In 2017, a work called "Mourning Girl Tiantuan" stood out from a crowd of hot-eyed online movies with a unique perspective, causing people to pay attention. Its Douban score was once close to 8 points, and the current score is 6.7 points, although it is difficult to call it excellent, but for an online movie, such results can already be satisfactory.
Yesterday, "Qilin Fantasy Town", also produced by Ciwen Film and Television and produced by Zhu Xiaoyan, was launched on iQiyi. Once you open the iQiyi Movie Channel, the eye-catching recommendation map on the home page is difficult for people to ignore its existence.
If you are a heavy user of Douyin, you must have also brushed up on the seductive promotional materials released by the film.
It can be seen from the bullet screen that the erotic bridge section is still a drainage tool for online movies, and how many people are running to this section.
Of course, putting aside the necessary actions of publicity, I always think that the first problem to be solved by online movies is to let the audience watch the whole film in an open viewing environment. At this point, Kirin Fantasy Town does a good job.
The first third of the sand sculpture wind eliminates the audience's resistance to a certain extent, while the middle focuses on visual spectacle and achieves a big reversal in the final scene... You could argue that this is a deliberate design by the creator, but it's smarter than focusing on the so-called "golden six minutes."
It is worth mentioning that the ending song "Gongzi Goes North" is also unexpectedly good, and people can't help but watch the end subtitles (there are spoilers below, be cautious).
The three conflicts are concatenated at all times
The story of "Qilin Fantasy Town" is not complicated: Lord Chen, the salt official of Qilin Town, originally had a rich life, but he was hit by magic one day, and committed suicide after killing twelve people in the family.
Although the murderer died, the survivors of the Chen family still faced a crisis of life and death, and they could not live in fear. The goddess hunted Li Jiaoran and was ordered to investigate the case, but she was helpless against the mysterious illusion array, and in desperation, she had to turn to the town's illusionist Zhou Kun...
Zhou Kun and Li Jiaoran are a pair of joyful enemies. The two have been accused of marriage since childhood, but they look down on each other and quarrel endlessly whenever they see each other. Zhou Kun let loose the skeleton of the wave, and by counting the prostitutes, he could enter the gold every day, and Li Jiaoran had justice in his heart and did not tolerate sand in his eyes.
One is bent on seeking the truth and is unwilling to interfere too much in human chores, and the other is just the opposite, but the two people also have feelings for each other, thus forming the "emotional conflict between people" in this film.
In fact, Zhou Kun's reluctance to help has another deep meaning.
Lord Chen was confused by the illusion, which was obviously the design of those who had a heart, and the surviving life of the Chen family was at stake, and it was also the fate that should be fate, if the cultivator interfered with the ending, wouldn't it become a rebellion against the heavens? The image he possessed made it clear to him: Don't love the world's troubles, don't ruin the future.
Conform to the Heavenly Dao, don't take care of things, you can keep yourself safe, but Li Jiaoran will be in danger of life. However, if you forcibly interfere, you may encounter a reaction and self-destruct the foundation of enlightenment. Is it a single-minded immortal, or is it only envious of Mandarin ducks and not envious of immortals? This is "the conflict between the cultivators and the Heavenly Dao."
However, the "Heavenly Dao" thing is virtual and real, and once you believe in this, it is easy to wrap yourself around it.
Li Jiaoran's words could make Zhou Kun dumbfounded: "Maybe they are destined to be saved by you?" It's just that you don't know... The heavenly machine cannot be leaked, then have you ever thought about it, in fact, there are many heavenly machines, which you do not know. ”
Zhou Kun finally decided to take action, not only for the sake of the Chen family's survival, but also because Li Jiaoran's numerology was abducted by the other party, violating his bottom line.
The so-called cause must have an effect, the other party took away Li Jiaoran's numerology, because her reconnaissance destroyed the other party's plan, only because of the scruples of Zhou Kun, only left her a life, but since Zhou Kun personally came forward, it was not dead. Thus, "a conflict between the two monks" was formed.
Because of the buckle, the narrative of "Qilin Fantasy Town" is relatively smooth, and it does not drag mud and water.
In this process, a strange array world has also slowly unfolded to people: the Golden Sheep Knocking Array, the Satisfying Wish Array, the Five Elements Peach Blossom Array... Some are dazzling, some are quirky and terrifying, and these spectacles are beyond people's experience to greatly enhance the movie-going experience.
It's a surprise, but it's also a pity
Frankly speaking, as a network big, "Qilin Fantasy Town" has many plus points.
The sand sculpture plot that exists in the first half of the paragraph is simple and effective. For example, the first time Li Jiaoran asked Zhou Kun to help, before he reached the place, a lantern appeared in front of him, and the book "Roll" was written, and further on, it was "not rolling". Li Jiaoran was very angry, a sword split the lantern, and was immediately poured a soup chicken, which not only made people unhappy, but also explained to the audience the relationship between the two people.
Online movies have to control costs, so the appearance of "Qilin Fantasy Town" is limited, and there are not many scenes. This means that it has enough chapters to shape the characters, thus avoiding the "paper-based" characters.
Li Jiaoran's two subordinates are very distinctive, especially the one who speaks dialects, contributed more than half of the laughter of this film, and the audience affectionately called them "comic duo" on the bullet screen, so that after receiving the box lunch, the audience sprinkled fire on Li Jiaoran and sounded unevenly for them.
Here I have to spit on Li Jiaoran's personality.
Although she has justice in her heart, she does not reflect the shrewd side of her "goddess catcher" at all, but because she is bent on going her own way, she has repeatedly fallen into danger, and every time she has to come to the rescue of Zhou Kun. This can certainly be considered a need to advance the plot, but it does not necessarily have to give her a demotion, right?
In addition, the ending of the film also surprised the audience.
The so-called phantom array is also a phantom town, and the whole film is small and large, and finally echoes the title of the film, and the entire Kirin town is a phantom array.
Li Jiaoran and Zhou Kun have lived in a small town that does not exist for more than twenty years since they were born, and everything they have experienced is the examination questions set by the immortals, and after passing, they naturally become immortals. Along with them, there are also 50 pairs of Zhou Kun and Li Jiaoran, who have the same name and surname.
This setting similar to "Truman's World" has received a lot of recognition, and even some people have issued an exclamation that "the world is illusory, you and I are looking for the real self".
But from another point of view, the whole film is talking about going against the sky, how can you be at ease after knowing the truth at the end?
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