The Spring Festival competition for theatrical movies has basically ended.
"Hot and Hot" undoubtedly won the schedule championship, which fully proves that the first female director, Jia Ling, has a deep understanding of the preferences of Chinese audiences.
With the word-of-mouth and influence of its predecessor, "Flying Life 2" exceeded the 2 billion mark at the box office six days after its release, and has a considerable audience base.
Although "Article 20" is slightly inferior at the box office, director Zhang Yimou's appeal and the blessing of the all-star lineup still brought more than 1.5 billion box office revenue.
"Hot and Hot" was a great success at the box office and word of mouth, while "Flying Life 2" and "Article 20" have a clear gap in terms of box office, but word of mouth is uneven.
This time, let's discuss which movie is more worth watching
The sequel "Flying Life 2" continues the plot of the previous game, describing the story of the former racing champion Zhang Chi (played by Shen Teng) who became a driving school instructor and later accidentally won a sponsorship to re-participate in the Bayin Brook Clarion Racing.
Judging from the content of the trailer and the film's promotion, "Flying Life 2" takes comedy as the theme and integrates bloody elements, presenting the storyline of the return of down-and-out masters to the top common in domestic movies.
Although routines are not uncommon, the high-burning core can always win the love of the audience, but "Flying Life 2" failed to make the audience laugh or passionate.
Let's take a look at what's wrong with this movie.
First of all, the character image is too single and lacks richness.
In addition to Zhang Chi, the other characters in the whole film are all tools to help him return to the top.
Sun Yuqiang, played by Yin Zheng, is Zhang Chi's navigator, and the two support each other and experience the test of life and death together. He has excellent skills and abilities.
And Ji Xing, played by Zhang Benyu, is a genius mechanic who specializes in modifying top-of-the-line racing cars with minimal budget.
They have enough skills to make ends meet, but like Zhang Chi, they are worried about making a living. This is a common problem of domestic film and television works, regardless of the actual situation, just to deliberately exaggerate the pain.
There is also Li Xiaohai (played by Fan Chengcheng) in the film, a talented driver who has been promoted from test driver to main driver. Although he is clearly another climax, he becomes the epitome of the tension and contrast.
This character can even be said to be redundant and has no impact on the main storyline.
Another problem is that the style of the essay is archaic and has nothing new in it.
There are many people in the audience who go to "Flying Life 2" for comedy elements, but the film only brings them embarrassment, because the plot is old-fashioned and the jokes are outdated.
As soon as I heard Jia Bing say the homophonic stalk of "drought dies, waterlogging dies", I realized that the joke of the film is a collection of popular jokes on the Internet.
When Liu Xiande, played by Lu Ziqiao, took the second exam, only one shot was frozen, and the viewer guessed that he was sitting in the passenger seat. Such a segment would be classified as a low-quality flow even if it was placed in a short **.
The comedy "Flying Life 2" is really bad, full of vulgarity, and the laughter almost completely depends on Shen Teng's own humorous talent.
The third point is that the plot is boring and full of false suspense.
The film is split in two, and if there was one word to describe the first half, it would be: boring.
There are sponsors to sponsor Zhang Chi's return to the court in Bayingbrook, which makes him yearn for it. However, due to limited funds and the sudden withdrawal of sponsors, Zhang Chi had to face the reality and only wanted to run a few laps before withdrawing from the race to get some money back as soon as possible.
This storyline is like an old grandmother's footwrap, smelly, long, and tiresome.
finally waited for the second half of the feature film to begin, and the originally exciting racing scene was overshadowed by the aura of the protagonist.
Li Xiaohai and Liu Xiande, who failed the second exam, although they had never officially participated in the competition, drove a car with a small configuration and achieved a good result in second place.
Zhang Chi has been recuperating from his injuries for five years, and his body parts are no longer very useful. His car was covered with parts on the ground despite the snow and ice and the vicious obstruction of his opponents, but he still managed to finish sixth and win the championship for the team.
The audience didn't get any novelty from this counterattack story, and Zhang Chi's victory seemed to belittle the hard work of others.
When netizens summed up "Flying Life 2", they said: The laughter is extremely embarrassing, full of the taste of the father, the lack of thought-provoking proverbs, and the viewing experience is uncomfortable.
The film, entitled Article 20, discusses the legal interpretation of "justifiable self-defense" in the Criminal Code. To be honest, legal topics are not popular during the Spring Festival.
Zhang Yimou used the plot with a strong atmosphere of life in the market and a light-hearted and humorous form of expression to successfully achieve the goal of "conveying education in an entertaining way".
Lao Mouzi is too daring to shoot, should he say it or not.
In most film and television works, the image of the prosecutor is either upright or pure bad, but the image of the prosecutor in "Article 20" shows their respective minds.
Han Ming (played by Lei Jiayin) has been influenced for half his life because of his pursuit of justice, which causes him to become more cautious and cautious, and finally judges Zhang Guisheng (played by Yang Haoyu) as overly defensive.
After he was released from prison, he helped him find a job and asked him to sign a pledge never to petition to ensure that his job was kept.
Lu Lingling (Gao Ye), Han Ming's colleague, still adheres to enthusiasm and perseverance, and constantly pursues the truth, which leads to a disagreement between her and Han Ming when handling the case.
Tian Jian (played by Wang Xiao) has been pursuing Lu Lingling, and in order not to get her into trouble, when the case has an uncontrollable situation, he decides to transfer the position of the lead prosecutor to Han Ming.
In the eyes of Tian Jian and Han Ming, it is more important to deal with troubles than to pursue fairness and justice, they seem to be punishing Han Ming, but in fact, they are asking him to take the blame for Lu Lingling.
In addition to Zhang Yimou, which director dares to let decent characters break out of the routine of "Wei Guangzheng".
The key to the quality of a film lies in the story told and the proper choice of actors.
Han Ming spends two hours "nesting" to prepare for the next speech, while Li Maojuan (played by Ma Li) behaves recklessly but kindly, defeating the director and ending up in prison.
Lu Lingling is stubborn and consistent, does not know how to be flexible, and firmly defends justice; And Hao Xiuping (played by Zhao Liying) was full of unspeakable grief and indignation in her heart, and finally jumped into despair, and the two jointly shaped the story of "Article 20".
The performances of the leading actors are very good, and the supporting characters are all excellent, and they can perfectly interpret their roles as soon as they appear.
Zhang Yimou once again handed over an answer sheet that satisfied the audience.
watched "Article 20" and "Flying Life 2", one is fascinating, the other is drowsy.
Through vivid cases, "Article 20" clarifies the real law, and every line conveys the voice of ordinary people, which is shocking.
Lao Mouzi's movies not only have excellent stories and superb actors, but also have humorous and funny parts, as well as touching plots, which touch the audience's inner sore spots.
It's a pity that although "Flying Life 2" is a high-energy story created by the original team, the director's skills are insufficient, the theme is old and boring, the plot design is single and boring, and the character creation is quite bland, even not as interesting as the sketches of the Spring Festival Gala.
The film is completely emotional, and the audience is very disappointed.