Which director is a master in your opinion?

John Woo.

Someone once said that if one person dies in a movie, it is a tragedy, but if hundreds of people die, it is likely to be a comedy. In John Woo's film, countless thugs are killed by the protagonist's gun like props without any character. It is really entertaining to death!

Many fans have given John Woo the high hat of "violent aesthetics", but it is difficult to live up to his reputation. To sum up John Woo's movies in one sentence: they are martial arts movies in modern guise------Wu's movies. Since they are essentially martial arts movies, it is fitting that hundreds of goons are wiped out by pigs' feet. The logic of martial arts movies.

Wu Yusen's so-called "aesthetics of violence" is actually to put Chang Cheh's Republic of China and masculine Kung Fu films in ancient costumes into suits and vests, and put on modern clothes; Chang Cheh's "panchang war" is replaced by "random shooting" "Death", turning the heroic sympathy of the past era into a modern brotherhood + gay love.

After filming the masterpieces of violent aesthetics such as "Hot Detective", which brought him a high reputation, John Woo first went to Hollywood and made a bunch of bad movies with more form than content to fool the American devils, and then went to Hollywood to fool the American devils. When I came back to China, I made a bunch of incomprehensible bad movies. It can be said that the more I made them, the worse they got.

Except for a few masterpieces during his peak period, most of John Woo's films are bad. In 20 words, we can explain the common problems of John Woo's movies: they are simple and crude, exaggerated and superficial, contrived and sensational, lacking in connotation, and uneducated. It does not pay attention to the details and solidity of the script but only emphasizes the plot and the beauty of the story. It relies on external actions to shape the characters and ignores the exploration of the deep inner world of the characters. Even his two best works, "A Better Tomorrow" and "A Better Tomorrow," have the same shortcomings of being simple, superficial, and divorced from reality. All of John Woo's movies are actually repeating his own old routines without any innovation. Slow motion and white pigeons have been used again and again. Are you tired of them? Guizhou donkey has no skills, which is enough to describe John Woo.

Wu Yusen has no ability at all to control new themes. In this regard, Johnnie To is ten times better than him! John Woo tried to get involved in new fields with the war film "Windtalker", the costume historical film "Red Cliff", and the science fiction film "Memory Crack". All of them were made in a mess. All these big themes were made into trivial Jianghu films! However, it is no wonder that John Woo lacks the consciousness to improve his creation. In the final analysis, it is still because of the shortcomings of John Woo's cultural character. The shortcomings of cultural quality destined that John Woo would never be able to break out of his "three axes" in making Jianghu movies. Therefore, John Woo cannot be ranked among the top directors in Hong Kong.

But in any case, John Woo’s simple, brutal and uniquely charming violent aesthetics at least led a stage in Hong Kong movies, and its influence went straight to Hollywood. Therefore, it is reasonable to rank John Woo at tenth place. .

Work classification:

Immortal works: ***Two movies, "A Better Tomorrow" and "Bloodshot", although these two movies also have the problem of being overly sensational, But their advantages are more prominent. They are indeed classic Jianghu films that embody the essence of violent aesthetics and are extremely charming! With ultimate romance, gorgeous shots, and flamboyant characters, it can be said that this is the pinnacle of romanticism in Hong Kong movies! In another 20 years, their charm will not diminish.

Masterpiece works: ***3, "Across the World", "Blood on the Street", and "The Detective". Among them, "Across the World" is full of romantic charm.

Bad movie level: In addition to the above 5 works, plus one "Face" which is still qualified, all other movies directed by John Woo are bad movies! The worst among them are undoubtedly "Windtalker" and "Red Cliff"!