text | Muran
editor | Sanyuan
New dramas are launched one after another, but the quality meets expectations, and there are only a handful of them that are truly exciting.
CCTV's " Little Couple " presents family relationships and parenting issues, which is indeed very down-to-earth. But the setting of the heroine becoming famous overnight and being a writer while raising a child seems too idealistic.
As for " Ice and Snow Ballad " starring Gao Weiguang and Ouyang Nana, the fantasy setting of the Republic of China is very eye-catching, and Gao Weiguang's performance of this type of role also has a tailor-made sense of sight.
But this pairing really doesn’t have any sense of cp. Ouyang Nana’s acting skills often show signs of timidity when she plays opposite Gao Weiguang.
The endings of the two dramas will most likely polarize word of mouth.
The domestic dramas that are really worth looking forward to are the works that are on the waiting list and have their own hits.
Among them, "Half-Mature Man and Woman" starring Tian Xiwei and Zhou Yutong is an urban drama that is likely to refresh the audience's perception. The online drama will be released on two major TV stations at the end of August. Finally, there is a drama to follow.
1. Guys and Dolls in Sex and the City, anti-routine setting and realistic
Urban dramas launched in the Chinese drama market, most of them are suspended and make it difficult for the audience to empathize. Urban dramas like
are, in a sense, dream dramas that numb the audience and temporarily break away from reality.
And this "Half Mature Man and Woman" is adapted from "There Are No Faithful Men and Women Here". It tells the story of young people growing up in different ways in the urban life of looking for love and themselves.
The characters and stories are all anti-routine settings, which may even give people the feeling of being a bitch, but they have to admit its reality.
It can be said that the original work is not meant to create dreams for everyone.
It talks about people's desires, greed, and business choices.
After being adapted into a film and television drama, if the character settings and story direction of the original work are retained, this "Half-Mature Man and Woman" can even be regarded as a melon-eating drama.
The protagonists in the original work are almost all scumbag men and scumbag women. Everyone can be a time management master. You can see the mistress's original partner Shura Field, and you can also see the plastic sisterhood.
In Sex and the City, people incorporate various competitive calculations into their love and marriage. Before starting a new relationship with someone else, there must be trials and pulls.
Everyone makes accurate judgments and choices after weighing the pros and cons, and it is almost impossible to find a few pure love warriors. Dramas like
may not be dreamy and romantic enough, and may even make you feel faintly disgusted by their actions and choices, but this does not affect the characters presented in the drama and the plot itself as a portrayal of reality.
Among the many urban dramas broadcast this year, whether it is " You are more beautiful than the starlight " or "Secret Romance", they all have a common setting. The male protagonist has been secretly in love with the female protagonist for many years. He has hidden his love since he was a student. Ten years later, he reveals that his feelings are in both directions.
is tender enough and healing enough, but not realistic enough.
On the contrary, the various men and women in "Half-Mature Man and Woman" tell the truth about the world.
If you read the title and misunderstood that this is a pure love drama, you may be disappointed. There will be a lot of conflicting scenes in the drama about cheating money and cheating feelings.
Just the image setting of several female characters will give the audience a feeling of ruining their three views. Some cheat on others, some take revenge after having their families destroyed, and some know how to play the role of others.
The same is true for male characters. Although everyone pays a corresponding price for their actions, everyone is a scumbag, which does have a fresh impact.
Currently, just through the plot in the trailer, you can feel the complexity of relationships and the gloom of human nature.
In the previous scene, the lovers were sitting together for dinner. In the next scene, they exchanged partners. The heroine’s boyfriend even asked her if she had a new boyfriend.
There is also an undercurrent when the original mistress meets each other. It can be said that every plot can arouse the curiosity of the audience.
This is one of the few dramas where after watching the trailer, you can’t tell who is a couple with whom.
It is worth mentioning that the author of the original novel "Half-Mature Man and Woman" also has a representative work "The Pretender Apocalypse", which has been adapted into a film and television, and scored a high score of 8.1 in one fell swoop.
This is enough to show that her works are suitable for film and television presentation. The unconventional characters and stories are still very attractive to the audience.
Second, Zhou Yutong has a precise vision, and Tian Xiwei may subvert the image.
From the overall cast, "Half Mature Couple" may not be considered a ceiling, but the advantage is that every actor is selected very accurately.
Zhou Yutong has a very unique vision in selecting dramas. In recent years, all of the urban dramas she has appeared in have been hits in word-of-mouth. From "I'm fine in a foreign country", to " It's just love ", and then to " Spring Beauty Sends Love to My Lover ", there is no miss.
And this "Half Mature Man and Woman" is also a work in Zhou Yutong's ruling area. The Han Su played by her is one of the few sober and calm women in the play, and she is also a lovable character.
Tian Xiwei plays the role of He Zhinan in the play, one of the female protagonists. The character in the original work is a common girl, sober but very romantic.
Tian Xiwei, who has a sweet face and good looks, is the exact opposite of this role. It depends on whether she can play the character with a sense of contrast.
It can be predicted that Tian Xiwei will break the audience's inherent impression of her with this role.
Xin Yunlai, who plays the male protagonist in the play, is also an actor with both acting and appearance. In " and Feng Xing " at the beginning of this year, he played the villain in many scenes opposite Zhao Liying and Lin Gengxin. , showing no timidity at all.
Urban dramas are no stranger to him either, and it is not a problem to shine in this drama.
Zhang Zhehua, who was born as a comedian, has appeared frequently in Chinese dramas recently, even the most difficult comedies. It is conceivable that he can play a role from an ordinary person to a successful person in urban dramas. Easy to handle.
Yuan Wenkang, a scumbag professional, plays a husband and wife with Dong Jie in the play. One cheats and the other takes revenge. The characters are also quite touching.
Conclusion
It is not difficult to find that the adaptation of "Half Mature Couple" is not easy. It is a realistic and innovative drama. If it is well shot, it will shock the audience, but if it is not shot well, it will be a masterpiece. drama.
Therefore, the creative team is also crucial.
Fortunately, the director of this drama is Zhang Xiaobo, who has produced " Thirty Only ", " Little Will Give Up ", and " Good Mr. ". He is best at this kind of subject matter.
The screenwriter Wu Nan has written "City Within a City" and "If Running is My Life". She is also an associate professor in the Film and Television Department of the Central Academy of Drama.
With them here, you can watch the drama with confidence.
So, are you looking forward to this "Half Mature Man and Woman"?
