The movie "I Am a Mountain" has caused a lot of controversy since it began to be screened last month. Sven hasn't come to talk to you about this movie, and the reason is simple: I didn't have a complete ** movie before, and I don't have the right to speak without an investigation. This movie, which was highly anticipated at the beginning of the project, caused controversy after its release, and many viewers were persuaded to quit by online evaluations, is it as outrageous as everyone said?Sven chose to go into the cinema to find out for himself. 
First of all, the controversial content raised on the Internet does exist (for example, some students sneak out to play in the evening Xi, some female teachers leave the company, etc., and there are many online discussions that will not be carried out here). Sven preconceived to watch the movie with these comments on the Internet, and will repeatedly examine whether the plots are reasonable or not. can also understand the bad reviews on the Internet, after all, everyone has high psychological expectations for Principal Zhang's story to be put on the screen. But as the heat of the controversy gradually subsided, some "unbelieved" audiences began to walk into the theater, and the evaluation of "I Am a Mountain" began to have a new direction.
"Look at crying, it's not as bad as the legend says. "Be sure to watch this movie with your own thoughts. "After reading it, it doesn't seem to be as bad as it says on the Internet. ”
Sven also had a similar feeling at the end of the movie, although whenever the movie reached the corresponding "slot" on the Internet, I would unconsciously stir up, as if the error correction machine in my brain automatically emitted a tinkling prompt. But I cried a whole pack of tissues during the movie, and what impressed Sven the most after the film was not the so-called "controversial" content that actually accounted for a small space in the movie, but the spiritual strength of Principal Zhang and the change of fate of the girls.
Shanyue Shanying two sisters, one has excellent grades and wants to go to university to get out of the mountains, but after her mother died of illness, she was forcibly married by her father and brother, and finally died of domestic violence;One originally had poor grades and skipped classes to work just for his sister to study, but he was fished back to school by Principal Zhang, and he was admitted to university with the dreams of two people in hard study day and night. When she was a child, Jiu Duoyun, who was hearing impaired due to mistaken drugs, overcame physical obstacles and studied hard to Xi, Principal Zhang took the treatment money donated to her by others to equip Jiu Duoyun with hearing aids, and when she heard the whispered call in her ear, the light in her eyes at that moment was brighter than diamonds. Tang Xiaoping, who didn't graduate from junior high school, heard that the women's high school came to sign up for free, first made up for the progress of junior high school and caught up with the high school course, and finally realized "changing her life against the sky". 
There is also the high spirits of the girls when they climb to the top of the mountain and look into the future, the night battle near the corridor of the college entrance examination that they can't persuade them to go back with a flashlight, the "Come on, Shanying" shouted in the school when the whole family is forced to go home to get married, and everyone's joy and tears when the college entrance examination results are announced. The scenes were moving, and the scene where Sven was watching was so cold and quiet that I could clearly hear the sobs of a sister in the row. In addition to the controversy over the plot, many viewers also questioned the actor Haiqing. thinks that the principal Zhang Guimei she plays is similar but not the same, and feels that she failed to perform the spiritual core of Principal Zhang. 
In fact, at the beginning, when the film's official blog sent out a lot of creative details, everyone's expectations for Haiqing were still very high.
She will be exposed to the sun so that she can truly show the traces of aging, and the amateur actors in the film even think that she is the real Principal Zhang. She would notice Principal Zhang's Xi of taking off the lenses of his glasses and sharpening his prop glasses. She would smear dirt on her hands and plasters as she climbed the mountain to make every detail as realistic as possible. This comparison chart on the Internet was also widely circulated for a while, and many viewers praised Haiqing for taking on the drama in the past two years, believing that realistic themes are the field that actresses with acting skills and experience should cultivate. But as the movie suffers controversy, these expectations and optimisms seem to be incarnated as boomerangs, piercing Haiqing's body one by one. 
It is inherently difficult to let ordinary people play heroes. How did Haiqing act?Sven's evaluation is: the degree of completion is acceptable. Many details are grasped more accurately, and the emotional concentration of several highlight scenes is also worthy of recognition. Viewers who have a certain understanding of Principal Zhang should know that her health is not good. After long-term fatigue and the need to go over the mountains and mountains with illness, Principal Zhang's body always hurts. Haiqing does have the pain of the performance, whether it is the staggering of walking with his legs unconsciously when lifting heavy objects, or the inflexible fingers of picking the capsule when taking medicine, these details are very realistic, and they also overlap with the images in many of Principal Zhang's documentaries. 
