"CCTV drama" has become the absolute golden signboard of Chinese dramas.
Whether it is word of mouth or ratings, one by one.
One "Crazy" and one "Three-Body Problem" successfully opened a good year for the national drama. CCTV's set of "Our Day" on the air, Xiao Xuefa was out of the circle in one fell swoop, and the plot and characters in the second half caused controversy, but it also continued to attract the attention of the audience.
The days are not over, CCTV's eight sets of another Beijing-flavored period drama "Love Full of Nine Bends" came.
Although the ratings have doubled from 0.7% to the latest 1.4%, word of mouth is polarized.
Annoying people keep making bad comments, thinking that period dramas have been aesthetically fatigued, and the play has no taste of period dramas, and they want to abandon the drama when they see it at the beginning.
The lover recognized the taste of Liu Jiacheng, the director of "Love Man Courtyard", and the more he looked at it, the more he looked at it.
I lean towards the latter.
Although compared with Zhu Yawen, He Bing, Jiang Wenli, Hao Lei, Ni Dahong and other leading actors of Liu Jiacheng's Beijing-style period dramas in the past, this drama uses a large number of young faces, but the drama is still that taste.
From "Love Man Courtyard" to "Love Man Nine Bends", the story field has been upgraded from a courtyard to a hutong, and the pattern has also changed from a short and frivolous neighborhood story in the parents to a story of the poor boy "Silly Mao" Yang Shumao counterattacking to change his fate.
And the characters in the play also have their own taste, after 10 episodes, the relationship between Silly Mao and Ye Fei was blocked by the Yang family, Yang's mother hit the wall, and the story became more and more lively.
Next, let's take a look at what kind of ups and downs the acting skills of this Beijing-style period drama, which has the youngest overall lineup in recent years?
No. 10: Chen Yao (as Shi Xiaona)
Chen Yao's acting skills actually don't stop there, but her biggest problem is that she is too beautiful.
As a little flower born in 94, Chen Yao has outstanding facial features and a pure and moving temperament, and it is convincing to play the male protagonist's first love and Bai Yueguang Shi Xiaona.
But she is too white and beautiful, especially when playing a rural zhiqing, with two small pigtails, ignorant and clear eyes, wearing a blue cotton jacket, the shape is right, but too tight and delicate skin, will make the audience question whether the wind and sun are so white?
After the end of the years of knowing the youth, Chen Yao's performance gradually entered the best situation, whether reading or business, there is a feeling of a goddess, many audiences actually get Chen Yao's beauty from a period drama.
But acting has to be said at two ends.
The love drama Chen Yao plays is excellent.
After treating imaginary love rivals - Ye Fei, a neighbor's sister who grew up with Yang Shumao, the character naturally became hostile.
Ye Fei appeared for the first time, walking in the small alley, intellectual and elegant, attracting the attention of all men, Shi Xiaona's smile froze on her face, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.
When Ye Fei stepped forward and took a bite of "Brother Mao", she began to blink continuously, looked at Ye Fei, and glanced at Silly Mao.
Finally, he turned his head arrogantly in anger, grabbed his luggage, and pushed him forward.
The anger subsided, and he twisted and twisted in front of his girlfriend to learn Ye Fei to walk, saying, "Look at her virtue."
The woman's jealousy is vividly played by her. But it's not annoying.
So Chen Yao's love scenes are likable, but the character creation is a bit flat.
In particular, a character from a merchant family was once affected by the years, but such a youthful growth does not seem to leave a trace on the character.
Later, she was forced to break up with Silly Mao, she first roared at her father, and then her eyes were full of helplessness and sadness, full of a sense of brokenness, Chen Yao's performance was passing, but it was limited to this, and the audience did not see more waves from her performance.
If Chen Yao's performance had more details, more changes, and more contrasts, the roles would be much richer.
And now the audience sees a white moonlight first love that the male protagonist regrets to miss, not Shi Xiaona, forged in the flow of life and love changes.
