took 18 years to make only 4 million at the box office. The new version of " A Dream of Red Mansions " received negative reviews, and the comment section was full of quarrels.
The movie " A Dream of Red Mansions: A Good Marriage " directed by Hu Mei was released. As expected, it was severely criticized by netizens. Everyone's mentality seems to be this - doesn't matter whether he has seen the movie or not, he will give negative reviews first.
Hu Mei herself probably knows the reason.
Because it is too difficult to make a movie of "Dream of Red Mansions". Not to mention the long masterpiece, most viewers have a special liking for the "TV version of Red Mansions" in 1987, while the remaining viewers are fans of the "movie version of Red Mansions" in 1989.
Older audiences have formed a stereotype. No matter how you film it, they only like "Lin Daiyu" played by Chen Xiaoxu. And how many young people have watched "Dream of Red Mansions"?
Therefore, four days after the release of "A Dream of Red Mansions", the box office sales were only 4.2 million. If this trend continues, it seems a bit difficult to break through the 5 million mark.
But for this movie, Hu Mei started polishing the script in 2006, conducted actor auditions in 2017, officially started filming in 2018, and now it has been released, which has taken 18 years.
Facts have proved that if a director only uses his own "complex" and "self-movement" to make a movie, he will only get full of regrets.
When the filming of the movie started, Hu Mei even said in an interview:
"It would be a blessing if "A Dream of Red Mansions" can be successfully adapted, allowing young people to return to their desks to read this masterpiece."
Can Hu Mei have such an idea? , indicating that there is a deep generation gap between her and today's young people. In an era where short videos are rampant, how can it be possible to use a movie to get young people to return to their desks, and then the book on their desks is still "Dream of Red Mansions"?
What's more, is Hu Mei's "A Dream of Red Mansions" a good adaptation?
The casting was controversial.
First of all, the selection of actors was criticized by the audience.
Lin Daiyu is played by young actor Zhang Miaoyi . She was only 19 years old when she joined the group, and she looked a bit like Wu Qianlian. She had a feeling of "pity when I saw her", not to say it was strong, but she showed it.
But the audience felt that Lin Daiyu was not so ugly.
Some netizens think that the actor’s eyes are too wide apart and there is no aura at all. If you pick up a girl on the street, she will be better-looking than her. They don’t know how the actor was chosen.
Actually Zhang Miaoyi performed pretty well, at least her acting skills were quite agile. Although
is not as good as Chen Xiaoxu in temperament and not as good as Tao Huimin in appearance, , Zhang Miaoyi is not as unbearable as netizens say.
Bian Cheng, who plays Jia Baoyu, is full of youthfulness and was only 14 years old when he joined the cast.
In the movie, he was able to express Jia Baoyu's ignorance, curiosity and innocence, which is considered a passing grade.
Wang Xifeng's actor Lin Peng is definitely not comparable to Deng Jie. I can feel that she is deliberately imitating Deng Jie's version of Wang Xifeng, but she lacks Deng Jie's domineering and savage strength. In addition, the traces of facial movement are obvious, and it feels a bit like "painting a tiger cannot be compared to a dog".
The actor who plays Jia Yuanchun is actually Guan Xiaotong.
This is a wrong choice for who is watching who is in the drama. Guan Xiaotong is not suitable to play such a "bejeweled" eldest daughter. Her film and television image has basically been finalized, that is, the kind of "stubborn daughter" and "rebellious student" , I really don’t feel that way when I put on ancient costumes.
Huang Jiarong, who plays Xue Baochai, actually has a pretty good appearance and temperament, but I don’t know whether it’s because of the makeup or the filming. Her image and temperament in the movie can’t bear the title of “ The First of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling ”. Compared with the 87 version of Zhang Li , it lacks recognition.
Leng Ruoxi, who plays Qin Keqing, is a great beauty, comparable to the actress Zhang Lei in the 1987 version.
In order to highlight the enchanting charm of Qin Keqing in the original work, the director also specially took a relatively large-scale still photo of Qin Keqing to express the cloudy and rainy emotions when "Jia Baoyu traveled to Taixu Fantasyland ".
However, this still caused controversy among netizens, who said that the director was parodying the classic poster of the movie "American Beauty". Is
magic modification or innovation?
In addition to being dissatisfied with the casting, the audience also received negative reviews for the script adaptation of "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage".
Mainly because Hu Mei put the matter of "Jia Tu Lin Cai" on the table.
"Jia Tunlin Cai" is actually an interpretation of "Dream of Red Mansions" by later generations. Although it is also a point of view that can be discussed in "Red Studies", Cao Xueqin did not write it down after all.
Hu Mei’s adaptation is more of a trick than an innovation.
Because of this change, the elements of "palace fighting" and "suspense" can be added, and the resulting movie will be more attractive to the audience. The effect of
was indeed immediate. After it was changed into a "suspense romance film", "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage" immediately received a lot of controversy and was directly called a "magic reform" by netizens.
Looking at the history of domestic entertainment films, who would dare to modify "A Dream of Red Mansions"? This also caused the film's reputation to collapse before it was broadcast.
Some netizens joked:
Li Shaohong has been scolded for so many years, and now Hu Mei is finally here to back him up.
Someone else said:
"Such a classic masterpiece was made into a youth pain literature by Hu Mei."
However, it was called a "magic modification" script, and some viewers thought it was a boring "scene check-in":
"Almost the most boring adaptation idea is used, and the director's understanding of the work is completely invisible. If "Dream of Red Mansions" was filmed as a classic plot, there would be no need to film it."
However, the actors did not conform to the description of the original work or did not conform to their own hearts. There are even more criticisms about the image.
After reading these bad reviews from netizens, I don’t know what Hu Mei thinks.
In the eyes of the author, "Dream of Red Mansions" is a very difficult book, and there is almost no one like it.
Starting from the casting, netizens can criticize you in different ways. If you adapt the script, they will say that you "magically changed the original work", if you don't adapt it, they will say that you are "checking in the classic plot". In short, everything is wrong.
No matter what, Hu Mei has realized her dream, but relying on this "Dream of Red Mansions" to make a fortune is simply overthinking.
Netizen’s phrase “This movie is the biggest cannon fodder of this summer” seems particularly dazzling when the box office of “A Dream of Red Mansions” was only 4 million four days after its release.
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