Wu Jing's new film was released, and the premiere staged the drama of "turning into a boxed lunch in one minute", and even jumped from "wolf warrior" to "dog"!With such a plot reversal, did Wu Jing anger the director?
However, looking at the cast list, Wu Jing is not only the starring actor, but also the producer and producer, and the director Wang Xiaolie is the photographer of "Wolf Warrior 2", and the two have a very close personal relationship.
Although Wu Jing did not have many scenes, he participated in the production of the film throughout the whole process and also invested in the film, so this new film can be said to be a standard example of Wu Jing's work.
The recently released movie "Goodbye, Li Kele" has attracted a lot of attention. Wu Jing's performance in this film is eye-catching, he not only portrays himself as a tragic character, but also plays himself as a dog.
I went to see this movie for the first time, and it did have a special movie-watching experience. This movie will make you cry, but it is not forcibly sensational, but through the delicate portrayal and soulful story, you will naturally feel the emotional impact.
Overall, it's a very touching movie that is worth watching.
In the process of watching the movie, I found that the audience in my theater was mostly female, and the audience around me was almost moved to tears. The girl on my left kept wiping her tears with a tissue, and the girl behind me was sobbing so loudly that it affected my viewing experience.
Maybe the movie was really touching, or maybe the atmosphere of the scene made me unable to control my emotions, and I myself burst into tears. But when I got home after watching the movie, I began to reflect on the film, and I felt an indescribable embarrassment when I thought that I had shed tears for this movie.
This embarrassment stems from the fact that "Goodbye, Coke Lee" is not a high-quality movie. Although it is an original movie, adapted from director Wang Xiaolie's own ** "Dad is a "Dog"", the whole movie plot is very cliché and has a serious sense of collage, whether it is the plot, theme or idea, it makes me feel a sense of déjà vu.
The title of the film "Goodbye, Li Kele" caused controversy and was criticized for the popularity of "Hello, Li Huanying". The movie tells a story about father's love, in which the father played by Wu Jing is reincarnated as a dog after an unexpected death and accompanies the daughter played by Tan Songyun to grow up until the end of her life.
This film is adapted from Mo Yan's "Life and Death Fatigue", but the director seems to only focus on the superficial form and ignore the deep theme. "Fatigue of Life and Death" tells the story of a wronged soul who experiences pain and nirvana in the six reincarnations and finally lets go of hatred, while "Goodbye, Li Kele" just tells the warm story of a "dog father" guarding his daughter.
While both involve "dogs", their themes and emotional depths are very different.
Although there is a slight gap in concept, the story of the dog guarding the owner is still reminiscent of the classic movie "Hachiko the Loyal Dog". This movie has been available in many countries, including Japan, the United States, and China, among which the Chinese version starring Feng Xiaogang was released in April this year, with a very good reputation, and the Douban score has reached 76 points.
The reincarnation of the dog back to its owner is also shown in the movie "A Dog's Mission". The film was released in 2017 and received a good box office and word of mouth.
Although the titles of the two films are somewhat similar, similarities in the plot framework are also acceptable. However, the clip of the daughter's marriage in the film is almost the same as "Goodbye Lao Zhang" in "Annual Comedy Contest 2", which is a little difficult to accept.
In this work, it is not difficult for us to find some interesting elements. First of all, the starring Jiang Long and the guest Zhang Chi are both contestants in the "Comedy Competition", and Wu Jing's wife Xie Nan also participated in the recording of "Comedy Contest 2".
In addition, the daughter inadvertently added cola to the soup base to create a mysterious recipe left by her father, this "mysterious recipe stalk" has been used in countless film and television dramas, but here, it can still bring some freshness.
There are also dogs abducted, mothers and daughters working together to outwit dog dealers clips often appear in news reports, and the recent podcast "Story FM" has just updated an episode of the program "After the disappearance of my cat, I alone unveiled the black industry chain of cat slaughter", these elements make this movie even more fascinating.
In "The Wandering Earth" and this film, Wu Jingjing played the role of a deceased father, silently motivating and guarding his children, but his gender changed, from a son to a daughter.
