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Dr. Qi Ai pressed: The Smoke-filled Spring Festival stalls have basically passed, and the new year in the traditional Chinese sense has officially begun. After the New Year slot, it is a very short and important small slot: the Valentine's Day slot. On this day every year, the movie theater is always crowded, and in order to avoid stimulation, the single Wang has the sentiment to stay at home and not to act rashly.
Valentine's Day slot, love movies are the main hit, because the driving force of consumption is too great. In the past, Chen Sicheng's "Beijing Love Story" won hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office on Valentine's Day; in 2015, it was Xu Jinglei's "There is a Place Only We Know"; last year, it was "Ben Ai", "Murder Like Water", and "Mr. High Heels".
These movies are truth-telling, good and bad. However, some people say that when you watch a movie on Valentine's Day, it doesn't matter what the movie is playing, it can be aphrodisiac...
Well, a big challenge came this year – the number one seed player in the 2017 Valentine's Day slot was: "Philharmonic City".
Haha, Geg thinks, this is really a very dark humor thing - especially want to know, will everyone (dare) take the current GF/BF to the cinema to see?
Just as Zhang Xiaobei's circle of friends wrote: 2.14 take your girlfriend to see this movie, you have to be very confident in yourself. According to the theory in a comedy film, after the girlfriend watches this kind of movie, the high commander is handsome and gentle before the high eight buckets are still good-looking, and then the lights are on, and then look at you who are like monkeys around you... You can save money on your hotel...
Of course this is all a joke. Last Saturday, I had a post-screening exchange with Sister Tao, Daqi at Tsz Yun Temple Yao Lai and more than 200 fans, introducing the song and dance film techniques in the film, and overall, the tone of the film is extremely charming. Find a good screen and Philharmonic City will give you 2 hours of unforgettable nostalgic dream journeys.
Of course, in addition to "City of Philharmonic", there are some films that can be selected in this year's Valentine's Day file, eliminating some obvious cannon fodder, we have selected a total of 6 watchable recommendations for everyone.
Finally, I wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day! May all of you lovers eventually become dependents.
A new film in the theater of the week
"Philharmonic City"
Genre: Drama / Romance / Song and Dance
Director: Damien Chazelle
Writer: Damian Chazelle
Cast: Ryan Gosling / Emma Stone / John Legend / J. K. Simmons / Rosemary DeWitt / Finn Wittlock / Cowley Hernandez / Mizuno Sonoa / Jessica Rod / Jason Fox / Megan Faye / Hermiki Madeira / Miles Anderson / Trevor Rieshor / Tom Sheldon / Claudine Claudio
Content Theme: ★★★★
Creative Lineup: ★★★★★
Composite Index: ★★★★★
This film that has turned and turned in the circle of friends has finally ushered in its release in China, and the day before yesterday (February 11) has been launched on a small scale across the country, and many fans have already seen it first.
The content of the film is estimated that everyone can be reversed, the story of the two people who pursue their dreams in Los Angeles meeting, falling in love, and encouraging each other, a very nostalgic song and dance film masterpiece.
The most interesting thing about the film may not be the plot, not the song and dance, not the stone sister or the high commander, but the beautiful tone and music. There is a resource emperor around who has long downloaded the resources on the Internet, thinking that such a picturesque film is really blind to watch on the computer, stunned is to do a 30-minute psychological struggle, the downloaded film was deleted to the trash.
So, if you haven't seen it, be sure to go to the theater to see how amazing this film that swept the 14 Oscar nominations is; if you have seen it (on the computer), you must go to the theater to see it, and after watching it, you will feel that you are watching "fake La La Land" on the computer!
P.S. Friendly Tip: It is said that this film and the ex to see may be reunited, and the ambiguous object to see may be together, and the current to see ... Learn how to avoid breakups!
"Contract Men and Women"
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Liu Guonan
Writers: Tian Xiaowei / Zhu Zhu
Cast: Zheng Xiuwen / Zhang Xiaoquan / Lin Xue / Feng Wenjuan / Xian Zi / Jin Qiaoqiao / Yin Ziwei / Li Mao / Xu Dongdong
Content Theme: ★★★
Creative Lineup: ★★★★
Composite Index: ★★★★
I don't know if it is because of Zheng Xiuwen's sake, looking at the list of creators and the introduction of the film, there is always a strong taste of Hong Kong-style romance films.
"Contract men and women", this kind of Valentine's Day film can basically guess the plot by looking at the name: a man and a woman sign a contract, and after a series of events, they become boyfriend and girlfriend.
