Is the threshold for period dramas really getting lower and lower?
In May, a variety of works emerged in the national drama market, including suspense dramas, urban dramas and inspirational dramas, including period dramas that are loved by the audience.
It's just that I didn't expect the response to "The Hometown of the Stars" to be so bland.
This is a story that focuses on young people starting a business and chasing their dreams in the opportunities of the times, and with the backdrop of the sense of the times, it shows the full warmth of the times.
However, the Douban comment area of the show is really "unbearable to look at directly".
Many viewers criticized that the texture is too poor, it looks like a modern drama, where does the sense of age come from. I gave up the drama after watching the first episode, and the drama bone Wang Jinsong couldn't save the declining reputation.
There is basically no big problem with the narrative line, all the branches are also close to the main line, and the logical problems are not confused, except for the "running account" style of narration, which lacks too much dramatic tension.
There is another reason for the decline in word-of-mouth that cannot be ignored.
Some viewers also pointed out that the heroine's face was too much, which made the already barren acting skills worse, how many injections were given in her mouth, and she took off directly on the spot as soon as she spoke.
Speaking of which, I have to mention that when the "plastic surgery face" is mixed into the period drama, and the high appearance is beaten back to its original shape, whose aesthetic is wrong?
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If it weren't for the support of a few old actors, "The Hometown of the Stars" might collapse directly.
The bland plot makes the audience uninterested, and there is a little less impulse to chase the drama. The only attraction may be the old drama bones, after all, the acting skills are on the bright side.
Li Guohua, played by Huo Qing, is dedicated and pragmatic, and has no frame at all. After taking the villagers to inspect the quality of the soil, he picked up a little soil and put it in his mouth, which is "eating soil", and it is too real.
Shi Mingshan, played by Wang Jinsong, is easy-going and loyal. As a winemaker, he has always guarded the vineyard, and when Manager Sun was about to destroy the vineyard, he was furious and his eyes were full of anger.
and Ouyang Bin played by Ma Yue, who is very easy-going on weekdays, jumped up with joy when he heard that his daughter was admitted. It's a pity that this character was offline in the first episode.
In addition to the drama bones, several other actors in the play are relatively "embarrassed".
Like Qiu Yihan played by Yingzi.
Before starring in this work, Eiko's acting skills were reasonable, and she played supporting roles in many works. The role played this time has no layering, and the performance is too bland.
The most unacceptable thing is that he wears heavy makeup as soon as he appears, and this big red lip is too eye-catching, isn't this the way to open a period drama?
In order to sign the male protagonist Qi Lu, Qiu Yihan found him many times to negotiate. When they met for the first time, she was a little arrogant, and even deliberately pretended to be cold.
The second time we met, she was wearing a green blazer and sunglasses, which looked like an urban woman, a bit of a crowd.
Her acting skills also have too much sense of suspension, giving people the feeling that she is trying to complete her own role, and she has no sense of interaction with other actors, and she is not integrated into the plot at all.
Lu Xiaoying played by Xiong Ruiling is emotionally delicate.
As the mother of the male protagonist Qi Lu, Lu Xiaoying is still a little strict.
She hoped that her son could return to work beside her, but this kid was full of stubbornness and didn't listen to her at all.
When she called, she came up and blamed her son for not knowing how to contact the family, with a little complaint in her tone. Later, when she heard that her son was busy and had changed professors, her eyes lit up and she seemed to feel surprised.
In the end, her son hung up the phone in a hurry, her brows furrowed, and her mood immediately changed. Xiong Ruiling's acting skills are online, although the shot is very short, it is enough to highlight her acting skills.
In addition, there are many outstanding actors in the play, such as Lu Yi, Guo Tao and Wu Qijiang, etc., all of whom bring people with different textures in the play.
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The heroine of this drama is Pan Zhilin, who can be regarded as an actress with some strength.
In recent years, Pan Zhilin has starred in many well-known works, and her acting skills have been significantly improved. works such as "Glorious Era", "Entrepreneurial Age", "Big Waves and Sands" and "Breakthrough" have good shapes.
Although she usually plays more supporting roles in her works, this time, she finally waited for the role of the big heroine.
To be honest, when Ouyang Yixing played by her first appeared, it was really in a trance.
At this time, Yi Xing was participating in the selection competition, and while she was waiting, she played the cello elegantly and attentively, and lowered her eyebrows and chin along with the tune.
Looking at the past from the side, the appearance is really not ordinarily high, and I forgot that this was a period drama in a trance, and I thought I had traveled to a musical.
Because of the lighting, her facial features are three-dimensional and delicate, and her facial contours are quite soft. This kind of good looks has certain advantages for character building.
But you can put aside the filter of the spotlight to know how quickly this "illusion" is disillusioned.
Pan Zhilin's face has not been adjusted much, except for the lips, which look like pouting lips, which are obviously adjusted. No matter what the expression is, the state of the lips has basically not changed, no wonder the audience accuses that these lips have been injected with many injections......
When this kind of "plastic surgery face" is mixed into period dramas, the sense of drama will become heavier and heavier. What's more, it's still the heroine, there are so many shots, and you can't fast forward if you want to.
Although the state of her face has been complained about a lot, she didn't expect that Pan Zhilin's acting skills are still passable, especially in the handling of crying scenes.
Ouyang Yixing was admitted after the competition, and he couldn't hide the excitement and happiness in his heart, so he hurriedly called his old father.
But who knew that not long after, Ouyang Bin had a car accident.
Yi Xing rushed to the hospital and learned that her father was seriously injured, her eyes were full of loneliness, and then, tears rolled down her face.
There was no hoarse cry, but I couldn't hide the sadness and sadness in my heart.
Later, Ouyang Yixing gave up her music dream and was ready to take over her father's winery, and she hired Manager Sun to manage it with a team.
But who knows, Manager Sun actually wanted to use an excavator to destroy the vineyard, Shi Mingshan lost his temper when he found out, and he criticized Yi Xing unceremoniously.
Knowing that the process of establishing the winery was not easy, and his father was still lying in the hospital, Yi Xing could no longer control his emotions, and tears rolled his face again and again.
Later, when Yi Xing called his long-distance boyfriend Yu Han, he said that he was going to take over the winery, and the two proposed to break up for the first time. Hearing her boyfriend's determination and ruthlessness, Yi Xing's tears could no longer be controlled, and she cried sadly.
Including some follow-up scenes, Pan Zhilin's handling of the "crying scene" is relatively delicate, showing her real skills.
Write at the end:
"The Hometown of the Stars" is a period drama, but it lacks the most important era atmosphere, and many of the episodes look more like urban dramas.
There will be an emotional route in the follow-up, and I hope it will not evolve into a love drama dressed as a period drama.
The heroine Pan Zhilin is currently more controversial.
Love beauty, human nature. But for actors, it is best to stay in a natural state, so that the interpretation of the character will be more realistic.
is like the role of Ouyang Yixing in the play, the pouting lips are so prominent, which has affected the "personality" of the character. Fortunately, the actor's acting skills are a plus, and they will not collapse completely.
What do you think of Pan Zhilin's acting skills?