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Chapter 662 Named a Classic

Rave reviews, really rave reviews.

As for the public film critics, although the ratings of "Infernal Affairs" are not many, they are exaggerated and scary.

9.8 points!
Of course, this score must be watery, but it can also prove how good this movie is!

The point is that movies with the theme of police and gangster movies have never been rated particularly high.

Because they were all commercial and entertainment films, it was the first time they had seen a gangster movie, and it was a gangster movie on Hong Kong Island, which received such a high rating.

But this makes the fans who are looking forward to this movie even more depressed.

Because, this movie is so awesome, it doesn't even have a midnight show, if you want to watch it, wait until tomorrow!

Although many people have already booked movie tickets for tomorrow, after all, there is still one more day to wait.

So it's natural to read the movie reviews first.

But short comments and so on, the more you read it, the more uncomfortable it is. Everyone agrees, but what is so good about Temiao?
Also, is it really that awesome?
The word classic is actually used by many people in short reviews.

You know, there are not a few movies that have received rave reviews, especially when they have just premiered.

But even if it is a boast, most people seldom use such top-level words as classics to comment on a movie.

Words like classic are usually rarely used when a movie is released, but this time, the word classic appeared many times in these few short reviews.

You must know that even if Li Yi has made so many movies, they all have a very good reputation, and they are all well-received and popular works, but even so, there are not many movies that can be crowned classics.

Is "Mom Loves Me Again" enough to make you cry?At the beginning, it made countless fans cry, but this movie is rarely called a classic by fans!
"War Meridian" has a good enough reputation and a high enough box office, right?
But similarly, few people use words like classics to describe it.

It doesn't mean that a movie with high ratings or box office hits can be called a classic.

Time passed quickly, and three hours had passed since the premiere of "Infernal Affairs".

He Si, a well-known film critic and writer on Hong Kong Island, was the first to issue a film review.

The title of his film review shocked countless people: "Li Yi recreated the classic, the pinnacle of Hong Kong police and gangster films "Infernal Affairs", it should be difficult to surpass in the future!"

"In the most glorious era of Hong Kong Island film, although it can be regarded as a frequent release of good films, one of its attributes also restricted its development to a certain extent. Due to excessively following in the footsteps of Hollywood, the Hong Kong Island film market is A purely commercial film system. Therefore, from the production to the release of films on Hong Kong Island, everything is driven by the pursuit of profit.

And such works often only pursue gimmicks, while ignoring the artistic achievements of the film.So when we watched Hong Kong Island movies, we found that although many works were shot to please the audience, they lacked content.So when we look back at mainstream Hong Kong Island movies, many popular series have not become eternal classics.These works often perform well in the market in a certain era, but after changing the environment, it is difficult for these works to attract audiences.

This is especially true for gangster movies. As one of the genres with the highest production rate in Hong Kong Island movies, there are many popular and well-received movies, but there are still few works that can be called classics.

At first, I was skeptical about Li Yi's Hong Kong Island gangster films, because although he is a director of Hong Kong Island films, what he is good at has never been gangster films, but sensational and tear-jerking!

This is undoubtedly contrary to most of the themes of police and gangster films. In the films directed by Li Yi, you rarely see intense gun battle scenes or action scenes.

In my initial impression, these should be the necessary features of Hong Kong Island police and gangster films.

However, at the premiere, I was completely shocked.

We all know that it is very difficult to make a movie that tastes like an old Hong Kong movie, but needs to innovate.

From the perspective of the structure of the story, "Infernal Affairs" is based on the classic police and robber themes of Hong Kong Island, but the final theme of this work is not just the confrontation between justice and evil, but the exploration of the meaning of life.

And when I watch "Infernal Affairs", I will find that the rhythm followed by the whole film is still the taste of old Hong Kong movies.Only in terms of the grasp of the plot and the sublimation of the connotation of the whole story, "Infernal Affairs" is very mature, and its maturity is entirely due to its gestation in the Hong Kong film system.

What's even more rare is that its core element is that the entire film has an excellent inheritance of the Hong Kong film system. Whether it is the subject matter, creative method, or creative concept of the film, it is a response to traditional Hong Kong films.On this basis, director Li Yi further sublimated the theme of Hong Kong films that has remained unchanged for many years.

The characters in "Infernal Affairs" are actually somewhat martial arts.Although the content of the whole work revolves around the conflict between police and robbers, the director sublimated the theme of the film subtly through the story structure of mutual undercover.

This seemingly simple symmetrical narrative structure subtly reveals the essence of human destiny in a simple story of confrontation between police and robbers.Everyone has their own destiny, just like Chen Yongren played by Liang Feng and Liu Jianming played by Chen Weijie in the film. Although they are young and Dangerous or policemen in name, when they return to their real identities, they belong to I have to insist on it.

Just like Liu Jianming wants to choose to be a good person, but the reality of the situation has already doomed his final outcome, and although Chen Yongren has lost his nominal identity, deep down in his heart, he still cannot get rid of the fact that he is a policeman. responsibility.So even if he had no chance to continue to be a policeman, Chen Yongren still insisted on bringing Liu Jianming to justice, and even sacrificed his own life in the end.As for Liu Jianming, although he aspires to be a good person, he still does illegal things secretly to cover up his criminal past.

Through the exchange of space, the exchange of identities, and the rotation of the ages, the film sends out growls and sobs from life itself to the audience in a seemingly tense game of confrontation between police and robbers.The confrontation between Liang Feng and Chen Weijie in the film is a classic. These two actor-level characters inspire each other to perform better.Their low-key and introverted way of interpretation shows the quality of life even more.

This kind of movie is so amazing. It is a gangster movie with a taste of Hong Kong movies, but it is different from our previous perception of gangster movies on Hong Kong Island, which makes the movie have an endless aftertaste!
Especially the handling of details in the film has sublimated this film, making people unable to resist watching it a second time or a third time.

However, in the current situation in Hong Kong Island, there are not enough actors, and it is too difficult to reproduce such a lineup. Therefore, except for Director Li Yi himself, I think it is difficult for others to have the opportunity to create a classic Hong Kong film like "Infernal Affairs". works.

Of course, if this film really rejuvenates Hong Kong police and gangster films, then maybe one day such a classic will be reproduced! "

(End of this chapter)