Blessings come in pairs, misfortunes never come singly!
Some time ago, the TV series "Harbin 1944" starring Yang Mi was launched. Produced by the famous director Zhang Li of
, the male protagonist is Qin Hao, who has become popular in recent years. He has a complete ace lineup in front of and behind the scenes. Yang Mi has worked hard for this drama, not only challenging the villain for the first time, but also specially hiring an acting teacher for transformation.
originally wanted to use this work to change his image, but unexpectedly it went in the opposite direction after it was broadcast.
The plot logic is confusing and bugs are endless. Zhang Li made a mistake this time.
And Yang Mi's performance in the film took over all the bad reviews on her acting skills. Not only did she not succeed in her transformation, but it reinforced her shortcomings in ability.
Fetching water from a bamboo basket is in vain.
The mess on the small screen has not yet been cleared up, but the big screen over there is on fire again.
There are many heroes vying for success in the May 1st film, including the Hong Kong film " Kowloon Walled City ", the comedy " Thelma and Louise ", and the action film "Peacekeeping Riot Squad".
And Yang Mi also has a new movie " There is nothing a hot pot can't solve ".
This is Yang Mi's heroine's work that returns to the big screen after 2 years after 2021's " Assassination of Novelist ", which is equally significant.
But the result turned out to be a tragedy.
The box office is at the bottom, the reputation is poor, and the director Ding Sheng also suffered a big failure -
"There is nothing a hot pot can't solve"
This film is produced by Yang Mi, Yu Qian, Yu Ailei, Tian Yu, Li Jiuxiao Comedy suspense film starring.
, as a movie starring Yang Mi, naturally has guaranteed traffic.
Before the release of Yang Mi's movie promotion, it received millions of retweets every minute, and it won the statistics even before it was released.
I thought that these millions of reposts would be of some use, but after it was released, I became timid.
The box office of "Hot Pot" on its May Day premiere was only 18.29 million, accounting for 4.4% of the box office. Among the May Day movies, it only narrowly beat "Journey Across the Moon" and "The Pig Man Movie".
But the former is a romantic literary film, and the latter is an animation. Compared with other more commercial movies, they are all ranked ahead of "Hot Pot".
The May 1st grade is at the bottom.
It is not feasible to rely on word of mouth to reverse the situation, after all, the word of mouth has collapsed.
"Hot Pot" was screened as early as April. I wanted to preemptively rely on word-of-mouth fermentation, but unexpectedly, it exploded in advance. Even after attending the screening, the word-of-mouth was not ideal. Now that
has been officially released, the comment section has exploded with negative reviews.
Many netizens said that they were confused and confused.
The homepage was smashed, and its reputation collapsed. The chance of "Hot Pot" making a comeback was slim, and Yang Mi also accomplished the feat of starring on both the big and small screens at the same time.
The box office failure not only affected Yang Mi, but also Ding Sheng.
This director was once Jackie Chan's royal partner. The two collaborated on films such as "Railway Tiger", " Police Story 2013" and "Little Soldier".
But later, because of the failure of " Heroes 2018" and " SWAT Team ", no new work has been released since 2021. It has been dormant for three years. This film also sounded the clarion call for Ding Sheng's return.
But this blow was a squib.
Yang Mi was cold and Ding Sheng was speechless. Why did "Hot Pot" come to this point?
After watching the movie, I found that this was the result of the audience voting with their feet.
Self-pleasure script-killing
Let me start by saying this:
"Hot Pot" is a script-killing movie. Almost everyone in the whole film is in a limited scene. If you don't like watching this type of movie, then there is no need to buy it. ticket.
And more importantly, it's a bad movie.
Ding Sheng is a typical macho director. He has never filmed this type of film before. His technique is very unfamiliar, the rhythm is chaotic and procrastinating, and there is a sense of self-pleasure of a middle-aged man everywhere.
I couldn't help but curse at the beginning of the story.
(Because there are too many roles, actor names are used instead of roles below)
said that the theater owner played by Yu Qian posted a riddle in the group, which attracted Yang Mi, Yu Ailei, and Li Jiuxiao to visit.
The three of them guessed riddles for a while, and finally Yu Qian told the answer:
His own theater was involved in demolition, so he found Tian Yu, the head teacher of the demolition class, to handle the matter, but when the matter failed to be completed, he paid 200,000 in bribes.
But when Yu Qian went to the toilet, he discovered that the director's toilet had a "wall" that hid a large space. He speculated that there should be a lot of stolen money, so he decided to steal the money with three people.
