New Gods: Yang Jian (2022) User Reviews

A very good movie

[yhoogogle · 8/10 · 26 November 2022]

It's an attractive movie. The storyline is good, and the design is beautiful. A sad thing that I heard that the original version has a much darker storyline, which is more reasonable, and has been changed to this final version. But all in all, it's a good animated movie.

I guess if you want to understand this movie, you should have the knowledge of Chinese myth story. Like who is Yangjian, and his background, and more. It may make some people getting confused, like why the guy with the white cat wants to help the kid (Chen Xiang) to fight.

Okay, they need me to write down 600 words and finally I get the goal. Lol.

Great but probably could be more understandable

[alextjh · 8/10 · 26 May 2023]

Spoilers starting paragraph three (not including this one)

If you are a fan of epic fighting scenes, then this movie is a must watch on your list. The VFX, the backgrounds, characters are all great, maybe even 10/10 for those. But I just dont quite get certain scenes in the movie.

The story of this movie is great, but hard to understand at some point. There's a lot of plot twists, and I mean a lot, I do mean A LOT. Into a point where you don't really get certain scenes, some scenes are probably just there for the emotional background, but if you are someone that doesn't know anything about the backgrounds of the characters, you might be confuse on who and what the hell are they and their connections with certain characters.

I actually felt kinda weird for the whole saving mother situation. I mean I get it for yangjian, but for chenxiang, it just feels weird because he isn't even raised by her, like why? The phoenix is probably where I get confused for the whole situation, one side says is bad so they have to conceal it and to save the place yadiyada, another side says release it to save someone, but doesn't mention whether if it's really bad. Maybe I missed something, so I might be wrong, but both sides seems wrong to me At last the phoenix are released, and nothing bad happens, which I guess the good side wins? I dunno, I'm still confused.

In conclusion, if you are here for the fighting, the cool scenes, and maybe some touching story then ya. But if you are really trying to understand the background of this story, then probably not.

Go(l)dly

[kosmasp · 8/10 · 28 September 2023]

No pun intended - the animated movie is quite well done. At least for me or rather my eyes. I think it looks amazing. Of course you may not like the style, but I do think the effort is obvious. It really is ... well on the screen! Whatever size that may be (you are watching it on).

The choreography is off the charts - though since it is animated, they can draw it (it's still drawing if it's done on a computer right?), so there is contact! When real people fight, depending on the skill set, there may be contact too - but here it really can be done, without anyone being in danger to be or get hurt.

The running time is a bit long for my taste though and it may feel a bit convoluted for some people. A lot of story, a lot of characters, sometimes not easy to keep track of everything! That said, a potential sequel (or is it sequels?) is not "helping". I wonder when that will come out - but maybe it will clear certain things ... and make this look even better than it already does in hindsight ...

6.5 rating

[kaefab · 9/10 · 26 April 2023]

6.5 rating i wonder why the low rating because this movie is fantastique, ok i get it some people from China might not like that the legends or gods are inaccurate by today standards.

But its still a pretty good and strong movie, great story, the character are amazing too, and the graphics are also vey well done.

I love the science fiction them as well played out with the story. I have no knowledge of the Chinese mythology story and i really love that movie.

Well science fiction, magic, the music is also amazing mix of jazz techno, cool settings and so much more.

Don't be fooled by this low rating the movie is worth it.

Silly Ancient Taoist Kaka - Xin Shen Bang: Yang Jian

[arthur_tafero · 3/10 · 21 October 2022]

The loose origin of some the content of this silly cartoon is ancient Chinese Taoism, which had a pantheon of several gods for several situations. No one in modern China believes in any of this drivel anymore, as millions of Chinese have pivoted to Philosophical Taoism (finding answers in yourself) and classical Confucianism (not a religion, but a belief system for social structure), as well as family worship and Buddhism. Ancient Taoism is fascinating to study as a phenomena, but I never met anyone in China who actually believed any of it. It is a children's fairy tale. Unfortunately, it teaches children the wrong ideas (that some gods have superpowers, etc) about how difficult life situations should be handled. View it with that in mind.

A great animation!

