The movie is hot and piping hot
1. One story, twenty years, three versions.
The film Million Dollar Baby was released in 2004 and is based on the short story of the same name by American writer F.X. Toole**, directed and starring Clint Eastwood.
In 2014, Japanese director Wu Zhengqing adapted this story, and the movie "100 Yuan Love" was released.
In the 2024 Spring Festival, "Hot and Hot" directed and starred by Jia Ling is the third time this story has been put on the screen.
2. Similarities
What the three versions have in common is that they are all women in their early thirties, and they are all "losers" in the secular sense, and they all want to fight for their lives through boxing.
The fate of the three heroines is inevitably related to the original family.
And at the end of the story, none of the three heroines won the last game.
3. Beginning
In the American version of the story, the heroine did not appear at the first time, but through a boxing match, the "legendary coach" was introduced, and then the heroine took the initiative to meet and apprentice, leading to a series of stories.
The Japanese version and the domestic version are much closer, and the heroine appears as fat, lazy, and wasteful for the first time. And they all left home because of the stimulation of their sister and began to live independently.
4. Boxing
The three heroines were exposed to boxing, all because of a man. But the difference is that in the American version, the heroine took the initiative to enter the boxing ring and took the initiative to apprentice.
In the Japanese and Chinese versions, the starting point of the heroine's boxing practice is related to a boxer. The boxer has had emotional entanglements with the heroine.
5. Boxer
Both the Japanese and Chinese boxers experienced a boxing match before becoming the heroine's boyfriend, and both of them lost, but the hugs with their opponents after the loss inspired the heroine. The heroine also felt the charm of boxing because of that little hug. As Jia Ling said, if the two of them fight like that, they can still hug in the end.
In the American version of the story, the heroine gained 20 pounds during her training.
In the Japanese version, Sakura Ando lost 13 pounds in 10 days.
In the one-year filming cycle of "Hot and Hot", Jia Ling first gained 40 pounds and then lost 140 pounds, which became the biggest selling point of this movie.
But the core of this story has nothing to do with **.
7. For the first time
In "100 Yuan Love", the heroine rented a house after leaving home, found a job as a convenience store clerk, and suffered from the ** of a greasy middle-aged man who was also a clerk. And the scary thing is that this is the "first time" for the heroine.
In "Hot and Hot", after Le Ying played by Jia Ling left home, she also rented a house and found a job as a barbecue restaurant clerk. She was harassed by the shopkeeper's behavior and words, and bravely stretched out her fist. Although the fists at that time had not yet been trained.
And Le Ying's "first time" is a boxer played by Lei Jiayin.
8. Not for the first time
The heroines of the Japanese version and the Chinese version are in a state of "inferiority". They "took in" boxers, "provided" boxers, and experienced the "betrayal" of boxers.
In "Hot and Hot", the most concentrated embodiment of Le Ying's "inferiority" is the sentence "not the first time".
It's the first time, but I don't dare to admit it, why?
Fear of causing psychological burden to others and fear of causing trouble to others is a typical "people-pleasing personality".
9. A sense of humility
In the American version of the story, although they are also "humble" individuals, there are not too many manifestations of "inferiority". On the contrary, this is a motivated girl who recognizes her current situation and predicts her future. She raised her fist to launch the last fierce rebellion against life.
And in the Japanese and Chinese versions of the story, the heroine's "sense of humility" is very obvious. In between, "Hot and Hot" is more specific.
For example, she never speaks loudly.
For example, she never dared to say no to others.
For example, she is always compromised, and she doesn't even dare to talk about her dislike of eating bullfrogs.
10. Expression of love
The difference between the American version and the other two versions is also the influence of the original family on the heroine.
The American version of the mother, with her other two waste children, lives in a trailer. When the heroine used the money earned from the competition to buy a house for her mother, what she got was disdain and pickiness.
In the Japanese and Chinese versions, the parents of the heroine appropriately express their love. Although they prefer another daughter.
11. Climax
The climax of the three versions, all of them are a boxing match. Although none of the three heroines achieved a real victory, there was still a big difference.
The Chinese version almost reproduces the "climax" of the Japanese version, the only difference is that the Japanese version of the "aisle scene" is the "burning" behind the heroine's resolute eyes. And the "aisle play" of "Hot and Hot" is more of an amazement at Jia Ling and Le Ying, the "** success" of the two in one.
In the arena, neither the Japanese nor the Chinese version won, but both persevered to the end.
In the American version of the story, the heroine fell under the opponent's "**" on the eve of "victory", resulting in paralysis of the whole body.
12. Keywords
The key word in the American version of "Million Dollar Baby" is the Gallic phrase "Mokushle", which translates to "my beloved, my flesh and blood".
The key word in the Japanese version of "100 Yuan Love" is, I want to win once.
And in "Hot and Hot", Jia Ling borrowed the Japanese version of "I want to win once". The film's other name, which also appears in the slogan of the arena, is "Yolo", which is an acronym for "you only live once".
13. Scoring
At present, the ratings of the three movies on Douban are——
Million Dollar Baby 88 points;
100 Yuan Love" 83 points;
Hot and piping hot" 8 points.
14. Awards
"Million Dollar Baby" won four laurels at the 77th Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor.
"100 Yuan Love" won two awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actress at the Japan Academy Film Awards, known as the "Oscars of Japanese Films". At the Tokyo International Film Festival, it won the "Best Film".
At present, there is no suspense that "Hot and Hot" is among the top 20 of the "total box office of Chinese films". In the coming awards season, we will wait and see if we can win the same awards as the previous two original works.
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