The movie "Dream of Red Mansions" is coming, the scene is luxurious, and when I saw Qin Keqing's appearance: I have a little chest tightness
The movie "Dream of Red Mansions" is moving again!
Note that this is the movie directed by Hu Mei, "Dream of Red Mansions: The Golden and Jade Relationship".
Speaking of which, this movie is not small, and the battle is very big.
It is said that director Hu Mei wanted to shoot "Dream of Red Mansions" in 2005, and it took 10 years just to revise and rewrite the script.
Finally, the script passed the review in 2015, and then it took a long time to audition for the role.
Before the official start of filming, the crew identified seventy or eighty people out of more than 20,000 actors, and then conducted more than nine months of training.
Many of the selected actors have no acting experience, and the crew specially invited performance, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting teachers from Beijing Film Academy and Shanghai Theater Academy to conduct immersion training for the actors.
In the end, the film officially started filming in May 2018 and was completed in 2019, and since then it has been announced every year that it will be released, but it has not been released for a long time.
It wasn't until 2023 that the first trailer of the movie was released, and the movie had a long-awaited flavor.
It's a pity that this first trailer made the audience suffer a critical hit.
In fact, after the first trailer came out last year, everyone could almost give the movie a death sentence.
After all, there is no expectation for this movie, but no one expected that as soon as the new version of the trailer came out, that sentence was fulfilled:
There is no worst, only worse.
Without further ado, let's talk about this upcoming movie through three questions.
First question: Is this really in line with the original book and what the audience wants to see?
As soon as the trailer for the "Intrigue and Love" version came out, the most shocking thing was the casting.
Although the first version of the "Magnificent Love" version of the trailer also has the main characters appearing one by one, the impact is big enough.
seems to have only clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and there is no luxury in Baoyu;
清汤寡水，毫无美感的黛玉；
scheming is written on his face, Wang Xifeng, who is crazy and overage;
is too immature to support the phoenix crown of Yuanchun;
But limited by the length of time, there aren't many shots of each person, which is not enough for us to understand how many outrageous the casting of this movie is.
Now, as soon as the trailer of the "Intrigue and Love" version comes out, everyone's hanging heart is finally completely cold.
smart and spicy, Wang Xifeng, who is delicate on all sides, has become a "snake spirit" dress;
Wang Ziteng, who has a deep background and a pivotal position in the book, showed his face directly in the movie this time, which felt too outgoing;
The vague Baochai in the first trailer has a straight face in this version of the trailer, and Sister Bao's "beautiful appearance" does account for a little "abundance".
The actor looks like the baby fat hasn't faded yet, and the game in the garden is still quite cute and cute.
The image of the attacker looks no different from that of an ordinary maid, and the appearance feels a bit like a reference to Li Shaohong's version, mainly grasping the characteristics of "picking a thin figure and having a long face".
Grandma Liu doesn't look like an old lady who has never seen the world, her expression looks very hard, and she is a little forward questioning;
And the biggest impact in this trailer is none other than Keqing who flashed by.
This picture made my chest tight, and I almost spurted out a mouthful of blood:
IMHO, this picture also looks too improper, what is the difference between it and those Internet universities that use scale as a gimmick?
From the exposure of the costumes, to the postures of the actors, to the expressions....
It's hard to put into words!
The reaction given by netizens was also very direct:
"The original book said that Qin Keqing is romantic, not coquettish. ”
"Is it a Dream of Red Mansions or a Golden Plum?"
"Don't call it Dream of Red Mansions, call it Dream of Green Mansions. ”
Even if the person in the trailer is not Qin Keqing but the Keqing that Baoyu saw in the too illusory realm, then this kind of expression is very wrong.
Take a look at the old version of washing your eyes.
Well, it's time for the main event, Bao Dai.
Let's talk about Baoyu first.
In the first trailer, in fact, Baoyu's evaluation is acceptable, perhaps because there are not many shots, and it is not good to make too many comments.
