Domestic film and television dramas in 2023 can be described as a good start.
First of all, "Go to a Windy Place" was popular all over the Internet, which not only soothed the audience's heart, but also brought fire to many tourist attractions in Yunnan.
Then "Crazy" set off the popularity of the whole people chasing dramas, so that Zhang Songwen and Gao Ye were both on fire to a new height.
Then "The Three-Body Problem" continued this carnival, allowing the national audience to feel the vastness of the universe and the complexity of human nature in a fictional world.
But the head is well opened, but it does not mean that this year's domestic film and television dramas can be good to the end. On the contrary, this year's bad dramas are no less than in previous years.
No, the first quarter of 2023 has just come to an end, and there are already 6 bad dramas that have met the audience.
Next, Tomato Jun ranked their "rotten" degree. Look at how they are, contrary to the standards of good dramas, with what unique posture, into the ranks of bad dramas in 2023.
Sixth place: "Dazzling You"
Douban score: 4.9 points
Starring: Yin Tao, Liu Yihao
I really want to interview in writing, how many people, like Tomato Jun, are attracted by Yin Tao's acting skills to chase this drama?
How many people, like Tomato Jun, suddenly found out in the process of watching that this drama really has no other attractions except for Yin Tao's appearance?
If the above questions ask your heart, then congratulations, relying on your fierce eyes, you accurately identified this "bad film fighter".
You have to ask, how bad is this drama to bear such a complaint? Tomato Jun's first reaction was to immediately roll out 10,000 white eyes to prove how dazzling it was.
But in order to speak with facts, Tomato Jun patiently sorted out three instances of this drama that are seriously dazzling.
Glamorous example 1: consuming women under the guise of female independence.
As an urban emotional drama that promotes women's independence, this drama has another name - Long Live Women.
Since it is about women's independence, what the audience wants to see is naturally how the female characters in the play exude personal charm in life, work and emotions.
But the fact is that the women in this drama are really difficult to say, even the heroine Yasuko Yu's character is an older single mother with an imbecile life who likes to pretend to be silly and tender.
On weekdays, she can't even cook, and when she moves to a new home, she has to rely on her daughter to help clean up the room, and when she encounters something, she will only grit her teeth and stomp her foot to sell cute.
What is even more incredible is that as a vice president of a medical beauty company, as soon as she drinks too much, the first thing she does when she goes to the male protagonist's house is to find a bed and take off her pants?
To be honest, seeing Yin Tao proudly bare his long legs in the play, at that moment, Tomato Jun really wanted to hold his forehead, cover his eyes, and sigh.
Glaring example two: simplifying fashion under the guise of fashion.
With the popularity of online shopping and the improvement of consumption level, contemporary urban drama has become a consumption template.
After all, the crew has professional service, closer to the forefront of fashion, and the audience is very willing to follow the guidance of film and television works to stimulate their desire for consumption.
This is also why more and more people like to buy the same model of stars, and more and more crews are also willing to recommend the supplies in the play to the audience in a soft and wide way.
This is understandable as a channel for increasing revenue, but in recent years, the phenomenon of variety has gradually become so excessive that it has become widespread.
Take this drama for example, whether it is the female protagonist's home, the male protagonist's home, or the furniture in the medical beauty company, it is all red home decoration.
The bold setting of red home decoration was originally very fashionable and impactful, but the red that can be seen everywhere is undoubtedly a simplification of fashion.
What's more, in addition to furniture, Yin Tao's clothing is also casually worn by fashion popularity.
For example, she wore a shirt with a cartoon mouse Jerry pattern at a liquor bureau where industry bigwigs gathered.
In other words, a vice president, attending a gathering of industry bigwigs and wearing cartoon shirts? I really want to ask, what kind of fashion does the crew think about?
Glaring example three: Weakening the editing under the guise of technology.
Compared with the high standards of technology in movies, domestic film and television dramas pay more attention to the telling of the plot, and the requirements for sound and picture are not high.
However, the lack of requirements does not mean that technology can be misused or greatly simplified.
But in "Dazzling You", the use of flashback technology is really flooded, and it is impossible to insert memories at every turn.
It is clear that it is something that can be explained clearly in order, and I have to flashback, I really don't know if the editor is deliberately showing off his skills.
If yes, then Tomato Jun can only say, such a technical level, it is better to use more dim sum cutting!
5th place: "Heavy Purple"
Douban score: 4.9 points
Starring: Yang Chao, Xu Zhengxi
Although it is known as the upgraded version of "Flower Thousand Bones" 2.0, although the publicity work is very well done, although with the plot mode of master-apprentice sadomasochism, the appetite of many fans of fairy tale dramas has been satisfied.
