Dapeng's films, starting with "Keep You Safe", seem to be particularly fond of incorporating some classic old songs. These old songs are very much in line with the theme of the movie, such as "The Annual Meeting Can't Stop!" at the end of this yearThe unforgettable song "My Future Is Not a Dream". This song is written for almost all migrant workers or everyone, especially at the end of the film, the rap and song of several leading actors on stage are perfectly integrated, and the audience can clearly feel that their emotions are deeply moved.
It's not just a song, it's the heart of the story.
If we go deeper, the annual meeting can't be stopped!In addition to the perfect ending of the story, many of the hilarious episodes in this book are quite bold when analyzed in detail. The film makes sharp and merciless satire on the hierarchy of large companies, the "internet slang" used by employees at work, and some common problems in the workplace. Although it may seem exaggerated on the surface, I think that's exactly what comedy should be.
In the film, Pan Yiran (played by Zhuang Dafei) is the only person who bears a strong resemblance to ordinary people, and she expresses her feelings to Hu Jianlin (played by Dapeng) and Ma Jie (played by Bai Ke) on the rooftop of the company:
If we call it idealism, then the entry criteria for this idealism seem too simplistic, right?!”
In my personal opinion, the movie interprets the whole story from the perspective of an ordinary person.
If you look at this comedic film from the audience's point of view, the audience may automatically see it as two completely opposite elements in the process, as one side says:
You see, all of these things are actually part of life. ”
And the other side has an opinion:
As long as it exists, it must be reasonable?”
Regarding the rationality of existence, it always takes a person to stand up bravely and convey a truth to all:
Everyone should be treated fairly and with respect. ”
Therefore, in my opinion, "The Annual Meeting Can't Be Stopped!".may be one of the most eye-catching domestic comedy works in the second half of this year. Through exaggeration, irony, metaphor and oldies, the film seems to be intended to remind the audience that "my future is not out of reach" after they have seen all kinds of jokes. ”
One. Comedy is unique in that it skillfully combines seemingly unlikely events through various ingenious coincidences that make the most unlikely of things possible. This process involves many complex factors, such as covert operations, protection between **, power struggles, ideological struggles, etc. "The annual meeting can't be stopped!cleverly blends these elements together to make the most unlikely of things at your fingertips:
A fitter who was attached to a factory was transferred to the headquarters to take up an HR position, and was successfully promoted to vice president under a series of unexpected circumstances. All of this is based on the speculation of the people around them about the identity of the fitter and their intelligent interpretation, rather than the actual ability of the individual. I was struck by the clever design of this story, because only then can an "ordinary person" who ostensibly has nothing to do with high-end CBD and modern office buildings really come into conflict with areas such as e-commerce, internet finance, and senior leadership.
First of all, "The Annual Meeting Can't Be Stopped!".The characters in are very clear.
Hu Jianlin, played by Dapeng, left the audience with a "rough" impression throughout the movie. He is not a typical modern urban white-collar worker, but a worker who has worked hard in a factory for half his life. With his impulsive work attitude, he created all kinds of chaos in the office building, disrupting the original plans of some of the company's top management. From his point of view, we can observe a variety of roles, such as Ma Jie, the deputy head of HR, who has been depressed, and Pan Yiran, an outsourced employee who has worked hard for years but has not yet been formally recognized.
When the protagonist is caught up in a comical farce, the protagonist gets his right-hand man, are they flawed?Indeed it is.
To use the word "villain" to describe it, it means "a person is not popular, a person is not very emotionally intelligent". As a matter of course, many migrant workers who have just started working may initially think that they will devote themselves wholeheartedly to their work, hoping that their talents will be recognized by their bosses or leaders, and gradually promoted to middle management or even higher positions. In "Never Expected", Bai Ke's most popular line is "marry Bai Fumei and climb to the peak of life". However, Hu Jianlin does not have this kind of ideal that should be normal, and his behavior is more like the result of "making mistakes", or rather, it is the result of some workplace leaders under the influence of bureaucratic thinking
Obviously, this person seems to know nothing in HR and all areas of work, and no one doubts it. Since he had the right to lay off employees, many people began to try to get closer to him, and some even speculated about his "relationship" with the chairman, which led to the middle leadership taking the initiative to make hammers on the lathes according to his instructions during the training.
The role of Hu Jianlin unconsciously became a "magnate" in everyone's cognition, and since then, his role has begun to show an "unconventional" side.
He has experienced growth, or a short period of "maturity", adapted to a period of "officialdom", and began to become ape-like. It wasn't until he was drawn to the back of the HQ that an internal deal was triggered, and the integrity deep within him finally pulled him out of this chaos.
Hu Jianlin has undergone a transformation from a "reckless man" to an "upstart" and then to a "hero", and he has brought a seemingly absurd but passionate redemption to many ordinary people. Hu Jianlin should not be reduced to just a "mouth substitute", he is more like a "symbol" representing a certain era.
It is this logo that gives the "Annual Meeting Can't Stop!".The high quality that a comedy masterpiece should have.
The second point. In fact, praise this "Annual Meeting Can't Stop!".It's also quite a difficult thing to do.
This means that if the audience gives recognition, it is equivalent to accepting that in the modern professional environment, a large number of migrant workers, including middle management, do face many problems and troubles
Salary, level, pie drawing skills, standing in line, and judging right and wrong.
