#头条创作挑战赛 #
In fact, the start of 2023 is a little better than I expected.
Imagine that at the beginning of last year, after "The Beginning" and "The World" received countless attention and good reputation, the domestic drama market was weak for several months.
It is not an exaggeration to say that 2022 is a high and a low go, or a tiger.
Of course, this year has not been perfect.
Among the three middle-generation actors who had high hopes, Yin Tao completely relaxed himself after creating the role of Zheng Juan and starred in a "Dazzling You", with a mediocre reputation.
Jin Dong continued his unchanged elite hegemonic routine in "Even with the Wind", while Huang Bo teamed up with Mei Ting, Zhu Zhu and Tian Yu to star in a middle-aged male large-scale YY bad drama - "The Right Way to Open Life".
So one can't help but ask: what happened to them?
In fact, no matter where, as long as the film and television industry exists for a day, bad dramas and bad films cannot be completely eliminated, because it is a subjective thing to evaluate the good and bad of film and television dramas.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some creative teams have a very problematic attitude themselves.
But there are still some people, in an impetuous environment, who can still calm down, polish the script with their hearts, select the right actors, and then produce a work that is enough to amaze the audience.
The following are the 10 highest-rated domestic dramas in 2023, for reference only.
TOP10, "Our Day"
Douban score: 5.9 / Number of ratings: 2W+
Also broadcast on CCTV, the same period drama, the same powerful old drama bones, so when we see this drama, it is difficult not to think of another blockbuster - "The World".
Even, I once saw the shadow of Jiang Defu in "Parental Love" on Wang Xianping's body.
If it can be kept going, it may be a good work.
But after 14 episodes, it was completely off-track.
The first reason we can think of is naturally the "inappropriateness" of the actors, how likable the snowflakes were when they were children, and how much they discouraged the audience when they grew up.
The inconsistency of the performance method and character makes Snowflake, the soul character in the play, have a strong sense of separation.
But I would say that the most important thing is much more than that.
If you look closely at "Our Day", you will find that it is true that it takes Wang Xuefa as the main perspective, but when Snowflake, Dongfang Hong and others grow up, it makes the parents' generation and the rather brilliant grandmother become thin NPCs.
There is no intersection with the protagonist, they have no scene.
It was the gradual "abandonment" of the elder characters and the later incarnation of youth pain literature that made the reputation of "Our Day" go high and low, and finally only got a score of 5.9.
It's a shame.
TOP9, "Echo"
Douban score: 6.2 / Number of ratings: 2W+
If the failure of "North and South" last year can only prove that Feng Xiaogang, who returned to the TV drama circle many years later, is somewhat uncomfortable, then the recent "Echo" tore off all the fig leaf of the movie director.
Feng Xiaogang's fundamental problem is that he has been separated from the masses for too long.
For example, in last year's drama, Director Feng cheered up, the cast was directly full, and many big names came to make cameos, but only the "play within a play" where Huang Bo made a cameo appearance was a little interesting.
What does this mean?
It shows that today's Feng Xiaogang, it is estimated that he heard that the female theme is selling and out of the circle, so he simply tried a handful of water, but in addition to the things in the entertainment industry, he is not familiar with other plots at all.
The same goes for this "Echo".
The lens aesthetics of the play, under Feng Xiaogang's scheduling, has completely reached the level of theatrical movies, but that's all.
To be honest, the original novel of "Echo" is very problematic.
In essence, it is just a family emotional ethics novel cloaked in suspense, and the author thinks in the work that he has touched the secret of human nature, but in fact it is just a shallowness of moaning without disease.
Therefore, when "Echo" was placed in the Misty Theater, it could only be announced that Feng Xiaogang's return to the TV industry to attack again ended in failure.
TOP8, "Meritorious ▪ Northeast Old Events"
Douban score: 7.5 / Number of ratings: 1W+
Before, including myself, I always thought that sketch actors, because of the needs of stage performance, would always use exaggerated tones and body language to quickly shape characters.
This is actually contrary to film and television performances.
Therefore, in the cognition of many people, the performance of sketch actors in film and television dramas is often not brilliant, and even some dramas, but if you look at Zhao Benshan's performance in the movie "Falling Leaves Return to the Roots", you will completely change your opinion.
As for Fan Wei, his acting skills are seriously underestimated.
When the actor Fan Wei teamed up with the literary goddess Yu Nan, especially when it was still a suspense drama, I knew that this "Old Story of Meritorious ▪ Northeast China" would be impossible to miss.
Shang Quanliang, played by Fan Wei, is a security guard at the bottle warmer factory.
But completely contrary to his work, his hobbies turned out to be studying aliens and writing science fiction.
Back in reality, what he wants most is respect.
It is the respect of the leading colleagues in the factory, the respect of the neighbors, and more importantly, the respect of the daughter, only respect can bring understanding, only understanding, he can completely reconcile with the world, and himself.
How can I gain respect quickly? - Become a supernumerary officer in the police department.
If you want to be respected, you have to become a non-staff officer of the police station, if you want to become a supernumerary officer, you have to make meritorious contributions, and an ordinary person who wants to make meritorious contributions always has to be a bit of a coincidence.
