Wen 丨 Eighth birthday
Editor丨Eighth birthday
preface
Recently, the highly anticipated suspenseful brain-burning blockbuster "The Last Truth" officially landed in theaters.
It is reported that Huang Xiaoming lost 30 pounds for this drama, and he also successfully transformed from "greasy overlord", but a few days after its release, a kiss from the heroine Yan Ni became a "failure" in everyone's mouth.
"Hot kiss" under the judgment of human nature
Produced and starring Huang Xiaoming, the film tells the story of Ding Yifeng (played by Huang Xiaoming), a young lawyer with shattered ideals, who takes over a losing lawsuit by chance, but it also uncovers an intricate human story.
Ding Yifeng was previously banned by the whole industry for exposing various illegal operations of his law firm, and he could only make a living by making small troubles for many years.
The defendant this time, Jin Ximei (played by Yan Ni), is a massage woman who is accused of smashing a client named Ma Shuangxi (Tu Men) to death with an ashtray, Ding Yifeng said that this is just legitimate defense, but Jin Ximei herself insists that she is the murderer.
In the courtroom, the two of them came and went, falling into a confrontation that did not give in to each other.
In order to make Jin Ximei cooperate in perjury, Ding Yifeng found her son Mao Weiwei to coerce, and Mao Weiwei was unfortunately disfigured when he was young.
In order to be able to return her son to a normal life, Jin Ximei has been saving medical expenses, and the way masseuse makes money can be imagined!
During the trial, Jin Ximei suddenly broke the explosive news that Ma Shuangxi had carried out XQ on her, and Ding Yifeng immediately changed his words and said that this was legitimate defense.
But soon, Ding Yifeng discovered that this was not the case at all.
It turned out that the person who really killed Ma Shuangxi was Mao Weiwei, the son of Jin Ximei.
Ma Shuangxi was originally a violent drunkard, in the impression of most people in the local area, he has always said things with his fists, and the neighbors hate and respect him.
Ma Shuangxi's children have never put his old father in his eyes, and the connection between the two is only maintained by money, it is such a heinous and bad person, but he has a deep love for Jin Ximei - the first encounter between the two was in a massage parlor.
I didn't see Jin Ximei making a lot of trouble in the store before, and when the crying mixed with invective filled everyone's ears, Jin Ximei appeared.
With curly hair and charming eyes, Ma Shuangxi understood for the first time what is called "love at first sight", Jin Ximei did not dislike it at all, close to this old man who was not easy to mess with, a pair of slender jade hands kept roaming on him.
With an ambiguous atmosphere, the two did things that adults understand, and Ma Shuangxi also felt as if he had returned to his youth, free and unrestrained.
At that time, Ma Shuangxi also promised to fund Mao Weiwei's treatment, but he did not expect that his children would divide the "inheritance" first, although he was heinous, but people in the rivers and lakes paid the most attention to the word righteousness, not to mention that the other party was still his beloved.
So he decided to martyr Jin Ximei to cheat a large amount of insurance to cure Mao's illness, and after learning that his mother was deceived, Mao Weiwei was angry and killed the killer.
Jin Ximei loved Wu and Wu, but could not bear to betray her son, and under the "instigation" of Ma Shuangxi, she had to end his life with her own hands.
Lawyer Ding Yifeng experienced various struggles between desire and profit and justice, and finally chose to expose the truth, he realized that the dead life could not be recovered, and the wounded conscience could not be saved.
"The Last Truth" is not a simple mystery film, it is more like a movie that explores human nature.
A violent alcoholic can die for a masseuse, a mother can give everything for her children, and a lawyer can struggle between justice and profit.
When the surface melts, we see the most moving part of human nature.
A good actor is half the battle
"The Last Truth" tells the complex truth and human weakness behind a murder case, a seemingly simple case, but because of the intervention of a down-and-out lawyer named Ding Yifeng, the truth gradually emerges.
The climactic scenes of the whole film take place in the courtroom, and the audience has seen a wonderful "war of words".
The script and story setting of this movie can be said to be mediocre, but because there are a group of excellent actors as the finishing touch, the viewing process is full of surprises and discoveries.
Huang Xiaoming played the actor Ding Yifeng, completely abandoning the previous greasy overlord character and creating a decadent, fierce and complex image.
Ding Yifeng is a middle-aged man who has experienced ups and downs in life, he once stood at the peak of his career and fame as an excellent lawyer, but he was also forced to leave the law firm because of pride and arrogance.
This role has both the decadence and depression of a middle-aged man, but also retains the pursuit and persistence of justice, and Huang Xiaoming's details in interpreting this role are very well handled.
The hollow and resolute look in his eyes, the laziness and sharp contrast of his movements, portrays a complex and contradictory character impressively, especially in the courtroom, the speed of speech and emotional changes are very finely controlled.
His superb acting skills give Ding Yifeng, a flat character, a three-dimensional sense, especially the sharp words and imposing performance in the courtroom, which captivated the audience.
Yan Ni completely subverted the comedy image in the public's impression, and successfully created a marginal woman with a tough heart but a fragile appearance, intertwined with good and evil.
She is both a mother who runs for a living and a lover who was a victim, and Yan Ni uses her unique acting skills to portray the woman's inner vulnerability, indecision and tenacity on the screen.
