In recent years, school bullying incidents have attracted much attention from the society. Therefore, movies on the subject of school bullying fit the tastes of the audience and can resonate with the audience, whether it is "Sadness Against the River" or "Young You", when this theme is known When it's campus bullying, you have a desire to watch it.
Adapted from Guo Jingming's youth campus novel, "Sorrowful Upstream" is a film that exposes campus bullying. After the film was released, it achieved a good box office of 353 million. However, the movie "You are a teenager" has already achieved a box office of 1.2 billion before the deadline for writing. In contrast, "You are a teenager" is indeed better than " "A River of Sadness" is much inferior.
So, why two movies of the same theme, "You are a young man", can come from behind, surpassing "predecessors" and "Sadness Against the River" in terms of box office and word of mouth?
The movie "Sadness Goes Against the River" was shot by Guo Jingming's novel. Although the story of campus bullying was revealed, the effect of the film was very sad and it earned a lot of tears from the audience, but the depth was not enough and the intention was too shallow. The audience only felt that this was a bullying among students. There is no other profound experience.
and the protagonists of "You are young" are teenagers, but the clues involve many adults. Xiaobei was abandoned by his mother since he was a child, so he became a gangster by himself. Chen Nian's mother was afraid to go home because of debt collection. Chen Nian had to bear the debt collection reprimand from the creditor alone, and she did not dare to talk to her mother after being bullied. What happens to the child has something to do with the family.
In fact, it does not deny the appreciability of "Sadness Against the River". If only from the perspective of youth drama, this movie is a success. However, what we need are works that are in-depth and educational. The ending of "A River of Sadness" is indeed sad, and it has earned enough tears from the audience. Although "Young You" is not too sad, it is touching and makes people feel sad. This is what we need for in-depth works, and what we need is this kind of in-depth educational film work.
Therefore, whether it is a literary work or a film and television work, the most important thing is to reflect reality. The work must be the most true and deepest reflection of the real society, because this can be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and can make the audience feel empathetic.
Although the movie "A River of Sadness" is claimed to be China's first film and television work reflecting campus bullying, the characters in the movie only play a role in classmates, parents, and even school teachers, not to mention official institutions such as the judiciary. In the department that should have appeared. The difference is that the movie "You are a teenager" is really serious about the school bullying incident. There are teachers, students, police, and parents of students. The relationship and scope of the characters involved in "Young You" is broader and deeper than that of "Sorrowful Against the River", which can arouse the audience's thinking. This is where a good work should be done.
Guo Jingming has always been a controversial figure. In fact, thinking about it carefully, he hasn't done anything inhumane, but this does not prevent netizens from hating him, and works related to him have been boycotted together. It is undeniable that many people have given low scores to "A River of Sadness" because of Guo Jingming.
After the release of "A River of Sadness", Guo Jingming also knew what his film was lacking, and did not use the title "The First Movie to Expose Bullying on Campus" as a selling point. "Young You" has maintained the integrity of the film under the pressure of being removed many times. That is why the audience agrees with it. The creative team of the
movie "You are a teenager" is a very capable and talented team. The director Zeng Guoxiang is the son of the famous Hong Kong movie star Zeng Zhiwei and the younger brother of the famous host Zeng Baoyi. As the second generation of stars, he succeeded in tearing off the label of "second generation of stars" affixed to him by relying on his director talent.
Of course, with the flow of Yi Yanqianxi and Zhou Dongyu, the box office of this movie has been guaranteed. But their acting skills have given the audience even greater surprises, especially Yi Yang Qianxi, after all, as a new generation idol born after 00, it is very unexpected that everyone can play such a complicated role as Xiaobei. Since Dongyu Zhou won the Golden Horse Award, his acting skills have been affirmed by the audience. This time he still lived up to the expectations of the public.
Casting for "Sadness Against the River", except for Zhao Yingbo who participated in the talent show "Happy Boy", the other actors are all recruits.The female protagonists Ren Min and Zhang Ruonan are completely newcomers, and "Sorrowful Against the River" is their debut.
is a work escorted by the experienced Golden Horse movie queen and a super traffic star, and the other is a complete rookie lineup. From this point of view alone, a group of pure newcomers starred in "A River of Sadness" can achieve a box office score of 353 million, which can be said to be a miracle that the film and television industry cannot imagine. The film has been very, very successful.
"A River of Sadness" has a Douban score of 5.9 and "You are a teenager" with a Douban score of 8.4. It is a comprehensive assessment and a full affirmation of a movie! Star appeal is part, but the depth of the movie is completely different. A plot of "Young You": Chen Nian asked the policewoman: If this society is like this, would you dare to let your children be born? "You are a teenager" found out in name that it is not a tragic movie for teenagers, but a reflection on memories for adults.
