Text | An Qing
Editor | 9527 Miao Gujun
To put it bluntly, this year’s Spring Festival movies are far below the audience’s expectations.
, especially the most popular " hot and hot ".
Last year, Jia Ling 's "Hello, Li Huanying" broke the audience's tear ducts.
A movie with the theme of maternal love, directed by newcomer Jia Ling.
has flaws hidden everywhere, and has universal "maternal love" that can really cover up all flaws.
This year, Jia Ling's "Hot and Spicy" once again made great efforts in publicity.
Just the gimmick of Jia Ling losing 100 pounds gave the movie a winning rhythm during the Spring Festival.
Nowadays, Jia Ling's movie box office performance beats " Flying Life 2" and doubles Zhang Yimou's "Article 20".
Unfortunately, without the filter of maternal love, the movie "Hot" was overrated at the box office. Now, after a week of popularity,
has finally exposed its problems.
Click to open the Douban comment area, which is full of complaints:
"This can also have a rating of 7.9, everyone here is responsible"
"It is recommended to read the original version, save money, effort and time"
"Embarrassing and low-level jokes, The submissive performance, the procrastinating rhythm, and the abrupt and abrupt turns."
What is the problem with the remake of the movie "Hot and Spicy"? Let's analyze it in detail.
01
The rhythm of the plot is wrong, and the literary and artistic films have been transformed into commercial films.
In fact, it can be clearly seen from "Hello, Li Huanying" to "Hot and Spicy".
Jia Ling’s skills as a director have become stronger. Many scenes in the movie are full of literary and artistic feeling.
When Le Ying, played by Jia Ling, is frustrated in life, the scene of walking up the stairs feels like she is wrapped in loneliness.
The atmosphere of being abandoned by the world.
When Leying completed her self-transformation, a shot of Leying walking out of the room was all in slow motion.
When she greeted her past self, she did feel like she was in another world.
The skills are full of skills, and the literary and artistic atmosphere is in place, but it is a pity that "Hot and Spicy" is not shaped by the actors.
Regarding the direction of the plot, the expression of quality, and even the box office results, the word "commercial" is bolded.
The literary film is transformed into a commercial film, with abruptness throughout.
Many of the preserved artistic shots in the movie appear so long and boring. The only feeling I have when sitting in the theater is:
"Is this corridor so long? It takes so long to walk", "This scene of climbing the stairs cannot be deleted" "?"
I admit that the female director's shots are indeed delicate, but "Hot and Spicy" also became stinky and long because of this.
Of course, the flaw that caused this was that the plot of "Hot and Spicy" was too weak.
02
The main plot is vague and the story is too weak
The plot of "Flying Life 2" is about a failed racing driver returning to the track. Most of the scenes in the
movie are preparations for Bayinbuluke's competition. The protagonist of
is a little customer service fear in the preparation process.
In "Article 20", the case with He Xiuping's husband is the main plot, and most of the movie's scenes are spent collecting evidence.
In the process of collecting evidence, the protagonist gradually regained the original intention of the prosecutor and changed from excessive defense to legitimate defense.
But looking back at "Hot and Spicy", it was incomprehensible from beginning to end. The protagonist was confused and had no pursuit.
falls in love inexplicably and suddenly falls in love with boxing. The direction of the plot is not clear enough and there is no so-called inevitability. The arc of
's character growth is not gradual, but an abrupt but unsupportive change.
I can see the female growth that Jia Ling wants to express in the movie.
But the plot to support this argument is too weak.
More often than not, "Hot" looks like an inspirational MV with some laughs.
The plot is not as watchable as directly showing Jia Ling’s personal weight loss diary.
To put it bluntly, Jia Ling tried to broadcast the original version of "One Hundred Dollars of Love" with the effect of a commercial film.
will have to increase the storytelling of the original version, but for now.
In addition to being very commercial, "Hot and Spicy" has no competitiveness in terms of plot compared to the Spring Festival movie.
03
The acting style is useless and the layout is too small
You will find it when you look back at the version of "One Hundred Dollar Love". The original version of
actually did not focus the plot on the issue of men and women at all. "Hot and Spicy" amplified the female topic.
has completely changed the current direction of publicity. The stories of ordinary people have now become the stories of women.
It’s not that women’s stories are bad, it’s just that the perspective is too sad.
Female stories should highlight female power, not female suffering. In the original version of
, the protagonist's performance is decadent, chic, and depressing, but he still has an inexplicable personality charm.
The protagonist in the remake, Le Ying, is the victim.
is a victim of a family relationship.
is a victim in love.
is a victim of workplace sexual harassment.
is also a victim of being exploited by relatives and friends.
She is submissive, does not know how to fight back, and is humble.
is as unsatisfactory as a knife, and has a fragile personality. He can't stand his sister telling the truth at the dinner table.
I just want to ask about someone who has been raised by his family for 10 years without working or making money.
She sleeps until three hours in the sun every day, but she doesn't even want to say a few words to her. What other reason does she have to mourn?
Compared with Le Ying's sadness in the play, what is even more sad is the audience outside the screen.
spent the most expensive ticket price to go to the cinema, but watched helplessly as Jia Ling gave herself a small red flower.
was not comforted, but was touched by yin and yang.
And I really don’t understand why Jia Ling’s acting style in this movie.
is so cowardly, forget about being cowardly in the early stage, but in the later stage, he can kill me with one punch.
She was still weak, unable to open her mouth or raise her head when speaking.
’s lines sound like mosquitoes chirping. Are we so sluggish just because we don’t eat carbohydrates?
04
Jia Ling’s situation, Wu Jing is all right
In the past two years, the trend of artificially high box office for domestic movies has become increasingly obvious.
"The Wandering Earth", "Changjin Lake", "Feng Shen" and other large-scale movies that demonstrate industrial standards. It’s not surprising that
has made billions at the box office.
However, low-cost productions like "Hello, Li Huanying" and "Hot and Spicy" are not cost-effective to win billions in box office.
Such market conditions directly reflect a problem. Box office performance and movie standards are not the same concept.
Once upon a time, Wu Jing also experienced Jia Ling's peak period as a director.
His " Wolf Warrior " series has done very well at the box office.
But the word-of-mouth performance is at the 7-point level. Half of the reputation of
movies is supported by the passionate patriotism and national sentiments of movie fans.
Wu Jing also said in the interview:
"High box office does not mean that one's level is high" .
When Wolf Warrior won the box office championship in China, Wu Jing was worried that
"his knowledge and experience could not keep up."
To put it bluntly, the movie does not have enough depth.
Now, Jia Ling is facing the same situation as Wu Jing back then.
One film "Hello, Li Huanying" survived, and one film "Hot and Spicy" exposed its problems.
Recently there is news that Jia Ling’s new movie is in preparation and has already started filming part of it.
The gimmick of losing weight is over, and the feeling of maternal love is over.
As the most commercially valuable female director, it is a bit unreasonable to use remakes to support the box office. The remake of
has the same effect. There is a big question mark about the performance of the next movie.
Finally, what are your thoughts on the movie "Hot"?
Join the discussion in the comment area.
