Text | An Qing
Editor | 9527 Miao Gujun
The competition in the Spring Festival is more intense than netizens expected, and the box office performance of " Hot Hot " was unparalleled.
"Flying Life 2" jointly produced by Han Han and Shen Teng was an instant hit after its release, and its box office performance followed closely behind.
In contrast, although Zhang Yimou's " Article 20 " is not a loser during the Spring Festival, it did fail at the box office.
Currently, the cumulative box office of "Article 20" is only 1.5 billion. The only comforting thing about
is that it is on the current daily box office rankings.
"Article 20" came from behind and obviously performed better in the long tail effect.
However, during the Spring Festival, it is even more important to seize the opportunity, and the "Article 20" that is an afterthought will perform well no matter how long-tail it is. It is also difficult for
to surpass "Hot and Spicy", a movie that ate up all the bonuses during the Spring Festival.
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However, movie box office is often not directly related to the quality of the movie itself.
The cumulative box office of "Article 20" is average, but the content is indeed excellent.
, especially the actors' shaping and interpretation, is really profound and thick.
The male protagonist played by Lei Jiayin is a proper loser in the workplace. The early image of
was that he was afraid of his boss at work, afraid of his wife when he came home, nodded and bowed in school, and was a pure flatterer at work.
For such a character, Lei Jiayin can be said to have it at his fingertips.
But the highlight of his acting skills is even more exciting because of the early shaping. At the end of the
movie, the male protagonist played by Lei Jiayin advocated "legitimate defense" for Hao Xiuping's husband at the meeting.
At that moment, Lei Jiayin had solid script skills and the ability to control large sections of legal provisions. Both
allowed the audience to see the highlight of a professional prosecutor seeking justice for the weak.
As a male protagonist, Lei Jiayin really deserves to be Zhang Yimou’s old partner who has worked with him many times.
is also wonderful in the portrayal of Ma Li and . As a comedian, Ma Li is actually a regrettable actor.
Compared to Shen Teng, her film and television resources are quite bad.
's collaboration with Zhang Yimou can be said to be the highlight of Ma Li's career as an actress over the years.
Her performance certainly did not disappoint the audience. Ma Li's performance is life-like. Many wonderful dispute scenes in
movies are more pyrotechnics because of Ma Li's smooth and natural expression.
Moreover, Ma Li's crying scene was quite brilliant. When her son was beaten by a group of people, her husband was still arguing about legal provisions.
Ma Li's flushed face and choked voice perfectly conveyed the sensibility of being a wife and mother.
Actually, there are not many important female characters in Zhang Yimou's movies.
But in addition to Ma Li, Hao Xiuping played by Zhao Liying and Lu Lingling played by Gao Ye are both extremely popular.
The highlight of Zhao Liying was after Hao Xiuping was violated. She walked out of the room in ragged clothes and with messy hair.
The eyes were full of devastation, tears kept flowing, and Zhao Liying suppressed her blush.
tried his best to gesture "I can't live" on the spot.
No one can help but hate the villain of the movie, and no one can help but feel heartbroken by what happened to Hao Xiuping.
A good actor can connect with the audience, the moment Hao Xiuping cried bitterly.
The audience outside the screen also felt pain in their hearts.
As for Gao Ye, she is an experienced actor in her own right, as was her portrayal in "Article 20".
undoubtedly reveals the edge of women, she is firm and fair.
Even when everyone gave up, he still felt that his small power could change the outcome of things.
Especially after being punished by her employer, Lu Lingling, played by Gao Ye, was forced to suspend her duties.
The case of Hao Xiuping’s husband is taken over by the male protagonist.
When the male protagonist was extremely shaken, Lu Lingling, played by Gao Ye, expressed Hao Xiuping's despair in a choked voice.
At that moment, let alone the male protagonist, even the audience outside the screen could see the golden light on Gao Ye's body.
These powerful actors support the main attraction of "Article 20" and also support the highlight parts of the movie.
But unfortunately, even Zhang Yimou sometimes makes mistakes.
In the past two years, Zhang Yimou has begun to use some new actors in his movies, but these newcomers do not have many roles.
But it is still an important part of the plot.
Actress Xu Jingya in "Article 20" is a typical example. In the
movie, she is the daughter of bus driver Zhang Guisheng, who served a sentence for his bravery.
relied entirely on her daughter’s persistence in fairness and justice. She went to Beijing to petition again and again, just to get an explanation.
When he was riding his motorcycle to the train station for the last time, a truck knocked Zhang Guisheng away.
Zhang Guisheng died before he could reach the hospital.
Yaya, played by Xu Jingya, was holding her father's helmet in the corridor of the emergency room, crying until her heart broke.
The young child still has an idealistic obsession with fairness and justice, and this obsession indirectly killed his father.
But such an emotional scene was not well-shaped.
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First of all, Zhang Yimou arranged too many scenes for Yaya.
Her crying, grievances, and self-blame are all over the place, just right.
But the voice message relayed through her WeChat chat history introduction was too long and too complicated.
Secondly, the young actors actually don’t have that many layers in reaction shots.
Especially in the part where she listened to her father's voice, her sadness was always the same.
From beginning to end, I felt like I was waiting for my part to read my lines.
This causes the character's emotional transmission to be interrupted.
The audience was just moved and distressed, but when they saw Xu Jingya’s picture, she couldn’t laugh or cry.
's embarrassing crying scene where his expression was out of control, and he lost all feeling in an instant.
Whether it’s Xu Jingya’s young acting skills or the scenes arranged here.
Compared to the entire movie "Article 20", it is abrupt.
Moreover, Xu Jingya, as a young and fresh face, cannot withstand the test of the big screen in terms of expression management.
When she was acting in the crying scene, her eyes were darting around, either squinting or rolling them upward. The details of
are too accurate, but they look particularly fake.
It’s just Zhang Yimou’s ability to train actors.
It's really surprising that he tolerates such performances in his movies.
Moreover, Xu Jingya is actually the most ordinary-looking among the girls selected by Zhang Yimou.
The chin is retracted and the nose is sunken. These appearance flaws are not even as good as Liu Haocun, who has a great reputation.
looks mediocre and his acting skills are poor compared to other powerful veteran actors.
Xu Jingya really looks like a relationship girl who can't act.
Fortunately, she is only the fifth female lead, otherwise the box office performance and reputation of "Article 20" would have been even more dismal.
Of course, young people have countless opportunities to grow. I only hope that the problems of "Article 20" can be viewed soberly by Xu Jingya.
The excellence of this movie has little to do with her. Her own acting skills really need to be improved.
Finally, what are your thoughts on the portrayal of the actors in the movie "Article 20"?
Which actor's performance is your favorite? Can
get Xu Jingya’s performance in the movie?
Join the discussion in the comment area and leave your opinions.