Almost meaningful.
No. 9: Yaozhi (as Shi Father)
Hu Yaozhi is the director of the suspense drama "Bone Language" series, but I didn't expect that in this play, the characters were also performed in the feeling of a suspense drama.
At the beginning, he gave the audience a good impression, although he knew that his daughter and Yang Shumao would be difficult to achieve results, and he did not beat Mandarin ducks like the Yang family, but calmly hinted at the child, and every sentence was said lightly.
He also agreed to give Yang Shumao the opportunity to say: "He has the courage to go out of the house, and he leaves his family as he walks."
It wasn't until the critical moment that the audience discovered that the character was not doing anything.
When Yang Shumao's business finally improved, he found that the bottom merchant he was optimistic about was robbed by the "future father-in-law", and the loss was hundreds of thousands, and the other side was still justified in questioning, and he did not feel that he was wrong at all.
Hu Yaozhi only through a few simple words of dialogue and an expression that does not concern himself, he plays a mercenary businessman to the fullest.
Just as Shi Xiaona later scolded angrily, he couldn't look at Stupid Mao from his heart.
Snatching away the bottom merchant was of limited benefit to him, but it caused Yang Shumao and his friends to lose a lot, not to mention that this news was provided by Yang Shumao, and suddenly playing behind the backstab, there were both businessmen's profits, as well as beatings and temptations against Silly Mao, he just wanted to use this to see Silly Mao's reaction.
And Silly Mao apparently did not go through his investigation.
This is neither a qualified father nor a qualified businessman, but a gentle but brazen villain on the surface, and foolishly did not beat him up to be cheap.
Hu Yaozhi calmly and calmly performed the two faces of the role, and the performance was few and fine, not bad.
No. 8: Qian Bo (as Secretary Jia)
Qian Bo, a powerful actor, has the face of a small person.
In "Teahouse", he is the low-level little character Tang Tiezui, in "Twelve Citizens" he is the owner of the commissary with careful thinking, and in "Odds", he is the clever and vicious Liu translator, and the little character can be positive or evil.
This time, Secretary Jia he played is also between good and evil, mainly not evil, but color.
In the opening scene, Qian Bo performed the color of the role, and since Shi Xiaona walked into his room, the old man's eyes seemed to want to swallow Shi Xiaona, and the three words "old rascal" were written on his face.
When Shi Xiaona approached, he involuntarily began to move his hands and feet. Shi Xiaona didn't follow, so he directly went up and hugged the girl.
After being broken into the door by Yang Shumao and directly dripping down, he was splashed awake by water, and he still refused to admit it.
It wasn't until the other party turned on the radio that he wanted to broadcast his hooliganism that he got up in a "catapult" fright and obediently submitted.
But even if he was held by someone, this old man was still full of nonsense, saying that there was no Yang Shumao's name in the list, because this group of people who went back were all female acquaintances, and after deceiving people, he viciously added a sentence, lecherous, lewd, hypocritical, and black-bellied.
But the character's real stroke of genius came years later.
The daughter wanted to take her boyfriend home for the New Year, but he directly said that he broke it, saying that "how high Silly Mao's vision was back then, what he fancy must be a girl like Shi Xiaona."
At this time, Qian Bo's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he was still recalling a moment of the year.
Played the appearance of the character as an old satyr.
No. 7: Hai Yitian (as Liu Shikuan)
With Hai's current coffee position, he can play such a small role in the play, obviously to return the director's favor.
At that time, he became a "villain professional" in the Chinese drama with the role of Xu Damao in 2015's "Love Man Courtyard".
In recent years, he has played Fang Tianlei in "Son-in-law", Zhu Ge in "Qing Yu Nian", and Pang Fei in "Even with the Wind", one of the biggest characteristics is that he plays villains, but with a little cute villains.
