text | Linghu Boguang
Many people may not have paid attention to it. During the May Day holiday, " Flying Life 2" directed by Han Han and starring Shen Teng was finally launched on the streaming media. The results were very good. The webcast Aiyu Tengmang It has reached the top of the list and the reviews from netizens are very good. Compared with it, other movies were released during the same Spring Festival.
In fact, it is not easy to compare in terms of popularity alone, because these movies have been online at different times, so comparison is meaningless.
However, the scores of each platform are still very intuitive. For example, " hot hot ", a video network where young people gather, only has a score of 7.1, while " Article 20 " has a score of 9.1, and "Flying Life 2" has a score of 9.5. points, it can be said to be far ahead. And it’s not just this platform. The scores of other video platforms fluctuate, but the rankings are basically the same.
No matter what, "Flying Life 2" is the most popular movie in this Spring Festival. In fact, it is also the most successful mainland commercial movie so far this year (currently, only the literary film "Leading on a Boat" is rated higher than it ), the others are all Hong Kong and Taiwan movies, Taiwan's "Zhou Chu", Hong Kong's "Under the Day", "Diary of a Young Man", and the currently released "Kowloon Walled City".
I think this movie can be well received. It probably meets the standards of excellent movies in the eyes of Chinese audiences.
takes the lead in online faults, is the 2024 Spring Festival the best? Why "Flying Life 2"?
The first is that Shen Teng is still the current ace of Chinese comedians. It took a long time for other comedians to embarrass themselves when Stephen Chow, Ge You aged, Xu Zheng, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang transformed.
Stephen Chow and Zhao Benshan can grasp that point. This point is the point where environment, tone, action, etc. come together. You are an actor with good acting skills. As soon as he tells you, you will understand how to act and add your own performance. If you can't act well or grasp the point, he will not be angry. He can teach you how to do it and you will learn to grasp it. , the character you play is full-bodied and not exaggerated.
If you can't learn it, he can teach you several times. If you still can't learn it after several times, he will be angry. Usually directors just make do with it, but the result is less than satisfactory and more embarrassing. How important is it to be a good comedian? Just like making jokes in normal chats, one or two memes occasionally pop up during normal chat and it will be very funny; but if you chat around one or two memes, you will not laugh or laugh awkwardly.
I don’t know if you all have the same situation as me, that is, if you watch an actor perform too many comedies, you will think his new role is also funny. In other words, whether I think it is funny or not does not depend on the character. , but ran with the actors.
For example, the character played by Jia Bing in "Crazy" usually talks like a gangster, but as soon as he yells and gets excited, it will somehow be associated with the feeling of a Spring Festival Gala sketch, which is funny; The character's dull or solemn expression also reminds me of the sketch, so I find it funny.
Comedy is really difficult to act, even if the comedy of Star Master is nonsensical, it is a metaphor for reality. Why is it so difficult for good comedies to appear? Because good comedies not only make you laugh, but also make you think. Take "人在囧路" as an example. You laugh and laugh. After you finish laughing, you will find that it reflects How naked is reality.
Chen Peisi spent seven years thinking about a sketch "The Prince and the Postman", and a comedian has several more seven years. Let's not talk about good comedies. Even if there are funny films like " Laughing in Jianghu ", it will be okay. But even comedies like this are almost gone. I used to wait for Zhao Benshan when watching the Spring Festival Gala, because Chen Peisi had already left the stage at that time.
went to the sketch show instead of watching the singing and dancing.
Nowadays, we can only watch singing and dancing programs in the Spring Festival Gala.
There are a large number of such embarrassing comedies, and on the one hand, they are not good even if they are real comedians. Let's go back to Shen Teng in "Flying Life 2". Shen Teng is different from Ge You, Xu Zheng, Huang Bo, Wang Baoqiang, etc. He is actually more similar to Stephen Chow, because he basically only acts in comedies.
No matter how different the characters are, we always feel similar when we see Shen Teng. Although we want to laugh when we see Shen Teng's face, this is his ability. But Shen Teng's performance can make many seemingly different but similar characters make you laugh, and be vivid, touching, sad, not annoying, and comedic. This is a real skill.