In this trailer, there are more shots of him, and the problem is naturally exposed.
Either they are expressionless and can't convey emotions;
or is too exaggerated, and plays Baoyu into a greasy second fool, without the appearance of a noble son at all;
The actor's expression management is even more not, this expression, how much do you hate Sister Lin?
When I run, my demeanor is not very good.
And then it's time for our sister Lin.
As the most important role in "Dream of Red Mansions", Lin Daiyu is also very valued in this movie.
On the second day of the trailer, the official also released a personal special feature of Daiyu, in which director Hu Mei was very satisfied with Lin Daiyu's casting and performance, and praised it:
"When I saw this actor, I felt that she was that person, and she lived in that era. ”
In fact, judging from the special episode alone, Zhang Miaoyi, who plays Lin Daiyu, has indeed improved.
From the beginning, she acted and moved her eyebrows wildly, and it was difficult to control the subtle expressions.
By the time the filming actually started, there was indeed a lot of drama between her eyebrows, and she was basically able to achieve "two bends that seem to be frowning but not frowning, and a pair of eyes that seem to be crying but not crying".
A few pictures came out, not only the appearance of "sick as Xizi wins three points", but also the dialogue with Baochai can also show her temperament.
The expression control is also in place, and the large lines are also spoken smoothly, and he also received applause from director Hu Mei at the scene.
From this point of view, Daiyu's training in the later stage of casting was quite successful.
Although the actor himself does not match Daiyu's image very well, he may be able to add some points by acting skills, so he can barely look forward to it.
In addition to the newcomer actors, the old actors in the 87 version of the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" will also be invited to join.
Second question: The specs are the largest, the cost is the highest, and the trailer looks really luxurious
At the beginning of the film version of "Dream of Red Mansions", there was a big battle.
Needless to say, director Hu Mei has many high-scoring classics in the field of TV dramas, such as "Yongzheng Dynasty", "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty", "Qiao's Courtyard" and other second.
The director of photography is Zhao Xiaoding of "Ambush on All Sides" and Zhao Xiaoshi of "Mei Lanfang", the visual director is Huo Tingxiao of "The City is Full of Golden Armor", the styling director is Chen Tongxun of "The Legend of the Demon Cat", and even Ye Xiaogang, chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association, attended the start-up scene.
The behind-the-scenes team is luxurious, and the investment is also generous.
It is reported that the production cost of the film exceeded 200 million, and director Hu Mei said in the shooting special that he wanted to create "the best Oriental Red House culture in the world".
Judging from the on-site records, it is simply a new "Grand View Garden", and it is integrated with the concept of "brand-new".
The scene is big enough, and the building is detailed enough.
The things that appear in the Grand View Garden are also the most expensive and the best.
Even the embroidery on the screen is so detailed that it costs a lot of money at first glance.
In the words of director Hu Mei, it is "to create the best in China".
After being built like this, the interior scene is indeed exquisite, and the furnishings in Jia's mother's room do have everyone's style.
Of course, ignore mistakes in the seats.
But if you spend money, does it mean that it will be good?
Not necessarily.
Judging from several trailers, this movie is also very problematic in terms of hardware.
For example, clothing.
As we all know, the 87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" is known as the ceiling of classical costumes, which is inseparable from the credit of stylist Yang Shuyun.
The costumes of more than 230 famous characters in the play are all individually designed, revealing gorgeous and exquisite Chinese aesthetics.
Wang Xifeng, played by Deng Jie, has 74 sets of costumes alone.
The film's styling director is Chen Tongxun, who said that the costumes in the film are based on the Ming Dynasty costumes that continue the Hanfu system.
It's a pity that what is shown in the movie is very disastrous.
The amount of clothes is very small, the original volume of Ming Dynasty clothing is very sufficient, and in the trailer, everyone's clothes are very cramped.
It looks extremely petty.
Look at Baoyu's clothes like a little girl, dressed in plain clothes, and there are not even any accessories.
