Text | Editor An Qing | 9527 Miao Gujun's "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage" can be regarded as a hit out of the industry. Although it lost money at the box office and its reputation was overturned, the movie at least made a splash, and compared to the bleak to no on

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| 9527 Miao Gujun

"A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage" can be regarded as a hit. Although it lost money at the box office and its reputation was overturned, the movie at least made a splash, and compared to the dismal From the bad movies that no one cares about, the movie has gained a little popularity from the director Hu Mei behind the scenes to the leading actors Zhang Miaoyi and Bian Cheng in front of the stage.

For these young actors, it is not important to be successful, but it is important that they can be remembered without masterpieces.

However, an overturn is an overturn. The complaints caused by the release of the new "Dream of Red Mansions" have reached the point where people and gods are angry. Clicking on the hot search related to the movie will definitely fill the screen with doubts. However, due to some comments made by the director and actors, the audience's dissatisfaction is not only directed at the work itself.

Actor Zhang Miaoyi's performance in the movie was very disappointing. Her acting skills were young, her shaping power was mediocre, and the sensitive and delicate Lin Daiyu was played out in a pretentious and contrived manner.

Not to mention that compared to the appearance of Teacher Chen Xiaoxu in the 1987 version, Lin Daiyu, played by Zhang Miaoyi, has a heavy maid look.

From acting and temperament to image and appearance, Zhang Miaoyi is overturned. But despite this, the audience is still tolerant of her. In addition to objective evaluations, everyone generally believes that Zhang Miaoyi, who was only 18 years old at the time, was able to perform like this in her first acting role.

But who would have thought that after Zhang Miaoyi misinterpreted Lin Daiyu during the road show and caused heated discussions, she would once again issue a long essay in response, which directly caused the audience to turn their attention from the work and director to the actors.

In Zhang Miaoyi's long speech, she avoided the important and ignored the questions of netizens, but started to play the emotional card to make things worse. She talked about Lin Daiyu, then stepped on Zhu Bajie, and finally ended by licking the director. It seemed that the tone was humble, but in fact, every word was there. Complain about the audience's reaction.

With such a serious casting failure, Zhang Miaoyi did not forget to brag about director Hu Mei's past film and television drama classics. Director Hu Mei even ignored the controversy about her poor aesthetics.

From the time the movie was released to now, Director Hu Mei’s social platform has been in conflict with the audience. The audience said that Zhang Miaoyi was ugly, so she broke her guard and posted photos of Zhang Miaoyi every day. The audience said that the plot of the movie was ugly and the content was shallow, so she reposted it everywhere and praised herself with her eyes closed. The account also madly emphasized that the movie was hacked by trolls, and some people used AI to maliciously give bad reviews.

But in fact, no one really has any ill intentions towards a movie with a box office of less than 5 million. The director's remarks are more like self-deception because he cannot face real market evaluation.

Not only that, but news broke on the Internet that Guan Xiaotong was the original candidate for the role of Lin Daiyu. After this entry became a hot search, the ideal direction of public opinion should be "no wonder" and "so that's how it is", but who would have thought Netizens still don’t buy Guan Xiaotong’s version of Lin Daiyu.

In terms of appearance and image, Guan Xiaotong is indeed more of a heroine than Zhang Miaoyi. Her popularity, celebrity status, and acting skills must also be more convincing than Zhang Miaoyi. However, whether the role can convince the audience does not depend on the actor's own conditions, but on the actor's own conditions. The fit between the actor and the role.

Zhang Miaoyi's bitter look as a maid has nothing to do with Lin Daiyu, and tall sweet girls like Guan Xiaotong have nothing to do with Lin Daiyu's character.

Anyone who is familiar with Guan Xiaotong knows that although she is young, she has rich acting experience and has had very eye-catching costume looks in the past. Among many costume dramas, Guan Xiaotong's acting skills and image matching are most recognized in "I Am". Banhua, the heroine in "Such a Woman".

The character of this character is a wicked woman with a fierce personality. She is resourceful, scheming, intelligent, flamboyant and domineering. It is very suitable to match the tall and shrewd appearance of Guan Xiaotong.

Moreover, Guan Xiaotong's own sweet girl temperament can also create a sense of contrast in the character image, so this TV series "I Am Such a Woman", which focuses on evil female puppets, has achieved good results despite the average cast.

Lin Daiyu happens to be completely deviated from Guan Xiaotong's performance comfort zone. Lin Daiyu is soft, kind, and sensitive. She is born with a morbidly beautiful frailty. Her temperament is like the wind blowing in the willows, and it seems to be blown away by the wind.

If Guan Xiaotong deliberately caters to such a character image, he will probably play Lin Daiyu in a more sarcastic and mean-spirited way. Just thinking about it, netizens couldn't help but complain on the mic.

Looking at it this way, fortunately the starring role in the movie is not Guan Xiaotong.

Director Hu Mei said in an interview that the reason why Guan Xiaotong was replaced was because there was no suitable male lead. Thanks to director Hu Mei, Guan Xiaotong was spared, otherwise it would be Guan Xiaotong who is being scolded by netizens now. For Guan Xiaotong, this is a real disaster.

However, judging from the current situation, Guan Xiaotong plays Jia Yuanchun, who is also taller than a short one. The roles of Guan Xiaotong and Jia Yuanchun in the movie are completely incompatible. Although she is very beautiful and delicate, and her eyes are very good, Guan Xiaotong is a girl. A girl full of emotions cannot portray the wealth and grandeur of Jia Yuanchun.

When Guan Xiaotong slows down his speech and shows the character's virtues and virtues, the whole screen is full of abruptness and the whole plot is as if it were script-killed. Guan Xiaotong's existence is like playing ancient costume cosplay. The costumes are in place and the emotion of the interpretation is in place, but The actor and the character are disconnected.

The role is a role and the actor is an actor. When the audience sees Jia Yuanchun played by Guan Xiaotong, they have no sense of immersion at all.

To put it bluntly, director Hu Mei’s casting choices from the protagonists to the supporting roles have problems. Every carrot has a pitfall, but none of the carrots are in the right pit.

Zhang Miaoyi looks like a maid, but she plays the role of a down-and-out wealthy lady. Huang Jiarong has the temperament of an ignorant girl, but she has her eye on the most talented Xue Baochai. Even the rustic Bian Cheng wears blush and wears the black skin of a sports student, pretending to be Jia Baoyu with a human face and peach blossoms.

And even if director Hu Mei’s casting aesthetic doesn’t fail, the film’s plot quality is still a disappointment. This is a plot in which the original cast members of the 1987 version have returned to their youth, and even joining the cast again cannot save them.

Now it seems that Guan Xiaotong is lucky among misfortunes. Although she participated in this thankless work, fortunately director Hu Mei was "sober" and put her in an unimportant role. The protagonist resists thunder, and Guan Xiaotong can finally reduce his sense of presence and avoid this trial from netizens.

But having said that, the overturn of the movie "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage" really made the audience realize again the danger of remakes of classics. Classics need to be reproduced and passed on, but the more classic works also need the awe of the creator.

The leading actors in "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Beautiful Marriage" and the director at the helm, Hu Mei, actually have no reverence for the original work. Even judging from the actors' responses to the audience, they not only do not respect the original work, but also do not respect the audience. Evaluations and Feelings.

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