Jia Ling lost 100 pounds but was disliked by netizens? But after Shen Teng lost weight, he was praised as "much more handsome"! Why is it that Shen Teng is all complimentary for the same success in losing weight, while Jia Ling not only does not get the same praise, but even she is worried that she will be disliked by the audience...
01 Shen Teng and Jia Ling are all invincible this time during the Spring Festival.
’s Spring Festival movie, the pairing of Shen Teng and Jia Ling came together again. With their own works "Flying Life 2" and "Hot and Spicy", they both occupied the top spot at the Spring Festival box office. No one Even "Article 20" with Zhao Liying, Lei Jiayin, Ma Li and Gao Ye in charge cannot shake these two positions at all.
The first is Shen Teng's "Flying Life 2". It has the fan base and story foundation of the previous film, and with the participation of Fan Chengcheng, Zheng Kai and others, the box office will naturally not be low. It grossed nearly 467 million on the first day of release. Number one.
Jia Ling's follow-up to "Hot and Spicy" was released. One month before its release, "Jia Ling successfully lost 100 pounds" was used as a publicity stunt, which successfully raised the audience's expectations. In addition, Jia Ling never showed up after losing weight. On the day the movie was released, CCTV's "Six Princesses" officially included Jia Ling's interview video after she successfully lost weight. She was truly astonishingly "thin" and completely different from her previous "fatness".
And "Hot and Spicy" also uses this angle as the high point of passion. From the beginning of the film, Du Leying (played by Jia Ling) is in her thirties and has grown fat, to when she moved out in anger and started exercising passionately. From training hard to qualify for the boxing match, to successfully losing weight to 56 kilograms to get a place in the competition, to finally appearing on the stage as a completely different person, Jia Ling's transformation is really eye-catching.
Perhaps because of this, after losing to "Flying Life 2" at the box office on the first day of its release, "Flying Life 2" quickly caught up with it on the second day, with a box office of 384 million, which was a lot more than "Flying Life 2" with 334 million. 50 million more, this gap is really not small.
You must know that the previously released "If You Are the One 3" only had a cumulative box office of 55 million in three days; "Mr. Red Carpet" starring Andy Lau only had a box office of 56 million in the two days it was released during the Spring Festival.
02 Shen Teng was praised for her weight loss and Jia Ling was said to be "disliked" for her weight loss
Before the Spring Festival movie started, the popularity of "Jia Ling lost 100 pounds" has never dropped. The broadcast of CCTV Spring Festival Gala successfully The topic "Shen Teng looks more handsome now that he has lost weight" has become a hot topic. Not to mention that Shen Teng and Jia Ling are the number one comedy partner in domestic entertainment. Even the hot searches are all dominating the screen, and the topics are all the same. It is really a coincidence.
However, compared to Shen Teng who was shouted out by the audience as "She looks so handsome after losing weight" after appearing on the Spring Festival Gala, Jia Ling returned to the public eye after losing 100 pounds. There is almost no such thing as "Jia Ling looks so beautiful after losing weight". Topics, but more discussions about Jia Ling's "voice has changed" after she lost weight, "she doesn't look so happy", "her personality has changed" and "she still likes her before".
The reason for this, of course, in addition to some inevitable physical changes, may be more from Jia Ling's personal worries and the maintenance of the movie character.
Jia Ling also said in an interview with a CCTV reporter that she was worried that the audience would not like her now, and that she was afraid that the audience would not accept it. At the same time, when talking about the difference between the movie character and herself, Jia Ling also said that Du Leying tends to be introverted and shy, not good at expressing and rejecting, while her own personality is more lively. Jia Ling should start from the role. I was afraid that I would be too lively and that the audience would be a little surprised by Du Leying.
In addition, some netizens said, "Losing weight itself is an unhappy thing, and it may be accompanied by some depression; even Sha Yi, one of the leading actors in "Hot and Spicy", saw only 56 kilograms for the first time. Jia Ling also looked shocked and distressed, and the first question she asked was "Are you less depressed?" Fortunately, Jia Ling said "no" very happily, and Sha Yi felt relieved.
However, among the voices of "Jia Ling has changed after losing weight", I still saw very heartwarming and gratifying comments. One netizen said, "It's not that Jia Ling is unhappy, it's that she is now She no longer has to smile to make you happy, so you are unhappy."
03 Is "Hot and Spicy" worth going to the theater to watch?
Finally, let's talk about the movie itself. Although the score of a certain category is not high, it currently stays at 7.9 points, but the scores of "Flying Life 2" and "Article 20" Most of them are almost the same, they all hover between 7.9 and 8.1. There is no obvious advantage or disadvantage among the three.
Indeed, as a comedian, Jia Ling is used to thinking of ways to bring more laughter to everyone on stage. This seems to have become her mission. Now she has successfully lost weight and appeared on the big screen as a director. In the past, she no longer had to work hard to be a comedian, but could now be her comfortable self in an elegant, intellectual, comfortable and joyful way.
Judging from the complete story of the movie, the director of "Flying Life 2" is Han Han and the director of "Article 20" is Zhang Yimou. From a consistent perspective, it is not too bad. "Article 20", which withdrew from the competition early, had negative reviews mainly focusing on: "The story is too realistic and didactic", "The narrative is a bit too straight-forward, just give it a positive ending" and "The comedy is mainly focused on not being too realistic." Highlighting the theme of the movie on Lei Jiayin and Ma Li" and so on.
To be honest, "Hot and Spicy" itself is not a new subject. It was adapted from the Japanese version of "One Hundred Dollar Love", but the adaptation was quite strong and the entire ending changed. Although Jia Ling has repeatedly emphasized that this is not a movie about weight loss, it does not seem to have much to do with boxing. Regarding the final boxing match of the protagonist Du Leying, insiders can still tell that Jia Ling did not practice enough.
The core of "Hot and Spicy" is still the comedy. This time, the biggest surprises are, firstly, the part where Li Xueqin and Qiao Shan got close, because Qiao Shan was with Du Leying at the beginning. Li Xueqin is a man who steals love, and this part is full of comedy. Another part is the part where Lei Jiayin is accidentally pranked by Du Leying while urinating, which is also super funny.
The greener part is the role of Du Leying's sister played by Zhang Xiaofei. From the beginning, he was very cruel to Du Leying, but later when Du Leying came home to help after she lost weight, Zhang Xiaofei's performance was too restrained, and even in the end Du Leying came down after boxing. The two sisters didn't say another word, which was a little too fast; and the emotional scene between Lei Jiayin and Jia Ling, the last moment when the two met again after the breakup, ended too blandly, and the theme failed to continue. If it is elevated, there will be less empathy or emotion for the audience.
However, after saying so much, I still can’t resist that this is an inspirational comedy suitable for everyone to enter the movie theater, because it is a light-hearted and pleasant theme to watch during the Chinese New Year, and its meaning is enough; if you want me to judge, I can be very good. I can honestly say that "It's Hot" is a good Spring Festival movie worth buying a ticket to watch.
