"Family Glory" middle-aged drama bones are gathered, and it is difficult to hide the embarrassment of Hong Kong drama ratings
This is a TV series that challenges the audience's viewing habits, there is no fresh theme, no exciting martial arts, no suspenseful plot, no top-notch appearance, can such a "four noes" drama still catch the audience's attention? What was its original intent?
First of all, let's take a look at the theme of this play
This is a modern drama that reflects the emotional business war between the rich families, and it is the Hong Kong drama "Family Glory".
Jointly produced by Youku Video and Huanya Media, directed by Hong Jinpo, Cai Jingsheng and Zeng Minshan, and starring Zhang Zhilin, Yang Qianyao, Li Caihua, Luo Ziyi, Xiong Dailin, Huang Haoran, Liang Jingqi, Guo Zhenghong, Ai Wei and other Hong Kong-style family dramas. The drama tells the family story of ups and downs and solidarity between three generations of the Ma family.
Such themes have always been very popular in Hong Kong dramas 20 years ago, but with the return of Hong Kong, this kind of theme seems to be less and less, and commercial directors have taken a fancy to the entertainment market in the mainland and studied the tastes of ordinary people, such as Chow Sing Chi's funny, Wong Kar-wai's literary and artistic films are very popular.
Pure infighting-style equity transfer, president competition, extramarital affairs seem to have no new meaning, although everyone knows that this is a must-fight project for the children of the large group, on the rhythm and reversal of the open and secret struggle between the children of the Ma family, there is some "hurry, to hurry", relying on the Ma family's third daughter-in-law Jia Luoyi (played by Li Caihua), the self-allowed "military master" to throw back and forth, the Ma family's eldest daughter-in-law (played by Xiong Dailin) is the gun, the Ma family's second daughter-in-law is a roadblock, and the three women's play has no novelty. The whole process relies on the actor's cold lines to piece together, so it always feels like there is a lack of intense gunpowder.
Secondly, this "Family Glory" seems to add a lot of unclear preparations for a reasonable plot
For example, Ma Yaozu's extramarital family, Zhen Xin is ready to divorce Ma Yaozu, but the father-in-law's "love and no love" theory makes Zhen Xin change her mind, but the condition is that she has full authority to deal with her husband's former lover is also the wife Mandilin and daughter Jojo, who have a de facto marriage, and the mother and son are easily sent back to Malaysia with a monthly maintenance fee of 200,000 yuan.
Jia Luoyi approached the Ma family in order to take revenge and fight for everything that should belong to her, according to the fragmentary recollection, Jia Luoyi's mother and her were mother and daughter who were abandoned by Ma Shihong, so is it calculated that she and Ma Yaotang are brothers and sisters?
Finally, the show's format limitations are too obvious
The main actor acting skills of this drama are the shining points of "Family Glory", and the performances of Zhao Di (Liu Peiyun) and Zhen Cheng (Zhu Jianran) are remarkable, but the overall character pattern does not have a vivid three-dimensional feeling.
The scenes in which they talk and talk are basically too fixed and static, living rooms, dining tables, bedrooms, conference rooms, balconies.
Even if the concubines in the family complain between each other, the opposing party can easily take out the company's internal documents to refute, is this a violation of the company documents are not allowed to take home?
Maybe some eggs pick bones, but in the fiercely competitive film and television drama market, there is no good rating without the attraction of breaking the circle, perhaps the production company of Hong Kong dramas has seen that the Hong Kong drama model they are proud of is gradually being eliminated by the market, and they want to do a superb acting, compact plot, and adapt to the explosive style of the times to kick the museum, but according to the current stereotypical plot, there is some worry. We look forward to the follow-up explosions and surprises.
But for friends who like Hong Kong opera, this is already the highest configuration of Hong Kong drama in recent years, luxurious home, luxurious production team, drama bone level actors, worth recommending.