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Due to the impact of the pneumonia epidemic, the Chinese mainland film market during the Spring Festival in 2020 has experienced an unprecedented "large withdrawal".
Movies originally scheduled for the Spring Festival, such as Chen Sicheng's "Chinatown Detective 3", Lin Chaoxian's "Emergency Rescue", Chen Kexin's "Win the Championship", Tang Jili's "Pioneer", Cheng Teng and Li Wei's "Jiang Ziya", have been withdrawn collectively.
On the first day of the first month of 2020, "囧Mom", which was played online to meet with the audience,
faced with the current situation of the epidemic situation such as "almost all theaters in the country are closed" and "most residents are isolated at home". These films are withdrawn. In fact, it is a very wise and human behavior, but it is undeniable that if there is no impact from the epidemic, the Spring Festival file will always be the most effective at the box office of all the periods of the year. Losing the Spring Festival file will definitely affect the final box office performance of these films. Have a negative impact.
Therefore, not all movies are willing to truly give up this golden period. Director Xu Zheng’s latest masterpiece from the "囧 series" "囧 Mom" , after experiencing a series of storms, he decisively defended in a brand new way. The "Spring Festival File" of 2020-
"囧Mom" has been played online for free to audiences across the country in the major apps of ByteDance, such as Toutiao, Watermelon Video, Douyin, etc., starting from midnight on the New Year.
"囧Mom" online play poster
theatrical movie at the same time and the same time (and the golden time of the Spring Festival), it is the first time in Chinese film history, so the news is Audiences, theater chains, media and other parties caused shocks. Some people even boldly speculated that "The precedent of "囧Mom" will become one of the leads that will change the entire movie industry as streaming media are increasingly competing for the traditional cinema market." .
However, regardless of the considerations and ideas of the film party, theater chain, and streaming media, for ordinary audiences who are outside the interests and games, but are the direct creators of film revenue, "囧 Mom" is undoubtedly free to play online It is a good thing .
First, this naturally saves the audience ticket money. Secondly, more importantly, the audience can at least rely on this brand new "囧Mom" to capture a little real taste of the Spring Festival stalls during the extraordinary period of the epidemic.
So, what is the quality of the comedy that blurs the boundary between theater and streaming media ?
1. In the 囧 series, where does "囧 Mom" rank?
"囧 series" is one of the most iconic and influential series in Chinese comedy films. Xu Zheng has transformed the "囧 series" into his own comedy brand through the transformation of starring to directing and acting.
2010 Director Ye Weimin and starring Xu Zheng in "People on the Journey" stills
In 2010, Hong Kong director Ye Weimin launched "People on the Journey" , this comedy starring Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang, because of the hilarious conflict of plots. , Cleverly integrated into thinking about the differences in social wealth, and became a well-deserved masterpiece of the "囧 series". The film also won a high score of 7.7 on Douban.
At that time, "People on Journey" had a total of nearly 50 million box office in the Chinese mainland market. This result seems to be poor now, but in 2010, a comedy with a cost of only about 7 million can get such a box office. , Has been very difficult.
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win-win at the box office and word of mouth, in 2012 and 2015, Xu Zheng directed and starred in two comedies with "囧" in the title, "People on the Road" "Thai 囧" , "Hong Kong 囧" . The two films of
have further expanded the conceptual influence of the "囧 series" in the hearts of Chinese audiences, and through repeated emphasis on the locations of stories such as Thailand and Hong Kong in the title and plot, the "囧 series" has formed itself The temperament of " road movie ".
2012 director Xu Zheng's "Thai 囧" stills
"囧系The origin of "Lie" originated from an emoji and meaning of life that became popular among online communities in the Chinese region in 2008. Therefore, the series of is actually the traditional story mode of road movies and the unique emerging language of Chinese Internet. After the combination, the comedy mode formed.
However, as more Internet hotspots are updated, "囧" has gradually become another traditional language in the ever-changing Internet culture. Therefore, the "囧 series" is gradually losing its emerging meaning of comedy mode.
At this time, the latest work of the series "囧 Mom" , which will be broadcast online in 2020, although the story is moved to Russia, and the six-day train journey has further strengthened the series of "road film temperament", but for For the audience, "囧Mom" has still become a comedy with traditional meaning.
In response to this traditional temperament, the director Xu Zheng did not use any innovative film language expression in the film, and the rating of "囧 Ma" was inferior to "People on the Journey" and "People on the Journey". Perhaps the reason for the previous work is not the difference in the quality of the film, but that the release of "囧 Ma" has passed the most popular period of "囧 culture" .
2. Do you know the "Mom" in "囧Mom"?
Times are changing, movies are changing, but the image of "Mom" will never change.
