"Shizuka, I met you, so late."
- "Too Late to Say I Love You" Murong Feng
"Have you ever loved me, you don't love me at all, why should I be gentle and considerate to you?"
—— "If Life Meets At first" Yi Liankai
"If life is like the first meeting", hereinafter referred to as "the first meeting", "too late to say I love you", hereinafter referred to as "say I love you".
The above two works are both novels with the theme of warlords in the Republic of China.
Murong Feng, Murong Peilin, and Murong Sixio. The son of a domineering and stoic warlord. He came from "Say I Love You", and when he returned from studying abroad, because his old father was killed, he was ordered to carry the banner of stabilizing the six provinces of Jiangbei.
Yi Liankai, Yi Lanpo, Yi Sanshao. A cynical, obsessed with paper drunk gold fans. He is from "The First Meeting", the superficial frivolity of him is actually dark and obscure, and he has full of ambition and enthusiasm.
The two troubled young masters had two things in common, first, they both had wolf ambitions. Second, weaknesses are all women.
"Say I Love You" and "First Meeting" are originally sister chapters, and the characters in the play are also related, and Murong Feng and Yi Liankai are also old acquaintances.
In 2010, the TV series "Too Late to Say I Love You" was adapted from this novel of the same name, without too much publicity, "Say I Love You" started low-key, and after broadcasting, it achieved a perfect counterattack of low opening and high walking.
After watching this drama, what lingers in our minds for a long time is the love that in the chaotic world, the warlord commander Murong Feng and the Jiangnan woman Yin Jinghuan are full of anger.
Eight years later, "First Meeting" was also made into a TV series, and under the overwhelming publicity, this TV series came under the eyes of everyone. But the reputation of this drama was thrown out of eight hundred streets by "Say I Love You", if you watched this drama at the beginning for feelings, then after entering the pit, the feelings were shattered.
Of course, the Internet is not all bad reviews for this drama, of course, there are also a small number of netizens to give praise, but I believe that friends who give praise, perhaps have not watched "Say Love You", "First Meeting" when the broadcast of the high and low, but once again fire "Say Love You", the situation is the same as the recent hit "Deer Ding".
As a sister article, why the reputation of the two works is far from the same.
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The general director of "Say I Love You" is a female director from Hong Kong, Zeng Lizhen, I believe that for everyone, this must be a familiar name.
I have to say that this director is really brilliant in the handling of the character's emotions, she can take the audience's psychology to score no badly, through her directed works, almost all of them are rated, such as "See another Curtain of Dreams" you must have seen, such as "Phoenix Wearing Peony", and then "The Most Beautiful Time", and then "Love Never Forgets", all from the hands of this female director. Is it possible to casually say the classic characters of these works without even thinking about it?
And what about the creator of "Say I Love You"?
The male protagonist Murong Feng's casting is "Xiao Wa" Zhong Hanliang, and the female protagonist Yin Jinghuan is Li Xiaoran. When the drama was filmed, Zhong Hanliang was 35 years old and Li Xiaoran was 33 years old. These two actors are not small fresh meat or small flowers, but the two are definitely acting strong.
Zhong Hanliang's Murong Feng, the domineering opening, pointed a gun at his beloved Yin Jinghuan, his eyes were full of helplessness and heartache, and he was so sad that he was about to cry.
For example, at the beginning of the meeting between the two, Yin Jinghuan blocked a shot for her, he raised the gun in his hand, too late to think, shouted at Chang Degui and Xu Zhiping, who injured Jinghua: "Lao Tzu collapsed you." Chong Guan was furious, and he killed the two subordinates who were trying to rebel, but he did not think that Chang Degui was her sister's father-in-law.
Li Xiaoran smiled when she was happy, and frowned with tears when she was sad, interpreting the gentleness and agility of this Jiangnan woman impeccablely.
Of course, the kiss scene of this drama is also the most blood-boiling picture in the whole play. Zhong Hanliang's strong kiss when he is not in line with his words, the affectionate kiss when he loves to the extreme, how powerful Zhong Hanliang's kiss scene is, I believe that everyone has already learned it on the whole network, and I don't need to repeat it too much here.
I like Zhong Hanliang's sentence the most, "I tell you, Yin Jingwan, I don't want to be any big brother of Rausch, I like you." "I really watched this clip several times.
