The biggest surprise to the audience in 2024 is the spy war drama.
In the spy war theme of frequent bad dramas in the past two years, the explosion of "Wind Chaser" tells the audience that there are still good directors who are telling good stories with their hearts.
And as the heat wave of "The Wind Chaser" rolled over, the national drama market fell silent again, and "City in the City", "Chenghuan Ji", and "Spring Lover" were all abandoned by the audience for various reasons.
Now that costume dramas and urban dramas have failed one after another, it is time for a suspense drama to appear.
"Faint Fire" broke through the momentum of bamboo, and the ratings on CCTV broke through 1.9 on the day of its premiere, and the results are not unremarkable.
And as the plot continues to deepen, while enjoying the wonderful plot, I can't help but rank the acting skills of the actors in "Faint Fire" in my heart.
What's more, I found that acting skills really can't be compared, because good acting skills and bad acting skills are really clear at a glance.
Good performance
As a suspense drama promoted by CCTV, "Slightly Dark Fire" is not ambiguous in the selection of the lineup, the supporting roles are all extraordinary, and some people can even steal the limelight from the protagonist.
The first place, Tian Xiaojie.
As an old drama bone, Tian Xiaojie's acting skills are too stable. Compared with the old Duan in "Harbin 1944", Tian Xiaojie's Lao Chen in the new drama is completely the opposite of the old Duan.
Faced with the fact that Lin Fanglu always exonerated Nanya and did not convict the other party, Lao Chen was extremely impatient, because his heart was full of prejudice against Nanya.
In the faint light, Lao Chen pursed his lips tightly and looked at Lin Fanglu helplessly, not knowing what the other party was struggling with. The phrase "if you are not weak, you will be reasonable" is full of righteous indignation. The resentment in the hearts of the characters is fully displayed.
When Lin Fanglu was discussing the old things with Chen's mother, Lao Chen was sitting on the bed in the bedroom, drinking tea with a solemn expression, his eyes were calm as if he was thinking.
integrates the action into life, delicately portrays Lao Chen's attitude towards the character of Nanya, and vividly portrays the character through his demeanor and eyes, which is the strength of the old drama bones.
second place, Ye Zuxin.
Ye Zuxin's performance in the play is also quite eye-catching. The image of the whole person has changed from a handsome guy to a middle-aged "uncle", with a beard, and his face is the traces of years of polishing, which looks full of wind and frost and a sense of story.
In the chat with Zhou Luo, he was tentative, staring at Zhou Luo tightly, as if he wanted to find traces of lying on his face, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a seemingly kind smile, but I don't know how much doubt there is in his heart.
It can be said that Ye Zuxin portrays the role of a policeman who is dedicated to investigating the case, no matter what he hears or discusses, his eyes are full of sharp light, and there are turbulent waves hidden under the seemingly calm appearance, and his acting skills are too stable.
third place, Huang Lu.
In my opinion, the emotional outburst of the whole play is focused on Huang Lu, and there is an inextricable knot between Chen Ling and the heroine Nanya. Just hearing the news of the other party's death, he couldn't help laughing, and it could be seen that this character really hated Nanya to the core.
When talking to Lin Fanglu about Nanya's past growth experience, her face did not have the initial indignation, her expression was indifferent, her eyes looked into the distance, as if she was nostalgic for the simple time before, and there was pity for Nanya in her words, and the whole person was extremely calm.
In the play, Chen Ling's feelings for Nanya are complicated, with resentment and pity, when it comes to the hatefulness of the other party, she can't wait to eat her flesh and blood, but when it comes to the other party's tragic past, she is full of pity.
It can be said that Huang Lu performed the essence of the role of Chen Ling and gave it a soul.
Differential acting
A drama has good acting skills, and in contrast, it will naturally have poor acting skills. But what no one expected was that the two protagonists in "Faint Fire" both overturned, not only the characters were not pleasant, but their acting skills were also complained about.
Let's look at the heroine first, Tong Yao.
As a Magnolia TV queen, as early as March broadcast in "Little Days", Tong Yao's acting skills have been complained about by the audience. Unexpectedly, in the new play, Tong Yao once again staged "explosive acting", not only the role could not stand, but her acting skills regressed greatly.
First of all, in terms of personality, Nan Ya is the best-looking woman in the town, with a graceful posture and extremely glamorous, but the camera is on Tong Yao's bleak face, which is difficult to associate with the word beauty.
And her expression is always faint, and when she turned herself in, she narrated the murder to the police, and her expression was indifferent.
Offended by Zhou Luo and humiliated by words, Nanya's lips opened slightly, and her expression was also faint.
and when he learned that his daughter was in prison and had no one to raise him, his expression was also frowning, not salty or light, staring at the front in a daze, looking sad without too much worry.
Especially when mentioning his experience to Lin Fanglu and being subjected to domestic violence, except for the accumulation of tears in his eyes, he couldn't see any character explosiveness. The lines are also plain and unimpactful.
It can only be said that the character design is a good character design, but at present, the actors have not contributed good acting skills.
Look at the male protagonist again, Zhang Xincheng.
Zhang Xincheng's character design is also unpleasant, to put it nicely, the character of Zhou Luo is a teenager who went astray and was not correctly guided at an age when he was prone to impulsiveness. But to put it mildly, this character is a hooligan who is always obscene with married women.
Moreover, under Zhang Xincheng's interpretation, the role has no sexual tension, and some of them are deeply uncomfortable. To be honest, Zhang Xincheng's acting skills are really good, but when combined with the character of Zhou Luo, the sense of disobedience is too heavy.
Zhang Xincheng, who is 28 years old, plays Zhou Luo, a high school student who repeats his studies, and there is indeed no big mistake in his image, and there is still a young Zhou Zheng on his face.
But as soon as he got on the side of the heroine Nanya, it was like a different person, his expression was dull, his eyes were foggy, as if he had been tricked, he only knew that his blood was on his head, and his thoughts were controlled by desire.
And under the role of Zhang Xincheng, Zhou Luo is not like a simple high school student, a teenager who has gone astray, but like a shameless pervert, who lusts for married women at every turn, and a hooligan who can only swallow saliva when he sees Nanya, which is too disfigured.
epilogue
After watching "Faint Fire", I found that the acting skills cannot be compared at all, because the advantages and disadvantages are too obvious.
Everyone should be able to find that in today's TV dramas, the meaning of the protagonist's existence seems to be just to provide popularity, as long as there is traffic, the quality of the acting skills, and whether the character can stand up seems to be an irrelevant matter.
On the contrary, the supporting roles have become the acting support of the whole drama, and some people can even become popular with the supporting roles, suppressing the limelight of the protagonist.
In fact, what the audience really cares about is not the traffic, but whether the actor can carry his role. As supporting roles become easier and easier to get out of the circle, powerful actors gradually ushered in spring.
At present, "Faint Fire" is still on the air, Liu Junxiao, Wang Qing, Zhao Huanyu, Liu Hengfu and many other actors are waiting to meet the audience, I believe that the acting skills of the supporting roles in the follow-up plot will be more prominent.
So who do you think has the best acting skills in this drama?