Wong Kar-wai, who directed a TV series for the first time, presented "Flowers" as soon as it was broadcast, and the popularity of the webcast continued to rank first, with more than 13,000 comments on Douban within 4 days of its launch.
A strong behind-the-scenes team and a luxurious cast continue to push up the popularity of the TV series, but also cause a lot of controversy, the current audience's evaluation is polarized, and the audience who likes it does not hesitate to give high scores, four of the 5 comments randomly displayed on the Douban homepage are praised, the uncle played by You Benchang conquered the audience with his superb acting skills, he is the Dinghai Shenzhu of this drama, and every time he appears, he is full of aura, and the Shanghainese dialect is too right.
There are also five-star viewers who wrote, "I feel that I have eaten good things, and when the aesthetic is downgraded, Wong Kar-wai is really young." Watching some fresh stories is far more meaningful than the rhythm. Those who score low are all incomprehensible, right?,Ask people who are aesthetically downgraded to watch your skit number?You can't just score just because you can't read it. ”
The bad reviews are the same, the TV series inherits the light and shadow in Wong Kar-wai's works, the neon lights are paved, the picture is dark and the light and shadow are exquisite, and the narrative uses a lot of gap flashbacks, the romantic freehand technique is completely different from the conventional narrative of the TV series, and the number of strong plots is completely different, which will naturally make people unaccustomed.
But in my opinion, the first time he set foot in a TV series, Wong Kar-wai has fully "taken care" of the audience's perception, "Flowers" sees the tenth episode, you will find that the plot is quite compact, almost every episode revolves around the occurrence of trouble, solving the troubles to develop the narrative, making Sanyang a famous brand, dealing with high imitation, Xin Zhilei played Li Li single-handedly broke into the Bund, Zhizhenyuan has been cut off the power supply, the kitchen collective backwater, the head snake looking for trouble and other severe tests, every time there is no danger, or relying on Mr. Bao played by Hu Ge to turn the tide, every high-energy bridge, relying on compact editing, the rhythm flies, such a narrative rhythm is already a major breakthrough for Wong Kar-wai.
Recreating the Shanghai in the 90s, creating romantic and charming characters, and telling about a group of people striving for the upper reaches under the wave of reform and opening up, these are Wong Kar-wai's superficial skills, Wong Kar-wai, who grew up in Hong Kong, drew nutrients from Hong Kong films and continued to create Hong Kong films, in fact, there are many "smuggled goods" in "Flowers", taking the latest 10th episode as an example, after a cursory look, Wong Kar-wai paid tribute to at least three Hong Kong films and classic characters.
1, "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance" & besieged Guangming Peak
"Flowers" mainly revolves around the narrative of the Yellow River Road, a road only 755 meters long, which has opened more than 100 restaurants, and Li Li played by Xin Zhilei took over the closed Golden Phoenix in a high-profile manner, opened to Zhenyuan, and also re-dug the road to lay thicker gas pipes, and the kitchen of 10 stoves made the topic, stealing the business of other restaurants.
So the biggest contradiction since the start of the broadcast appeared, the top ten proprietresses on the Yellow River Road collectively targeted Li Li and vowed to close the door of Zhizhenyuan. First, the power outage was pulled, and then the kitchen of Zhizhenyuan was collectively resigned, and then Lu Meilin took six or seven other proprietresses to the door to make trouble.
Fan Xiangyan portrayed Lu Meilin very well, her performance was flamboyant and exaggerated, and she came to the door to make trouble, and she also saluted first and then soldiers. First, he brought people to the door to eat the king snake by name, and gave Li Li a problem. As a result, the king snake was on the table, and he couldn't find fault, so he sacrificed his good friend and forced Li Li to remove the hot dishes from the shelves.
Such a bridge and narrative technique are almost the same as Stephen Chow's classic film "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance". Recall that in "Tang Point", King Ning came to the door to make trouble, isn't it also a salute first and then a soldier?first found trouble with painting, and then let the pair of piercing intestines appear, and after all failed, let the deadly scholar go into battle, which just corresponded to the passage in "Flowers" that tore the menu and smashed the window.
And the proprietress on the Yellow River Road, collectively targeting Li Li and Lu Meilin, came to the door to make trouble, which can't help but remind people of the classic section of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" where the six major factions besieged Guangmingding.
2, "Full of Gold and Jade".
I never expected that Wong Kar-wai invited 70-year-old Zhong Zhentao to play the role of a Hong Kong chef to help Li Li tide over the difficulties, and use three dishes to make Zhizhenyuan in the limelight on the Yellow River Road.
I was very emotional when I saw Zhong Zhentao appear, but any audience who likes Hong Kong films will definitely think of the 28-year-old "Full House of Gold", in this classic Hong Kong film, Liao Jie played by Zhong Zhentao, and Jiahui played by Yuan Yuyi are looking for a master who can be a full Han Dynasty. By the way, in "Full of Gold and Jade", there are also Niu factions who came to challenge them and made tricks to poach all the masters of the Zhao faction, bringing the same crisis as in "Flowers".
3, "Don't Bully the Poor Youth".
"Flowers" Wong Kar-wai asked Chen Xunqi to write the soundtrack, and the ** and episodes in the play were very full, and he was also criticized a lot, thinking that it was too similar to "The Battle of Succession". Regardless of these, just talking about the episode reminds me of the movie "Don't Bully the Poor Boy".
"Flowers" talks about ** and catering, and "Don't bully the poor boys" talks about **, which seems to be incompatible. But "Flowers" has appeared many times in beyond's "No More Hesitation", and this song is the theme song of "Don't Bully the Poor Boy". Think about it, although the theme and story are different, but the spiritual core is very similar, "Don't bully the poor boy" tells the story of four ordinary young people forming a band and running to their dreams, and Mr. Bao played by Hu Ge in "Flowers" is also working hard step by step from the bottom of the society, and standing at the forefront of the times after meeting his uncle, in the final analysis, it is the spiritual core of ordinary people to achieve a career.
The episode is full of flowers