In the past two years, there have been many foreign movies adapted from China, and recently, a classic romance film "My Robot Girlfriend" from more than a decade ago has been put on the screen.
As soon as I saw the two words of remake, I have to say that the audience naturally has resistance. When I saw the cast again, to be honest, Uncle Fan also had some rebellious emotions in his heart.
Many people are not optimistic about this adaptation, and have complained in the major message areas.
But looking back on the past two years, whether it is "Caller" that has been filmed countless times by many countries, or "Manslaughter" and "Big" People, which are very successful in our localization, in fact, the performance is very good.
After all, we spent money to buy a serious adaptation of the copyright, and Uncle Fan felt that everyone did not have to rush to deny this movie.
Rushing to Bao Bell's previous performance in "Big" People", Uncle Fan went to see the screening this time.
Unexpectedly, the quality of Bao Bell himself and the whole movie is actually very worth watching.
This time, Bao Bell, who has hair, no longer "pays for the consumption of the whole field", but has a super high-tech robot girlfriend with lightning.
So what is it like to have a girlfriend with character, obedience, and explosive force?
"My Girlfriend is a Robot" can tell you.
As mentioned above, this film is adapted from the classic work "My Robot Girlfriend" directed by Guo Zairong, starring Bao Bell and Xin Zhilei.
In recent years, there have been more and more localization of classic works, and there are many successful works.
This time "My Girlfriend is a Robot" also did a good job in this regard, in addition to retaining many classic bridge sections in the original work, it also added a lot of surprise localization elements, many Chinese laughs and bridge design are surprising, classic landmarks, hot pot food and other signs are also eye-catching.
Of course, compared with the original handsome and beautiful girl combination, the love between the "cute man" and the "steel woman" in this film is more intimate.
Uncle Fan felt that it was worth watching after watching the screening, and the word-of-mouth performance of the audience at the same time was also not bad.
This light comedy masterpiece is undoubtedly a powerful "heart-care needle" for the newly revived cinema. So why does this movie touch the audience's "heart"?
Today, Uncle Fan will share his own impressions with you.
1. Localization adaptation, dense laughter into highlights
As a comedy, "My Girlfriend is a Robot" is absolutely wonderful to open.
For example, at the beginning of the movie, the female robot played by Xin Zhilei gave Fang Yuan, played by Bao Bell, a "wonderful" birthday wish: first ordered him a birthday cake, sang a birthday song with a little embarrassment, and then pressed his head into the cake with one hand and took out red wine to "fire" at him.
There is no one in this way of blessing!
Of course, the steel brain circuit of the first year of the robot is not only here, such as the "dressup" that just appeared, that is, directly to the mall to force the dressing, and also moved the model model inside!
Speaking of Fang Yuan, he lived at the bottom of his life, and when his life was poor to his birthday, he only ordered a small noodle for himself, and he only bought two roses to confess to the girl he liked.
Being poor is his label, but that doesn't stop him from wanting to pursue a good life, including love.
So when the mysterious beauty robot Chu Yi (Xin Zhilei) appears in his life, he shows the desire of the current youth for the opposite sex.
For example, after telling Fang Yuan the method of shutting down the machine, he still looked at the bottom of the other party's skirt with a bit of "obscenity", but he was unexpectedly discovered by Chu Yi, because Chu Yi had a system to prevent Fang Yuan from indulging in female color.
Of course, in addition to these, Fang Yuan embodies the ordinary status quo of white-collar workers, such as squeezing the bus, being urged to work by his boss, and so on.
Especially when Fang Yuan fell to the bottom of the bus because of a coin, and struggled to find it but was lifted by Chuyi to help, the audience could also think deeply while laughing: Living in the current society, it is really not easy.
There are also many buzzwords on the Internet that appear in movies, such as Fang Yuan," when trying to "boot" the first one, he used "one giao and one giao I ligiao".
The most interesting thing is that the movie also presents the scene of "fighting wine" between friends in life, and the pug (played by Wei Xiang) in the film completely restores the image of a good wine person who "encourages people not to instigate".
There are laugh points, there are also thinking points, the completely localized laugh point design can make the audience get it immediately, there will be no embarrassing problem of water and soil dissatisfaction, this adaptation has to be said to be distracted!
In addition, the film uses "disaster" at the end to reflect the attitude of the male and female protagonists to emotions: it is not only the desire for life, but also the unswerving steadfastness of feelings to death.
In terms of story structure, the film also made a clever setting, and at the beginning of the film, a small plot was laid out: a female tourist met Fang Yuan, who was a tour guide, and after the two experienced some things, the female tourists disappeared in a hurry, until the robot with the same appearance as the female tourists appeared, and the relationship between the three gradually became clear.
This sense of plot echo makes the audience have to marvel: the details are handled perfectly!
2. The acting skills of the starring cast are all online, and Xin Zhilei's performance is eye-catching.
Xin Zhilei definitely has a very outstanding performance in this movie, even after the movie was finished, the whole crew praised her acting skills, and even in the tidbits, in the earthquake scene, Xin Zhilei roared to the point of green tendons under the pressure of the top heavy object, which made people very distressed.