Similarly, Tan Songyun played the role of a female high school student in both works and became a representative of the genre.
Yan Ni once again challenged the role of a mother in a troubled family, and the plot was familiar, which made people frown. "Goodbye, Li Kele" seems to be a movie generated by ChatGPT, starring Wu Jing, Tan Songyun, and Yan Ni, with the theme of dogs and fatherhood, and keywords including reincarnation, weddings, and dog dealers.
These elements are mixed together to form this film.
At first glance, this movie seems to lack human touch, but Brother Pi felt a different emotion in the process. For the first 10 minutes, he was filled with doubts and dissatisfaction, and even rolled his eyes 20 times.
However, from what second he suddenly became deeply attracted to the movie, and then unknowingly burst into tears, and by the end of the movie, his eyes were even red and swollen.
Why can a movie with a strong sense of patchwork bring such a strong real emotional impact?I think there are three reasons for this. First of all, the superb performance of the actors is indispensable.
The leading actors play their own roles, and even the characters are similar, and the freshness is reduced, but the tacit understanding and chemistry between the actors have been enhanced.
Although we have seen Tan Songyun play the girl, Wu Jing as the father, and Yan Ni as the mother, these three actors have never seen a family before, they are all experts in their respective roles, and they can perform well together without running-in.
It is worth mentioning that although Tan Songyun is 33 years old, she still has a girlish feeling, and she is comfortable playing an ignorant high school student, and the temperament of the sister next door revealed in the film is impressive.
She perfectly interprets the sweet girlfriend love, hazy love, complex mother-daughter relationship, deep human-dog love and dense father-daughter relationship. Zhou Dongyu, another actor known as a "high school professional household", has successfully transformed into a royal sister through works such as "Parrot Killing" and "Hot Search".
Although the older Tan Songyun also faces transformation issues, at least in this drama, she plays a female high school student who feels comfortable and believable. Yan Ni is famous for "Wulin Gaiden", and the role of the shopkeeper Tong made her famous in one fell swoop, but it also limited her acting path.
In fact, she is able to play a lot of tough roles, such as a complex mother. In "The Final Truth", she plays a mother who protects her children, in "Dad", she is a strong single mother, and in "Wading in the Sea of Wrath", she loses her daughter and glares at her ex-husband.
In this film, she still plays such roles.
Tan Songyun and Yan Ni's wonderful performances vividly show their apologies for their husbands, their expectations for their daughters, and their strategies for their sons-in-law. Although Wu Jing left in the opening minute, many people expressed dissatisfaction with this, believing that the "Wu Jing element" of the film was insufficient.
However, the memory fragments interspersed in the movie and Wu Jing's "borrowing a dog to return the soul" have allowed his role to continue and left a deep impression on the audience.
Although Wu Jing is a producer and has the absolute right to speak on the film, his literary drama is not dominant, and Liu Peiqiang in "The Wandering Earth" is one of the few characters he plays that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In this movie, he continued the character design of this role, and there were not many scenes, which not only met the audience's expectations for "Wu Jing elements", but also did not affect the performance of acting skills because of too many roles.
In addition, Jiang Long's performance is also surprising, he is an actor who is loved by Brother Pi.
Jiang Long is an actor with superb acting skills, but because his appearance does not conform to the mainstream aesthetics, he has always lacked opportunities in the entertainment industry. The most criticized thing in his career is that he once participated in "Dream Showbiz".
However, after participating in the "Comedy Contest", Jiang Long finally got more people's attention. On the show, he derided himself as a "waist actor" and managed to show his comedic talent.
In this film, he plays a shy but kind-hearted kid, who is a comedy in the early stage, which is the role he is best at. What's even more commendable is that Jiang Long's performance is very measured, he never steals the scene, and the foreshadowing in front is also very well done.
In the final confession scene, his crying red eyes moved the audience even more, which made people feel very gratified.
This group of outstanding actors, without a major breakthrough, successfully supported the performance of the whole play with their best roles.
