feels that Stephen Chow's "九品官" is like a stepping stone, and everyone wants to jump on it.
But there are always people who do not believe in evil. The absolutely grassroots director Zhang Hao will compete in "Nine-grade Sesame Official" again on March 22. Even though he abandoned such a sensitive name as "New Nine-grade Sesame Official", " Brother Hao is making trouble" "County Government " has a very similar storyline and deliberately imitated nonsensical funny atmosphere. It is still clear at a glance that Zhang Hao wants to copy the successful model of Stephen Chow's comedy.
To be honest, in my impression, Stephen Chow's nonsensical comedies are his own brilliance. This exaggerated performance that is different from conventional comedy routines comes from Stephen Chow's own ability.
In the decades after his success, countless people in the entertainment industry imitated Xingye's comedy style, but they were all superficial. Even if Xingye personally brought up newcomers, no one could get his comedy. Essence.
In a word, copying Stephen Chow's nonsensical comedies is almost a dead end!
So when I learned that the comedy atmosphere of Zhang Hao's "Brother Hao is in the County Office" was copied from Stephen Chow's "Nine Levels of Sesame Official", I almost thought that Zhang Hao had failed this time, but the slap in the face always comes so quickly. On that day, this online movie took first place at the box office.
In 2012, when Internet universities were still "junk", the grassroots youth from Northeast China who spent less than 500 yuan to film "Siping Youth" have their own vision and abilities after having been in the Internet industry for so many years.
Okay, if you don’t like "New Nine Pins Sesame Official" selling sentiments and brushing off edges, then I will integrate the movie, combining a laugh-out-loud comedy with a black humorous brain-burning movie "Let the Bullets Fly" Rubbing together, it became Zhang Hao's own "Brother Hao is in the County Government".
I always have a strange guess that Zhang Hao, who no longer focuses on the "Siping Youth" universe, is a bit lazy. He compares "Let the Bullets Fly", which is ranked 39th on Douban's top movie list, with "Let the Bullets Fly", which is ranked 147th on the top list. "Nine-grade Sesame Official" is mixed together, no matter what, you can't hold yourself back.
You can say that Zhang Hao is not enterprising, or you can say that he is opportunistic, but he can harmoniously integrate these two absolute blockbusters, as shown in the movie.
director Zhang Hao's extremely inflated desire for expression is still quite good, which makes people want to complain but can't, which is a bit uncomfortable!
Of course, Zhang Hao does not have Jiang Wen's unique film narrative technique in making "Let the Bullets Fly". His "Brother Hao in the County Office" has the same title as the movie, and it focuses on being easy to understand.
Zhang Hao's own male protagonist was originally an orphan raised by Feng Ju's family. In order to survive, he learned a lot of worldly skills and used his identity as a housekeeper to oust Feng Ju. He went to a county to be the county magistrate on his behalf.
And this county is obviously not a good place. It has long been controlled by the rich man Gao in the city. Before Zhang Hao came, 43 former county magistrates had received their memorial tablets. It can be seen that this man Gao who controls the county is a A ruthless character who will do whatever it takes.
Moreover, this person is actually related to the Japanese. He sells opium and harms the Chinese people. Basically, this story is very high-profile and will not be limited by subject matter like those imitation gangster movies made by Zhang Hao in his early years. There is also a sense of sentiment here, and Wu Qihua was invited to play the role of the master.
The follow-up story is about the contest between Zhang Hao and Mr. Gao. First, Mr. Gao gave his maid to Zhang Hao. Although the maid obeyed Mr. Gao's instructions and monitored Zhang Hao, she also had her own difficulties. , because her father was controlled by Master Gao, she hoped to rescue her father through Zhang Hao.
At first, the county master played by Zhang Hao was very cowardly and gave in to the evil forces. However, he learned from the maid's father that Mr. Gao had killed his real father. He was the only honest official among the former magistrates of the county. Feeling of resistance.
Later, Master Gao even pretended to be Zhang Hao in the name of the county magistrate and wanted to behead him. The two began a real duel, and gave Zhang Hao a "gold finger" a warlord's son. In a flattering way, Mr. Gao was killed by his own gun, ushering in the finale of revenge for his father.
I must say that the story of the whole movie is more like "Let the Bullets Fly". It is superficial and does not have the blockbuster style of Jiang Wen. But for a small production worth 8 million, it is still watchable. After all, the investment in the whole movie is not as high as the average. A-list stars are paid well, and the box office expectations are good. It also achieves Zhang Hao's original goal of making this film to make the audience laugh.
But personally I still feel that Zhang Hao, who had nothing at the beginning, made those profanity-laced, noisy noir movies that were more lively and spiritual than his first works.
Now Zhang Hao is lost in the fog of commercial pursuit of box office, making the Siping young man who was initially expected by the audience to become "Internet Stephen Chow" gradually drift away.
