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can shoot a big IP without any expectations, probably this year's movie "Dream of Red Mansions" said first, and no one dared to say second.
When the movie was rumored to have started filming in 2018, with an investment of 200 million, a luxurious behind-the-scenes team, and director Hu Mei of "Yongzheng Dynasty" controlled the whole process.
The battle was so big that even Ye Xiaogang, chairman of the National Music Association, attended the start-up scene.
And before that, the director had spent a decade revising the script.
The selection of actors is even more intensive, from 20,000 people audition, in the training of professional teachers.
In Hu Mei's words, she wants to create "the best Oriental Red Mansion culture in the world" and "create the best in China".
However, after such adequate preparation, the movie was originally scheduled to be released in 2019, but it was delayed that year.
After that, "Dream of Red Mansions" was broadcast every year to be released, and the results ended without a problem like in 2019.
In the case of repeated slips, the audience's patience has long run out.
And as we all know, movies like "Dream of Red Mansions" that can't be released are generally problematic.
Even after it is actually released, its effect will definitely not be satisfactory.
It's barely enough to make a drama from the original book 120 times, and now that I'm making a movie, I know that I shouldn't expect it blindly.
So far, the movie has released trailers one after another, and it feels a bit like holding back the big moves.
The audience took a look at it with the meaning of "even if it's, you have to taste something", and after watching it, everyone was surprisingly unanimous in being hit by a critical hit:
"There's a joking feeling. ”
"Nothing worse, only the worst. ”
"The hanging heart is finally dead. ”
Li Shaohong can finally get rid of the infamy. ”
How bad is it? It can be seen from the intrigue and love setting of the house fight.
You must know that the original book "Dream of Red Mansions" is about satirizing the society at that time through the rise and fall of the family.
Although the classic pictures in the trailer should have been transitioned from the heyday of Jiafu to the tragedy of Bao Dai, they are all reflected.
But as for not restoring it, I won't know until the movie is released.
And in this case, a negative attitude prevails.
is still the same sentence, the original book can't be told in a TV series, how can you do it with a movie that lasts three hours?
If it is a movie that singles out a bridge, it is okay to show the core of the original work, but you have to be willing to take risks and be "greedy".
Even after watching it, I realized that the name of the trailer had already told us the tone of the movie.
is described as "conspiracy and love", and "conspiracy" is specially portrayed, and some more court scenes are given.
There are also strong lines such as "The Lin family's silver is used to build a garden" by name.
And in the trailer, Baoyu is in front of the big stone of "Buddha and Buddha", leading a horse to face the wind and snow, I really can't see which paragraph in the original book.
Now it's okay, the 80 episodes of Cao Xueqin's original work completely missed the big screen, and directly brought out the court and unwarranted stories.
Whether its tone is to describe the new direction of the core, or the director is not addicted to the court drama and wants to play a role in the movie.
But the problem is that one movie simply can't fit that much.
In the end, it deviated from the core of the original work, and it was not appropriate to put it in its background: "This is one of the four famous novels "Dream of Red Mansions", the deep meaning of satirizing society is not shown at all, wouldn't Cao Lao have to live out of the coffin after seeing it?"
The movie deviates from the story of "Dream of Red Mansions", and the service presented is not good.
said that it was an investment of hundreds of millions, and the behind-the-scenes team of the film directed by Zhang Yimou was controlled, and the film styling director even said that the costumes inside were definitely based on the Ming Dynasty costumes that continued the Hanfu system.
However, there is no sense of luxury in the trailer at all in the character costumes and the so-called big production.
Wang Xifeng's tights don't seem to be elaborate, and then let her wear a completely unworthy plastic necklace, I really want to ask the crew where the money was spent?
You must know that it is not unreasonable for the old version of "Dream of Red Mansions" to be called "the ceiling of costume drama".
Under the control of stylist Yang Shuyun, all the characters in the play who can be named are individually designed.
From top to bottom, from the inside to the outside, it also reveals luxurious and exquisite Chinese aesthetics.
Wang Xifeng in it alone, there are 74 sets of costumes alone.
and the integration of this movie scene, it's no wonder that the audience suspects it of money laundering.