"Mom all over the country are highly unified." The image of "Mom" has always been one of the most important motifs in literary and artistic creation. In "囧 Mom", Xu Zheng can be said to have carried out this image incisively and vividly. Portray.
In "囧 Mom", the old drama bone Huang Meiying played "囧 Mom"
Xu Yiwan, played by Xu Zheng, has a successful career, but is in a dilemma. He planned to go to the United States to save his wife Zhang Lu through extreme commercial means ( Yuan Quan's heart, unexpectedly wrong, but together with his mother Lu Xiaohua (Huang Meiying), they boarded the long-distance train to Russia. The train in the
movie is very interesting, it has a simple and dreamy temperament.
The prototype of is the K3 international train opened in 1956. This train takes 1 day to leave China and 1 day to pass through Mongolia. The remaining 4 days are all Mercedes-Benz on the vast land of Russia, with a total journey of more than 7,600 kilometers. It will pass through the Gobi, desert, long river, grassland, forest, glacier, etc.
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"囧 Mom" controls the main story of the story in such a train, in fact, it is very intentional.
First, the beautiful scenery along the train passes by will greatly enhance the visual enjoyment of the film to the audience;
Second, "囧Mom" chose to take such a train instead of choosing a more convenient plane, showing that "囧母" "Conservation in the concept of life, this kind of conservatism, in today's fast-food era of information explosion, actually has a certain degree of preciousness;
Third, the train is a closed and moving space, in such a limited and constantly changing space. , It is more conducive to creating and strengthening emotional contradictions, thereby benefiting the expression appeal of the film itself.
Xu Zheng sold a key in such a setting-
six days and five nights, a long journey, but my mom went lightly and only carried a bag?
But soon, as the image of Xu Yiwan’s son appeared on the journey, the definition of son perfected the definition of "mother" , and the audience saw that 囧 mother began to pull out all kinds of things in the narrow carriage The living utensils of his, thus arranged a complete living environment for his son in the carriage.
This is "Mom".
At the same time, "mother" has the "disadvantages", there are also in "囧 mother"-
middle-aged and old people trust the health-care public number;
thinks that the cell phone can be repaired by inserting a wet cell phone into the rice;
for the son All kinds of dislikes;
, but in the critical period when the son is in danger, only care for his son is left in my heart;
feeds his son various foods and supplements-small tomatoes, braised eggs, barley water, body relaxation(A kind of natural herbal functional drink) etc.;
asks his son to empty the bladder regularly, let him apply a facial mask, etc.;
son Xu Yiwan (played by Xu Zheng) in "囧 Mom"
movie dialogue , There is also no lack of ", I am your mother, I don't care who you care about " and other very typical mother quotations.
Therefore, it can be clearly felt that Xu Zheng has conducted a lot of research on the image of Chinese mothers and extracted the most essential parts from the script. Only then has he created a "囧囧 mother" that can resonate with the audience. "Image.
3. Is the comedy in "囧Mom" simple?
Although Xu Zheng made "囧 Mom" available online for free on New Year's Day, many viewers still have some criticisms about the quality of the movie itself (of course, the quality of the movie is not directly related to the movie broadcasting mode).
's doubts on "囧Mom" mainly focused on the bizarre plot setting, especially the latter part.
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For example, why a bear suddenly appears in the birch forest, and why a hot air balloon suddenly appears over the ice river.
Admittedly, these plots are indeed questionable, but from the perspective of drama conflicts, such plot settings actually have a clear creative consciousness , that is, the appearance of these "bizarre" plots is just to highlight the emotions between the characters Contradiction and integration.
Perhaps the logic of the story is not the focus of "囧Mom", the film "囧Mom" has a more important theme.
Xu Zheng in this comedy, at least clearly explored the three most important relationships in 's daily life, .
First of all, marriage relationship .
In recent years, there have been more and more excellent works in the world film industry that discuss marriage relationships. American director Noah Baumbach’s "Marriage Story", South Korean director Kim Do-young’s "Kim Ji-young born in 1982", etc., are now gradually becoming married. Under the trend of essential changes, exploring the relationship between marriage and the individual is the same in "囧Mom".
At first glance, the story of "囧 Mom" began with Xu Yiwan and Zhang Lu's marital crisis. In fact, there are two episodes of the marriage relationship in the film:
Xu Yiwan and Zhang Lu’s marriage, and the 囧 mother Lu Xiaohua Marriage with Xu Yiwan's father.
Lu Xiaohua's memories of the beautiful past in "囧 Mom"
These two marriages have similarities-both are based on love, and both ended in fragmentation;
There are also differences between the two marriages-two The time difference between them is decades, and the social and cultural environment established by marriage is not the same.
