The scene at the beginning was scary, but Stephen actually thought it was average. Of course, the gusts of sinister wind seemed to be blowing from the back of his neck, which was indeed quite thrilling.
This part of the plot mainly made Stephen feel very weird.
The swaying candlelight, the floating white silk, the two coffins, and the empty mourning hall gave rise to an indescribable strange feeling.
In the West, funerals are not like this. Usually the deceased is placed in the coffin from the morgue, and the body is buried immediately after bidding farewell. There is no such custom of leaving the body in the hall for several days.
Even in some conservative places, the head of the deceased is cut off and placed between the legs to prevent them from being resurrected by vampires and returning to the human world.
This is a custom from the East.
If Stephen hadn't learned Chinese, he probably wouldn't have been able to understand the meaning of words like "Touqi".
Moreover, the plot at the beginning has an inexplicable sense of reality. During these years in China, Stephen even felt that this might be a story that happened in a certain mountain village recently.
There were no specific ghosts in the whole plot, but the atmosphere made Stephen feel that there was something unclean there.
He had seen the information on "Nine Streams" compiled by "Lu scholars" before, and estimated that this should be Yin Yang Eyes.
There are similar expressions of yin and yang eyes abroad, but for foreigners, ghosts are visible to everyone, such as a little girl with a hole in her head, a pale-faced woman crawling out of the TV, and a gun with a sack on her head.
In Saw Massacre and the like, the blood flying around is the devil.
In other words, in Stephen's concept, there is no such thing as an invisible ghost.
If the ghost cannot see
Stephen suddenly felt a sense of fear.
Many pictures appeared in his mind.
For example, in an empty room, the rocking chair moves automatically without wind, the curtains are drawn, and the water glass moves.
It's a little scary to think about it.
Stephen remembered that when "The Crying" was first aired, there was news that viewers were afraid to go home after watching the movie. He once laughed at these cowards, and then backhandedly spent the whole day in the toilet after watching the movie.
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If this movie does this, then you have to be careful.
Fortunately, the following plot did not run all the way in the direction of any ghosts.
After the title appeared, along with the vigorous and powerful calligraphy, an era was outlined.
The war is in turmoil, the people are in dire straits, and major forces are entrenched in Jiangcheng, ready to move.
The sun rises and a train passes through the vast land.
The camera came to the train.
Lu Tan was looking out the window in a daze, and sitting next to him was the man wearing sunglasses who had just resolved the yin and yang eyes of the child's parents for the first seven times.
The land outside the window is devastated, the rice fields are abandoned, the farmers are in rags, and the smoke is rising in the distance. When we come to the urban area, the streets are dirty and messy. Some people are hungry and cold, and some are drunk and dreaming. Soldiers passing by with guns and students talking about national affairs constitute the
The comparison is very touching.
Stephen comes from a developed country, and he has only seen scenes like this in the history books he read after going abroad, and he didn't have a deep impression of it. Even so, the real scenery and the actors' performances still made him immersed in it.
A child shuttled on a noisy train and quickly made off with a passenger's wallet.
Lu Tan wanted to warn him loudly, but the people around him held him down.
Immediately, the man stood up and passed by the child. After a dizzying game, the wallet returned to his hand and was returned to the owner.
Lu Tan got out of the car with this man, and they exchanged greetings. After the other person reported his name, He Chong, the scene froze and turned dim.
Gu Tiao/span>A voice suddenly sounded.
"I have never met my great-grandfather. I heard from my grandfather that he is a very serious person. He often wears sunglasses and severely lectures my grandfather and my father. He is not tactful, and is even a bit too angular and pedantic. I
Grandpa said that people who have experienced that era are like this, and they always have some persistence."
He Jiaoyang appeared on the big screen.
This seemed to be an interview show. He was in the position of the interviewee. He was a little nervous at first, but as he narrated, he relaxed a little.
This reaction is very real.
The interview section did not last long, and only through the narration of the grandchildren, a general outline of such a person was given, which gave Stephen a certain impression of He Chong.
As the plot continues to advance, more descendants of the ninth stream appear.
At the same time, there are also descriptions of those who came after them about their predecessors.
In the past, these people were high-spirited and seemed to be elites, as if they could do anything.
But now, through the memories of future generations, another side of them is revealed.
Women who seem so heroic turn out to be gentle and kind as they age.
A philistine and shrewd man, he eventually became the most reliable father in his son's eyes.
The singer who pursued fame and fortune returned to his family. For the rest of his life, he only sang lullabies in the dead of night.
Only those who can't tolerate any discord in their eyes will remain the same until they grow old.
Stephen felt like he had seen the ending, but there seemed to be some important link missing.
He became curious about what happened in Jiangcheng decades ago that led to these changes in these people.
At least for now, Stephen knows one thing, that is, none of these people are probably dead.
It's really rare for Lu Tan to make a movie about immortality.
After all, his last movie destroyed the entire world.
If by the end of this movie, these people in the Nine-Liu Realm are really not dead, then Stephen will honor Lu Jian as a living Bodhisattva with great compassion.
For Stephen, one of the most difficult things when watching domestic movies is recognizing faces.
Just as Westerners look the same to Easterners, so do Westerners to Easterners.
In particular, there are black people in most European and American movies. Orientals can distinguish some characters at least based on their skin. However, domestic movies are all Chinese. Many foreigners look at them and think, who is this, who is this, and so on.
Who the hell is that?
Completely unrecognizable.
However, in this movie, Stephen did not encounter such trouble, because when each character appeared, there would be a narrative, and these people's personalities and ways of doing things have obvious characteristics, at least in a short period of time, Stephen left a lasting impression.
I got a rough impression.
What is this? This is acting!
Stephen saw that the people in the movie were tense because of Dai Yuanyang's words, and almost took action. Soon, the most violent He Chong took the lead and the two started fighting.
"effort!"
Stephen originally thought he would see some flying around, or a fight where tables, chairs and benches were used as weapons, but the way the two people fought next exceeded his expectations.