Therefore, in the northeast, a land with humorous elements, magical, mysterious and dark wind at the same time, a "desperate bottle warmer" will analyze the detailed textures in human nature to you one by one.
And he said to you, "Oh, that's all there is to life! ”
TOP7, "Moses on the Plain"
Douban score: 7.7 / Number of ratings: 5W+
I am glad that in the process of continuous exploration, domestic online dramas have finally completely abandoned the ultimate goal of "crazy water injection", so as to return to the origin - quality is king.
There are 6 episodes in total, each of which is about 70 minutes, which is the entire volume of "Moses on the Plain".
The play is adapted from Shuang Xuetao's novel of the same name.
tells the story of a rebellious teenager named "Zhuangshu", but when he became an adult, he became a police officer, and the first case he came into contact with after becoming a criminal police officer was an old case seven years ago.
The old case was reactivated because of the murder of a taxi driver.
But when Zhuang Shu immersed himself in the case, he gradually found that all the clues about the suspect pointed to the father and daughter next door who brought him infinite beauty when he was young.
Strictly speaking, "Moses on the Plain" is not a "pure" suspense drama.
It takes a series of seemingly contradictory words such as the past, scars, emotions, longing, numbness, etc. in people's hearts as clues in one case after another, thus outlining the "Moses" standing in the sea.
In the biblical book of Exodus, Moses leads the Hebrews across the sea like a flat earth with God's help.
Zhuang Shu, on the other hand, and Fu Dongxin and Li Fei are like separated seawater, looking at each other, but there is always a dry land in the middle, and they can never rely on each other.
The giant wheel of the times rolls by, but the hope of the vicissitudes of life has long been gone.
TOP6, "Daming under the Microscope"
Douban score: 7.9 / Number of ratings: 9W+
Ma Boyong's works, since they were adapted into film and television dramas, have always been in an awkward situation: on the Internet, they have a good reputation, but they are always unsatisfactory in terms of ratings and clicks.
Last year's "Fengqi Longxi" was one of the lowest-rated prime-time dramas in Central Eight that year.
But in terms of quality, it is indeed a good drama.
The same is true of this year's "Daming under the Microscope".
The play is adapted from Ma Boyong's historical documentary literature of the same name, with the arithmetic genius Shuai Jiamo as the protagonist, with the silk case as the main line, showing the historical style of the court and the people in the middle and late Ming Dynasty in an all-round way.
The characteristics of Ma Boyong's works are very obvious.
That is, in the narrow of history, from the perspective of a small person, outline the faces of all beings in a certain historical period.
Like "Fengqi Longxi" mentioned at the beginning, "Daming" also makes the audience "not easy", because it is not a power struggle above the court, or a decision to kill during conquest.
It is the tax system of the Ming Dynasty and the history of folk customs.
At the same time, it is also a mirror of the party struggle at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the reckless appearance of the emperor's courtiers and the squires, and the back of the lonely and silent people in the last years of the dynasty.
Like all Ma Boyong's works, "Daming under the Microscope", immersed in "arithmetic", is still full of style, even more than his previous works.
TOP5, "Who Is He"
Douban score: 8.0 / Number of ratings: 3W+
Zhang Yi, the "first model worker" in the mainland entertainment industry, will bring another surprise to the audience in 2023.
The suspense-themed "Who Is He" adopts a standard linear narrative method, connecting the serial murder case in 1988 and the shredded corpse case in 1996 to tell a moving story.
The show is not finished, but it has come to the time of "wrapping".
When "Who Is He" just started, many viewers would have questions at the first time: Just sent away An Xin, and ushered in Wei Guoping, Zhang Yi played such a similar role, really not tired?
The most important point is: will there be a breakthrough in him?
In fact, if you look closely, An Xin and Wei Guoping are two completely different people, the former is relatively restrained, the latter is more straightforward, Zhang Yi also shows obvious differences in dealing with these two characters.
Rigorous details and a fairly tight rhythm make "Who Is He" look like an excellent student in the middle of the suspense drama in every aspect.
A stable rating of 8.0 speaks for itself.
The key is also "containment".
From the hotel owner Jiang Guangshan to the domineering Zhao Gongzi, the many murders in "Who Is He" spanning eight years will be completely stitched together in the next few episodes.
If handled properly and convincingly, then this drama will be an important candidate for the best suspense drama of the year.
TOP4, "Today's Cheer"
Douban score: 8.2 / Number of ratings: 2W+
First of all, it should be noted that the play is adapted from the comic "Gauss Electronics Company", not the Korean drama "Gauss Electronics Company", and the "Gauss Electronics Company" in the story is based on South Korea's Samsung.
But in this list, it is the one that puzzles me the most.
As a workplace light comedy remade from Korean comics, "Come On Today", like many remakes, is blunt and rough in the process of sinicization.
For example, the rich second-generation white horse handsome in the play.
In the original version, he was born in a super chaebol, but he was bent on relying on his own efforts to get rid of the control and influence of his family, and in the company, in terms of diet alone, Hakuba Shuai made a lot of funny jokes with his colleagues.
