2024 is already halfway over.
If there is one word to describe the Chinese drama market in the first half of this year, Pi Ge believes that "a hundred schools of thought contend" is the most appropriate word. In terms of
types, a hundred flowers bloom, including science fiction, suspense, era, and criminal cases, basically covering all aspects.
has a lot of dark horses in word-of-mouth. From " Blossoms " at the beginning of the year to "My Altay" not long ago, almost every once in a while, there will be one or two dramas with good reputations of 8 or more points. The output .
So in the past six months of 2024, what are some of these well-received dramas?
Below, Brother Pi will take stock of the "10 best domestic dramas" in the first half of 2024 based on the ratings of the works, the audience's reputation, and the popularity of the market.
Next, letโs start from the tenth one:
No. 10: "South to North"
Zheng Xiaolong, the director of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", and Gao Mantang, the screenwriter of "Crossing Guandong", teamed up to make a comedy version of "The Legend of Zhen Huan". "Human World".
As iQiyi's new year drama, I originally thought it could create another miracle like "Crazy".
I didnโt expect that the protagonists were Bai Jingting and Jin Chen.
Bai Jingting's acting skills in the play are excellent, and he speaks Northeastern dialect very well.
But the "Shangchunshan" incident intensified at this time, and he himself received a lot of discussion.
Jin Chen's acting skills in the play are also online, but his face is sharp and angular and has a strong sense of modernity, which can easily put people off.
Except for the two leading actors, the other supporting roles are all top-notch.
The joining of actors such as Ding Yongdai, Wang Jinsong, Hu Ke, Zuo Xiaoqing, Ni Dahong, etc. makes this drama a gathering of acting talents.
Putting aside external factors, "South to North" was filmed well.
The play tells the story of the train workers on the Northeast Railway in the 1970s and 1980s.
Fuhua Road Online, for Chinese New Year, paired with Northeastern dialect, the lively feeling comes out.
Little People, Big Era, uses the development of railways to witness the changes of the times. The entry point is well chosen and the rhythm is very tight.
Although it is about the Northeast, it restores the changing history of Chinese people taking trains in the past few decades. It is very immersive and almost everyone can find their own shadow in the play.
Now that the storm of "Up Spring Mountain" has passed, I hope this drama can be seen by more people.
No. 9: "The Story of a Rose"
Another new drama from the fairy sister Liu Yifei, which is extremely popular.
The biggest feature of this drama is its precise positioning.
It is a drama specially made for women. The more uncomfortable it is for straight men to watch it, the more it proves that it was a success.
In the drama, Liu Yifei appears as a super beauty with full level and equipment.
Not only is she beautiful, but her parents are still university professors. Her daily life is to fall in love with four men one after another. Anyone playing the role of
would be unconvincing, only Liu Yifei can hold it.
The supporting roles of this drama are all beauties such as Wan Qian, Zhu Zhu, and Huang Yi. No one else is suitable for the lead role. Only Liu Yifei can "squeeze" these beauties.
As for the plot, it is a typical Mary Sue, with too many flaws to mention.
Actually, I donโt really blame the screenwriter for this, because the play is adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Yi Shu.
Yi Shu is related to Aunt Qiong Yao. You can see the shadow of the TV series 20 years ago in "The Story of Roses".
What kind of licking dog gives up his fiancรฉe for the heroine, what kind of father and son fall in love with the heroine at the same time, how come it is bloody, it really cannot withstand scrutiny.
And its story happened to be set 20 years ago.
But as a period drama, the sense of time is really not refined enough.
Although the director blurred the background, you can still see the small yellow cars and new energy vehicles appearing on the street.
The clothes of the protagonists are more fashionable than the last, and they must rely on the deliberate appearance of "Beijing's Olympic bid", Nokia mobile phones, and old mobile phones to remind the audience that this happened in the past.
But its audience is female viewers. What they look forward to seeing is the fashion show and love show of the fairy sister. These details are not important.
So "The Story of the Rose" is such an extreme work.
People who like it will praise it to the sky, but people who hate it can't stand it at all. It just depends on your personal preference.
No. 8: "Celebrating More Than Years Season 2"
"Celebrating More Than Years" in 2019 started the craze of film and television adaptation of online novels. Zhang Ruoyun, the lead actor of
, later starred in "" and became "the first person to adapt a TV series from an online novel".
