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Chapter 576 Movie Action Style
For the movie "The New Detective", Jet Li was extremely focused and dedicated no matter whether he was a part-time martial arts instructor or acting himself.

This somewhat surprised Zhou Xia, obviously the other party valued this drama and this attempt very much.

Most of the movies Jet Li shot are action movies, and he is very familiar with the rhythm and plot of movies with similar themes.

Especially in action scenes, I often give some advice to Zhou Xia, which benefits him a lot.

After all, the movie is ultimately his first action movie as a director.

Although the previous four movies also had action scenes, they were not the most important elements.

"Charlotte Annoyance" is a youth comedy, "Detective Chinatown" is a comedy detective, "Painted Skin 2" and "Legend of Sword 4" are both fairy-and-devil structures, and there are many special effects involved in action scenes. Pure realistic action movie.

This time "New Detective" is a combination of comedy and action. Action scenes will not bear a lot of comedy elements like Kung Fu movies, but actual combat style fighting from fist to flesh. As for comedy, it is mainly presented by detectives and storylines.

"Brother Jie, it's so early on the set again today!"

Zhou Xia worked hard all night last night, so unlike usual, he arrived at the set at seven o'clock in the morning.

"You, life is so irregular. When I'm my age, I'll know the importance of keeping in good health!" Li Lianjie saw Zhou Xia's eye circles, shook his head and smiled.

"Hehe, there is no way, there are too many things!"

Zhou Xia smiled and said that he and Li Lianjie were also teachers and friends, and the other party was his half teacher in martial arts, and he taught him a lot of experience.

"Yes, but if you can spend more time on kung fu, you will definitely achieve more than what you have achieved now!" Li Lianjie was quite emotional.

Zhou Xia is very talented in learning martial arts. He has been studying since 09. It has been a little over three years now, and he is not much worse than when he first debuted.

But Zhou Xia just got up every morning to practice for an hour, usually too busy to practice, this learning ability is indeed very strong.

On this point, Li Lianjie is not surprised. Zhou Xia has a superb memory, and he can memorize martial arts routines once or twice. In addition, he has practiced free combat for several years, which can be regarded as a foundation, so after practicing, he can quickly master it. Some routines.

It's just that it's not natural to use, and the combination of changes is not fast.

But at the beginning of last year, after he gave him the experience and experience of these years, Zhou Xia has improved a lot in this area over the past year, which can be seen from "The Expendables 2".

However, "The Expendables 3" is already in preparation, and the leading actors of the first two films will appear, but Zhou Xia has not yet confirmed the role.

This movie made Xia Hua a fortune last year. This year, Hollywood wanted to increase the copyright fee, so they came to a stalemate with Zhou Xia.

"Brother Jie, I've worked very hard." Zhou Xia shrugged. When he wakes up every morning, no matter how tired he is, he will almost insist on practicing martial arts routines. After work, he will also practice during his break, and sometimes when he is playing games at night. , will also use some suitable routines...

"By the way, you have practiced the routine well now. How about the actual combat? Do you want to find a chance to try?" Seeing Zhou Xia's satisfaction, Li Lianjie thought about it and asked.

"Actual combat? I don't think the improvement is too great. I used to practice free combat and I could fight three or four ordinary white men. Now, it's still about the same. I went to Hollywood last year to fight with two of Stallone's bodyguards, but it was not head-to-head. They were all skillfully played with Tai Chi techniques."

Zhou Xia is self-aware of himself in this aspect, unlike Li Lianjie, Wu Jing, and Zhen Zizi, he has concentrated on practicing martial arts.

He only practiced martial arts routines, and didn't have much exercise in terms of strength and other aspects. It was the foundation left by the original owner who practiced fighting since he was a child. After he inherited, he only maintained a certain amount of exercise.

Over the past few years, as he has abused his body without restraint, in fact, his physical knowledge has regressed, but he has mastered more martial arts routines, which are very helpful for acting in action scenes.

"I wanted to see your skills..." Li Lianjie said regretfully.

"This is really too busy, and I don't have much time to practice." Zhou Xia sighed,

Of course, he also has a dream of an action superstar in his heart, but human energy is limited. He shoots two or three movies every year, and almost all of them are spent on the set. Doing other things is a squeeze on time, and he has no time to specialize in martial arts.

Even his schooling was the same. He didn't go back to class a few times a year. Now that he was sent to graduate school, he didn't have time to go back to class.

"Zhou Xia, if you count the superstars in the world, even Hollywood movie kings whose acting skills are praised by everyone, their global popularity is not as good as those action stars. Since you have such talent, you should work harder.

You don’t have a masterpiece of an action movie yet. Don’t waste your time while you are young and your body is at its peak. If you can really make a few masterpieces, then our kung fu will also receive more attention around the world. Yes Our culture and spirit is also a propaganda. "

Li Lianjie looked at Zhou Xia and tried to persuade him earnestly. He still had high hopes for Zhou Xia, otherwise he would not have given him all his experience and knowledge.

"Okay Brother Jie, I will work hard." Zhou Xia seriously agreed, maybe now is to find some themes, let the screenwriter write the book well, and prepare some pure action movies for himself.

I met Li Lianjie in 09, and then learned martial arts from Master Wu in early 10. It has been more than three years, and he is now considered a small martial arts master.

At least in terms of movement routines, even Mr. Wu and Li Lianjie recognized his standard movements and his own style.

Concise and sharp, with a strong sense of power, which has something to do with his many years of fighting training.

After all, martial arts come from actual combat, and Zhou Xia often thinks like this when practicing these routines.

Some traditional martial arts are too flowery, with one move and one style sticking to the form, and now the audience is no longer satisfied with the punch and move of the early action movies. In addition, with the advancement of film technology, the post-production special effects can solve many problems. The action actors also pose a great threat.

Therefore, the combat-style action movies are unique, which will make the audience feel real and enjoyable, and are now liked by many people.

This is also Zhou Xia's self-selection of personal style, as well as the positioning of the action scene of this movie.

Otherwise, what is the difference from other so-called action movies?
The protagonist is not an action actor, but his fighting performance is no worse than that of an action actor. He jumps over walls, jumps several meters high, and hitting several people is like eating. This kind of movie looks fake, and it is strange to hope that the audience will not be ridiculed.

Of course, this is not absolute. For some Hollywood sci-fi movies, if there are many special effects, they will not make people disgusted, nor will they feel fake.

After all, the subject matter determines that everything that appears is reasonable, which is completely different from some domestic action movies.

(End of this chapter)