The domestic comedy movies in recent years have a prominent problem-the film Spring Festival Gala sketch. That is to say, the work must pursue tears in laughter, and must give people a deep understanding, as if it is not advanced or deep if it is not played like this. The consequence is that the movie is split into two parts-the first half makes you laugh, the second half pierces your heart, but the result is that only the creator is moved by himself. The reason for this status quo is "too much thinking", contrary to the original intention of comedy. Unfortunately, "Two Tigers" did not escape this routine.
Before talking about "Two Tigers", it is necessary to talk about the last work of director Li Fei-"Destiny Express". In this black humor movie that pays tribute to Quentin and Guy Ritchie, Li Fei's "thinking too much" temperament is very strong. On the one hand, I want to show the absurdity and comedy of real life through the little people's fate-changing blind hits, and on the other hand, I never forget to input values, hoping to let the audience appreciate the true meaning of life, but in fact there is nothing Novelty. So even though Li Fei’s nonlinear narrative is very proficient, he did not really think about what to express as a comedy movie, and what is the most important thing. The setting of
"Two Tigers" is very black and humorous: Yu Kaixuan, a stupid thief, kidnapped a savvy businessman Zhang Chenggong, but Zhang Chenggong fooled him to help him complete three tasks. This setting is fine, there is contrast and dramatic tension, which can make people look down, but there is a problem with the narration of the first task. Zhang Chenggong is a "scumbag" and hurt an actress. He asked Yu Kaixuan to run a long distance to ask the actress how he thinks of himself. The film uses a very literary "play in play" method to restore the bloody feelings between Zhang Chenggong and the actress. I really don’t see any special and moving features in this relationship, but the director has to pass the girl The actor's mouth made a long confession of "Nara who runs away". The movie's style has undergone a huge reversal in one-third of the places, and it has fallen into a hypocritical and curious atmosphere, which makes people a little restless.
The audience is rushing to comedy, rushing to see how a savvy hostage teases a stupid kidnapper, the movie suddenly penetrates into the inner world of an actress inexplicably, and is rushing to hook The purpose of people's tears is to let the audience understand that Zhang Chenggong, a "scum man", is also human and loved. But the audience wants to watch a play, and the play has to be full of strong motives. The stupid thief is eager to complete the task to get his own ransom, instead of leisurely eating with the actress in a restaurant and playing truth or dare. When I saw this place, I screamed in my heart, and the continuity of the comedy was suddenly lost. Destroyed, the director "thinks too much" again-a typical literary atmosphere full of chicken soup came out again, reveling in a kind of self-movement.
This is the common problem of a very typical domestic comedy-unable to consistently complete your own comedy genre narrative, the fundamental reason is that the creators do not have a thorough grasp of the genre narrative, and lack excellent details to support. The second task in the movie can be seen in obvious contrast: Zhang Chenggong takes Yu Kaixuan to KTV to find a junior high school bully to read poems, which has a strong sense of comedy, because the director completes the narrative through comedy actions. And then complete the value output: Zhang Chenggong personally demonstrated, healed Yu Kaixuan's psychological shadow caused by "bullying", and enhanced the friendship between the two men. It can be seen that the director wants to shape the role relationship between "Green Book" and "Unreachable" that have huge differences in identity but can complement and influence each other. This is the successful shaping. The next third task of the movie still has a tendency to turn into chicken soup, so I feel heavy when I watch one.
Seeking truth from facts, "Two Tigers" also has the advantages of young directors-they understand the psychology of young audiences and know where the comedy core is now, and they can indeed achieve this effect. But what can be seen through "Two Tigers" is more of a problem-when young directors are dealing with black humor or pure comedy movies, they still have not yet come out of the "thinking too much" stereotype, focusing too much on conveying the "spiritual" The "chicken soup" style of values adds a personal feeling of life to the film. The result is to tell a value through a broken story. In fact, it will not increase the depth of the work, but will affect the coherence of the work. Outstanding comedy masterpieces in the world of filmmaking always put comedy in the first place. I even think that as long as a comedy film takes comedy through to the end, it will succeed 70 to 80%. Comedy movies are not easy to make, young directors, please be steadyTell a good comedy story, don't think too much!
