The recent CCTV hit mountain village educational drama "When the Mountains Are Blooming" is really good-looking, I catch up on time every night, and I cry and laugh when I see it.
This drama tells the educational story and glorious deeds of Zhang Guimei, the "Principal of the Burning Lamp", through artistic techniques, but there is no didactic taste at all, it is very down-to-earth, and the style is both touching and inspirational, which not only truly reproduces the suffering of the girls in the mountains, but at the same time it is positive and optimistic.
Although the girls in the mountains live a hard life, the story is very inspiring, and Principal Zhang Guimei's words and deeds, everything she has done for Huaping Girls' High School, are so admirable and moving.
I really recommend this good drama to my friends who haven't watched this drama yet. I feel that this is another excellent rural poverty alleviation drama after "Mountains and Seas" and "Daughter of the Mountain".
It just so happens that this "When the Mountains Are Blooming" is also produced by Noon Sunshine, and Noon Sunshine, under the leadership of director Kong Sheng, filmed rural dramas, which have always been known for their solid details and fireworks. ("Mountains and Seas" is one of director Kong Sheng's masterpieces)
In fact, the original title of "When the Mountains Are Blooming" was more intuitive and easy to understand, and the name was changed to "When the Mountains Are Blooming" before the broadcast, which may make many people misunderstand that this is a simple rural drama, so that they missed it.
However, the name "When the Mountains and Flowers Are Blooming" is taken from Chairman Mao's poems, and it also alludes to the word "plum" in Zhang Guimei's name, which is more lofty and poetic.
"When the Mountains Are Blooming" was filmed so well, but the ratings and network popularity were not as high as expected.
Everyone on the Internet analyzed the reasons, and some people said that it may be because the movie "I Am a Mountain" starring Haiqing was promoted in a high-profile manner at the beginning, but it was filmed very badly, which disappointed many people, so it also dragged down everyone's expectations for the drama version.
I have also watched the movie version of Haiqing, and now I am chasing the dewdrops of the drama "When the Mountains are Blooming", and I can tell you responsibly: "When the Mountains are Blooming" is much better than "I Am a High Mountain"! Song Jia's acting skills are also more natural and restored than Haiqing!
In the movie "I Am a Mountain", there are three points that are most criticized by everyone:
The first is to change the alcoholic father to the mother, which is completely the screenwriter's thinking deviated and divorced from reality. Because this story has a real prototype, what does it mean for the screenwriter and director to change gender?
The second is that the depiction of a female student skipping school to go to a game hall at the beginning is not realistic at all. The female students of Huaping Girls' High School know that this learning opportunity is not easy to come by, how can it be like the movie depicted, skipping school, skipping school, not studying?
The screenwriter of the movie "I Am a Mountain" seems to have never gone to the field for research at all, but only wrote the script with his own imagination.
The third is that in the film, when Zhang Guimei encounters major setbacks and depression, she always flashes back to Zhang Guimei's husband played by Hu Ge to comfort Zhang Guimei, and every time she recalls her feelings with her husband, which makes her rekindle her fighting spirit again.
I have seen a lot of reports and interviews with Principal Zhang Guimei before, Zhang Guimei and her husband have a very good and deep relationship, but it is true that they can support Principal Zhang Guimei for 20 years, no matter what difficulties they encounter, they will continue to run the girls' school, it is Zhang Guimei's faith and sense of responsibility as an old party member, it is Zhang Guimei's love for the girls in the mountains, it is the selflessness and innocence, firmness and stubbornness in Zhang Guimei's character, as well as the sensibility and gratitude of the female students, and there are many people from all walks of life who have reached out to help the women's high school and Zhang Guimei. It gave Zhang Guimei infinite motivation and courage.
Zhang Guimei in "When the Mountains Are Blooming" has always worn the party emblem, has always been strict with herself as a party member, and led the teachers who have joined the party in the school to review the oath of joining the party together, and work hard for the future of the girls' school and students.
Zhang Guimei also led the students to watch red movies, sing red songs, and recite Chairman Mao's poems to enhance the cohesion of the students and enhance their willpower.
Moreover, Zhang Guimei in the play has a very vivid image, a very humorous and optimistic personality, and is not like Zhang Guimei played by Haiqing in the movie version, blindly yelling at students, except for being strict or bitter.
Zhang Guimei's spiritual core is selfless, great, and pure, but her character is not a bitter type, but humorous, positive, optimistic, and tenacious.
Chasing the drama so far, I strongly blew up Zhang Guimei played by Song Jia, and she really acted too well!
There is a great contrast with Song Jia herself, and some friends who have just started chasing the drama don't know that Zhang Guimei is played by Song Jia, and they can't recognize it directly!
But Song Jia's version of Zhang Guimei does not pursue the resemblance, but more the inner resemblance of the character.
Song Jia also said in the interview that in fact, she is not so "god-like" to Teacher Zhang Guimei, but she hopes that she can show more of the pure, selfless and great spirit in Teacher Zhang's soul.
And Song Jia shared that after really getting in touch with Teacher Zhang Guimei, I knew that she also had the sense of humor of Northeast people, loved to laugh, and spoke very funny.
If you compare the Haiqing version of Zhang Guimei and the Song Jia version of Zhang Guimei together, you can see that both actors are attentive to this role.
However, the Haiqing version did not grasp the core of the characters, and only pursued a certain similarity in appearance and demeanor. (And Haiqing's line skills are really not good, the way she speaks her lines always makes people feel that she is playing herself no matter what role she plays)
However, the Song Jia version captures the spiritual core of Zhang Guimei, a great woman, and restores the image of Principal Zhang Guimei more naturally and delicately, like Lucky Star Chinese Restaurant, moisturizing things silently, quietly infiltrating the hearts of the audience.
(Text/First Dewdrop)