I watched a total of 6 movies during the May 1st season, namely " The Siege of Kowloon Walled City ", " "Thelma and Louise ", " Howl's Moving Castle ", " There's Nothing That Can't Be Solved by a Hot Pot" "Things ", " Journey Through the Moon ", " Peacekeeping Riot Team ".
genre films are works created for different audience groups. Different audiences have different tastes. My recommendation is mainly based on personal perception and is highly subjective.
1. "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" has the best reputation.
"The Siege of Kowloon Walled City", after reading it, I concluded that this is the most popular film in the May Day series.
There are five new films among the six films, and " Kowloon Walled City " has the highest Douban rating.
The conflict point of this movie is the common refrain of evil not prevailing over good. The tornado in Kowloon Walled City and the big boss outside Kowloon Walled City are a battle between good and evil. The tornado is a representative of loyalty and trustworthiness, while the big boss is not trustworthy and puts interests above all else.
The conflict between Tornado and Big Boss was because of Chen Luojun.
Chen Luojun is the son of Tornado brother Azhan. I remember that when the tornado killed my brother, I also promised my brother that I would let Chen Luojun live.
The big boss wants to mess with Chen Luojun, but he is actually a drunkard who wants to take advantage of the opportunity to kill the tornado so that he can occupy the Kowloon Walled City.
The tornado is about morality, the big boss is about business, and the two factions fight and kill each other. It can be said that the concept of "Kowloon Walled City" is not very clever.
Audiences who like Hong Kong movies and action movies can get more enjoyment from watching movies. The punch-to-flesh fighting action in the film is one of the highlights of the film. Some actions are dangerous and vicious, fitting the character's image, such as Di Qiu's elbow attack when he singled out Chen Luojun. There is a saying in the fight circle that "it is better to receive ten punches than one elbow". Because the elbow bone is one of the hardest bones in humans, the special triangular shape makes elbow strikes extremely lethal. This elbow strike showed Di Qiu's overwhelming hatred for Chen Luojun.
He really wanted Chen Luojun to die, so even if he gave up the title deed to Kowloon Walled City and fought the tornado, he still wanted the big boss's people to kill Chen Luojun.
Zheng Baorui is the successor of Galaxy Image, which is good at shooting realistic and magical image spaces. Kowloon Walled City is Zheng Baorui's further development of wasteland aesthetics. It is difficult for mainland filmmakers to capture this kind of image of a sinful city. Being able to see this movie on a mainland screen is also a wonderful movie-watching experience.
2. "Thelma and Louise" is actually okay
Before watching the movie, I resisted "Thelma and Louise". Movies invested by Happy Mahua always like to have copycat titles.
From " Charlotte's Trouble " to " This Killer Is Not So Calm " to "Thelma and Louise", I have quite a good impression.
From the comedy point of view, "Thelma and Louise" is certainly not as good as "Charlotte". One of my favorite passages is when the doctor apologized to Jia Youwei and said that he had misdiagnosed and that he did not have a brain tumor. Jia Youwei knelt on the bed and thanked the doctor. Then, he suddenly kicked the doctor.
From thanking him to kicking him to death, the logic of the change is very precise.
He thought he was about to die soon, but when he heard it was a misdiagnosis, the joy of rebirth made him grateful to the doctor. But he quickly came to his senses. If there had been no misdiagnosis, he would not have wasted the money he had worked so hard to save. All this was caused by the doctor.
Jia Bing’s acting is also good. The sudden move of kicking the doctor to death gave him an unexpected sense of joy.
"Thelma and Louise" cannot replicate the success of "Charlotte" because the latter has too many famous scenes that are enough to make it famous. I think this movie works because its emotional logic is right.
This is a movie about friendship. It reveals the essence of friendship. Friendship requires mutual benefit. Friendship that cannot be mutually beneficial will not last long.
Interdependence theory has a view, "Each of us is like a shopper in an interpersonal shopping mall. Everyone hopes to find the most suitable products and seeks an intimate relationship that obtains the maximum reward value at the minimum cost. Only those who can provide us with sufficient benefits A partner can become a long-lasting friend."
The four brothers had two love breakdowns in their youth and middle age, both of which were caused by mutual incompatibility. Interestingly, this benefit is not the so-called emotional value, but money.
Jia Youwei is a stingy man who uses money It is a very realistic comedy to show favors to brothers, and they will return favors to him.
I have seen too many fairy tales about brotherhood where love is more important than price, but "Thelma and Louise" is more honest. Intimate relationships can also be "purchased" and expressed through money. Very honest and worthy of encouragement.
3. "Hot Pot" is not recommended.
Among the May 1st films, "Thelma and Louise" and "Nothing That Can't Be Solved by Hot Pot" are competing products in the comedy circuit. I personally recommend "Hot Pot".
"Hot Pot" didn't do well at the box office. The soundtrack was noisy, the camera was dizzy, the script was too clever, and in the first half, Yang Mi always grabbed the words - she started talking before others could finish their words. . Watch other comedies to make you happy, and watch "Hot Pot" to stop your heart.