Not only that, in the movie, Xin Zhilei plays two roles, one is a female tourist, and the other is a female robot.
For the actor, it is not easy to play the two roles, because the personalities of the two are completely different, as a female tourist, her eyes are melancholy and transparent, and when she becomes a robot, her eyes do not fluctuate.
What is impressive is that in a rain scene in the film for 55 seconds, the robot played by Xin Zhilei did not blink an eye, and this is still in the rain, which is a very test of the actor's willpower.
Fang Yuan, played by Bao Bell, compared with Zhao Gongzi in "Big People", this time is also a change in the previous "arrogant" image of the rich second generation, playing a small person, almost played by Xin Zhilei, a "strange force" robot.
A moment was smashed cake, a moment was splashed with red wine, more tragic is almost paralyzed, here Uncle Fan is not much spoiler, you can go to the movie to see how miserable Bao Bell is this time.
In fact, the image shaping of this ordinary small person is not simple, and the actor needs to carefully study the character's heart.
For example, in the movie, the crying scene when he let Chuyi leave was very good, and his heart was clearly unwilling, but his mouth said the "most cruel" words, and his eyes betrayed his true thoughts.
The eye drama is the most test of the actor's acting skills, and obviously Bao Bell can hold it!
Bao Bell, who came out of "Big People", the drama road is also getting wider and wider, both fierce and tender.
When he was "Zhao Gongzi", he revealed a posture of arrogance, arrogance, and money supremacy, so he did everything according to his heart;
And when he was "Fang Yuan", the humility in his bones could even be revealed in his eyes, and the mentality of longing for the approval of others could be felt at a glance.
Therefore, the small character he played this time is more delicate and flesh-and-blood than "Zhao Gongzi", which makes people feel the persistence and warmth behind this seemingly ordinary man.
In addition, the pug played by Wei Xiang also continues its consistent funny style, and the part where he finds the first spelling wine is really laughable.
His steady acting skills are very rendering, and he is also called "another man who grows on the laughing point" by netizens.
3. Reflect the current concept of love
Admittedly, "My Girlfriend is a Robot" is a comedy, but its core is "heavy".
On the one hand, it leads us to see the current situation of most people's lives and work: although they work hard, they are still embarrassed.
On the other hand, under the cloak of "chicken feathers in one place", it expresses a deeper view of love.
In fact, in our real life, many people will become inferior in the pursuit of love because of careers or other factors, just like Fang Yuan in the movie, and even think of "I may not be worthy of being loved.".
And in the real environment, many people have clear standards for love and marriage, such as the reason why Fang Yuan was rejected at the beginning of the movie is that he did not show up.
This definition of "no interest" is the threshold set by some people for love and marriage at present.
But, does this mean that "people who don't have successful careers are not entitled to love"?
No, "My Girlfriend is a Robot" makes the audience understand: no matter how humble your life is, there is always someone who loves you as much as you want. Just like the moment when Fang Yuan was rejected, Chu Yi fell from the sky, took Fang Yuan's hand, and said, "I am his girlfriend."
Of course, the film also wants to elaborate that "the combination of love is not only beautiful handsome, domineering president and Cinderella, but also a warm man and a straight woman of steel"
It is true that the love between Fang Yuan and Chu Yi is indeed different, and neither is a perfect love object for each other, but the simple and rude Chu Yi opened the "protection" of Fang Yuan in an inherent way, is this not the original us who are innocent and simple and desperate for love?
On the other hand, Fang Yuan, although he even had a "collapsed" expression on the appearance of Chuyi, he still did not want her to be hurt in his heart, although he did not have a successful career, but every moment he slowly learned to understand Chuyi in his heart.
The person you love also happens to love you, isn't this vision of love exactly what we all want to have? The most valuable thing about "My Girlfriend is a Robot" is that it not only tells us how to face love, but also tells us where to go when the passion of love dissipates.
There is such a scene in the film, that is, Chuyi tearfully scolded Fang Yuan for being a "scumbag", and also used "Men are like this, at the beginning how are you good, can eat is a blessing, can drink is bold, nonsense is a spoiled, jealous is cute, and later?" All these beautiful adjectives have become unrestrained, ignorant, unremarkable and unreasonable" to tell the changes in love.
But the truth is that Fang Yuan and Chu Yi in the film are accompanied by each other all the way, constantly integrating into each other's world: Fang Yuan constantly understands Chu Yi's brain circuits, and Chu Yi is also trying to understand Fang Yuan's concept.
Therefore, one of the cores expressed in "My Girlfriend is a Robot": "understanding and inclusion" is the only way to keep love going.
Overall, this is a very easy and decompressing comedy movie, which makes the audience laugh and at the same time makes people think deeply, and it is worth watching!
(Rotten Tomatoes Movie Editorial Department: Shu Liangchen)