Thirty and standing
Forty is not confused
The Mandate of Fifty Wisdom
There is giving and giving, life is wonderful
01
Jia Ling's transformation
For a "Hot and Hot", Jia Ling lost 100 pounds
After the overwhelming publicity, this movie got a box office of 3.4 billion, and it is the box office champion of the Spring Festival stalls in 2024.
may be in the hearts of many netizens: Jia Ling uses weight loss as a gimmick to attract people's attention, and she looks too ugly!
But in fact, what Jia Ling's movies convey is something that other comedies do not have, and it largely inspires those who are content with the status quo of life and don't want to change their lives or can't change their lives!
After the success of "Hot and Hot", some people joked: Jia Ling can earn hundreds of millions by losing 100 pounds, and next year she can gain 100 pounds, and she can earn hundreds of millions.
Indeed, Jia Ling, an artist, is very smart, she knows how to realize her advantages, when comedy + sensationalism was all over the Internet, she filmed "Hello, Li Huanying", when the comedy industry entered the bottleneck period, she took herself "open", lost 100 pounds a year, and filmed "Hot and Hot"
But if you think that's what Jia Ling will continue to do in the future, you're underestimating her
Not long ago, Jia Ling talked about the next work in an interview, which is not a comedy, but focuses on the realistic theme of MLM, and there are currently three actors set, namely Jia Ling, Zhang Xiaofei and Yang Zi!
02
Stephen Chow rested
Jia Ling, who has already figured out comedy movies, why did she choose to transform at this time?
This is going to start with Stephen Chow!
When it comes to comedy movies, Stephen Chow's mountain must not be able to cross, whether it is personal acting skills, box office data, or the number of classic works, no one can compare with Xingye!
Stephen Chow's last comedy movie was "Kung Fu", why not say it is "Yangtze River No. 7"? Because strictly speaking, Stephen Chow in "Yangtze River No. 7" is not the male lead, and the highlight of this movie is not funny!
When filming "Kung Fu", Stephen Chow was only 42 years old, which is still very young!
"Kung Fu", released in 2004, reached a terrifying $100 million at the global box office, making investors make a lot of money, and when everyone was waiting for Xing Ye to make "Kung Fu 2", or other types of comedies, he transformed!
After "Yangtze River No. 7", Stephen Chow retired behind the scenes to become a director, although he also came up with a few good works, but no matter who is the male number one, it is far from the level of the star!
Take "The King of New Comedy" and "Journey to the West" as examples, if Stephen Chow participates, the reputation and box office of these movies will be greatly improved!
The question is, why did Stephen Chow, who is only 42 years old, choose to retreat from the rapids?
Director Wang Jing talked about this matter when he participated in "Round Table Pie", and his point of view is: Stephen Chow can't accept that he is grimacing in the camera, and when people reach a certain age, their mentality will change, not that they can't act, but they don't want to continue to do it
Interestingly, Jia Ling, who was born in 1982, is now 42 years old
03
The curtain call of the Big Three
Looking at the Chinese comedy circle, there have been many outstanding comedians in the past 15 years, in addition to Jia Ling, there are also the three giants of comedy that everyone likes very much - Huang Bo, Xu Zheng, and Wang Baoqiang!
A "People in the Way" made Chinese mainland audiences like the combination of Huang Bo, Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang, and in the later development, all three of them have achieved proud results in the field of comedy!
Needless to say, Xu Zheng is popular all over the country with the "Embarrassment" series, and is the actor and director with the most box office appeal
Huang Bo has become the best comedian in the mainland with the "Crazy" series, and Wang Baoqiang also has the "Detective Chinatown" series
Attentive netizens have noticed: In recent years, the three giants of comedy have been busy transforming and no longer shoot comedies, Xu Zheng launched the realistic theme "I Am Not the God of Medicine", Huang Bo played the human theme "A Good Show", and the hip-hopping Wang Baoqiang also calmed down and launched "In the Octagon Cage"!
Xu Zheng was 45 years old when he filmed "I Am Not the God of Medicine", Huang Bo was 44 years old when he filmed "A Good Show", and Wang Baoqiang was 42 years old when he filmed "In the Octagonal Cage"! None of them are more than 45 years old!
To put it bluntly, judging from the influence of these people today, if they want to continue to make comedies, will anyone invest? Will they make money? The answer is obvious!
But they all chose to give up comedy and transformed into dramas, reality films, and even disaster films!
04
The improvement of actors' cognition
Comedians don't make comedies anymore, don't they dare to face themselves in the camera? Actually, no!
With the increase of age, people's cognition will improve, and people of different ages will have different interpretations of the same thing
Filming comedy at the age of thirty is to survive and make money
When making comedy at the age of forty, I have something to say and want to express it through the language of the camera
After the age of forty-five, they discovered a better way to make sounds
Let's take Xu Zheng as an example, before "I Am Not the God of Medicine", to be honest, Lao Mo didn't think he was a powerful actor, just like those mediocre comedians, he relied on scripts and publicity to make money!
After the appearance of "I Am Not the God of Medicine", we saw Xu Zheng's true level, he handled emotional changes to the extreme, and he always paid attention to social development!
I still remember the famous singer Han Hong said in an interview: I never think that Chinese stars are stars, because after they become famous, they only think about themselves, drive luxury cars, buy luxury houses, never care about social development, and do not help the disadvantaged!
From this point of view, a "I Am Not the God of Medicine" has sublimated Xu Zheng's entire social status!
Therefore, 45 years old is the "life and death line" of Chinese comedy stars, if after the age of 45, they are still like before, they just want to make quick money and don't want to improve their acting skills, the result will only be chicken feathers!
On the other hand, if their cognition is improved, they come out of comedy, and put more attention on social development and human nature exploration, and their future achievements are immeasurable!