Jia Ling This time, whether as a director or an actor, Mr. Tomato was impressed again.
" hot and spicy " has achieved good reputation and box office after its release.
's Douban score is 7.8, which is currently rising to 7.9. Among the films released during the Spring Festival, there is still room for improvement after the score is stable.
After the movie was released, the central media successively called "Hot and Spicy", first with an exclusive interview by a reporter from Xinhua News Agency; then with an exclusive interview with a reporter from "People's Daily";
cctv6The Six Princesses followed, not to mention the competition from various text media Report.
During the live interview, Jia Ling’s temperament changed even after losing weight. Many viewers did not dare to recognize her in the comments.
Is this still the Jia Ling from before? Is she still the same Jia Ling who does all kinds of weird things in variety shows without any idol baggage?
After watching all this, Mr. Tomato felt a little dazed, as if he had experienced a dream.
Even in the middle of the night when she was coding, Jia Ling was still ranked first in the search engine’s hot searches.
is in the top five hot searches, and she and "Hot and Spicy" occupy four of them.
So far, "Hot" has received a box office of 687 million, successfully ranking first in the box office rankings.
And both in terms of overall box office and box office share, it is ahead of other movies, and it is currently the well-deserved leader in the Spring Festival.
Looking at the comments, they are all praises, and five stars were blinded by Mr. Tomato.
Someone give her an extra star because of its theme.
Some people filled the star box because of its delicate emotions.
There are also people because of her inspiration, ordinaryness and thinking.
Every media platform's evaluation of "Hot and Spicy" is surprisingly consistent.
This also made the audience curious, is "Hot and Spicy" really so good?
After "Hello, Li Huanying", Jia Ling became again?
In fact, Mr. Tomato watched this movie as soon as it was released. After watching it, I had mixed feelings, sadness and joy, and the emotions were very complicated.
Jia Ling, perhaps starting from this movie, will be the most successful female director in China, and the secret of her success is only one "sincerity" .
This is reflected in the movie, in the character, in the actions, and in every aspect of her life.
We might as well start with "Hot and Spicy" itself.
As a comedy movie, "Hot" must of course start with "happiness". The movie
tells the story of a girl named Leying , who has been mediocre for ten years without a job, no intention to study, and no motivation to live.
She is 32 years old. She is not married, has no family, and has no children. She is confused all day long and does not know where to go in life.
Suddenly, because of one person, she fell in love with the sport of boxing.
She did not have the innate advantage to practice boxing, but with her own perseverance, she stepped into the boxing ring and became an amateur boxer.
The story of the movie is not complicated, and the characters are also very simple. The entire camera is focused on Le Ying.
But from this simple story, Mr. Tomato saw the spirit that is missing in many domestic movies today.
This spirit can be summed up in three words.
The first one is called "Le".
Comedies are valued for their "joy", and comedy brings happiness. This is why we went to the theater to watch "Hot and Spicy" during the Spring Festival.
Everyone is accustomed to pursuing a happy atmosphere during the Spring Festival, which is why comedy naturally fits the Spring Festival.
It's just that in current comedies, there are more and more "cheats" and less and less "fun".
is either full of embarrassing jokes, or full of old Internet memes and plagiarized memes. Not only is there not much baggage, but it is not funny. It makes people sit on pins and needles and clasp their fingers to the ground.
But "Hot and Spicy" is not.
Its biggest advantage is that it brings out Jia Ling's talent as a comedian, spreading the same dense and high-quality laughs in "Hello, Li Huanying" throughout the movie, keeping the audience entertained from beginning to end.
The jokes are text-based.
For example: Le Ying just started to meet boxing coach Haokun, and the two met on WeChat to go on a date in the park.
She wanted to take a look at Haokun's profile picture, but unexpectedly she clicked a few more times and turned into "Take a photo," and they started chatting awkwardly. While
was typing, she was invited to the park.
With a shake of her hand, she marked "seduce" as her favorite, which made the whole audience laugh. Coupled with Le Ying's expression of not knowing what to do, it made people laugh.
also has design classes.
has some ingenious design and coordination, so that the laughter can hit the audience inadvertently, and they can't help it.
For example: There was an event at the boxing gym, and Hao Kun was late picking out clothes, so he only had one pink one left.
In order to cover up the bright pink color, he wore a coat outside and went on a date with Le Ying.
A gust of wind blew by, and Hao Kun took off his coat and put it on Le Ying. It was originally an extremely warm scene.
But suddenly the voice of the boxing gym owner played by Sha Yi came from behind, and then he was seen gesticulating behind him: cover up the pink, he is quite good at it, while pointing at Haokun and cursing.
In this scene, Jia Ling, Lei Jiayin and Sha Yi cooperated perfectly, turning the scene of spring and snow into an embarrassing scene of being caught and punished by the boss, which is really clever.
There are many similar jokes throughout the film, so Mr. Tomato will not give examples one by one.
In short, "fun" is the theme of comedy. No matter how good a comedy movie is, if it loses the word "fun", it will lose its essence. At least on this point, Jia Ling has satisfied the audience's expectations. "Hot and Spicy" is one This is a family dinner that people of different ages, genders, and professions can watch and enjoy.
The second one is called "true".
Why was Jia Ling’s first movie successful?
In Tomato Jun’s opinion, it’s because she is sincere enough.
In the current marketing environment, the word "true" is particularly important.
From the interview, we can easily see that Jia Ling really worked hard for "Hot and Spicy".
People who have lost weight know the pain of losing weight, not to mention that Jia Ling first gained weight and then lost weight for the role.
