At present, the most popular TV series is "Flowers", and the TV series of the well-known director Wong Kar-wai who has been sharpening his sword for many years is naturally the most popular.
Just before the official launch of the TV series, the crew began to warm up in all aspects, and Tencent Video alone turned everything it reached into the promotion of "Flowers", not to mention the publicity on the actors' social platforms.
"Flowers" can be said to have truly achieved the first fire before it was broadcast, and the popularity has reached an unprecedented level, and the audience naturally can't wait to see the true face of Lushan.
Director Wong Kar-wai is notoriously strict, and there is no lazy actor under him, but most of the actors who have worked with him can't stand Wong Kar-wai's perfectionism.
Wong Kar-wai's fame is outside, and the audience naturally does not worry about the quality of the script, and the powerful lineup of all members is also scheduled in advance for popular dramas.
However, even the most proud luxury cast of "Flowers" has been overturned, and the audience who has collapsed their acting skills has not seen it, and Wong Kar-wai has even questioned his vision of selecting actors.
"Flowers" exploded, but the bad reviews were also flying all over the sky, and the audience couldn't even hold on for ten minutes before they chose to abandon the drama, it is hard to imagine that such a nondescript work was actually made by the famous director Wong Kar-wai.
The picture is severely fragmented
At the beginning of "Flowers", the exquisite picture aroused unanimous praise from the audience, and the high-end picture quality of the big screen instantly improved the grade of "Flowers".
But the more the audience looks back, the more they feel like they are on pins and needles, which is just a fashion show that pursues pictures, and the feeling of "Little Times" is all over their faces.
Wong Kar-wai's choice of color tone still continues the previous high-end feeling, the dim and virtual and real light and shadow choices seem to be a lot more advanced, and the state of the actors is even more energetic.
But the TV series is not just two hours, and watching it in such dim light for a long time is also a challenge for the audience's eyes. Wong Kar-wai's pursuit of the ultimate sense of picture is not suitable for long TV dramas at all, and the audience wants to see the drama more comfortable.
Under Wong Kar-wai's lens, Shanghai has completely become a bright and prosperous state, as if there is not even a single ordinary person in the whole of Shanghai, these people are busy eating, drinking and having fun every day.
The actors' costumes are even more exquisite, but is this retro feeling really what Shanghai should look like in the 90s? In the final analysis, Wong Kar-wai borrowed the shooting angle of Hong Kong style to design, and the sense of Hong Kong style on his face made the whole story form a serious sense of separation.
The sense of luxury is not an advantage to emphasize in TV dramas, even if it is a bland narrative rhythm, it is more comfortable than deliberately pursuing a sense of picture. Wong Kar-wai completely moved the movie as it was, and never thought about whether the TV series was applicable.
Even Shanghai locals are confused when they see "Flowers", if it weren't for the familiar Shanghainese dialect emphasizing the story of Shanghai, the audience would really think that this is a story about the Republic of China.
It can be seen that Wong Kar-wai's positioning was wrong from the beginning, the style of the Republic of China and the era of the story are not the same thing at all, and forcibly piecing it together for the sake of a sense of luxury will only seem incompatible.
Not to mention that Wong Kar-wai directly stepped on the audience's thunder point in the choice of actors, and Tang Yan's exaggerated acting skills made the audience begin to suspect that Wong Kar-wai's casting vision has changed.
Tang Yan's silly and sweet acting skills
Tang Yan's addition is undoubtedly the failure of the whole drama, to be honest, Tang Yan has never been a representative of the powerful faction in 85 flowers, and the only ones who can take a shot after her debut for many years are just a few classic roles in the early years.
thought that Miss Wang would be an important role for Tang Yan to achieve transformation, but as soon as Miss Wang appeared, the audience's eyes darkened, this is completely a copy of Xia Mei, and her every move is exactly the same as the role of Xia Mei.
If it weren't for Tang Yan's face state reminding the audience of her age, the audience would really think that they had traveled back and seen the beauty of summer.
Miss Wang's original setting was an elite in the workplace, and even her makeup was full of the style of a strong woman. But under Tang Yan's interpretation, he completely became a stupid white sweet, and even when he went to talk about business, he looked like he was shaking his head and not care.
The people next to her were all chatting about business seriously, and only Miss Wang pretended to be stupid in the camera. Especially under the backdrop of the role of Li Li, it seems that Miss Wang is even more unable to get on the stage, and she is completely the style of a capitalist lady who is not familiar with the world.
