When talking about Ning Hao, we have to mention "Crazy Stone" and "No Man's Land". His movies are always full of black humor and absurd plots. However, the new work " negative negative is positive " produced by Ning Hao is a romance film. But the movie "A Negative Makes a Positive" is not the sweet romance film you imagined, but an atypical romance film that combines romantic realism and dialect performance.
01 Sweet love, warmth and healing
The movie "The Negative Makes the Positive" is a group drama. It tells the stories of many characters, including a person who wants to die, a black bean who likes to save people, creatures from outer space, and red The blue-haired male Li Xiaolejiao, the real estate agent who was scolded by his boss, the convenience store boy and the rich wife.
Although this is a romance film, it also vividly depicts the life journey of various people in pursuit of self, wealth and social status.
The male protagonist Huang Zhenkai (played by Zhu Yilong) and the female protagonist Li Xiaole (played by Qiu Tian) have developed a relationship, but Li Xiaole has always been unwilling to admit that they are a couple. In order to maintain this state, Huang Zhenkai had to pretend not to care and not think too much about the meaning of this relationship. Huang Zhenkai and Li Xiaole set a rule: never stay in the same room together, never discuss or define the relationship, and the lights in the room must be turned off.
But Li Xiaole also often wants to change the status quo, change his living environment, and be his true self. She does like young and good-looking boys, as long as they are obedient and go away instead of staying in the house. Just like her relationship with Xiao Le, she found a sense of "freedom" in her relationship with Xiao Le.
Li Xiaole is a strange girl. She always appears and disappears suddenly, but her mystery makes Huang Zhenkai interesting and helps him learn how to love again. The romance between them is both hot and healing. , two people go from doubting love, avoiding love, to finally believing in love, which is the process of them healing each other and getting closer to each other. This is "a negative makes a positive".
02 The lingering "Wang" style
Although the movie "The Negative Makes the Positive" does not directly say that it is a tribute to Wong Kar-wai, his shadow is everywhere. Director Wen Shipei also generously admitted his love for Wong Kar-wai. Just as it is difficult for Guangdong creators to leave Hong Kong films, Wen Shipei was also greatly affected. The problem is that if there is too much of this kind of appropriation, the movie will look a bit deliberate and clumsy.
But this work is much better than Wen Shipei's first work " Tropical Past ", and it is not a completely imitative shooting. In the urban men and women and romantic literary and artistic atmosphere, the concept of meta-movies is added, as well as innovative forms that break the fourth wall, and the audience can also become part of the easter eggs.
Wen Shipei is like a Wong Kar-wai fanboy, using the "Wang" filter to take photos of his own little moods and worries. Of course, these worries are also things that we ordinary people encounter every day, so many viewers liked this movie after it was released.
Today’s small-town youth are either struggling in big cities, or they are not understood when they return to their hometowns. As the problem becomes more severe, they may try to see the world from another perspective.
The movie expresses ordinary people's dissatisfaction with plans, their expectations for unexpected things, and their desire for change. Huang Zhenkai's blue hair is actually his rebellion against this kind of life. Although his body cannot escape imprisonment, at least his spirit is free.
Because this film mainly describes the inner conflict of human beings and is a relatively profound emotional expression, the film itself appears particularly abstract. However, it is this abstraction that makes it easier for people to resonate. There is alien surveillance in the plot setting, which is actually quite interesting. The protagonist Huang Zhenkai has to fight against fate by escaping the sight of aliens, breaking the remote control, or fighting with aliens.
The so-called alien in the movie is a symbol of this stereotyped life style. Huang Zhenkai's fight with the alien is his determination to break his fate.Huang Zhenkai does not accept the mercy of fate. At the end of the movie, he chooses the life he really wants to live. We are shown a world that is both absurd and loving.
"The Negative Makes the Positive" explores people's desire to fight against the arranged life. Experiencing this wonderful counterattack in the movie actually uses some methods to make up for our helplessness and pain in real life.
The movie "The Negative Makes the Positive" is overall quite relaxing and enjoyable, allowing people to gain some insights and relax their tired self.
