The "Weekend Movie Guide", as the name suggests, is very simple, it is to tell everyone what movies and TV dramas are worth watching every weekend. The recommended scope is not only limited to movies that are being released in mainland theaters, but also includes high-quality movies and TV series on domestic streaming media such as Youku, iQiyi, Tencent, and Station B, as well as recent popular movies in Hollywood, Japan, South Korea, and Europe.
All in all, just pay attention to this column to make sure you're not bored on the weekend and at least have a good movie to watch.
1. Cinema movies
The first part of the Weekend Movie Guide will always recommend theatrical movies. Because watching movies on the big screen is our last insistence, movies should not be separated from the cinema. Entering the Mid-Autumn Festival, the cinema ushered in a wave of climax, three days of holiday, enough to crammed into 12 movies, but also a more crowded Mid-Autumn Festival in recent years.
At this time, the old saying is repeated, the small schedule is overcrowded, the daily weekend is not released, and each movie is extremely fixed, where is the card, when will this problem be solved? If it is more true, the National Day file after more than twenty days, there is still no film fixed.
In any case, the overall level of this Mid-Autumn Festival movie is OK, several key film types are different, the main angle is different, I believe that every audience can find the movie they need. The number one seed "Brother, Hello" benchmarks "Li Huanying", focusing on comedy and touching; The action movie "Wolves" is like a low-grade version of "Wolf Warrior", "Still Think You're best" authentic Hong Kong Cantonese comedy, "The World Has Her" focuses on women, and "The End of the Sea is the Grassland" is the main theme, which can also be regarded as a different audience group.
Hello brother
Director: Zhang Luan
Writers: Dong Tianyi
Starring: Ma Li / Chang Yuan / Wei Xiang / Jia Bing / Huang Yuntong
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Release: 2022-09-09(Chinese mainland)
Runtime: 111 minutes
The film tells the story of a son who travels back in time to the 80s and inadvertently spoils his parents' first encounter that year. In order to ensure that the parents can love and marry smoothly, the son has gone to great lengths to help them.
Such a story seems to have been similar, there are many prototypes, far back to the 80s Hollywood blockbuster "Back to the Future", the near can be seen as a copy of the 2021 Spring Festival box office champion "Hello, Li Huanying".
From "Hello, Lee Huan Ying" to "Brother, Hello", from the title to the story, from the genre to the narrative logic, basically the same, is completely the same as the two films. The former was released in the Spring Festival file in 2021, earning 5.4 billion box office, becoming the third highest box office in the history of mainland films, which can be said to be very successful, but it is difficult to say whether the "Brother, Hello" released in the Mid-Autumn Festival can replicate the same success.
The routines of this type of film are basically similar. Some cognition brought about by the passage of time, as well as some laughter brought about by the misplaced identity between parents and children, and then mixed with the feelings between parents and children, have basically been used to the extreme by "Hello, Li Huanying", and "Brother, Hello" is estimated to have no more innovative places.
Finally, it should be pointed out that in fact, the shooting time of "Brother, Hello" is earlier than that of "Li Huanying", but it is a loss that it was released too late.
Still think you're the best
Director: Chen Yongshen
Writers: Chan Wing-sun
Starring: Huang Zihua / Teresa Teng / Zhang Jicong / Wang Yunzhi / Lin Mingzhen / more...
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Country/Region of Production: Hong Kong, China
Language: Cantonese / Mandarin Chinese
Release: 2022-09-09(Chinese mainland)
Runtime: 116 minutes (Chinese mainland) / 120 minutes
As the founder of Hong Kong's Dong Du Xiao, Huang Zihua's talent in the field of comedy is self-evident. After graduating from the Department of Philosophy, he began to try this "one person telling jokes" performance model in the 90s, which is somewhat similar to today's talk show, but it is different, until the last wheat ban in 2018, Huang Zihua gained countless fans with his signature Dong Du smile.
During this period, Huang Zihua also participated in the performance of movies and TV series. Although the number is small, and the characters are often not important, most of the dialogue in all the TV series that has been performed is self-written and participated in the screenwriting. With this talent, Huang Zihua's every performance has a surprising effect.
Now this "Still Think You're the Best" is a very authentic Hong Kong-style comedy. The family ate a reunion dinner, the girlfriend brought back by the second brother did not expect to be the ex of the eldest brother, the eldest brother brought back a new girlfriend who did not like much in order to save face, and the contradictions and conflicts and comedic effects came out at once. Just from a few bridges in the trailer, you can make people laugh. Huang Zihua's state is also very similar to the way he talks about Dong Du laughing on the stage.
