NetDa now seems to have become synonymous with bad movies. On the three mainstream video platforms, few networks can be watched. It's basically a bad film that makes money.
The net university produced in 2021 can be called the net big of the movie, that is, Song Xiaobao's "Fortune Diary" and "The Legend of the Hunter of Xing'anling".
The former is a transformation work of Song Xiaobao filmed with the requirements of the big screen, and gathers a star lineup such as Ma Li and Sha Yi. The "Legend of the Hunter of Xing'anling" stands out by its unusual plot content.
And the just-launched "Don't Call Me a Love Saint", on the first day of the launch, won the second place in the popularity of cat's eye. For such a light comedy film without stars and with a very ordinary theme, it is indeed rare.
The film's director and screenwriter starred Cui Zhijia, the most famous actor among the actors, that is, Sun Yue, the fat man of the Deyun Society, and the bearded Xiu Rui, who has been partnering with Qiao Shan. In addition to these three familiar face actors, the other actors are all unknown actors.
Middle-aged writer Chen Dongnan (Cui Zhijia), because of saving a child on the road, was hit by a car and had a car accident. Then, travel back in time to 2002.
Back in 2002, Chen Dongnan thought about changing the fate of himself and his two good friends. But the person he most wants to change is his girlfriend Shen Li, who died in a car accident in 2002. At the time, his girlfriend happened to be sitting in the electric car he was driving.
He gambled with a taxi driver friend named "Horseradish", and as a result, Horseradish lost the 30,000 yuan he had won and jumped off the building. However, in the process of hospitalization, he met his girlfriend who divorced and remarried twenty years later.
He helps a friend named "Sanjo" to pursue the future marriage partner in advance, hoping to make Sanjo rich as soon as possible, because his marriage partner is a rich woman.
At the same time, he also wants to help his young self, bravely pursue his lover Shen Li, just want them to be together as soon as possible, and miss the 3:30 pm on July 2, 2002. Because, he and Shen Li were in a car accident at this time.
In the end, under the difference between yin and yang, the young Chen Dongnan and Shen Li could not escape the time of the car accident after all. At the most critical moment, Chen Dongnan, who crossed to 2002, used his life to block the young Chen Dongnan and Shen Li.
20 years later, Chen Dongnan finally wrote a book of fire, "A Glance and a Life", which tells a non-realistic love story and a crossing. It tells the emotional entanglement of two themselves and a woman.
In the context of the story above, some comedic elements were added to the film. For example, the battle of wits and courage with the black heart boss Sun Yue. For example, the nonsensical entanglement of horseradish and future girlfriend Kong Yue. Of course, there are all kinds of "poor understanding" jokes brought about by crossing.
"Hello, Li Huanying", which has a box office of 5 billion, is also Jia Ling, who traveled to 1981, and made various efforts to make her mother Li Huanying happier.
In the process of trying to help his mother, through the setting of Shen Teng, Zhang Xiaofei, and Chen He, he brought a variety of joke baggage in the environment at that time. But in the end, what the film wants to express is still the sadness of "wanting to raise children and not waiting".
And what "Don't Call Me a Love Saint" wants to express is the kind of feeling that if time can be turned back, you can give your life for love. Such a seemingly immature "concept of love" is also touching and nostalgic.
Different from "Hello, Li Huanying", the young Li Dongnan, Shen Li, Horseradish or Sanjo in "Don't Call Me a Love Saint" are all unknown actors, and naturally, the film does not have stars such as Shen Teng, Wei Xiang or Qiao Shan, in "Hello, Li Huanying", which brings the kind of natural laughter.
But overall, "Don't Call Me a Love Saint" achieves the tear point effect of the finishing touch in its sensational treatment. In terms of comedy baggage, it is also handled naturally, rather than insisting on scratching the audience's creaking nest.
The Laughing Brothers were once a major comedic force in the sketch era. But later, for various internal reasons, the main members left and developed independently.
The current members of the "Love Laughter Brothers" and the people who are still active on the comedy stage are Zhang Yiming, Qiao Shan, Xiu Rui, Pan Binlong and Jia Jia, that is, Cui Zhijia.
Zhang Yiming has always been a supporting role, and there is a faint feeling of a golden supporting role. Whether it is in "The Richest Man in Xihong", Shen Teng is matched, or in "Big Red Packet", Bao Bell is a supporting role, Zhang Yiming has performed well.
Qiao Shan became famous with the "Big Sword" in Dapeng's "Di Si Men", and later won a good audience with Xiu Rui in "Happy Comedians". Although there are no independent works, it has long been a male second and variety artist in many comedy movies.
At that time, Cui Zhijia, the face value of the "Laughing Brothers", has not been much. Participated in two seasons of "Happy Comedians", and the rest is to play soy sauce in some movies. And, it is said that he has been suffering from depression.
But this "Don't Call Me a Love Saint" is Cui Zhijia's independent work. Whether it is a screenwriter, a director or a lead actor, he is alone. Moreover, Cui Zhijia's own company, Beijing Jiaxi Culture Media, is also the main producer of "Don't Call Me a Love Saint".
Unfortunately, in "Don't Call Me a Love Saint", among the other laughing brothers, only Xiu Rui appeared alone. If only a few more "laughing brothers" could appear, the movie would be even more perfect.
Just like the theme of the movie, after all, "Ye Qing Hui" is also a plot that many viewers, in their hearts, let themselves be moved from time to time!