Jia Ling succeeded again, her second directorial work "Hot and Hot" locked the box office champion of the Spring Festival stalls, with a box office of more than 1.7 billion as of press time, and the final box office is expected to exceed 4.4 billion.
The box office success is because Jia Ling has grasped three points: **inspiration, the rise of women, and highlighting the sense of purpose through the process of moving from decadence to the ring, which is invigorating after watching.
However, Jia Ling's weight loss of 100 pounds is admirable, but it should not be a plus for the movie itself. At present, "Hot and Hot" has gotten 8 on Douban0 points, but the word-of-mouth is obviously polarized, and the evaluation of this movie can't avoid the original "Hundred-Dollar Love", in comparison, "Hundred-Dollar Love" has a better reputation and higher ratings, compared with the two movies, "Hot and Hot" has at least three copies of the bridge, and a seven-point adaptation failure. Let's talk about failures or regrets first!
1. From inspirational to comedy
"Hot and Hot" uses the big story framework of the original "100 Yuan Love", the heroine is at home and gnaws at the old - has a conflict with her sister - runs away from home - practices boxing - successfully finishes a professional match. But it has also undergone drastic adaptations, and the most important change is to turn the original pure female inspirational version into a commercial cool film that highlights the comedy attributes.
In my opinion, this is a bit like mellow American style turning into a cup of sweet and greasy mocha, full of Jia Ling's careful calculations in catering to the atmosphere of the Spring Festival, the taste of the audience, and the commercial attributes.
In the more than two hours of film, Jia Ling added a lot of jokes that highlighted the sense of joy, starting from the first shot of her mother, sister and distant cousin who came to interview to observe her through surveillance, and the roles of Li Xueqin and Qiao Shan were also newly added, and her boyfriend carried her and her best friend **, and the showdown at the dinner table, which had nothing to do with the main story of the movie, and became a "seasoning" that made the audience laugh.
In comparison, the original version, which does not have any funny ingredients, focuses on the psychological and image changes of the heroine, and is recognized by the outside world through its own efforts, just like the concentrated left hook in the boxing ring, which is particularly energetic. But "Hot and Hot" has played too many tricks, but it seems that the purpose is not pure.
2. Contradictions between sisters
This is an adaptation that made me feel particularly uncomfortable not long after the opening, every close-up of Zhang Xiaofei's sister reinforces her dislike for her sister, and it is not very realistic to ask her to transfer the house later, just imagine, it is impossible for any person with normal IQ and emotions in a family to ask someone to transfer the house to himself in such a big matter, and take out such a temper, talk about flipping the table! This emphasis on character antagonism and drama is too far from reality.
In comparison, the original is much more realistic and solid. First of all, there is no background that my sister has not looked for a job at home for ten years, on the contrary, she explained that her sister was divorced not long ago, and she just came back to live together. The conflict between sisters focuses on the difference in living conditions, living habits, and the influence of the sister on her son. Soon after the opening, a son played by Sakura Ando played a game with his nephew while smoking, laying the groundwork for the sister's conflict. But there is a very wonderful response in the back, a son who cheered up, stopped smoking when he played games with his children again, which is more powerful than the line of quitting smoking in "Hot and Hot".
3. was changed to boyfriend cheating by a colleague**
"100 Yuan Love" focuses on the heroine of a tragic word, the most heart-wrenching paragraph, is that the male protagonist gave her two tickets for boxing matches, she went with a lewd male colleague, but was punched by the other party after drinking and dragged into the express hotel, knowing that she was "the first time" and ruthless**. Afterwards, a son called the police. Such a setting, while highlighting the tragic fate of the heroine who is not treated well by her surroundings, actually reflects the social reality of Japanese men's "misogyny", treating women as a tool for venting, and even committing violence.
But "Hot and Hot" weakened this part, completely removed the subline of the colleague ** and replaced it with an ex-boyfriend who highlighted the comedy elements, and "The First Time" abruptly said it to Haokun played by Lei Jiayin, which is really uncomfortable, and it is not as sharp as the original.
4, the emotional line with the male protagonist
On the fifth day of the movie's release, there were more discussions about the details, and the topic of "how did Du Leying fall in love with Haokun" was on the hot search. In my opinion, such a topic on the hot search shows that it is a controversy, some viewers do not understand the changes in the relationship between the characters, and some people do not understand the failure of the movie and the dereliction of duty of Jia Ling as a screenwriter and director.
