電影《葉問2：宗師傳奇》--- 觀後感

《葉問2：宗師傳奇》延續了上一集的原班人馬，再次的呈現精彩的武打動作片。筆者通常希望對於講述歷史人物的電影，其内容會跟著正史走。但這部戯與上一集一樣是不跟正史走的，所以唯能把期望放動作上。

《葉問2》一樣的把詠春拳的貼身靠打的技巧的獨特性質給展露出來。筆者覺得最接近實戰的應該為天台上，葉問一對三的那場景。那個“問手”的段落也蠻有趣的。應該只有有練拳的人才會懂那是什麽意思。

漁場一場就有點牽強了。縂覺得如果與那麽多拿著傢伙的人打應該不會這樣一車輪戰的方式對陣吧。應該是四面八方一起來襲才對。

在茶樓的桌上比試也有另一番風景。在限制著的範圍及時間内得保持個人平衡及不敗的餘地算是一種極大的挑戰。慣於貼身靠打風格的詠春拳本來就不會是一個大問題。只是對這部戯的失望在於第二位拳師，鄭師傅所用的八卦掌。筆者有幸認識一些練八卦掌的前輩們，所以對戯裏的鄭師傅的動作招式也略知一二。很可惜的是戯裏的八卦掌招式雖然正確，但是在運用上卻非常的錯。那些轉身的動作不是那樣子用的。看到了一套如此精致的内家拳，即八卦掌，在這戯裏被糟蹋，心裏不免有點沒落。。。最多只能“怪”戯裏的鄭師傅“學藝不精”，單練了外形而無神韻。

洪震南與葉問那一戰也排的相當好。雖然我對兩家拳法認識不深，但在動作上卻很明確的展示了個別的特質、招招清楚。這與洪金寳及甄子丹在《殺破狼》裏以混合搏擊的對決有很大的對比。

兩人對決到最後到桌子被打倒分半，不分高低。這。。。有點誇張了吧。。。怎們說這部戯講的算是近代的武林史，而非武俠小説，怎麽兩人都飛了起來呢？

雖然這部戯沒跟正史走，但其實故事的前半段還蠻喜歡的。至少還有點真實感。畢竟在二戰後開武錧當然不會是一件容易的事。也喜歡看洪震南與葉問那種從厭惡到猩猩相惜的火花。而後至與英國拳王，龍捲風對陣，而整個武林界能放下己見而團結也拿捏的好。

看到洪震南被龍捲風痛毆時，還真的一股無名火在胸裏冒起。也不只是否看這部戯時，是否受到本地小學母語制度風波影響，縂覺得很惋惜華僑不懂得珍惜華人的傳統及智慧。當葉問以二字鉗羊馬鎖住龍捲風的頭并不斷的以日字沖拳一直往龍捲風的臉轟下去時，我也不禁的在戲院裏喊了個“爽嗎！”（以福建話喔）。

當然時候覺得有點笨，這畢竟也只是一齣戲。可能也受了背景音樂的影響而一時不覺得情緒也被牽著走了。看這部戯終究也是爲了看甄子丹打而已，所以應該無需這麽激動、認真。

但這部戯還是體現了中國武術的内涵。就在一名練武者越有成就時，反倒會越内斂。我很喜歡這訊息。練武的基本也是在於強身、防身，絕非練了功後仗勢欺人。我會銘記葉問在戯裏對黃梁的那句話：-

“貴於中和，不爭之爭”

yamizi's layman review - Shake Hands With The Devil

I got to watch this show for attending the film study. This film is an adaption from a book of the same title.

Thanks to Roderick for giving us a brief background information that happened around this tragedy.

It is a heavy film for me.

Initially I thought that the movie will be pretty much the same like Black Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers, that type of genre.

It turns out to be very different. The movie was shot from this Force Commander's perspective and of course the Force Commander should not be fighting at the frontline!

However, Roméo Dallaire, the Force Commander, faced a different type of pressure and stress. How he felt so helpless by being a Commander who commands over limited firepower and very restricted rule-of-engagement in a hot zone.

There are questions left in my mind after watching the film:-

1. I can probably never understand why the UN disapproved Dallaire's plan to seize the weapons caches. It reminded me of the infamous quote from Edmund Burke, "The only thing necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing.".

2. I can also probably never understand that with the escalating tension that was reported by Dallaire, the rules of engagement became more stringent (which is usually meant for areas that have no eminent danger) making the peace keepers facing higher risk and putting them into disadvantage. Which caused the death of the Belgian soldiers.

3. I also do not understand why Dallaire was asked to withdraw his troops when they had already set up sites to protect innocent displaced personnel.

On a lighter note,

4. I wonder did the scene where Dallaire and his personal staff assistant were aimed with machine gun for walking past the road check set by the solider really happened.

5. Did the scene where Dallaire shaking hand with someone pointing him with a gun at point blank really took place? I thought that the way Dallaire handled the situation was wise. He neither admit nor deny his identity. He just approached to shake hand with the man who was told to kill him with his signature smile.

6. Did the scene where Dallaire shooting the dogs that were chasing the chickens really happen? That suggested that he was breaking, the stress and pressure was just so overwhelming.

After the show, it left me pondering what are the roles of the UN. Does performing peacekeeping duties means to compromise the troops' safety? It's kind of weird isn't it?

I was very sad to know the death of the Belgium soldiers. Especially it was due to following the protocol. I believe they had never expect their ending would be so tragic. They were special forces but murdered without able to put up a fight. What was not shown in the movie was that they died in a very indignify manner. The perpetrators were jailed eventually. Maybe it's just me but I feel that it's a pretty good deal for these perpetrators who have destroyed and wrecked the lives of so many people but they were only jailed. I felt something really wrong here. It led me thinking that why people become soldiers. Maybe they really love their country but damn, they died in a foreign land in the most indignified and disrespectful manner.

Even thinking of this movie now brings on a certain dark emotion in my heart. Sighs...