In the first quarter of this year, the Chinese drama market showed a thriving state.
The dramas that exploded after the opening year were overwhelmed, and Tomato Jun could not catch up - vitality and innovation are the two keywords of the national drama market after the opening year.
Today, let's take an inventory of the ten national dramas with the best reputation since the beginning of 2023, and we start with the tenth:
Tenth place, "Ligong Northeast Old Things" Douban 7.6
Starring actor Fan Wei and actress Yu Nan, a unique style of Northeast theme suspense comedy.
The story takes place in a fictional town of less than 20,000 people in the northeast, and frequent vicious cases are concentrated on Shang Quanliang (played by Fan Wei), an old employee of the bottle warmer factory security department.
Around Shang Quanliang's life, work and emotions, he also gained the meaning of his life in the battle of wits and courage with the wicked.
The biggest feature of the drama "Ligong Northeast Old Things" is that it has both a unique sense of atmosphere in Northeast comedy and a bridge full of black humor, which integrates suspense elements and humorous elements well, and "Northeast Style" is the biggest seasoning agent in the play.
There are many "famous scenes" in the play, and under Fan Wei's interpretation, people can't help but be handsome.
For example: he stood up for the bullied elementary school students and wanted to find justice, but in the end, he faced a junior high school student who was a three-person high school student.
Before the grappling round began, Shang Quanliang's wrist was pouted.
This led to the need for him to maintain a posture all the time, the attitude of the upright, the vanity of the little person and the simplicity and kindness in his heart, but through such a humorous bridge, the three-dimensional fullness was displayed.
Of course, in addition to the funny part, Fan Wei, as the actor, also contributed an extremely excellent performance, which added a lot to the whole drama.
A cigarette after the divorce of the husband and wife has gone through the vicissitudes of the world.
The apprentice choked several times after being injured, full of family affection.
If there is any disadvantage, it is that the portrayal of female characters in this drama is more superficial.
The role of Yu Nan is more functional, while Yuan Jing, who plays Hu Ting's daughter-in-law, has some stereotypical feelings.
However, there are always flaws, and it is also a different experience for the audience to have such a suspense comedy.
The evaluation of 7.6 points on Douban is well deserved with the double blessing of the actor.
Ninth place, "Moses on the Plain" Douban 7.7
This play is adapted from Shuang Xuetao's novel of the same name, broadcast from "Misty Theater".
This play tells the tragic story of a family, a couple of men and women in the 80s of the last century.
The story itself involves suspense and family, and the breadth and breadth of the discussion far exceed that of other TV series.
Moreover, as a suspense drama, "Moses on the Plain" is more "picky audience", its plot and clues are laid out in seemingly inadvertent parents, and there is basically no plot advancement after watching the first three episodes, which has also become a reason for many viewers to abandon the show.
But if you follow it patiently, you will find that this is a rare good drama.
The narrative rhythm of the series is very calm, the camera movement is extremely skillful, the medium and long range scenes are most, and the story is advanced step by step, bringing a simple experience.
At the same time, in the part of the sense of age, the play has achieved a perfect restoration of the "era", which can immerse the audience in that era at a glance.
Dong Zijian and Haiqing have excellent acting skills, the performance is impeccable, and it will not make people play at all.
What's more valuable is that the core of the play does not actually fall on the "suspense" itself, but tells about human nature, telling the ups and downs of that era, about family, about love, about fate.
State-owned enterprise reform, market opening, economic surge, desire flowing, in that era of great change, these stories of obscured individuals are worth telling in detail in an era suspense drama.
And the audience who can calm down to watch this drama only needs to be a listener and experience it themselves.
Eighth place, "Twenty-Nine" Douban 7.8
This is a very "new" drama.
It is said that it is new for two reasons.
First of all, in form, "Twenty-Nine" is a short drama, a very short kind, each episode is only 4 minutes, a total of 20 episodes, the length of the entire TV series, which is 80 minutes, less than the volume of a movie.
You can think of it as a new TV series spawned by the short video culture, or you can think of it as a kind of "miniseries".
Although it is a short drama, the quality of "Twenty-Nine" has not declined, but has played the old-fashioned story with new tricks.
The names of the characters in the play are all given directly: the heroine Yuan Pei (original match), the female second Lu Xiaoshan (junior), the male protagonist Zhuang Hao (pretended), yes, it is a bloody emotional drama with the original fight mistress.
But such a drama, which can get a rating of 7.8, naturally has its superiority.
In the case of the prevalence of "domestic juniors", "Twenty-Nine" gives the most maverick treatment.
