reported! The movie " A Dream of Red Mansions " is moving again!
Note, this is the movie directed by Hu Mei, " Dream of Red Mansions: A Good Match " .
Speaking of which, this movie has a big background and a lot of drama.
It is said that director Hu Mei wanted to film "A Dream of Red Mansions" in 2005. It took 0 just to revise and rewrite the script.
Finally, the script was reviewed in 2015, and it took a long time to audition for the role. Before the official filming of
, the crew identified 70 or 80 actors among more than 20,000 actors, and then conducted more than 9 months of training.
Many of the actors selected from this audition had no acting experience. The crew specially invited acting, chess, calligraphy and painting teachers from Beijing Film Academy and Shanghai Theater Academy to provide immersive training to the actors.
Finally, the film officially started shooting in May 2018 and was completed in 2019. Since then, it has been announced to be released every year, but it has not been released.
It wasn't until 2023, when the movie released its first trailer, that the movie had the flavor of being released.
Unfortunately, this first trailer was a critical blow to the audience.
In fact, after the first trailer came out last year, everyone could almost give the movie a death sentence.
After all, I had no expectations for this movie, but no one expected that when the new trailer came out, the saying came true:
is not the worst, only worse.
Without further ado, let’s talk about this upcoming movie through three questions.
First question: Is this really the Bao Daichai that matches the original work and that the audience wants to see?
As soon as the trailer for the "Conspiracy and Love" version came out, the most jaw-dropping thing was the casting. Although the main characters of the first version of
's "Unexpected Love" trailer also appeared one by one, the impact was huge enough.
looks like a precious jade with only pretty features but no trace of nobility;
Daiyu is clear and watery, with no sense of beauty;
Wang Xifeng, whose scheming is written on his face, is crazy and over-aged;
is too immature to hold up the phoenix crown of Yuan Chun. ;
But due to the length, there are not many shots of each person, which is not enough to let us understand how outrageous the casting of this movie is.
Now, as soon as the trailer for the "Conspiracy and Love" version came out, everyone's hearts were finally completely cooled by and .
Wang Xifeng, who is smart and dashing, has become a "snake spirit";
Wang Ziteng, who has a profound background and plays a decisive role in the book, appears directly in the movie this time, which feels too exaggerated;
In the first trailer The vague Baochai has a positive face in this version of the trailer. Sister Bao's "beautiful appearance" does account for a bit of "feng".
The actor looks like his baby fat has not faded away, and he is still quite cute and charming during the game in the garden.
The striking image looks just like an ordinary maid. The appearance feels a bit like the Li Shaohong version, which mainly captures the characteristics of "slender figure and long face".
Grandma Liu does not look like an old lady who has never seen the world. Her expression looks very tough, a bit like questioning;
The biggest impact in this trailer is the flash of Qing .
This picture made my chest feel tight, and I almost spit out a mouthful of blood:
With all due respect, this picture looks too improper. How is it different from those Internet universities that use scale as a gimmick?
From the exposure of the clothes, to the actors' postures, to their expressions...
It's hard to describe in one word!
The reaction given by netizens was also very direct:
"The original book said that Qin Keqing has a coquettish figure, not a coquettish one."
"Is it a Dream of Red Mansions or a Plum in the Golden Lotus?"
"Don't call it a Dream of Red Mansions, call it a Dream of Brothels."
Even if it is a preview, The person inside is not Qin Keqing but the Keqing Baoyu saw in Taixu Illusion, so this method of expression is also very wrong.
Take a look at the old version to wash your eyes.
Okay, it’s time for the main event, Bao Dai.
Let’s talk about Baoyu first. In the first trailer of
, the evaluation of Baoyu was actually quite passable, perhaps because there are not many shots and it is difficult to make too many evaluations. In
's trailer this time, there are more scenes of him, and the problem is naturally exposed.
either has no expression and cannot convey emotions;
is either too exaggerated, playing Baoyu as a greasy fool, not looking like a noble man at all;
the actor's expression management is even worse, this expression, you How much do you hate Sister Lin? When
is running, its appearance is not very good.
Then comes our sister Lin.
As the most important role in "A Dream of Red Mansions", Lin Daiyu is also highly valued in this movie.
Just the day after the trailer was released, the official also released a special feature about Daiyu. In the special, director Hu Mei was very satisfied with Lin Daiyu’s casting and performance. She praised:
"When I see this actor, I feel like By the time she is that person, she is living in that era."
In fact, just from the special episode, Zhang Miaoyi, who plays Lin Daiyu, has indeed improved.
From the beginning, she moved her eyebrows crazily, making it difficult to control the subtle expressions.
When the filming started, there was indeed a lot of drama between her eyebrows, and she could basically achieve "two eyebrows that look like frowning but not frowning, and a pair of eyes that look like weeping but not weeping".
A few scenes are shown, and she has the appearance of "sick as Xizi wins three points", and the conversation with Baochai can also show her temperament.
The expressions were also well controlled, and large lines of dialogue were spoken smoothly. Director Hu Mei also received applause at the scene.
Looking at it this way, Daiyu’s training in the later stages of casting was quite successful.
Although the actor himself does not match the image of Daiyu very well, he may be able to gain some points with his acting skills, so let’s just wait and see. In addition to new actors,
will also invite veteran actors from the 1987 TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" to join the cast.
Second question: The specifications are the largest and the cost is the highest. The trailer looks really luxurious
When the movie version of "Dream of Red Mansions" was launched, the battle was huge.
Director Hu Mei, needless to say, has many high-scoring classics in the field of TV dramas, such as "Yongzheng Dynasty", "Han Wu Emperor", "Qiao Family Courtyard" and so on.
