Editor's note: There are a huge number of movies, TV series and variety shows broadcast every week, how do you choose, you may wish to take a look at the surging recommendations.
【Movie】
According to Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 16:30 on July 21, the top five box office on that day were "Super Family", "Chang'an 30,000 Li", "The First Part of Fengsheng", "In the Octagon Cage" and "Barbie". Among them, "Super Family", "The First Part of Fengsheng" and "Barbie" are the new films of this week. The three new films can be described as different circumstances, "Super Family" that has been adjusted several times, although the current box office leads, but there is a spit on the Internet, this movie produced by Happy Twist was accused by the audience for more than a hundred minutes, without a single laugh; "Barbie" was pity by many netizens because of about 2.5% of the films. And "The First Part of Fengsheng" because its advantages and disadvantages are too obvious, so that its box office and word of mouth have not improved, and the film's Douban score has dropped from 7.7 points to 7.6 points.
In addition, the box office of the summer vacation in 2023 has reached 9.7 billion yuan, and it is expected to exceed the 10 billion yuan mark this week.
"The First Part of Fengsheng"
"Fengshen Part 1" poster
"The First Part of Fengsheng" is a film full of sincerity. Whether or not the audience feels that the story and visuals meet expectations, at least the effort and thought of the main creators can be seen from the large number of production details. For Chinese films, its release has become the ceiling of the production of magical myths in China today.
→ interview|"Fengshen Part 1" director Wu Ershan: "Start from the world"
→ Interview|Fei Xiang: At the age of 62, he doesn't have to prove anything, but he is still willing to accept the challenge
→ "Fengshen Part I": A giant palace with sincerity
→ "Fengshen Part I": an adaptation with great "modernity"
Mission Impossible 7: Fatal Reckoning (Part I)
"Tom" and motorcycles, riding all the way from young to old
Similar to "The First Part of Fengsheng", the Hollywood blockbuster "Mission Impossible 7: Fatal Reckoning (Part I)" featuring visual effects cannot be sold in the mainland market, and the box office has not reached 300 million yuan after a week of release. This has once again sparked the discussion of "whether Hollywood blockbusters are still okay in China". However, from the perspective of the movie itself, the reputation and quality of "Mission Impossible 7" cannot be considered bad, but it is too routine, and Chinese audiences are a little tired of aesthetics.
→ "Mission Impossible 7: Fatal Reckoning (Part I)": The action movie of Lao Ji Fu Qi
→Ethan Hunt can save the world, but not Hollywood blockbusters
Other Recommendations:
Miyazaki's new work "What kind of life do you want to live" was a box office hit, with two extreme reputations
【TV Series】
TV series information
The fantasy adventure suspense drama "Seven Hearts Jane" starring Song Weilong, Liu Haocun and Ao Ruipeng has been launched on July 16.
"Lurkers" poster
The 37-episode spy war drama "Lurker" starring Huang Xiaoming, Jiang Xin, Wu Xiaoliang and Wan Qian was confirmed to be scheduled to take over "Zeng Youth" on July 27 and land on CCTV-8 TV drama channel prime time star.
Directed by Zheng Xiaolong and starring Luo Jin and Ma Sichun, the new drama "Scouting Heroes" to resist US aggression and aid Korea was officially completed on July 17, and a trailer was released.
Produced by Noon Sunshine, "Big Rivers 3" starring Wang Kai, Yang Shuo, Dong Zijian and Yang Caiyu was completed in Ningbo on July 14, and iQiyi was broadcast exclusively on the whole network.
"Sauvignon Blanc" poster
"Sauvignon Blanc" starring Yang Zi, Zhang Wanyi, Deng Wei, Wang Hongyi, Tan Jianci and others is scheduled for July 24.
Domestic dramas go to sea popularity
In recent years, many domestic dramas have gone overseas through various platforms, gradually forming a "Chinese stream" in the world, this week look at what to summarize TikTok, YouTube and other data, sort out the popularity ranking of domestic dramas in the first half of 2023. (Due to the different Internet habits of netizens in various countries, netizens in Thailand and Vietnam like to use this Chinese as an entry, while netizens in Indonesia, the Philippines and other countries are accustomed to directly using English titles, so there may be data bias in the statistical summary)
1. "Can't Hide Secretly", English terms 2 billion views, Vietnamese terms 900 million views, Thai terms 500 million views;
2. "The Like You Give Me", English entries 2.2 billion views, Vietnamese entries 700 million views, Thai terms 300 million views;
3. "Long Moon Ember Ming", English terms 1.3 billion views, Vietnamese terms 1.5 billion views, Thai terms 600 million views;
4. "Starfall into Sugar", English entry 800 million views, Vietnamese entry 900 million views, Thai entry 400 million views;
5. "I heard that you like me", English terms 1 billion views, Vietnamese terms 500 million views, Thai terms 200 million views.