I don't particularly value the comedic effect of the "internet slang" in the film, because the internet is already full of satire about some of the exaggerated, unrealistic, and esoteric. However, in my opinion, Hu Jianlin, or more accurately, the "thinking of the times" he represents, is undoubtedly the most central expression of ideas in the film.
What does it mean to be in the same boat?What does it mean to "compare hearts to hearts"?What does it mean to "work together"?The beginning and end of the film cleverly show the characteristics of an era known as "Zhonghe".
The united and enthusiastic workers who originated in the late 1990s, and the gushing Office Man in 2019 (the background of the story), have all shifted from the promise of "I won't give up on everyone" to the false promise of "spending tens of millions on an annual meeting". For those viewers who have already experienced or witnessed the changes of the times, this seems to have more far-reaching significance.
Hu Jianlin is a person of this character, and he has shown his persistence and stubbornness in the face of layoffs:
They have worked so hard in the company for so many years, would they still be fired if they were not given a raise?”
But from the perspective of senior leadership, this stubbornness is interpreted as "trying to ** and dismantle those **".
In my opinion, the core of comedy is actually tragedy, and in "The Annual Meeting Can't Stop!".In this work, the people's thinking patterns and the changes of the times triggered by the theme of "annual meeting" are themselves worth savoring repeatedly. The reason is fairly straightforward -
Everyone craves recognition for their efforts, but at the same time, they are afraid of being abandoned.
The depth of this film lies in the fact that it uses comedy to beautify the pain and bitterness of migrant workers in the modern workplace with humorous elements. In my opinion, the core concept of the film is still the pursuit of "fairness" or "respect".
Every serious and down-to-earth worker should be treated fairly, and every worker with a dream should be respected. It's not the greasy leaders in the movie who are always entangled in "taking sides", "reimbursement", "making small groups" and "complimenting".
Of course, the words of the villain are heart-wrenching, and people often say that "this is human nature". Soon after, at the annual meeting, most of the migrant workers also showed the brilliance of humanity.
We are not just a tool, we are always on the side of the voice for us.
In the "annual meeting", a key "decisive battle", this reversal effect was vividly displayed, making the audience feel passionate and sometimes even teary-eyed after watching it. Nowadays, cinema has gone beyond the simple definition of "comedy", it has become the common voice of those who are still bound by the "rules" of the workplace, or most of the people of that era.
"The annual meeting can't be stopped!The content is both brilliant and bold.
It did show amazing courage.
The third item. Through Hu Jianlin's narration, the audience also seems to feel a trace of surprise and satisfaction:
It is true that the annual general meeting is held every year, and its scale has increased year by year, but it seems that every year it has gone through the motions, losing the initial joy and laughter, and is more like a kind of disguise and beautification of the leadership. ”
Therefore, I can't help but wonder why this work has transcended the essence of comedy and sublimated into an excellent work that can satisfy most audiences who walk into the cinema. What it says is exactly what it says:
Do you think everyone feels very lost, nervous, exaggerated, and helpless?
However, all of these things are happening all the time. Everyone struggles to demonstrate an understanding of the "granular alignment" of each other's cooperation, knowing that their future is nothing more than a dream. Until a rather "rough" man stood on the stage and spoke his sincere words.
Often, the most basic expressions can reveal many problems. For a person who has experienced the entrepreneurial journey of "Zhonghe", all these problems appear to be clearly visible.
If you were a spectator, what would come to mind when you witnessed this scene?Maybe it's because we often see unwritten rules in the workplace, which causes us to laugh and cry in the process of this movie. It is extremely realistic and suitable for almost all real-world scenarios.
Therefore, the originality of this film is highly praised because it is deeply rooted in and draws inspiration from our daily lives. In "The Annual Meeting Can't Be Stopped!".In this work, the vast majority of the audience can feel the various situations of their careers, especially the younger generation of audiences. It's no exaggeration to say that it's quite difficult for a comedy film to truly "express dissatisfaction with laughter" because it might anger the audience. However, can you assert that the situation depicted in the movie does not exist?I think that's the most appealing thing about it, so I really hope it will be a huge success once it's released.
Here, we would like to express our gratitude to all the main actors and those involved in the film, whose excellent acting skills have made many of the less human words realistic. By comparing Hu Jianlin's farewell activities organized for him by the factory before he went to the headquarters, as well as the various sounds and horses carefully designed to cater to him after he became an "upstart", we can clearly feel the deep emotions of "sincerity" and "beauty" that the film wants to convey.
Such an emotional environment is exactly the kind of emotion that we gradually lose in the workplace, or, more accurately, in life.
For "The Annual Meeting Can't Be Stopped!I think this work, like Dapeng's other works, is in the face of people's gradual loss of sincerity and honesty, and I am more inclined to quote Pan Yiran's point of view:
If we call it idealism, then the entry criteria for this idealism seem too simplistic, right?!”
If. Just assuming that if we relate the "Zhonghe" behavior in the film to certain events in real life, I think that in the film, when Hu Jianlin admonishes the workers, the cry of a girl who "volunteered to stay and work overtime" in the company directly brings the film's emotions to a climax:
For our domestic comedies, there is a strong need for that sharp irony and "banter" feeling.
Although there is a text at the end of the movie:
The plot of the film is completely a joke.