Liu Shikuan in this play, came up to the train station to see Shi Xiaona, seeing that Shi Xiaona did not buy it, he said ruthlessly, "No one dares to block in front of me!" ”
Silly Mao made a move, and he immediately called the little brother next to him to "drop him to death".
As a result, the little brother was thrown down by Silly Mao in one round, and he raised the brick to make a trick, but was shot by Silly Mao Brother first.
The funniest thing about Hai Yitian was being slapped on the head and bleeding, and his first reaction was that his coat was stained with blood.
What is even more brazen is that Liu Shikuan also asked people to carry themselves on a stretcher and go directly to Yang Shumao's compound to extort money, and it cost 70 to open his mouth.
I didn't expect to meet a ruthless character - Yang's mother played by Sarina.
Not only was he haggled to eight yuan five, but he was also squeezed by the neighbors who bent in the nine bends, obviously he came to spread the role of ruthlessness, and finally he was stunned with a grievance.
Finally, he left the scene in a huff, but as soon as he went out, he met the goddess. I didn't forget to make an appointment with someone.
Even the little brother was embarrassed for him and said, "It's not that you have a time, you are still so addicted this time." ”
How many scenes, no size of the role, there are not many scenes in one day, but both scenes are used enough, which is called a golden supporting role.
No. 6: Liu Hui (as Master Silly Mao)
The biggest feature of "Nine Bends of Love" is that the older generation of characters do not have many good people in the traditional sense.
But the silly master and workshop director played by Liu Hui are good people who can't be found with lanterns.
At first, he was very supportive of Yang Shumao's idea of going to university, and made pertinent advice: don't talk about it.
If Silly Mao really did it, eighty percent of the universities would have been admitted, and the whole story would have been different.
But the stupid Mao, who had no heart, did not understand the deep meaning of the master's instruction, and the news still spread, and the result became the target of everyone.
Not only does it not support the university factory, but it also affects the master's status as a model worker.
But when he was aggrieved and told his master that he would not take the university, the master pointed to his nose and scolded him angrily, "I am so disappointed in you." But the disappointment is not that the apprentice burdened himself, but that he easily gave up his life goals.
Although there are few scenes, this small role is portrayed by Liu Hui into a woody three-point, hardworking and simple, cheerful and spicy, and with the human feelings of the older generation.
Actor Liu Hui's most out-of-the-loop works are "The Legend of Wulin" and "Six Groups of Serious Cases", once said crosstalk, studied under Jiang Kun, but is very humble.
But the master he played really had nothing to say. Seeing the truth in the ordinary, this is the role.
Many viewers are curious about how Silly Mao comes from such a family, how can he be cheerful and upward without a trace of yin, the answer is first, nature, and second, follow the right master.
No. 5: Han Dongjun (as Yang Shumao)
Han Dongjun plays the role of Yang Shumao, in fact, there are many weaknesses.
Although he is an athlete transformation, his appearance and temperament are very much in line with the silly Mao who has been honed in sports school since childhood.
But he became famous as "Heartless Mage", with a sense of nobility, even if his appearance was smoky in a war blockbuster like "Changjin Lake", he still stood out.
When it comes to period dramas, it doesn't look like an ordinary person with average family conditions, and the shape is not rough enough.
In addition, in order to highlight the character's broken mouth, Han Dongjun deliberately took the tone when speaking Beijing dialect, in order to appear playful, but the taste was not right.
But giving up traffic and taking the strength route and honing his acting skills all the way still made Han Dongjun stand up for the role, and He Bing and these old Beijing are definitely not enough, but compared with the small fresh meat in other period dramas, it is definitely more than enough.
He played Yang Shumao, who had just appeared and had been beating people, and Secretary Jia wanted to violate Shi Xiaona and beat him. Liu Shikuan entangled Shi Xiaona and beat him, and Sister Ye's boyfriend treated her badly and beat him.
Han Dongjun not only performed the character a bad look, but also beat people with a special taste of Beijing Xiaoye, not to deceive people with force, but to stand up when the road is uneven.