From the TOP5 domestic dramas going overseas in the first half of the year, it can be found that ancient dolls and current dolls are easy to get out of the circle. In addition, "Crazy" and "Long Season" were broadcast on iQiyi International and WETV respectively, and the platform only used Chinese titles for these two dramas, and the English subtitles were launched very late, and there were no subtitles in other languages, and various factors limited the overseas broadcast of the two dramas.
Due to the characteristics of the network, first-line small fresh meat can attract the most traffic, in addition to the number of views, another angle to observe domestic dramas going overseas is whether there are overseas bloggers doing "REACTION videos" - "My Human Fireworks" starring Yang Yang, "Jade Bone Yao" starring Xiao Zhan, "Changfeng Du" starring Bai Jingting, as long as you search for these drama titles + REACTION, you can find "REACTION videos" with tens of thousands of views on multiple websites.
Among them, there are also cases of export to domestic sales. For example, the "Jade Bone Yao" REACTION video produced by a very famous REACTION team in Thailand was broadcast and spread by Chinese netizens and appeared on Weibo hot search, and then the team reposted the "good news" back to Twitter.
To the effect that we are on the hot search. Later, the hot search rose to No. 6, and they happily posted another one
"Huan Yan"
This is a somewhat different domestic drama, if you have seen "Goodfellas" and also like Jiang Wen's movies, you may adapt faster. There is no doubt that "Huan Yan" is worth watching, a young man from Nanyang who wants to join the revolution, all the way north, how many tribulations must go through to reach that end. Along the way, he met many people, including Lao Sun like his godfather, Yu Yixiu who inspired him, and Zhang Jiayi, a doctor who kindly helped him... Everyone put a brick on Xu Tian's path of chasing faith.
In fact, this is a fable that is not difficult to understand, Xu Tian is the faith itself on the road of growth and progress, the righteous person helps, because of his sincerity, his loyalty, his purity, will always meet the people who send him all the way, these people may be nameless, may have left traces, but they are all an indispensable advance on the road to the end, a force. With wonderful stories and flesh-and-blood character experiences, spell out the core of the main theme, what is the reason not to watch such a main theme?
Coupled with the star-studded crowds of this play, Dong Zijian, Liao Fan, Zhang Luyi, Zhang Yi, Tian Yu, Yang Haoyu are all powerful people with outstanding acting skills, and it is really enjoyable to watch the acting skills of the drama bones.
Be Your Own Light
"Be Your Own Light" poster
Chinese puppet dramas often become marriage-phobic and child-retiring dramas. He Huan (played by Liu Tao), a successful TV anchor who has a successful career, retired from the front line in order to get married and have children, paid nearly ten years to the family, and as a result, her husband disappeared overnight, and she may cheat and raise a mistress, losing tens of millions of debts and unpaid mortgages to herself and her children, at the same time, because of the huge impact, the work is not in a state, directly eliminated, and finally sold cars and houses... Who reads without saying a word, what does marriage bring to women?
The setting at the beginning of the game is indeed exploded, in contrast, it is Bai Yang played by Qin Hailu, focusing on career and not falling in love, maybe being mean, and renting a small milk dog to be a fake boyfriend at class reunions is a little troublesome, but at the same age, you can also compete with the young and have a full aura.
In order to make up the love line, the screenwriter actually let the heterosexual debt collector live in He Huan's own house, this debt collector is not only handsome and good-tempered, but also volunteers to be a male nanny, cook and take the children to clean. This is definitely unrealistic, in reality this is a very dangerous behavior, no one can guarantee that this stranger is a cow, ghost, snake god, cut himself in the middle of the night does not know, but if simply as a middle-aged sister fantasy, you can also happily accept this setting.
Don't be real, it's quite fun to watch a sci-fi movie. But I also want to say, sister, must divorce, the other party disappears for whatever reason, never forgive, and, sister, don't get married again, it's good to talk about love.
