Recently there was a new film, and I was scolded crazy on the Internet.
IMDb ratings, hovering around the edge of 4.
As many as one-third of the audience scored 1 point (lower than the Douban star).
The comment area opens the fancy spit mode:
"I only watched it for 5 minutes and couldn't watch it."
"Worst movie ever made, I can't believe someone made such a thing."
Others liken the movie-going process to "someone scraping a blackboard with a fingernail in front of you."
In short, two words: run!
Amazon, the broadcast platform and producer, has also become a thousand fingers.
Some viewers even cancelled their Amazon accounts in a huff, and did not shop online for a week.
And this spit received the highest praise.
What kind of movie is this?
Although not many people in China have paid attention.
But it is a remake of its own household name IP:
Cinderella.
It's hard to imagine that such a classic fairy tale can also be smashed.
What the hell is going on? Xiangyu will take you to see today——
Cinderella
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="36">Cinderella (2021)</h1>
The story of Cinderella is well known.
Fairy godmothers, pumpkin carriages, and crystal shoes were once the childhood fantasies of many girls.
The love between Cinderella and the prince who breaks through the barriers of identity is also full of romanticism.
This ancient fairy tale has been circulating since the 17th century.
To modern people, its core inevitably seems outdated and boring.
Amazon's live-action version of "Cinderella" has made a drastic "reform" of the original fairy tale.
I want to inject a modern spirit into this fairy tale from hundreds of years ago.
And use this to promote the film.
For example, to support minorities.
The role of the fairy godmother in the film is played by black actor Billy Potter.
The shape is extremely exaggerated, and it is obviously a drag queen (drag queen) image.
Cinderella is played by Cuban singer Camilla Cabeo.
Looking at the various versions of the poster, Cinderella occupies the absolute C position, and the prince does not even deserve to show his whole body.
Obviously, Cinderella, who was bullied in the traditional fairy tale, turned into a big heroine.
Sister is the queen
However, wait until the main film is released.
These gimmicks turn into utter mockery.
How hard it is to see this piece.
The IMDb score is only 4.2.
Domestic audiences don't buy it either.
Douban scored 5.3, the lowest score of any Cinderella adaptation.
Good IP, why is it so far?
Compared to the previous version, its shortcomings are very obvious.
First of all, aesthetics are fully offline.
Take, for example, the famous scene where the fairy godmother gives Cinderella a disguise.
The 1950 animated version is silky smooth and imaginative.
In the 2015 live-action version, a blue dress will do the gorgeous dream to the extreme.
In this version, the fairy godfather used flowers from trees to make skirts.
But the effect is more like using countless pieces of toilet paper to turn into a giant roll of paper out.
Even the dress of the highlight is this color, and the level of the costume of the whole play can be imagined.
Basically, it can be summarized as vulgar, cluttered, and cheap.
Cinderella and two older sisters
Compare that to the 2015 edition that was nominated for the Oscar for Best Costume Design.
Judgment from above.
2015 edition
The core of the fairy tale is actually one word:
beauty.
If this premise is abandoned, fairy tales are no longer valid.
Even from the perspective of innovation.
This version of Cinderella also failed.
A variety of styles, ancient and modern clothing are indiscriminately mixed and matched, and the end result is that they are not different and have no integrity to speak of.
Secondly, the plot is fully reduced.
Leaving aside the external factor of "aesthetics", look at the story alone.
This movie is even more thunderous rotten.
The characters are not motivated enough, and the plot twist is blunt.
The two core contradictions of the king and the prince, the stepmother and Cinderella, were all forcibly resolved in the last 20 minutes.
Because of the queen's words, the king repented and let the prince go free;
Then the mother only told her unfortunate experience, and she successfully washed her white and got Cinderella's forgiveness.
This may be the hasty reunion ending in history.
What's more, the whole film is full of awkward and earthy dialogue.
There is a reunion scene between the prince and Cinderella, and the feelings are sparkled.
The dialogue goes like this:
-Did you come on horseback?
- That's right!
- It's so cool.
- You are so beautiful.
- You're so handsome.
- Thanks.
That's it??
No matter how bad the Mary Sue drama is, I am afraid that I dare not use such a watery line to perfunctory the audience.
And that's not all.
The daily activity of the prince and his aristocratic friends was to fight with his mouth.
And the topic of their repeated quarrels turned out to be: who had poop in their heads.
The list goes on and on.
There is reason to suspect that the screenwriter has broken the can and completely released himself.
It is no wonder that the filmmakers will give up the theater line in the final stage and switch to streaming media.
Probably long expected that word of mouth will hit the street.
If only the above two disadvantages.
The new version of Cinderella can only be regarded as a mediocre rotten.
Its biggest slot is that it hangs sheep's head to sell dog meat.
The publicity focus before the release basically revolves around its feminist connotation.
The Douban plot summary also reads impressively:
"A New Princess Film with Modernity and Feminism"
"Expressing Women's Autonomy and Self"
But watching the whole film, you know that this is completely "pseudo-feminism".