Everyone was eagerly looking forward to the second season of "Celebrating More Than Years ", but the result has been delayed. It was once reported that Chen Daoming had withdrawn from the second season. I am afraid this IP will be left in the dark.
Until this year, the second season finally came, which immediately triggered a craze for watching the drama. The reputation of this season of
is not as good as that of the previous season. The Douban score dropped from 7.9 points of the previous game to 7.3 points, but overall it is still above the standard.
Specifically, the plot in the early stage was a bit draggy, but it gradually got better in the later stage and the overall situation became stable.
Several adapted characters are more impactful than the original work, such as Lin Xiang's ending, Deng Ziyue's change, and Lai Chengming's death.
In the words of screenwriter Wang Juan, the season logic of this series is very simple. In the first season, Fan Xian discovered that he was a chess piece, and in the second season, he found his opponent on the confusing chessboard.
Become a chess piece in the first season, become a chess player in the second season, and flip the chess board in the third season.
It can also be seen from this logic that the second season is a season of accumulation.
So the first season has 46 episodes, and the second season only has 36 episodes. The Gangnam plot that everyone was looking forward to was not finished in time.
Either the crew was too stingy, or it was filmed according to this logic.
From this, we can imagine that in the third season, climax scenes such as going to Jiangnan, the battle of Dadongshan, and the death of Chen Pingping will follow one after another, so you can continue to look forward to it.
No. 7: "Spring Sending Lovers"
Do you still remember Jing Xiu, the owner of the Smoke Hotel on the Yellow River Road in "Flowers"?
Despite his unimpressive appearance, he always looks very knowledgeable and can be called the head of the intelligence station on the Yellow River Road.
The actor Cheng Liang who plays Jingxiu has a great background. He is also the co-director of "Flowers".
After filming "Flowers", he recruited Li Xian and Zhou Yutong to film the urban love drama "Spring Love ". The two dramas have a lot in common.
This drama is adapted from the Douban serialized novel "Lover" and tells a special love story.
The male protagonist played by Li Xian is a corpse plastic surgeon;
The female protagonist played by Zhou Yutong is a disabled person with lower leg amputation.
To put it simply, the male and female protagonists are from a minority group in society. This is the first time I have seen such characters in a domestic drama.
The span of this drama is very long.
From the mutual redemption in childhood to the extreme pulling in adulthood, the story is full of tension.
But it feels relaxing and healing.
The pyrotechnics and humanistic care of the whole drama also make people feel like a spring breeze.
Zhou Yutong used to take the ancient style track, but that track was too curly.
She returned to modern dramas and found her own style. The characters in "I'm Good in a Foreign Country" and " It's Just Love " all fit in well.
Although her appearance in this drama is not stunning, she is very comfortable.
After Li Xian and Liu Yifei finished filming "Where the Wind Is" last year, his temperament has improved a lot.
His relationship with Zhou Yutong in this film is stronger than that with Liu Yifei.
In the behind-the-scenes clip, two people were watching each other's kissing scene with a heartbeat counter. Zhou Yutong's heartbeat soared, and it seemed that she was really into the scene.
The scene in the film where Zhuang Jie delivers the cake to Chen Maidong and leaves in the car is a tribute to "Flowers".
The only shortcoming is that the filmโs portrayal of the profession of corpse plastic surgeon is a bit lacking.
If we could go a little deeper, we might be able to make a film as deep as "The Embalmer".
But despite its flaws, it is still a very good drama, with one episode a day on Tencent Video after it started airing.
Later, probably because netizens pushed for updates too quickly, it was changed to two updates a day.
Itโs a pity that there are still many people who donโt know about this drama. Letโs catch up.
No. 6: "Happy Parents Group"
This drama is a drama that popularizes the "double reduction" policy. It is basically a collection of stereotypes in the parent group.
Trivial matters such as children being naughty and parents vying to praise the class teacher, school uniforms and handicraft classes.
I thought the photo would be boring, but I didnโt expect that the overall atmosphere was very relaxed and interesting.
Today's society is so complicated that parents are in a state of panic.
But watching this drama, parents and childrenโs daily funny fights and battles of wits and courage are everywhere, which can relieve a lot of anxiety.
Zhang Jiayi and heartthrob Chen Hao play a loving couple, while Wang Xiaochen plays an independent divorced mother.
7 mothers, 8 children, joys and worries take turns.
The biggest problem with this drama is that the audience is too narrow, and it is only suitable for parents.