Of course, happiness is only one day, and so is unhappiness. Why should you be happy every day?
If you don't want to be happy, then watch "Hot Pot" - no, " The box office of "Hot Pot" was not as good as expected. At 12:00 on May 5, the producer issued a withdrawal statement
4. "Journey Across the Moon" is so pretentious
It is different from some people who think "Journey Across the Moon" is very romantic. , it gave me a bad viewing experience.
I am not a fan of the protagonists. There is no fan filter to protect the body. The whole process is like Li Chengru watching Guo Jingming's works, with thorns in the back, a lump in the throat, and pins and needles.
This is an inappropriate and pretentious movie. Movie.
The director very much hopes to turn the love of the 1990s into the slow love myth of the past.
Wang Rui flatters the capitalists, and it is reasonable to have an extra day off. With the amazing productivity of making 1,100 dumplings in one hour, the extra day off seems false.
You must know that the fastest speed of making dumplings in Guinness is 1,066.
Don’t say that this detail is not important, because the person making dumplings. The amazing productivity is related to whether Lin Xiushan has a vacation. The director made Lin Xiushan a imaginative girl, which is a relatively good change. However, after failing to find Wang Rui twice in a row, the film did not show Lin Xiushan's imagination - it seems that the director wrote the script. I forgot about it.
There is an intriguing aspect in the video. Wang Rui doesn't dare to make Lin Xiushan look too good because he is worried that the other party will cheat.
My biggest dissatisfaction with the film is that Lin Xiushan cannot find Wang Rui. , Wang Rui and Lin Xiushan have every chance to meet and have time to have sex. The specific method was that Lin Xiushan returned to Guangzhou to find Wang Rui. Wang Rui immediately went to the hotel where the two of them frequented to catch up on their sleep. After Lin Xiushan came back, they had sex.
This method is feasible, because Wang Rui has to take the car back at three o'clock in the morning. From any perspective, Lin Xiushan will not come back after three o'clock in the morning.
To take a step back, even if time really does not allow it (the feasibility is zero), can they take half a day off? Can they miss half a day of work without a phone?
Young-blooded young people don’t have any rebellious spirit?
I am worried that I will be late for work the next day and will not be able to see each other. I beat the workers so consciously that the capitalists will shed tears after reading it. Where can I find such good employees?
"Journey Across the Moon" sacrifices the rationality of the story for the sake of sensationalism. It is obvious that we can meet, but it is made as if we are parting from each other. This kind of pretentious romance movie will hurt your brain after watching it.
If you are a fan of the starring role, it is worth paying to watch. If not, you will feel awkward. Two celebrities with strong campus temperament playing a young couple can easily cause drama. If you regard the two as long-distance lovers who go to school in different cities, the story will still hold true.
5. "Peacekeeping Riot Squad", the old new movie
is likely to start high and go low.
A new film with a stale temperament. The characters are thin and boring, the confrontation between good and evil is crude, and there are several sudden battle scenes without any foreshadowing.I can accept the plot of our army being forever powerful, but I can't accept that the other side is an idiot. It feels like watching an anti-Japanese drama on the big screen.
I looked at the Beacon data. "Peacekeepers", "Thelma and Louise", and "Kowloon Walled City" all have strong masculine qualities. However, the main audience of the first two movies is women. Only Kowloon Walled City's main audience is male.
"Kowloon Walled City" has the best reputation, but it can't even maintain its third-ranked status. This must be the purchasing power of female viewers.
6. "Howl's Moving Castle", confident girls are the most beautiful
Regarding "Howl's Moving Castle", I once wrote a short review and shared it as follows.
Why did Sophie become an old woman after being cursed?
Because the Witch of the Wild discovered that Sophie was not confident about her appearance. There is a detail in the film where Sophie pulls her hat down when she looks in the mirror.
The Witch of the Wild discovered that Sophie had appearance anxiety, and Sophie turned into an old woman.
Sophie, who had always been anxious about her appearance, now felt even less confident. So she chose to escape and entered Howl's castle by chance.
There has been a rumor that Hal only eats the hearts of beautiful women. Sophie felt that she was an old woman whose appearance had faded, and she was strong without desires, which gave her the courage to enter the moving castle.
Moving Castle also allowed Sophie to regain her confidence. For this purpose, the film arranged many events. For example, Sophie can make the flame demon obedient, such as Sophie cleaning the castle (the details are that her waist is straightened, there are fewer wrinkles, and she is full of energy. ), such as Sophie going to see the king.
In contrast to Sophie, Hal's hair changed color due to his cleaning, which led to the funniest scene in the film. Hal complained: Everything is over. If it is not beautiful, there is still life in the world. What's the meaning.
Please note that Howl's blonde hair has changed to black hair, which is Sophie's previous hair color.
Howl's complaints made Sophie feel lost for a while, but fortunately she had the courage to become Howl's comforter.
Howl and Sophie's self-confidence is a dynamic of ebb and flow. Sophie is becoming more and more confident. She uses her self-confidence to solve the curse, become Howl's savior, and have love.
As for "Spy House", I haven't watched the anime and haven't watched it, so I won't share my viewing experience.
