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| 9527 Miao Gujun
This year’s summer movies have a comprehensive range of themes, but the quality is average. At this time in previous years, the ones that were released online were "Feng Shen", " The Disappearance of Her ", and " "Despite " and "Octagonal Cage" are works of this caliber, but too many movies this year did not achieve the expected results.
The reviews of the movie " Under the Stranger " are extremely polarized. It is difficult for the audience to believe that the movie was shot by Wu Ershan, who has produced such masterpieces as "Fengshen".
Click on the Douban comment section of the movie to see the various doubts the audience has about "Decryption".
"It's a spectacle with no originality. We're not afraid of poor filming, but we're afraid of boring filming." "The story was not told well, and the love was not understood." "The most uncomfortable experience in the cinema." "The old man was looking at his cell phone during the entire subway ride. ....The capital lineup...is nothing new”.
But the fact is that Chen Sicheng made a mistake in his performance in a brand-new theme this time.
The first problem with the movie is that the lines are very stiff.
"Decryption" tells the life of the genius Rong Jinzhen, who dedicated himself to the country and worked in the secret department to decipher codes.
Rong Jinzhen's story is destined to be eye-catching, but many of the lines presented in the movie express the idea of "patriotism" in a very blunt way.
Especially when the adoptive father played by Daniel Wu explained the meaning of the word "country" to Rong Jinzhen, I really felt like I was dreaming back to high school politics class.
From the perspective of the subject matter and characters, patriotism is the eye-catching point of the movie, but Chen Sicheng, who is used to making commercial movies, is obviously not good at this aspect, and the connection of many lines is not smooth enough.
Movies often give people the feeling of injecting values into the minds of the audience. The second problem with
movies is that they are not professional enough.
The story of a genius must have a threshold. The most worthy of reference is Nolan's high-scoring masterpiece "Oppenheimer" last year. It also tells the story of a genius. "Oppenheimer" revolves around major historical events. , as well as the achievements of the characters, paving the way for a movie that is both professional and dramatic.
"Decryption" is even very similar to "Oppenheimer" in some aspects. The difference between the two lies in professionalism and plot.
In terms of professionalism, the way "Decryption" shows the strength of genius is very weak. He solved the math professor's detention homework and became close friends with the math teacher to play chess together. Chen Sicheng used some dream sequences with strong stream of consciousness to tell the audience about Rong Jin. Jane completes the decryption.
After watching the whole movie, Rong Jinzhen seems to be a person who achieves achievements purely by dreaming. In fact, there is no concrete manifestation of where his genius lies.
As for the plot, "Decryption" has set two thresholds from beginning to end, both of which were created by Rong Jinzhen's teacher Xiez. The first door is the mechanical code Purple Secret, and the second door is Black and dense.
Rong Jinzhen, who almost collapsed in these two doors, was tortured until she was in a trance. However, every time things turned around, there was no actual story. There was no contradiction, no pull, and various stream-of-consciousness scenes intertwined with reality and dreams. Spectacular, beautiful, but empty.
After watching the movie, I just felt that real effort was put into the later stages of "Decryption".
The third problem is the abruptness of the casting.
As a mature director, Chen Sicheng really likes to use his old friends. To be honest, every actor in the play is very successful, but those familiar faces really lose the mystery of the actors.
When A Bing, played by Wang Baoqiang , appeared, the audience wanted to laugh.
When the chess madman played by Xiao Yang came on stage, the audience also wanted to laugh.
These actors who work closely with Chen Sicheng have good acting skills, but they just don't have a strong sense of involvement. In addition, some actors who did not work closely with Chen Sicheng also had a poor sense of empathy.
Pan Yueming plays Qian Lao. He deliberately imitates Qian Lao's accent, but it is very stiff. The English vase played by Zhu Zhu looks like she is walking on the red carpet.
Xiaomei, played by Ren Luyao, gradually got better in the later stages, but many of her performances in the early stages were very deliberate. Especially on her first date with Rong Jinzhen, the admiration she displayed was too much.
In the entire movie, there is only one actor who really stayed in the whole movie, and he is John, who plays Heath.
As for Chen Sicheng, who only appeared at the end of the movie. It makes people act more, and he is more suitable to stay behind the scenes than to perform.
To put it bluntly, the theme and content of the movie "Decryption" are very explosive, but there are imperfections in the plot, rhythm, cast, and later presentation.
At present, it is not difficult for "Decryption" to get a passing grade or above, but it is very difficult to become a masterpiece of word-of-mouth, especially compared with "Oppenheimer" which is consistent with the temperament of the movie. 》There is no advantage at all.
All in all, the content and box office performance of the movie "Decryption" once again made me realize that Wu Jing's words were really not a joke.
Wu Jing once said in an interview that "high box office does not equate to high level of oneself." Chen Sicheng has indeed created many hit movies in recent years, including "Decryption", which achieved very good results during the screening period. But none of these works can prove Chen Sicheng's strength.
At least from the perspective of movie scripts, Chen Sicheng's creations in recent years have generally had a lot of packaging at the core.
This is what Wu Jing said, filmmakers should always worry that their knowledge and experience cannot keep up with the audience's appreciation. Perhaps this is also the reason why Wu Jing has participated less and less behind the scenes over the years, and has instead regained his pure identity as an actor.
Take the movie "Decryption" as an example. This kind of highly professional movie needs something to support it. Without something to support it, it would just be a patchwork of stream-of-consciousness dreams, not a biography at all.
But this time Chen Sicheng was not only defeated by the content, but also by the casting. The audience was tired of seeing some of the actors' lineups. No matter how good the actors were, the audience's first reaction was to the previous hit movie.
The content is not eye-catching enough, there is no plot, the lineup is not fresh, and there is no adaptability. Such a movie is destined to be disappointed and exceed expectations.
According to the current trend, it is still very difficult for "Decryption" to surpass the box office of "The Disappearance of Her". After all, the film's performance is quite satisfactory, and it really does not attract the audience to get into the plot and stay in the cinema.
Finally, what are your thoughts on the content of the movie "Decryption"? Can you get Chen Sicheng's advantages or flaws? Participate in the discussion in the comment section and tell us what you think of the movie.
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