For example, he has not eaten cheap civilian food, after trying it, he felt the feeling of taste buds exploding, and every time he ate, Bai Mashuai always took out a pair of golden chopsticks, and when the leader toasted, he did not refuse, but took out a golden straw.
But in "Come on Today", it is just replaced by a sentence that I have not eaten grilled cold noodles.
Although it is only a light comedy, as long as the domestic drama is stained with the word workplace, it will always take a step closer to the divine drama, as always suspended, and as always, there are no poor and bitter workers.
In my opinion, it is far from the genre of Breaking Elite.
You know, comedy is actually a slight loss in the Douban score, such as the classic "Northeast Family", which is only 8.5 points.
Maybe the only thing that "Come On Today" did right was to invite the right actors with their own traffic and fans.
TOP3, "Crazy"
Douban score: 8.5 / Number of ratings: 75W+
In terms of ratings, the score of 3.99% broke the ratings record of Central Eight in the past nine years, and even if each David TV broadcast in two rounds and three rounds, the momentum is still unabated.
In terms of degree of discussion, not to mention.
Zhang Songwen and Gao Ye's popularity has reached a new high, and some of the supporting actors in the play, such as Su Xiaoyue, who plays Gao Qisheng, have also received countless endorsements, it can be said that the actors in the play have all enjoyed the super dividends of this drama.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that "Crazy" has booked the annual drama king.
In this phenomenal work, director Xu Jizhou boldly adopts the method of three-line narrative, using continuous flashbacks and interspersed memories to completely portray the vicissitudes of Jinghai City.
In any case, the play is a standard black and white double male protagonist mode.
When he was young, An Xin was determined to forge ahead and investigate the truth, but he was constantly suppressed, and the sacrifice of his master's colleagues made him overnight, while Gao Qiqiang grew from a bullied fish seller to a feared boss.
An Xin, played by Zhang Yi, suffered a loss in the role.
In order to maintain the tonality of the whole play, positive characters like An Xin are generally shaped into the image of Wei Guangzheng, and such an image is often thin and stereotyped, and it is not easy to please the audience.
On the contrary, Gao Qiqiang is here, which is much better.
The series uses a lot of pen and ink to link Gao Qiqiang's change of mood with changes in the external environment, coupled with Zhang Songwen's three-point acting skills, this character is easy to stand.
Perhaps the only regret of the whole drama is the part modified later.
TOP2, "Go to a Windy Place"
Douban score: 8.6 / Number of ratings: 24W+
Before the broadcast, I was very worried.
Such a domestic drama labeled as "cure", if you are a little careless, will be marked with the sign of moaning without disease and not knowing the sufferings of the world, and then be severely stepped on by the audience and completely hit the cold palace.
Luckily, it gave us a big enough surprise.
In the past, healing small and fresh works is not the strong point of the mainland entertainment industry, and we are immersed in the grand narrative of history and other themes, and we are also immersed in strong dramatic conflicts.
Therefore, it is very bold to be able to create such a star-studded drama in such an environment.
The story tells that Xu Hongdou, because of the unexpected death of his best friend, suffered a double blow of life and work, and then resigned as the hotel lobby manager and went to a place called "Windy Small Courtyard" in Dali to rest and adjust.
Here, she met Xie Zhiyao, who quit her high-paying job and returned to build her hometown.
If you only regard "To the Windy Place" as a slow-paced romantic drama, then it is obviously biased, because the emotional value it provides is by no means limited to love.
Easy and natural lines, light emotion.
If the only thing that "To the Windy Place" lacks is that the slow pace makes it too much like a slow travel variety show.
TOP1, "The Three-Body Problem"
Douban score: 8.7 / Number of ratings: 36W+
In recent days, the rating of the first season of "The Three-Body Problem" has risen again, and it has reached 8.7, and no one expected that such a work that was warned by countless book fans to "not shoot" before the project was established, would have countless fans.
Domestic sci-fi dramas have finally officially set sail.
But even if it landed on CCTV, the ratings of "The Three-Body Problem" were quite average, which made us realize once again that science fiction is still a very niche theme in domestic dramas.
But these can only be left to time for the time being.
During the hit of "The Three-Body Problem", a lot has been discussed about the choice of actors, such as Wang Ziwen and Chen Jin's youth, middle-aged and elderly Ye Wenjie, such as Yu Hewei's history, Zhang Luyi's Wang Miao, etc., have been discussed a lot.
What I want to discuss most here is the enlightenment that this show brings us.
Perhaps the industry is in a hurry to achieve quick results and the creative environment is anxious, but the fact is that no matter when and where, there are always some people who are insisting on the creation of excellent works.
As a science fiction novel, "The Three-Body Problem" has achieved unprecedented popularity and influence in China.
But how to transform many people into content consumers of sci-fi film and television dramas is still a problem that needs to be seriously considered, because even if the "Wandering Earth" series has achieved unprecedented success at the box office, it still has limited momentum.
Liu Cixin is one of the representative figures of Chinese science fiction writers, and I hope that the drama version of "The Three-Body Problem" can become a milestone in the Chinese science fiction genre.