文|Linghu Boguang
"The Three Brigades" starring Qin Hao has finally come to an end. Because of the high reputation of the movie version, many people are looking forward to it. However, this drama cannot be said to have a high start but a low start. Instead, it was quite controversial from the beginning. Now it has been proved that it is just an ordinary criminal investigation drama.
The art forms of movies and TV series are different. Movies only have a time limit of 2 hours. The plot may be more condensed and the pace is faster. Moreover, movie audiences have the advantage of being first-in-class. The drama version has more foreshadowing and adds more details. The three teams of brothers They are also slowly increasing their cohesion in chasing the murderer.
But the biggest problem is that "Three Brigades" has a prototype. If the drama version is not adapted from the prototype or the film title is changed to another name, it will not be so controversial if it is regarded as a drama independent of "Three Brigades". The highlight of the film version is that it respects reality and the original work, and portrays Cheng Bing as a person who has faith and never gives up.
"Good people may not be rewarded well, why should bad people enjoy peace and happiness?"
The director of the drama version does not believe that Cheng Bing really exists in reality. Naturally, during the creation process, he will find many external reasons for Cheng Bing to pursue the murderer. Including some viewers who say that the drama version is more realistic, I don’t know whether it is because these viewers have not heard the story in the original work of the Third Brigade, or because they think "Cheng Bing" is a fictional character and do not believe that there are such selfless people in reality?
In short, I recommend the movie version to people who believe in justice and are more emotional. There are few people who will not be moved when the ending song plays. Why the TV series failed? In the final analysis, this is "the falsehood of idealism".
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I saw that there are many fans, and some viewers commented that the characters in the drama version are richer, three-dimensional and more realistic. The movie version has a fast pace but many places are not realistic enough, such as Cheng Bing's entry. In the prison scene, the movie version of Cheng Bing was bullied after he was imprisoned, which looked quite miserable on the surface.
But after being imprisoned in the drama version, Cheng Bing was not bullied because of his background as a police officer, but he was misunderstood. This kind of psychological grievance is even more sad. The drama version gave Cheng Bing and the Third Brigade the process of giving up and regaining their faith. I think this is quite good, but I really don't like the slow pace of water injection and my daughter.
The TV series "The Three Brigades" is not adapted from a true story; if you don't know anything, put aside the original work and the movie version; if the TV series does not appear with a suffocating publicity method and release speed. Maybe you can put aside some of your prejudices and watch it as an ordinary criminal investigation film. Maybe you can watch it calmly and objectively analyze the advantages and disadvantages.
But as an audience who has watched the prototype story, it is really difficult to calmly face the comment that "the drama version is shot realistically". Do you really understand prototypes? Do you believe in what faith is? Do you believe that someone can spend more than ten years chasing a murderer? Do you believe there are people who are willing to move forward silently in a lonely world for the sake of morality? Do you believe that there are people who are reluctant to cross the river after receiving a boat that can start over? Do you believe in the power of faith?
Obviously, many fans, like the director and screenwriter, do not believe that people like Cheng Bing can exist in reality. That's why you feel that Cheng Bing needs to grow up and need motivation from others, not "for me" but "for mine". The core of this story lies in the "persistence" in the hearts of people like Cheng Bing that will not be erased by life. There is no need to provide him with too many reasons and motivations.
The world is tolerant. It can accommodate mortals, heroes, extraordinary ordinary people, and ordinary heroes. You don’t have to be him or believe in him, but please don’t try to be short. Transform him and obliterate the power he will give people.
I only watched 2 plots. Why is the movie version of "The Three Brigades" better than the drama version?
In the drama version, in order to forcibly create a conflict for a long time, the family members of the victims barked at Cheng Bing unreasonably, and then in order to strengthen Cheng Bing's marginalized people identity, and also arranged a bloody drama in which the father and daughter did not recognize each other. For a similar plot, the arrangement in the movie version is to ask the victim's father to give Cheng Bing a bag of tea eggs, and then let Cheng Bing go back home.
I really want to emphasize Cheng Bing’s powerlessness and the grief of the victim’s family. A bag of tea eggs is enough. The victim’s father could not give him anything but a bag of tea eggs, and Cheng Bing could not give him anything except this bag of tea eggs. There is nothing else. This is already more shocking than any vulgar dramatic conflict. There is nothing more tense than the collapse of hope in front of our eyes. Four years have not waited for a glimmer of justice, only one moment. A bag of tea eggs barely suffices.
Similarly, if you want to show Cheng Bing's isolation and helplessness, it is enough to go home and have a look. There is no need for father and daughter to conflict, and there is no need for the husband and wife to talk too much. They just see that their room is full of clutter, and the wife and daughter's eyes are indifferent. , I couldn't say a word, and a complete home turned into a mother and daughter facing a complete stranger. There is nothing more sad and desperate than this. Zhang Yi's performance in the
movie version was excellent. In the short few minutes when Cheng Bing went home to watch it and then decided to leave home, even he regarded himself as a stranger in this family. There was no need for any false storms, and the heavy rain had already arrived. The audience's minds were filled with excitement.
