Pool, teenagers, summer, just a few phrases can piece together the breath of youth. Missed the summer of "Five Splashing Teenagers", finally released on October 1.
The film was scheduled for August 13, but was postponed due to the epidemic, and was later rescheduled for September 30. In the rescheduled trailer, the narrator specifically said that "teenagers without traffic" chose "eleven slots like a cloud". As expected in the trailer, the proportion of "Five Splashing Teenagers" on the first day of release was only 4.6%, which was not only far lower than the two main theme blockbusters of "Chosin Lake" and "My Father and Me", but even lower than the two animated movies. Film director Song Haolin rushed to the hot search nine times even if Mai was rejected for film promotion.
In the middle of the main theme and animation of the National Day file, the light chose to release a youth inspirational movie does seem a bit "out of date", but "Five Splashing Teenagers" is not unknown. The film is remade from the 2001 film of the same name directed by Japanese director Shijing Yaguchi, and the original film exceeded $100 million at the global box office, with a Douban rating of 8.4.
The original version of Zhuyu is in the front, but "Five Splashing Teenagers" almost only borrows the setting of "five teenagers are driven to the shelves to learn synchronized swimming", and makes a lot of changes on the basis of the original version.
The first is the "localization" problem that remakes of foreign films must encounter. According to entertainment reports, Song Haolin once took the main creator to high schools in different provinces to collect styles, and strived to create a "story that can grow on the land of China." There is no doubt that the new version of "Five Splashing Teenagers" has been quite successful in this regard. The film removes a series of settings that are inconsistent with the characteristics of domestic high schools, such as the boys' school girls' school and cultural festivals in the background of the original story, and promotes the development of the plot with elements such as the order of the education committee, the attitude of the school leaders, and the high school synchronized swimming competition, which is enough to make the story look "native-born".
Secondly, the new version of "Five Splashing Teenagers" also adjusts the story structure. The original narrative closely revolves around the main line of "forming a men's synchronized swimming team to perform at the cultural festival", and the story line is clear and clear. The new version depicts the mental journey of Zhang Wei, the captain of the Flower Tour, and adds some depictions of supporting roles such as Lao Yuan, the coach of the Flower Tour, and Zhang Wei's father. These side lines do not appear excessively redundant or cumbersome, not too noisy, and the film narrative is basically smooth.
Compared with the original version, the biggest adjustment is the style of the whole film. Simple and rough with romanticism and realism for dichotomy, the original version is obviously biased towards the romantic side: the plot is absurd, the actors' acting skills are exaggerated, the relaxed comedic effect is full, and it is almost crazy, and even imaginatively depicts the indulgence of teenagers who want to do what they want. All kinds of unrealistic romantic imaginations also constitute the memory points of the movie: stealing dolphins to learn flower swimming, practicing in the sea that is mistaken for floating corpses, throwing swimming trunks at the male protagonist from the audience... The whole film reveals the funny style of Japanese anime, which makes a deep impression.
The plot of the new version of "Five Splashing Teenagers" brings the plot and characters back to reality. For example, the original version of "Pool Scramble" is expressed as "fishing for fish", and the new version is a swimming competition. The original version of the action rhythm training used a dance machine, and the new version is the professional training of the provincial team coach. The original actor's expression looks nervous, while the new version of the actor practices the realistic style of the line, and the performance is followed by the rules.
Whether it is the whimsical boys who want to do it more "hot-blooded", or the story of the flower-traveling teenagers who are close to reality and silently struggle is more "burning", in the final analysis, it is the personal preferences of the director and the screenwriter, and it is not necessary to distinguish between the high and low. However, it is undeniable that abandoning the romantic imagination of the original version, the shortcomings of the plot are exposed.
But five teenagers want to form a men's synchronized swimming team, if they don't work the imagination of the image and create a more interesting bridge than artificial respiration for dolphins, what flowers can the film turn over?
The new version of "Five Splashing Teenagers" chooses to strengthen the obstacles encountered by the protagonist group, from the obstruction of the school leaders to the cancellation of the flower tour performance of the teenagers at the end, the film constantly emphasizes the layers of obstacles, bringing a stronger sense of confinement. The film also distills the theme of "ordinary people can not be ordinary", and writes a big book in the protagonist's monologue at the beginning and end. In order to highlight the theme, the film also specially moved out the "Magic Boy Descending" version of Nezha hand-made for the protagonist, emphasizing the struggle of "my life is up to me".
To deal with such and such shackles, the new version of the teenagers is naturally less primitive than the original version, and a little more "bitter and deep". The original version of the teenagers running crazy to chase freedom, the new version of the teenagers struggle to break through the confinement, which is easier to make into a youth light comedy at a glance. This may also be the reason why the laughs of the new version of the film are not so dense.
Unfortunately, whether it is "ordinary people also have shining moments" or "my fate is up to me", it is not a new thing in movies. Coupled with the fact that the film's lens language is not eye-catching, the new version of "Five Splashing Teenagers" has still embarked on a decent road. Even if the narrative is complete and smooth, the plot is not broken, but the memory points are really insufficient.
Finally, I have to mention that the new version of "Five Splashing Teenagers" does not have dog blood love, which is gratifying. However, what is confusing is that Zhang Wei's love line has no effect on promoting the development of the story. Equally doubtful is the flower tour performance at the end. Although the elements of the song and dance genre can be perfectly integrated into this genre, the overall choreography seems to focus on flower showmanship rather than youthful enthusiasm.
Overall, in the context of domestic youth films that can't move to break the sky, love dog blood, awkward songs and awkward dances, "Five Teenagers Who Flutter Water", which focuses on the growth process of Huayou teenagers, is "localized and successful", and the narrative is complete and smooth, which is indeed a clear stream. However, unfortunately, the film lacks characteristics, lacks surprises, and there is still some room for improvement.
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