"The First Incense" has been controversial since its release, and there is no shortage of expectations for the movie. So what is the problem with "First Incense" and how toxic is it?
Most of Zhang Ailing's works have a lot of blank space, is it that the blank part is difficult to control? As we all know, many of Zhang Ailing's works have been remade, and the response is not very good. What ultimately is the problem?
This film is adapted from Zhang Ailing's famous work, telling the story of Ge Weilong, a girl who went to Hong Kong to study, because she wanted to live a high-society life, was attracted by the playboy Georgie Joe, indulged in paper drunken gold fans, did not hesitate to sell her soul, and finally was used by her aunt Mrs. Leung and Georgie Joe as a tool to collect money. The ending is also self-evident, if Ge Weilong loses the value of being used, he will be ruthlessly abandoned by Ge Qiqiqiao.
After the release of the film, it was more or less as expected, which was a bit disappointing. First of all, in the casting, the original book described Ge Weilong as follows: "Her face is a plain and beautiful small convex face, her eyes are long and charming, and the deep marks of her double eyelids sweep straight into the sideburns." Slender nose, small fat mouth. And the deep foundation in the film somewhat makes people who watched the original appear on camera. In terms of image, Ma Sichun's appearance and Ge Weilong are also different, if anyone is closer to the original image, it is undoubtedly Liu Yifei's overall image will be closer. Secondly, in the original book, Georgie Joe is described as follows: "He even his lips are pale, and he resembles a plaster cast. At the bottom line of the black pressed eyebrows and eyelashes, the eyes were like the wind blowing through the waseda fields, sometimes revealing the blue light of the water under the rice, flashing and darkening again. Man is tall, and he is born evenly, but his clothes are so well-dressed and casual that people forget the existence of his body. "Georgie Joe is a mixed-race man, mixed-race boys are a bit gloomy and girlish, and Peng Yuyan appears on the screen with a dark tendon flesh and a smile on his face, always with a greasy and embarrassing feeling." From a dialectical point of view, it is not that the acting skills are not good, but that the image is indeed different from the original work. How good do you think the acting skills can be moved back to the original in everyone's mind?
But then again, looking back at the whole plot, the story line is still very good, at least let everyone know, do not be excessively extravagant, one person's humility in love is not as brave as two people's bravery. If you can't see each other clearly, once the prosperity dissipates, all that remains is loneliness and desolation, and you can't grasp anything, and in the end it will be a bamboo basket to hit the water empty.