The highly anticipated TvN 15th anniversary drama "Zhiyi Mountain" due to its strong lineup has begun broadcasting. Directed by "Ghosts" Lee Ying-fu, written by "Signal" and "Kingdom" Jin Yinji, starring Jeon Ji-hyun, Chu Ji-hoon and Sung Dong-yi. It tells the story of the rangers who guard Zhiyi Mountain to save the victims.
"Wisdom Mountain" premiered with a rating of 9.1% second only to "Witty Doctor's Life 2", and episode 2 had a good score of 10.7%. However, there have also been some critical voices. The Douban score was unexpectedly as low as 7.2 points
The movie "Inner Beauty" Director Bai Zonglie posted his feelings after watching the first episode on Instagram: "(At my level) it is the director's problem, Zhiyi Mountain has a reason, so many actors look like they can't act, it's also a kind of magic, if it is done deliberately, then I'm sorry." ”
Although the post was later deleted, it still caused a heated discussion. This section in the picture is also the most criticized by the audience, "the special effects are not good", "the soundtrack is also very inappropriate", "like a mountaineering advertisement"...
Remember that the "Sisyphus" special project for the 10th anniversary of jtbc also has the problem of poor special effects, is it that the special project is to invite big-name actors to come and then produce it casually?
Also, the filter was so thick that the moles on Jeon Ji-hyun's nose were almost gone.
As well as the use of a lot of large long-range lenses to shoot landscapes, the ever-changing sea of clouds, fog, such empty mirrors are too many, really like sightseeing promos or travel variety shows.
The just-concluded "Coast village chacha" scenery has also been filmed a lot, but it is very naturally integrated with the story and characters, and it feels healed after watching it. And here I just think that "it's beautiful, it's okay to stop it"...
Can you only take a bunch of natural landscape shots to express a natural theme?
Is it really that the audience's expectations are too high? In the first two episodes, there are not only special effects, soundtracks, and filter problems, but also the storyline is also somewhat far-fetched, such as the male protagonist of episode 2 encountering a fraudster, who has to puncture each other's lies in the uninhabited mountain, and does not want to take it down the mountain first?
Under the lens of director Li Yingfu, this ranger does not look like a newcomer, but like a fool, how did the director achieve the film of Zhu Zhixun without charm?
I used to joke with friends that 10 male protagonists of Korean dramas have 9 psychological shadows, and the remaining 1 special function ~
At this time, the Hong squad leader who had a psychological shadow was just sent away, and Jiang Xianzu, who had special functions, was ushered in...
The male protagonist, Jiang Xianzu, has "hallucinations" and can see the location of the victims of Zhiyi Mountain, or the fragments of the upcoming case. In a certain snow mountain operation, he fell into a disaster and lay unconscious on a hospital bed, and the heroine Xu Yijiang was also disabled in both legs.
But Xu Yijiang always saw the marks left by the suspected Jiang Xianzu, which was a signal that only the two of them knew, but pointed again and again to the place where the victims were found.
At the end of the second episode, ranger Li Duoyuan saw a mysterious person, dressed like a beggar, although there was only a momentary shot, but a careful look at the lines of the eyes and nose should be the appearance of the male protagonist Jiang Xianzu.
But Jiang Xianzu was obviously lying on the hospital bed, was it his ghost? The gods of Mt. Zhiyi?
Since it was emphasized at the beginning that Zhiyi Mountain is the junction of yin and yang, it should be able to solve the case with supernatural ability.
The strong contrast between the cold and warm colors on the poster also suggests that the male and female protagonists are likely to rescue and find the truth in different worlds.
The story seems to be a combination of unit plot and main line, each episode rescues/finds a victim at the same time, slowly unravels the snow mountain accident encountered by the male and female protagonists, and may also be related to the serial murder case (which is the plot that Jin yinji is best at).
Putting aside the shortcomings of the first 2 episodes, "Zhiyi Mountain" still has unique advantages, especially the theme is innovative and the intention is lofty.
Zhiyi Mountain and rangers, is the relationship between nature and man, nature is vast and mysterious, as a ranger people try their best to guard this natural land, but also to save people lost in the mountain forest, is to promote people's fear of nature, help people's story.
Screenwriter Jin Yinji has a paragraph when talking about the creative intention of "Zhiyi Mountain":
"With climate change caused by the destruction of ecosystems, the homes of wild animals have disappeared, because of various diseases everywhere, everyone's life is very difficult, not only in coexistence with nature, but also in the relationship between people, it seems that now more than ever, there is an urgent need for care and understanding." As for the value of how each of us will coexist and survive, I would like to think about it through this TV series. ”
The story of stealing pine trees in Episode 2 serves as a wake-up call, and dead trees and trees that are cut off by lazy waists are harmful to nature.
"It takes more than a decade for the damaged nature to return to its original state, but illegal pine loggers don't care about that."
The things that humans who do not fear nature will one day be eaten back. From this point of view, "Zhiyi Mountain" also has the theme of environmental protection, which is of great practical significance.
The care for nature reminds me of another Korean drama, Half and Half, which is a completely different genre, but has a similar attitude towards nature. I summarized the theme of that play in the review like this:
"Without emphasizing the conflict of human nature itself, but putting man into the natural world not only expresses man's smallness and helplessness, but also expresses the naturalness of luck and misfortune in life itself. Man himself is a part of nature. ”
"Zhiyi Mountain" also has a similar intention, caring for nature, thinking about the way of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, through the profession of ranger, talking about mountains and people.
With only two episodes, it is difficult to evaluate the success or failure of a drama, and how to follow up, quietly wait and see.
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