Text | Mu Ran
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The new films on May 1st will soon meet everyone, but the cumulative total box office of the nine films currently scheduled has just exceeded 60 million, and the momentum is really a bit weak.
The first place is not Wang Yibo and Huang Jingyu's two popular "Peacekeeping Anti-riot Team", but "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" starring Louis Koo, Ren Xianqi, Lin Feng and other Hong Kong stars.
After watching the trailer, you know that this film was able to win the pre-sale championship, obviously because of the excellent action, and it has been a long time since I have seen such a hearty fight on the big screen.
The popularity is far from meeting expectations is "There is No Thing That Can't Be Solved by a Hot Pot" starring Yang Mi, and "Spending Money at the End of the Road" starring Jia Bing, Xiao Shenyang and others.
One is a popular suspense movie, and the other is a comedy movie for men, women and children, but the pre-sale is less than 10 million.
Is this year's May 1st file going to be an upset?
Although the competition in the May 1st stall does not seem to be fierce, several works scheduled for May 17 have shown the momentum of the box office king in advance.
For example, Wang Qianyuan, Wang Jingchun, and Qi Xi starred in the crime movie "Wandering Blade", as well as Fan Wei, Zhou Dongyu, and Song Jia starring in "Morning Clouds and Dusk Rain", in terms of lineup and theme, they are not inferior to several movies in May 1st.
The real box office explosion is likely to wait until the May Day schedule.
And these two films, I am more optimistic about "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain".
He begged for a son, she begged for money, and the combination of old husband and young wife was very explosive
Zhang Guoli served as the director, and to be honest, it was a bit hanging.
Although Zhang Guoli has starred in many popular works before this, he is an actor and a producer, but he rarely directs a work as a director.
This also makes everyone's impression of Zhang Guoli still stay in the film and television roles he played.
As for Zhang Guoli's directorial level, you can get a glimpse of one or two from the trailer, with the texture of a literary film, the fun of a comedy, and of course, the treacherous waves of a suspense film.
The real directorial level will not be known until the release of the film, but it still does not affect the fact that "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain" itself is a work worth watching.
The film is adapted from the true story "The Murderous Girl in a Wedding Dress", Lao Qin (played by Fan Wei), who was released from prison, was released from prison after serving 30 years in prison, and just wanted to marry a wife and have children and start a new life, but accidentally met Chang Juan (played by Zhou Dongyu), a girl who had also just been released from prison.
The two of them, who are both fallen people at the end of the world, started a marriage of interest with their own purposes, and in the preview, Lao Qin directly stated his purpose and wanted a child.
And Chang Juan was not ambiguous, and directly put forward the condition of a bride price of 184,400.
Although Lao Qin was in prison for 30 years, he received a demolition payment of 1.5 million, and it was not a problem to marry a daughter-in-law and give a bride price of more than 180,000 yuan.
If you have money and no children, in the words of an intermediary, you will definitely find happiness.
But in the end, Lao Qin's choice of courtship was not through an intermediary, but directly at the door of the women's prison holding a sign, stating his purpose, sincerely seeking marriage, having the idea and ability to have children, and requiring the age to be between 40 and 50 years old.
The 56-year-old Lao Qin still has the obsession of having children, and although Chang Juan has had the experience of being imprisoned, after all, he is young and at the same age, as long as he takes the right path and does not worry about finding a partner, why did he focus on Lao Qin, who is old enough to be his father?
And the bride price figure she proposed, there are zero and whole, obviously there is a purpose, so what is the purpose of the other party's money?
The trailer also specifically mentioned that Lao Qin was deceived, was he cheated of more than 180,000 bride price, or all the demolition money?
The adaptation of the true story itself is more tense, and behind the words "murdering girl", it is a large-scale murder.
What is the real purpose of Lao Qin, who is begging for people, and Chang Juan, who is seeking wealth?
Zhang Guoli chose a good story, and also chose a wave of good actors.
The old cow eats tender grass and does not scold? Fan Wei won in these three points
In this film, in addition to Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu, there are also actors such as Song Jia, Fan Xiangyan, Mao Boy, Yang Haoyu, etc., all of whom are well-known and powerful.
But the most unbelievable combination is Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu.
The two are husband and wife in this film, and the first feeling is outrageous.
Fan Wei is 61 years old, Zhou Dongyu is only 32 years old, the difference between the two is a full 29 years, obviously the age of playing father and daughter, why do you come to play husband and wife?
But Fan Wei, who eats tender grass from old cows, is not like Jiang Wenli, Liu Xiaoqing and other actors, because he was scolded for his partner with young actors, but was quite praised, what did Fan Wei rely on to kill the Quartet?
First, the character design
Although Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu play husband and wife, judging from the characters in the play, Fan Wei does not pretend to be tender, except for wearing a black wig that makes him look young, the character portrayed is not much different from his own age.
On the sign for marriage, it is clearly written that the age is 56 years old, which is very in line with Fan Wei's actual age.
And although the characters played by Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu got together, they had their own thoughts, especially Chang Juan played by Zhou Dongyu, although she agreed to get married, she obviously came for money, and took advantage of Lao Qin, who was eager to ask for a son.
And judging from the roles he played, Fan Wei is a role selected within his age range.
Second, audience popularity
Today's Uncle Benshan rarely appears in the public's field of vision, but in everyone's minds, he is still the king of comedy, and his strong audience popularity often makes everyone have their own filters for actors.
and has cooperated with Zhao Benshan in many Spring Festival Gala sketches, and has starred in many film and television dramas starring Zhao Benshan, in the hearts of the audience, Fan Wei's status is almost equal to Uncle Benshan.
The strong audience popularity allows Fan Wei to not have too many negative comments no matter what kind of role he plays, just like his previous partner Lin Chiling, even if it is not right at a glance, he still uses the audience popularity to support it.
Third, hard power
But the most important thing is Fan Wei's acting skills, in the face of absolute strength, nothing else is a problem.
Judging from the trailer of "Morning Clouds and Twilight Rain", Fan Wei played a person who served 30 years in prison and returned to all kinds of discomfort and restraint in society, even if he faced the camera, he was a little afraid of being cramped.
That kind of erratic eyes, acting makes people feel a sense of substitution, and they can feel that people who have been educated for 30 years have long since worn off the edges and corners.
Before this film, Fan Wei's performance in works such as "The Long Season" can be called the ceiling in the drama, and the reputation accumulated by his strength also makes everyone willing to believe in Fan Wei's vision.
It is these three points that make Fan Wei invincible, even if the old cow eats tender grass, it also makes people feel expectant. In addition, this time it is the cooperation between the Golden Horse actress and the Golden Horse actor, and there is no reason not to watch it.
So, are you looking forward to Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu, a young and old pair?