Let’s put aside the hardships involved. Just because she disappeared from the public for a year for a movie, just to create the role of Le Ying, Mr. Tomato felt that Jia Ling was worth it.
Sincerity is a trump card and a sure-fire skill.
This is the same for everyone. Jia Ling is not shrewd enough to understand this, but she has a kind of clumsiness that works steadily and makes movies honestly.
This kind of clumsiness is seen by the audience and empathizes with it.
If "Hello, Li Huanying" was filmed by Jia Ling for her mother, then she must have filmed this "Hot and Spicy" for herself.
In Jia Ling’s self-report, Mr. Tomato felt again and again that the girl named Le Ying who worked hard in the film was actually Jia Ling herself in reality.
She breaks through all barriers just to fulfill a promise.
She was determined to lose weight and gain muscle just to create a character and make a good movie. We should buy into a sincere director like
and encourage him.
After all, there are not many directors like Jia Ling nowadays.
Those who respect the audience will be respected by the audience.
This is also the success of "Hot and Spicy", which teaches all Chinese commercial film directors, and it is the only way for a person who is not "clumsy" to succeed.
The third one is called "Meng".
Many people say that Jia Ling's "Hot" tells a story of self-redemption.
Everyone has generally seen the core of "love yourself".
Mr. Tomato is here, so there is no need to take out the chicken soup of "struggle" and "effort" and share it with everyone.
But apart from this theme, I don’t know if any viewers have discovered that Jia Ling also planted many hidden theme Easter eggs in the film.
suffers from serious illness and uses strong medicine. Many people see the gentleness of "Hot and Spicy", but Mr. Tomato sees three sharp social laws, which hits the three pain points of the Chinese people.
Pain point one: Don’t underestimate the evil of human nature, and don’t overestimate the goodness of human nature.
Have you noticed that people around Le Ying basically have a bad side, whether it is her boyfriend, sister, cousin or best friend, they all hurt Le Ying sometimes.
In fact, this may be the norm in society.
In reality, especially around you, there are not many people who want you to live a good life, but there are quite a few white-eyed wolves. The unavoidable problems of parents' filial piety are inexplicable disputes inside and outside. This is human nature.
Never underestimate the evil of human nature, and never overestimate the goodness of human nature, so that you can better protect yourself.
Pain Point 2: Be a good person with a sharp edge, never be a bad person.
For Leying in the beginning, life was like water, and she kept going with the waves.
She does whatever others ask her to do.
My best friend cheated on her boyfriend and she became a bridesmaid.
The younger sister got into a fight and she actually gave her a house.
Knowing that her relatives lied to her, she still gave her the final performance and fulfillment.
Why? Because at that time Leying's heart was empty.
She is a kind person, too kind, and her kindness becomes a tool for others to suppress her morality.
It’s not her fault, but it’s the influence of her native family and her experience that has made her develop a learned helplessness. She appears to be at the mercy of others, but in reality she lacks dignity.
Once a person loses the bottom line of dignity, others will flock to him. This is the reason why people are bullied for their kindness.
This is also the reason why Leying’s choice in the first half made everyone sad.
Pain point three: Accept failure and find your own way of living.
What Mr. Tomato likes most about "Hot and Spicy" is that it is a domestic film, and he can finally accept failure openly.
Le Ying did not defeat the professional players. She abandoned the traditional aura of the protagonist, took off the filter that hard work will lead to success, and did not arrange a shocking reversal.
was hit hard by someone else after punching someone else.
It is precisely because of this that Mr. Tomato likes this movie more, because the self who holds his breath and never admits defeat, and the self who insists on finishing the game and stands on the stage even though he has no talent, are more like us thousands of times. Thousands of ordinary people.
Yes, how can there be so many counterattacks of fate? What greets us is failure again and again.
But in these failures, those ordinary experiences, those unfamiliar kindnesses and warmth, those efforts to save oneself and achieve goals in life, aren't they also the source of a better life and the source of strength to survive?
Leying did not fail, she just found her own way of living.
She has the road under her feet, the wind under her fists, and lives for herself.
In fact, after watching "Hot and Spicy" and the role of Mr. Tomato, Jia Ling improved not only in her directing level, but also in her acting skills.
Jia Ling's previous roles, including in "Hello, Li Huanying", were all the kind of noisy girl with a cheerful and a bit noisy personality.
But in "Hot and Spicy", Jia Ling was obviously restrained.
didn't say anything for a long time, looking very depressed, cold on the outside and hot on the inside. Although he was silent and cold on the outside, his heart was hot.
Restraint is an important change in an actor's acting skills from appearance to heart.
Watching "Hot and Spicy", you will find that there is content in Jia Ling's eyes.
In the film, there are several smiles and expressions that turn around, which are delicate and lively, just right, and all viewers should feel it.
Over the past year, Jia Ling's directing and acting skills have been steadily improving, visible to the naked eye. The expression of the movie is direct and there are no twists and turns. There is neither the greasy middle-aged man in daily comedy nor the crying. Emotional disputes on earth, everything rushes in and rushes away like a tide, very smooth and very beautiful.
Coupled with the dense laughter and full educational significance, Mr. Tomato believes that "Hot and Spicy" is the first choice for family entertainment during the Spring Festival. It is perfect to take the whole family to watch.
The Spring Festival has just passed one day, and the performance of "Hot and Spicy" has just begun.
After watching the movie, maybe you will fall in love with Le Ying, and therefore fall in love with boxing.
One day, we have to punch ourselves once.
But remember, standing in the ring is not just for winning.
Those traces left by sweat and the real pain caused by boxing are the evidence that we have existed and worked hard.
(Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Department: Miaomiao)
