Text | An Qing
Editor | 9527 Miaogujun
Summer movies have made the domestic film and television industry lively. In addition to the slightly popular "Silent Kill", this "Catch a Baby" is due to the combination of "Shen Ma" Blessed, it has directly become the most popular movie in the summer season.
According to data, the box office of the movie "Catch a Baby" has steadily exceeded 400 million. As a movie that is screened for one day and released for one day, such results are enough to prove the exaggerated appeal of the movie in its early stage.
Whether this kind of appeal can be sustained can be seen through Douban Fengpeng.
Based on the standards of Shen Teng's previous hit comedies, in fact, if the score is stable and above 6.5, it can continue to attract audiences. The premiere of "Catch a Baby" scored 7.5 points. In terms of content, plot, and funny points, "Catch a Baby" scored 7.5 points. "Catch Baby" is a potential dark horse that is as good as "Walking Alone on the Moon" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City" and other hit movies.
Of course, in the final analysis, it is the actors' super expressiveness that has made "Catch a Baby" a hit.
Chunlan, played by Ma Li, is a mother character with a strong sense of contrast.
Her image in the whole film is particularly interesting. When she is pretending to be a hard-working mother, she has a kind face, a down-to-earth and smoky look, and looks very similar to an ordinary middle-aged woman wearing a big coat.
But after taking off the disguise, Chunlan is the wife of a wealthy family, with a noble air. Her bejeweled appearance is full of wealth, and her slightly fat figure has a sense of wealth and destiny.
When she came out of the old shabby house with a facial mask on to ask people to clean the house, her image and temperament were in contrast, and her behavior and environment were also in contrast.
Not only that, in order to support the scene, Chunlan, played by Ma Li, took out a cigar and performed a series of smooth cigarette lighting movements, while also using contrast to heighten the sense of joy.
In addition to Ma Li, actress Sarina also made the audience shine.
From "The World" to "Nine Bends of Love", Sarina has always brought tears to the eyes of the audience, almost engraving the tragic color on her body. However, Sarina, who has such a dramatic temperament, in "Catch a Baby" 》I started to play with abstraction.
Many of the highlights in the picture were contributed by Sarina, such as the old grandmother parkour, the old lady vomiting blood and talking about truths while drinking Coke, and another example is showing off her grandson to go to school and dunking on the basketball court.
These plots would seem absurd to ordinary comedians, let alone Sarina, who is used to acting in period dramas.
But it was this kind of disapproval that made the audience's eyes light up. Actress Sarina's acting was not exaggerated, absurd but not bloody. Even at the end of the movie, the audience saw an entire abstract Sarina playing. Even if I cry seriously, the audience still feels very entertained.
In a comedy movie, if you can see the characters created by Ma Li and Sarina supporting the comedy point, it means that the group portraits in this movie are very exciting.
However, the most memorable ones in the movie are Shen Teng and Jia Bing. The two are almost the same age, Shen Teng is 44 years old, and Jia Bing is 43 years old. They are both comedians, but they have different tracks. Their actual performance is also clear at a glance, but their performances in "Catch a Baby" represent different genres. actor's performance.
It is precisely because of this that Jia Bing's control of comedy does not require too much script traces.
He didn't appear in many scenes, but the few highlights he had were all accidental collisions. During the filming process, Jia Bing's stool was smashed to pieces. Before the scene was over, Jia Bing fell hard on her buttocks. A normal actor would have panicked, but Jia Bing didn't.
During the recording scene, he looked indifferent. When the other actors didn't react, he took a puff of cigarette. In this scene, the serious and funny nature of the character was immediately highlighted.
As an actor who doesn’t have many roles in movies, Jia Bing can be remembered by the audience with just a few minutes of scenes. No wonder he has won many good script roles in the past two years. It can only be said that he is chased by God for food. , maybe the acting style is relatively simple, but in his comfort zone, there is no role that he can't handle well.
Nowadays, Jia Bing, who is not a professional, has also become a national first-class actor. This kind of unanimous recognition within and outside the industry is his medal as an actor.
As for Shen Teng, he is now 44 years old and has entered middle age. However, on the Internet, viewers can find Shen Teng’s step-by-step growth from a young actor to a comedy celebrity. In the past, he was a minor celebrity, performing sketches and cross talk. Compared with comedy, His talent, perhaps his image talent is the reason why he became an actor.
At that time, Shen Teng was still a junior at the military arts school. In recent years, Shen Teng has achieved box office miracles again and again by relying on his acting skills after graduating from a major.
The key is that the audience not only likes to see Shen Teng playing tricks, but also loves Shen Teng being serious.
In "Catch a Baby", the highlights of Shen Teng's contribution are countless from beginning to end. He took his son to give a passionate speech in the middle of the road. In the end, his son slipped down the slope, and he was still cheering.
Such plot points have appeared in many comedy works, but Shen Teng's interpretation is even funnier and more brilliant.
Putting aside comedies, Shen Teng has actually created many heavy and complex characters over the years. In "Man Jiang Hong", he is a warrior who looks as timid as a mouse but is actually loyal and courageous. In "Flying Life 2" , he is a racing driver who looks like a salty fish but is full of dreams and courage.
In these more serious stories, Shen Teng has actually left his comfort zone of playing tricks that was first known to the audience. He collapsed under various tortures. He was hung upside down in a car and cried bitterly. The script arranged these and comedy for him. The plot is not even remotely good, but Shen Teng still did a good job.
In fact, as a professional actor, Shen Teng has a strong temperament of a professional actor, especially when he is in the same frame as Jia Bing, the difference between the two is clear at a glance. Although they are in different genres, they are both capable and reliable in acting.
The difference between genres is not a bad thing, but it makes the group portraits in a work more vivid.
All in all, the success of the movie "Catch a Baby" is inseparable from the script and the post-production process, but the most important thing is always the shaping of the actors. Comedy seems easy and simple, but in fact it is the most difficult of all popular themes to control naturally.
Finally, what do you think of the casting in "Catch a Baby"? What do you think of the difference in acting between Shen Teng and Jia Bing? Join the discussion in the comments section.