There are a lot of such small details in the movie, but this is still a category of resemblance, and if you want to be godlike, you still need to see the emotional appeal of the actors. Sven was very impressed by several scenes in the movie, one was when Shanying's parents came to the school to "grab" their children a month before the college entrance examination. They were anxious to marry their second daughter in exchange for money, so that they could marry their sons and have children and pass on their family lineage. In the movie, Principal Zhang saw this scene and immediately rushed to Shanying to protect this helpless little girl. Haiqing's explosiveness in this scene was very strong, and at that moment, it seemed that she saw a female beast protecting her cubs, erecting the hair all over her body, and deterring the other party with all her might. At that moment, it was clear that there was no blood relationship between the two characters, but I saw a momentum of "being a mother is strong" in Haiqing. Principal Zhang's courage and firmness, and her heart to treat her students like daughters, are also conveyed in this scene. 
There was also a scene where the results of the college entrance examination were announced at the end of the college entrance examination, and Principal Zhang took the teacher over the mountains and mountains to give good news to Shanying, who was working at home. The mountain road was rugged and difficult, climbing from day to night, and finally they shouted across the cliff to the mountain Ying on the other side of the mountain. The male teacher was shouting the good news, Shan Ying was smiling and crying on the other side of the mountain, and Principal Zhang, who was exhausted, stood aside and did not speak, just silently stared at the girl opposite, his eyes like a torch through the dark mountain. At that moment, the light in the actor's eyes was like substance, and he didn't say a word, as if he had said everything. 
In her flickering tears, I kept flashing back to the fate of the two sisters, the anxiety when I went home to mourn, the helplessness when I was forced to get married, and the hope when I dropped out of school to work and was chased back by Principal Zhang. Those tears that have not fallen must also be for the mountain moon that will be buried in the mountains forever. Haiqing said in an interview that the gap between her and Principal Zhang is too big, that is the gap between ordinary people and heroes, she has also hesitated, timid, and even retreated after the script was formed and wanted to escape. But she was also infected by Principal Zhang's spiritual power, and wanted to restore the "spirit of burning the lamp" in Principal Zhang as much as possible. 
The performance is inexplicable, and the moment the movie is released, whether the performance is good or not can only be judged by the audience. Whether it is praise or criticism, it is everyone's freedom. But because of the ups and downs of the movie's reputation, she criticized Haiqing and said that she was "too anxious", "too utilitarian", and "I just wanted to win the award and overturned", which is a bit strange. We ordinary people work diligently and still want to be recognized and rewarded, how can an actress become a "utilitarian heart" if she wants to get attention and recognition from the industry, and wants to win awards?How did it become a "stain"?What's more, Haiqing may not think so. In interviews with many previous works, Haiqing shared with the audience that winning awards and transforming was not her original intention to take on the play. This time, after the release of "I Am a High Mountain", she also made it clear that she respects these awards in the industry very much, but the task of the actor is to complete the role, and the praise for the role is greater than the praise for the individual, and the biggest praise for the role comes from everyone's recognition.
She said, even if the world doesn't award awards, I will still be an actor, but everyone thinks that her attempts and efforts on different themes are all for the award, which is really a misunderstanding. But this kind of misunderstanding is not the first time for Haiqing. At the closing ceremony of the Xining FIRST Film Festival in July 2019, Haiqing said on stage that he hoped the market would give middle-aged actresses more opportunities. At that time, this speech caused a lot of discussion, and some people said that she was too reckless, and even suspected that she was "connotating others". But the output of middle-aged actresses on the stage is the sincere words that Haiqing has been holding back for a long time. In fact, as the "leader" of the family drama industry and the spokesperson of the national daughter-in-law, Haiqing has no shortage of masterpieces, popularity, and good works. If she wants to stay in her comfort zone with peace of mind, she can still have a lot of filming, which is the most "cost-effective" choice. Haiqing's original intention is definitely not "utilitarian", but wants to create better characters, relying on good works and good characters to transmit power.
Between the known comforts and the unknown challenges, she boldly chose the latter, doing many "thankless" things. For example, it took ten months just to make a movie, and many commercial films were rejected;For example, he tried his best to star in "I Am a Mountain", but the results were mixed. As an actor, he has to face too many force majeure and unknown factors, but what Haiqing can control is to try his best to shoot every scene and complete his tasks as well as possible. There are good and bad movie evaluations, word-of-mouth depends entirely on the audience, and everyone can also comment on the actors' performances, and they are free to like or dislike. But there is no need to attack the actress with "utilitarianism", the actor's dedication and efforts should not be subjected to unwarranted accusations. After the movie, Sven did have the idea of wanting to know more about Principal Zhang, and also wanted to have the opportunity to go to Yunnan to see the girls' high school and see the children struggling there. The emotions conveyed in the movie have indeed infected me, breaking through the trough and darkness to usher in the dawn, breaking the shackles of fate and turning the tables against the wind, the story of Principal Zhang and the girls can give strength to many people. This is also Haiqing's original intention of creation, just like she said, everyone will experience a trough, and when you come out, you will also become someone else's Zhang Guimei.
If there are still audiences who are interested in the movie, but are worried about "stepping on thunder" due to online evaluations, they can also try to watch the whole film. At least after watching the film, whether you want to scold or praise, you will evaluate it based on your true feelings