This kind of film is fun to play what the "contract" is at the beginning. In the early years, the TV series "Rent a Girlfriend To Go Home for the New Year" and the movie "Contract Lover" had a good reputation and attention, but the plot content basically did not get rid of the "fake drama and really do" drama road.
"Contract Men and Women" can be open and exciting, and the topic points directly to "borrowing sperm to give birth". Therefore, a handsome and honest courier wants to provide sperm to a domineering female president who is desperate for love, temporarily ignoring the embarrassing picture of the courier brother in the early stage of the creation of people, and the child who is finally born should not call his father? Can this "perverted contract" that goes beyond conventional ethics be successfully implemented?
Valentine's Day wants to find "passionate" pot friends, this film may be a good choice!
"Crazy Yue Pry Lady"
Director: Zhong Shaoxiong
Writers: Cha Wenbai / Yu Qiao / Qiu Huaiyang / Gui Dongming / Zhang Yihui
Cast: Yue Yunpeng / Yuan Shanshan / Sun Jian / Ma Yuan / Shi Xiaoman / Guo Degang / Allen / Pan Binlong / Yang Neng
Creative Lineup: ★★★
Composite Index: ★★★
Yue Yunpeng, whose "Song of the Five Rings" became popular in recent times, has become a regular on the screen, and "Crazy Yue Pry Lady" is the first film starring Xiao Yueyue.
From "The Whole World" to "Big Trouble Tianzhu", the roles played by Xiao Yue Yue are all silly and cute "obsessive men", and this film is no exception, xiao Yue Yue, who has a cowardly and inferior personality, needs to use the "love strategy center" to pursue the goddess.
Generally speaking, this kind of "love research institute" and "strategic center" are nine and a half out of ten are unreliable, I don't know how Xiao Yueyue's luck is, it is estimated that it is also "囧" state, until finally use the heart to "pry" the beautiful person back!
The Voice of Joy
Genre: Comedy / Animation / Song and Dance
Directed by: Garth Jennings / Christopher Lourdlet
Writers: Garth Jennings
Cast: Matthew McConaughey / Reese Witherspoon / Seth McFarland / Scarlett Johansson / John W. Bush C. Riley / Tarren Egerton / Torrey Kelly / Jennifer Sanders / Jennifer Hudson / Garth Jennings / Peter Serafinowitz / Nick Kroll / Baker Bennett / Jay Ferrol / Nick O'Ferman
Winner: 74th Golden Globe Awards (2017)
Best Animated Feature (Nominated)
Best Original Song (Nominated)
This cartoon, which is known as the animal kingdom's "Talent Show" and "The Voice", may become the first film this year to burst the circle of friends.
Released in the United States late last year with a Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of 88, the film was created by Lighting Entertainment, a subsidiary of Universal Corporation that produced "Despicable Me" and "Minions".
Friends who have seen movies in the United States said that the "animal setting" with social allegorical significance makes the film quite a "singing version" of "Crazy Animal City". In addition to more than 85 well-known tracks, the film also has Matthew McConaughey voiced the protagonist Moon Bole, the sexy goddess Widow voiced a rebellious porcupine who loves rock and roll; and Oscar actress Reese Witherspoon voiced the role of a powerful pig mother who takes care of 25 babies. The singing of many A-list stars can be described as a 110-minute ultra-luxurious audio-visual feast.
From "Zootopia" to "The Voice", see how animals become sperm in 2017!
"Shanghai King"
Genre: Drama / Action / Romance
Director: Hu Xuehua
Writers: Hu Xuehua / Hongying / Pompeii
Cast: Hu Jun / Yu Nan / Feng Xiaoyue / Qin Hao / Li Meng / Liu Peiqi / Cao Kefan / Pu Bajia / Dobjie / Qiao Han Erbu / He Saifei / Xu Dongdong / Bai Ling
Content Theme: ★★
Composite Index: ★★ ☆
Shanghai, especially during the Republic of China, will always become a good subject for screen creation.
This "Shanghai King" is adapted from the TV series "Shanghai King" starring Zhong Hanliang in 2008, and the screenwriter At that time, Hongying himself wrote it (how much is written is unknown). The original TV series tells the legendary story of love and hate between the strange woman Xiao Yuegui and the three generations of Shanghai kings in the 20s of the last century, and somehow, watching the introduction of the movie version, it feels like a "Mary Sue of the Republic of China".
Hu Jun, who has not been seen for a long time, played the protagonist in the film this time (the role originally played by Zhong Hanliang), and I don't know if Uncle Hu Jun can capture the audience this time.
