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The hope that has just been ignited in spy war dramas seems to be extinguishing again.
The decline of spy warfare has been an indisputable fact in the national drama market in the past two years.
It can be regarded as waiting for 2024, "Wind Chaser" will once again win the favor of the audience with its excellent quality, sweeping away the long-standing trend of spy war dramas.
Immediately afterwards, "When the Stars Shine" was launched, with considerable ratings, and won the first place in satellite TV ratings for many days, but more than half of the episodes were updated, and there were more and more negative reviews.
This drama has not finished broadcasting, and another new drama is coming.
Harbin 1944.
Directed by Zhang Li, written by Wang Xiaogun, led by Qin Hao and Yang Mi, and joined by Zhang Guoqiang, Jiang Qiming, Zhang Zixian and other powerful factions.
Whether it is the main creative team or the cast, it is not inferior to any top spy war drama, but you can flip through the comments at will, and there are many bad reviews-
"Yang Mi's lines are mushy and clipped", "Isn't it good to be a variety show first sister", "The heroine's acting skills are a little embarrassing", "Is Yang Mi playing at home?"
Good guy, most of the bad reviews are aimed at the heroine Yang Mi, what kind of behavior did she play and was complained about by netizens like this?
Yang Mi's acting skills are poor and he can't let go of his burden
As we all know, spy war dramas are not easy to act, and it is said that in order to play the role of Guan Xue well, Yang Mi specially invited an acting teacher to join the group and guide her to act.
However, after watching Yang Mi's performance, I can only think of that sentence: rotten wood cannot be carved.
Guan Xue is ruthless, suspicious by nature, and a femme fatale with a high IQ, but Yang Mi can't play that kind of scheming and city government at all.
When the arrest of the underground party failed and the other party had a shootout, Yang Mi not only wanted to show the calmness of the character, but also wanted to set off the tense atmosphere, but his acting skills were not enough, so he would only frown.
The audience only saw Yang Mi's hideous expression, and the character's emotions and plot atmosphere were not expressed.
After the mission failed, Guan Xue was shot in the arm, and she was so weak just now that she needed someone to help her walk, and instantly like a chicken blood, she frantically hammered the steering wheel, her facial features flew wildly, like a child losing a toy.
The acting skills are not good, and Yang Mi's demeanor is not like an agent.
When she raised the gun, her head was two miles away from her shoulder, which stood out in the relatively standard posture of the person next to her.
Especially after wearing the uniform, Yang Mi's physical problems are more exposed, and his head looks particularly big with the blessing of curly hair, and the head-to-shoulder ratio is very abusive.
And Yang Mi still has to stretch her neck, she doesn't have the aura that a female agent should have, like an eighty-year-old grandmother lying on her back, showing her old age.
Stretching his neck seems to have become a necessary action for Yang Mi to pretend to be ruthless, as if he was possessed by the prime minister of the turtle as soon as he was angry.
Aside from acting skills and demeanor, Yang Mi's makeup is also unbearable.
In Harbin in 1944, were people so fashionable?
I saw that Yang Mi was on a mission with a shirt and a suit, with a fur collar coat on the outside, with a half-tied curly hair, and the filter was slightly brightened, which gave him a sense of déjà vu of a modern idol drama.
Look closely, the uniform inside is still slim, the waist design sets off the curves of the figure, and the shirt inside is unbuttoned to reveal the snow-white shoulders and neck.
Who can tell if this is a 1944 outfit or a 2024 outfit?
In addition to clothes, Yang Mi's makeup is also very modern, false eyelashes are about to fly to the temples, and the eyebrow shape is not a thin eyebrow that conforms to the aesthetics of the time.
Moreover, whether it is a mission or the arrest of a prisoner, the makeup on her face remains the same, it is always so exquisite, with light pink eyeshadow and abrupt lipstick, the more you look at it, the more fake it becomes.
Even in her pajamas before going to sleep, she still wore full makeup, and her hairstyle was carefully dressed, and she couldn't roll up her sideburns for ten minutes.
Yang Mi's face also looks very awkward in the spy war drama.
The rounded head and up-and-out nose look very modern, and at first glance it looks like a "Barbie doll".
For some reason, Yang Mi's nostrils have become bigger again, the sharp tip of her nose and the eyes that are about the same size as Yang Mi's eyes are together, which is inexplicably funny, and before she started acting, the audience was attracted by her nostrils.
From this point of view, Yang Mi's acting skills and image are not suitable for the role of Guan Xue.
Agents don't act randomly, acting skills can't be missing
Delicate actresses, don't try the image of an agent easily, bad acting skills not only ruin the role, but also drag down the whole play, let's take a look at what a real female agent is like.
The first place, Wang Ou.
After the broadcast of "The Pretender", Wang Ou, who played the cold-blooded agent Wang Manchun, became an instant hit, and I have to say that she acted too well.
In uniform, she is heroic and cool, quite like a female officer, but she is quiet but gives people a strong sense of oppression.
Wang Manchun is cruel, glamorous, complex and suspicious, she is resolute at work, and her hands are stained with countless blood, but when she sees Ming Lou, she will leave all her hatred behind and show all her tenderness in front of her lover.
Wang Ou's performance was relaxed, perfectly showing the complex emotions of the character, making the audience stay away from this femme fatale.
second place, Song Yi.
Also in "The Pretender", Yu Manli played by Song Yi also received praise from the audience.
Yu Manli's life experience is complicated, because of her past experience, she has developed a ruthless character, and the evil smile after revenge highlights the contrast between her pure appearance and the neat and ferocious when she kills to the maximum, which makes people feel deeply shocked.
Song Yi used natural acting skills to portray Yu Manli, who is good at hiding, very successfully.
third place, Song Jia.
In "Cliff", Gu Qiuyan played by Song Jia is quite impressive. She is a technical Kochi agent with a weak exterior but a tough heart.
When she was exposed by the telegram, she could only hide on the edge of the cliff, her trembling body made it impossible to tell whether it was fear or cold, and she was holding a grenade in her hand ready to sacrifice at any time.
But her eyes reveal a strong desire to survive, and this complex psychological activity is vividly expressed by Song Jia, and the audience can feel the tension and oppression of the atmosphere.
That's what an agent should be.
Epilogue:
With delicate makeup like "Barbie baby face" but playing a female agent, whose aesthetic is wrong?
The image of a real female agent does not need to be over-retouched, and that kind of extremely oppressive aura is what the actors really have to learn.
No matter how thick the foundation is and how beautiful the makeup is, it is a waste of effort to not be able to play the style that a female agent should have.
Moreover, whether it is a positive agent or an opposing agent, they are all immersed in their work, how can they have the time to dress themselves up in a fancy way, and they don't forget to touch up their makeup when they go out on a mission.
If the actor's acting skills are not good, and he still manages to let go of the idol baggage, don't challenge such a role, he is uncomfortable acting, and the audience is awkward.
Yang Mi is the best example.
At present, "Harbin 1944" is on the air, and after the plot enters the climax, I don't know if Yang Mi can reverse the word-of-mouth, look forward to it.