The much-anticipated "Knife In the Snow" was finally launched on the evening of December 15, but the reputation collapsed.
2 years ago, "Qing Yu Nian", adapted from the network text, became the most popular drama at the end of the year, and the lead actor Zhang Ruoyun also became the "first male protagonist of the network adaptation".
2 years later, the director of "Qing Yu Nian" ran to shoot the suspense drama "Who is the Murderer", but the original team of the crew regrouped to shoot this "Snow Knife Line", Zhang Ruoyun continued to play the leading role, and the gold medal screenwriter Wang Ti continued to write the script, and many people expected that "Snow In the Knife Line" could continue the glory of "Qing Yu Nian".
However, Tomato Jun was not optimistic about this drama from the beginning.
"Qing Yu Nian" and "Snow In the Sword Line" are both adapted from the classic network text of the same name, and the two novels are also male-oriented Dragon Pride Tianshuang text, but there are huge differences.
To put it simply, "Qing Yu Nian" is a general writing, but the story is good, this kind of novel is the most suitable for adaptation into film and television dramas, and the weak writing can also be transformed into magic under wang tired's revision.
And "Knife Row in the Snow" is well written and the story is not strong.
The general shuangwen can't escape the monster upgrade routine of "catching a few demons and dropping a few demons", and the reader grows up with the protagonist.
And "Snow in the Knife Line", the protagonist is "the world's first stupid boy brother, the world's second most beautiful man", this setting is full of "middle two winds", the protagonist does not need to grow, directly is the "one knife 999 level" VIP player, with exquisite text, creating a unique pompous style.
The full text of "Knife Line in the Snow" is more than 4 million words, there are hundreds of chapters, most passers-by can not read two chapters will be dissuaded, a small number of people who read it will also find that the later stage is constantly changing the map to play the same story, very few who read the whole text will also find that this huge production is directly rotten, and the passers-by of the whole novel have a very general look.
Such a controversial novel will inevitably undergo magic changes after being adapted into a TV series, the original fans are not satisfied, and passers-by and viewers will also look confused and unpopular on both sides.
"Knife Line in the Snow" landed on CCTV eight sets strongly, and from CCTV's attitude to it, we can also find some clues.
The show aired on December 15 at 8:30 p.m. in the golden file, but it was withdrawn from the golden slot on December 16 and changed to 9:30 p.m.
It was replaced by the modern spy drama "Opponent" starring Guo Jingfei, which was filmed in March this year and has not been broadcast.
When "The Knife in the Snow" was broadcast, CCTV suddenly took a drama that was hidden by the snow to snatch away its golden file, and the blind guess was that the reviewers did not have much confidence in the drama after watching the film.
On the night of the premiere, "The Knife In the Snow" was updated at the same time as CCTV Eight and Tencent Video, of which Tencent released 6 episodes in one breath, and Tomato Jun watched 4 episodes in one night, such as a fish in the throat.
Screenwriter Wang Tian made drastic changes, changing the exaggerated style of the original work to a relaxed and funny style, which in my opinion is necessary, and it solves the problem of ordinary audiences "watching it".
The director of this drama, Song Xiaofei, is a photographer who has filmed "A Generation of Grandmasters" and "Hong Kong 囧".
He used green filters to carefully create a beautiful martial arts picture: the clouds steaming Xiawei mountains, the lush forests, the babbling water, the protagonist Xu Fengnian and the servant Lao Huang walked leisurely, looking very comfortable.
But such a beautiful scenery is matched with the funny style of "gag jokes", and the look and feel is like watching Deyunshe cross-talk in Jiuzhaigou.
It's also awkward to adapt a few characters.
Zhang Ruoyun is not a handsome man in the traditional sense, but there is a natural affinity, which is very suitable for starring in this kind of film and television drama adapted by men to the Internet, and male audiences have a more sense of substitution.
Although his appearance in this drama is a little different from that of the "second most beautiful man in the world", the audience can also accept the performance according to the traditional network routine, but Zhang Ruoyun's appearance is harmless to people and animals, and the affinity is extraordinary.
However, in the first few episodes, the two words of the protagonist Xu Fengnian's "纨绔" were not performed.
Xu Fengnian's father was Xu Xiao, the Starling King of the Northern Mountains, played by Hu Jun.
Hu Jun's acting skills needless to say, the "Tianlong Babu" starring in that year is also a generation of classics, but he is a tough guy actor, 53 years old this year, but the heroism is still there, he is more suitable for playing a martial artist than Wang Ye.
In the play, he constantly sells cuteness, and his son slips his tongue, and I am afraid that he will suddenly change his clothes and play a set of dragon eighteen palms.
Xu Fengnian's younger brother Xu Longxiang is played by Rong Zishan, who played Zhu Chaoyang in "The Hidden Corner", full of spirit.
