time and identity, the entire work has completely influenced the love view of a generation of movie fans through the dislocation of time and identity, and the bitterness of "love but not getting it".
Outside the screen, the regrets of Zixia Fairy and Supreme Treasure are also reflected in reality.
Uncle Da and Stephen Chow have not cooperated for 20 years since " Shaolin Football ".
Ng Mengda once said that when filming " Kung Fu ", the role of "landlord" in Yuanhua was originally tailored for Ng Mengda, but unfortunately, it happened to be in the SARS period and the film plan was disrupted.
When the filming is turned on again, Wu Mengda has gone to other crews and cannot get out.
Later, filmed " Mermaid ", and Stephen Chow found him again, but Wu Mengda was ill and needed underwater work in the movie, so he was really unable to do it, so he could only refuse in the end.
Faced with the questioning of movie fans, Wu Mengda comforted:
"As long as I don't die, he has not retired, he will definitely have a chance."
But like the two people who are separated today, they can no longer pick up the love of the past, which also makes the fans feel a little more regretful.
Zixia and Wu Mengda, one love and the other friendship, created the tragic background of Stephen Chow, which made people sigh and change.
Unexpectedly, when Wu Mengda was dying, he left behind such a work that comforted movie fans. In the "American Journey to the West", the Supreme Treasure who travels through time and space is looking for Bai Jingjing , but meets the Zixia Fairy. During the process of getting along, Zixia fell in love with Supreme Treasure, but Supreme Treasure dared not respond to Zixia because of her own heart.
This complex love is burning between reason and emotion, and the final choice about the superego and self is even more heart-wrenching.
Later, Liu Zhenwei wrote in " Love Sage ":
How can you get the Dharma of both worlds in the world, and live up to the Tathagata and live up to you.
Love is always everywhere and out of reach for Journey to the West.
But in "The Origin of the Westward Journey", the screenwriter team spent a year to finally give Supreme Treasure and Zixia a brief happiness.
This film has no picks up Yahui . Just like the title of the film, it tells the prequel story in Stephen Chow's version. In this version of
, the protagonist Xu Zunbao is a noodle restaurant chef who works with his father "Ng Mengda" to manage a noodle restaurant, while Zixia and Qingxia have not yet synthesized a wick.
In order to avoid burning out fate, Zixia traveled through time under the guidance of the moonlight treasure box, drawing out the sword to find her "lighting man" and rewrite her fate.
This time, Zixia is no longer an indecisive bystander, and she directly robs the bride at the beginning.
Supreme Treasure participated in the town’s bride robbery conference. When he almost got the hydrangea, Zixia jumped up and split the hydrangea into two pieces.
"You are my lamplighter, and you can't catch the flower ball."
did not pretend to be deep or curved. After Zixia and Supreme Treasure finished talking about their intentions, they found that he could not pull out the Ziqing Sword, so they simply escaped.
The Supreme Treasure, who can hear the complete story, was caught in the trap. Before Zixia fell into love, she took the lead and got attached to Zixia.
As mentioned above, the first half of the movie is like a movie fan making up for the regrets of "A Chinese Odyssey".
In the past life, Supreme Treasure ignored Zixia's love, and in this life, the two of them had the identity of "my barbaric girlfriend".
They embarked on the journey of finding Moonlight Treasure Box , climbed over high mountains, crossed heavy ridges, and gradually brought the distance closer together.
The scenes of feeding, fighting, and even jealousy have turned the "love depression" of "Journey to the West" into a "love depression" with an oversized sugar content.
Who doesn’t want to see Supreme Treasure and Zixia flirt with each other?
The two actors are good-looking, and the costumes and props are perfectly replicated. In addition, the crew travels to Yinchuan, and all the shooting scenes are real shots of the original scenes of "A Chinese Odyssey".
Northwest desert, ancient walls of the city tower, and even the mask stall under the door opening are exactly the same.
"We are together, not afraid of the sky or the earth, asking what love is in the world, and just telling people to live and die together."
In a trance, I really had memory disorder and felt a little happy.
If "A Chinese Odyssey" was a good ending back then, I think Supreme Treasure and Zixia would be like this, wandering around the world and making their homes, like a couple of immortals.
The father played by Ng Mengda still looks so slick and cute, but watching his son's scene, he deceived the audience's tears just because of a line.
The son insisted on leaving after seeing Zixia. Uncle Da knew that his son was too old to do so, so he could only complain:
"Leave as you say, don't go so fast!"
After this line, the movie "inappropriate" added a mixed clip of Uncle Da. Although it was abrupt, the audience knew at a glance that this was the film crew commemorating Uncle Da through light and shadow.
Uncle Da, leave as he says, don’t walk so fast.
barrage finally bengbu is still there.
But in the second half of the story, the screenwriter began to show his planning ability and perfectly connect the entire story with "A Chinese Odyssey".
The elder of Tianji Pavilion "Jiu Kongs Decorated" was moved by his own heart, and snatched the moonlight treasure box to absorb all the magic power of the seven-colored stones, and injured Zixia. The supreme treasure heart of the mortal body was burning but powerless.
Looking at the Supreme Treasure in front of me who beats my chest and stamps my feet, Zixia's line broke my defense:
"I have always wanted to turn you into the way I like, but I have long been unable to live without you now."
Isn't this the subtext of Supreme Treasure to Zixia in the 1995 version of "A Chinese Odyssey"?
She always wanted to find someone she liked, but she didn't know that the person she liked was right in front of her, just like Supreme Treasure was looking for Bai Jingjing 27 years ago, but she didn't know that Zixia was right in front of her.
The screenwriter obviously understood the love relationship of Stephen Chow's version of "A Chinese Odyssey" and completely changed the positions of the two in the new work, which fulfilled the dream of not being loved back then, and also solved it Supreme Treasure's hatred.
Movie In the end, Qingxia and Zixia worked together to defeat the elder of Tianji Pavilion. Zixia chose to clear everything and save Supreme Treasure, and returned to the beginning of the robbery.
Qingxia brought her to the Buddha in order to save the seriously injured Zixia, thus extending the characteristics of a two-soul.
Everything started over as if it had never happened, and the Ziqing Sword embarked on the road of finding the person you like.
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Although it is a big internet giant, the completion of "The Origin" can definitely afford the bold statement of "The Prequel of "A Chinese Odyssey". The story can perfectly connect to the 95th edition, and use the brushstrokes of contemporary people to fill this bitter love that was late for 27 years.
In addition to the good completion, the film also invited old-fashioned star players such as Zhang Mei'e, Wangneng, Yuan Xiangren, , Zheng Jifeng, and other old-fashioned star players. The corner, every time you appear, you will have a deep memory.
Guess, do you know their role in the Stephen Chow movie?
" King of Destruction ", Stephen Chow said to Ng Mengda:
"If you have the chance to cooperate again in the future. "
"The Origin of the Westward Journey" finally makes up for the missed love between Zixia and Supreme Bao. Wu Mengda's last work is like a dialogue with Stephen Chow -
has a successful movie ending, which is also very good.
Conclusion
In "The Origin", in order to save Zixia from time to time, he came to the Water Curtain Cave five hundred years later, the movie recreates the classic shots of that year from the perspective of a bystander.
Supreme Bao is still that A supreme treasure, the Guanyin picture burning in front of him also seemed to be yesterday.
But this time he did not bring a tight curse, but only shook the nonsensical burden of "I recognized the wrong person" and left in a hurry.
Yes, if Stephen Chow had used a nonsensical way to eliminate the tragedy of "A Chinese Odyssey" in a nonsensical way, would the ending be different?
Zixia, would he wait for his lover?
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