If it weren't for the marketing a few days ago, probably no one would have noticed the drama "Skyscrapers" at the end of the summer.
When I watched it, the show had all been broadcast. Nearly 110,000 people on Douban participated in the scoring, and the final score was 8.1. This score is considered high for domestic dramas. The Douban score of "The Hidden Corner", which has attracted national debate some time ago, is 8.9.
is a very strange drama. The ratings are not low, and the reviews are polarized, but they are not popular. Except for a small promotion with Angelababy as a marketing point, I didn't see other hot spots.
To be fair, the quality of this drama and the social issues involved shouldn’t be the current popularity. Even the story of "In the Name of the Family" collapsed to such a degree, the discussion is still not low, and this drama is only nearing its end. Only a few female stars came out to do publicity.
If it weren’t for Zhang Ziyi’s thoughts and a compliment to Angelababy at the end, probably "Skyscrapers" would have ended in silence.
Regrettably, even though Zhang Ziyi wrote so many drama reviews, everyone's focus is still on baby's acting skills.
In fact, baby's performance is not as impressive as Zhang Ziyi's praise, but it is not as unbearable as before. The focus of this drama should not have been on the baby. The suspense setting of the drama itself and the expression of female issues are far more important and meaningful than the baby's acting skills.
Although there have been many national dramas with women as the theme in recent years, they are basically selling dog meat. Acting has become a play in the main room, good women educate bad women, and you will know here. The play fell apart.
Unlike "Skyscraper", it is a rare non-feminist film in China. It closely follows the central idea and highlights the gentle power of women to help each other. Then, through the suspenseful method of solving the case, in a tense and exciting atmosphere, the process of solving the case by the two police officers will slowly reveal a sad story about women.
Many people oncompare it with "The Hidden Corner". It must be admitted that the suspenseful part of this drama still needs to be strengthened. The last two episodes cannot capture the many clues laid out in the front.
But as far as a domestic drama is concerned, its degree of completion has reached 80%. The director has achieved the quality of the movie regardless of the early stage doubts, the atmosphere, or the lens language.
went online to check the director Chen Zhengdao of this web drama. He has made suspense films such as "The Master of Memory" and "The Master of Hypnosis". Therefore, it is not surprising that this web drama can produce the quality of the film, and it is normal that the baby's acting skills are no longer embarrassing under the guidance of the film director.
"Skyscraper" is a unit drama with a total of 16 episodes. Every 2 episodes tell a character story, with a tight rhythm and a multi-line statement. The story takes place in a high-end residential area called a skyscraper. It starts with a beautiful girl dying in a house alone. Baby plays the beautiful girl Zhong Meibao.
Mebo is not only beautiful, but also has a vague impression of identity. She is the owner of an ordinary coffee shop but lives in a high-end residential area, but her low-income family has many designer clothes and bags. The security guards of this building, the residents upstairs, the nanny, the intermediary, and the mysterious neighbor who does not go out next door all have inextricable relationships with her.
There are many private secrets hidden behind these people. The Meibao in each population has a different image. The true and false confessions create a complex and contradictory three-dimensional figure. Every contact has a more or less motive for killing, which makes the whole murder case even more confusing.
The security guard said that MEBO was his best female friend and offered sincere comfort during his downturn. But his room was full of broken dolls that were mutilated, and he was reported to the police for pestering his ex-girlfriend. His slightly perverted personality would make him the number one suspect of the police.
The architect upstairs said she was the mistress of her childhood sweetheart. The designer is a typical phoenix man, who married a daughter of a wealthy family, and even the wedding must be listened toPeople's orders, so he and Meibao are getting better. The mistress incident was also exposed at a dance party held by his wife in the apartment a year ago. Many residents have witnessed the meeting with their mistress in the main room.
is a man with special habit. Due to work reasons, he has the room key of the whole building on hand. He usually likes to sneak his lover into other people's houses to play role-playing. Not only that, he is also a voyeur, climbing the stairs to spy on Meibao for more than a year. The beauty in his mouth is a gentle, kind and fragile woman, and even has a secret crush on her.
And the intermediary’s wife knew his voyeurism and affair, but they did not reveal anything. Compared with the intermediary's recognition, the intermediary wife who sees all this seems to have more motives for murder than him.
Who is the murderer? And what kind of girl is Mei Bao? When you see the story halfway through, you will find that the case has not become clearer, but more weird and difficult to distinguish. In the second half, the direction of the plot began to change. The suspects in the front were not all true. The two seemingly strangers were actually closely related, and a murder case became a collective conspiracy.
