The 2024 Spring Festival is coming to an end, and four movies including " Let's Shake the Sun Together " have been withdrawn. The most surprising one is " Mr. Red Carpet ".
I have mentioned in other articles before that in terms of personal preference, among the four Spring Festival movies I have watched, " 20th " and " Hot and Spicy " are the top two. "Mr. Red Carpet" can be ranked third.
Overall, the quality of this movie is good. It is directed by comedy director Ning Hao and stars the superstar Andy Lau. It has a black humor comedy style. The theme and connotation it expresses are also worth pondering. It is a pity that it was not born at the right time. , during the Spring Festival period, it seems a bit acclimatized.
During the Spring Festival, everyone is celebrating the New Year happily, and the audience is in a joyful mood, so the movies that can get high box office are either pure family comedy films, or movies like "Article 20", A "civilian" movie that is down-to-earth and reflects the aspirations of the people, such as "Hot and Spicy", or a super luxury production like "wolf warrior", "The Wandering Earth", "Operation Red Sea".
"Mr. Red Carpet" is a light comedy with black humor, which requires you to calm down and think about it carefully, which conflicts with the public's expectations for watching the movie. Think about it, everyone takes precious time during the Spring Festival. I thought the movie theater would be festive and lively, but you made me think and taste it. It’s like I just want to drink a bottle of Coke during the Chinese New Year, but you insist on giving it to me. Make a pot of Kung Fu tea and the audience is bound to be disappointed!
There is another reason. "Mr. Red Carpet", like " Fast Life 2", is also a movie that reflects the lives of rich people and the worries of big stars, and is made for elites to watch. "Flying Life 2" is about the dream of a racing driver, while "Mr. Red Carpet" is about the artistic pursuit of a superstar. Isn't this a bit highbrow? Especially when the family is reunited during the Spring Festival, it seems a bit ungrounded.
Honestly speaking, I personally like this movie very much.
This film satirizes the entertainment and capital circles through a series of efforts made by the superstar Liu Weichi in order to win the Academy Award for making rural-themed films.
For example, before the award ceremony, Liu Weichi moved the poster of his eldest brother " Chen Long" to the side and placed his own poster in the C position;
When it was announced that he had won the best actor, Wang Jing made a joke When Liu Weichi's name was mentioned, Liu Weichi stood up immediately, but the winner was Chen Long;
In order to cater to the young people's market and adapt to the publicity of new media, Liu Weichi cooperated with D station to shoot funny short videos, but because of " 666" pronunciation, which made me very unhappy;
In order to win the award, Liu Weichi looked for sponsors and invested in filming rural-themed movies, but he encountered various strange incidents: in order to show the feeling of anger in a scene, he had an exchange with the director. Scolding; in order to experience life, they asked the agent to contact the countryside, but were tricked by various welcome ceremonies; they sneaked back to the village, broke into the pig slaughterhouse, and became brothers with the big pig butcher; Liu Weichi drank too much and looked at the village in the distance Talking about poetry and romance, and then projectile vomiting; the agent threw the butcher knife presented by the pig butcher brother to the roadside, which caused the pig butcher brother to make a big fuss; Liu Weichi and the female director of the short video of station D are in love with each other, and Liu is worried that the other party will secretly film and exploit them He broke up in a bad mood; the funniest thing was that the investors asked to participate in the acting, and the laymen were still on hand to guide the experts. The actors were so angry that they used the acting to fight against the investors...
There was also a horse-breaking incident that was exposed on the Internet After that, Weichi Liu's management team was thinking of various ways to carry out crisis public relations, and in the end it turned into "a pet pig played by Weichi Liu jumping off a building", which is ridiculous enough!
The above series of events, which may be funny, funny, absurd, or bizarre, may seem a bit trivial, but in fact they all tell the story of Liu Weichi’s sorrow as a superstar.
Among the sorrows, on the one hand, it is the sorrow of being not understood by the public and not recognized by professional awards; on the other hand, it is the sorrow of being aged by the years and being abandoned by the times (such as not being able to understand the ever-changing Internet trend words " "Oli, I'm in a bunker", and I can't play with the sweeping robot and the hotel room robot).
The character Liu Weichi does have many similarities with the real-life superstar Andy Lau in many places - he is serious, hard-working, diligent in his work, and very self-disciplined. Therefore, Andy Lau is very suitable to play this role, and only he can perform it. The bitterness of Liu Weichi.
To be honest, Liu Weichi, a big star, is a good actor and entertainer.
In order to stay in shape, he exercises every day without hesitation.
In order to promote this movie, he found his own connections to attract investment.
He argued with the director over the pronunciation of "666" in a short video and asked for a reshoot.
In order to play a good farmer, he did not hesitate to spend money, time and energy out of his own pocket to experience life in the countryside.
In order to pursue the authenticity of acting, he did not hesitate to go into battle himself, fell with the horse and injured his arm.
He cares about his reputation and protects his image. He hopes that the public will see his efforts for art. After being bullied by the Internet, he would rather donate money than apologize for the horse-breaking incident because he cares more about the truth.
From an actor's perspective, he seems to have done nothing wrong - "I tried my best and gave everything for the performing arts. Where did I go wrong?"
But at the same time, we analyze his various mistakes from a third-party perspective. as. He is selfish, hypocritical, arrogant, paranoid, self-righteous, elitist and egoistic with a natural sense of superiority.
Especially when it comes to winning awards, he is a little too persistent, and his utilitarianism is so serious that he is almost crazy.
He believed that he could win awards for playing a farmer, so he used his fame and status to attract investment and sponsorship.
He drank and sang with Brother Butcher, not really wanting to make friends with each other, but just to experience life and find a "rough" feeling. He didn't even care about the butcher's knife given by the other party and threw it away casually.
He insisted on using real horses to perform the chasing and falling scene, which was also based on the Oscar-winning movie "The Revenant". I hope everyone can see his seriousness and hard work.
Including this horse-breaking video, he took the initiative to hand it over to the short video director of Station D in order to gain more recognition and attention.
After he was bullied online and his reputation was damaged, so many people stayed up late and worked overtime on crisis public relations for him, but he lost control of his emotions and beat up his manager who had been helping to protect him.
Even for his ex-wife and children, the affection and care he paid was only that much.
So, Weichi Liu, as a superstar, seems to be very good, but he also has many human weaknesses.
He seems innocent, but he is not blameless.
He seems to be shining brightly, but in fact there are many dissatisfactions and difficulties! The final conclusion of the director of
is: the reason why it is difficult for people to communicate with each other is because we are all too accustomed to thinking about problems from our own perspective; and only when we empathize with others, can we truly Caring for society and caring for others.
Author: Lanyu Xingcheng
