How many people still remember Andy Lau and Zheng Xiuwen's "Lonely Man and Widow".
A pair of "fighting enemies" makes the audience addicted.
"Lonely Man and Widow" "Strength" famous scene
This is the first time the two have worked together.
Together with director Du Qifeng, the three of them opened a "new" movie in the Hong Kong film industry - a light comedy romance film.
Healing, refreshing, sweet back.
"The Lonely Man and the Widow"
But it's a pity.
Hong Kong light comedy love, born because of "Liu Zheng", but also because of them and "died".
Andy Lau, the most Q-bomber in the history of "Slim Men and Women"
In the midst of the applause, no one expected it, and the climax was followed by the curtain.
After filming "Dragon and Phoenix Fight" in 2004, Andy Lau plunged into the mainland to shoot a blockbuster.
Ten Faces Ambush
Zheng Xiuwen lost the next year's "Long Hate Song" and was depressed to the point of collapse.
When the three of them get together again, the time has come to 2013, and the movie "Blind Detective" has also become a thriller suspense + love.
During this period, director Du Qifeng did not try other combinations.
Gu Tianle + Gao Yuanyuan's "Single Man and Woman", Zheng Xiuwen + Gu Tianle's "High Altitude Love 2".
But the iron triangle is no longer there, and how to shoot it is not right.
Netizen "Single Men and Women" evaluation
When Du Qifeng, Andy Lau, and Zheng Xiuwen opened this breeze faded.
Since then, such urban theme movies and TV series have been occupied by "heavy oil" and "anxiety".
Love, a word of discord to stir up "fighting fiercely".
"Kitakami Hiroshi Doesn't Believe in Tears"
Or sweet and creamy.
Sweet Critical Strike
Life, "selling" anxiety at every turn.
No house to get married, anxious.
Having a house to marry, also anxious.
There is also workplace anxiety, which makes people dance with their teeth and claws.
When love is only desire, life is only anxiety.
Light comedies that were once "refreshing and healing" have become a scarce species.
That's why I wanted to talk about it — Good Life.
The number of broadcasts of this drama exceeded 300 million in the 8 days of broadcasting, and the number of broadcasts won the championship on the whole network for 6 consecutive days.
What's so good about it?
"Style" and "Protagonist".
Let's look at the style first:
In the words of netizens "spicy fried dried fish":
"Easy to decompress, funny and cool drama"
Much like Du Qifeng's "Lonely Man and Widow", "Good Life" is "cool" based on a relaxed and positive attitude of real life - re-deconstruction.
The typical technique is amplification and exaggeration, and you can also say that it is a bit "nonsensical".
Wu You, the heroine of "Good Life", is the customer service team leader of an e-commerce platform.
VIP customer a bad review, she is almost "over the mountains, chased to the end of the world" .
Even disguised and mixed into the customer company.
In order to persuade the other party to cancel the bad review.
The purpose is to say that the small is small, and the big is also very large.
Because "bad reviews" affect sales.
In life, the various divine stems that appear when businesses are soft and hard and "ask" customers to change bad reviews are also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Such a realistic archetype is already very magical, and "Good Life" restores it in a more dramatic way.
Just like "Lonely Man and Widow", Kinki, played by Zheng Xiuwen, rushed into the cattle miscellaneous shop to find her lost love charm.
A "nonsense" appeal, from the clerk to the customer have followed the nonsense response, everyone took the initiative to show the sole.
In addition to being funny, I saw the freehand and kindness of life.
It is in the essence of light comedy, exaggerated but not floaty.
Look at the actors again.
Romantic light comedy, CP is very special.
It is not so much that Du Qifeng made Zheng Xiuwen that year, but rather that Zheng Xiuwen's unique performance and Andy Lau collided with the spark.
Wu You, played by Cai Wenjing in "Good Life", has a large nerve on the outside, but in fact, there are fine emotions and delicacies in the thick.
Like Zheng Xiuwen, she always runs around in the film, ignorant.
Here, He Xia, played by Lin Yushen, is a typical external cold and internal heat, and has a persistent heart.
It's not as thick as a traditional romance.
On the contrary, it is expensive to "seek differences".
The two went from not being accustomed to each other to having feelings.
This kind of "pride and prejudice" style of love is the same as Hua Shao and Kinki in "Lonely Man and Widow".
"Live Well"
Usually urban Chinese drama, everyone will not have too many expectations for the performance.
But Cai Wenjing is really special.
On her face, there is no "idol burden", and there is almost no expression management.
Even the trance makes people see a little shadow of "Guo Furong".
Flipping through her resume, sure enough...
He has played Lu Zhengyu's play.
Lu Zhengyu and Cai Wenjing
It's easy to act with it, but it's hard to act openly.
Although Cai Wenjing's expression was exaggerated, she would definitely not pass the thunder pool of "grinning teeth".
Naturally interesting, it is similar to Zheng Xiuwen's big grin.
The male protagonist Lin Yushen was 40 years old when he starred in "Good Life".
In the words of netizens, because of this drama, he finally became popular.
In 2000, Lin Yushen participated in the debut of "Orange Red" directed by Li Shaohong.
In the past 20 years, he has acted in "The Beautiful Age of Daughter-in-Law" and played "Hu Bayi".
The big IP of the famous drama has not been filmed less, but it has always been tepid.
Until "Live Well".
On the surface, it is the success of the appearance modeling.
Lin Yushen, known as the title of "Jing Fan Er Ya Pi", was shouted by netizens that this is the correct way to open the uncle.
Some people even said that he was handsome and bumped face Lin Feng and Yu Wenle.
But in fact, behind the handsome, there is an acting guarantee.
In the 2019 version of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", Yang Xiao, played by Lin Yushen, was highly praised for the "harmony and unity" of his appearance and acting skills.
Even back in 2006, he was nominated for an Emmy Award.
When he performed "Lonely Man and Widow" in 2000, Andy Lau was about 40 years old.
Lin Yushen, who starred in "Good Life", is almost the same age.
Actors at this age have their own unique advantages, they can play young down, and they have precipitation and texture upwards.
"Lonely Man and Widow" Andy Lau
Judging from Andy Lau's trajectory and experience in that year, Lin Yushen, who is in his early 40s, may be very suitable for the role of He Xia in "Good Life" in the next few years.
As for whether he can take over the mantle of the king and become another famous male protagonist of light comedy, the answer is that the bullet can fly for a while.
In "Good Life", in addition to Wu You and He Xia, there are also emotional bloggers and workplace elites, which use a group portrait method to deconstruct all aspects of life.
But the drama is as the name suggests, and "good" is the eye of the play.
As a rare healing and positive energy of urban theme dramas, I have to say that Mango Tai has caught a good hand this time.
I hope it can open a new door for domestic dramas.
Text/Porco Rosso Watch Movie Editorial Department: Chongqing Forest
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