But judging from the word of mouth after the series was broadcast, "Heavy Purple" is undoubtedly on the street.
As a fairy tale drama, the "rotten" of "Heavy Purple" is reflected in all aspects of the production.
First of all, the special effects simply do not meet the visual requirements of the audience. Can you imagine that it's 2023, and the green snake is still like an earthworm?
Tigers are also visible to the naked eye?
In addition to the 5-Mao special effects defeat, the set of "Heavy Purple" is also "rough" to the point of being spicy.
Mountains are not like mountains, trees are not like trees, and even the immortal palace where immortals live is no different from the old-fashioned background cloth in the photo studio.
We don't know where the funds for this drama have been spent as an S-class fairy drama.
What is even more difficult to accept is that Yang Chao, who was born in a girl group, and Xu Zhengxi, who was a model, really have no acting skills at all.
Especially Yang Chao, who simply regarded "Heavy Purple" as another selection site for "Creation 101".
Chongzi, played by her, obviously has no specialty, but with the characteristics of "I have no ability, I am proud", she held high the aura of the big heroine, and was invincible to the end.
Seeing that she had no chicken power, she frowned, pouted, and stomped her foot, looking like she would have to rely on brute force to fight the tiger to death.
Tomato Jun was not only embarrassed to want to explode on the spot, but also once firmly believed that such a heroine had not yet lost her life, which was really unreasonable!
And Luo Yinfan, played by Xu Zhengxi, naturally has a lot of slots, and after watching the entire series, the only thing Tomato Jun remembers is his expressionless ice face.
No matter whether he is happy, angry or sad, unwilling to be sad and happy, he will always be the indifferent appearance of me standing still, letting the east, west, south and north winds blow.
It is not so much that he plays an immortal, but that he plays a paper man!
Fourth place: "The Legend of Choosing a King"
Douban score: 4.4 points
Starring: Zhang Xueying, Xing Zhaolin
How bad is "The Legend of Choosing a Jun", which seriously exceeds the standard of industrial saccharin?
Let's put it this way, if you are not a "fan" of the starring role of this show, then, you better not click on this show.
Putting aside the plot of the wisdom reduction, Tomato Jun can be sure that most of the audiences who have seen this drama will doubt their own aesthetics.
Let's just say that the appearance of this male protagonist can definitely make the female protagonist who covets "beauty" like it to the point of being crazy?
Anyway, when Tomato Jun saw Xing Zhaolin's appearance in the play, the first feeling in his heart was: mediocre.
However, it must be noted that Xing Zhaolin himself is not ugly.
On the contrary, his height of 187cm, coupled with his long legs and angular face, once made him a fan with his appearance.
So the question is, obviously very handsome outside the play, why does it make people feel no beauty in the play?
This necessitates the responsibility of the stylist.
The failure of "Chosen King", in addition to the hard wounds in the plot, is largely due to its styling failure.
It is no exaggeration to say that the stylist of this drama has really been rotten to the extent of mixed rice.
Not only let the "amazing" male protagonist bear an ancient and modern hairstyle.
also let the heroine, who is a rich family, show her white and empty neck and easily complete an entire drama.
Throughout the series, the heroine who is worth a lot, except for the necklace on the wedding day, the makeup in other periods is simpler than the maid.
Moreover, in a time span of up to 4 years, the leading actors wore summer clothes.
I don't know, I thought that the location in the play was in Kunming, where the four seasons are like spring.
In other words, the shape is so faint, who wants to enter that fictional world and have a false daydream?
Third place: "Wind and Rain Send Spring Home"
Douban score: 4.4 points
Starring: Wang Zhiwen, Yu Feihong
Due to the explosion of "In the Name of the People" and "Furious Race", anti-corruption and anti-gang crime has become a hot theme, so "Sending Spring Home" was full of expectations of many audiences before it was broadcast.
It's a pity that this ill-fated drama first underwent several rounds of deletion before it was broadcast, and then because of the original male second, it had to be AI changed the face of the series after the production was completed.
This series of operations makes the final broadcast version, either the plot jumps out of the narrative chaos, or the characters make people play, has become an out-and-out bad drama.
This is also why those audiences who originally chased dramas on anti-corruption themes and old dramas were greatly disappointed.
However, the failure of "Wind and Rain Sends Spring Home" is not entirely due to these objective reasons.
At the end of the day, the crew itself is not good enough when dealing with these problems.
For example, the problem of deletion.
As an anti-corruption drama that reflects reality, the drama should take the issue of scale into account when it is produced, so that it will not be deleted again and again, so that even the basic narrative has problems.
For example, the problem of changing faces.
