is a summer vacation, the theaters in July are still cold, and we can only look for good films. The domestically produced film to be picked up in this article is called "Sun Tzu from the United States", and the production cost is less than 1 million.
However, due to the cold theme and the small production scale, there was no film arrangement after the release, and even the box office data was not visible. But after the 6 sets of CCTV broadcast, it immediately caused a great response, and the film was rated as high as 8.4 on Douban. After watching
, some fans directly questioned: Why doesn’t the cinema show such a brilliant movie?
is not that it is not in theaters, but that the theaters do not give opportunities.
Lao Yangtou is an old man living alone in Huaxian County, Shaanxi. He is also a fan and producer of traditional Chinese shadow puppets. His favorite character is Monkey King, and he likes the bridge section where Monkey King makes trouble in the Heavenly Palace.
One day his son who accepted Western culture came back and brought his foreign daughter-in-law and his ex-husband's child Brooks. Facing his grandson who is not related by blood, the traditional old Yangtou was very cold at first.
did not expect that the next day, the son and his wife left a letter saying that they were going to Hoh Xil for an inspection and asked Lao Yang to help take care of Brooks.
So Old Yang headed up as Brooks' caregiver, and the story of the grandfather and grandson began.
Due to the different ideological and cultural concepts and language forms between the East and the West, there have been many ideological collisions between the grandfather and grandson, and there have also been many dumbfounding things during this period.
The feelings between them have also been bumped from the beginning, and gradually turned into close grandparents.
Old Yangtou was worried about the "rumors and whispers" in the village and didn't want the people in the village to know that he had such a doll in his family.
He took Brooks to dye his blond hair black, deceiving others that he was a child in Xinjiang, hiding everywhere, basically preventing others from seeing his grandson.
Brooks, who has just arrived in an unfamiliar environment, is not accustomed to language, food, etc., sometimes depressed, sometimes making loud noises. On the surface, grandpa
did not show excessive care for his grandson, and scorned some of his grandson's requirements, but he would still satisfy his grandson's requirements.
Grandson wanted to eat a hamburger. He didn't know what a hamburger was at first. After asking the shopkeeper's wife quietly, he used bread and meat to make hamburgers for his grandson. The grandson was very satisfied.
Grandson wanted to drink milk, but it was not sold in the canteen. Grandpa went to the Wang Station Master’s house at the Cultural Station to find fresh milk from the cows.
It can be said that under the stubborn appearance of Old Yang, there is a soft, kind heart hidden. In a funny scene in the
movie, the grandson stealthily took the antique walnut from his hand while his grandfather was sleeping, and tried to use the door to break it. Unexpectedly, the door was knocked down when the walnut broke.
Old Yang's head woke up and felt sorry for his walnuts, and wanted to teach Brooks a lesson. The grandfather and grandson laughed and chased in the yard.
But grandpa accidentally trampled Brooks’ favorite Spider-Man model when he chased his grandson. The grandson was so sad that he was so angry that he even went on a hunger strike. Grandpa
loves his grandson, and asks the webmaster Wang to help buy Spider-Man, but he didn't expect that there is no Spider-Man.
Helpless grandpa spent the whole night helping his grandson make a spiderman shadow puppet, and grandpa and grandson reconciled. Under the dim light of
, Grandpa was facing the Spider-Man model, drawing a shape on the shadow puppet one by one. Carve one by one, carefully color. This not only shows us the process of making shadow puppets, but also hides the deep love of grandfather for grandson.
When the relationship between the two of them just became deep, Brooks's mother came back, and the two of them broke up again, and Brooks had to go back to the United States to go to school.
Although Lao Yang still went to the shadow puppet class after his grandson left, but without his grandson's company, Lao Yang looked even more lonely.
is more comforting. At the end of the story, Brooks' sudden appearance gave Lao Yang and the audience a big surprise.
This is a warm, simple, and tearful film.
There is no blood relationship between Old Yangtou and Brooks. Eastern and Western concepts are different, but after a short time of getting along, the two have established a deep relationship.
In the modern society where interpersonal communication is becoming more and more indifferent, seeing this kind of pure affection between people, there will still be a warm current in my heart, warming my heart.
Eastern and Western cultureThe collision also merged with the understanding and acceptance of the two. Although grandpa
does not understand the Western hero Spider-Man, he will buy him a Spider-Man headgear because his grandson likes him, and his grandson is gradually getting used to eating noodles from northern Shaanxi.
Grandpa taught grandpa to sing English songs, and grandpa taught grandson Chinese tongue twisters, which is full of fun. The warmest scene in the
film is the first night when the grandfather and grandson are reconciled. The two lie on the bed, each holding their favorite heroes, Monkey King and Spider-Man.
used the light projection effect to start a shadow puppet battle between Spider-Man and Monkey King. The biggest highlight of the
film is the successful shaping of Lao Yangtou by Teacher Luo Jingmin. Teacher Luo Jingmin is the actor of Xu Sanduo's father in the TV series "Soldier Assault".
The old Yangtou he created is a drama, full of life, and makes people feel real and kind.
Old Yangtou is traditional, vulgar and dignified; but at the same time it is also delicate, open and grounded. He makes the audience feel as kind as his grandfather, and makes the audience have no sense of distance.
He will be anxiously by his grandson's side when he has a fever, and when Brooks does not eat Chinese food, he will pretend to be angry and say to him: Do you like to eat?
But I couldn't help but seduce Brooks by making a delicious look like a kid.
These ordinary little details often happen in the childhood we miss.
Seeing Lao Yangtou's tears because of his reluctance to let his grandson leave, he couldn't help making movie fans cry. It turned out that such a strong grandfather would also show such a weak side.
Old Yang head shouted his grandson's name to the well in the courtyard, but he could no longer hear his grandson's response. Seeing his grandfather turned to the back of the room alone, his silent but powerful performance made people cry. Although the whole movie of
is plain and plain, it also presents warm and moving feelings in the long days. Whether it's the details, emotions, or the stubborn old Yangtou and the simple kid, they all have the rough and delicate, which makes people tempted. With such a small cost as
, it is a great surprise to make a film full of sincerity. It is no wonder that some fans chanted after watching:
why the theaters are all shoddy "blockbuster films", but they are unwilling to give it this way A chance for a movie?