A similar plot is the scene where Da Binzi and Cheng Bing are swimming. Although the scheduling is poor and the lines are hard to describe, I understand what Dai Mo and Chen Sicheng want to express through that scene, and I can also feel it through the screen. Da Binzi's helplessness, despite being unwilling to give up, was conquered by illness and exhaustion, and Cheng Bing's understanding of his brothers and determination to go his own way, which is in contrast to Cheng Bing's helplessness after finally getting tired and trying to surrender. Although the execution of the
movie version is very average, it can be seen from the design of the plot paragraphs that Dai Mo and Chen Sicheng understood the power of this story and tried their best to think about how to tell it more shockingly. In the drama version, I only saw a group of self-righteous speculators who wanted to recreate the myth of Zijin Chen's trilogy and the success of Xin Shuang/Zhang Dalei, and they used bloody plots that CCTV would not hesitate to use in the eight o'clock broadcast for 24 episodes.
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Let’s talk about the soul character Cheng Bing. Normal people have more or less unwillingness in life, but they lack an opportunity to make up for it. In the drama version, it can be seen that Cheng Bing recognized himself after being sentenced. Life and soul were lost, but the unwillingness to arrive was not as touching as the film version. It seemed that this kind of character change was down-to-earth, but it made the audience feel lack of energy. The movie version of
has been changed from one person to five people, but isn't this also the problem that Cheng Bing may encounter when he is chasing the murderer alone in reality? Spouse, children, body, and feelings are all obsessions that Cheng Bing can't let go of, which further reflects Cheng Bing's value. At the same time, the simple pursuit of justice by the victim's family, police station, colleagues, and the masses in the original script is Cheng Bing's spiritual support, rather than the antagonistic relationship in the drama version. Cheng Bing's personal image lacks the support of the social environment.
The second is that it does not have a deep understanding of criminals. After all, it is a police film from the perspective of the police. It does not need the perspective of criminals to rationalize the motives of crimes. Otherwise, it will become a hero film or a two-hero film, diluting the protagonist's role. Gao Qiqiang's perspective in "Hurry Up" , in order to bring out the social background, the original family plot of Dayong Eryong seems unnecessary and cliché.
The third is that it does not have a deep understanding of the realistic themes. The most touching thing about the third team should be ordinary people doing extraordinary things in ordinary ways in ordinary lives. What is extraordinary is the spirit. However, judging from the plot of Chapang, the people who take off their clothes are The police are almost flying into the sky and escaping from the ground, which commits the problem of "The Storm", especially when it is based on real people and real events, it undoubtedly weakens the sense of reality.
The drama version can deeply depict the process of carrying out major tasks under ordinary identities in the plot of the team restarting the pursuit of the murderer. This is an advantage that the film version does not have, but it is the previous details that weaken the sense of reality, ideality, and sincerity— —
And this is the core of "Three Brigades", because the real Cheng Bing never gave up chasing the murderer! there has never been! I don’t believe that there are really idealists, I don’t believe that there really is such a tenacious Cheng Bing who is so obsessed with justice. So I have to dwarf him, let him fall first and then rise, and give him external push. This is different from my own nature. What difference does it make if Gao Shan doesn't believe that Teacher Zhang Guimei is devoted to the party and pins all her efforts on her husband?
TV series version of "I am a mountain"? Qin Hao's new drama is so disappointing.
I seem to have read an article by the director somewhere. He doesn't believe that there is a person like Cheng Bing who can pursue the murderer because of his belief. He must find various external driving forces for him, so we As a result, the family members who originally pleaded for Cheng Bing turned to hate him. It was Cheng Bing who filed for divorce in prison, but his wife was divorcing and remarrying before he entered the prison.
It was originally about a murderer stealing, raping and killing, but it turned out that the murderer entered the victim's house because of the pursuit by the three brigades. I think this director and the director and screenwriter of "I Am a Mountain" will definitely be able to talk about it.
If the TV series were not called "The Three Brigades", the protagonist would not be Cheng Bing. So the drama version can barely be regarded as a passable TV series that can pass the time. But precisely because it is called the Third Brigade and it is adapted from a real person and a real-life prototype of the story of Cheng Bing, it seems that the logic of the TV series has really broken down and the plot has drifted to Mars.
To put it simply, Cheng Bing's starting point was his inner obsession with this matter and his belief in the job of the police. As Cheng Bing said in the movie "Prison Red": "You are still a good person on the inside, but you are still a policeman on the inside."
In fact, the process of Cheng Bing chasing the murderer really has neither life and death moments nor various suspense twists. The original documentary is only 16 pages, but this process is difficult. Cheng Bing is no longer a policeman chasing the murderer. Only by relying on the most primitive and rustic method can this painful but ordinary process of chasing the murderer become more valuable. The good thing about
movie version is that it not only restores the story of Cheng Bing and the Third Brigade, but also adapts and beautifies it within a reasonable scale. My suggestion for the drama version is not to call it "The Three Brigades" but to call it the TV drama version "I am a Mountain".
