The reason why a classic is a classic After nearly three years of silence, the new drama "Zichuan Guangming Sanjie" was airborne on major platforms at the end of this year's winter vacation, and there was no large-scale marketing promotion, which can't help but cause many speculations about its quality. As the premiere day passes, the show's word-of-mouth has shown mixed reviews, especially with many negative reviews.
The plot design is oversimplified, and the background layout is slightly complicated and messy.
The opening chapter of "Zichuan Bright Three Heroes" depicts the protagonist Zichuan Xiu (played by Yang Xuwen), as a border general of Zichuan State, who won a surprising victory in the Battle of Hengchuan with a few enemies. However, this victory aroused the alarm of Yang Minghua (played by Zhang Fan), an important minister of the imperial capital, who had a vendetta with Zichuan Xiu's master Ge Yingxing (Xiu Qing), and took the opportunity to recall Zichuan Xiu to the imperial capital to frame him for collaborating with the enemy. The plot seems far-fetched here, Zichuan Xiu knew Yang Minghua's intentions, but chose to act in a way that was almost self-defeating, deliberately concealing key battle details, and allowing the opponent to frame him for neglecting his duties and fornicating with the enemy in the war. And the approach of the villain camp also seems to be unintelligent, convicting others of capital crimes based on one-sided words, lacking a solid chain of evidence.
Is this still a war?
In the follow-up plot, Zichuan Xiu successfully captured Princess Cardan (Cai Zhuoyin) of the Northern Clan, and tried to reach a peace negotiation with the Northern Clan through the princess as a bargaining chip. However, the princess's brother secretly planned an assassination operation to sabotage the peace talks, the princess's bizarre escape, and the subsequent rescue plot settings all show rough and perfunctory characteristics.
For example, there is no reasonable explanation for how the princess escaped from the heavily guarded palace, and the personal heroism shown by Si Yilin (played by Zhang Mingen) in the process of chasing the princess alone also makes people feel out of the logic of reality. In addition, the intricate ethnic settings and fantasy elements in the play have not been fully introduced and foreshadowed, which makes the audience who has not read the original book have trouble understanding in the process, which in turn affects the viewing experience.
The actor's acting skills need to be improved, and his style has been criticized.
The role of Zichuan Xiu, the male protagonist in the play, is played by Yang Xuwen, but his performance seems to fail to dig deep into the connotation of the role. Zichuan Xiu is a character who seems cynical on the outside, but is extremely intelligent on the inside, but unfortunately, Yang Xuwen's acting skills failed to show this inner contrasting charm, but instead portrayed him as a simple and cute image. Especially when dealing with the emotional entanglement with his sister Zi Chuanning (played by Li Mozhi), the original affectionate introverted and inferiority struggle was not effectively conveyed, but gave people a feeling of disgust and escape.
The make-up styling in the play has also received some criticism. Among them, the supporting actor Liu Yuning's style is particularly eye-catching, and the tight hood design makes his facial lines look bloated and greasy, which is different from the character image. At the same time, the director occasionally made mistakes in the choice of shooting angles, and some of the so-called "death angle" shots were used to weaken the charismatic performance of the characters, thus affecting the overall visual effect.
For such a work, which integrates oriental fantasy colors and grand group portrait narratives, it is undoubtedly a difficult challenge to grasp the narrative rhythm and present the rich story background and complex character relationships in detail. In the update of future episodes, we expect the production team to make corresponding adjustments and improvements to the above issues, in order to better present the charm of the original "Zichuan".