The original match and San'er together, from you and me in the fight, to understand each other's weaknesses, to the plot change of "friend and foe", and finally become a girlfriend, while realizing their own life value.
The biggest advantage of "Twenty-Nine" is that it quickly grabs the audience's attention with the plot favored by the market, and at the same time outputs its own unique views and expressions.
This is the key to its high reputation, and it also sets the template for other lengthy ethical dramas - sometimes getting rid of scumbags, both sides are likely to achieve a new win-win situation.
Seventh place, "The Silk Case of Daming under the Microscope" Douban 7.9
You can not trust anyone, but you can't not trust Ma Boyong.
Ma Boyong's advantage is to find the material of the story from the context of history, and create his own historical story in the environment of falsehood and truth.
In fact, it doesn't matter whether it's true or not, what matters is the sense of atmosphere and core of the story, just like "Chang'an Twelve Hours", "Feng Qi Luoyang", "Fengqi Longxi", this drama is also the same.
The play completely adheres to the characteristics and advantages of Ma Boyong's plays.
In terms of restoring antiquity, it is full of details, full of film aesthetic features, and has a sense of style of plastic dramas on the surface of a supermarket.
Although the genre is suspenseful, Ma Boyong still incorporates light comedy elements, which does not look depressed and is suitable for dinner.
In terms of shooting, the plot is very rhythmic, there are few waste slow shots, close-ups and invalid medium and long ranges, and each shot has its narrative function, which not only saves the audience's time, but also improves the efficiency of the story.
All the characters are standing by meticulous details, rather than simply relying on narration and some direct means, such as: some stupid and demented handsome Jiamo, proficient in yin and yang, good at academic mathematics, handed over to Zhang Ruoyun, seems to be perfectly suitable.
More importantly, "Silk Case" not only tells stories and history, but also tells the Daming world and the temple through these small contexts.
The mistake of a tax has implicated the officialdom, and in the calculation, there are all the faces of the imperial court, if you carefully evaluate, especially the audience with some historical knowledge, you will gain a lot and have a long aftertaste.
Even if you are a history white, after watching this TV series, you will have the urge to read history carefully, which is the biggest benefit of high-quality dramas.
Sixth place, "Who Is He" Douban 7.9
Zhang Yi is now about to become a criminal police professional in the entertainment industry.
From "The Gate of Rebirth" to "Rebirth", from "Crazy" to "Who Is He", Zhang Yi's criminal police have a special temperament.
After the hit drama "Crazy", Zhang Yi played a similar role again, originally thinking that the audience would be "tired", but it turns out that as long as it is a good drama, the audience welcomes it.
Compared to "Crazy", "Who Is He" is more fierce.
The scale of the case is large, one case after another, and none of them is a hasty walk.
Every serious case, the plot has given a very detailed explanation, from the motives of the characters to the criminal psychology, from human nature good and evil to the contest between good and evil, not a single element has been pulled.
In addition, the plot is fast-paced, four people died in ten minutes of the first episode, and eight years passed in eleven minutes, and the time and space span involved in a case made "Who Is He" have a chess game like "Crazy".
This also makes the audience's psychology always have a string, and like the policeman Wei Guoping in the film, the main murderer who committed the big crime "he" has become the knot of everyone's heart.
In the nesting of cases and cases, the story of "Who Is He" is gradually fleshed out, and the audience's appetite is completely hanged.
Finally, you can always trust Zhang Yi's acting skills.
From a look to an action, he can find the feeling of the character from youth to vicissitudes in the switch between one or two shots.
His performance follows the rhythm of the audience, and in a specific situation and atmosphere, Zhang Yi can always step on the places that the audience wants to see, which is his strength.
Acting one, fire one, Zhang Yi's strength should be like this, and I hope that all our actors will speak by strength.
The fifth place, "Today's Cheer" Douban 8.2
How many years after "Love Apartment", there has not been a decent sitcom in China?
This "Come on Today" fills the sitcom vacuum for us.
Although it is not strictly a sitcom in terms of scene selection, it is no different from a sitcom in terms of the way it is written.
The original work is Korean comics, this drama bought the copyright remake, made a good localized adaptation, put a group of distinctive characters, into the same company or even the same group, and can well cut the context of the real psychology of contemporary "social animals", based on this alone, "Today Should Come On" is commendable.
In terms of story structure, "Come on Today" mainly describes the various situations of modern young people in their daily work lives; As a light comedy, the memes in the play are almost all original, funny and cooking, and there are also in-depth workplace philosophies and office philosophies, which make many professionals fiercely bring in.