If you take a scene from the trailer casually, it doesn't look like you're watching the magnificent "Dream of Red Mansions" at all, but copying and pasting a shoddy ancient puppet web drama.
Including but not limited to the opening characters wearing single clothes, it looks like summer, but there is a thick layer of snow everywhere you go.
An overhead shot of the garden, whether it is a lawn, a flower bed or a tree, the layout is neat and consistent.
There is also a large red carpet that violates the harmony, casual and perfunctory and not rigorous.
Reading by Bao Dai Lake, it is clear that there are neatly trimmed trees all around, but the ground is covered with flower petals from nowhere.
If you can grit your teeth and endure these, then the appearances of a few castings are enough to define it as a bad movie, right?
Teaser trailer, showing nothing more than the essence of the movie can attract people.
Several important characters are no exception, and knowing their character traits in just a few seconds is ability, but let's see what kind of bull ghosts, snakes, and gods are interpreted?
It seems that the corners of his eyes are hanging very high, which is comparable to Jia's mother, who pays tribute to the sixth teacher of Journey to the West.
Grandma Liu seemed to have robbed Jia's mother's script, her expression was hard, not angry but threatening, and she did not look ignorant at all.
There is no extravagance, but Jia Baoyu is stupid and ready to come out.
Like a flounder incarnated by a maid Xianglin sister.
is a small family, and his face is so round that he can show off his elbows in a day.
Wang Xifeng, who is snarky and mean, has an Internet celebrity snake spirit face and is dressed as an upstart.
But to say that the biggest impact in the trailer is Qin Keqing, who flashed by.
Revealing costumes, head-scratching facial expressions......
Such an unserious picture made the audience's chest feel stuffy, and they almost ran out of breath and spurted blood.
It was her Qin Keqing who knew, and she didn't know what she thought she was watching as a small movie heroine or a side anchor.
Even if that flash was not the real Qin Keqing, but a description of Baoyu in his mind, it would be wrong.
You must know that Qin Keqing in the original book is a graceful figure, how did she become a coquettish Qinglou woman?
If you really don't have imagination, you can also refer directly to the old version of the classic.
However, on the trial, it is still contemporary netizens: "If you want to shoot like this, you should change the name to "Golden Vase Plum" or "Dream of Green Mansions". ”
Yuan Chun, who is slightly better, is also the tallest of the short.
Because I'm afraid that if I don't pay attention, her crumbling phoenix crown will fall off.
That's it, this movie is embarrassed to say that it is an actor who was carefully selected from 20,000 people.
Instead of going to great lengths to find professional teachers to train them, it is better to go to the acting school and pick a few newcomers from professional classes.
No matter how bad the actors in the entertainment industry are, they are even more grasped.
To put it bluntly, if the director's vision is problematic, and if he gives her advice, it will still be a good card to play.
Especially the actor who played Lin Daiyu was complained about the most by the outside world.
After all, Sister Lin, as the existence of an absolute soul-level character in the original book, can the audience bear it if she finds an actor who can't match her image?
Plus, she couldn't even hold up her clothes.
I don't know if it's because the person himself is as thin as a bamboo pole, or if the clothes are too wide, anyway, when worn on the body, the armpits can't be covered, and the mixed hairstyle is indescribable, and it looks very uncomfortable.
There is also the classic scene of Daiyu funeral flowers, although its petals falling from the sky are beautiful, but did the crew really not consider its authenticity?
Therefore, not to mention that Sister Lin, who is weak and can't help the wind, fishes flowers in the lake and digs pits with her bare hands, this kind of unthinkable picture appears.
Not to mention that it is completely detached from the character design, the director has never read the original book at all, right?
Otherwise, how could she be very satisfied with Lin Daiyu's choice and performance: "When I see her, I feel as if I saw that person, and she also seems to live in that era." ”
If the director doesn't have a problem with his vision, then it is the actor who brings money into the group.
After all, with the appearance of an actor who plays Lin Daiyu, he does look like an ugly child of a capitalist.
The movie "Dream of Red Mansions" is difficult to describe from the scene story to the casting, maybe you can try to lower your expectations.
As long as you only pay attention to the cameo of the 87 version of the old drama bones in it, there is naturally nothing to worry about. #春日生活打卡季#