When she saw Ah Bao, Tang Yan made her tender to the extreme, for fear that she would not feel stupid and sweet in the camera. Even ordinary breakfasts have to shake their heads, and the audience thinks that she is so excited about eating some delicacies from the mountains and seas, but in fact, it is just an ordinary bun.
Tang Yan's original lines are even more of a disaster scene, although speaking Shanghainese is Tang Yan's advantage, but it is always a sudden voice to raise the volume, and the audience's ears can't stand it.
can only say that Tang Yan's top priority is to improve her acting skills, such lame and embarrassing acting skills make others laugh out of their teeth, saying that they are old actors who have debuted for many years, and the audience is panicked for Tang Yan.
Messy storyline
As the audience said:
Wong Kar-wai didn't understand the story of the original book of "Flowers" at all, and he didn't understand what Shanghai was like in the 90s, which is why there will be such a serious sense of separation.
Wong Kar-wai once said in an interview that the original story of "Flowers" is only a few and only a few strokes, and most of the pages are to describe the relationship between men and women, as well as eating, drinking and having fun.
It is the large blank space that gives Wong Kar-wai enough space to think, which is a double-edged sword for the creator.
If you can study the story thoroughly, leaving blank space is the icing on the cake, but Wong Kar-wai didn't understand the core of the story at all, but made the plot design a mess. In the original book, Ah Bao is an ordinary migrant worker in a foreign trade company, but Wong Kar-wai changed Ah Bao into a boss who made a fortune by trading stocks.
In fact, in the original book, Mr. Bao is just a self-deprecation of ordinary people, but Wong Kar-wai made a big fuss about this title, which directly raised the characters in the play to a big level and turned into a boss with small assets.
The high-flying character has completely pushed the distance between the audience and the audience, and no one likes the plot suspended in real life, "Flowers" is to put it bluntly, it is the story of how a group of capitalists go further in Shanghai, where every inch of land is valuable.
For the design of the storyline, the whole drama can be described as empty, everyone is busy talking about business, and it seems that every day is very busy. But in fact, the audience doesn't know what the next result of business talks is, as if these people are talking about business as easily as eating, and there is not even a minimum process.
The background of the characters that could have been explained clearly in a few minutes took four episodes of the show, and the other scenes that appeared were completely meaningless nonsense.
Lao Fan is a clothing store owner who came to Ah Bao just to talk about cooperation, but Wong Kar-wai only showed Lao Fan's purpose after talking about it in a mess, and the audience was simply powerless to complain.
The evaluation of the characters in the play is only told from the perspective of a bystander, and everyone is admiring how vigorous this person is, but Wong Kar-wai's story can't see the power of this person at all.
The growth story of the three people in the original book has directly become the emotional experience of Ah Bao alone, and Ah Bao's growth Wong Kar-wai is completely a passing pass. One second ago, Ah Bao was still riding a bicycle in a small alley in high spirits, and the next second he changed into a suit and became Mr. Bao.
Under Wong Kar-wai's lens, the process of ordinary people's success seems to be easy, and the protagonist's halo is directly full. In the following pages, Wong Kar-wai focuses on the entanglement between Po and three women, the cliché plot of three women pursuing a man has long been rotten on the street, but Wong Kar-wai's romanticism has been tried and tested repeatedly.
The "Flowers" that the audience is looking forward to should not be such a cliché plot, and Wong Kar-wai completely lived up to the audience's expectations.
TV series and movies are originally two very different fields, and directors who are famous in the film industry may not be able to do well in the TV drama industry.
A two-hour movie tells a complete story, and the same is true for a 30-episode episode, and the difference is in the design of the plot. Wong Kar-wai is Xi to all kinds of bells and whistles in movies, and he can't do it steadily in TV dramas.
"Flowers" is exactly like this, Wong Kar-wai's bells and whistles show off the audience's discomfort, but whenever an important character appears, Wong Kar-wai has to focus on various shots, which seems to be very advanced but is actually a serious drama.
Just as Zhang Yimou's advice to Zhang Ziyi not to easily get involved in TV dramas, this is also a sober understanding, how can you temporarily let go of speed after being Xi to rigorous and fast logical thinking.
This is also the reason why the drama "Flowers" has been carefully polished in Wong Kar-wai's hands for many years, and it can only be said that the filming is very good, and Wong Kar-wai still shines in the movie with peace of mind.
The current reputation and popularity of "Flowers" are synthesized and opposite, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment, Wong Kar-wai did not meet the expectations of the audience at all, and the number of people who abandoned the drama is naturally increasing.
It depends on whether Wong Kar-wai can turn the tide in the later plot and redeem some word-of-mouth evaluations.
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