Text | An Qing Editor | 9527 Miao Gujun "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage" is considered to be the most influential movie this summer. The audience's expectations for this movie are not high, but the box office result of less than 5 million is still a surprise..

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Editor | 9527 Miao Gujun

" A Dream of Red Mansions: A Good Match " is considered to be the most influential movie this summer.

The audience's expectations for this movie are not high, but the box office result of less than 5 million still broke through the lower limit of the audience's knowledge of this movie. The box office was dismal, but the quality of the film itself speaks for itself.

"A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage" created by director Hu Mei has been polished for many years. Judging from the content of the movie itself, the screenwriter has indeed tried his best to restore the famous scenes in the original work. The various set props are time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the work is endless. .

However, "A Dream of Red Mansions" is more like a thankless work. Despite the time and effort invested, the final product highlights the film's aesthetic issues, both behind the scenes and in front of it.

The scenery is set with too much force, like a photo studio, and the lighting filter is cheap and rough, like a third-rate ancient idol. The most tragic problem is the casting of the movie.

Lin Daiyu, played by Zhang Miaoyi , does not meet the audience's expectations in terms of image. Lin Daiyu is as delicate and soft as the wind blowing in the willows, with exquisite facial features and a delicate and morbid beauty.

But Zhang Miaoyi's image is that of an ordinary girl next door, her facial features are not refined enough, and her face is a bit bitter. Lin Daiyu's sensitive and delicate bones are acted out by her in a harsh and artificial way.

It doesn’t matter if the image doesn’t fit well enough, but as the actor, Zhang Miaoyi even had problems with her interpretation of the character. When analyzing the role of Lin Daiyu, Zhang Miaoyi evaluated Lin Daiyu as “deviant.”

These four words that have nothing to do with Lin Daiyu were blurted out by Zhang Miaoyi. At this moment, I knew that the actor had not done his homework well for the role at all. Maybe Zhang Miaoyi had not even read the original work.

Lin Daiyu is such a stickler for rules. When she first arrived at the Jia Mansion, she was very cautious. The situation of living under someone else's roof made her cautious. Even a meal would make her so nervous that she would be looked down upon by others.

Lin Daiyu's life was full of tragedies. She was an orphan with a poor background. Although she had the love of her grandmother on the surface, she tasted like drinking water and knew whether she was warm or cold.

Zhang Miaoyi's interpretation of Lin Daiyu was quickly criticized by the entire Internet, and Zhang Miaoyi's response again confirmed the audience's doubts about her shallow understanding, superficiality and uneducatedness.

It is said that there must be a phoenix chick beside Wolong. The comment section of Zhang Miaoyi has not yet stopped, and the actor who plays Xue Baochai has once again aroused heated discussions.

In a roadshow interview, Huang Jiarong, who plays Xue Baochai, talked about Xue Baochai's regrets. She said, "I think Baochai actually has more regrets than Daiyu and Baoyu. She didn't get a husband who loved her, and she didn't have anything to remember." love".

As soon as these words came out, Huang Jiarong's interview immediately became a hot search, and netizens' dissatisfaction with the movie also escalated again. Some netizens complained: "Xue Baochai's biggest regret is that no one helped me reach my peak. Qingyun', if women can also take the imperial examination, would you give it a try?", netizens commented: " The crew seems to have never been to high school, the high school Chinese class has an appreciation of Dream of Red Mansions", and some netizens were helpless " You'd better get out of the circle."

Who is Xue Baochai in the original work? An almost perfect woman. As soon as she arrived at Jia's house, Lin Daiyu had a sense of crisis. She was elegant and knowledgeable. Everyone in Jia's house, from elders to servants, praised her unanimously.

She grew up in a scholarly family. When her father was still alive, she taught Baochai how to read and understand. At a young age, she was already involved in literature, medicine, and Buddhism. Her character and thoughts not only surpassed those in the Grand View Garden. Women surpass most men.

And Xue Baochai, who has such talents, also has high emotional intelligence. She is considerate, generous and decent. If it were not for the confinement of women in the feudal era, a woman like Xue Baochai would never be able to match a stubborn and inflexible person like Jia Baoyu. Stone.

As for Jia Baoyu, Xue Baochai has no so-called love between men and women at all. It’s just that the times are like this, her natal family is in poverty, and she has no foundation. She failed in the draft, but she did not change her destiny against the will of heaven. Xue Baochai’s sadness and regret lie in the confinement of the times and her identity as a woman. .

If we had to analyze Xue Baochai's regrets in the context of that era, I guess the probability of "she regretted that she was not a man" was higher than the probability of regretting that "Jia Baoyu did not love herself".

It is a pity that such simple and easy-to-understand characters in the original work are more superficial love battles in the hearts of these young actors.

From the launch of "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage" to the present, the three actors including Zhang Miaoyi, Huang Jiarong and Bian Cheng have completely interpreted the story of "A Dream of Red Mansions" as a love triangle. I love you, you don't love me, but we love each other. We can't be together. "Dream of Red Mansions" has become a classic, isn't it because she is the originator of the bloody ancient puppets?

It is precisely because of the actors' misinterpretation of the characters that the familiar characters in the film failed to convince the audience.

This is no longer a matter of actors’ acting skills, appearance and other hardware conditions. Seven years ago, these young actors were still very young and their ability to interpret scripts was indeed limited. However, seven years later, their understanding of the characters and stories is still shallow.

The audience raised questions, but it turned out that it was as if the audience had done something wrong. Everyone looked aggrieved. They acted such good characters, but the audience was not aggrieved yet.

At present, "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage" has secured good reputation and failed at the box office, but the audience's discussion of this film has not stopped yet.

Every time an actor responds vocally, every time Director Hu Mei refutes harshly, the audience will become even more angry. This is not to say that remakes should be beaten to death with a stick, but remakes of classics really require everyone in front of the stage and behind the scenes to create with awe.

With the current objective conditions such as shooting technology and post-processing standards showing absolute advantages, the original intention of the remake is to restore the classics and make up for regrets, rather than to interpret the characters and stories casually and superficially.

This time "A Dream of Red Mansions" can be regarded as a good lesson for a series of remakes. Next, it is reported on the Internet Director Zheng Xiaolong is about to shoot a new version of "A Dream of Red Mansions". I hope to learn from the lessons and carefully polish the script. It is best to give the actors you have hired more cultural lessons.

As for other actors in the industry, if they are not educated, they will be acted in roles, and if they are acting, they will talk less. After all, it is really the most basic requirement for an actor to understand the original work and the character to play a good role.

Finally, what do you think of the performance of the movie "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage"? What do you think of the various off-screen remarks made by actors in the movie? Participate in the discussion in the comment area and talk about your attitude towards the series of controversies caused by the movie.