No wonder he is affectionately called "Silly Mao" by those around him.
Silly Mao has a "silly" side, but it is not stupid, but it is serious, and he can bear difficult things and count on it at critical moments.
This is actually difficult for a young actor, because it is necessary to perform that silly energy, but it cannot become "brainless", and it must also be cute.
Han Dongjun interpreted the temperament of "silly Mao" very accurately, and there was a kind of charm that was not afraid of heaven and earth, and laughed without heart and lungs.
There was a scene where Shi Xiaona came out of his house, saw him walking with Ye Fei, and asked with a somewhat subtle attitude, "Sister Fei, is he going to fight for you." ”
"Silly Mao" smiled: You, how do you know?
This straight man's "silly bar" may be a disaster to play a traffic that can't be acted, but Han Dongjun plays it naturally.
Audience Ye can understand why the three beauties in Jiudao Bend Alley are all in love with him, and they love his sunshine and daring.
I especially like the scene where he was stabbed in the back by Shi Xiaona's father, from Bi Gong Bi to unwilling, and then to the unevenness, Han Dongjun's series of emotional ups and downs are very smooth, very substitutionary, and the reaction is particularly real, as if he really endured it, that kind of skin pain, so that the audience can't help but tighten their hearts.
However, the biggest arc of this character should be the appearance of growing up after being beaten by society.
The disadvantage of Han Dongjun's performance in the past is that the individual actor is always greater than the character itself, and I hope that this time he can break through himself with Silly Mao.
No. 4: Danni (as Zhao Yajing)
Danni Chong is from the acting department of the Beijing Film Academy, and when she was in school, she co-starred in the TV series "Adoptive Father" with Zhang Guoli.
In the past few years, he has been constantly playing new dramas, including the spy war drama "Faith" and "Ligong" starring Fan Wei.
But this time she performed particularly well. It can be said that among the three female characters, she is the most like a Beijing girl.
Zhao Yajing, played by her, was born in a divorced family in Jiudaowan, and the conditions are not as good as the Yang family. But she seized the wind of the times, went to Guangzhou to fight, and turned into a sister with a monthly income of several thousand yuan. Yang Shumao worked as a pickle factory worker with a monthly income of more than 20 yuan.
Compared with the other two female characters, her personality is more direct, knowing that the other party does not have her in her heart, she will explain it to the other party, and at the same time adopt the "Huairou" strategy, while constantly deepening the bond with Yang Shumao with business, and on the other hand, she buys the Yang family, especially Yang's mother, with money and feelings.
Two words: open.
As the first person to chase Yang Shumao backwards with money and beauty, Zhao Yajing is the future daughter-in-law most recognized by the Yang family.
The problem is that Yang Shumao has no male and female affection for her, only cooperation and gratitude, not even a confidant, and his heart words are only spoken to Ye Fei.
One of the scenes that impressed me with Danni was when I heard in the corridor that Silly Mao finally broke up with Shi Xiaona completely, but in a blink of an eye, he planned to marry Sister Ye.
The director directly pushed the close-up over, and the focus became her outburst of crying, although there was not a single line, but full and full emotions gushed out, and the audience was also worried about this bright and happy girl.
But Danni played the best thing is the end of the catharsis, not crying and leaving with a painful face, but crying and tears, and walking away with her head held high.
The characters live beautifully, and the actors act beautifully.
No. 3: Bi Yanjun (as Yang's father)
As soon as the old drama bone Bi Yanjun appeared, his body was full of drama.
When I saw someone coming to the door to extort money, I immediately pinched my waist and glared viciously.
But when he returned home and saw the child, he slapped him with a big slap in the face, and his face turned green and shouted angrily: "Do you think our family's money was blown by the wind?" ”
After speaking, he chased Yang Shumao and beat him wildly, slapped again, kicked his legs again, and his body was shaking while talking, so angry that he finally sat on the chair, and interpreted the mentality of hating iron is not steel.