Face changing requires technology and wisdom, the crew's face changing technology is obviously not mature enough, and the editing does not know how to promote the strengths and avoid the weaknesses, but gives the characters close-ups at every turn, and I can't wait for the characters to write the big words "I was changed" on their faces.
No wonder some netizens sighed: After watching the entire series, I always worry that the character's face will fall!
2nd Place: "The Right Way to Open Life"
Douban score: 4.4 points
Starring: Huang Bo, Mei Ting
If you want to choose a disappointing drama in the domestic drama in 2023, I believe that "The Right Way to Open Life" will be on the list.
After all, as a "realist" work with a large number of big names, many people think that it will truly show the life difficulties of middle-aged people and give a relatively correct life advice.
But the fact is that this drama not only did not meet the audience's expectations, but also played a good hand of cards to pieces, leaving only traces of dog blood scattered everywhere, which was spit on by the audience.
Even, even the good audience relationship with Huang Bo, Mei Ting and a group of old drama bones could not support this drama, and the characters created had no credibility.
This drama can be so disliked by the audience thanks to the screenwriter.
Among them, the most bizarre plot is:
After the male protagonist failed to be promoted, he asked for money without money and had no face, and he was stunned by relying on his greasy middle-aged charm to attract three women, including his predecessor, his wife and subordinates.
What is even more incredible is that the three women try to attract the male protagonist, one more pompous than the other.
After the former incarnation boss of "Famous Flowers and Masters" returned to China, he openly said that he wanted to recover the male protagonist, and also pulled him to take wedding photos, and the male protagonist with a husband with a woman even agreed.
The wife of "Ren Lao Zhuhuang", after realizing the emotional crisis of the two, the way to confide her heart was to "untie her clothes" and collapse without warning.
And the young female subordinate is also infatuated with the male protagonist for no reason, and is even willing to "self-destroy the future" in order to protect the male protagonist.
Such a distorted plot design, as if it wants to tell, is never a life crisis of a middle-class family, but an emotional battle between a middle-aged man and three beautiful women.
No wonder Huang Bo, who thinks he is ugly, has always been outside the plot and embarrassingly can't enter the play. It is estimated that even he does not believe that he has such a strong personality charm.
1st place: "Corner Love"
Starring: Jiang Wenli, Ming Dao
Just looking at the title of the play, it is not difficult to find that "Love at the Corner" is imitating the idol drama tone of "Corner Meets Love".
It's just that Jiang Wenli and Ming Dao, who are already in the ranks of the elderly team, obviously no longer have the idol temperament, and can only retreat to the second place, playing the popular "old and young love" CP in recent years.
This setting is not impossible, after all, Yu Feihong and Yang Jue's "Little Husband" and Yan Ni and Hu Ge's "Life Apocalypse" are all successful models of "sister-brother love".
And the reason why Jiang Wenli and Mingdao's CP will seem so out of place is mainly because Jiang Wenli's face has a lingering old age.
Compared with Yu Feihong's "frozen age" and Yan Ni's "rejuvenation", Jiang Wenli, who has always looked at her acting skills and does not value her appearance, rarely puts effort into maintenance.
This makes her wrinkles, neck lines and eye bags all indicate her age.
So much so that the audience will naturally think that she and Ming Dao are more like a mother and son, like grandchildren and grandchildren with the son in the play, and more like girlfriends with the mother in the play.
In short, it is very difficult to stand with anyone, including the two young girlfriends next to her, who are also set off by her like assistants.
In addition to the hard injuries in appearance and age, Jiang Wenli, who is obviously a powerful person, has her acting skills in this drama, which also makes people dare not compliment.
Every time I see her pompous "glaring technique", as well as her rigid speaking tone, and Ming Dao's unchanged performance style for thousands of years, Tomato Jun will instantly make a play.
What's even more dramatic is that this drama is full of cheap and outdated props.
As a drama that has been suppressed for 7 years before it finally airs, all the setting props in "Love Around the Corner" have an untimely nostalgia.
A near-nothing sense of CP, coupled with awkward acting, outdated set props, and an old-fashioned plot... Choosing any one of them is a weapon to dissuade the audience.
Although the series has not yet been scored until the end, the dense one-star comments under the episode have long been solid, and this is a bad drama.
The above 6 dramas are not lacking in S-class big productions, and there is also no lack of blessings from some actors, actresses and old drama bones. But their ratings and reviews are far from passing.
It can be seen that capital and flow can no longer manipulate the reputation of film and television works at will.
The era when money is king and traffic is paramount will eventually pass. And a work, if it wants to be accepted and liked by the audience, it must ultimately rely on its own quality and charm.
(Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Office: Zihan)