古装动作大片批判

Animadversion on Hot Action Movies in Ancient Costume

以李安的《卧虎藏龙》为导引,新世纪以降中国出现了一种新的商业大片类型:古装动作大片。这既同中国武侠片谱系有关,又是新的历史语境使然。而新的类型片却是一个艰辛的编码建构过程,从《卧虎藏龙》、《英雄》、《天地英雄》、《十面埋伏》、《神话》、《无极》、《夜宴》、《墨攻》、《满城尽带黄金甲》一路下来,到目前中国这一大片类型还远不够成熟,有六方面问题亟待研究、解决。

Led by Li Art＇s “Green Destiny” there has emerged in China in the beginning of the new century a new style of hot movies： action movies in ancient costume. This has been relative to the pedigree of China＇s swordsmen movies and is also in harmony with the historical context. But the formation of a new style of movies experiences hard process. Although there is already a long hst of movies in “Green Destiny”, “Hero”, “Warriors Of Heaven And Earth”, “House of Flying Daggers”, “The Myth”, “Promise”, “The Banquet”, “A Battle of Wits” and “Curse of the Golden Flower”, this style of movies are far from mature currently in China. Problems in six aspects needs studied and solved urgently.