Over the years, Bi Yanjun has acted in many dramas such as "The Age of Awakening", but there is no role as unflattering as the Yang family's father, to put it bluntly, the role is annoying.
After scaring his son Shi Xiaona, after scaring Xiao Na and Sister Ye, Silly Mao said that he wanted to be good with Sister Ye, and he immediately said that Zhao Yajing was a hundred times better than Sister Ye.
Bi Yanjun's series of action design and demeanor, moving clouds and flowing water, full of life atmosphere, make people feel that this Uncle Yang, who is not welcomed by the audience, is too expressive.
If Ding Yongdai's expression with tears in "The World" perfectly interprets what Chinese fatherhood is, then Bi Yanjun performed another older generation of fathers this time.
It is easy for the audience to praise the acting skills of the characters they like, but in fact, annoying characters test their acting skills and act "annoyingly".
That's right.
No. 2: Reiza (as Ye Fei)
I still remember that Reyiza was shortlisted for the best actress of Magnolia but finally lost to Tong Yao, and the whole network was embarrassed.
Later, the Feitian Award was received, and Sun Li was so excited that she cried at the award ceremony.
Unexpectedly, her next play turned out to wait two years.
Reiza's role this time is no longer a rural native girl like Li Shuihua in "Mountains and Seas", but the number one beauty recognized by Jiudaobend, and even Shi Xiaona, who can't walk when every obscene man in the whole play sees her, relying on the unique temperament of the role.
As a 36-year-old middle-aged actress who has given birth to a child, she and Han Dongjun are actually eight years apart, and in the play there is a difference of three years, and one will be complained of "pretending to be tender" if you are not careful.
But from the first shot of her appearance, with small bangs full of age, half tied her hair behind her head, wearing a red bib, walking from the front of the camera, the image of a gentle goddess suddenly stood up.
The more the audience looks at her, the more beautiful she feels, and the female audience wants to buy the same style for each set of Ye Fei's clothes.
But the feeling of being able to wear these old tweed coats and floral skirts out of the heroine of Korean dramas is actually not how beautiful the clothes are, but that Reiza is too beautiful, and each set looks like a beauty from the 80s wall calendar.
But the most important thing to support the role is the acting skills.
In the early stage of the story, Ye Fei regarded Yang Shumao as a younger brother, but also with a little good feeling and women's possessiveness, when Shi Xiaona ran to her to swear sovereignty, and even yin and yang strangely said that letting Yang Shumao go in the relationship was to bring him badly, she immediately took out the vigorous look of a Beijing girl: In the alley, you are not qualified to talk to me like this.
Although he said this with a smile, he immediately suppressed the other party's momentum by three points.
After discovering Shi Xiaona's hostility towards her, she called the other party to her home as a guest, made tea and water, peeled apples, and when she told Shi Xiaona about the origin of "silly Mao", the other party suddenly said: I don't call her stupid Mao.
Ye Fei was startled at first, and then she quickly found her rhythm: "Huh? I didn't ask you".
Finally, he told her very bluntly: "I also like silly Mao, but it's my sister's kind of liking for my younger brother!" ”
This sounds straightforward, but anyone can hear that something is wrong in this statement.
Looking at her with one look, you can read her feelings for Silly Mao, and in the Northeastern dialect, write "rare" in her eyes.
Ye Fei, portrayed by Reyiza, has a clear character image, and every stage can arouse everyone's empathy.
Later, Silly Mao and Shi Xiaona broke up, and she picked the scene where the relationship between the two was clearly defined, and she went up directly to give Silly Mao a stealing kiss, good guy, which straight man can block this?
But such an active courtship was played so sincerely and enthusiastically by Reiza, without a trace of dirtiness, but with the beauty of love, and even with the shyness of a girl.
