从《赵氏孤儿》的电影改编看当下武侠大片的困境

《赵氏孤儿》的电影改编,将换孤从主动变为巧合与误会,这导致程婴的形象从忠肝义胆的大英雄降格为善良的小人物;他主动以孤儿为代价,刻意让孤儿与屠岸贾相亲相爱并在成年后砍杀了屠岸贾,程婴以此得到一种畸形的报复快感,如此便对程婴这个人物形象进行了彻底的颠覆和反转,再加上整个电影中叙事逻辑上的大量疏漏,导致整个《赵氏孤儿》的电影改编失败,这也映射了当下整个武侠大片在内容和价值取向上的困境与焦虑,这种困境与焦虑将持续影响武侠大片的美誉度和长久的文化价值。

The Dilemma of Chinese Blockbusters as Seen Through the Adaptation of the Orphan of Zhao

Sacrifice is a film directed by Chen Kaige which is adapted from a Chinese play named Orphan of Zhao.Loyalty is the theme of the history play.Cheng Ying is a traditional hero in the drama who delivered his own son to Tu Angu or saving the orphan of Zhao.But In the movie,the initiative change of the orphan has been changed into the consequence of coincidence and misunderstanding,which causes the image degradation of Cheng Ying from a loyal and righteous hero to a kindhearted nobody.Furthermore,Cheng Ying sacrificed the orphan by arranging the orphan ’ s love with Tu Angu and then killing him to get the abnormal pleasure from this kind of revenge.Thereby,the image of Cheng Ying has been totally reversed.The failure of the adaptation of Orphan of Zhao reflects the dilemma in the Chinese martial arts movie that will influence the cultural value and reputation in those films.