Speaking of Jet Li, many words of praise will be recalled. He is synonymous with kung fu superstars, another marvel of martial arts movies, and a legend who sparked the second global martial arts boom after Bruce Lee. The owner pulled the west family nagging, behind the scenes I know, Hello little friends, I am the big squeal, next we talk about the "Kung Fu Emperor" Jet Li, the most unmissable works, which have you seen? Jet Li's talent in kung fu is extraordinary, he entered the Shichahai Sports School at the age of eight, trained hard, was not afraid of difficulties, and won the first place in the junior group of the national martial arts competition with his outstanding talent, and the next year he broke the adult group competition and won the all-around championship, and this year he was only 12 years old. In the next five years, the championship medal was contracted by him, and the medal was soft. Jet Li is an all-round kung fu talent, with fists, feet, sticks, knives and guns, and is proficient in everything. Although in 1979, he regrettably quit the martial arts world due to injury, but the old saying is good, the so-called misfortune and happiness depend on each other, in 1980, Hong Kong director Zhang Xinyan planned to shoot "Shaolin Temple", went to the mainland to find a suitable martial arts actor, and Jet Li, as the "star" of the martial arts world, naturally became the best candidate. The consequences of the release of "Shaolin Temple" were unexpectedly explosive, setting off a new style of martial arts film boom in the Chinese and even world film circles, making Jet Li an international film star in one fell swoop, and setting off a martial arts fever in China. Unlike many other martial arts films that use stand-ins and stunts, Jet Li shows most of his real kung fu. "Shaolin Temple" was unprecedentedly grand during its release in Hong Kong. Newspapers and periodicals publish news and tidbits about the film every day. In that era when the average ticket price was only a dime, "Shaolin Temple", which created a box office of 161 million, Jet Li proved the brilliance of this film with strength, and he was only 19 years old this year. Jet Li became a hit, and everyone thought that his next star path must be smooth sailing and a bright future, but who knows but it is the opposite, we will continue to talk about it in the next episode!
Although Jet Li is praised as the Emperor of Kung Fu, his road to success has not been smooth. After "Shaolin Temple", Jet Li took over several more films, but the response was flat. Until he collaborated with director Xu Ke on the film "Huang Feihong", the series was filmed before and after. Some people praised that Jet Li, with his athletic skills and handsome appearance, perfectly interpreted the style of Huang Feihong's generation of martial arts masters, and vividly interpreted Huang Feihong's righteous image of not smiling, not understanding the style, introverted and deep, and worried about the country and the people. "Huang Feihong" is also an insurmountable classic until now, and its success lies not only in the delicate and exquisite action scenes that make people feel unfinished, but also in its theme of "national awakening and striving to be strong". "Huang Feihong's Ambition" cannot be replaced in the hearts of many martial arts movie fans, and the overall look and feel is magnificent, which makes people's blood boil after watching. And inspiration, pride, home and country feelings, nostalgia... Many elements combine to form a position that is difficult to surpass in this classic. Jet Li's subsequent filming of "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", in which the martial arts action is even more famous abroad, was rated by foreign media in 2008 as one of the 19 greatest kung fu films in the history of cinema. The scene of Jet Li playing Tai Chi in the film is probably the best movie to promote the beauty of Tai Chi at present. Jet Li's tai chi plays beautifully and calmly, rigid and soft, quite a master's style, watching his martial arts is simply a visual enjoyment, the film uses tumblers, leather balls, water tanks and other three things intuitively and concisely show the transformation of tai chi's yin and yang, with static braking, impressive. In 2019, the popular movie "Nezha's Devil Boy Descending" in which Nezha shouted loudly that "my life is up to me", this classic line comes from "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng". Regarding Jet Li's wonderful works, we will continue in the next episode.
Perhaps you can't imagine that Jay Chou and Jet Li have already cooperated. In 2016, "Huo Yuanjia" was released. The phrase "Ho Ho Ho Ho The plot of the movie is divided into two parts, the first part is Huo Yuanjia, who is young and vigorous, does not know how to restrain the sharp edge, only knows how to fight with people and fight with people, and the result is to involve the loving mother and young daughter and become the victim of hatred; the second half is to truly understand the highest level of martial arts, is to defeat himself, after understanding the spirit of martial arts, Huo Yuanjia, although he died in the ring, but left the spirit of fine martial arts to future generations. The film does not have a very grand and tall cliché, which makes people really feel the so-called martial arts spirit, from the perspective of the growth of small people to the expression of home and country feelings, and complete the transformation of the protagonist from a martial artist to a master. And there is also a scene in the movie that echoes from the beginning of the film, the father of the film was defeated because he did not make a key heavy punch to the opponent, and Huo Yuanjia, who realized the truth of martial arts, in the last moments of his life, when the audience was afraid that he was finally going to achieve counter-killing, Yuanjia and his father accepted the same punch. Although the film "Hero" is controversial, it has opened the prelude to China's commercial blockbusters, and has also established a milestone in China's history and culture and integration into film art. Its pictures and photography are textbook-level, the composition and color are applied to the extreme, and the rewriting is light and realistic, which is quite meaningful. The film mainly tells the story of the end of the Warring States period, the seven heroes rose together, but the Qin state was the most powerful, eager to annex the six kingdoms and unify the world. In order to resist the annexation of the Qin state, the story of the chivalrous people from all over the Six Kingdoms who wanted to assassinate the King of Qin. The film was named the first of the world's top ten best films in 2004 by Time Magazine in the United States, nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and won a number of domestic and foreign film awards. If you're also interested, check it out.