" Two People's Little Forest " is essentially a sweet pet drama suitable for "pure love warriors" to watch. Elements of romantic audience preference. To say that its biggest or only bright spot is the freshness brought by niche occupations. Produced by
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Author | Flower Watering
Editor | Lone Pigeon
It seems that it has become a curse that most episodes cannot avoid. When
broadcasted the 20th episode of "A Little Forest for Two", starring Zhang Binbin posted an apology statement on Weibo and handwritten a hundred copies of "I'm sorry". Of course, he didn't do anything out of the ordinary, but compensated the audience for his Zhuang Yu. In the
drama, the relationship between Zhuang Yu and Yu Meiren gradually warmed up, very ambiguous, and even kissed twice, but Zhuang Yu did not even send a message to Yu Meiren, so he went abroad to study without saying a word. This kind of leaving without saying goodbye caused Yu Meiren to have serious symptoms of lovelorn. She cried and laughed for a while. Not only did she rush into the supermarket to spend wildly, but she also fought an unreasonable aunt for the salesperson...
The audience outside the show was very angry and endured. He kept asking: "It's 2022, how come there is still a male protagonist who doesn't have a long mouth"? Before the launch of
, "A Small Forest for Two" carried a lot of expectations from the audience. The role settings of the professor of botany and the doctor of ornithology are very fresh in film and television dramas, and the "copy" of Zhuang Yu and Poppy in Qingshui Village is also very high in sugar.
But after the broadcast, as the main position was transferred back to Shanghai, and Yu Meiren's best friend Li Tiantian's "Love of the Boss" began to occupy a large number of scenes, the excitement of the show began to plummet.
In addition to the character of the male protagonist, the sub-cp lines, lines, editing, etc. in the play are quite in a state of collapse.
8 points for acting, 4 points for plot
From the plot line, "Little Forest for Two" is an old story of pretending to be a couple packed into a new shell.
In order to avoid her parents arranging a blind date, Yu Meiren had to lie that she was in love and that her boyfriend was a university professor. She took a picture of Zhuang Yu's back outside the laboratory and sent it to her parents. Coincidentally, Zhuang Yu, who went to Qingshui Village to collect Artemisia annua , happened to live in the "Beauty Inn" opened by Yu Meiren's parents, and Yu Meiren also returned to Qingshui Village because of the shooting of advertisements.
By chance, a complete story background was formed in this relatively closed space. Parents' urging marriage and Yu Meiren's single status are the main contradictions of Qingshui Village's "copy". Under the constant pressure of her parents, Yu Meiren had to try her best, trying to please Zhuang Yu and asking Zhuang Yu to cooperate with her to pretend to be a couple, while acting wildly in front of her parents, trying her best to be watertight.
At the same time, there are some external help, so that the relationship between Yu Mei and Zhuang Yu is slowly warming up. Whether it is to show Zhuang Yu his sister's diary when he was a child, to let Zhuang Yu understand Yu Meiren's inner inferiority complex, or "military teacher" Li Tiantian, or Lu Jian, who has been eager to try to dig a foot in the wall, all of them have become assists in essence, and enriched the plot content.
As for the character of the protagonist, it is a mix of old and new. Zhuang Yu is a typical male protagonist with high cold and facial paralysis. In the first 29 years of his life, he was not close to women, and always believed that "nothing can shake my pursuit of scientific research" until he met the female protagonist. The appearance of Zhuang Yu's younger brother, in addition to adding dramatic contradictions in the early stage and assisting in the later stage, also played an effect - telling the audience about Zhuang Yu's family backgroundVery solid. When it comes to money, the younger brother's hesitancy a few times, as well as the image of him being picked up by a driver in a Mercedes-Benz, makes it clear.
is handsome, rich, abstinent, and poisonous. The elements of the male protagonist of the ancient romance novel are all gathered in Zhuang Yu. The only thing that makes the audience feel fresh is Zhuang Yu's status as a professor of botany.
