Husheng
Note: This article contains serious spoilers
"Super Me" has a pretty good idea.
18-line small screenwriter Sang Yu (played by Wang Continental) originally had a difficult life, but overnight he had the magical ability to take things in his dreams, and by realizing the treasures in his dreams, he became a winner in life, and even spent thousands of dollars to pursue Hua'er (Song Jia), who had been in love with him for many years. However, Mulberry Yu, who was happily plundering in the dream, gradually found that this dream of lying and winning had pushed his life to the brink of loss of control...
Sang Yu (played by Wang Zhouzhou)
There's a kind of movie called a "strong setting" movie, and its selling point is in that interesting setting. For example, the classic movie "Inception", which we are very familiar with, is supported by a setting: we can create a dream to enter the hearts of others and change their ideas.
Leaving aside Nolan's aura, looking back at it today, do you think this setting is particularly "rippling"? But after we watch "Inception", we will not feel this way. Because, the director has choreographed a very rigorous story for this setting. One level after another of dreams, the motivations of the characters are reasonable, the logic of the narrative can be self-consistent, so we all default in the art world that the "inception" thing really exists.
From the perspective of setting alone, "Super Me" is not bad. If sleeping can make money, if dreaming can get rich, why don't you do it? Maybe there are a lot of audiences, just like me, who are drawn into the theater by this setting.
But the film just made a good start, immediately discouraged, and quickly slid into the inexplicable, unintelligible. If I hadn't been mentally prepared, I might have slept in the theater.
Hua'er (Song Jia)
I had a bad premonition before I came, and unfortunately I was right. The biggest embarrassment of domestic fantasy films is that the imagination is not enough, and the things that are filmed taste the same as chewing wax; the imagination is too enough, and the things that are filmed become wild horses that are out of control, completely out of control. This film is the latter.
Mulberry Yu can take things from dreams, this is a golden avenue to get rich, and he also hugs beautiful people by the way, which is also too foul, right? The audience's appetite is hung up, and the most important thing to know is, can the protagonist really carry out good luck to the end?
If you follow the routine of "smooth - unexpected - reversal - climax", "Super Me" is at least a commercial film with guaranteed quality, if it cannot become a classic.
But it is obvious that the creator of this film does not know what to do next, nor does he know how to end the protagonist's superpowers. So, everything started to get out of hand.
First of all, the appearance of the villain is extremely blunt, and it is difficult to understand from the motive to the means of action. Knowing that the protagonist has the ability to take things in dreams, why bother with the little treasure he hides in the house, let him take out more points?
The supporting characters also began to go insane. Before there was no emotional preparation at all, the female protagonist Hua Er suddenly fell deeply in love with the male protagonist, and she had to come to insert a kick in a critical moment. This is good, the role is not at all, and it has become a hostage to drag the protagonist.
The third brother played by Cao Bingkun is also an inexplicable character. In the first half, it seems that the mercenary is only profitable, and the pimple is a middle-aged greasy man, and in the second half, he suddenly becomes a good brother who is loyal and righteous, and is willing to insert a knife for the protagonist's two ribs. Where did this shift come from?
The story could not be closed, and the creator of this film had no choice but to move out the most boring and old-fashioned method: good has good to repay evil and evil. What the male protagonist stole in his dream, it was all at a cost, so he began to become scarred and looked like he was going to die.
At this time, the main creator once again released a big trick that made me speechless: all this is a dream. The protagonist wants to return to a dull life and create wealth with his own practical labor. I almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, dare I watched for more than an hour, all in vain, are you teasing me to play? Please, the creators of domestic fantasy films, the story can't be made up, just let the protagonist finish it, don't always come to this set of lines?
Probably because he felt that the story he made up was too ridiculous, the creator began to use psychological concepts such as "superego", "self" and "self" to forcibly explain, which means that coveting wealth and diligence and honesty are two sides of the protagonist. However, the creator himself knows nothing about Freud and Jung, and still takes this half cup of water out to swing, the effect is more than a hard set, so it is mysterious, that is, it can be imagined. If you really want to talk about psychology with literary and artistic works, you might as well go and see Kafka.
Jin Shijie made a cameo
Interestingly, the battle in this film is really not small. The heroine played by Song Jia should have a good look, a temperament and temperament, and the image of the royal sister is impressive. Wu Gang, Zhang Songwen, Jin Shijie, Jin Yanling, Ma Jingwu... That's all first-class drama bones, not to mention the producers of the Russo brothers, how to watch, this film should also be worthy of the audience.
But maybe the bigger the battle, the more chaotic the position. Wu Gang and Zhang Songwen can be completely merged into one character. What is the significance of Jin Yanling and Ma Jingwu's appearance? Jin Shijie sells pancakes is no problem, but in the end, what does it mean to hint that he also has superpowers, and hints that there is a sequel? In short, the acting skills of these drama bones have all been wasted.
Wu Gang cameo
However, the life-saving spell that Teacher Jin Shijie taught to the protagonist was really amazing. "I'm dreaming!" Every time there was a critical moment, Wang Mainland shouted this sentence, and he could get out smoothly. I don't know anything else, but every time he shouted, the laughter in the theater was real.
Alas, this is making a movie, not a dream, take a snack.
Senior Editor of this issue Xing Tan