Section 368:
Sang Yangdi, who feels that he has discovered a new continent, but seems to be shrouded in a fog in front of him, can no longer fully focus on the movie at the moment, but for the vast majority of audiences, their attention is still firmly attracted by the movie.
This also includes Song Mingyang.
Song Mingyang is a professional film critic who has his own column in Tianfu Daily. And as a professional film critic, his job is to write and publish film reviews, which is why he is sitting here now, because "Charlotte's Troubles" is the material goal of his next column.
To be exact, one of them.
This year's eleventh schedule is the same as in previous years, the blockbusters that the market is looking forward to are piled up, and there are many people who are in a hurry, and there are many people who are worth writing film reviews.
If it were placed in normal times, Song Mingyang could have written it slowly and leisurely, but now time does not allow it - if he really wants to write it one by one, when he writes some films, I am afraid that they are about to be painted. So Song Mingyang can only selectively select and list the priorities, and he has been included in the key list before he has seen it, there are a total of three films, namely "Dragon City", "Thorn Qin" and "Charlotte's Troubles".
"Dragon City" and "Thorn Qin" needless to say, big blockbusters, there are many things to write about, and they will not make Song Mingyang feel that he doesn't know what to say except for "rotten" like many bad movies, and the market expectations are also high, and the audience likes to watch it. Although "Charlotte's Troubles" is not as good as these two, after half a month of warm-up, the current market attention is also very high, and it is also worth writing. As for the ranking of these three films...... Before Song Mingyang watched it, he already had a pre-expected ranking, from high to low, they were "Dragon City Fengyun", "Thorn Qin" and "Charlotte Troubles".
Maybe many people have higher expectations for "Thorn Qin" than "Dragon City", but Song Mingyang doesn't see it that way.
In his opinion, although the team of "Dragon City Fengyun" is not as eye-catching as "Thorn Qin" at first glance, it is not much worse, and the reason why it has generally created an illusion that "Dragon City Fengyun" is inferior to "Thorn Qin" is mainly caused by the different publicity capabilities of the two sides. In addition, Jin Wen is the shortcoming of "Thorn Qin", a time bomb, but "Dragon City" does not have such a shortcoming, the main creative lineup is very solid in Song Mingyang's opinion, and finally it is directed by Luo Weisheng. This director is very good at shootouts, police and bandits, and underworld films, and his ability in this regard is particularly outstanding, in contrast, Chen Zishan's ability is too balanced, and he is not outstanding in historical themes.
Taking into account many factors, Song Mingyang therefore made a prediction that the expected value of "Dragon City" was higher than that of "Thorn Qin", and the result was just as he expected.
After he watched the two films, from the perspective of the overall completion of the film itself, he really felt that "Thorn Qin" was not as good as "Dragon City".
In fact, Chen Zishan's performance in "Assassination Qin" is not bad, the picture is as beautiful as ever, the narrative rhythm is as good as ever, and the depth of the story is also given, even the expected time bomb of Jin Wen, under Chen Zishan's tutelage, the performance is much better than Song Mingyang expected - although it is not excellent, but at least in Song Mingyang's opinion, it is not a drag.
No matter from which technical point of view, "Thorn Qin" can't seem to find fault, it can be said to be a textbook work, but it's just ...... It is......
There is a lack of soul.
Song Mingyang finally summed it up.
Or it can also be said that there are no outstanding highlights, just like something produced on a high-level assembly line, which can give you a certain level of quality experience, but it can't make you have a bright and memorable feeling.
And at this point, "Dragon City" is much better.
Luo Weisheng did not disappoint Song Mingyang, and even exceeded Song Mingyang's expectations.
In Song Mingyang's view, in this movie, the great director vividly shows his unique coldness and sense of killing, and the cruel beauty is put in front of the audience.
After watching the movie, Song Mingyang even made such an evaluation of this movie - this is the best gangster-themed film he has seen this year, no, it should be said that he has seen it in the last two or three years.
In his opinion, this film will become another outstanding milestone in Luo Weisheng's directorial career. Compared with this, Chen Zishan, who was decent this time, was naturally compared. It's just that the box office can't be judged so simply, after all, what Song Mingyang represents is only his own point of view, and there are too many factors that affect the box office, in addition to the quality of the movie itself.
However, the box office itself is not something that Song Mingyang needs to consider, all he needs to consider is how to write his next film reviews, content, and how to distribute them in terms of priority. And after he watched the two movies, he had already set the tone in advance: on the first day, he wrote "Dragon City", on the second day he wrote "Thorn Qin", and on the third day he wrote "Charlotte's Troubles".
Although he hadn't watched "Charlotte Troubles" when he made this decision, he didn't think he would change it.
But this "affirmation" lasted less than two hours.
……
Surprisingly excellent ......
Song Mingyang looked at the big screen in front of him, and there was such a thought jumping in his heart.
Although this movie has not yet been released, Song Mingyang has already given him an "excellent" evaluation in advance.
This should be the best comedy he's seen this year.
Although the film is not over yet.
"I want to give myself a few days off......
With Xia Luo's seemingly lifeless words on the big screen, Song Mingyang raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist.
1:02 a.m.
From the film schedule, it can basically be estimated that the duration of "Charlotte's Troubles" is about an hour and a half, and this scene started at 0:00, that is, it has been played for 60 minutes until now, accounting for two-thirds of the entire film duration.
Precise, exquisite.
Song Mingyang thought so in his heart, and then thought that the overall air pressure should be lowered next......
Song Mingyang, a film critic, is not in vain.
Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary audiences, the "Charlotte Troubles" in front of him is a whole, but in his eyes, it has been divided into countless pieces and components.
Take the current 60 minutes as an example, it is very particular.
