The author of this article: Li Xiaotian
Where to fall, where to get up. This is difficult to do, but Han Han did it.
" Fast Life " is not very good and can even be classified as a bad movie. Normally, the director would not want to talk more about the failed work, but Han Han did talk about it. Not only did he not shy away from it, he also filmed a sequel.
As a result, " Flying Life 2" has become better-looking, and its quality has directly surpassed "Flying Life" eight blocks, becoming the winner in this Spring Festival. A new Han Han emerged.
Speaking of Han Han, as a director, Han Han's achievements are far inferior to those of Han Han as a writer.
Once upon a time, as a writer, Han Han was the king among the writers born in the 1980s, and he looked down upon all the heroes. Later, the writer Han Han gradually stopped writing, and his achievements were surpassed by the "Three Heroes of the Northeast". Shuang Xuetao, Ban Yu, Zheng Zhi and others all surpassed Han Han in writing.
Han Han, who transformed into a director, is surrounded by a halo and has high hopes from the post-80s generation. Unfortunately, the highest-rated film of his so far is his debut film "See You Later", but the Douban score is only 7.2. Until now, "Flying Life 2" has a score of 7.8 so far. In the past Spring Festival period, it probably dropped a bit, and basically stabilized at around 7.5. It will still surpass " and There Will Be No Period of " and become Han Han's best work.
Han Han has become a storyteller. "Flying Life 2" is a very inspirational and touching film. He succeeded.
However, from the bottom of my heart, this is not the Han Han expected.
In the past, Han Han still had some ideas. There were sparks of his own thoughts in his works, but now Han Han has completely compromised on business. The Han Han of literature and art is disappearing, and the Han Han of business is rising. "Flying Life 2" is a typical commercial work, with no personal expression, except for a few lines of inspiration.
Looking back on Han Han's directing history, his first film "The End of Time" is about the wanton expression of elements such as freedom, youth, and being on the road. The story tells the story of a pair of young friends who traveled from Dongji Island in the east of China, across the entire country, and finally arrived in the border area in the west, a total distance of 3,000 kilometers. This journey is a farewell to youth, a yearning for the free spirit, a reflection on friendship, and the slightly sad feelings that keep stirring on the road. The story of the whole film is very scattered and is a typical film. The road movie is also Han Han's nostalgia for his youth. The film is not good, but it is by no means bad. The score of 7.2 actually deserves a higher score. In particular, Pu Shu's "The Ordinary Road" has become a classic and is sung to this day.
When it came to Han Han's second work "Riding the Wind and Waves", he used the time-travel mode to directly express his nostalgia for the early 1990s. Through his teasing and nostalgia for his parents, he expressed Han Han's own understanding and ridicule of youth. The film's gimmicks and techniques make the film quite interesting, but the excessive ridicule makes the film somewhat self-defeating, and instead loses its simplicity and simplicity. In particular, the squabbling lawsuit with Peter Chan's "Brothers in Trouble" directly lowered the film's subsequent ratings.
The third work directed by Han Han is "Flying Life". This work is directly linked to his own racing career. As a racing driver, Han Han participated in the China Rally Championship in 2004 and finished fourth, and won the championship that year. In 2008, he participated in the China Automobile Venue Professional League and won the annual championship. In order to pay tribute to his youth, Han Han shot this film and also used the popular Shen Teng . However, the whole story is already very bloody and has become a pulpy inspirational story. Funny + inspirational, this film seems particularly awkward, and the story is not told well. However, due to the bonus of Shen Teng during his peak period, the box office still exceeded 1 billion during the 2019 Spring Festival. Although the reputation did not improve, the money was made.
The fourth movie directed by Han Han, "四海", although it was also a Spring Festival movie, lost both at the box office and reputation, and Han Han fell to the bottom.In this film, Han Han still tries to tell a sad youth story, returning to the emotions he had in "We Will Never See You Again". He tried hard to tell the story of the struggle and confusion of island teenagers as they grow up, as well as the ruthless ridicule of life. Although Liu Haoran and Liu Haocun performed very hard, the story was too far away from reality and became a work that was not like anything else. Damn, it was extremely embarrassing. In the end, it lost both box office and reputation.
Waiting for "Flying Life 2", which is already Han Han's fifth work, the market has no room for error for him. Either it succeeds and continues filming, or it fails and it becomes difficult to obtain good resources.
Shen Teng, the same is true.
The so-called "content" is actually a very nonsense thing. The content of "Super Family" is enough, but what is the result? It's not like he came back in a miserable defeat and was spit on by others.
Movies are only good or not, and it has nothing to do with content. The works that Happy Twist has developed over the years are all in jeopardy. The endless homophonic jokes, the extremely outdated stage jokes, and the over-exerting performances with stern faces are all making people feel sick. Happy Mahua and Shen Teng both need redemption.
Han Han and Shen Teng both need redemption.
"Flying Life 2" fulfilled them. Just like John Woo and Chow Yun-fat back then, both were on the verge of crumbling in their careers, but "A Better Tomorrow" finally saved them both.
The best thing about "Flying Life 2" is that Han Han suddenly knows how to tell stories. The whole film was shot with great excitement. After watching it, one feels a sense of resentment and eagerness to work hard and make a difference.
Actually, the story of this film is better from Fan Chengcheng’s perspective. A test driver has always made wedding dresses for others and only wants to win for himself. Finally, a copycat team accepted and helped him, and finally succeeded. This story is quite good.
From Shen Teng's point of view, a driving school owner who has been out of the business for many years can actually win the top rally championship by simply putting together a team. This is so ridiculous that it has to do with grandma’s house.
In fact, in the end of "Flying Life", Shen Teng's character flew up in the air, and many people thought he was dead. As a result, not only did he not die in "Flying Life 2", he became even more cowardly. If Zhang Chi dies in the aisle in the film, then the character will really be complete and echo the first film.
But Han Han didn’t dare to do this. Because the male protagonist in "Four Seas" died, the audience was frustrated and expressed their unwillingness to get into trouble during the Spring Festival and did not want to see death. Therefore, not only can Zhang Chi not die, he must win, he must put himself to death and survive, and he must win the championship. Because this is perfect, because it is in line with the celebration that the Spring Festival audience wants.
Han Han compromised. Give the audience whatever they want.
Then, the audience was satisfied, the box office soared, and Han Han won.
commercial Han Han won.
But the Han Han who once wanted to be literary and artistic, who wanted to have personal expression, disappeared.
While I am still happy that "Flying Life 2" has made a huge profit at the box office, I feel sad for the disappearance of the literary and artistic Han Han.
Although Han Han's literature and art are more biased towards petty bourgeoisie than real philosophy. Works such as "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "The Tree of Life", which are the ultimate reflections on the destiny of mankind, are the supreme literary classics of spring and snow. In comparison, Han Han only makes films about youthful sentiments, and then waits.
But even so, the literary Han Han deserves attention, because his literary and artistic sentiments are missing in the field of Chinese films and are very rare.
talked a lot, and what he said made me confused.
In short, "Flying Life 2" is very good to watch. It is a very qualified inspirational film and worth watching. After all, this era needs inspiration and inspiring the tired spirit of the public.