In contrast, the setting of poppy is relatively rare in previous sweet pet dramas. It was not during the process of pretending to be a couple that she fell in love with Zhuang Yu. As early as when they were in college, Yu Meiren sent a love letter to Zhuang Yu and mistakenly thought that Zhuang Yu had rejected her, calling her a "shallow brain". A few years after graduating, when she met Zhuang Yu again, she was already a well-known beauty blogger. She thought her makeup skills were "head-changing", and Zhuang Yu couldn't recognize her. When
first reunited, Yu Meiren had a love-hate relationship with Zhuang Yu, but she failed to detect that love. At the suggestion of her best friend, she decided to hide her identity as a doctor of ornithology, get along with Zhuang Yu in the image of a stupid beauty blogger with empty brains, and enthusiastically tease him, so as to carry out her own revenge plan - it will be easier in the future. Zhuang Yu was annoyed, why did he fall in love with such a "shallow brain" person. It can be seen from
that the temperament of Yu Meiren is complex and has the taste of "white and black". On the surface, she played silly Baitian, and she frantically complained about the male protagonist's behavior, which added a lot of comedy and drama. The sober, strong, and enterprising "big heroine" is also the most popular type of audience at the moment.
In the Douban comment area, there are some voices complaining about Yu Shuxin , but objectively speaking, her temperament is rare among domestic entertainment actresses, and her performance has brought a lot to "The Little Forest for Two" addition. There are many lines in the play, all of which are too far from the audience's aesthetics, such as "Professor Zhuang, the medicine is bitter, you are sweet, you can be my medicine." "Yu Shuxin, whose image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, has a very high degree of fit with the role of such an exaggerated sweet girl, making it easier for the audience to accept.
Zhang Binbin's performance is enough to support the role of Zhuang Yu. When he put on his gold-rimmed glasses, his calm demeanor and deep voice made the audience convince him that he was a professor of botany. Although he is arrogant and looks inhumane, the audience will not think of words such as "pretending" and "carrying", as if everything is natural.
What's more important is his control of 's micro-expression . From his eyes and snickering, the audience can clearly feel the change in the relationship between the two. Looking at
as a whole, the paper handed over by "Little Forest for Two" is uneven in all aspects. It can be said to be 8 points for acting, 6 points for character design, 4 points for plot and 2 points for editing.
's failed group portraits
looks back on the classic dramas in the past, the characters are often comprehensive, and the supporting roles will also be brilliant and charming. But in "The Little Forest for Two", except for the male and female protagonists, the rest of the characters either have no memory or become hated by the audience.
First of all, the sentence "The male lead belongs to the female lead, and the second male lead belongs to the audience" is completely invalid in "A Little Forest for Two".
Lv Jian, who calls "beautiful sister" behind Yu Meiren all day long, is tall and handsome, belongs to the "milk dog" series, and forms a strong contrast with Zhuang Yu. In terms of family background, he is no worse than Zhuang Yu. He is the son of a beauty brand raw material merchant, and he can introduce a lot of work to Yu Meiren. His personality is also very warm. When it rains heavily, he will rush up the mountain to find Poppy; when Poppy is depressed, he will pack her favorite food and send it over to accompany her silently. But the audience didn't like him, and instead gave him the title of "green tea man".
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's problem is that he always appears out of time. Lu Jian fell in love with Yu Meiren at first sight. When he saw her profile of tea picking in Qingshui Village, he felt like a fairy, and he fell in love deeply. Even after Yu Meiren made it clear that he liked Zhuang Yu, he still did not give up. Such sudden emotions may exist in real life, but in sweet pet dramas, it will inevitably make the audience feel too superficial.
After he was rejected, he still did not give up and appeared between the male and female protagonists from time to time, which always made the audience feel that "he knew that Yu Mei and Zhuang Yu liked each other and wanted to dig a footing", and he could not avoid being raised to the moral level by the audience. High to judge.
Of course, the most criticized are Li Tiantian and Jin Xi's deputy cp line. Whenever they appear, there will be dissatisfied voices in the barrage. Because the emotional drama of the two took up too much space, the audience was also complaining, "This drama is simply called a small wheelchair for two people."
This is not because the audience is resistant to emotional dramas other than the male and female protagonists. In sweet pet dramas, the love story of "more blooming" is everyone's favorite. The reason why everyone is resistant is really because of the drama's Deputy cp line, it is difficult for people to enter the play.
Their first meeting was in a heavy rain. Jin Xi didn't bring an umbrella, Li Tiantian suddenly ran over, stuffed her umbrella in Jin Xi's hands, and ran away. At that moment, the prodigal son in love fell into a sluggish state. He couldn't figure out how there could be such a kind and innocent "fairy" in this world, and he began the long journey of looking for his wife.
He didn't want to eat or drink, he was obsessed with "fairy", he even drew a portrait of "fairy" by himself, and ordered the secretary to find this person all over the Internet, but after several twists and turns, there was no clue. "Treading through the iron shoes, there is nowhere to be found." Just when Jin Xi was at a loss, he saw the "fairy" he had been thinking about in Poppy's orchard vlog.
