In an era when mermaids have been filmed a bit, there are countless movies and TV dramas about mermaids on the screen.
The mermaid Shen Qing, played by Jeon Ji-hyun in "Legend of the Blue Sea", is stupid and cute and beautiful;
The mermaid played by Lin Yun'er in Xingye's "Mermaid" is cute and kind;
There is also the mermaid in Pirates of the Caribbean who is evil and charming.
In fact, the "mermaid" was first derived from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "Daughter of the Sea".
In the book, she is the representative of purity, kindness, and beauty.
However, later, the image of the mermaid was re-analyzed, deconstructed, and reorganized by countless screenwriters.
Mermaids no longer just represent goodness, purity. Some also represent victims of evil, intrigue, and environmental pollution.
For example, the mermaids in Pirates of the Caribbean sing sweet ballads on the sea, seducing sailors into their traps.
And, of course, there's the infamous Mermaid of the Sewers, which makes people reflect on the terrible consequences of environmental pollution after watching (not recommended).
In addition, in fact, in the history of Hong Kong cinema, there have also been movies about mermaids.
"The Legend of the Mermaid" is starring Zheng Yijian, Zhong Liti, Jin Chengwu and Mak Jiaqi, and is known as the most classic mermaid movie.
At that time, Zhong Liti, who was only 24 years old, created a classic mermaid image in film history.
In order to shoot the film, director Rowan sent Zhong Liti's three-dimensional circle to the United States and specially ordered an orange mermaid suit worth 600,000 Hong Kong dollars for her.
In the film, the mermaid Xiaomei, played by Zhong Liti, is beautiful, kind, pure, and innocent, just like the little mermaid in Andersen's fairy tale.
The male protagonist and male number two, played by Zheng Yijian and Jin Chengwu respectively, have really attracted the attention of many girl fans.
At the beginning of the story, the male protagonist Ah Zhi accidentally drowned while leading the students to play.
Fortunately, she was saved by Xiaomei, but she accidentally let Ah Zhi swallow her pearl.
In this way, he could not return to the sea, but could only incarnate as a human and approach Ah Zhi to get back the pearl.
In the process of approaching Ah Zhi, Xiaomei inadvertently replaced the identity of Liu Bo's niece at the school and became a student of Ah Zhi.
Over time, the two gradually developed feelings.
Kim Mai-ki, played by Jin Chengwu, is the school grass of the school, and has a lot of emotional drama with the princess played by Mak Jiaqi.
In the film, he is the first to discover the identity of the little mermaid and actively helps Xiaomei get back the pearl.
The princess played by Mak Jiaqi is more like a big sister in the film, helping Xiaomei School adapt to school life on the one hand, and a little jealous of Xiaomei taking away the attention of all boys in the school.
Even so contradictory, at the critical moment, when Xiaomei was caught by the people in the town and ready to sell, she still had no choice but to help rescue Xiaomei.
Simple friendship, hazy first love, under the blessing of the high value of the main actors, the whole film is filled with a romantic atmosphere, so that the viewer seems to have returned to the first love period at once.
In the film, the mermaid played by Zhong Liti has been praised as "the most real mermaid" until now.
It is said that the mermaid costume she wears in the film is expensive.
And in order to achieve the best results, Zhong Liti had to put on makeup three hours in advance, wear a mermaid outfit naked, and soak in the water for five to six hours in a mermaid outfit that could not move freely.
These advance preparations make her sexy and beautiful figure fully revealed in the film.
As long as you put on the mermaid costume, like a mermaid princess swaying in the sea, the figure is concave and convex, the orange fishtail is dazzling, the painting style is dreamlike, beautiful and romantic, unforgettable.
And she did not wear a fishtail suit, she was pure and lovely, like an elf princess who fell from the clouds.
In particular, the scene where she is on the bus with the railing blowing the wind is the appearance of the first love in many people's hearts.
In contrast, the male protagonist played by Zheng Yijian is not particularly stunning, except for his anti-heavenly appearance.
At that time, Jin Chengwu was not so red, and his appearance was not put on the altar, and he was in the same frame as Zheng Yijian in the film, and his appearance was actually between the two of them.
It is worth mentioning that the princess played by the female partner Mak Jiaqi is a very flattering role, and she plays a very wonderful role.
She is free and atmospheric, beautiful but not self-effacing, and has a big sister's arrogance, in the film she has the courage to pursue her true love, and finally get happiness.
After that, Mak Jiaqi has played important roles in many film and television dramas, such as "Yin yang road", "Super Invincible Chasing Girl", "Absolute Thief", etc., but unfortunately, they are not popular.
It is undeniable that "The Legend of the Mermaid" seemed to be creative and unforgettable at the time, exuding an unstoppable allure.
The encounter between Xiaomei and Azhi in the story is full of coincidences, with mysterious and poetic colors.
It is a pity that such a beautiful romantic love film only grossed more than 3 million after its release.
It's just less than one-tenth of the box office of Chow Yun-fat's "God of Gamblers 2."
But after many years, the film is still turned over by the audience to see, enough to see its classics.