And when their relationship was cut off alive by the Yang family, Ye Fei, who was pale and pale, fainted, and suppressed emotions burst out at once,
Immediately moved many audiences, and the tortuous fate gave this character a natural highlight, which people couldn't help but pity.
There is also a scene in the trailer that amazes the audience, that is, when Ye Fei, who gave birth silently, and Silly Mao reunited, there were surprises, grievances, relief, and a little unwillingness in the smile, and finally emotions surged up with tears, Reiza really interpreted the right amount of resilience and loneliness.
No. 1: Sarina (as Yang's mother)
Sarina's performance strength is obvious to the audience.
From "Crossing the Kanto", "Da Ranfang", "Aunt Tazuru" to "The World", Sarina has never let us down.
Although she has played various mother roles all year round, from "Wen Taniang" to Li Suhua, each mother's personality is different.
This time playing Yang's mother with a very unflattering personality, her performance is still four or two thousand pounds, and the details are kung fu.
As soon as she was asked for money at the beginning, she looked coldly at Liu Shikuan who was lying on the ground, and first suppressed the momentum of the other party, "Don't pretend with me, take advantage of me to talk well, and roll away." Then settle the account to the other party one by one, "one injection of tetanus four and five, no signs of concussion, three days of scabbing (scabs), five days of bathing, a total of eight days a day and five cents, adding up to eight pieces and five." ”
Sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy.
But Yang's mother, who is powerful externally, is just as powerful as her own children, and I am already suffocated by the tenth episode.
It's not that Mother Yang doesn't love children.
In the opening scene, Yang's mother scolds Silly Mao a few words, and asks her son who secretly returned to the city to return to the countryside tomorrow morning.
But as soon as her words fell, the stupid Mao who was in a reverse bone was about to leave immediately.
She was so angry that her voice trembled and said, "Okay, you go."
When she came back to her senses, she could only see her son's back, and at this time, she couldn't help but shed tears, looked at the door vigorously, worried that the child would be wronged, and complained to Father Yang: "I'm not talking about this, who would have thought that he really left?" ”
From majesty to love, from the ruthlessness that sinks from the corners of the eyes, to the worry that keeps wiping tears, it takes a second to express two completely opposite emotions.
But this scene can also see the problem of Yang's mother, the old-fashioned family relationship is that parents have a lot of dominance over their children, and they have a strong desire to control, and the children must come according to their own wishes.
So when Silly Mao insisted on being with Ye Fei and rejecting the daughter-in-law in his heart, the old mother immediately hit the wall to show her son.
This kind of unflattering role is actually more difficult to play, especially in the narrative of thin water and long flow, in the most daily situation, it also stretches out a strong tension, making the character plump and land.
A good role is to be able to impress the audience and make people empathize, but not a good role needs empathy, annoying characters need the audience's empathy more, in order to let the audience into the role, Sarina did it all perfectly, ranking first is well deserved.
Written at the end:
Period dramas have always had a huge audience, whether it is "The Gate of the Mansion" 20 years ago, "Four Generations Together" almost 40 years ago, or last year's "The World", and the hit "Our Day", they are prone to hits.
After the popularity of "The World", the output of period dramas is not small, but there are not many real boutiques. The biggest problem is that it still doesn't smell like that.
Born in Beijing, Liu Jiacheng has been familiar with all kinds of rumors and stories in Beijing since he was a child, as well as the stories and characters in the hutongs, plus he has specialized in Beijing-style period dramas over the years, and has produced several excellent works.
But good period dramas, especially Beijing-style period dramas, often appear in small characters, and the stories are often short in the parents, which tests the actors' performances even more.
Only by acting the right taste can we not let the audience play, nor embarrass the audience, and more importantly, let the audience taste the taste of the drama.
"Nine Bends of Love", not only tells the story of silly Mao, but the nine bends in the emotional life of the common people of that era, and I think the actors are coming.
But like a pot of old Beijing stew, the taste is right and not all right, whether it can enter your mouth, you have to taste it yourself.