copywriter|罗生
Editor|喵三三
The drama market in July showed fierce competition, and the new dramas all came up with their own unique tricks.
"Fireworks in My World" wins because of Wei Daxun's excellent acting skills, and he became popular on his own. "An Le Biography" has no popularity and lacks word-of-mouth support.
and "Zeng Boy" and "The Eleventh Floor" all have bright spots, but they also have flaws that cannot be ignored. Is there no current drama that can be played?
In fact, the dramas to be broadcast are still full of infinite possibilities, such as "Dajiang Dahe 3" by Noon Sunshine. As long as an IP with a solid foundation like this meets the prerequisites of the original cast, the results will definitely surprise people.
and "North and South" directed by Zheng Xiaolong, and "Long Time Love" starring Yang Zi and Fan Chengcheng all have the potential to be a hit.
But I didn't wait for the above-mentioned ones, but the new drama "Be Your Own Light" is coming. Liu Tao, who is a big Tsing Yi, is in charge, so it's hard not to be popular, right?
However, in fact, the audience was really disappointed. The show received negative reviews only one day after its broadcast, and the reasons for the negative reviews were surprisingly consistent. What happened?
"Be Your Own Light" tells the story of the protagonist He Huan (played by Liu Tao) who suffered from her husband's cheating, leaving huge debts, her mother's illness and career setbacks.
In the end, He Huan not only returned to the peak of his career, but also gradually developed feelings and gained true love during his relationship with Internet blogger Jiang Junhao (played by Liu Yuning).
I don't know when it started, as long as it involves the topic of middle-aged working women, most urban dramas are inseparable from cheating, marriage and other bloody plots, and there are no new tricks.
And this new drama is no exception, creating an illusion of happiness at the beginning. The husband is considerate, the son is cute, and the heroine He Huan confidently said in front of her girlfriends how good the marriage is.
But if there is no accident, there will be an accident.
The husband suddenly disappeared, and the creditors came to the door one after another. The happiness once turned into a bubble in a blink of an eye, and the heroine alone took on a debt of 10 million yuan. Doesn't
look broken? But the suspension of this drama is that the characters are not ordinary people at all.
The big villa He Huan lives in is worth 10 million if sold. The only problem is that the missing husband is not around, so he can't sell it in time. I was worried that the heroine would go bankrupt, and I wanted to slap myself, but I really couldn't believe how down-to-earth urban dramas can be.
And the setting of the male protagonist Jiang Junhao is quite divided. You say he has no money, but he easily lends 3.5 million to He Huan's husband. Although he said that he was the other party's friend, he had never even met He Huan. How good is the relationship between the two families? This reason for borrowing money is untenable.
But if you want to say that he is rich, it is not always true. After all, because he has no money to turn around, his own restaurant has closed down. The co-author is betting all his wealth on He Huan's husband, which is too unrealistic.
Not only that, but the other creditors who appear in the play are also ordinary people on the surface, but in fact they are willing to lend out millions.
Since they are so rich, they should have a good brain, but they did the thing of kidnapping the heroine and threatening to ask for money. Everyone is like a legal blind, and they don't know what kind of character design to create.
It can only be said that the plot of "Be Your Own Light" has no logic at all, it is completely forcibly advancing the story for the sake of conflict, and if you think about it carefully, it is all bugs. And after watching it, I can't help but want to ask, are there no real poor people in domestic urban dramas? Dissuade the audience every minute.
Before "Be Your Own Light" was broadcast, I had great expectations for the cast. Liu Tao and Qin Hailu, two big stars, cooperated, and Liu Yuning, a traffic niche, joined. The acting skills and popularity are perfect. But after watching the finished film, I was taken aback. Why are the three leading actors so upset?
Let's talk about the heroine first, Liu Tao.
Among the actresses of the same period, she is probably the most unstable existence. In "Nirvana in Fire", the princess Nihuang who played in "Nirvana in Fire" was shocked, and "Ode to Joy" also established the image of the strong woman Andy.
But Liu Tao was ridiculed for being young in "Stars and Seas", and complained about his poor acting skills in "The Beginning".
And Liu Tao in the new play is obviously out of order. He Huan, who plays He Huan, was heartbroken and cried loudly after learning that her husband ran away with money. But if you cry, you can cry, why do you still have a concave shape? Elegant, really elegant, just makes people want to laugh inexplicably.
There is another scene that is even more ridiculous. The drunken He Huan mistook Jiang Junhao for his husband, and immediately cried out the emoticon.
Immediately afterwards, she took a step forward and hugged him directly, as if a rich woman forced Xiao Xianrou, the picture was too beautiful to bear to look at. Sure enough, the 12-year-old age difference can't be covered up by filters. The male and female protagonists don't have a sense of CP at all, but they have a sense of mother and child.
and male protagonist Liu Yuning Internet celebrity background, non-professional actors also come to act, the threshold for actors is getting lower and lower, the acting skills needless to say, embarrassing, stiff, full of performance traces, this is difficult to comment, interlaced like a mountain, I wish him success.
In addition, the appearance of 's second female number Qin Hailu is almost unrecognizable. In "Xiao Min's House", she was very thin and attractive. In this new drama, she has gained a lot of weight, with a big brain, her face is as swollen as a steamed bun, and the profile shot looks like a "birthday man".
I have to say that although Liu Tao's acting skills are a bit embarrassing, at least his appearance is not out of shape. He appeared in the same frame as Qin Hailu. The two of them really don't look like the same age. They are both 40+ actresses. Why is there such a big gap?
But fortunately, Qin Hailu's acting skills are online, and her aura is obvious to all. She just needs to stand in the camera, and the strong oppressive feeling of concentrating on her career and not loving anyone will hit her face. I only hope that her appearance will improve in the future.
Why have urban workplace dramas become more and more popular with audiences in the past two years?
On the one hand, it's because the story is too floating, with elite and strong female characters at every turn, and tens of millions of financial entanglements. What's more important is that the director insists on resonating with the public, creating a fake poverty scene, which makes people feel uncomfortable instead.
On the other hand, the plot is too clichéd, the topic of marriage is indispensable, the plot of cheating is indispensable, and the focus on career is inseparable from the mid-life crisis.
and "Be Your Own Light" just hits these two thunder points. It is no wonder that Douban has a lot of negative reviews, and the actors are not expressive enough. If the follow-up plot does not improve, it must be difficult to gain a firm foothold in the market.
So do you think this show is good or bad?
