The author of this article: Green Liu
I have watched three movies during the Lunar New Year holiday. " Article 20 " has the best rhythm, richest lens language and content, and the highest degree of completion. This is nonsense, national teachers are professionals.
It doesn’t mean that professional ones are naturally better. It’s much better than his previous spy games and fantasy movies. Paying attention to reality will not bring the master down from his pedestal. Even at the age of 70, he can still work in this condition. He is a fifth-generation gatekeeper.
After watching "Article 20", I also watched Luo Xiang's review, and I felt that this movie was even better. Justifiable defense, law and illegality. Some of the plots in the film are based on real cases. There was a high level of social discussion at the time, which gradually promoted the improvement of legal regulations and practiced humane fairness and justice instead of machine-like rationality after the fact.
The professional level of the national teacher is also reflected in maximizing what can be expressed within the permitted range of expression. While filling the audience's emotions, it also saved face for all parties. We even took into account the big holiday and arranged many laughs in such a reality-themed film.
The other two non-scientific directors also have their own advantages. Personally, I prefer Jia Ling 's courage to give up. " is hot and hot " is adapted from the Japanese movie "One Hundred Dollar Love". The starring Sakura Ando is also a popular Japanese actor in 2023. When comparing the two movies together, what is Jia Ling's selling point? The publicity in the early stage was to come to the cinema to see Jia Ling lose weight. The confidentiality measures were very good. When everyone entered the cinema and saw it, they were immediately impressed. The body is persuasive.
I thought the focus would be on the process of losing weight to inspire and create contrast, but I didn’t expect that the whole movie was very restrained in terms of sensationalism. It pave the way for many small details of daily life, which are too real. Parents, sisters, lovers, relatives, friends, etc., whether it is their love or harm, are not enough to promote the transformation of the protagonist. The most critical thing is the internal drive - —I want to win.
"Hot and Spicy" is also quite suitable to be placed on the Spring Festival schedule, not only because it is an inspirational comedy, but it can also inspire people to change themselves at the beginning of the year. Either change your life or others, or change yourself. Use the most intuitive physical changes to tell you how much energy a person has.
Jia Ling not only showed me her efforts to lose weight and get in shape, but also showed me her courage to give up and her keen sense of the film market. Is it just the one hundred kilograms of meat that I lost? It cuts off the future of fat girl comedy. It is even more exciting to see what other movies Jia Ling can make in the future.
Let's talk about "Flying Life 2" again. Han Han's racing scenes are good-looking, and only those who understand racing can make them so good-looking, but the literary scenes only want to fast forward, and the cars are more beautiful than the people. "Flying Life 2" is more like a movie dedicated to himself by Han Han, a fan film about his beloved racing career. It's much better than the first one, but as a viewer, I still feel fatigued.
Han Han and his audience have entered middle age. I also grew up reading new concept compositions and liked Han Han. Later, after he raced, I followed him on Weibo for several years. I have read every book he has written as a writer and every movie he has made as a director. Now I have seen enough, really enough. Let’s stop here for the decadent middle-aged Jedi’s counterattack.
When I watch movies directed by non-professional directors, I want to see them bring something fresh to the movie, rather than to see them imitate the routines that the film industry has figured out over the years.
The actors in the three Lunar New Year films are highly repetitive. I used to laugh at the fact that TVB only had so many actors over and over again, but now our Lunar New Year movies also have the same few actors. Lei Jiayin can indeed play a leading role, and it looks very pleasing to the eye. This must be due to the popularity of the audience. Jiang Qiming was the most surprised, inexplicably sexually tense.
Generally speaking, this year’s Lunar New Year festival makes people really feel "rejuvenated", and the cinemas are also packed with people. I hope this hot atmosphere can continue and welcome the spring when flowers bloom.
*With Luo Xiang’s comments on “Article 20”
