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Word of mouth exploded!
Last year, Wu Ershan became a god with "Fengshen Part 1: Chao Song Fengyun".
Not only did the box office collect 2.6 billion, but more than 1.1 million people received a 7.8 evaluation on Douban, which was even more impressive.
This year, he came with a new top-notch cool film.
At present, the first wave of word-of-mouth of the film has come out, with rave reviews, and a popular face:
"Visual effects exploded", "full tearing diffuse", "refreshing and enjoyable"......
Could it be that the glory of "Fengshen Part 1: Chao Song Fengyun" is about to reappear?
Without further ado, let's talk about it -
"Under the Inhuman"
The Traveller
2024.7.26
01
Inhuman World
What is an "alien"?
As the name suggests, special people.
In the worldview of the original manga, in addition to basic substances such as flesh and blood, living beings also have a mysterious energy.
This energy transforms us into beings with souls and consciousness, and it is known as Qi.
If you can perceive and use the Qi in your body, you are an alien.
They can use their own Qi to develop and cultivate a variety of exercises.
Our male protagonist, Zhang Chulan, is a stranger.
It's just that because he was taught by his grandfather since he was a child, "the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it".
Keeping a low profile and spending your life in peace has become the principle of life that Zhang Chulan has always adhered to.
However, there is news that Zhang Chulan has a peerless secret technique in the Inhuman World, "Qi Body Origin".
As a result, all forces in the Inhuman Realm went out one after another, and a fierce competition began around Zhang Chulan......
02
National style > fashion
To be honest, when the movie was established, many people looked forward to it, and many people were worried.
What I expect is that the original comics have been serialized for many years, and the reputation is high, and it has already become the representative of the pinnacle of Chinese comics.
The worry is that the worldview, characters, and exercises involved in the comics are complex.
The animation is fine, but if you want to adapt it into a live-action movie, it is difficult to reach the sky.
Now, after watching the movie, a hanging heart has finally been put down.
Although it was difficult, I never expected that the director would really bring the Inhuman world to life.
There are not only a variety of supernatural skills on display——
Prajna Palm, Xiangxi Puppet Technique, Yang Five Thunder (Plus Version), Yin Five Thunder ......
The big moves are one after another, each with its own characteristics, and it is dazzling to watch.
There are also characters with diverse personalities who appear again and again-
Zhang Chulan, a second-year teenager, Xia He, the seductive "bone scraper", and Feng Baobao, who doesn't talk much......
Whether it is in terms of styling or character display, each character is impressive.
All of them felt as if they had come out of a manga, and when watching the movie, there was a feeling that the dimensional wall had been broken.
However, what is even more surprising is the film's perfect combination of traditional national style and trendy fashion.
For the former, many of the concepts and settings in the comics themselves come from some traditional Chinese culture.
The director is also well aware of this, so he spent a lot of effort on the culture of expression and popular science during filming.
For example, in the film, Zhang Chulan and his fellow junior uncle Zhang Lingyu used the Yin Yang Thunder Method to duel.
The principles of the two moves are borrowed from the five-element five-color system.
Heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, gold, wood, water, fire, earth, different attributes correspond to different colors.
Therefore, the film uses special effects to intuitively show the flow of energy in the meridians of the human body when making moves.
Also, the movements used in the duel between the two also come from our trick system.
All kinds of designs are not arbitrarily imaginative, but can be traced back to traditional Chinese culture.
In addition, the action scenes of the characters are actually based on traditional Chinese martial arts.
As early as 2021, the movie began the national audition of actors and began to prepare for the "Inhuman Training Camp".
In addition to the comedy training, the biggest challenge for the actors is to undergo high-intensity martial arts training.
Zhang Chulan's Bajiquan and Baguazhang, Xia He's snake boxing and Baguazhang, Feng Shayan's flip fist and Tongjian boxing......
Because different characters have different personalities, each actor's major in martial arts is also different.
However, there is one thing that probably every actor feels the same - the hard work of training.
Hu Xianxu, who was filming for the first time, Na Naqian who wore high heels to practice martial arts, and Li Wanda, who had to learn everything......
You can feel the hardships and pains of their training from the tidbits.
Especially Wu Jiakai, who plays Zhang Lingyu.
For just one scene in the film, he prepared for almost a year.
Not only do you have to learn martial arts, but you also have to go to Taiqing Palace to cultivate yourself and cultivate a temperament that is in line with the role.
Thankfully, in the end, the hard work was worth it.
Whether it is the spirit or the strength of the action, the performance of the actors is impeccable.
Of course, don't forget, the slogan of the film is the national style ability manga.