Not to mention earlier, the movies Shen Teng turned over in the past two years are actually " Walking Alone on the Moon " and "Flying Life 2". Whether it's Dugu Yue or Zhang Chi, you will feel that the two characters can immediately be replaced by Shen Teng's face. The performances are really good and somewhat similar, but you can completely distinguish the differences between the characters, and both characters are very vivid. .
The audience can both recognize him as a comedian and remember his role. This means he is already a top comedian.
If you don’t believe it, in the early days of Ge You’s Feng’s comedy and Xu Zheng’s comedy, Huang Bo could only do it in “Crazy Stone ”. In other movies, we just want to get the names of the stars and can’t remember the characters at all. In fact, only Wang Baoqiang is better, but " A World Without Thieves " is still relevant, and " Soldiers Assault " and others can hardly be called comedies.
Besides Shen Teng, the biggest contributor to "Flying Life 2" is Han Han
Comedies do require actors' quality and connotation, but most importantly they require the professionalism and common sense of life of screenwriters and directors. In fact, compared to the other three directors in the Spring Festival, "Red" Ning Hao has filmed a classic comedy, "Blanket", Zhang Yimou has filmed "Speak Well", and Jia Ling is a comedian.
But here comes the most ironic thing. The best comedy actor during this year’s Spring Festival was none other than Han Han, an outsider.
This group of screenwriters and directors have not experienced the bitterness of ordinary people, so how can they make everyone laugh from the bottom of their hearts? The result of Jia Ling's transformation as a director is directly linked to the audience's aesthetic upgrade. There are many factors that have contributed to the success of young comedies in the past ten years, ranging from the fast-food entertainment consumption model brought about by the economic blowout to the audience's reliance on soaps to watch comedies due to the pressure of life. Decompression, the rapid rise of short videos is the best proof.
Today, ten years later, when the industry no longer reaps the dividends of disorder, and when the audience is not only satisfied with low-level comedies but has higher requirements for comedies, comedy will only become more difficult. The comedy sketches that every household loved to watch during the millennium were replaced by comedy movies in about 10 years, and now short video creation has long replaced the comedy function of comedy movies.
But these comedies are all commercial films under the guise of comedy. "Hot and Spicy" is a boxing inspirational, "Article 20" is a French popularization column, and " Mr. Red Carpet " is a satire on the entertainment industry. The latter is not satirical enough and absurd enough, so it is the worst; the popularization of law and comedy are really a bit separated in the middle (actually the comedy is pretty good, but the family scenes are a bit noisy), and what about "Hot and Spicy"?
It is easy to have one laugh point, but it is difficult to connect multiple laugh points and turn them into a feature film or comedy.
Everyone’s requirements for movies have become higher. As the number of viewers watching movies increases, people who watch a lot of movies have developed independent aesthetics due to the movies they have watched. People’s requirements for comedies are no longer rigid. Joy, but from the perspective of the overall movie, the continuity of the plot and the spiritual core are equally important. Laughter and Tears is the comedy slogan I have seen the most in recent years.
Comedy needs surprise. What we are watching is not a comedy, but we do not use early warning for the occurrence of laughter. It is more difficult to achieve the so-called surprise. If the same laughter appears in a comedy, if it is not particularly outstanding, it will give people a bad feeling. Embarrassing, because it loses the so-called surprise.
Laughing points also require a certain threshold, just like the memes on the Internet today, such as Tathagata, Tai Chi Five Continuous Whips, Chicken You Are So Beautiful, Nine Transformations of the Large Intestine, these are all funny only after you know the specific events. Many times, laughter requires pre-requisites. conditional.
Why is it good to watch "Flying Life 2"? In terms of comedy elements alone, the new energy tram racing section is really on point. It not only keeps up with the reality craze, but also the filming is very exciting and the pacing is well handled.The scene in the middle where the car overturned and Shen Teng was crying captured the expression of the frustrated middle-aged man so deeply.
The most important thing is that he shot the racing part so professionally and passionately. This is the real inspiration for dreams.