[yugongjing · 9/10 · 8 November 2022]

A great animation! It is full of various elements of Chinese mythology. The characters are also very interesting and the pictures are very beautiful. A new and interesting divine world that people yearn for very much. Overturn the traditional and conservative culture and make it acceptable to more modern people. The Romance of Gods is a great literary work. It's very interesting to reinterpret the story with a modern world view. The role of Yang Jian has also become very popular, a god with beauty and wisdom! His love for his mother and sister enables him to understand Chen Xiang's behavior. Looking forward to the sequel of this work.

"If I'm wrong, I'll be wrong until the end"

[daisukereds · 4/10 · 13 October 2023]

Studio Light Chaser continues their Donghua (Animated) take on Chinese Mythology, with the intent to build their cinematic Universe.. with no cohesion whatsoever.

Anyway.. Yang Jian(2022) superficially takes the story of Yiang Jia, splitter of Mountains and killer of Gods! ...and barely manages to tell a story.

While it retains some elements of the original narrative, the plot is heavily modified and barely resembles it. The conclusion feels so wrong, they prompted me to read on what they based it this time. I don't understand the overall changes.. as there's no core that makes them worthwhile. Sure, the worldbuilding it accomplishes, locations, scene compositions, character design and animation are all visually impressive. But aside from a shiny exterior, this excellent productions lacks soul and things barely connect with one another.

I've noticed that "Chinese storytelling" feels frustrating to me most of the time (I'm reminded of Genshin Impact while I write this).

Could the culture be so different, that they seem to lack so much structure and basic foundations? I've enjoyed plenty of Asian releases, some are too weird/creative/unhinged (which makes them enjoyable), and few are very well done. The developments in this one feel tenuously connected from one scene to the next, with characters that seem to have their own reasons for doing things.. and those reasons often remained either unexplained or are unimportant. As a whole, it suffers from this dull execution and isn't particularly appealing. Their "Jiang Ziya" and "White Snake" stories were competent enough, but their other movies are like uncooked meals.

Watch it for the visuals, and lower your expectations. I'm left with a sour taste in my mouth.

Very attractive!

[MSCultureSH · 9/10 · 23 October 2022]

First of all, it's a sequel of New Gods series which based on some Chinese mythologies, and the "gods" were recreated under the time of today, under the environment of the world nowadays, its taste and spirit is today's. That's the background.

Then this movie, developed a new perspective of the two characters and their well-known stories. Yang Jian, the main character, came all the way to find the truth of this Chen Xiang thing, of his own situation, and of the whole world of "Gods". The movie did not repeat the old story but found the bound in these two characters and reflected deep emotions. It's easy to create a warrior, especially Yang Jian one of the most powerful god, but to mould the great human being, we need his true feelings through his true life stories, Yang Jian DID IT.

Not mentioned the other characters - Hu Lu, Shen Gong Bao, the four Gods, Wan Luo - they all surprised me as they were also hackneyed as Yang Jian in a lot old movies or TV series. Also the style of this picture is very attractive as the Light Chaser Animation always does.

Last but not least, the music is very impressive. The lots of Bruce Harmonica is not only beautiful but helped to build the character of Yang Jian. Lots of different instruments made different atmosphere of scenes. The sounds at the battle between Shen Gong Bao and Mo Li Qing and "Great I Grow" is amazing. The ending song is very very touching. All the beautiful words to this sounds and music.

Above all, the movie is worth to watch and repeat and repeat for several times, the characters are attractive (Yang Jian is the sexiest character in Chinese animation history or Chinese movie history), the scenes are beautiful and enjoyable as well as the music.

Better than 99.99% of Disney

[ham-ma242 · 9/10 · 18 May 2023]

NEW MOVIE EPISODE WILL COME! (Shown at the end)

Great animation and art style, setting, music. So different than anything from the west these days. Basically refreshing.

I highly recommend this if you like action packed, calm colors and tons of variations. Various characters and creatures. Tons of mythology/tradition. Nice story and characters. Great plot twists and very interesting setting (to me personally). Super visual effects, true eye candy.

Also best part was that there were no Disney/Netflix (west) propaganda and brainwashing (mkultra) going on with tons of agendas. A "cartoon" made right for entertainment and "wow". As it's really action packed and filled with story, instead of fillers and boring dialogue that has no actual value.

Though I'm not sure if it's just for adults or kids. But I'd say for both. It has no nudity or explicit scenes, clean language and also almost no violence (fighting scenes).