Traditional culture is the foundation and background, and the ability to change is the façade and the most intuitive selling point.
In terms of the performance of "comic sense", "Under the Inhuman" is also excellent to the naked eye.
Not to mention anything else, the casting and makeup of several actors are a must.
Feng Baobao's cuteness and cuteness, Xia He's bewitching charm, and Feng Shayan's crazy and cool ......
The actors don't even have to speak, as long as they stop there, they are recognizable enough.
Not to mention the way the film is filmed and the action design.
It's also an exaggeration.,How to have a strong sense of comics.。
As we all know, comics don't need to think about realistic shooting, and the action design and shot scheduling are very free.
But when it comes to the set, at the practical level, there are a lot of things to consider.
It is necessary not only to be feasible in practice, but also to try to show a sense of comics that cannot be seen in reality.
It's a little more difficult, but the film finally succeeded in overcoming the difficulties and played a lot of tricks.
Feng Baobao's irregular anti-gravity play, Feng Shayan's shuttle flashed a hundred steps of punches, how handsome.
As well as the various push-pull-pan on the lens, the wide opening and closing, and the scheduling design of the sky and the ground, are also very cool.
The explosive visual effects and cool lens scheduling are simply a perfect match.
03
Adaptation of details
In addition, the point of trendy fashion is also reflected in the theme of the film.
Due to the limited duration, the film only involves the content of the first 57 chapters of the original comics.
Whether it is the plot or the growth of the characters, it is only the beginning of the whole story.
If it is completely based on the comics, it is probably the kind of "teaser" film that is very common today.
But the director is very clever that he extracted and highlighted Zhang Chulan's mentality that he wanted to hide at first.
On the premise of not affecting the overall story, the film added few but important details.
This gave Zhang Chulan a clear and complete character growth line.
For example, his official appearance in the film is to memorize the English word, "hide".
What followed was that he met a bully bullying student, but Zhang Chulan was submissive and did not dare to resist.
At first glance, it looks like a headless and brainless funny show.
But later, we learned that Zhang Chulan was once a teenager who wanted to do chivalrous justice.
It's just that his grandfather's teachings and realistic lessons made him convinced of the truth that "Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind".
So he is no longer strong, no longer has a heroic dream, he just wants to follow the steps and live a stable life.
Behind the hip-hop farce at the beginning, there is actually a self-suppressed tragedy.
Later, the appearance of different people from all walks of life made Zhang Chulan forcibly deviate from the track of ordinary people.
In the display of various cool exercises on the surface, Zhang Chulan's dark line of growth runs through the whole film.
At first, he was only trying to survive, and he was forced to use his own magic skills to fight.
But in the end, for the sake of the people he cared about, he took the initiative to accept his alien identity and no longer chose to escape.
After going around for decades, he finally found the righteous self he was back then.
In fact, every one of us who is young or has ever been young is not the same.
Going to school, working, getting married, having children, and living a stable life are the expectations of many elders for their children.
Many people also take it for granted, and in the process of growing up, they gradually forget their former selves.
However, "self" will not disappear, but is buried deep in people's hearts.
Ten years of drinking ice, it is difficult to cool the blood, just ask, who does not desire to be able to live bravely out of themselves?
And the story of "Under the Alien" is a resounding reminder.
Remind us not to forget the sparkling self with "supernatural powers".
Finally, I still want to talk about the significance of "Under the Alien" to the film industry.
From the perspective of the industry and the market, we need such a film and such a director.
Dare to broaden the genre boundaries of Chinese films——
"Knife Smile", "Painted Skin 2", "Looking for the Dragon", "Fengshen Part 1: Chao Song Fengyun", each of which has a different style and type.
Now it has developed a blockbuster adaptation of the ability, which has made a good start for this type of movie.
also dares to explore the limits of the Chinese film industry -
In addition to visual effects and action design, the film also tries to combine live-action facsimile animation and artificial intelligence technology in the memory part.
In order to make a visual style distinction while preserving the details of the actors' performances and expressing homage to the comics.
The perception varies from person to person, but it is undeniable that the director's courage to dare to explore has never stopped.
All in all, "Under the Inhuman" is definitely one of the most worthy movies to go into the theater this year.
This is the kind of explosive movie that can really drag the audience back to the theater, because it really belongs to the theater.
All kinds of abilities, people from all walks of life, with explosive audio-visual -
It must be on the big screen, and the whole process is refreshing!
(In theaters)
2024/7/26
Executive Producer: Inspector
Supervisor：Tan Zhang
Editor: Lao Bai
Editor：Lao Bai
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