So, what is the significance of these two marriages to the story of "囧Mom"?
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is the second layer of relationship explored in the film- marriage and personal relationship .
In a marriage, how can both parties keep their personalities independent? How does one partner in a marriage understand, respect, and support the personality and career independence of the other partner?
Under the influence of oriental traditional culture, this kind of torture is generally aimed at the man to the woman-how does the husband understand, respect, and support the wife's personality independence, social relations, and career.
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囧 Mom Lu Xiaohua's purpose in going to Russia is to realize her dream of singing songs at the Red Star Theater in Moscow when she is aging;
Zhang Lu went to the United States to achieve her own business Ambition.
No matter how time and space change, whether it is Xu Yiwan's father who once added a separate movie "Ivan's Childhood" for Lu Xiaohua, or Xu Yiwan who cried to Zhang Lu with affection several decades later on the cold Russian night , As oriental men, they have always had a desire to control their wives in life.
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"囧 mother" is to make the audience see and reflect on this desire for control in the Russian train journey full of hilarious gunpowder.
Of course, 囧Mom, the most important theme of the film must be mother-child relationship .
Xu Yiwan and his mother Lu Xiaohua, from disgusting each other to the outbreak of contradictions, to reconciliation with each other, mutual complaints, in terms of emotional logic and plot combing, although slightly clichéd, they reveal what is necessary for the development of mother-child relationship. The twists and turns and the process.
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" you can see that he is your father, but you can't see that he is my husband ", when my mother was in love, such a sentence to her son Xu Yiwan was actually already The above three relationships in the film are all included.
Therefore, many viewers think "囧Mom" is not funny, in fact, it is because "囧Mom" is not a pure comedy .
"囧Mom" stills
4. The performance in "囧Mom", 囧? The cast of
"囧Mom" is very eye-catching.
first talk about supporting roles.
is one of the few comedy big stars Shen Teng ("Charlotte Troubles"), tough guy Huang Jingyu ("Red Sea Action"), the actor who appeared in the second egg with an exaggerated image Huang Bo ("Crazy Stone"), these actors, single-handed, can support a movie, but now, they all "support the scene" with very few scenes.
Xu Zheng and Shen Teng in "囧Mom"
talk about the protagonists.
Xu Zheng has won many best actor awards for his performance in "I'm Not the God of Medicine". In the eyes of audiences and professionals, Xu Zheng has won many awards for best actor. The "movie face" with his own obvious characteristics has dedicated a superb performance that is hilarious and tear-inducing.
Xu Zheng
Lu Xiaohua in "囧 Mom" is played by the 70-year-old Shanghai old opera bone Huang Meiying , born in 1950.
Huang Meiying has appeared in classic film and television works such as "Thousands of Waters and Thousand Mountains", "Road Man Man", "Desire" and other classic film and television works. It can be said to have extremely high popularity among the audience of parents. With a variety of temperaments such as simplicity, nobility, affectionateness, and loneliness, the blend of life and dream temperament is really moving. In addition to Huang Meiying
in "囧Mom"
, Yuan Quan's temperament, Jia Bing's funny, and Guo Jingfei's follower image can all impress the audience. What
would like to mention here is the actor of the lawyer Michael in the film and one of 's 2020 Oscars tribute filmmakers , Gao Yixiang .
Gao Yixiang in "囧Mom"
Gao Yixiang
Gao Yixiang's sunny, healthy, tall, and kind-hearted image has always been loved. His moving performance in the 2016 classic idol drama "Meeting Wang Lichuan" has always been remembered. But in 2019, Gao Yixiang's sudden death during the recording of the show has become a pain in the hearts of many fans.
Now, Gao Yixiang once again appeared in "囧Mom" with a heart-warming and considerate image, which can be said to have drawn many tears from the audience. "囧母" is also the last comedy in his life.
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5. Easter eggs and epilogue
At the end of "囧Mom", there are two easter eggs. The first one is especially exciting-
A large Russian client wants to cooperate with Xu Yiwan, To solve the problem of Russia’s overcooling, Xu Yiwan couldn’t help being surprised when he saw the customer: It turned out that this Russian tycoon looks exactly like Russian President Putin!
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Many audiences are curious: Xu Zheng, this is the real cow who invited Putin to appear in his movie?
Of course not. If you look closely at the ending subtitles, you will find that this is a special Russian actor named Fursov Sergey.
"囧Mo" is the first comedy to meet the audience during the Spring Festival in 2020. Although it did not satisfy all audiences, its smooth rhythm, vivid plot, and tearful feelings can still prove that Xu Zheng has a relatively deep director. Skill.
It is a blessing for Chinese audiences to have such a heart-warming comedy during this extraordinary period of the epidemic.
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