For example: Li Naturally, who is naturally staying, just wants to be a team leader diligently, but he makes a lot of jokes because he doesn't understand office culture. Running a marathon, having no eyes to see the first place in the leader, not only did not get the bonus, but also offended a circle of people.
For example, Versace, who was bent on touching fish, successfully got rid of various tasks arranged by the three superiors with the "shirking method", which is simply a god-like existence.
Another example: the dull Gao Fu handsome white horse handsome, Li naturally asked him to invite colleagues to drink milk tea, he waved his hand and invited the whole group of people...
Breaking stereotypes, easy healing, laughter and tears, ordinary people do not seem to feel unreal, such a comedy is an excellent comedy.
We also hope that in the future, there will be more comedy that can change the atmosphere after work, a little more.
Fourth place, "When I Was a Child" Douban 8.4
An unpopular drama, but in the first quarter of the gathering of good dramas, it got a Douban score of 8.4.
This drama is adapted from the novel of the same name "Zeng Junior", from director to screenwriter, from starring to supporting roles, there are almost no big stars.
But it is such a drama, but it has gained the sincerity of many audiences, why?
As a youth drama, the most valuable thing about "Zeng Youth" is to get rid of the "thunder" that all domestic youth dramas may step on, no pompous love, no car accident, no abortion, just the story of three teenagers in a courtyard into the bits and pieces of life.
Any scene in the film is full of real texture, and the audience does not see any superiority about modern life, some are just memories of childhood and playmates.
And those throbbing emotions about youth, as well as the feelings that some people cannot forget for a long time because of some things, are sincerely and accurately presented by "Zeng Youth".
Another biggest feature of this play is that there are no familiar faces and students.
Although several young actors are not well-known, their acting skills are all online, and the strangeness has narrowed the distance between the audience and the characters in the play, as if they are themselves and themselves are them.
This makes some scenes more able to evoke bits and pieces of feelings, and also allows the people and things in the play to completely immerse the audience in the years.
How should a good youth film be made, I think "Zeng Youth" gives the best answer.
Many viewers feel that this drama has the look and feel of "Please Answer 1988", and Tomato Jun agrees after watching it.
Because for ordinary us, those ripples in ordinary life are often because of a small thing, a retrospective, because of some memories, and some people who can never forget.
Third place, "Crazy" Douban 8.5
I believe many people have watched this drama completely.
"Crazy" is one of the best national dramas so far this year, and in every way, this drama can be called top-notch.
In terms of popularity, "Crazy" brought fire to Zhang Songwen, brought fire to sister-in-law Gao Ye, and also brought fire "Tell Lao Mo, I want to eat fish", crazy donkey, Gao Qisheng dance steps, Li Youtian drag racing... And so on hot terriers.
Regarding the plot, although the story uses flashbacks, the bits and pieces of Gao Qiqiang's characters and An Xin's adherence to his original intention as a policeman are very solid.
There are not only sufficient character motivations, but also full story logic support, so that the audience is fascinated by this story and constantly researched.
In terms of acting skills, everyone says that "Crazy" is a drag race drama by Zhang Songwen and Zhang Yi, and in fact it is.
Zhang Songwen obviously did a lot of work before the performance, and his understanding of the details of the characters' daily lives has penetrated deep into the marrow.
He took off his tie to Zhao Lidong's play of wiping glass, which can be described as interpreting the three words "gunpowder smell" to the fullest, which is impressive.
An action contains both threat and obedience, and two completely contradictory character emotions are all conveyed through a special body movement, which shows the depth of the performance skills.
Zhang Yi is naturally not a word, he can play that kind of game and persistence just by using his eyes.
Therefore, "Crazy" is worth watching again and again; It is the audience's luck to have such a high-quality drama.
Second place, "Go to a Windy Place" Douban 8.6
When it first started, Tomato Jun did not expect that this drama could have such a high reputation.
"To the Place with the Wind" is different from other dramas, and when all dramas pursue fast pace, fast plot, and fast turns, it slows down.
There is almost no conflict in the first half, that is, Xu Hongdou, played by Liu Yifei, whose girlfriend died suddenly, she also figured it out, so she took her "girlfriend" to Yunnan to travel, met Xie Zhiyao because of the broken mobile phone, and intersected with him.
It is not so much a TV series as it has a "variety" style and a "documentary" style.
The main content of the play is that Liu Yifei met the parents of the peasant family, whose apprentices didn't want to do it, whose children wanted to go out, and whose family had neighborhood conflicts...
