In 2021, Jia Ling became famous and became the highest-grossing female director in the world with a "Hello, Li Huanying".
not only successfully won the box office championship of the Spring Festival that year, but also her friend Zhang Xiaofei won the Golden Rooster Movie in one fell swoop, and became a first-line female star from a small transparent in the entertainment industry.
There are nearly 30 nominations for various awards, and "Hello, Li Huanying" is the absolute dark horse of the year.
Jia Ling poured out her heart and told everyone the story of her and her mother, and the touching mother-daughter affection also hit the hearts of countless audiences through the big screen.
Therefore, after 3 years, when the second new film directed by Jia Ling was officially announced for the 2024 Spring Festival, countless fans were full of expectations.
When I heard that Jia Ling was **100 pounds for the new movie, the audience's curiosity was even more turned to their throats, and they couldn't wait to see it.
It can be said that "Hot and Hot" is menacing.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the box office of the whole day was 136.4 billion, "Flying Life 2" with 42.9 billion topped the list, followed by "Hot and Hot", and the third place is the children's favorite bear infested series of movies.
Not surprisingly, this year's Spring Festival champion must be between Shen Teng and Jia Ling.
Former friends, now on the same stage PK, isn't it another kind of peak meeting?
As a fan of Jia Ling, Pa Po bought a ticket to watch the movie for the first time, and after watching it, she couldn't calm down for a long time.
To be honest, it is dangerous to express your stance at this time, praise it, some people will say that you are a water army, damage it, and some people will chase you behind you and call it a black fan.
However, there are really some words that are stuck in the throat, and they are not happy to vomit.
The following contains spoilers, please exit in time if you mind).
Le Ying (played by Jia Ling) is 32 years old this year, and after graduating from college and working for a period of time, she simply chooses to eat at home, and sleeps in addition to eating every day.
Later, her boyfriend cheated on her best friend, her sister was worried about the real estate in her name, and after the sisters had a fight, Le Ying chose to run away from home and try to live independently by herself.
She found a job as a waitress in a restaurant and met boxing coach Hao Kun (played by Lei Jiayin), thinking that her life was on the right track, but she didn't expect to encounter another setback.
The cousin's backstabbing, the restaurant's sexual harassment, and the abandonment of the scumbag Haokun made Le Ying physically and mentally exhausted.
She regarded boxing as a life-saving straw, and lost 100 pounds while practicing hard, and finally successfully stood in the ring.
What this movie wants to express is that an older decadent young woman returns to society, reinvents herself through boxing, and changes from a submissive pleasing personality to a love for herself.
The core of the movie is good, there are so many people-pleasing personalities in this world, and in order to take care of other people's feelings, they have always let themselves be wronged.
However, the carrier of the story is too niche, and in the final analysis, the character prototype is not down-to-earth enough.
Regarding the reason for staying at home, Le Ying's answer is that she has tried to be good to others, but she has been hurt, and over time she gave up social interaction and closed herself.
But in real life, how many people can stay at home for 10 years with peace of mind? Who is not hurt by life while recklessly healing themselves?
In contrast, Le Ying has healthy parents to take care of her, and she has a set of real estate left by her grandmother, which has surpassed the vast majority of people.
Such a character setting is destined to make it difficult for the audience to empathize with her predicament.
Immediately afterwards, after Le Ying was disgusted and abandoned, inexplicably, she suddenly had such a strong love for boxing in the later stage?
can understand the super-burning atmosphere that the director wants to create, but the foreshadowing in the early stage is not enough, which makes the heroine's insistence on boxing in the later stage feel inexplicable.
Starting from 84 points, it is a super-burning mixed cut of the heroine** training, with a clip of Jia Ling**'s movement, plus a burning **, trying to create a counterattack hero.
It's hard to be convinced.
When I first watched "Hello, Li Huanying", the most commendable thing is the female director's female vision, kindness to the character, and her gentleness and appropriateness are reflected in all aspects of the movie.
Thinking back to this movie, each character has their own shining point.
The two heroines naturally don't need to say much, and Shen Guanglin, the second generation of the factory, also relied on going to other places to win back his favor.
Even Wang Qin, who is most like a villain, was finally confirmed to have gained a good life by relying on his own hard work.
