New Year's comedy "Two Tigers" was released for two days at a box office of nearly 100 million yuan. After the National Day file, it became a domestic film whose market performance was second only to "You are a teenager". However, Saturday's single-day box office was unexpectedly overtaken by "Frozen 2". The reason behind the analysis is that on the one hand, the film’s evaluation is polarized, which makes some viewers wait and see; on the other hand, Hollywood animation blockbusters like "Frozen 2" have weekend movie viewing effects.
Actually, "Two Tigers" is absurd and interesting, with wonderful lines and intensive laughter. It is a rare domestic comedy with the director’s own distinctive style and rich connotation. It not only wants to amuse the audience, but also has a life perception of love, family and friendship. It allows the audience to see the enlightenment to life and life, so as to face the difficulties and understand the meaning of "letting go".
The domestic film
"Two Tigers", whose market performance is second only to "Young You" after National Day, is directed by Li Fei, starring Ge You, Qiao Shan, Zhao Wei, Fan Wei, Yan Ni, Pan Binlong, etc., and tells the story of Qiao Shan's role The timid kidnapper Yu Kaixuan kidnapped Ge You's calm and rich man Zhang Chenggong, demanding a ransom of 1 million yuan, unexpectedly led to several ridiculous and thought-provoking stories. The whole film of
is full of absurdity. The dialogue between Yu Kaixuan and Zhang Chenggong at the beginning is humorous, and the lines are very dense, which can attract the audience at once, reminiscent of Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly" and "The Evil Doesn't Suppress the Right". In fact, Li Fei, the director of the film, was originally the screenwriter of "The Evil Doesn't Suppress the Right". In the
film, Ge You's calm and sluggish cold humor contrasts sharply with Qiao Shan's rich and joyful expressions, creating an interesting contrast. Zhang Chenggong slapped Shi Jian played by Pan Binlong and forced him to recite the poem "If Life Deceived You". The scene in which the blind masseur played by Fan Wei massaged Zhang Chenggong, patted him on the back and said, "You Still so thin," Zhang Chenggong's tearful scenes were touching.
Ge You can be regarded as the king of Chinese New Year comedy. The comedy image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In addition, with many powerful stars such as Qiao Shan, Zhao Wei and Fan Wei, "Two Tigers" has naturally attracted the attention of movie fans. On the first day of the show on November 29, with nearly 30% of the lineup, it won the box office of 45.93 million yuan and won the box office of the day. It was released for two days at a box office of 96.88 million yuan. Judging from the box office performance during the same period, the film became a domestic film whose market performance was second only to "Youth Young" after the National Day file.
audience evaluations are polarized, and the likes learn to "let down" after laughing.
unexpectedly, the audience evaluations after the release of "Two Tigers" showed obvious polarization. Audiences who like the film think that the film is not only absurd and interesting, with wonderful lines and intensive smiles, but also novel in concept and rich in connotation. There are many philosophy and life insights that the director wants to express, so that the audience can see the enlightenment of life and life. Face life, stop chasing money blindly, and understand the meaning of "letting go".
For example, the three things Zhang Chenggong asked Yu Kaixuan to do, which reflect his perception and redemption of love, friendship and family affection. In the process of helping him with these three things, Yu Kaixuan also completed the salvation of his soul. Both of them finally understood how rare the word "put down" is. As Ge You said at least twice in the film, "Life is a word, if you can live, you can live."
is the end of the year, and many people have been busy chasing money and fame for a year. After watching this film, some viewers have learned to "let go" just like the characters in the film-love, friendship and family affection are definitely not what money can do. Filled. Some viewers left a message with emotion: "The confused and uncertain choices in my mind for a while have finally turned into a clear and firm direction with every frame of the picture. Let's live up to what I love, live up to myself, live up to life."
Audiences who did not like the film felt that the storyline of the film was too absurd, some sections did not conform to the logic of reality, and the sense of game and stage was too strong.
Ge You not only wants to amuse the audience, but also wants the audience to see their life perception
. Indeed, "Two Tigers" is different from the previous classic comedies of Feng Xiaogang and Happy Twist. It has its own unique style in narration and characterization. There is a lot of blank space in the plot and characters, the story is more absurd, and the style of lines is quite different. The director Li Fei of
not only wants to amuse the audience, but also wants to make the audience laugh through the seemingly absurd stories and characters. After making the audience laugh, he can see some life insights and philosophy of life. It can be called a rich and unique movie. Different "non-comedies". In the film
, Ge You played Zhang Chenggong from the secularFrom a point of view, he is a successful businessman, but the better his material conditions, the more serious his mental dilemma. On the road to success in the past, his ruthlessness has caused him to face a serious lack of love, friendship and family affection. Before Yu Kaixuan kidnapped him, he had already thought of committing suicide. Yu Kaixuan, played by Qiao Shan, is the opposite. He is kind and righteous, but because of poverty, his girlfriend leaves. In order to change his destiny, he is forced to take risks. The difference between
and general comedy films is that the director did not give a direct account of their respective stories. Instead, they told the audience in the process of asking Yu Kaixuan to do three things after Zhang Chenggong was kidnapped. This way of telling stories, It not only creates a strong suspense in the absurd comedy atmosphere, but also allows the two souls to redeem each other in a gradual process, and the mystery is not fully revealed until the last moment.
Because the film does not completely follow the genre of the film to tell the story and create the characters, it is inevitable that Chinese audiences who are used to Hollywood-style commercial genre films have a process of digestion and understanding. In this regard, Li Fei admitted in an interview with the media: “Every character in the film is left blank, and the story is indeed relatively unrealistic. This may be the reason why everyone can’t substitute it at once.” Also after the film was released. , The main reason for the polarization of audience evaluation.
Chinese films need a compromise between genre films and literary films.
In recent years, Chinese filmmakers have made great strides in making commercial genre films, whether it is hero films, action films, romantic films or comedies. Follow the patterns, routines and laws of commercial films. For the industrialization of China's film industry, this is undoubtedly a good thing, because the film market needs such typed and routine assembly-line film works. That's why the Hollywood film industry is strong.
At the same time, our film industry also needs novel ideas, ideological connotations and distinctive personal styles that reflect and reflect real life works. The older generation of directors such as Xie Jin, Xie Fei, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Jiang Wen, and Mesozoic directors Jia Zhangke, Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, Diao Yinan, etc., have shot many such outstanding works with distinctive style and rich connotation.
But the problem is that in the past ten years, commercial genre films and literary films of Chinese films have increasingly shown a severely separated expression. Commercial films are becoming less and less connotative, and literary films are becoming more and more obscure. There is a lack of excellent works between the two in the film market that give consideration to both artistry and appreciation.
Fortunately, the situation has gradually improved in recent years. "Let the Bullets Fly" and "The Evil Doesn't Suppress Right" directed by Jiang Wen, "I'm Not the God of Medicine" directed by Wen Muye and starring Xu Zheng, and "A Good Show" directed by Huang Bo are all excellent for both viewing and artistic works. For example, "A Good Show", which was released last summer, used a comedy shell to tell a fable about human nature. A seemingly literary work, it eventually got a high box office of 1.355 billion yuan. The same goes for
"Two Tigers". The film is not only absurd and funny, but also full of laughter, but it is also quite innovative in terms of subject matter, conception, lines and expressions. Although the audience's comments are polarized, it is a new year comedy with a distinctive style and rich content.
is currently in theaters. Those who haven't watched it yet might as well go to the theater to experience this unique "Feishi comedy".
