Recently, the work "Departure: When the Wind Rises" starring Wu Lei and Hou Minghao was launched on the online platform.
The show focuses on the development of the computer industry, telling the story of a group of young people with dreams struggling under the tide of the times.
In the past, there were many works of this kind of theme, but there were not many outstanding works.
Poor shooting is a key factor.
However, Wu Lei's new drama premiered with "full hall color", bullet screen and a scoring platform.
However, under the high opening, some shortcomings are also very obvious.
In works set against the backdrop of the development of the times, a sense of age is a top priority.
However, there are many works that only make superficial articles and do not work the details, and the result is a word false!
The audience looks fake, and the actors act fake.
At this point, Wu Lei and Hou Minghao's new drama has already won many previous works.
As soon as the play began, a strong sense of age came to the fore, from the set to the actors to the dialogue, pulling the audience into it in an instant.
The atmosphere is in place, and the next step is to watch the actors and the plot.
For many young viewers, at first glance, the shape of Wu Lei and others can be described by the word "thunder man".
Hou Minghao is a little better, especially Wu Lei, whether it is a big bias or a big back, it is a bit funny.
In terms of clothing, the role played by Wu Lei is also full of fashion, in today's terms, it is a proper retro youth.
However, combined with the era at that time, the makeup and hair and clothing of each character were very suitable.
Pei Qinghua, played by Hou Minghao, is a college student who came out of the countryside, and simplicity, honesty and even can be said to be humble, are his main characteristics.
His style is also low-key or with a little "earth".
Xiao Chuang, played by Wu Lei, is a restless lord as his name suggests, with a flexible mind, daring to fight, courageous and strategic, and morality.
His style is much more high-profile, and it is fashionable, and his personality is vividly reflected in his language in the play.
In fact, the reason why most viewers are not accustomed to the shapes of Wu Lei, Hou Minghao and others is not unrelated to their previous experience of chasing dramas.
One point that must be mentioned here is that the casting of "Departure" is bold enough.
Watching many previous period dramas, it is not difficult to find that most of the young actors who pick the beams are young actors with certain life experience, such as Feng Shaofeng, Qiao Zhenyu, Ren Zhong and so on.
Their image, coupled with the era modeling, the sense of character integration is very strong.
Accustomed to watching such works, in my heart, there are relatively fixed standards for the aesthetics of the characters of the period drama.
Therefore, when you see Wu Lei's version of Xiao Chuang and Hou Minghao's version of Pei Qinghua, it is inevitable that it will be a little awkward.
But to some extent, rather than using young actors to play "tender", let the actors who really belong to that age group interpret the role, in order to achieve a better presentation effect.
However, there is also a clear conundrum at hand.
Young actors have advantages in the early stage of the role, but with the change of the times, the later stage will inevitably need to perform a side that does not match their age, and the experience and temperament under the precipitation of life, like youth, are difficult to imitate.
Judging from the age of the play, Wu Lei can be said to be an actor of the "drama bone" level, and under his interpretation, the character of Xiao Chuang stood up as soon as he appeared.
Hou Minghao is also the best of the younger generation of actors, who has starred in many male dramas, and his performance in the new drama is still amazing.
As the soul of the play, Wu Lei and Hou Minghao are qualified.
The appearance of cross-talk actor Zhang Helun has also become a highlight of the play.
However, the acting skills of Mao Xiaohui, as a female protagonist, have become a major slot in the play.
This is not the first time that Mao Xiaohui has caused controversy over her acting skills.
As early as when she participated in a certain acting variety show, this kind of topic repeatedly pushed her to the cusp of the storm.
I just didn't expect that in the drama "Departure", her performance still failed to gain public recognition.
From the overall performance point of view, Mao Xiaohui, known as "Little Liu Yifei", is still very beautiful in the static picture, and the most controversial part focuses on the performance of crying dramas and other big emotional fragments.
Mao Xiaohui's cast list is second only to the two male protagonists, and there should be many scenes in the play, I don't know if she will become the "lightning point" of the play.
In terms of plot, for audiences who are tired of watching slow paces, "Departure" can be called an "appetizer".
The pace of the show is fast enough to make the audience can't stop, and the first 8 episodes are like desserts before dinner, just enough to plug the teeth.
However, the pace is too fast and comes with some drawbacks.
In some important scenes of intrigue, pushing too fast reduces the audience's sense of identification with the actors' situation.
The crisis and highlight that leads to the actors is a bit pediatric, like a small fight.
In addition, there are many entrepreneurial dramas under the storm of the times, and the reason why there are fewer brilliant ones, in addition to being difficult to shoot, is that they often end up falling into clichés.
In short, it has become a love drama with two skins of the times and entrepreneurship.
Wu Lei and Hou Minghao's new drama "Departure" has already appeared two emotional lines at the premiere, and Wu Lei's role also gives people a bit of a "love brain" feeling.
Let many viewers smell a hint of danger.
Overall, although "Departure" has slots, it still has more advantages and has great potential for explosive drama.
Do you think the show can go high to the end?