But in "Hot and Hot", it seems that in order to make the audience sympathize with the heroine, it creates a dilemma for all the villains for her.
The ex-boyfriend who used to be loving, the best friend who cheated on him and talked about everything, and the children were all made.
After the two were caught in adultery, they were shameless and invited Le Ying to their upcoming wedding.
The reason given by her best friend is that if Le Ying doesn't come, won't everyone know that she is a junior?
Le Ying's own sister is mean and selfish.
She cheated in marriage, returned to her parents with the child with the third child, and started the idea of Le Ying's house in order to let the child go to school nearby.
One second ago, he was pretending to be a Coke chicken wing to please his sister, and the next second he showed his true face, spoke ill of each other, and began to be moral**.
I thought my cousin was a good girl who was considerate and thoughtful, and she was busy with Le Ying's work.
Later, I found out that everything my cousin did was for herself.
In order to turn positive smoothly, she created a breaking point, cut Le Ying's ** materials all kinds of evil, reversed black and white, and taught Le Ying to say some insincere words.
She doesn't have this sister in her heart at all, she just thinks she's a senior otaku girl, and there is a hype topic.
Even the male protagonist Haokun was confirmed to be a scumbag.
Looking for the heroine to buy a card to rush the performance, she couldn't pull her face, so she went around and took it directly to the card application site.
lost the opportunity to fight boxing, borrowed wine to drown his sorrows, and woke up while he was drunk.
On the one hand, he enjoys the meticulous care of the heroine, eats and sleeps, and on the other hand, he refuses to admit the relationship between the two, and only says that he is a friend.
The only cool point of this drama is probably that after Le Ying** succeeded, she rejected the scumbag's invitation.
Although "Hot and Hot" is positioned as a comedy movie, those laughs are blunt and can't laugh at all.
On the contrary, when the restaurant owner sexually harassed the heroine, he said the sentence "I see that you are usually very honest, and it is quite sassy to drink some wine", which makes people physiologically uncomfortable.
Probably because it is adapted from the Japanese movie "100 Yuan Love", the plot in the first half is very flat, and the whole pace is also very slow, which makes people sleepy.
It can be seen that the main creative team is desperately piling up stalks and making efforts to be funny, but the effect is really average.
And the second third suddenly changed to the route of burning love, the heroine rose up with enthusiasm, plus ** sensational, the atmosphere is here, but it forms an obvious sense of separation from the first half.
Of course, in addition to the shortcomings, the advantages of this film are also obvious.
The first thing is Jia Ling's desperate effort, losing 100 pounds, which is originally something worth boasting about.
Many sports and competitive movies have marketing how the male protagonist desperately reduces the reshaping type, and Jia Ling lost 100 pounds in a year, of course, she should also praise it.
It's not an easy thing to do, and you can see her hard work and awe for the character from it.
In addition, I really have to praise the acting skills of several supporting characters, they rarely challenge themselves and create different villains from the past.
The first one to catch the eye is Li Xueqin, who plays the heroine's best friend in the movie.
There is a scene where the heroine, her boyfriend, and her girlfriends have a dinner, and Li Xueqin faces her best friend's boyfriend, who is delicate and charming.
Facing the heroine, she changed into a female man, and the state changed so quickly that it was amazing.
Zhang Xiaofei plays the mean and selfish sister, and the whole substitute is involved, and in the scene where the sisters argue and fight, the "Li Huanying" filter is smashed.
And Yang Zi, if you just look at the previous content, she is a good sister who is empathetic.
In the second half, the disguise was torn off, revealing the true face of green tea, and while the audience was bored, they also had to sigh "Well acted!" ”
In contrast, the male protagonist Lei Jiayin is somewhat meaningless.
With that big waist and full face, it's hard to believe that he's a fitness trainer.
Compared with the actors and actresses in the same frame, Jia Ling's dedication is indeed worth boasting about.
Especially in the last ten minutes, the ** of "Send You a Little Red Flower" sounded, looking at her sweating in the ring, you will feel that Jia Ling is the cutest girl in the world.
The personal preference for actors cannot cover up the flaws of the whole play.
Losing 100 pounds, Jia Ling is good, but "Hot and Hot" is really not good.
Again, there are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand readers.
The above is my personal viewing experience, welcome to leave a message and share your feelings after watching.