"How Beautiful Is Perfection"
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Fantasy
Director: Liang Dong
Screenwriter: Liang Dong
Actors: Jiang Wu / Jiang Qinqin / Li Naiwen / Zhu Xu / Fu Ying / Hu Ming / An Hu / Du Weihan / Sha Baoliang
This seemingly inconspicuous film was first supervised by the film emperor Jiang Wu, and invited veteran powerful actors such as Jiang Wu and Jiang Qinqin to star, and there was also Jiang Wen's royal photographer Xie Zhengyu, which is still quite expected.
The film tells the story of the protagonist who travels through a parallel world to find the perfect life in his heart, which triggers a series of contradictions and choices. It is the more popular theme of "crossing" at present, revealing the truth of life with the comedy stories that occur during the travel, returning to the family and completing redemption.
I don't know if the young post-80s new director Liang Dong can fulfill the expectations of his predecessors, hoping that this can be a good literary film.
A week of foreign hot films
《Tuandi》
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi / Suspense
Director: Shunji Sakamoto
Screenwriter: Shunji Sakamoto
Cast: Naomi Fujiyama / Kazutoku Kishibe / Michiyo Ohnan / Renji Ishibashi / Koshi Saito / Tomoji Keiura / Tomoko Takeuchi / Takiyuki Takima / Takayuki Izama / Makoto Miura / Katsuru Mochir
Winning:
The 19th Shanghai International Film Festival (2016)
Golden Jubilee Award for Best Film (Nominated)
Golden Jubilee Award for Best Actress Naomi Fujiyama
This film received a lot of attention at the Shanghai International Film Festival last year, especially Naomi Fujiyama, who played his wife, which was very impressive.
In simple terms, this is a science fiction story about an old man who has "lost his independence". Kiyoshi Yamashita and his wife, Chicks, suddenly moved to Tuandi to live, and they were criticized by the surrounding residents, and the two did not think so. One day, Qingzhi suddenly disappeared, a mysterious suit man Zhencheng Takashi went in and out of the home under the mountain every day, rumors of divorce, evaporation, murder and other rumors spread among the residents of Tuandi, and the police and media were also involved in this bizarre "case"...
The director uses the special space of "Tuandi" to tell a "non-realistic" story in a very realistic way, seemingly absurd but reflecting the people's feelings and social scenes, irony is very strong but not losing bitterness, a comedy full of laughter and tears of family and neighborhood relations, a good film with social reflection and reflection significance.
The United States of Love
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Vasilevsky
Screenwriter: Thomas Vasilevsky
Cast: Julia Kijowska / Magdalena Cielecka / Dorota Kolac / Marta Nerakovich / Tomasz Tyndyk / Angeliel Chala / Lukasz Simlat / Marsan Chanik
Winner: 66th Berlin International Film Festival (2016)
Golden Bear Award for Best Picture (Nominated) thomas Vasilevsky
Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay Thomas Vasilevsky
When the Berlin Film Festival was held this year, many friends in the circle of friends flew to Berlin to watch movies, children's shoes that can't go to Berlin don't be discouraged, we can also watch the Berlin Film Festival at home (this is so sour)! The film recommended to you today is the film of the Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay at last year's Berlin Film Festival.
The film inherits the mantle of Polish film masters such as Andrei Huayda and Guztov Kiszrovsky, and has a delicate and strong image style similar to "Sister Ida", with precise and restrained shots and cold tones.
The story takes place in Poland in the early 90s. Poland is facing a new future after the fall of the communist regime, and four women whose ages span decades are about to undergo drastic changes in their lives. The tragedies of the lives of the four women are intertwined in a slow and casual narrative, continuing the unique temperament of "Made in Poland", and historical relics, social unrest and religious reflections are reflected in the dramatic personal story.
"Katui Queen"
Genre: Drama / Biography / Sports
Director: Mira Nair
Writers: William Wheeler / Tim Clausius
Cast: Matthia Narwanga / David Oylo / Lupita Niyongo / Martin Cabanze / Nicolas Lévesque
Katui Queen is a film based on the experiences of chess prodigy Fiona Mutassi.
Fiona was born in Katui, Uganda's largest slum. The local church offers rice porridge for those who come to learn chess, and Fiona enters the chess class to eat. Who ever wanted to be extremely talented in chess, and finally represented the country on the international chess scene, so that the world knew about her, and let the world know about this slum in Uganda.
There was a time when Fiona's story was reprinted in the circle of friends, and at that time, there was also an introduction to her current situation. Fiona, who has become famous, still has not left Katui, and often returns to teach her children chess.
It is very happy to see that some filmmakers pay attention to Uganda and pay attention to this theme, and the actor who plays Fiona has very good acting skills, very inspirational and warm biopic.
Written by Dr. Qi Ai | Yu Jiaolong
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