Zhang Jiayi is also a bit older. His children should be old enough to go to college, which is a bit inconsistent. The overall quality of
passes the test.
No. 5: "Storm Chaser"
Who would have thought that the only spy drama "Storm Chaser" on iQiyi that has exceeded 10,000 hits this year.
"The Storm Chaser" stars Wang Yibo and Li Qin, with supporting roles including Wang Yang and Wang Xueqi.
This is obviously learning from another spy drama "Renegade".
"Rebel", starring Zhu Yilong and Tong Yao, with supporting roles including Wang Yang and Wang Zhiwen.
In the two dramas, one praised Zhu Yilong and the other praised Wang Yibo. Among the people carrying the sedan chair, there was Wang Yang.
The ratings of the two dramas are also close, with "Rebel" scoring 7.7 on Douban and "Storm Chaser" scoring 7.8 on Douban. It's a bit confusing to tell the difference.
However, "The Storm Chaser" is not a brainless "Chasing the Storm". This spy war drama of the Republic of China still has some new ideas.
The three story lines are intertwined, complex but not chaotic. Several actors have excellent acting skills, and the controversial Wang Yibo also gave his best performance.
With a good story, good filming, and good acting, "Storm Chaser" has become a new benchmark for domestic idol spy dramas.
But unfortunately, even though it was a very good drama, there was internal strife outside the show.
It turned out that at the Magnolia Awards, Wang Yang was nominated for Best Actor for his outstanding performance.
But in terms of rank, he ranks behind Wang Yibo and Li Qin, so it seems more reasonable to nominate the supporting actor. As soon as the nomination of
came out, Wang Yibo's fans gave up and began to criticize Wang Yang online.
The wave of criticism intensified and eventually developed into an online violence.
For this reason, the official director of "Listening to the Wind", Chen Zhixi, and Wang Yibo himself came out to clarify.
Wang Yang was so aggrieved by the online violence that he only responded with nine words on Weibo: "I am down-to-earth in filming, and my actions speak louder than my words."
This farce finally came to an end, and no one was the winner.
What was hurt the most was the show itself.
It's sad that a good drama has been cast into such a shadow.
No. 4: "Dajiang Dahe: The Song of Time"
Douban score of 8.0, which is a high score for other dramas, but for " Dajiang Dahe 3", it is a failure.
The first two Douban scores of this drama were as high as 8.8 and 8.7. It has inspired many people since 2018.
The struggles of Song Yunhui, Lei Dongbao and Yang Xun also made many people see their own shadows. The third part of
was originally supposed to be the final work, the return of the king, but it ended in an anticlimactic manner.
The most regrettable thing is not the script problem, but that it did not cause much splash at all -
this drama happened to coincide with "Flowers" when it was aired.
Comparing the two dramas, they are simply not products of the same dimension. "Dajiang Dahe 3" was directly defeated.
Letโs talk about the drama, 33 episodes is a bit too long, and there is a lot more love between children.
Many transitions are handled bluntly and the rhythm is intermittent.
Several protagonists have also become black.
Song Yunhui, in the first two movies, was a good student and a workaholic. In the third part of
, he became the director of a factory, but he didnโt have many scenes in the factory. He fell in love in a mansion in Shanghai every day.
Lei Dongbao, in the first film, he created the character of a loving wife. After his wife passed away, he vowed not to marry for the rest of his life.
I married a new wife in the second part, so I can barely accept it.
In the third part, we directly find the mistress.
Although it is basically based on the novel, the characters themselves are still somewhat disappointing.
Yang Xun, in the third part, was forced to kneel by the Liang family, and ran to the river thinking that he could not hold on anymore and was going to commit suicide.
As a result, within two episodes, it started a romantic street and turned around.
Overall, as the final work of this series, it is really disappointing.
Brother Pi is also deeply in love and responsible.
Putting aside feelings, the whole drama is of high quality. After all,
has the foundation of the first two movies to support it. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
Audiences who have watched the first two movies can watch this one. It is definitely not that good, but it is not unbearable.
No. 3: "Tian Xingjian"
In terms of content alone, it is a bit like the Qing Dynasty version of "The Age of Awakening".
The drama is really exciting and interesting to watch, but unfortunately the popularity of online discussions is almost zero. Director
is very good at filming, and uses a suspenseful plot of treasure hunting to wrap up the core of democracy and national salvation.
The screenwriter is very good at writing, the lines are deep and the characters are profound.