The photography directors are Zhao Xiaoding of " House of Flying Daggers " and Zhao Xiaoshi of " Mei Lanfang ". The visual director is Huo Tingxiao of " The Golden Armor ", and the styling director is " The Legend of the Demon Cat " Chen Tongxun, and even Ye Xiaogang, chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association, attended the launch. The team behind
is luxurious and the investment is generous.
It is reported that the production cost of the film exceeded 200 million. Director Hu Mei said in the shooting special that he wanted to create "the best Oriental Red Mansion culture in the world."
Judging from the on-site records, to put it simply, a new "Grand View Garden" was built, and a "new" concept was incorporated.
The scene is large enough and the architecture is detailed enough.
The things that appear in the Grand View Garden are always the most expensive and the best.
Even the embroidery on the screen is so detailed that it looks like it cost a lot of money. In the words of director Hu Mei,
is "creating the best in China" . After being built in this way by
, the interior scenery is indeed exquisite, and the furnishings in Jia Mu's room are indeed in the style of everyone.
Of course, ignore errors in seats.
But if you spend money, does it mean it will be good?
is really not necessarily the case.
Judging from several trailers, this movie also has major hardware problems.
such as clothing.
As we all know, the 1987 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" is called the ceiling of classical service, which is inseparable from the contribution of stylist Yang Shuyun.
The costume styles of more than 230 named characters in the drama are all individually designed, revealing a gorgeous and exquisite Chinese aesthetic.
Wang Xifeng, played by Deng Jie, has 74 sets of costumes alone. The styling director of the
movie is Chen Tongxun. He said that the costumes in the movie are based on Ming Dynasty costumes that continue the Hanfu system.
Unfortunately, what was shown in the movie was a disaster.
The amount of clothing is very small. Originally, the Ming Dynasty clothing was very large. In the trailer, everyone's clothes are very cramped.
looks extremely and .
Look at Baoyu's clothes, which look like a servant's. He is dressed in plain clothes without even any accessories.
Daiyu’s clothes cling to the already thin actor’s body, and the accumulation of armpits looks uncomfortable. The beauty is almost 0, not to mention the mixed hairstyle.
Wang Xifeng’s tight-fitting clothes and the “luxury”-looking necklace completely don’t match. Is this crew rich or not? It’s hard for us to say.
also integrates scenes. It is really a typical example of spending a lot of money to do stupid things and . Cut out a random frame of the
trailer. It doesn't feel like watching "Dream of Red Mansions", but like playing an "Let's find fault" game.
For example, in the opening shots of the two trailers, everyone is wearing single clothes, and there are residual lotuses in the pond. It seems to be summer and autumn socializing.
But the roof and the green plants in the yard are covered with thick snow that has not yet melted. Is this the wrong season?
The picture of Yuan Fei’s wedding ceremony, an overhead shot, the garden is neatly laid out, with lawns, flower beds, trees, and a carpet of red carpets. Is this still a Jiangnan garden?
and the scene where Bao Dai is reading by the lake. Can anyone explain where those piled petals on all the neatly trimmed trees come from?
The petals of the Daiyu Burial Flower also fall from the sky. The beauty is there, but who can consider the authenticity?
Not to mention the scenes of Daiyu fishing petals from the lake and digging holes with her bare hands.
These pictures are really not the "Dream of Red Mansions" we have read.
The third question: A love affair with a strange world and a conspiracy of love at the same time. Is this still the familiar "Dream of Red Mansions"?
Finally got to this part.
If persuasion is not enough and the actors are not strong, then what about the story?
In fact, this question has been answered for a long time. The original book has 80 chapters, plus the 120 chapters in the sequel. It can barely be made into a TV series. How can it be made into a movie?
The question lies in which scenes the movie chooses to shoot, and whether it can show the core of the original work. The story of the
movie "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Good Marriage" starts from the heyday of the Jia family, showing in-depth the classic scenes such as Taixu illusion, Yuan Fei's wedding, Daiyu's funeral, Baoyu's beating, etc., and reproduces the joys and sorrows between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. story.
Well, the classic scenes are already there, and you can also get a glimpse of it from the trailer. As for whether it has not been restored yet, whether you can watch it or not, we won’t know until the movie is released.
The problem about the story conveyed from the two versions of the trailer is the degree of restoration, and the other, more serious, is the explicitness of , while directly pierces the "implicit" window paper.
The title of the trailer is directly "Conspiracy and Love", which directly makes it clear that the 80 chapters of Cao Xueqin's original work are difficult to explain and are inconvenient to explain.
even directly named in the line "The Lin family's money is better spent to build a garden" .
Regardless of whether this plot is a new direction developed by red scholars, it is inappropriate to put it in a movie of the famous "Dream of Red Mansions" that was filmed again after many years.
The movie focuses on Bao Daichai's love tragedy, using "unparalleled love" to set the tone, showing Baoyu Daiyu's love tragedy, and also directly telling the tragedy of Baochai and Baoyu's marriage.
In the trailer, Baoyu stands in front of a big stone engraved with "Buddha, Buddhism and Taoism", holding a horse, facing the wind and snow.
Forgive me, I can’t tell which paragraph it is from the original work.
also wanted to expand the layout from the courtyard to the court, giving some scenes of the court, and also portrayed the word "conspiracy".
But the problem is that one movie cannot contain so much, and it also deviates from the core of the original work.
Originally, "Dream of Red Mansions" used the rise and fall of families to show social changes and turbulence. Now, it's better to directly tell the story of the court.
Perhaps director Hu Mei is not satisfied enough with the emperor drama, and wants to use it in "Dream of Red Mansions".
In short, we don’t know what the final presentation of the movie will be.
Maybe after everyone lowers their expectations, there may be surprises.
Qingshi Film Editorial Department | Lao Meng
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