But his size has been too fast in the past two years, and Xu Longxiang in the original novel is like a child who does not understand the world, and he plays this role to look humble.
Xu Fengnian's servant Huang Jingtu, in the original novel, is a taciturn and taciturn tall man, accompanied by the master's side to escort, this drama directly became a praise, and Xu Fengnian said paragraphs.
In the first episode, the Nangong servant played by Zhang Tianai also appeared, only to see that her eyes cut the water, the charm was very charming, and the heroic appearance was very similar to the goddess in the 90s Hong Kong films, and also deserved the setting of "the world's first beauty" in the novel.
However, in the novel, Nangong Servant is a mysterious woman, but the role of this drama is greatly increased, not only weakening the sense of mystery, but also her funny play (which will be highlighted later) directly makes this character fall from the altar and fall a dog to chew mud.
The heroine Jiang Ni is played by actor Li Gengxi, who appeared in the second episode and was also the most complained about.
Li Gengxi did not have many masterpieces and popularity before, and his appearance was pure, but not beautiful enough.
In the original novel, the role of Jiang Ni is indeed a little girl who has not grown up, but it is also the "third most beautiful woman in the world", Xu Fengnian also gave her a score of 95 points, Li Gengxi is still almost meaningless, but aside from the appearance, the little girl's acting skills are still standing.
Counting these main characters, whether it is the original fans or passers-by, there will be a feeling of screwing.
In terms of story, the first few episodes are also slightly delayed.
The story begins, the Nine Kingdoms scuffle, the Northern Starling King Xu Xiao swept away the Six Kingdoms, the emperor was jealous of his power, recruited his son Xu Fengnian as a donkey, ostensibly a praise, but in fact was taken hostage, Xu Xiao recognized this, let his son and servants exile for three years.
The first episode is about Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang's bizarre experience on the road, and the pace is relatively slow. After the second episode returned home, Xu Fengnian was still busy playing peek-a-boo with his old father, and Jiang Nimei communicated with each other, still tepid, until after three or four episodes, the rhythm was slightly faster, and the audience was also confused.
For example: why is Wang Ye so afraid of his son, why is his brother so sticky to his brother, these details have a lot of text in the novel, and the TV series can not be presented, the motive is unknown, and it looks like a family.
The twisting of the characters and the lengthiness of the plot are still within the acceptable range, and the biggest slot point of the play is actually playing.
How the martial arts dramas of that year were filmed, at least the fighting scenes can achieve smooth movements, fists to flesh; but now martial arts dramas, almost all the fight scenes have become slow motion, and "The Knife Line in the Snow" is even more extreme.
All the fight scenes in this play are shot out of a routine, and the actors do several actions in the air with the help of coercion, and then shoot into slow motion with the help of upgraded photography.
This method can create beauty when used appropriately, but all of them will make people look dizzy and uncomfortable.
What impressed me the most was the action scene of nangong servant shooting, Zhang Tianai directly posed a pose, and with the support of the Wumao special effect, flashed in front of the protagonist Xu Fengnian, the whole action was like PPT animation, the frame break was obvious.
And the effect of other dramas, basically is the effect of playing blue moon advertising, when I watch the play, the brain supplement is Zhang Jiahui in the page game advertisement constantly swinging the sword shot, I am even afraid that Zhang Ruoyun suddenly said to the camera "Is the brother to cut me." ”
The lack of playing the play actually reveals that the actors are not dedicated enough, and the martial arts drama of Zhang Jizhong 20 years ago, if nothing else, the play is smooth, the action is stretched, and it is full of beauty.
The current crew, not because they can't afford martial arts guidance, but because the actors can't eat that hardship, many actors are nervous about the schedule, and even shoot several plays at the same time, afraid of being injured, dare not do the action, and can only use this lazy way to shoot the scene. Hu Jun has filmed "Tianlong Babu", and he doesn't know how he feels when he sees such a beating scene on the set.
Put a still of the play in Hu Jun's version of "Tianlong Babu", you can feel the gap.
Of course, this is not a problem with the drama "Knife Line in the Snow", in fact, "Qing Yu Nian" and "Son-in-law" have exposed similar problems, but in the case of the plot passing, the audience often chooses to be tolerant, and once the plot is not passed, this problem is more obvious.
On the night of the premiere of "The Knife Line in the Snow", as Tomato Jun expected, both sides were not flattered, and a large number of original fans and passers-by ran to Douban to bombard the drama with one-star evaluation.
The wonderful thing is that last night I also saw that Douban was a full-staff bad review, and when I woke up in the morning, the positive and negative evaluations were almost the same.
But such a fig leaf still can't hide the embarrassment of the whole drama, and it is doomed to escape the fate of word-of-mouth.
(Rotten Tomatoes Movie Editorial Board: Little Fish)