It’s not like the rigid application of "Hot", nor is it like the forced combination of "Twenty Points" (the film language is still poor), it is an excellent business that truly integrates the film industry, racing inspiration, comedy core is tragedy, etc. The movie, no matter why some platforms do not demean the female characters, it does not change the fact that it is an excellent movie.
went online and reached the top spot? "Flying Life 2" proves that China has excellent movies
Comedy is not staged, comedy exists. "Flying Life 2" fits this definition very well. Anyone who can perform to create comedy will fail. It's not funny to put a joke in a movie because everyone knows the joke. But when the characters in the movie go through this time and process, coupled with the contrast between the characters and the plot, the characters and the audience's perception, it's very funny.
Many comedy movies in China are promoted as having a lot of good comedies and starring certain big-name comedy stars. This approach can easily overturn. It might be better if I could talk about the characters in the play.
Finally, I would like to say something - it is not the actor who is funny, but the actor's past experience + the story that suits him
Nowadays, Chinese comedy movies, whether they are Spring Festival Gala sketches or current comedies, are bound by rules and regulations, and they must return to the main melody. It’s not that I don’t like the main theme. War movies and historical movies are very suitable for main themes, but if you insist on adding some main themes to comedies, it’s outrageous.
Many common ones are considered vulgar and have been deleted, so it is difficult to resonate with people. In the past, the shy Iron Fist, Charlotte's Trouble, and the Richest Man in Xihong City made me think that Happy Twist stepped forward and came out to save the comedy, but the subsequent movies became worse and worse, even if Shen Teng and Ma Li personally directed it "Walking Alone on the Moon" is also not satisfactory.
The same goes for this Spring Festival movie. The movie that was originally given high hopes is indescribable. The movie that should have reached the top of the box office has indeed reached the top. There are countless topics, but firstly it is a remake, and secondly, the gimmick outweighs the substance. It really is A good movie?
"Flying Life 2" proves that China still has good movies, but there are too few excellent mainland movies since the beginning of the year.
If the summer season continues like this, it will lose out to the declining Hong Kong and Taiwan movies this year. That would be funny.
No matter how different the characters are, we always feel similar when we see Shen Teng. Although we want to laugh when we see Shen Teng's face, this is his ability. But Shen Teng's performance can make many seemingly different but similar characters make you laugh, and be vivid, touching, sad, not annoying, and comedic. This is a real skill.
Not to mention earlier, the movies Shen Teng turned over in the past two years are actually " Walking Alone on the Moon " and "Flying Life 2". Whether it's Dugu Yue or Zhang Chi, you will feel that the two characters can immediately be replaced by Shen Teng's face. The performances are really good and somewhat similar, but you can completely distinguish the differences between the characters, and both characters are very vivid. .
The audience can both recognize him as a comedian and remember his role. This means he is already a top comedian.
If you don’t believe it, in the early days of Ge You’s Feng’s comedy and Xu Zheng’s comedy, Huang Bo could only do it in “Crazy Stone ”. In other movies, we just want to get the names of the stars and can’t remember the characters at all. In fact, only Wang Baoqiang is better, but " A World Without Thieves " is still relevant, and " Soldiers Assault " and others can hardly be called comedies.
Besides Shen Teng, the biggest contributor to "Flying Life 2" is Han Han
Comedies do require actors' quality and connotation, but most importantly they require the professionalism and common sense of life of screenwriters and directors. In fact, compared to the other three directors in the Spring Festival, "Red" Ning Hao has filmed a classic comedy, "Blanket", Zhang Yimou has filmed "Speak Well", and Jia Ling is a comedian.
But here comes the most ironic thing. The best comedy actor during this year’s Spring Festival was none other than Han Han, an outsider.
This group of screenwriters and directors have not experienced the bitterness of ordinary people, so how can they make everyone laugh from the bottom of their hearts? The result of Jia Ling's transformation as a director is directly linked to the audience's aesthetic upgrade. There are many factors that have contributed to the success of young comedies in the past ten years, ranging from the fast-food entertainment consumption model brought about by the economic blowout to the audience's reliance on soaps to watch comedies due to the pressure of life. Decompression, the rapid rise of short videos is the best proof.