During the warlord melee of the Republic of China, the love between Murong Feng and Yin Jinghuan seemed too insignificant in the face of the great righteousness of the family and the country. Although they were separated due to a misunderstanding, Murong Feng eventually heeded Yin Jingwan's persuasion and took his soldiers from the six provinces of Jiangbei to the front line to resist the Japanese.
Zhong Hanliang also relied on this drama to break into the mainland market. Before 2010, he did not have much fire, and this beautiful boy, from the initial heart-wrenching and stunning Gu Xichao to The He Yichen who made everyone want to ferry, he spent eleven years.
Why Zhong Hanliang's every move of Li Xiaoran, every word and deed is deep affection, there are rumors that when filming "Say I Love You", Zhong Hanliang fell in love with Li Xiaoran, and all his deep affection for Li Xiaoran in the play came from instinct. It is a rumor, naturally true and false, of course, we love the works brought by the two.
Li Xiaoran cooperated with Zeng Lizhen in 2008 on "Phoenix Wearing Peony", and also played a Jiangnan woman who can sing and cry, in "Say I Love You", the portrayal of the role of Yin Jinghuan is simply easy.
In "Say I Love You", because of the limited budget of the crew, Murong Feng, as the commander of the six provinces of Jiangbei, repeatedly has several sets of military uniforms in the 36 episodes of television, and occasionally appears in the shape of a clumsy prince, which also looks very cheap and ordinary.
And Yin Jingwan, as the daughter of a wealthy merchant in Jiangnan, also has a few sets of small dresses that are not outstanding, which is really not outstanding at all.
A pocket watch with a music box runs through the whole play, if it were not for Murong Feng giving Yin Jinghuan a pocket watch engraved with "Peilin", there would be no future story.
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If "Say I Love You" is a drama, a "drama" of the plot, then "First Meeting" can only be a drama, a "drama" of drama.
The general director of "First Meeting" is also a director from Hong Kong, Ho Shu Pei, who is also a familiar name. There are also many popular dramas through his hands, such as "Tang Lang Detective", "Living Color", "Heavy Fire on the Moon", etc., which are also well-known names in the film and television circle, but he is better at narrative, and in the handling of character emotions, he does not pay as much attention as Zeng Lizhen.
"First Meeting" itself was originally a love story of the warlords of the Republic of China, and under the director of He Shupei, it was made into a Republic of China idol drama. As a story of the warlords of the Republic of China, the original story is too warlike, the conflict of clues is insufficient, and compared with many real warlord dramas, "First Meeting" does owe some fire.
In fact, it can be like "Say I Love You", focusing on the portrayal of characters and reflecting the conflict of character stories, but this drama has been made into an idol drama.
Indeed, before the peak achievement of "Say I Love You", as a sister article, I wanted to create a breakthrough and carry a lot of pressure. In the chaotic Republic of China period, its opening was as plain as water.
Yi Liankai's actor is Han Dongjun, a post-90s xiaosheng, and Qin Sang, the woman yi Liankai loves deeply, is played by Sun Yi, a small flower after 90. First of all, the acting skills of the two, Han Dongjun's acting skills are still worth circled, when filming "First Meeting", Han Dongjun was only 24 years old, and at the age of 24, he could show Yi Liankai's hidden tolerance to live up to expectations, in fact, it was still very rare.
But Sun Yi makes it a little difficult to enter the play, and after watching the whole play, I really feel that some are too bland. The reclusive Yi Liankai falls in love with Qin Sang in the middle of the family road and marries her through the door, in order to protect her, he pretends to ignore his love for Qin Sang. In fact, this main line, if used properly, will also become a story that the audience loves to watch.
Although the addition of well-known Hong Kong actors Fang Zhongxin and Maggie Shao, it is still unable to make this drama climb to the top.
Han Dongjun and Sun Yi were a little too forceful, giving people a feeling of "the whole drama is acting".
In "First Meeting", the crew has made great efforts in the costumes, and the costumes prepared are indeed bright and beautiful enough, but they are a bit too beautiful, and in the Republic of China period, even if a very rich family cannot wear such a graceful and luxurious costume.
In terms of clothing, it has also deviated from that era.