"Imperfect Victim"
"Imperfect Victims" poster
I didn't expect to see such a plot in domestic dramas, and women who have experienced similar events will PTSD when they hear the content description. What kind of story can a hesitant, pure and lovely newcomer in the workplace, a domineering president with a successful career and a very attractive career, make up? Perhaps in the more mainstream Mary Sue romance drama perspective, there will be an unforgettable feeling, the success played by Liu Yijun is placed in the domestic overbearing president, and the charm value is also among the best. But unfortunately, in the real world, they are more about power relations, unequal status, violated and not responsible.
The valuable thing about this drama is that it captures the true heart of women and explores the definition process of sexual assault. The law often fails to give a standard answer in such incidents, and the police cannot give better protection from the perspective of their own job responsibilities. Is it understandable that when you are violated by a person in power, you can abandon your future and immediately push it away, you can call the police, and you can be held accountable?
When encountering sexual assault by strangers, the thinking of the victim and the judicial organ is clearer, but the most harmful is the violation of the so-called superior power. The most terrible thing about this kind of sexual assault is not the process of that night, but its contempt for women, or even ignorance, its use of power relations to brainwash, tame, and imprison women, and the fact that it wraps a poison in chocolate paper and swallows it, you want to taste the sweetness, the body tells you bitterness, and the brain easily unconsciously does not want to admit this bitterness, after all, when the other party tells you that this is chocolate, you do not question or push back.
Interestingly, the show's screening on iQiyi actually only completed half of its broadcast, and the other half of the broadcast was composed of reviews. Open social networking sites such as Xiaohongshu Douban Weibo, the better ones will say that they don't understand Zhao Xun, and the views are more fierce, accusing the heroine Zhao Xun of rebelling, immortal jumping, tossing without making money, no brains, and paying for their stupidity... And so on there are blockbusters. I don't know how many forms of shouting it takes for women to understand that all the name-calling, accusations, punishments, questioning, and demands should belong to the aggressor, not the victim. On and off stage, together completed the presentation of women's situation in the current society.
In addition, on the issue of sexual consent, you can refer to the British 2-minute popular science video using tea drinking as an analogy.
→ "Imperfect Victim": a two-way rush of women's themes and creative teams
Other Recommendations:
Interview|Ren Min on "Jade Bone Yao": After playing Zhu Yan, I am more calm
Thank you for "The Legend of Anle", let me break the defense in one episode
Interview|Li Zheng, chief producer of "Chasing the Day": Where is life not "college entrance examination"
【Variety】
"Riding the Wind 2023"
"Night of Riding the Wind" was broadcast at 19:30 on July 21, and "Sister Lang 4" announced the end.
In fact, on the day the show was recorded on July 17, it was clear to Reuters that Ella Chen Jiahua won the C position without suspense. However, with the sensational route of mangoes, flowers, applause and tears will definitely be indispensable for the night films.
Ella Chen Jiahua
After several sessions of "Sister Lang", the participants can recall that only tired is left, such as Qiu Cera Hyun participating in a Korean variety show, mentioning that the biggest feeling is "tired", it seems that the efforts of the sisters can only be reflected through a "tired" word. So all the way down, the audience also turned from fresh to numb, which led to not many sisters out of the circle stage and red this season. In the author's opinion, instead of thinking about how to innovate, it is better to let the guests relax. Since there were not many splashes after the formation of the group in the previous seasons, it is better to let the sisters enjoy the moment.
According to news, the third season of "Brother with Thorns" will seamlessly connect with "Sister Lang 4", and next Friday will be the first stage of "Brother Pepper 3".
《Chinese Restaurant 7》
Three years later, the seventh season of "Chinese Restaurant" traveled far again.
Huang Xiaoming, Zhao Youting, Yue Yunpeng, Yin Zheng, Shen Mengchen, Xu Guanghan, Cheng Xiao, Lin Shuwei formed a business team, of which Huang Xiaoming and Zhao Youting as double store managers will lead partners to carry out a dual-file PK model. The partners will travel to Budapest, the capital of Hungary, to run a Chinese restaurant and promote the taste of China to the world.
The fourth season of Shining Days
Stills from the fourth season of "Shining Days"
"Little Poor Complex" "Shining Days" is online again, and this time finally found the "Golden Lord Dad".