Today, ten years later, when the industry no longer reaps the dividends of disorder, and when the audience is not only satisfied with low-level comedies but has higher requirements for comedies, comedy will only become more difficult. The comedy sketches that every household loved to watch during the millennium were replaced by comedy movies in about 10 years, and now short video creation has long replaced the comedy function of comedy movies.
But these comedies are all commercial films under the guise of comedy. "Hot and Spicy" is a boxing inspirational, "Article 20" is a French popularization column, and " Mr. Red Carpet " is a satire on the entertainment industry. The latter is not satirical enough and absurd enough, so it is the worst; the popularization of law and comedy are really a bit separated in the middle (actually the comedy is pretty good, but the family scenes are a bit noisy), and what about "Hot and Spicy"?
It is easy to have one laugh point, but it is difficult to connect multiple laugh points and turn them into a feature film or comedy.
Everyone’s requirements for movies have become higher. As the number of viewers watching movies increases, people who watch a lot of movies have developed independent aesthetics due to the movies they have watched. People’s requirements for comedies are no longer rigid. Joy, but from the perspective of the overall movie, the continuity of the plot and the spiritual core are equally important. Laughter and Tears is the comedy slogan I have seen the most in recent years.
Comedy needs surprise. What we are watching is not a comedy, but we do not use early warning for the occurrence of laughter. It is more difficult to achieve the so-called surprise. If the same laughter appears in a comedy, if it is not particularly outstanding, it will give people a bad feeling. Embarrassing, because it loses the so-called surprise.
Laughing points also require a certain threshold, just like the memes on the Internet today, such as Tathagata, Tai Chi Five Continuous Whips, Chicken You Are So Beautiful, Nine Transformations of the Large Intestine, these are all funny only after you know the specific events. Many times, laughter requires pre-requisites. conditional.
Why is it good to watch "Flying Life 2"? In terms of comedy elements alone, the new energy tram racing section is really on point. It not only keeps up with the reality craze, but also the filming is very exciting and the pacing is well handled.The scene in the middle where the car overturned and Shen Teng was crying captured the expression of the frustrated middle-aged man so deeply.
The most important thing is that he shot the racing part so professionally and passionately. This is the real inspiration for dreams.
It’s not like the rigid application of "Hot", nor is it like the forced combination of "Twenty Points" (the film language is still poor), it is an excellent business that truly integrates the film industry, racing inspiration, comedy core is tragedy, etc. The movie, no matter why some platforms do not demean the female characters, it does not change the fact that it is an excellent movie.
went online and reached the top spot? "Flying Life 2" proves that China has excellent movies
Comedy is not staged, comedy exists. "Flying Life 2" fits this definition very well. Anyone who can perform to create comedy will fail. It's not funny to put a joke in a movie because everyone knows the joke. But when the characters in the movie go through this time and process, coupled with the contrast between the characters and the plot, the characters and the audience's perception, it's very funny.
Many comedy movies in China are promoted as having a lot of good comedies and starring certain big-name comedy stars. This approach can easily overturn. It might be better if I could talk about the characters in the play.
Finally, I would like to say something - it is not the actor who is funny, but the actor's past experience + the story that suits him
Nowadays, Chinese comedy movies, whether they are Spring Festival Gala sketches or current comedies, are bound by rules and regulations, and they must return to the main melody. It’s not that I don’t like the main theme. War movies and historical movies are very suitable for main themes, but if you insist on adding some main themes to comedies, it’s outrageous.
Many common ones are considered vulgar and have been deleted, so it is difficult to resonate with people. In the past, the shy Iron Fist, Charlotte's Trouble, and the Richest Man in Xihong City made me think that Happy Twist stepped forward and came out to save the comedy, but the subsequent movies became worse and worse, even if Shen Teng and Ma Li personally directed it "Walking Alone on the Moon" is also not satisfactory.
The same goes for this Spring Festival movie. The movie that was originally given high hopes is indescribable. The movie that should have reached the top of the box office has indeed reached the top. There are countless topics, but firstly it is a remake, and secondly, the gimmick outweighs the substance. It really is A good movie?
"Flying Life 2" proves that China still has good movies, but there are too few excellent mainland movies since the beginning of the year.
If the summer season continues like this, it will lose out to the declining Hong Kong and Taiwan movies this year. That would be funny.
