Text | Zhenyan
Editor | Boyin
Maybe Jia Ling herself did not expect that the new movie she directed and starred in three years later has not yet been released, and the old work "Hello, Li Huanying" has once again become the center of the topic.
It is true that "Hello, Li Huanying" is a success from both the perspective of word-of-mouth and box office. The high score of
7.7 is also far ahead among the domestic comedy movies, and the box office result of 5.4 billion almost defeated " Wolf Warrior 2" and became the champion of the Chinese movie box office list.
Even if there was a comedy movie "Manjianghong " directed by the national master Zhang Yimou, the box office was nearly one billion short of it, and the reputation was far less than it was.
Jia Ling became a god in one battle. "Hello, Li Huanying" is not only her debut, but also her masterpiece, and may even become the pinnacle of her film career.
If the Korean version of "Hello, Li Huanying" hadn't beaten Jia Ling's version with a high score of 8.0, perhaps it would have become a classic, but this Korean movie "3 Days Off", which also tells the story of mother-daughter love, made Everyone saw Jia Ling's shortcomings.
Chinese audiences were blown away, and their evaluations of "3 Days of Vacation" were objective and sharp.
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The difference in interpretation of family relationships
The biggest thing in common between the two works is that they allow mother and daughter to experience living together again in an unexpected way.
But in "Hello, Li Huanying", the mother and daughter both traveled through time. Li Huanying returned to her own girlhood, while Jia Xiaoling entered her mother's life as an outsider.
There is no barrier between mother and daughter, but because of her mother's unexpected death, Jia Xiaoling, as a daughter, cherishes the time she spends with her mother even more.
This movie "Three Days of Vacation" is about Fuzi, the mother who passed away alone in the world, and Pearl, the daughter who had no intention of saying goodbye to her mother. They unexpectedly reunited because her mother received the leave given by God.
The mother who comes to her daughter as a ghost can see her daughter's every move. Although the daughter cannot see her mother, she can feel her mother lingering around her.
In order to give her daughter a better life, Fuzi fostered her in her younger brother's home. After remarrying, she was willing to bear the expenses of her daughter's life and study abroad, but only on the condition that she could only take care of her own. With two children, they cannot be with their daughter.
This makes the mother and daughter have a connection, but there is no possibility of establishing an intimate relationship at all.
From this point of view, there are obvious differences in the way of interpreting family affection between "Hello, Li Huanying" and "3 Days of Vacation".
The former is about accompanying each other. The mother has witnessed her daughter's growth, but the daughter does not know what her mother was like when she was young.
What the film ultimately wants to express is that the mother is herself first and foremost. When the daughter tries every means to make her mother a happy woman, she does not know that in her mother's heart, her short life has already been filled with the consequences of what she has. And feel deeply happy.
"3 Days of Vacation" is about the mother and daughter being absent from each other's lives and not understanding each other. Their reunion gives them the opportunity to understand and communicate with each other.
The central theme of this film is more inclined to Eastern restrained emotional expressions, which are often hidden deep in the heart and not shown on the surface. Lack of communication leads to misunderstandings. We must express love in a brave way to avoid missing out. Warm moments of family affection.
It is undeniable that both methods are sensational, but Jia Ling's "Hello, Li Huanying" expresses emotions in a more direct way, with less implicit and profound meaning.
"3 Days of Vacation" more euphemistically presents the unspeakable love between mother and daughter in detail. It is relatively difficult to implement into the film, and the more you watch it, the more you can feel the depth of maternal love. .
Perhaps from this point of view, Jia Ling does not lose at all. The angles of the two works are different, but the emotional output is equally sincere, but Jia Ling really loses in the comedy part that she is good at.
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Differences in the use of comedy elements
"Hello, Li Huanying" is not only a work depicting family affection, but also a typical Chinese comedy movie. It uses a lot of baggage that is familiar to the audience and uses some exaggerated body movements to make the audience laugh. .
But success is also a comedy, and failure is also a comedy.
If it weren't for the strong comedy, "Hello, Li Huanying" might not have been suitable for the Spring Festival that year, and the box office results might not have been so high, but the funny mode is solid, which directly shows that Jia Ling is like most of China's Like comedians, they have exhausted their talents.
Judging from the actors selected in the film, the success of "Hello, Li Huanying" also depends on Jia Ling's group of relatives and friends, from Zhang Xiaofei to Shen Teng to Chen He, these people are already the laughing spots of the audience. The actors above are indeed a plus in the film.
Just like Zhang Yimou today, the quality of the movies he shoots is average, but choosing a large number of actors with box office appeal will have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.
As for "Hello, Li Huanying", which has a high "content", nearly half of the box office sales are for Shen Teng.
But "3 Days Off" is not a pure comedy, but the tearjerker that Korean movies are best at. However, even so, while focusing on family love, it can also contribute some laughs, making the audience laugh and cry. A bit real.
"3 Days of Vacation" uses a lot of daily trivialities to show the way mothers and daughters get along. For example, the mother who has become a "ghost" still loves to nag, and still can't help but want to step in and help her daughter do something.
Even before that, she didn't know what kind of person her daughter was, but it became a mother's instinct to worry about her daughter.
Every time the mother Fuzi nags, the daughter still feels like someone is scolding her around her, making her ears feel itchy even though she cannot see her. This reminds the audience of the relationship between herself and her mother in real life.
The nagging daughter and the nagging mother are the most common combination patterns, and this kind of daily life of you, me, and everyone is put on the screen. While it resonates, it also makes you smile knowingly.
and the mother Fuzi saw her daughter, who she had tried every means to give her a good life, returned to the countryside to work as a cook. She was angry but powerless, which also gave rise to some natural laughter.
This kind of funny method comes from life. It is not as deliberate as "Hello, Li Huanying", and it feels more like watching a real-life family drama. Being able to make the audience laugh is obviously because the director and screenwriter captured the inconspicuous little details in life and moved the audience, making it more vivid and emotionally appealing.
This is what really makes the gap between "Hello, Li Huanying" and "3 Days of Vacation" widen.
I don’t know which work you like more?