The success of this show, which relied on fans to help each other to broadcast to the fourth season, lies in its "real", and the guests basically do not treat the audience as outsiders, which is why the show is called "the most suitable variety show for dinner".
"I Am Reading on the Island" season 2
This week, "I Am Reading on Islands" aired the sixth volume, "Flying and Transfiguration", from mythological stories and science fiction, and let literature give you the wings of imagination. In this program, young writer Zheng Zhi will be a guest at the "Mountain and Sea Classic Book House" to share his writing experience and insights with everyone in the literary circle.
As a leader among the new generation of writers, Zheng Zhi's works are full of realism and boundless imagination, and he once won the first prize of the Anonymous Writers Project for "Immortal Disease". "I have always felt that imagination is a person's sovereign right to see the world, and this imagination is the most different filter and angle between you and others." Zheng Zhi said.
Taking Zheng Zhi's works as the starting point, Yu Hua, Su Tong, Cheng Yongxin, Zhu Yong, Ah Lai and others introduced classic mythological stories and science fiction works to everyone with great interest.
Oriental Satellite TV's 20th Anniversary Special Program "20 Years of Chasing Dreams"
The eleventh episode of Oriental Satellite TV's 20th anniversary special program "20 Years of Chasing Dreams" will be broadcast on July 22. Youth is the future of the motherland, a strong youth is a strong country, Oriental Satellite TV has always paid attention to and presented the true style of contemporary children. This issue of "20 Years of Chasing Dreams" will review the three programs launched by Oriental Satellite TV focusing on contemporary children "Come on! 2008", "Tide Boy World" and "Applause China", explore the eccentric inner world of children in joy, and decode the hope and strength of children to move forward and grow up healthily in warmth.
Stills from "20 Years of Chasing Dreams"
"Come on! 2008" overall champion Weng Hong reunited with the young contestants in poor mountainous areas after fifteen years, witnessing the transformation and growth of children in the past, and the fifteen-year "mother and son" fate between her and the young contestant Zhang Guoda not only changed the fate of children, but also made people see the power of hope and love; Jin Wei, the host of "Chao Tong World", was a guest at the scene and reviewed those laughable fairy tales with you; Wang Peiyu, an observer of "Applause China", appeared on the stage, and brought the little Qingyi and Xiaohuadans she cultivated to show the vigorous new power of Chinese opera in children, as well as the light of inheritance passed down from generation to generation.
Future China 2
Human beings lack resistance to cute things, and round pandas are naturally among them, setting off a burst of "panda fever" on the Internet. The third issue of the second season of "Future China" will enter the world of wild animals, inviting Lv Zhi, a professor at the School of Life Sciences of Peking University and a well-known conservation biologist and ecologist in China. Since the age of 19, she began to investigate the natural survival of giant pandas in the wild, unveiled the mystery of wild giant panda life to the world, and was known as "the closest human being to wild giant pandas"! She will work with five highly educated young scientists from different professional backgrounds to discuss how to protect ecosystem diversity.
Other Recommendations:
"Heartbeat Signal" Season 6: Focus on vivid and vivid portraits of amateurs
"The Voice of China 2023" breaks the "blind election" and adds the "clear election"
【Documentary】
100-episode micro-documentary "Shensheng Endless"
The 100-episode micro-documentary "Shensheng Endless" is jointly planned by Shanghai Radio and Television Documentary Center, the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University and the Shanghai Institute of Urban Planning and Design, and is accompanied by Professor Li Xiangning, Dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University, a well-known architectural theorist, critic and curator, as an academic advisor.
Through the shooting of 100 true stories in the process of urban development, from the improvement of living conditions, the rebirth and upgrading of public space, the co-shaping of historical inheritance and cultural innovation, etc., "Shensheng Endless" will reflect how Shanghai is people-oriented and build a people's city in urban development, highlight the concept of "people's city", explore the continuous vitality of Shanghai, a warm city, as well as the wisdom of urban management, and record the common emotions and memories of people in this city and this era.
The first season will be broadcast every Tuesday at 22:00 on Oriental Satellite TV's "New Documentary" time from July 18, 2023.
Other Recommendations:
Curious Documentary|Murderer
"Youth Workshop 2": From ChatGPT to anti-drug squirrels, how the world works
【Anime】
In July, the anime film list丨Stephen Chow's version of "Monkey King", the trailer was only controversial
"What kind of life do you want to live": Miyazaki's intracranial roaming