About 7 years ago, I read the novel "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" when I was in college, because my roommates liked this kind of novel very much, and I read it when I was idle, but to be honest, I really didn't read it.
Have to admire Ma Boyong"'s brain hole and imagination, look at his works, if you are not careful and serious, you may not understand the storyline behind, the short stories are called fine, it looks good, but the long ones are very energy-consuming.
In 2018, the TV series version of "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" began to be broadcast, the director is Wubai and Yu Qing, among the screenwriters are Ma Boyong, and the actors are composed of Xia Yu, Qiao Zhenyu, Cai Wenjing, Pan Yueming and others.
After all, this work is personally handled by "Prince Ma", so it is very clear and clear in the storyline and theme direction, but unfortunately, the actors' acting skills are not on a grade, resulting in the overall effect not being shown, and overall it is still good.
After three years, the film version of "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" was also officially released, and the box office performance was still good, I don't know why the reputation was a little worse, with a curious mood, decided to enter the cinema to visit it.
The film is 123 minutes long, and after watching it, I have a very subtle feeling in my heart.
If this film is good, the logic and theme are confused;
If this film is not good, it always feels reasonable.
In the end, I summed up the reason why this movie won the box office but did not win word of mouth, that is, because of Ge You.
It is no exaggeration to say that because of the presence of Ge You in this film, all the outrageous absurdities in "Antiques Central Bureau" have become so reasonable.
Because of this, Ge You has become almost the only highlight in the film, of course, this is not Ge You's problem, because his works are very wonderful, if there is no Ge You in the movie, "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" may be "cool"!
Problems with the film
This film tells the story of the whole people looking for treasures, the hero's grandfather once sent the Buddha head of Wu Zemingtang overseas, thus being convicted of "han traitor", but decades have passed, this Buddha head has been returned, and also named the hero to make a wish to accept, in order to prove that this Buddha head is fake, grandpa is not a traitor, so he opened a series of treasure hunting processes.
But I have to say that the film highlights a lot of knowledge about Buddhism, Taoism, Go, and treasure hunting, and these knowledge are integrated into the puzzles, very delicate and careful, which is still good.
But in the process of solving the case, it felt like playing escape room, Teacher Lei Jiayin and others tossed together for more than two hours, and finally found that the answer to this case was on the Buddha statue in front of me, which was like "farting at the door of the chicken coop, with irony with a blow", it was really unexpected.
It may also be the reason why I have watched the TV series version, so these expected things can be ignored, but the truth is actually knocked out by the protagonist with a hammer, what to do if it is broken, what to do if the reasoning is wrong, if so, it is better to ask Teacher Wang Gang to come, directly and simply.
Although this movie is very in line with the original work, there is still a difference between the novel and the movie, which is a work of two dimensions, and the types of movies are also divided into many types, and the effects of different genres are definitely different.
And the novel is made into a movie, the most important thing is the setting of the characters and the overall idea, but in the "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau", these two problems have appeared, the focus is that the actors' acting skills are still very good overall, so there is a very magical thing, the actors are no problem, but the logic of the movie is also hard.
Others in the antique industry to find leaks is to fight is experience and eyesight, but in the movie, Teacher Lei Jiayin is eager to pick up a street of leaks, and then re-sell for a large price, so that it is placed in the present, in PanJiayuan is definitely a "three uncles" like a character, making a fortune is not a matter of minutes.
Moreover, he and Teacher Li Xian were smashing real and fake antiques the whole time, and finally almost smashed the real Buddha statue, I think, if there were no three generations of their ancestors and grandchildren so tossed, the Buddha statue would not have suffered such a big sin.
Have you found that the movie at the beginning of the fall into the mystery of finding buddha statues, one link after another, like entering a dead cycle, the whole movie down is like watching a long suspense novel of hundreds of thousands, it is really physical and mentally tired, I think there must be a lot of friends who have seen the movie that they have not understood.
Although the film is about several major families and generations of grudges, the major forces in the film can't really see it, to put it bluntly, it is like a group of people looking for treasure, taking care of each other, and there is a feeling that the first move is strong.
Putting aside some factors, this movie is really hard to shoot, and the actors are also very careful, which may be one of the reasons for the popularity of the movie, but from the plot point of view, I know that it is not good, but I can't help but watch it, and then give people a sense of outrageous absurdity
The importance of Ge You
Friends who have watched "Let the Bullets Fly" must have a lot of things that they can't understand, it can be said that there are many loopholes and all kinds of incomprehensions, but this film has a high rating, which has both word of mouth and box office. It's like, "Why doesn't Master's ass hurt, because his ass is in a tree", which is very reasonable.
When you look at "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" again, it is also full of loopholes and very outrageous, but Ge Youyi appeared and solved these problems.
When Ge You solemnly told everyone that this is a good movie, I will not lie to you, at that moment this film has a different flavor.
"Because of poverty, the landlord's family has no surplus grain", so Teacher Ge You sold the treasure left behind, which is reasonable;
"Uncle Li is very angry, the consequences are very serious", so it is very reasonable to make a wish break his hand;
"If you don't have enough time, I'll make you comfortable", so it is reasonable for Ge You to take a pistol and become a sharpshooter, and then lie down and die.
After all, the works that Ge You has performed for so many years are so unexpected, and the focus is that each one is a classic, so because of Ge You's existence, all the outrageous absurdities of "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" have become so reasonable.
But Ge You teacher can not save the whole movie by his own strength, although he has the role of "anesthetic", but he can only bring a part of the problem, after all, no one can resist Ge You's new work, so in my opinion, "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" is just another absurd drama of Ge You, nothing more.
Say at the end
At present, the movie "Antiques Bureau Central Bureau" has been released for half a month, and has received 377 million box office, but the word of mouth is average, the rating of the whole network is only 6.3 points, from the box office, this movie is a success, but from the word of mouth, this movie can only be of average level, but if it is starring Ge You, then the result is different.
I have to say that the behind-the-scenes staff and actors of this movie are very hard, but their efforts are a bit off-topic, overall this film is still worth watching, the above is also my personal opinion, do not like it.