The film market for the Spring Festival and Valentine's Day in 2024 can be summed up in one word
A battle between the gods.
In order to make a movie, Jia Ling has a hundred pounds and brings her own topical publicity. "Hot and Hot" demonstrates the female director's delicate control of the subject matter, and has achieved a double harvest of word-of-mouth and box office, which truly convinces the audience.
Shen Teng's "Flying Life 2" is also very competitive, racing and love, the eternal theme, but it can make people's blood boil many times. On the other hand, the film also shows great competitiveness.
Touching thousands of people is the King of Bayingbrook.
The joining of these two comedy greats is enough to discourage anyone. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yimou also decided to get involved in comedy movies during this period, which was really unexpected.
The overall texture of "Article 20", which is dense with laughter, is not lost to the above two movies.
It's a pity that the box office performance of the movie is not ideal, and it has only reached a box office of 1 billion so far, which is not even as good as the animated film "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space".
Audiences know that judging a movie is not just based on the box office.
In my opinion, the focus of Zhang Yimou's new work is the authenticity of the story. In contrast to the situation where the image of poverty is falsely portrayed in some films, this film really shows the life of the "poor".
Poverty in the bones.
In domestic film and television dramas, the audience rarely sees the image of "poor".
Zhang Yimou is one of the few people who can understand the true meaning of the word "poor", but he has done it.
In the case of Hao Xiuping's family, the film shows the poverty they encounter in all aspects of their lives.
The first thing to consider is - food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Hao Xiuping's family is arguably one of the poorest in the countryside at present.
There are two deaf members of the family, and the husband lacks education and can only do some manual labor.
Even so, you have to borrow money from others to ** your children, exhaust your family, and suffer great humiliation.
Therefore, they had to live in the most modest brick houses, and the farm tools and sundries in the yard were covered with the marks of time, which formed a clear contrast with the other houses around them.
Especially later, the bullies deliberately retaliate, leaving the already dilapidated home even more devastated to nothing.
Hao Xiuping and her daughter chose to flee, and they were always wearing the two tattered clothes, which still had stains that were difficult to clean, and even their hair was messy.
Any normal person who sees this orphan and widow will think that she is a character rooted in the bottom.
However, Zhang Yimou's brilliance lies in his success in concretely presenting the image of the "poor", showing the difficult situation faced by these poor people in front of the law.
The real poor "are not only faced with hardship, but more importantly they are limited in their minds."
Therefore, Hao Xiuping's husband had to turn to loan sharks to pay for his daughter's ** expenses, instead of choosing other ways to seek help.
Maybe it's because of a lack of understanding, or maybe it's because there is simply no one who can help them.
The long-term bullying made them afraid to call the police, and Wang Yongqiang could only watch his wife being **, helpless like a dog leashed at the door by a bully.
Hao Xiuping didn't really want to jump off the building, because no mother would be willing to leave her daughter behind and choose to die.
She couldn't make a change, in part because the bullies used the child to force her to change her confession.
Hao Xiuping firmly believes in the principle of one life for another, which is another reason.
Otherwise, the perpetrator bullies will not take themselves for granted.
Perhaps Hao Xiuping thought that only by sacrificing her own life could the case be reopened and Wang Yongqiang's reputation could be repaid, because she felt that he was in a desperate situation.
Sometimes, in the eyes of ordinary people, the law is like a murder weapon for those who are reckless.
Pay off your debts and pay off your credits.
How sad is it that these bullies use legal provisions, divorce agreements, and IOUs as tools to oppress and bully these poor people with impunity?
However, for a long time, this became the most realistic and helpless situation.
In addition to Hao Xiuping, a powerless bus driver was convicted of intentional injury and sentenced to three years in prison for acting bravely. After he was released from prison, he wanted to petition but found that he ran into walls everywhere and had nowhere to go.
Prosecutor Han Ming's son faces going to jail and leaving a criminal record even if he accidentally injures others by interfering in school bullying.
The existence of the law should increase the cost of the bad guys committing crimes, not make the good guys more expensive.
Many viewers think that the final cry of the film is a performance of forcibly exaggerating emotions and sensationalism.
In fact, this line needs to be savored carefully, because each sentence expresses the inner voice of the people at the bottom.
Poverty is not sorrow.
Sadly, they are unable to seek justice in poverty, they are unable to defend themselves against any bullying and they have lost their dignity.
I finally understood what a real poor person should look like, and this was after watching "Article 20" directed by Zhang Yimou.
Don't squander the poor easily.
In the past two years, it has been very easy for domestic film and television dramas to win the enthusiasm of the audience, just to ensure that the production is down-to-earth enough.
This also allows some directors to find the secret of getting traffic, and even feel that they can shoot poor people at will.
For example, in the TV series "Fearless", Luo Yingzi played by Reyiza is the heroine, her husband owes tens of millions to the bank, and even the house is mortgaged.
People have gone through all kinds of things, they have 6 million cash in their hands, but they only rent a spacious and bright house for the nanny, and they are still complaining about the smell of the kitchen.
Now that the situation has reached this point, let us no longer show the sorrow of poverty, and those who are truly poor will probably be heartbroken with envy.
The heroine in "All Wishes Come True", although her monthly salary is only 3,000 yuan, she can't even afford a new mobile phone.
At first glance, he doesn't seem to be rich, but in fact, he lives in a courtyard house worth hundreds of millions of dollars in Beijing, and he dresses up brightly every day, his hair is shiny and his face is ruddy.
See for yourself, director, do you think it's ridiculous?
Those who carry designer bags, live in luxury villas, and drive luxury cars almost make the audience mistakenly believe that all poor people should meet such standards, and they themselves are not even as poor as the poor.
It is hoped that domestic film and television drama directors can carefully observe the lives of ordinary people and learn from the way of director Zhang Yimou to portray the lives of poor groups.
Article 20 does not deliberately highlight the poverty of the characters, but through the detailed description of costumes, sets and other details, it still shows the difficult life of the people at the bottom.
The movie more prominently shows the situation that ordinary people cannot be treated fairly under the suppression of power, which makes people feel a lot of bitterness and helplessness while laughing.
The end result is gratifying, the law is in the process of continuous development and progress, and it is able to protect the rights and interests of the people in the most fair and just way.
Law is inseparable from human feelings, and legal principles are also the warmth that everyone yearns for in their hearts.
At present, "Article 20" is still being screened, and this movie has both laughter and tears, as well as depth, so it is very worthy of the audience to buy tickets**.
What else do you think moved you about this movie?