Daiyu's clothes are hooped around the already thin actor, and the accumulation of armpits looks uncomfortable, and the beauty is almost 0, not to mention this mixed hairstyle.
Wang Xifeng's tight clothes and the necklace that looks "Hao" are completely incompatible, whether this crew has money or not?
There is also scene integration, which is really a typical example of spending a lot of money to do stupid things.
The casual frame of the trailer is cut out, which is not like watching "Dream of Red Mansions", but as if it is a game of "everyone comes to find faults".
For example, in the opening shots of the two trailers, everyone is wearing single clothes, and there are residual lotuses in the pond, which looks like it should be summer and autumn communication.
But the rooftops and the greenery in the yard are covered with thick snow that has not yet melted, is this a seasonal disorder?
The picture of the provincial concubine, an overhead picture, the layout of the garden is neat and consistent, lawns, flower beds, trees, and red carpets are all over, is this still not a Jiangnan garden?
And the scene of Bao Dai reading by the lake, who can explain where those piles of petals come from on all the manicured trees?
The petals of Daiyu's funeral flowers also fell from the sky, and the beauty is there, but who can consider the authenticity?
Not to mention the picture of Daiyu fishing for flower petals from the lake and digging a pit with her bare hands.
These pictures are really not the "Dream of Red Mansions" that we have read.
The third question: Conspiracy love while being in love in the world, is this still the familiar "Dream of Red Mansions"?
Finally this part.
If persuasion doesn't work, and the actors don't give their strength, then what about the story?
In fact, this question has already been answered, 80 times in the original book, plus 120 times in the sequel, it is barely made into a TV series, and it is possible to make it into a movie, how can it be filmed all?
The question is which bridges the movie chooses to shoot and whether it can show the core of the original work.
The story of the movie "Dream of Red Mansions: The Golden and Jade Relationship" began to intervene in the heyday of Jiafu, and in-depth showed classic episodes such as the Illusory Realm, the Provincial Relatives of the Yuan Concubine, Daiyu's Funeral Flowers, and Baoyu's beating, reproducing the joys and sorrows between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu.
Well, the classic episodes are all there, and you can get a glimpse of them from the trailer, as for whether it is not restored, whether you can watch it or not, you will not know until the movie is released.
The problem about the story passed from the two versions of the trailer is one of the reductions, and there is a more serious one, which is the explicit, which directly pierces the "implicit" window paper.
The name of the trailer directly uses "conspiracy and love", and the 80 things that are difficult to say and inconvenient to say in Cao Xueqin's original work are directly put on the bright side.
There is even a direct name in the line, "The Lin family's silver, it is better to move it over to build a garden".
Regardless of whether this bridge is a new direction researched by red scientists, it is not suitable to be placed in a famous movie "Dream of Red Mansions" that was filmed again after many years.
On the one hand, the movie focuses on the love tragedy of Bao Daichai, and sets the tone for it with "Strange Love", showing the love tragedy of Baoyu and Daiyu, and directly telling the tragedy of Baochai and Baoyu's marriage.
In the trailer, Baoyu stands in front of a large stone engraved with "Buddha's Interpretation of the Daoyuan", leading a horse, facing the wind and snow.
Forgive me for my clumsiness, I can't tell which passage is in the original book.
On the one hand, he wanted to expand the pattern from the courtyard to the court, giving some scenes of the court, and portraying the word "conspiracy".
But the problem is that one movie can neither fit so much, but also deviates from the core of the original book.
Originally, "Dream of Red Mansions" used the rise and fall of the family to show social changes and turmoil, but now it's okay, and the story of the court is directly brought out.
Maybe director Hu Mei is not happy enough to shoot the imperial drama, and wants to play a role in "Dream of Red Mansions".
In short, we don't know what the final presentation of the movie will be.
Maybe there may be a surprise after everyone's expectations are lowered.
Bluestone Film Editorial Department | Lao Meng
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