However, for mainland audiences, whether it is Dong Du laugh or Hong Kong-style comedy, there is a natural barrier, that is, most people do not understand Cantonese, which makes the effect of many paragraphs greatly reduced. Especially in the Cantonese environment, there are many conventional slang, which is difficult for outsiders to understand, and even if they understand, they cannot get the same laugh.
For example, the "Double May" that appears in the film is actually meant to be "Big Wave Sister" (transliteration), and the subtitles are translated as "big long legs", although some of them are similar, but the laugh effect is completely different.
Therefore, to watch this film, you must choose the Cantonese version, and it is best to understand a little Cantonese.
There is her in the world
Director: Li Shaohong / Chen Chong / Zhang Aijia
Writers: Zhang Aijia / Chen Chong
Starring: Zhou Xun / Zheng Xiuwen / Yi Qianxi / Xu Di / Feng Delun / more...
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Release: 2022-09-09(Chinese mainland)
Runtime: 116 minutes
From the title to the main creative lineup, it can be seen that this is definitely a film with a female theme. Through the perspective of women, the film tells the healing story of ordinary people looking for love and hope in difficult situations, focusing on the relationship between couples, couples, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
In fact, with the rise of feminism in recent years, the market for women's theme films has become larger and larger, such as "My Sister" has been greatly successful before.
The lineup of this film is quite strong, Zhang Aijia, Li Shaohong, Chen Chong, three well-known female directors in the Chinese film industry, co-directed, starring Zhou Xun and Zheng Xiuwen, two tianhou-level actors with both strength and popularity, plus Yi Yanqianxi, Feng Delun, Bao Qijing and a number of other people willing to play supporting roles, how to see are very watchable.
However, the publicity of this film is not very good. So far, everyone can only talk about the cast of stars, and then pile up some warm, feminine, healing empty words, and are not too sure what the core of the movie is, so everyone may be a little strange. This is also related to the fact that the movie was scheduled for May Day and then withdrawn, and then temporarily set to the Mid-Autumn Festival.
2. Youaiteng
The second part of the "Weekend Movie Guide" will insist on recommending high-quality film and television dramas that can be seen on domestic streaming media platforms such as Youku, iQiyi, Tencent, and Station B. Although for a long time, the network drama has always been full of all kinds of shoddy fabrication, but in recent years, with the improvement and upgrading of the quality of online movies, there are actually many online movies worth watching. In short, lower your expectations, there may be surprises.
Flying Fox Tales
Director: Lian Yiming
Writers: Tang Jiayu
Starring: Qin Junjie / Liang Jie / Xing Fei / Lin Yushen / He Rundong / more...
Genre: Martial Arts / Costume
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Premiere: 2022-08-31(Chinese mainland)
Episodes: 40
Episode length: 40 minutes
The martial arts dramas adapted from Jin Yong's novels have emerged in an endless stream, and there are classics belonging to an era in one era. In recent years, there has been a wave of remakes, but most of the performance is very mediocre, and it can even be said that there are some differences. This "Flying Fox" is not particularly good, but it is also a little bit of a thing today
As far as the current updated episodes are concerned, the overall texture of the show is still remarkable. And the plot development is also more in line with the original work. In addition, the rhythm is also quite smooth, and although the action part is not as good as the various real knives and guns of that year, there is still some strength. Simply put, the slow motion part is not used as much.
The drama is mainly directed by Lian Yiming, starring Qin Junjie, Liang Jie and Xing Fei, and Lin Yushen is invited to lead the starring.
3. Popular resources
The third part of the "Weekend Movie Guide" will focus on new film resources, and collect popular new films from Hollywood, Europe, Japan, and South Korea. As long as you have the conditions to watch the movie, you will recommend it to everyone for the first time. Of course, the specific resources still depend on everyone to dig up.
Suriname
Director: Yoon Jong-bin
Writers: Yoon Jong-bin
Starring: Ha Jeong-woo / Hwang Jung-min / Park Hae-so / Cho Woo-jin / Jang Jin
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Biography / Crime
Country/Region of Production: South Korea
Language: Korean
Premiere: 2022-09-09 (South Korea)
Episodes: 6
He Zhengyu + Huang Zhengmin + Zhang Zhen, just these three names to this column, it is estimated that there is no need to say anything more, chase is it.
This drama is also one of the blockbuster Korean dramas launched by Netflix this year, with only 6 episodes and a production cost of up to 35 billion won, which is enough to see the excellent production of this drama.
