short video, which is "Let the Heavy Rain Fall" by Joey Yung . The title of the song summarizes the image of the climax of the Chinese comic that was just released. On a drum boat that looks like a giant whale, people from all walks of life are coming: actors, killers, officers and soldiers, children, young masters, monsters... A heavy rain falls, and on the rickety giant boat, life and death are distributed, and everyone takes his or her own life. The ending subtitle is a chicken soup sentence: May you have love in this life, which can withstand the heavy rain in the world. I'm talking about " Heavy Rain ", director Bu Sifan's new work seven years after "The Great Protector" in 2017 is finally here. I went to the theater and watched the movie. I felt as if I were meeting an old friend, and I felt very cordial. But at the same time, I felt that in this situation, some ambiguity and polite reservations appeared on the face of the old friend, and the deep conversation could only be stopped. The warmth of the world The emotional concentration has increased, and the power of the world has been diluted.
's inconsistent visual elements stimulate the imagination, and the audience and the director do not want to co-create on an equal footing. At that time, when cartoons were still considered to be mainly educational tools for children to acquire knowledge and be edified, the appearance of "The Great Protector" was definitely an anomaly. When looking at Sifan's works, I think one thing is very important. Don't use all your sensibility and understanding to digest the endless details, otherwise you will just fall into a guessing game. Eventually, your interpretation may itself become a clinging bubble that lends credence to the work’s mystical claims. When watching "The Great Protector" back then, many viewers felt new and had never played the interpretation game; by 2024, even " Disappeared " has room for interpretation, so interpretation itself has become a popular interest and marketing routine. Perhaps, when evaluating "Heavy Rain", we should return to the story and characterization itself.
The core relationship between the characters in the new film is between Daguzi and Mantou. They decided to turn "Heavy Rain" into a family sketch about the relationship between father and son. This is an area of expression that "The Great Protector" could not even imagine. Oguzi salvaged unrelated steamed buns when the ship sank, and the two grew up together. Oguzi wants to find the opera drum boat and the treasure Ye Lingdou. His only simple thought is to stop being poor and to be able to feed the steamed buns. Because of this motive, he could accept the fate of being poisoned by the hidden dragon. As for the steamed bun, he didn't call out "Dad" until he realized that Daguzi was about to lose it. There is a setting in the film that if the steamed bun steps on the shadow of the big millet, the big millet will not be able to move. But the two people are actually shadows of each other. Da Guzi is the grown-up Mantou who cannot escape his poverty and can only suffer; while Mantou is the former Daguzi who yearns for the outside world and is full of passion. After all, Mantou is Made of millet.
Originally, the dramatic conflict in the movie was not very strong. The main characters were all moaning in their own positions, and some only had superficial desires. For example, Oguzi wants to get rich and promise a good life to Steamed Bun, but his mobility is actually close to zero. He has neither blood nor resistance, but is tired of accepting his fate. Moreover, because of many side stories, details and details need to be interpreted. The clues do not provide sufficient and delicate support for the relationship between father and son, Mantou and Oguzi, and the audience can easily become distracted and wonder what the meaning of this scene is. It is strange, what is it trying to express. Fundamentally speaking, talking about the relationship between father and son is contradictory and contradictory to talking about some life and social truths. The former is to protect the dream and constantly feed hope; while the latter is to break the dream and constantly peel off the paint. The two actions are in opposite directions. Therefore, the Drum Boat is not the Titanic, and it has not successfully become the starting point of the emotional world between father and son. "Heavy rain" represents time and fate. The world is unkind and regards all things as stupid dogs. Heavy rain is a hypothetical redemption that can wash away all sins. The movie tried to combine the two themes of True Love Supreme and the cruelty of the world. The result was that the audience was at a loss as to what to do and was in a dilemma, as if they were suddenly drenched. They had no time to appreciate the refreshing feeling of the rain, nor the courage to fight against the storm. , it can only be embarrassing.