That's it, after going back and forth, the two fell in love. But the whole process did not have the extreme tension and ambiguity between Yu Mei and Zhuang Yu. A large number of clips revolved around President Ba's gift and "I should confess that my legs are not lame". It is difficult for the audience to feel the same "absurd" love as
. The story between them has nothing to do with advancing the development of the main storyline, it is more like "a branch that is born outside the festival".
From some plots, we can feel the intention of "Little Forest for Two" to create a "botanical boy group". Not only did Yu Meiren personally call Zhuang Yu's students "boy group" in the play, but also Some obscure lines lead the audience to nibble the CP inside the "men's group". Unfortunately, although their appearance rate is not low, they play the role of background boards most of the time, leaving no characters that impress the audience. The shaping of the poppy family in the
drama is more interesting. "Sherlock Holmes" mother, father who has a big heart but loves his wife, and a brother who is honest and big-mouthed, it is easy and fun to combine. But the space left for them in the play is really limited. After Yu Mei and Zhuang Yu left Qingshui Village, they almost became invisible people. A failed group portrait like
is difficult to add color to the main line of the story, and the audience naturally feels dull. Under such circumstances, the editing produced "flower work" again - the lingering kiss scene in the trailer was cut out in the main film and became a little bit of water, which caused "public anger".
The freshness of niche occupations
"The Little Forest for Two" is more like a story that takes place in parallel time and space, and it is difficult for the audience to feel the reality factor in it. Its story background is set in Shanghai, but it is no different from overhead. The shaping of Yu Meiren's career line in the play is also superficial. It only shows the hardships of her career through her malicious intentions and stumbles.
Of course, "Little Forest for Two" is positioned as a sweet pet drama. For it, the so-called realistic meaning is just a bonus item, not a passing line. What really makes the audience deduct points is the plot handling that is divorced from logic and reality in order to force conflicts. The most typical example of
is Zhuang Yu's departure without saying goodbye. The day before Zhuang Yu left, Yu Meiren sent him a WeChat message asking him to meet at the gate of the park the next day to tell him a secret. The two of them lived upstairs and downstairs, and Yu Meiren, who didn't receive Zhuang Yu's reply, didn't think of looking for confirmation from the other party in person, but went directly to the park to wait for him. Professor Zhuang, who has always been rigorous, was about to go through a long flight but did not fully charge his mobile phone. When editing good news to tell Yu Meiren that he was going abroad, his mobile phone suddenly turned off...
The audience needs a contradiction to understand the development of the plot, prompting Yu The beauty has completed the transformation of "white to black", but such a design is too far-fetched, and it is inevitable that netizens will complain that the male protagonist is "down".
"Little Forest for Two" is essentially a sweet pet drama suitable for "pure love warriors", gathering many romantic audiences such as "pretend couple", "cold male protagonist fell in love with me", "chasing wife crematorium" and so on preferred element. To say that its biggest or only bright spot is the freshness brought by niche occupations. The setting of
, a professor of botany and a doctor of ornithology, makes the relationship between Zhuang Yu and poppies very different from the previous sweet pet dramas. Under the wrapping of this layer of identity, the plots of " going to the mountains and going to the countryside " together, being trapped in the mountains by the rainstorm and having to spend the night in the mountains together, have become very natural and vivid. Between them, they quarreled because of broken plants, and the relationship between them was warmed up because of rescuing the great tits. They also escaped the rut in previous sweet pet dramas, bringing a refreshing feeling to the audience.
There are also many settings in the play where scientific knowledge drives the development of the plot. The reason why Zhuang Yu rushed to Qingshui Village was because Yu Meiren disguised as a middle-aged man on Weibo and provided Zhuang Yu with clues of Artemisia annua. Later, Yu Meiren took Zhuang Yu up the mountain to find Artemisia annua as a bargaining chip, and asked Zhuang Yu to cooperate with him in acting again. Those moments when the two people resonated with their souls because they talked about the same book also made many viewers feel that "the love of cultural people is really good". It can be seen from
that for sweet pet dramas, niche occupations are undoubtedly a good medicine, adding more dreaminess. After all, there are only a few sets of love formulas and . Based on occupation, the evolution of love formulas is a basic rule that works quickly.
But in order to move from "niche" to "superior", a more solid script is needed, the plot is logical, and the characters are truly touching.
