This year's Spring Festival stalls are really good!
Hot and Hot", "Mr. Red Carpet", "Flying Life 2" and "Article 20". Douban has a score of 70 or above, the box office has been red. On the first day of the Spring Festival, ** exceeded 1.3 billion. The film industry is buzzing again! Although there are many types in the theater. But some netizens feel that there seems to be a lack of a lively Hong Kong film. Don't worry, Xiaogu recommends Chinese New Year Hong Kong films. Let's celebrate the New Year together! 
"Eight-Star Annunciation" and "Eight-Star Joy".Some netizens often confuse the two Hong Kong films. They have similar names, and the actors also partially coincide.
That's what I'm talking about
"Eight Stars Annunciation" and "Eight Stars Hold Joy". The former is a Chinese New Year film released in 1988. The director is the famous Johnny To. The producer is comedy ** Huang Baiming. The starring roles are Chow Yun-fat, Jacky Cheung, Huang Baiming, Zheng Yuling, and Zhong Chuhong. tells the story of three brothers chasing girls. 
The latter is a Chinese New Year film released in 2012. starring Huang Baiming, Louis Koo, Donnie Yen, Chen Huilin, Wu Junru, etc. Tell the story of 4 men who opened themselves up and changed their lives in the process of helping women. 
Both films are nonsensical comedies.
All are supervised by Huang Baiming. But if you talk about the status of the rivers and lakes, "Eight Star Annunciation" is slightly better. It was the box office champion of Hong Kong films in 1988, and it had several standard elements of Chinese New Year films at that time: the story of three brothers from a middle-class family chasing beautiful women.
The protagonist whose character is not off the beaten path. The whole film is nonsensical and funny. and a down-to-earth, reunion finale. Using farce to convey the concept of Chinese family is almost the narrative template of family New Year comedy in that era. 
The film company invited Johnny To to be the director to ensure the smoothness of the plot, and at the same time, the rhythm of the film is compact enough, the level of joy is progressive, and the plot will not be lengthy. The actors are also enough to let go.
Take Chow Yun-fat as an example, the audience's impression of him mostly stays in police and gangster films and literary films, such as the classic "Little Pony" hero image. But in fact, Fa Ge is also very good at acting in comedy.
In the film, Chow Yun-fat uses exaggerated and nonsensical performances to interpret the ghost horse love saint who must be chased by every woman, breaking through the previous image. 
Especially in the finale of a Cantonese opera scene, the film re-wrote and arranged the lyrics of "The Legend of the Purple Hairpin", Chow Yun-fat and Jacky Cheung played the role of Dan and sang Cantonese opera, the scene was very funny. showcased Chow Yun-fat's comedy skills. 
Zheng Yuling and Huang Baiming are also comedy veterans. Funny is easy for the two of them. Huang Baiming once introduced this film in an interview: "The Chinese New Year movies that I usually shoot have a lot of stunts in them, but this one is an exception. We're hilarious, and we're all famous comedians from the lead role to the cameo. ”
's out-of-the-box funny performances, coupled with the tried and tested family carnival narrative routines, made "Eight Star Annunciation" the top of the Hong Kong movie box office charts in 1988. beat the Chinese New Year comedy "Flying Dragon" starring Jackie Chan, and the sequel to "Rich and Powerful" "Rich and Powerful Again". Now, 36 years have passed since the release of the film, and the narrative skills of "Eight Stars Annunciation" and the noisy and nonsensical atmosphere are still used by later Chinese New Year films. 
Nonsensical family comedy"Eight Stars Hug Xi", which was released 24 years apart, has many similarities with "Eight Star Annunciation" in terms of narrative mode. For example, the main characters are several frustrated men who meet different women.
Repair psychological wounds and eventually achieve emotional progress.
The difference is that "Eight Stars Hug Xi" incorporates ——
Something fresh and trendy. For example, in the film, the boy meets the girl, which is a bridge built through the realization of women's dreams. This**With a sincere hug as a reward, it is also the title of the film "Hug Xi"**. The setting of "Holding Joy" seems quite fresh, but the core of the film's narrative is basically the core of "Eight Star Annunciation".
In order to make it clear, the comedy core of the film.
Xiaogu still started with "Eight Stars Annunciation".
The film revolves around the three brothers of the Fang family. The boss of the Fang family (played by Huang Baiming) is a host of a cooking show. The character is mature and steady.,I take care of my two younger brothers on weekdays.。 Because work and family occupy most of the experience, the eldest is in his 30s and does not have a girlfriend yet.
The second eldest of the Fang family (Chow Yun-fat) is different. Handsome and chic, amorous, worthy of the name ***
On the one hand, he is talking about the beautiful flight attendant Piaohong (played by Zheng Yuling), and on the other hand, he is still torn between many girlfriends.
The third child of the Fang family (played by Jacky Cheung) is a simple and shy cartoonist.
By chance, I met the lively girl Yingying, and the two composed a pure love movement.
The film starts with the story of this brother chasing a girl, one is honest, the other is simple and pure. They meet different women, leading to a series of ridiculous and funny episodes.
The second child's emotional story line almost supports the funny elements of the whole film. In order to capture the beautiful saleswoman (Zhong Chuhong), he first bought a very expensive dress, and then deliberately left the clothes in the store, and by the way, he attached a handwritten love letter.
Unexpectedly, Meili is also a master of love, she directly returned her clothes, and said that he would die of this heart.
How can Brother Childe eat deflated?! The second child hurriedly drove and chased out. It turns out that the beauty has a boyfriend.
Two men, start competing on the spot! Cars, banknotes, watches, all-round wealth competition.
In the end, the second child won the beauty.
However, the smile of the second child did not last long. Soon after catching up with the beautiful salesman, he learned that his real girlfriend (played by Zheng Yuling) was coming back. The second child began to use super time management skills.
The second and third children are both troubled by feelings.
Only the eldest is still single. An accidental ** failure made the boss meet Ms. Wu, who was divorced, and the two had a good impression of each other, and their relationship heated up quickly.
Originally, the two developed smoothly, but in order to help the second brother cover up the romantic debt, Ms. Wu mistakenly thought that the eldest was a prodigal son who hooked up with three and four.
There is a rift in the boss's feelings.
So, everyone made a move and decided to help Big Brother and redeem the love that was about to be lost.
The most famous singing scene in the film is the ghost trick that the brothers thought of in order to help the boss save Ms. Wu. The three brothers changed into ** one after another and sang on stage. Watching Chow Yun-fat and Jacky Cheung's graceful singing, coupled with exaggerated and nonsensical body language, the scene is really funny.
36 years after the film's release, it is still often mentioned. Especially during the Spring Festival, many fans want to relive it. The reason why the audience likes to watch this kind of old Hong Kong film is not only because they miss the collective hilarity and funny Hong Kong stars, but also because they miss this kind of family atmosphere that is both ups and downs, lively and lively. "Eight Stars Hug Xi" obviously wants to continue - the box office myth of "Eight Star Annunciation". However, the previous work is better.