Every subtle expression on her face reveals this mother's concern for her child, as well as her helplessness and resistance to reality.
Especially in the scene of confrontation with the lawyer in court, her inner struggle contrasts strongly with her external strength, showing the infinite possibilities of a mother in difficult situations.
The old artist Tu Men died tragically during the shooting, but in his last works, he still left a wonderful performance with nostalgia.
He vividly interprets the brutality of a domestic violence man and the kindness of an old father.
His easy transformation and skillful acting skills inject the warmth of humanity into this otherwise boring character, and with just a few simple lines and a prayer gesture, he can impress every audience.
In addition, actors such as Kan Qingzi and Xiao Shanshan also played well, adding countless shining points to this movie.
It can be seen that the superb acting skills of the actors in "The Last Truth" have greatly improved the originally mediocre story level.
They faithfully portray the inner struggles and struggles of ordinary people of that era, showing different aspects of human nature, and without their wonderful performances, the film would not be so shocking.
It is said that soldiers who do not want to be generals are not good soldiers, and all stars in domestic entertainment, whether male or female, almost everyone has a directorial dream.
It's just that someone won the fight and turned the bicycle into a motorcycle, and some people not only lost their blood, but also became a joke on the whole network, and it turns out that Huang Xiaoming's self-directed and self-acted movie allowed him to successfully turn over.
Huang Xiaoming: From simple green to greasy label
In the 90s of the 20th century, Huang Xiaoming entered the entertainment industry as a model, he has handsome facial features and clear eyes, giving people a simple positive impression.
In 1999, he began to play an important role in TV series, and had an intimate scene with Zhao Wei in "Love is Not a Game" directed by Wang Xuexin.
At that time, Huang Xiaoming was full of ideals and thought that he would soar to the sky and become a superstar. But the result was not as he hoped, and the show did not make him popular.
It was not until 2001 that Huang Xiaoming played Liu Che, the emperor of Hanwu, in the costume drama " Han Tianzi ", which really opened up his popularity, and he was shortlisted for the Feitian Award for Best Actor with this drama, establishing the status of a first-line student in the entertainment industry.
Compared with stars such as Jia Jingwen and Chen Daoming who starred in the same play, Huang Xiaoming's performance is more natural and atmospheric, which also coincides with his own personality, and he once said in an interview that the role of Liu Che is a portrayal of his heart when he was young.
In 2006, Huang Xiaoming played the role of Yang Guo in the new version of "The Condor Heroes", which was too consistent with his image, and it was rumored that the investor originally preferred Nie Yuan, who had more traffic at the time, to play this role.
But Nie Yuan has to cooperate with the role plastic surgery, and 29-year-old Huang Xiaoming can directly shoot.
In order to prove himself, Huang Xiaoming tanned his skin for a week before filming, which was closer to the image of Yang Guo in his memory, and this professionalism touched director Zhang Jizhong with professionalism, but at the same time his performance also appeared to a certain degree of artifice and exaggeration.
In 2009, Huang Xiaoming took over another work of Zhang Jizhong "Luding Ji", but it caused an uproar, he interpreted the role of Wei Xiaobao in the play, but the performance method was very different from the original work, giving the audience a strong sense of discord.
This is mainly due to Huang Xiaoming's idea of wanting to break through the previous positive image, but as a result, a laughing and scolding charlatan warrior has been interpreted into a cold and gloomy business elite, according to Beijing TV data, the highest rating of this drama is only 6.7, which shows the difference in word of mouth.
The following year, 33-year-old Huang Xiaoming played the male lead in the youth idol drama "Bubble Summer", he boldly showed his confident side, not only wearing a cashmere wig of 3,000 yuan, but also often wearing an incomprehensible smile.
According to the promotional slogan released by the crew, this is his intention to create "sometimes mysterious, sometimes dreamy, sometimes ghostly seductive eyes".
But in the eyes of the audience, it is an over-interpretation of the characters, and what is even more unacceptable is that the ages of the three leading actors such as Huang Xiaoming are seriously inconsistent with the setting of the students in the original novel.
Over the years, "greasy" has almost become synonymous with Huang Xiaoming, and one of the important reasons is that he recognizes that he is not born with drama bones and needs to rely on acquired efforts.
If he encounters the right role, he can still play excellent acting skills, such as Cheng Dongqing in the business war drama "Chinese Partner", but for the wrong role, his efforts will often backfire, making the audience feel embarrassed and empathetic.
In the face of criticism from all sides, Huang Xiaoming did not choose to escape, but faced them squarely, facing the title of "greasy" with a humble attitude, saying that he has been working hard to improve his acting skills and thanked those comments for helping him grow.
In 2018, after receiving attention for his performance in the variety show "Chinese Restaurant", he was asked: "I don't want you to feel, I want me to feel", which has become a joke, he said that this is pure entertainment, as long as everyone is happy.
Epilogue:
Now that time has passed, Huang Xiaoming is no longer the student he used to be, but his pursuit of progress mentality and love for acting are still worth learning from future generations.
We should not just remember him in one period, but see the whole process of an actor thriving in this circle, and perhaps the most important thing is not the result, but the mentality of constantly staring at the ideal in the heart.
This spirit will eventually win the favor of time.