This hypocrisy is especially reflected in the shaping of female characters.
In order to set off the beautiful qualities of women, this film sets all male characters into stupid and incompetent images.
Or the king is like this, controlling the explosive, irritable and irritable;
Either like the prince, without any ambition, pure love brain.
On the contrary, female characters basically carry the label of independence, self-improvement and professionalism.
The representative is the heroine Cinderella, who loves costume design.
Therefore, her dream is to pursue a career and realize herself, instead of marrying a prince.
The setting itself is innovative.
But as the plot progresses, the problem arises:
Female characters appear to be independent, but they are actually still attached to men.
Even the male characters in the film are already so stupid.
Cinderella still has to rely on men to succeed.
At the beginning of her career, she took out the dress she made and went to the street to sell it.
At first no one was interested.
Finally, the prince of the micro-service private visit, overly enthusiastically bought the dress for 3 times the price.
Gave her the first pot of gold in her life.
In order to open up the consumer market of high society, she accepted the prince's invitation to a ball.
Just when she was agonizing over the lack of suitable dresses and transportation.
The Fairy Father descended from the sky again and broke the siege for her.
From beginning to end, whenever Cinderella encounters difficulties, it is up to men to come forward to resolve it.
And her own subjective initiative is not highlighted enough.
The so-called big heroine setting is just a decoration.
Further, the root of the problem is the contradiction of the characters' motivations.
The writers deliberately portrayed Cinderella as an assertive woman.
Put all kinds of slogans on your lips anytime, anywhere.
When asked by my sister, "Am I beautiful?"
She opened her mouth to preach: don't care what others think, you are already beautiful.
Between career and love, she also chose the former.
But what is actually done is more in favor of the latter.
For example, she scoffed at the prom, and agreed to go to the prom because the prince said that meeting like-minded people here would help open up a costume business.
As a result, after meeting the fairy godfather, the statement changed again.
Cinderella, who was not interested in the prince, also admitted that she wanted to attract the prince's attention.
For example, Cinderella met a queen at the ball and promised to follow each other around the world and develop a costume career.
They agreed on a meeting time, and the other stressed that they could not be late.
But Cinderella met the prince halfway through, and immediately fought fiercely, ignoring the fact that she was about to be late.
It can be seen that the feminism of this film is only a superficial slogan.
It has not been completely innovative, nor has it been well integrated with the narrative itself.
The result is that the female characters contradict themselves and jump from side to side.
In short, the whole movie gives people a very contradictory and fragmented look.
The more you look closely, the more you will find that the internal femininity is missing.
In fact, this is not an isolated phenomenon.
Feminism, which is superficial, is becoming a new creative ill.
Take the princess movie, for example.
The fairy tale of the princess born in feudal society naturally has the limitations of the times.
With the awakening of female consciousness, more and more people expressed dissatisfaction with the traditional princess image.
After all, these images are themselves the product of the male gaze.
The well-known British actress Kayla Knightley has publicly stated:
"I won't let my daughter watch Cinderella and The Little Mermaid."
Because women have to rely on themselves, not on men.
But here's the paradox.
These outdated, feudal fairy tales are well known and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Few such texts can push aside cultural differences and reach audiences around the world.
Giants led by Disney will certainly not let go of this excellent IP.
It is also Disney that has been innovating the concept of princess movies since the 90s.
In recent years, it has further injected a strong sense of feminism into the princesses.
The main line of Sleeping Curse is no longer Sleeping Beauty waiting for the prince to wake up.
It's Sleeping Beauty Redeeming Female Villain Maleficent.
Beauty and the Beast starred Emma Watson, who is active in speaking for women.
Belle became a wise woman who kept her books in her hands.
It wasn't until the me Too movement flourished in the past three years that this type of adaptation was pushed to a climax.
From animation to live-action movies, they all carry the banner of feminism.
but.
Most of these films are only superficial adaptations.
Even the full-fledged villain Maleficent is set up as a bitter woman who is hurt by men.
The only one who has really achieved a breakthrough is probably Frozen.
Purely from the perspective of women, it tells how women can realize the awakening of "seeing themselves, seeing heaven and earth, and seeing sentient beings".
And the friendship between women who love and help each other.
There is no attachment to male power, nor is there opposition to men.
Unfortunately, this is already 8 years ago.
After the princess movie, even if the team is luxurious, the production is upgraded.
At the level of feminism, there has still not been much progress.
In the final analysis, it is the creator's mentality that is wrong.
Injecting the connotation of the new era into the old princess image is itself worthy of recognition.
But if it is only the concept first, catering to the hot spots, and ignoring the polishing of the play.
The auction must have been a speculative work that could not stand up to scrutiny.
The new version of "Cinderella", which has fully overturned its reputation, has sounded the alarm bell for the creators.
Such superficial and contradictory so-called "innovation".
There is no meaning other than contributing a full slot and consuming the feelings of countless people.
A script that doesn't go out of its mind, a disingenuous adaptation.
It is absolutely impossible to rely on the aura of IP itself to revitalize.