Most of the time, I followed Liu Yifei, the "tour guide", to travel in beautiful Yunnan, admire flowers and plants, see the blue sky and grassland, taste farm specialties, and sometimes do it.
And several characters living there also have their own stories.
Looking at the scenery, admiring Liu Yifei's peerless face, and then understanding the past of the people in the courtyard... This simple and substitutionary plot, relaxed and comfortable pastoral atmosphere, instantly captured the nerves of modern urbanites.
It turns out that watching the drama can also reduce stress, relax, and calm people's moods.
This may also be the best gift that the play sends to young people who are currently mired in the fast-paced quagmire.
Sometimes slowing down doesn't necessarily mean not being motivated, because life is a slow and comfortable journey.
Since the ending is the same, why not slow down and enjoy the scenery around you?
First place, "Three-Body Problem" Douban 8.7
The fire of "The Three-Body Problem" benefited from the assistance of two "teammates".
One, is the chaotic adaptation of the animated version of "The Three-Body Problem", which has not been updated so far.
The other is the unreleased Netflix version of "The Three-Body Problem".
One in front to urge, the other to chase behind, the audience who originally did not have expectations for the Tencent version of "The Three-Body Problem", but the body is very honest, all looking forward to it being launched as soon as possible.
Originally, the expectations were not high, but I didn't expect that there was a big surprise!
"The Three-Body Problem" is recognized by the science fiction circle, one of the most difficult IP for film and television adaptation, and it is very difficult to shoot "The Three-Body Problem" well.
But this version of "The Three-Body Problem" has achieved unprecedented success.
The reason for this, Tomato Jun believes that three aspects are indispensable.
The first is the precise control of character selection.
Shi Qiang of Yu Hewei, Wang Miao of Zhang Luyi, Ye Wenjie of Wang Ziwen (Chen Jin)... All of them seem to come out of the original, which is fascinating.
Especially the young and old Ye Wenjie, there is a sense of story between the eyebrows, which is the kind of depth and thickness that only the commander of the Earth Tribody Organization has.
Second, it is a practical respect for the original work.
In "The Three-Body Problem", many "famous scenes" familiar to the original party were restored.
For example: the countdown to death in front of Wang Miao's eyes, and his state of mental breakdown,
For example, the moment Ye Wenjie pressed the launch button, "this slender finger hangs over the fate of human civilization."
Another example: the real game in the original book...
Which scene is this, the original party is not ecstatic to watch!
Third, it is the creator's fake attitude.
Liangxiang Accelerator that appears in the play;
It's basically done according to the real electronic collider.
detectors in the play;
It's almost the same as in reality.
Even the experimental reports that appear in the play are real.
Will the sci-fi filmed with this attitude be bad?
The success of "The Three-Body Problem" is just the beginning of Chinese science fiction. What we really look forward to is that after "The Three-Body Problem", thousands of sci-fi films that only belong to China.
Above is Tomato Jun's inventory of the top ten high-quality domestic dramas since the beginning of 2023.
From these ten dramas, have you found a phenomenon, that is, there are more and more good dramas.
In previous years, the top ten major production dramas in previous years rarely used 7.6 points as the bottom line of scores, but this year only in the past quarter, there were many good dramas and dizzying.
From this phenomenon, Tomato Jun also seems to see that the wind direction of the national drama is slowly changing.
Two of the most obvious features:
First, powerful actors are becoming more and more sought after, and "de-traffic" has become the mainstream.
In the top ten word-of-mouth dramas, almost no traffic stars can be found, and even if there are, they do not play the most important role, which shows that the creators of Chinese dramas are deliberately weakening the dominance of traffic stars in the play, and increasing the proportion of powerful people such as Zhang Songwen and Zhang Yi.
"De-traffic" is of course a great good thing for domestic dramas.
Because as an actor, after all, you still have to rely on acting skills to speak, and as long as acting skills become hard currency, the entertainment industry will naturally get better and better.
Second, high-quality dramas are getting hotter and hotter, and the "fan effect" is gradually weakening.
From "Three-Body Problem" to "Crazy", the reason why there is such popularity depends on its own quality, and the era of relying on fans to harvest traffic seems to have slowly passed, and the era of high-quality "tap water" is slowly coming.
The quality of the drama will determine the popularity of the drama, which is the correct market logic, good dramas cultivate good audiences, good audiences feed back good dramas, and the entire film and television drama industry can develop more healthily.
When you abandon "traffic", the real traffic will chase you, which may be the operation law of domestic TV series in the future.
Tomato Jun can't wait to watch the domestic dramas after that, I believe that the Chinese drama market will be better and better!
(Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Office: Miao Miao)