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Writing biographies for characters has long been a habit for Luo Xun. Before writing a biography, Luo Xun would structure the entire script, so he is currently studying the script for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

Although Luo Xun has seen the finished product...

However, due to the subtle influence of parallel time and space, and the fact that this script is currently only the first version, the content is not exactly the same as the plot in Luo Xun's memory, and there are still some deviations.

Fortunately, the overall difference is not big.

Another advantage of studying this script for Luo Xun is that he will make "The Return of the Great Sage" in the future, which is also a Journey to the West theme. If he studies this, it will be much easier to make his own movies in the future.

If you want to study "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", Zhou Xingchi's early work "Journey to the West" must also be mentioned.

In the previous life, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was released to mixed reviews. Many people criticized Zhou Xingchi for winning the box office but losing reputation!

What's the reason?

Because Zhou Xingchi filmed "Journey to the West" in his early years, and until Luo Xun's time travel, the movie "Journey to the West" was also regarded as a classic by countless people. "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is also a movie with the theme of Journey to the West, so how can it not be regarded as a classic? How about comparison?

There is no harm without comparison.

But as far as Luo Xun's personal perception is concerned, he really likes "Journey to the West: Conquering Demons", especially after watching "Journey to the West: Conquering Demons", he likes the former even more.

At the beginning of the movie, there was a scene of a little girl's father being eaten by a water monster. Everyone didn't take it seriously and even thought it was funny. It wasn't until the head couldn't be seen clearly that they panicked.

Xuanzang said at that time: "This is a kind-hearted big fish."

As a result, Xuanzang got into trouble and was beaten by a group of people because of these words, but while we laughed, the movie highlighted the theme of "all things are inherently good" from the beginning.

Furthermore, it is a main content of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

The whole film revolves around Tang Xuanzang's rebirth from nirvana. The title of the film "Conquering the Demons" means not only the slaying of demons along the way, but also the battle with one's own inner demons. In contrast, those who subdue monsters in "Subduing Monsters" are really just monsters.

I remember that after Miss Duan was killed by Tang Xuanzang, Miss Duan asked, "Xuan Zang, have you ever loved me?" Xuanzang shouted in tears, "I love you, I love you a thousand times, ten thousand times." Similar. Such unforgettable love words have appeared in "Westward Journey" before, but even after many years, they can still touch the softest place in the heart of every movie viewer.

In "Westward Journey".

Zhizunbao's joke to Fairy Zixia, "I love you ten thousand times," saw a seemingly imperfect ending in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

This can't help but make people sigh.

In "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong went through a lot of hardships and finally became the Supreme Treasure, but in the end he failed to get his wish with his Zixia Fairy.

So in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", doesn't Xuanzang love Miss Duan?

The answer is definitely: he loves her to death.

But in the end, Miss Duan not only belongs to Xuanzang alone, Miss Duan is the incarnation of Guanyin, and she belongs to all living beings.

The love stories in both movies do not have a fairy tale ending like a prince or princess.

In fact, this is also a clear ending.

People who do good deeds are compassionate and will not hold themselves back because of a little love between their children. What's more, they are all messengers with important responsibilities. The themes of both articles have some feelings of missing the one they love, which makes people feel heartbroken.

But why do people think so highly of "Journey to the West", while "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" doesn't have such a high reputation?

Luo Xun thinks the reason may be that "Westward Journey" was released before "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", and the poignant love story between Fairy Zixia and Supreme Treasure makes people sigh and cry. It is a love theme that suits the public's taste.

What this movie wants to express is love and struggle.

But the latter is different.

The so-called "Journey to the West: Conquering Demons" is the mental journey of an exorcist and the eighty-one difficulties he experienced in transforming into a true master.

It’s about enlightenment and refuge.

The connotations and classics in "Journey to the West" back then are beyond words and can be understood and accepted by more people. However, some contents in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" may not be obvious to non-experts, but this cannot be because This negates the latter. At least Guang Luoxun himself can decipher a lot of things that are specious and may even be secondary creations——

After all, he didn't know what Zhou Xingchi was thinking in his heart.

It can only be said that apart from the sunspots and trolls, everyone is interpreting this movie in their own way. Those who think it has profound meaning or a very high artistic level, apart from the emotional points, always see something in the movie that they are also pursuing. and asking questions without answers reflect their own search and thinking; those who say it is terrible and disappointed may be loyal fans who love it so much that they are disappointed. After all, if they have the same mood as watching "Diao Si Men" and their attitude towards Xiao Shenyang , probably won’t dislike the fact that “Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons” lacks story, lacks performances, lacks laughs, and lacks depth.

Because in their opinion, Stephen Chow is such a director, how could he make such a movie?

The so-called "that kind of" director is the ultimate compliment, and those who give negative reviews may love it more deeply than those who give positive reviews.

Luo Xun likes this movie because it opens up room for people to think, because when entertainment is no longer just a way to relax and relieve the heavy life but becomes the only thing in life, when the world is full of various variety shows of "If You Are the One", full of various intensive reading and editing books that quickly understand world masterpieces in three minutes, when everyone's greatest curiosity is just gossip about who is with whom, who is messing around with whom, and who is divorced, when more and more people are accustomed to accepting answers and believe in authority and no longer doubt, we will really live in the saddest brave new world.

This is not a comedy.

In fact, it combines fantasy, violence, thriller, suspense, nonsense, black fairy tales and romance. Although the 3D effect is a bit sloppy, the story seems a bit urgent, and the turning point is a bit hard, the stalk is still the familiar Stephen Chow-style stalk, and collective laughter breaks out from time to time in the cinema.

But, this is really a tragic movie of Zhou's thinking philosophy.

Regardless of whether Master Xing has made himself clear, it is always gratifying that Master Xing has begun to re-examine and cut his self-expression and questions about the world, compared to his poor performance in "CJ7". Therefore, in Luo Xun's opinion, this is a worthwhile movie.

Worth filming.

Worth acting.

Worth watching.

Besides, with him, the movie will at least make good adjustments in some of the criticized places. Luo Xun will use his own methods to improve some places that the audience is not used to. He wants to use this way to repay Zhou Xingchi's help.