In recent years, many films have been promoted with the slogan "Laughter with tears", but only this one can do that. Although the director's skills are not necessarily excellent, he is a director who can skillfully arouse the emotions of the audience.
In the last scene, the heroine established a deep friendship with the dog, and the audience praised it. In the next scene, the heroine asks her mother why she pulled out her father's tube, and the atmosphere between mother and daughter is tense.
In the last scene, the heroine spent a sweet time with the little boy, and the audience's expectations for love arose. In the next scene, the mother came to the door, slapped her daughter hard, and "interrogated" the little boy.
In the last scene, the dog witnessed the wedding of the heroine, and a beautiful atmosphere filled the air. In the next scene, the dog suddenly fell to the ground, and after examination, it was diagnosed with brain cancer and needed to be euthanized, and the audience's mood became heavy again.
The director seems to have a metronome, he sometimes scratches your squeaky socket, sometimes pokes your tears, and makes your emotions fluctuate.
I can imagine the director being conducting and constantly muttering, "Laugh one!".Cry one!In this way, the audience becomes a slave to the director's emotions, spending two hours in joy, anger and sorrow.
You might say it's a bit old-fashioned, but it's actually very difficult to get every beat right, even though it's simple.
Wang Xiaolie successfully transforms his emotional ups and downs into intangible, he is actually guiding the emotions of the audience, and the audience mistakenly thinks that it is the natural outpouring of emotions, which is what he excels at.
The last time I felt this silky experience was when I tasted a certain chocolate. In addition, the film has a down-to-earth character.
Most feature films like to be innovative, and the characters, plots, and themes of the protagonists strive to be unique, and even classic movies like "Hachiko the Loyal Dog" attract audiences with the unique plot of "dogs waiting for their owners for 10 years".
Goodbye, Li Kele also has a unique setting, that is, "Dad is reincarnated as a dog", but its plot is set in Chengdu, which is full of market atmosphere, and the whole story is full of spicy skewers, making you feel that this is the people and things that happen around you.
Each character carries the ordinary and the great. Wu Jing's father, although he passed away and left a mysterious formula, he did not bring the family rich overnight, but only maintained his daily livelihood.
But he desperately saved his daughter, which was moving. The mother played by Yan Ni seems to be indifferent, but because she can't afford the high medical expenses, she has to give up treating her husband, and wants to give up running a skewer shop many times. After her husband died, she also found a new partner.
In the movie, the daughter played by Tan Songyun is smart and smart, but her intelligence is only that she was admitted to Chongqing Medical University, she is not perfect, lacks maturity, marries and has children after graduation, and her life is dull.
However, at the end of the film, the plot where she keeps texting her deceased husband makes people cry.
The little boy played by Jiang Long, after experiencing some ups and downs, bravely faces the challenges of life. Although he did not go to university, he chose to join the army, and then returned to his hometown and started a business with his family's investment.
The development of his relationship with the heroine is also very flat, without too many waves. However, the scene where he confesses to the heroine when the rocket lifts off is touching.
Although their lives seem ordinary, they include a variety of experiences such as raising pets, taking the college entrance examination, euthanasia, getting married, being a soldier, early love, and opening a restaurant, and every audience can find their own memories in it.
Do you have cute pets at home?Did you have any regrets in your youth?Do you remember what happened at your wedding?When did your heart first happen?
If a parent is terminally ill, will you choose to let go?A series of thought-provoking questions followed, not so much that the audience cried because of the film, but that the film evoked memories of their past, and they wept for their own past.
So, "Goodbye, Coke Lee" is such a movie. If the director is compared to an artist, he can integrate all kinds of materials into a picture, with just the right amount of technique, and the subtle color matching, showing the charm of Van Gogh's paintings.
It can bring you instant artistic enjoyment, and warm your cold heart like the sun on this winter day.
The film seems to lack stamina, and when you look back on it and find that it's nothing more than a pile of old-fashioned stories, you'll feel a little bit of shame like I did.
Your stomach is churning, and the smell of seasoning can't hide the sour smell of leftovers, and the original ** mood is also overshadowed.
Would you like to watch such a movie?