The drama is based on a true story, telling the story of a South Korean drug lord who controls the South American country of Suriname, the National State Council of South Korea launches a secret war to report the drug lord, and a private entrepreneur who is helpless to assist in the secret operation embarks on a life-and-death journey. Ha Zhengyu plays the hapless private entrepreneur, Huang Zhengmin plays the big Surinamese drug lord, and Zhang Zhen plays another drug lord who disobeys Huang Zhengmin.
The acting skills of the three are obvious to all, this time on the same stage, plus Cho Woo-jin, Yoo Yeon-seok, Park Hae-so, Cho Cho Cho Hyun, etc., regardless of whether the international market recognizes it, in East Asia, this lineup really belongs to the top. I believe that after this drama is launched, it will become a blockbuster.
The show has been released on Netflix today (September 9).
Thor 4: Love and Thunder
Director: Taiga Viditti
Writers: Taiga Viditti / Jennifer Katin Robinson / Stan Lee / Jason Aaron
Starring: Chris Hemsworth / Natalie Portman / Christian Bell /
Genre: Comedy / Action / Romance / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Adventure
Country of Production: Australia / United States
Language: English
Release: 2022-07-08 (USA) / 2022-09-08 (US Network)
Runtime: 119 minutes
After two months of release in North America, it was finally online streaming, which also made us, the audiences of countries that could not be released, watch a hilarity.
Although Marvel has nothing to see today. Boring, boring, colorful color schemes, painless jokes, and a flowing plot make the whole movie look like a farce from beginning to end. The existence of the villain is even more of a mystery, from the motivation to the behavior is unconvincing, this villain setting is really not worthy of Christian Bell's diligent acting skills, not to mention that everyone else seems to be playing a game in this movie.
What Marvel lacks in the fourth phase is not superheroes, but more villains. After Thanos, there is no longer a villain who can stand, empathize, and be attractive.
Fall
Director: Scott Mann
Writers: Jonathan Frank / Scott Mann
Starring: Grace Fulton / Virginia Gardner / Jeffrey Dean Morgan / Mason Gooding / Jasper Cole / more...
Genre: Action / Thriller / Adventure / Sports
Country of Production: United Kingdom / United States
Language: English
Release: 2022-08-12 (USA)
Runtime: 107 minutes
A recent movie that has gone viral around the world has been discussed on almost all social media.
In fact, the story itself is very simple, it is the story of two girls who climbed the abandoned TV tower more than 600 meters high, and then accidentally got trapped on it, and then tried their best to save themselves. There are many similar movies, such as "127 Hours", "Buried Alive", "Shark Beach", etc., all of which are about the survival process of one or two people in extreme environments.
In this film, the 610-meter-high setting becomes the biggest gimmick of this film. Although this height is much shorter than the Burj Khalifa that Atangko climbed (the name of the film's second daughter Hunter is obviously a tribute to Atangko's Ethan Hunter), it is about the same height as the Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in China.
Therefore, the whole film shows a lot of overhead and upward shooting angles, in short, all in order to make use of this height as much as possible, so that everyone has a little fear of heights has become the most terrifying place in this film. The film was very successful, as can be seen on various social platforms.
A blind man who doesn't want to see Titanic
Director: Taimu Niki
Writers: Taimu Niki
Starring: Petri Poi Kolenin / Samuri Giaschio / Marayana Mayara / Hannah Meia Nicond / Matti Onisma / more...
Genre: Drama
Country/Region of Production: Finland
Language: Finnish
Release Date: 2021-09-10 (Venice Film Festival)
Runtime: 82 minutes
An unpopular masterpiece from Finland, the protagonist of the story is a disabled person who is paralyzed in the lower body due to muscular sclerosis and gradually loses his vision.
His daily life can only be limited to a small room and a wheelchair, getting up every day, brushing his teeth, taking medicine, eating, brushing his mobile phone, listening to the radio, and then constantly imagining himself running in his dreams, which is very pitiful and helpless. He denounces himself as "the life of a marmot", like the movie "Groundhog Day", repeating it every day.
Overall, the story may be a little bland, but one of the biggest features of this film is the use of lenses to simulate the perspective of a blind person.
The whole film uses a shallow focus lens to focus on the protagonist, while the other pictures are all virtual, making a very blurry, hazy, and unclear picture, limiting the audience's perspective to the protagonist's small wheelchair and limited line of sight.
Many of the details of the film are done to the extreme. The protagonist himself is a real paralyzed blind man, and the subtitles before and after the film are shown in the form of Braille and voice reading, which can be seen from the director's attention and consideration for the disabled, and can also let the audience feel a little bit of the difficulty of disabled life.
Finally, I wish you all a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!