This year is the Year of the Dragon.
The dragon is an important cultural totem of the Chinese nation, and the dragon culture has permeated all aspects of society for thousands of years, demonstrating the profound cultural heritage of the Chinese nation everywhere.
There are dragons in the Western world, but the Chinese dragon is different from the "dragon" in the West and is definitely not a symbol of evil.
Although, for a long time, Chinese dragons were also translated as "dragon", and some of the translators in charge would call it "Chinese dragon".
In fact, using "loong" and maintaining the Chinese pronunciation of dragon is the most consistent translation of the Chinese dragon's shape and artistic conception.
Professor Peng Ping, deputy dean of the School of English at Beijing University of Foreign Chinese, once said that as early as the early 19th century, the British missionary Mashman mentioned the Chinese dragon in his book, and the phonetic at that time used "loong", but he still used the word "dragon" in his explanation later in the text.
The British missionary Morrison compiled the first Chinese-English dictionary, which translated dragon as dragon. The influence of this Chinese-English dictionary was very far-reaching, and the word dragon has endured.
Compared with the brutal and vicious dragon of the West, the Chinese dragon is auspicious, friendly and noble, which is a completely positive cultural meaning.
The movie I'm going to talk about today is called "Chinese Dragon".
In 1995, director Zhu Yanping struck while the iron was hot, and then the popularity of the two "Xiaolin Kids" launched "Chinese Dragon", which can be regarded as a foreign biography.
I'd like to call it "The Brave Adventure of the Laughing Forest Kids".
In addition to the "Hao Shi Combination" Hao Shaowen and Shi Xiaolong, the starring roles of the film include Takeshi Kaneshiro, who is in his early twenties, and Ye Quanzhen, who played the villain in "Xiaolin Boy 2: New Oolong Courtyard".
Of course, Uncle Da Wu Mengda also made a cameo appearance, but there were not too many scenes.
The film is about Eminem played by Takeshi Kaneshiro and Xiaowen played by Hao Shaowen living in Hawaii, and they are always bullied by a group of bullies with secret identities. Shaolin ** Xiaolong and Xiaoyan, who came to Hawaii with a mission to participate in the World Martial Arts Competition, helped the two and did not become friends with them.
The ** behind the bully is a criminal syndicate, and the uncle who brought Xiaolong and Xiaoyan to Hawaii seems to have an ulterior secret.
In the end, Xiaolong Xiaoyan united and returned to his uncle and eliminated the criminal syndicate in one fell swoop.
The film continues the characteristics of "Xiaolin Boy", which is mainly jokes, supplemented by martial arts, and the plot is simple and straightforward.
It's just that this time there seems to be an extra dark line. Looking at the plot introduction, it is said that the real purpose of the criminal group is to snatch the nuclear ** starting device shared by China and the Soviet Union, Xiaolong and Xiaoyan's uncle wanted to make a deal privately for personal gain, but they were detained as hostages.
The original film didn't say what this launcher was, maybe the film was cut and avoided some of the more sensitive topics.
In addition to the martial arts passages in the film, the main story is that Eminem played by Takeshi Kaneshiro pursues Xiaoyan played by Ye Quanzhen.
The combination of handsome men and beautiful women and the beautiful scenery of Hawaii is indeed pleasing to the eye.
But one thing to say, the plot is indeed a bit watery and monotonous, far less rich and interesting than the two "Laughing Forest Kids".
As a Chinese New Year film, this movie does achieve the entertainment effect of the laughing festival, but the action scenes are a bit perfunctory.
After the high-definition restoration, although the picture is much clearer, there is still a problem of flickering colors.
What's more interesting is that when the little dragon is floating on the water, the Weiya rope hanging on his body is clearly visible, which is impossible to find in the era of low image quality.
This article** is from the Internet.
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