The development of the plot ofreminds me of Agatha’s classic novel "Murder on the Orient Express". There was a murder in a confined train, and everyone in this space united as one, committing a collective crime for someone Cover, and fight against the clever detective.
arrived in "Skyscrapers", these liars became a group of women, they weave lies for a girl with a tragic story, just to punish someone who is guilty. It's like a group of fragile creatures, cuddling each other to keep warm in this cruel society, using their weak power to protect the injured.
Agatha is an excellent creator of detective novels, with meticulous logic and bizarre plots. When the ending is revealed, everything is reasonable. Of course, the screenwriter of "Skyscraper" cannot be compared with Agatha. There are many bugs in this drama, both in terms of motivation and logic. But from the revealing of emotions and women's situation, this drama is full and accurate.
From the beginning of the first episode, the plot has followed its intention-society's prejudice against women exists in all aspects.
The male police officer played by Guo Tao saw that the deceased was a beautiful girl, and he used his usual cognition to say that "beautiful girls are usually emotional problems", and through such details to imply the society's inherent prejudice against beautiful women .
also has a designer’s wife, her design ability is above her husband, but her father thinks she is just a girl, and her final home is to get married and have children, so she gives her husband the honor that belongs to her. Her husband was in the wind with her aura, but she could only leave the workplace and return to the family.
The plight of women was told by police officer Yang Ruisen, played by Yang Zishan, "This society has only one requirement for women, that is, get married early. No matter how well your business runs, it is the same." However, it seems that only women can sensitively feel the injustice of the situation, and men know nothing about it.
and the drama also touches on social hot spots in recent years, such as domestic violence, sexual assault, Yang Yongxin and Pua. Zhong Jie, Mei Bao's mother, has been domestically abused by a man for a long time, but she has been unable to escape the man's clutches. Through the words of cartoonist Wu Mingyue in the play, it is said that these weak women who are in violence cannot save themselves and are eventually forced to die.
is Ni Hongjie who plays Zhong Jie. Her acting skills are really impeccable. She shows the fragility and decadence of women who are trapped in the swamp and cannot save themselves. At the same time, she shows her true love and guilt for her own children. That kind of caring and incompetent look makes people feel heartbroken, and I can't hate her cowardice. This actor definitely gives Zhong Jie a lot of points for this unlovable role.
As mentioned above, the end of the story is the ending of "Murder on the Orient Express". This ending is more focused on women's mutual help. The previous generation of single doctors met Zhong Jie and her two children, who were covered with scars, and insisted on saving them from the mire. And three young women of this generation made up a lie with others for the scarred MEBO, just want to send that beast man to prison, Even if their actions have violated the law.
This is a real heroine, all clues and emotional progression are dominated by women, while men are just a tool to assist the plot development. In order to help his wife, the designer is willing to lie to the police and cheat. The intermediary is deeply in love, so he is willing to make false confessions for her. The security guard liked MEBO and chose to lie to her. Even Yang Ruisen's boyfriend exists as a tool for complaining that his girlfriend only loves work.
Women can finally have their place in a drama. They are no longer just a vase or a tool that is so evil that everyone scolds. They have their own personal characteristics and can represent a certain type of women living in society. Group dramas about women are no longer confined to love, fighting for men, and playing juniors.
And many of the discussions about women and children in this show are extremely accurate. This may have something to do with the fact that, in addition to the director, the chief creator and the screenwriter of this show are women. Only women can appreciate the hardships and injustices in their survival.
However, after boasting what should be boasted, we must also talk about the groove of the show.
through the suspense of the previous ten episodes, the whole drama brings the audience a little closer to the truth, and the nervousness accumulates to a point, but when the door is on the door, Zhong Meibao is told to tell her past in a self-reported way.
This approach ofis half way through a detective novel, and the author writes the result directly. As soon as the protagonist’s power to reveal the truth dropped by 50%, it was no longer a boost. From beginning to end, I couldn't figure out why the director and screenwriter had to arrange this way.
There are still many clues buried in the front, but they are not rounded up at the back, and the depiction of Zhong Meibao, Ding Xiaoling and Li Moli's girlfriends' love is too simple, so simple that it makes people confused about their deep friendship.
Althoughis complete from the perspective of the story, the screenwriting still needs to be strengthened in terms of logical thinking. This is also the reason why many people criticize it. There are indeed some obvious loopholes that make people see through.
