Less than the beginning of the 2022 school season, the author could never have imagined that in this year's environment of rapid improvement in the quality of domestic dramas, there can actually be a Douban score that surpassed last year's "Beautiful When You Smile" and turned out.
At the end of August, the urban emotional drama "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District", written and performed by Zhang Han, was launched strongly. After nearly two weeks of word-of-mouth fermentation, the TV series "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" also successfully scored a Douban score of 92.7% with a 1 star on Douban. At this point, the audience has also opened their eyes and learned that the Douban score of the original domestic drama can be as low as 2.3 points.
In terms of plot setting, "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" seems to be an urban emotional drama with an unexpected male perspective, but in fact, it reveals the path of a vulgar and domineering president everywhere. And Zhang Han let the audience feel the oil of Murong Yunhai to middle age.
Some netizens bluntly said that "we are ordinary audiences, not the object of your biological and chemical weapons experiments", and even more directly attacked this drama for having "the courage to dare to bring filthy to the table". And as netizens said, at present, "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" is difficult to say in terms of plot points and actor shaping.
The painting style is divided, and "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" wants a lot, but the painting style is deviated
When Zhang Han did not receive market feedback on the drama "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District", he was actually quite confident. As the screenwriter, producer, producer and star of this drama, Zhang Han spent a lot of effort to create this work that can tear off Murong Yunhai's label.
Unfortunately, although self-confidence is a good thing, blind self-confidence will inevitably bring bad consequences. Four years of script polishing and a creative attitude of 12 hours a day did not make "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" better.
At the beginning of the TV series, Zhang Han and the other three male protagonists all dreamed of returning to the campus, with a thirty- or forty-year-old skin bag state, deceiving themselves into playing youth. It's just that the actors have deceived themselves, but the audience is reluctant to echo it. Looking at Zhang Han's contiguous abs in the rain and Du Chun's sad face, the audience has not yet entered the play.
And then, the familiar F4 came on, four men in human-like suits lined up to the audience, mature, handsome, all up to standard, but such a routine shot still let the audience dream back to "Let's See the Meteor Shower".
When I saw this, I couldn't help but ask whether Zhang Han wanted to tear off the label of a famous old drama or whether he wanted to deeply burn Murong Yunhai's image on his body.
It was only after watching the plot that the author found that I thought it was too simple. "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" has actually been looking for a sense of balance between the adult world and comedy in the plot, and his style is more like the movie version of "Former Raiders", highlighting that middle-aged men are back on track in the chaotic life of spending days and drinking and enjoying themselves.
It's just that... The adult world is not the same as naked grease, and when the protagonists all say this crappy love story with a look of their own handsomeness, the audience is really about to throw up in front of the screen.
"Sailors can't just need one dock, every sailor needs to be the sailor of the world, to conquer all the docks in the world"
Sailor: Listen to me, I'm not a scumbag.
"You are not very spicy, no wonder your figure is so hot"
Dare to ask you if you are very good at stir-frying, no wonder your love words are so greasy.
Pertinently speaking, the youthful feelings in the early stage and the adult world in the later stage are all routes that domestic dramas can take, and the impropriety of "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" lies in the deviation of the painting style.
The problem with the painting style, in addition to the suspension of the plot, greasy lines, is really inseparable from the shaping of the actor.
You can be handsome, but you can't think of yourself as handsome
The handsomeness and greasiness of male stars are often only a line difference, and those who can step into the show business circle are generally able to withstand high-definition lenses. In Huang Xiaoming's body, there is an obvious answer.
When he acts well, it is the role itself, but once he plays a plot that he thinks is very handsome, he will become greasy and make the audience speechless. Zhang Han's performance in "Gentlemen of the Eighth District of the East" is similar to that of Huang Xiaoming, who plays abnormally.
Over the years, Zhang Han in the variety show has always been a high-quality handsome man with high emotional intelligence, he is polite and gentlemanly, and respects women. However, in the drama "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District", he has too many shots that he thinks he is very handsome.
When the relationship with the heroine developed by leaps and bounds, he said, "Lie down for grandpa, I'm ready to eat you."
When the heroine accidentally almost fell, he grabbed the underwear of others and took the hero to save the United States. Looking at Zhang Han's left hand pinched on the heroine's back, the author can't help but sigh , "Accidents can be creative, but can creativity not play hooliganism?" ”
Zhang Han's problem lies in too many performance styles that he thinks he is very handsome, and as for the others, they also have their own points of view, each playing a skill to dissuade the audience.
Li Jiesen, played by Huang Youming, played Puxin to the extreme. He just saw the righteous courage for once, he made up a girl crazy infatuation with their own drama, in most of the urban domestic dramas are female audiences as the main audience of the market environment, Li Jiesen successfully stepped on the audience's thunder point.
As for the role played by Jing Chao, he was dragged down by people, his facial features were three-dimensional, tall and handsome, but he was actually a luxury store manager who accompanied the wine in the nightclub.
He did this kind of work, but turned his head and complained that the woman who gave him food was complicated and utilitarian. If the gender is reversed, the author estimates that the score of "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" can also break the bottom line of 2 because of the role of Jingchao.
However, the author did not expect that in the case of all the male characters overturning, the women in "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" also fell like this. The heroine portrayed by Wang Xiaochen is a successful woman and a strong woman in her career, but under the role of Wang Xiaochen, in addition to changing the head of the line and changing the ground, there is no female charm that the audience recognizes.
Seeing the end, in addition to thanking Zhang Han and Wang Xiaochen for contributing the most outrageous roles in domestic urban emotional dramas, the author cannot help but feel sympathy for the two people who made a scene and suffered a big overturn in word of mouth.
Today, "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" is still popular, but all the reviews of the show on the Internet are all negative. Objectifying women, plot suspension, exaggerated interpretation, character collapse, perhaps the meaning of the existence of "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" is to remind Douban that it is time to give domestic dramas a chance to get 0 points.
Finally, the author implores domestic dramas to strictly demand themselves with the production standards of the first half of the year, and such eye-catching works as "Gentlemen of the East Eighth District" do not have to be lifted up again.