New Changes In Chinese Martial Arts Movies In The New Century

In the new century,swordsman movies are obviously different from traditional swordsman movies in many aspects such as ecological pattern,narrative strategy,commercial type and chivalrous spirit.Through delicate plot setting and subversive characterization,swordsman movies in the new century are trying to draw a clear line with traditional swordsman movies and try to complete the whole with its unique cultural vision and broad market prospects.The redefinition of the world of martial arts.After 2000,Chinese swordsman movies undoubtedly entered the era of "post-Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon".The director’s individualized writing of the image of "swordsman" and the popular interpretation of audience groups gradually replaced the traditional swordsman movies’ fantasy of "happy kindness and revenge".The swordsman’s screen image and the way of existence have undergone tremendous changes.From 2000 to 2018,in the whole 18 years,the external indications of the martial arts form and the philosophical connotation of the chivalrous spirit of the martial arts movies in the new century have undergone qualitative changes through quantitative accumulation,forming a pluralistic and three-dimensional aesthetic system,gradually breaking away from the primitive rivers and lakes that the traditional martial arts movies concerned about,and then realizing the survival predicament and values of the individual martial arts movies.The contemporary thinking,whether it is the abandonment of the past martial arts mythological era or the innovation of the overall narrative strategy,the martial arts movies in the new century are trying to deconstruct and reshape the martial arts culture by constructing a new ecological concept of martial arts.After 2000,the genealogy construction of knight-errant characters not only inherited the spirit and blood of traditional knight-errant,but also evolved into a modern urban people’s experience of mapping value orientation and finding a way of life while adapting to the fast-paced urban life.