Some bloggers interpreted it as the scene of looking at each other through the window, Le Ying thought that Haokun was staring at herself, so that she had the feeling of "being seen", she clings to men and needs personal love.
But from a personal point of view, such an explanation is not convincing, in the final analysis, Jia Ling took out a large part of the scene and put it on the side line that highlights the comedy elements, cutting off the problems caused by the important details of the relationship between the male and female protagonists.
Back to the original version of "100 Yuan Love", the heroine has no love experience, she is also the kind of woman who lacks self-confidence and longs to be "seen", and met the male protagonist after meeting a few times in the supermarket where she worked, and later because of the fate of sending bananas and coins, the male protagonist asked her out. As for the confrontation in "Hot and Hot", there are similar scenes to pave the way for the relationship between the two people. The sick male owner was taken home by a son.,After taking care of him, the male owner didn't go when he came back the next day.,Focus:The relationship between the two people has not changed substantially.。 Then a son was infected, sick and bedridden, the male protagonist borrowed money to buy her a piece of meat for her to eat, although the unpalatable ones couldn't bite, but a son was warmed by the male protagonist's actions, so far it is logical for the two to sleep together, which is more reasonable and convincing than "Hot and Hot".
5. Breakup settings
"Hot and Hot" is very heart-wrenching, shaping Le Ying into a woman with a love brain, paying for Haokun wholeheartedly, and paying him a salary to buy vegetables and cook, but Haokun, who began to look good, quickly blackened, and the two had a dispute in the lounge over collecting money and playing fake boxing, Haokun immediately turned his face, and Le Ying realized that the man she loved had never loved herself.
Although such an adaptation can intensify the conflict and strengthen the drama, the original version should be more realistic and reasonable. As an ordinary girl, she is determined to win once in the boxing ring, in order not to be looked down upon by the man who betrays her, and to become beautiful and beautiful, in fact, it is more realistic.
In fact, there are many adaptations that have changed a lot, so I won't list them one by one here, some of these adaptations are really regrettable, but some of them are also wonderful, such as the original male protagonist vomiting in a convenience store, and replacing it with Haokun played by Lei Jiayin "Peeing Wild" was flashed by the car lights, which is quite a reasonable and successful adaptation. The changes in the ending are also very exciting, from the heroine's son repeating "I want to win" over and over again, to Le Ying telling the other party "I have won", and refusing the invitation to dinner and saying that she wants to "look at the mood", the theme and core have been sublimated, and Jia Ling has a deeper and farther understanding of the movie.
In addition to these, the movie also has several copies of the original.
The first place: workout details
The training methods in the gym are actually similar, but Jia Ling copied two iconic training details in "100 Yuan Love", one is to play speed balls and skipping rope, and the other is to run and practice pace on the bridge. This scene was filmed by Jia Ling thousands of miles away in a park in Shilong, Dongguan, and the positioning and camera angle are almost a copy of the original.
The second place: her father asked her for dinner
The fathers in the two versions are almost the same, they are all cowardly people who have no right to speak and no sense of existence at home. In "Hot and Hot", the father is looking for his daughter to eat and wants her to go back to the store to help, and the dialogue between the two is exactly the same as the details of watching the boxing match during the meal.
The third place: chasing the male protagonist
Both versions are after the breakup, the female protagonist and the male protagonist met again in the store, and the female protagonist was also arranged to chase out, slightly different, the original female protagonist took the lunch he was going to buy, and "Hot and Hot" exaggerated a little, Le Ying chased out with a case of beer and caught up, which is more joyful.
Fourth; Long shot of punching
I can't help but sigh when I write this, Jia Ling has no directorial talent, her two movies are quite mediocre in terms of actor scheduling and lens language, even if she is assigned to Liu Yin, the director of photography who filmed "The Wandering Earth", there are no impressive passages in the movie.
If you have to find one, it may be a long shot of almost 2 minutes in the second game of the boxing match at the end! The camera was shot outside around the ring to highlight the realism of the fight. But this shooting method actually copied the original version of "100 Yuan Love", but the original long shot was not so long, and the second half of the second round of the game still tried to advance the camera as much as possible, using cruel boxing details to highlight the sense of oppression, bringing a stronger visual impact to the audience.
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