Although he hasn't finished watching it yet, Song Mingyang has already seen that the structure of Shen Huan's film is a more traditional three-stage format, and the next part should be gradually ended. Even the plot, Song Mingyang is not difficult to guess: it is nothing more than Xia Luo who found out that everything now is not what he wants, and found that Dongmei is his favorite, and then went to redeem Dongmei, and finally ended.
Of course, this ending is uncertain, and Song Mingyang doesn't know if Shen Huan will end with a comedy or a tragedy. On the whole level, it is more likely to be a comedy, but it doesn't matter, the important thing is that it is 60 minutes.
The part where Charlotte finds out that everything is not what he wants, and then wants to redeem Dongmei, will be a heavier part. If this part is stretched too long, for example, in 40 minutes, then the laughter of the film will be insufficient, the overall atmosphere is depressing, not as joyful and refreshing as it is now, but if this part is compressed too short, for example, in 70 minutes, or even 75 minutes, then the transformation of the characters will seem too abrupt, stiff, unnatural, unconvincing, and fatal loopholes.
60 minutes, two-thirds, these two numbers are simply golden numbers in Song Mingyang's opinion, making this film present a structural beauty in front of Song Mingyang. Unfortunately, just as many people can't understand the beauty of mathematics, many people can't see the structural beauty of cinematic art like he did.
Of course, he would have written about it. Just on which day did you write it......
Song Mingyang hesitated.
He had already thought about giving the first day of the column to "Dragon City", but now he wanted to "Worry about Charlotte" a little bit.
Both of these movies are the kind of distinct movies that make his eyes shine and have a prominent style, so he really doesn't know how to choose.
But he quickly threw the thought out of his mind.
Thinking about this later, it's better to concentrate on watching the movie and enjoy this rare and excellent movie.
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“…… I wrote this song just to let you breathe more and get closer to the people of the motherland. I also know that you don't speak Chinese well, and I have already thought about the Cantonese version for you, you listen. ”
"I just hope that the mountain road will be repaired to this side~ There are always a thousand words that make it difficult to turn back~ ......"
On the big screen, Xia Luo, who had already "exhausted his talents" and felt pressure, came to the yacht to relax himself, but was chased by Qiu Ya and gave him business - Zhang Tianwang of Xiangjiang asked him for a song before, and now he is urging.
Xia Luo, who was poor in donkey skills, was forced to come up with a song "Mountain Road" in desperation.
This song is a country song that is quite popular in reality, and it is the theme song of a local drama that came out after 00 years, and the characteristics of the whole song are very heavy, and when you listen to it, you can naturally associate it with the countryside - that is, the so-called "soil".
Xiangjiang represents fashion and trend, and Zhang Tianwang is one of the representatives, which does not match the song "Mountain Road" at all, Xia Luo gave Zhang Tianwang such a song, which is simply a donkey's lips and a horse's mouth, and it can also be seen that he is indeed poor in donkey skills and Jiang Lang is exhausted.
Originally, this was nothing, but what was fatal was that Xia Luo sang it again in Cantonese under the dissatisfaction of Zhang Tianwang, and it was a very inaccurate crocodile.
No one had ever tried it before, and under such a new form, the song actually presented a very funny feeling, which caused another burst of laughter in the hall.
Not long after the incident ended, Charlotte's yacht was hit by a small fishing boat, and when I looked over, it was my old classmate Yuan Hua, who became a fisherman at some point. And when Yuan Hua and Qiu Ya looked at each other, the background music exclusive to Yuan Hua immediately sounded again, and the laughter in the theater just now had not been completely hidden, and immediately broke out into even bigger laughter, hahaha gurgling sound endlessly.
I don't know what's going on, they seem to have been poisoned, after the previous edification, now when they see this actor and hear this background music, they want to laugh inexplicably.
Shen Huan seemed to have played a trick on them.
Song Mingyang was no exception, he laughed out loud at these points as happily, but unlike ordinary audiences, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
This situation seems to be a little different from what he expected......
Xia Luo looked at the face of his old classmate and took Yuan Hua back, and the two had a conversation by the pool. During this period, the exclusive background music belonging to Yuan Hua sounded again when Yuan Hua looked at Qiu Ya who came up from the pool, causing the audience to laugh again, but it was not complete, and Yuan Hua's vision was interrupted by Zhang Yang, Charlotte's follower next to him, and then stopped.
The audience thought that this was the end, but they didn't expect Yuan Hua to secretly look at Qiu Ya again, and at this moment, the background music suddenly sounded like maggots on tarsal bones.
"Why are you still peeking!"
As the attendant interrupted again, the music stopped abruptly, but the audience erupted in a tidal wave of laughter, many of whom staggered and laughed like fools, and some covered their stomachs, laughing until their stomachs hurt.
Song Mingyang smiled, and the surprise in his eyes became even heavier.
How could this be......
Judging from his experience, the next part of the character's transformation, even if it is not depressing, should be heavy, and if it is not heavy, it should be relatively gentle, but he didn't expect that the laughter that Shen Huan made here was not less than the previous parts. In terms of quality, it could be even higher!
If Shen Huan has achieved the foundation and achieved good results in the division of structure, then the effect of this part, which is completely different from Song Mingyang's expectation, is to raise Shen Huan's score here again, to the point of excellence, and even outstanding.
There are many directors in this world, and there are also many comedy directors, and a director who can have the quality of the previous part and do a good job in this part is definitely an excellent comedy director, and can do it like Shen Huan......
It's not just good, it's outstanding.
Song Mingyang had a little contempt for this director before because Shen Huan had never been in contact with film shooting, but seeing this, he had completely changed his concept.
This is definitely a genius comedy director! And judging from this alone, his evaluation is going to change.
It's the best comedy movie he's ever seen in three years.