Each one has flesh and blood, and even represents a force. For example, Wang Dibao represents the dying Qing Dynasty. The actors of
also performed well. Looking at the cast list, it seems a bit ordinary. But in the drama, all the acting skills are top-notch, especially the leading actor Qin Junjie, who does a great job.
is excellent in everything from story selection to characterization, from thought to lens language.
is really good, the pace is fast, the acting is just okay, and there are no forced emotional scenes.
Late Qing suspense + democracy to save the country, I havenโt seen such a chivalrous TV series in a long time. "ๅคฉ่กjian" is likely to become the biggest dark horse among domestic dramas this year.
No. 2: "Flowers"
's most popular work of the year, a new peak in domestic dramas.
In terms of popularity, it may not be as good as last year's "Hurricane".
In terms of depth, it may not be as good as "The Long Season".
But it works in another dimension.
We often praise a TV series as "movie-like", and most of them are complimentary words.
But "Flowers" is different.
director Wong Kar-wai is a film master. He ranks among the top three Chinese directors in terms of film techniques. He really makes TV series in the same way as making movies.
"Flowers" uses film language to narrate its narrative. This alone makes it difficult for all domestic dramas to compare.
This is also reflected in the Douban score.
opened with a score of 8.1 on Douban, and then slowly rose to 8.7.
This process shows that appreciating "Flowers" requires a certain threshold, and the public's appreciation is lagging behind.
"Flowers" is adapted from Jin Yucheng's novel. Although the content of the TV series and the novel are very different, Wong Kar-wai still captured the essence of the novel.
It can be summed up in two words: "Don't make a sound". There are some things that you see through but don't tell. This is the wisdom of Shanghainese people.
Hu Ge won the Magnolia Award for this drama, and You Benchang withdrew from the selection of Best Supporting Actor.
Actors such as Xin Zhilei, Ma Yili, Tang Yan, and Fan Tiantian also rose to prominence with this drama.
The ten-mile foreign market in Shanghai, the love-hate entanglement on Yellow River Road, the Oriental Pearl Tower by the Huangpu River, and the Peace Hotel where Mr. Bao lives.
These solidified buildings have become flowing history through this drama, revealing why Shanghai is called the Magic City.
Looking forward to the release of the movie version of "Flowers", Xiaobao's legendary story continues.
No. 1: "My Altay"
I never expected that a drama about the prairie of Xinjiang would become such a hit.
After Zibo BBQ, Harbin Tourism, and Kaifeng Matchmaker, Xinjiang Altay also became completely popular because of this drama.
According to friends who travel, the cost of going there has doubled or tripled.
What touches everyone most about this drama is its sincerity and simplicity.
It is adapted from the prose collection of the same name by writer Li Juan. The prose is written in an elegant and free-spirited way, and the filming is fresh and refined, making people smell the fragrance of earth through the screen.
The filming of this drama was in April 2023. At that time, the leading actors were not yet popular.
Then the good news came one after another.
"The Long Season" aired first, and Jiang Qiming in the crew became very popular. Everyone liked this down-to-earth young man.
Then "Fengshen Part 1" was released, and Yu Shi also became a little popular.
Then "Crossing the Angry Sea", which had been hidden for several years, was released, and Zhou Yiran's aura was seen by everyone.
Immediately after the broadcast of "Flowers", Ma Yili ushered in a new spring for her career.
In the Spring Festival Gala, Yan Peilun of the Comedy Competition appeared, and everyone saw his hard work.
The only Alima who has not become popular is actually a drama actress who has collaborated with Chen Peisi in many dramas.
After the show was aired, her role as Token was also loved by everyone.
Although the actors were not popular when filming, they stayed on the grassland, learned the local dialect, ate the local food, and had a deep relationship with each other.
After the filming, Ma Yili cried for several days and said goodbye to the role of Zhang Fengxia.
Yan Peilun recalled that he sat on the winding mountain road for several hours to leave. On the way, he saw the sea of โโclouds, as if he was about to wake up from a dream, and others reluctantly left there.
The best works always impress the audience with the most sincere emotions.
"My Altay" scored 8.5 points on Douban, and now it has risen to 8.9 points, surpassing "Flowers" to become the top seed of the annual drama king.
Well, these are the ten high-quality dramas in the first half of 2024. Which one is your favorite?
Chinese dramas have had a good start in the first half of the year, and we look forward to continuing to work hard in the second half of the year and producing more good works that audiences will love to see.
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