Chapter 218: A Positive Review
If it is classified by film genre, "Chinese Partner" should be classified as a feature film.
The story of this movie spans more than 20 years, although there are not many characters, but the plot contradictions in the story, the narrative rhythm, etc., can indeed only be regarded as flat.
Strictly speaking, the elements of the movie "Chinese Partner" and commercial films are actually not very strong.
At least in Han Shanping's eyes, the finished film that has been edited by Li Mo is more similar to the propositional essays he took over before, such as "Iron Man".
For Han Shanping, who is about to step down as chairman of China Film Group, if the movie he recommends can win the best film of Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers before leaving office, at least his retirement resume can look a lot better.
That's why he invited so many professional film critics to watch the film at today's premiere.
In the land of the Celestial Empire, although the group of film critics has not experienced the golden age of their Hollywood counterparts, the energy they can exert in the selection of professional awards such as the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers should not be underestimated.
Poplar is such a film critic.
Though...... In the group of film critics, Poplar can only be regarded as a small character.
But even then, he is forty-five years old this year.
The ancients had a saying: "Thirty years old, forty years old, forty years old, not confused", which means "thirty years old can be self-reliant, forty years old can not be confused by external things." ’
To put it simply, Poplar has reached an age where it should be open to the nature of certain things.
Unfortunately, what Poplar really sees is precisely what he is doing now - film critic.
From the beginning of his enthusiasm for every movie, seriously figuring out every shot edited by the director, and thinking about the director's intention to deal with it like this, to now...... It has become now that as long as the distribution or the producer gives enough money, even if it is a dog?? , aspen can also boast it as a trumpet flower......
As for why Poplar was invited by China Film Group after doing this?
Very simple......
is like what is said in "Love Apartment": People are floating in the rivers and lakes, how can they not be knifed, if you want to live a long life, you rely on the trumpet to save your life......
When Bai Yang learned that the movie he was going to watch today was that the director was only a twenty-two-year-old young man, his first reaction was disbelief, and his second reaction was disdain.
When did the directing profession become so worthless?
A twenty-two-year-old young boy can control a crew with an investment of tens of millions?
Even later, after Bai Yang read Li Mo's resume and learned that he was the director of the suspense thriller movie "Hypnotic Master" during the Spring Festival this year, his perception of Li Mo did not improve much.
The suspense thriller of the Celestial Empire is not worse than the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
The success of "Master of Hypnosis" is definitely the result of the absence of heroes and the fame of the shaft.
That's all there is to Poplar before entering......
When Bai Yang arrived at China Film International Cinema and saw Li Mo and Gu Limena appear in front of everyone in the audience, the dissatisfaction in his heart reached its peak.
This boy is younger than me, and he is more handsome than me, who told him to be born late. But why is even the sister paper next to him so smart......
Damn, labor and management don't care if you shoot well or not, and labor and management don't care how much money China Film gives, labor and management definitely want to hack you.
Deal...... It's a big deal to use the trumpet black.
After all, there is still a lot of money given by China Film......
Personal perceptions should not interfere with one's own work.
That's right, Poplar is still very ethic......
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Full of resentment, Poplar prepares pen and paper, ready to start black from the first shot of the film.
However, the opening scene of the movie surprises Poplar.
That guy who speaks English like Japanese from head to toe, is it really Wang Xiaoming?
Then look down, the development and background of the film's plot are along the path of reform, reform, opening and release, and in the eyes of those who have come from that era, there is an inexplicable sense of familiarity, and there seems to be a feeling of condensed version of 30 years of agitation.
Poplar was born at the tail of the 60s, although because of his age, the Celestial Empire in the late 70s and early 80s was ignorant in the eyes of the young Poplar, but when his experience and insight reached a certain height, Poplar found that the Celestial Empire of that era was like a child who had just stepped out of kindergarten and entered the primary school, ignorant but full of vitality, backward but still forging ahead.
The birthplace of Poplar is a small city, and the transportation is inevitably blocked, and the development rate is far less than that of coastal cities.
When Poplar left his hometown for the first time and went to the imperial capital's grand register, his luggage and dress were really like Cheng Holly in the movie, straw mats, enamel printed tea pots, basins, and cover rolls......
…… The same is not less.
…… So, unconsciously, Bai Yang has forgotten his angry resentment at the beginning of the movie, and has forgotten his identity as a film critic, he has completely become an ordinary person, an ordinary audience, and was dragged into the world of "Chinese Partner" by the atmosphere and environment created by Li Mo.
Cheng Holly - Chinese heroes can kneel;
Meng Xiaojun - the heart is higher than the sky, the unwillingness, anger, calculation, ambition after hitting the south wall with his head;
Wang Yang - from bohemian, free and casual, and finally to smiling, amiable, and polite;
The persistence of many years ago, five years later, ten years later, twenty years later, how much can you remember?
When he was a teenager, he scolded Fang Xuan and pointed out the country, but in the end, most of them were smoothed out, the spikes were removed, and he became the kind of person he didn't want to be.
What is reality, this is reality!
Three-quarters of the way through the film, and Poplar's notebook is still blank......
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Finally, after Wang Yang's wedding banquet, the three parted ways because of the company's listing.
In this scene, compared with the original version, Li Mo has made some changes.
In the original movie, when Meng Xiaojun and Wang Yang left, Cheng Dongqing cried heartbreakingly and couldn't help himself......
But Li Mo felt that this kind of overly exposed emotional expression was a bit inconsistent with Cheng Dongqing's forbearance and low-key personality, so he changed it to: When Meng and Wang left, Cheng Dongqing seemed to have been drained of his strength, lying on the floor of the banquet hall on all fours, the camera pushed a close-up to his face, tears flowed down, and he couldn't wipe it off with his hands, but he just held it back and didn't say a word......
Although the Iron Triangle fell apart, when the EES of the United States sued for infringement, Meng Xiaojun and Wang Yang did not wait for Cheng Dongqing to call them, but took the initiative to appear in front of him, and the Iron Triangle regrouped and went to the United States together.
In the midst of the verbal confrontation with the EES executives, the movie came to the final climax.
Cheng Dongqing said eloquently in the face of the senior management of EES: "Among all the students in the world, students in our country are the most likely to fail, because our examination system is the most cruel in the world, from junior high school to high school, from high school to university, and then from university to going abroad, according to the data released by my country last year, a total of 9.85 million people fell in front of the large and small exams before going abroad." ”
"To be able to stand here in this situation, every student who took the TOEFL and GRE exams was left after nearly 10 million people were eliminated, and I dare say that there is absolutely no country in this world where students need to face such a high elimination rate. ”
“…… Life is never a fair battlefield, and it is unfair to ask our students to accommodate the level of other countries!"
"One day, we will no longer be poor teachers, we will stand here, standing on Wall Street, representing the world's largest education stocks. ”
"That's how we earn respect back!"
At the end of the movie, the audience applauded......
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PS: Which god explains, why dai zhe hei kuang yan jing is a blocked word?
Author: Jun Yi's brain, mosquito coil circle......