I counted. It took me 153 words to retell this plot. It can be finished in five or six sentences. And how long did the movie take -
20 minutes!
pairs, 20 minutes!
During this period, the four of them were constantly guessing. You said something to each other, and the long lines made people feel numb. The camera rotated 360° around the characters, making people dizzy.
However, the rhythm seems to be flying, but the amount of information in the lines is pitiful!
There is not much description of the characters, and the plot does not advance much. The entire opening 20 minutes is full of useless writing. In order to match the Sichuan and Chongqing background, the characters' mouths are like machine guns, and they are bombarded with dialects.
People's heads were buzzing after watching it, like four stimulant flies crawling on the loudspeaker of the cinema.
After 20 minutes, the four of them finally took action.
As soon as he arrived at the director's house, the next scene showed him taking the money back to the theater. The four of them were sharing the money and selling the stolen goods. How happy they were. But then they discovered that Li Jiuxiao had brought back a big box and opened it -
was the director of the demolition office. .
Then the four people were frightened, looked at each other, and after another bombardment of lines that seemed extremely nervous but were actually chattering, they decided to cut the director into pieces.
then tried to make ink marks several times without success. In the middle, there was an opera singer who came out many times to make meaningless obstructions, disrupting the already scattered story structure.
In the end, the director was lazy -
woke up, he was not dead.
I looked at my watch and saw that a full hour had passed.
That’s it! That's it? !
This short story can be found on the last page of "Reader". It took me an hour to finish telling it. Each of the five people is a chatterbox, and they can switch between various dialects seamlessly. Every little thing makes me want to talk. Million words.
is neither exciting nor foreshadowing. To say that Jiang Wen is a beggar’s version is flattering.
And in such a confusing situation, the director also arranged various meaningless flashbacks. When the plot reaches a certain point, I have to review and complete it again. I seemed to be under a magic spell and the progress bar stopped moving forward.
Even things like moving a box or changing a cup that have already come to fruition need to be reviewed specifically.
But this reverse order has no plot significance, nor does it provide structural highlights. It is just a waste of time.
I'm vomiting!
Impatient people should not watch this film!
People from Sichuan and Chongqing regions will be dying of panic after watching this film, right? !
When you are about to die, as the second act opens, the movie starts the ethical mode again -
Except for Yu Qian, the four people present are all related to the demolition class teacher, including a lover, a brother-in-law, and another The long-lost son...
No, didn't we agree that we randomly came here after reading the riddles in the group?
How come they become a family so casually?
Three people were in a group, they saw the riddle at the same time, and they were all related to the director.
wants to challenge the Guinness record for best coincidence?
The first half is "Reader", and the second half becomes "Sexual Health". The protagonists reveal their identities and purposes one after another. It seems that they are not connected, but in fact they are all related to the director.
And this is what the movie is most proud of:
reverses and reverses again.
However, all the developments in the story were accurately predicted, and the results of many situations were roughly guessed before they happened. The so-called reversals are just routine.
The most outrageous thing is the ending. The director took a big mouthful of meat and got stuck in his throat. The director also made it clear to the audience that he was stuck.
But the other characters mistakenly thought they had suffocated to death. The four of them were anxious and anxious. Seeing that the story could not go on, Yu Qian actually said lightly:
Maybe he was just stuck.
Then he took out the thing in his throat and he was alive!
I was shocked, really shocked!
retells what the audience saw through the characters. Is this the legendary reversal?
Except for the director’s home, 90% of the entire film took place in the theater. The five people just kept arguing for 128 minutes.
And Yang Mi’s character did not step out of the box. In the early stage of
, she acted like a little girl. She made people's hearts tremble when she opened her voice. She even acted coquettishly when she was dismembered...
later transformed into a queen, with red hair and a leather skirt. The director even gave her an upgraded shot. I wish I could Tell your sister how beautiful she is.
acting skills?
What acting skills?
Conclusion
This film is written in the genre of "suspense + comedy".
It can be suspenseful but not suspenseful, and comedy can't make you laugh.
5 characters, 2 scenes, just convulsing for 128 minutes.
is messy, noisy, long and boring.
I feel sleepy with my eyes open, but I feel too noisy when I close my eyes.
After watching this movie, I feel like my ears are getting calluses. I would like to try a joint venture with an ear-picking shop.
After the overturn of "Hot Pot", Yang Mi made a splash on both the big and small screens, and it will be even more difficult for Ding Sheng to make another movie.
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