At the time of writing, the movie "The Beneficiary" has been released for two days. In fact, I just wanted to see what kind of evaluation the movie would be after two days of release. Sure enough, the reputation of the movie has declined, and this pot has been buckled to Dapeng's body as always, saying that he has no acting skills, exaggerated acting skills, seeing his entire movie does not want to watch, etc., and even some people are even more vicious.
In fact, these are all expected by me, because every movie starring Dapeng will be accompanied by a lot of controversy. I admit that I personally like Dapeng very much, and two days ago, I also wrote an article about Dapeng. However, throughout the film, is Dapeng really that bad? Have you ever known the real life of a marginal little person? Have you experienced their lives? Do you know a real state of life in which they live?
So, let's start with the idea of the movie itself!
Wu Hai, played by Dapeng, is one of the many substitute drivers in the mountain city of Chongqing, living in poverty, a person who has to support himself and a 6-year-old son with asthma. He himself has no goal, but hopes to work hard to make some money and change his son to a big house. But I suffer from not having too much culture and no more skills. Reluctantly, he and his friend Zhong Zhenjiang (Zhang Zixian) began to plan to do something harmful to nature.
They targeted yue Miaomiao (Liu Yan), who was also a low-level character, who had no culture and no background, but was just a small and famous network female anchor "Little Fox Fairy" Yue Miaomiao (Liu Yan), so a marriage and insurance fraud drama was staged.
The whole movie has a little Bit of Ning Hao's "black humor" filled in, but the plot design is actually very simple, that is, the kind of story arrangement that you will know the ending at a glance. The desirability of the storyline is actually not very high, of course, there is no shortage of such facts in reality. But for the portrayal of the small people on the edge, I think it is still a good job, at least the three top pillars have not failed, and each role has a relatively tight grip.
First of all, in the film, Dapeng's portrayal of the character is also remarkable, such as the hesitation and caution when inducing Yue Miaomiao to sign an insurance policy step by step; he has not seen the world, the kind of encouragement of the low-level characters; the moment he takes out the condom, the slightly obscene expression shown by many otaku; and the tears in the eyes of seeing Yue Miaomiao eating peppers. In this way, it is enough to show that Dapeng's speculation on the portrayal of the character is still in place.
Speaking of Yue Miaomiao, the whole film can be said that Liu Yan contributed the most real acting skills since the film, and the characters are too in line with her current situation. Especially the monologue that bids farewell to the anchor career, poking at the tears. It can also be said that Liu Yan's real and natural performance supports a climax of the whole movie.
Zhong Zhenjiang (Zhang Zixian) can be said to be a villain in the whole article, and it can also be said that he is really a treasure-level actor, he has shown that kind of shrewd cunning, vitriol and meanness, and indeed added a lot of highlights to the film, at least after watching it, you will want to say "scum" to him.
In fact, the entire film market, has always been more full of unrealistic idealistic works such as domineering presidents, superheroes, beautiful women and princes. There aren't a lot of movies that really focus on the little people, and the box office performance is not very good. For example: "Ten Thousand Arrows Through the Heart", "Elephant Sitting on the Ground", etc., the movie is a good movie, but the box office is not very good, ning Hao's works are of course not lacking in films that pay attention to the low-level characters, but have a good reputation, "Crazy Stone", "I Am Not a Medicine God" are all films with good box office reputation. Of course, "The Beneficiary" is also a work that focuses on the low-level characters.
In fact, Dapeng's portrayal of the low-level characters, from the beginning of his "Di Si Men", has not been interrupted, like security guards, salesmen, taxi drivers, fortune tellers, ticket sellers, etc., including "I am not Pan Jinlian" in the Wang Gongdao, a small civil servant, are often seen in our daily lives of small people, including he because of "Beneficiary" to experience life, street singing, etc., are an experience of life, a kind of concern.
Liu Yan from the initial host to the sexy goddess, and now to do network live broadcasting, in fact, is also a grassroots person's own struggle history, she can experience the low-level characters in this process of hard work of all kinds of loneliness, pressure, struggle and despair.
Dapeng and Liu Yan are both struggling on their own from the bottom step by step, so they can also be said to be the true color of their appearance, because they were once small people, they were all drifting north, so they felt sorry for each other, and they understood each other. The hardships and pains of their going up from small people are simply incomprehensible to us as outsiders, only they know.
In general, everyone has their own different ideas, I think the movie "Beneficiary" is not a bad movie, Dapeng should not carry this pot, everyone's taste is different, at least in terms of the idea of paying attention to the small people at the bottom, I think he is a good movie. I also hope that in the future film market, more attention will be paid to the lives of small people, and more love and understanding of more marginal characters.
At the same time, I hope that Dapeng and Liu Yan can go farther and farther on the road of actors, and have a successful career, bless you!