Chapter 252 Immortal Killing Sword Formation
Adapting novels into movies has always been difficult.

Jin Yong's novels are mostly made into TV series and rarely adapted into movies.

There are even fewer that can be said to be both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, probably only "Swordsman" and "The Deer and the Cauldron".

However, there is a movie that, although it failed miserably at the box office that year, has a very good reputation in mainland China, and that is "The Demon Cult Leader of the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber".

Jiang Heng also recognized this film. He condensed the complicated plot of the first half into a 90-minute movie, while retaining the essence of the original work. This shows the skill of Fatty Wang.

As for the sentence "Meeting is not as good as hearing about him. The world-renowned Zhang Sanfeng is just a fat man with an unremarkable appearance", it is probably thought up by Fatty Wang!

Jiang Heng's "Zhu Xian" also faced the above problems during the adaptation.

His approach was similar to Wang Jing's. They both simplified the story and condensed it into Bi Yao blocking the Zhu Xian Sword Formation and Zhang Xiaofan rebelling against Qing Yun.

However, the first scene, the battle of Cao Miao Village, was shot exceptionally well.

On the big screen, Master Puzhi, played by Zhao Wenzhuo, looks like a great monk, while Taoist Cangsong, played by Yu Rongguang, was first hidden in the black air, but the black air was dispersed by Puzhi. He was also dressed in a black robe, and his face could not be seen clearly.

Then he made hand gestures and chanted an incantation, using the "Divine Sword to Control Thunder True Art". Deep in the clouds, countless lightning flashes quickly gathered together, and the sound of thunder exploded continuously in the sky.

Half a moment later, from the depths of the dark vortex, huge flashes of lightning gathered, rushed down from the sky, and landed on the long sword of the man in black.

The man in black flicked his wrist, and the sky full of electric light shot towards Puzhi like surging waves, and the whole Cao Miao Village was illuminated like daylight.

Puzhi retreated three steps, removed his hand seal, put his palms together, his face solemn, his whole body emitting a faint golden light, and he whispered: "Buddha, have mercy on me!"

With a "pop" sound, the jade beads in front of him shattered into pieces, and three feet in front of him turned into a huge "Buddha" character, shining brightly with golden light.

The next moment, the lightning and the word "Buddha" collided with each other. The white light and the golden light mixed together, which was extremely gorgeous, and then exploded. The whole thatched temple was blown to pieces and flew in all directions...

In the venue, almost everyone was stunned by the fighting scenes on the big screen.

Countless fans of the original novel were clamoring for excitement. They really could not have imagined that they could see the fighting scenes from the novel so faithfully restored.

As for those who haven’t read the original novel, they think this fight scene is simply too cool. The beginning is so intense, so it should be even more exciting later on, right?
What follows is a transitional plot, in which the two children, Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan, are sent to the Qingyun Sect. One becomes a disciple of Taoist Cangsong from Longshou Peak, and the other becomes a disciple of Tian Buyi from Dazhu Peak.

The following shots show the young Zhang Xiaofan’s life in Dazhu Peak and his experience of obtaining the “fire stick”.

After a round of practice, the young Zhang Xiaofan has been replaced by the young Zhang Xiaofan played by Jiang Heng.

Jiang Heng is not very old now, and he has taken good care of himself, so he looks very young on the big screen.

The bigwigs in the audience looked at Jiang Heng's performance on the screen, either thinking in their hearts or muttering quietly, "He looks really young!"

The second highlight is the "Seven Clans Martial Competition", but it is only relatively important. Through rapid cutting, many fighting scenes just flash by.

However, the scene is still grand, and it cannot be compared with the scenes in Hong Kong and Taiwan's Jin Yong dramas where dozens of people perform as martial arts conferences.

The large number of disciples, the majestic and steep Qingyun Mountain, and the extremely realistic special effects of the water qilin, the guardian beast of the mountain, all hint at the power of the Qingyun Sect, presenting the audience with a particularly real "Xianxia" world.

In the theater, some audience members couldn't help but whisper, "Director Jiang is so amazing. When I first read the novel, I felt it was very realistic, as if there really was a Qingyun Sect, and there were people like Tian Buyi, Song Daren, Du Bishu, and Tian Ling'er. Now that I read it, it's even more realistic!"

"Yes, there are too many supporting characters, many of whom don't even have two lines, but they still appear!"

Then came the story of Kongsang Mountain, where Jing Tian played Bi Yao. Da Tiantian's look in the film was very sweet, and her character was very true to herself, which instantly attracted many viewers to exclaim, "Who is this person? She is just like Bi Yao from the book!"

“So sweet!”

"My name seems to be something like Tian, ​​and she played a banshee in the movie Pingdingshan!"

"Isn't this Princess Lin'an from The Night Watchman of Dafeng? I like her the most!"

"I like her energetic feeling!"

Compared to the real heroine Lu Xueqi, Bi Yao is indeed more likable, especially at the end of the film, when Bi Yao flew to block the "Zhu Xian Sword Formation" in order to save Zhang Xiaofan, and all the sounds disappeared.

Inside the venue, countless female audience members were sobbing quietly, and many men also had tears in their eyes.

In an instant, the feeling of watching "Titanic" came back.

Blockbuster movies are rare, and tear-jerking blockbusters are even rarer.

The amazing box office success of "Titanic" is inseparable from its touching love story.

Jiang Heng's previous works mostly gave the audience a shocking feeling, and rarely reached the level of being "tear-jerking".

The death of Tang Monk and the outburst of Wukong in "Lion Camel Ridge" are indeed very touching and refreshing, but they are different from the touching feeling of "love".

At this moment, the female audiences in the venue regarded "Zhu Xian" as a romantic blockbuster similar to "Titanic", although here the "female protagonist" sacrificed herself to save the male protagonist.

Some girls couldn't stop crying when they thought about what they had given in "love".

When the film ended and the lights came on, the audience wiped away their tears, and then there was thunderous applause.

Tu Jingwei, the beautiful host of CCTV's Channel 6 Movie Channel, walked onto the stage and sniffed, "Thank you Director Jiang for presenting us with such a wonderful love special effects movie! Let us once again give Director Jiang a warm round of applause!"

I was really moved. They put love before special effects and made everyone applaud again.

However, the original plot of "Zhu Xian" does have this strength.

With the development of online literature in mainland China over the years, the IP value of "Zhu Xian" has always been among the best.

After the applause died down, Jiang Heng walked to the stage and bowed in thanks.

After speaking a few words, he called all the main creators to the stage.

When Jing Tian walked onto the stage, many audience members shouted loudly, "Biyao", "Biyao"!
In comparison, Lu Xueqi, played by Tang Yan, did not receive such treatment.

Da Tiantian was so excited that she waved to express her gratitude to the audience and bowed twice.

After taking the microphone, he said, "Thank you all for your love and recognition of me. Here, I would like to first thank the director of this play, Brother Jiang Heng. Without him, there would be no movie. Without his encouragement, there would be no Bi Yao played by me!"

Below the stage, a group of bigwigs couldn't help laughing. Is this girl giving an acceptance speech?
"Actually, I can't act. I told Brother Jiang Heng about it before I joined the crew. He was the one who guided me step by step...!"

The eyes of the reporters in the audience lit up as they listened, "Can't act?"

(End of this chapter)