Chapter 774

"The Great Gold Robbery" gives Song Zheng the feeling that he can basically see it, but it looks a little messy.

Actually, the beginning of "The Great Gold Robbery" is still good, as soon as Chef Fan comes up, the opening film is very good, and the basic principles of commercial movies are achieved, that is, the beginning of the film first fools the audience, and then the protagonist Xiao Northeast comes on the stage and explains the general situation of the characters, which is no problem.

Followed by Huang Bo's appearance, the movie theater handed over the information, the villain Japanese officer showed his face, the revolutionary camp was pointed out, the function was completed, and it basically entered the play in three minutes.

But the shortcomings are also obvious, that is, the control of this scene is not very good, the actors' performances are slightly contrived, because of the length of the film, the villain explains too bluntly, and he plays ruthlessly before he has time to lyrical, and the effect is slightly less good.

Xiao Dongbei went to prison, met the revolutionary party, took the golden information, and at the same time let the police chief show his face, the police chief is more suitable for the two secondary roles, but unfortunately the revolutionary brother is not sensational enough, "I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood" came out a little stunned, not paved well, and the mood was not good.

followed by the landlady collecting rent, which should have been a very dramatic role, but Song Zheng always felt that the character of the landlady did not come out, in fact, she also had three roles, one was to tell the audience that the protagonist was greedy for money because of the pressure of life, one was to report and expose, and the other was to make Wang Shui out and take care of the final high tide.

Functionally, it is not procrastinating and concise, but it is a pity that the actors' performances are poor, the lines themselves are not good, and the taste of the old ladies in the Northeast has not come out, and the old lady who changed her white face in "The Devil is Coming" is obviously not the same grade.

The design of the bridge section in the upper to obtain information is not exquisite enough, and it is a bit far-fetched logically, and then Xiao Dongbei's reaction exacerbates the irrationality of this piece.

The production team is not very particular about the appearance, there are seven or eight people in Wuyang, there is no order, and the differences between each other are not strong, differences are the most important criterion for this type of character building, without comparison, the audience can't remember any of them.

Like this kind of character, you can use the external image of the actor to create, there are many successful examples of gangster films and martial arts films, or rely on lines, such as Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly", a "Big brother, you know me", a few sentences came out.

It's a pity that in "The Great Gold Robbery", the most important group of the movie team is not well shaped as a whole, and the actress played by Xiao Taohong is completely soy sauce, and the identity design that can play is so good that it has to be exposed a little later to make a suspense.

However, in general, the plot progress in the first half was relatively smooth, and then the connection between Xiao Dongbei and the National Salvation Association was basically reasonable, and he accidentally mixed into the revolutionary team.

The posture of the real person suffering in the church has become a highlight of the film, in fact, most people watch Ning Hao's film, waiting for this kind of humor in details, but unfortunately there are not many in this film.

Chef Fan is a big name, so you have to talk about it when you shouldn't speak, otherwise you will find an actor in vain, but unfortunately in the whole movie, Chef Fan's performance is average, except for the beginning, which is equivalent to playing soy sauce.

The squad dance party disguised itself as intelligence, and Xiao Northeast took a soft girl, although there are many actors in this piece, but the scene scheduling is average, and the sense of space is not strong, and the particularity of the scene cannot be explored, which is an obvious regression from the exhibition hall of "Crazy Stone".

But this time, Ning Hao's idea is not a group portrait of the creative concept, but around the small northeast, but in this way, the heroine's soft girl came out a little late, the most important thing is that the soft girl is not too soft, not too cute, and the sacrifice is later, and everyone is not distressed.

Little Northeast's father's crazy old man is similar to the old man in "The Devil is Coming", but in the whole story, the mental state before and after is seriously inconsistent.

Xiao Dongbei and the soft girl who were expelled from the revolutionary team met for the second time in the war, the hero saved the beauty, the hanging silk rubbed Bai Fumei, flirted with photos, and dug up the golden information, the two ambiguous narrative paragraphs are good as a whole, relatively clean and neat, neither procrastinating, forks and roses, and the conversion of photo painting information is also very ingenious, which is a relatively solid place in the overall drama structure.

There are some small problems in the place to buy arms next, because the previous patronage was talking about love scenes, and the urgency of robbing gold was not strengthened, so the loss after buying arms and being cheated, the effect of obstacles was not obvious, and there was also logical confusion in the reflection of the characters of the National Salvation Association.

In other words, the arms are transferred, which in itself is a bit too straightforward, the gun should not go off when it is in use, of course, the imitation of the old movie in the play explains that the bank is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the design that can only be outwitted is okay, which strengthens the personal style and the overall entertainment tone

Followed by the robbery scene, which should be the middle point of the story, but the current treatment is at a crossroads, on the one hand, from the perspective of viewing habits, including the design of the background of the film crew in front, this scene should be longer, and the skills of a group of characters should be cooler.

On the other hand, the director's idea seems to be that the robbery is a gimmick and can't be too heavy, and the task of Xiao Northeast is the main direction of the film, so this scene is a little twisted, and the relationship between the male and female protagonists is further clarified.

Then the sling silk became rich and handsome, the villain had to show his will, the father and son both entered the trap, and the police chief and the landlord showed their faces again to help with the play.

Then there is Xiao Dongbei who became a traitor in order to save his father, and the overall situation is relatively smooth, and the character of the Japanese officer character is also smoother than before, and the performance is more free and enjoyable.

By the way, the structure of the bank is explained, and the suspense is buried in the back, this kind of functional plot is reasonable in the film, but some places are not clever enough.

followed by another heavy scene, and it was also a heavy scene that was not ideally handled, and the problems in this film were all heavy scenes.

The order of Xiao Northeast's involvement in the organization, the annihilation of the organization, the collective escape of the small universe by the crazy old man, and the heroic sacrifice of the father is no problem, but there is a lack of ups and downs in the rhythm, and the feelings that should be brewing have not been brewed, and they broke out prematurely.

And the outburst of Little Northeast Dad is a bit clumsy, because the character's mental state is inconsistent, far less natural than the crazy old man in "The Devil is Coming".

At this time, it has entered the second half of the movie, and the whole story is already a little messy, and it is not a problem of plot design, but the rhythm of the story.

The scene of the assassination of the German minister is also unforeshadowed, it comes up with a burst of random guns, and then the whole army of the National Salvation Association is annihilated, and Xiaodongbei is brutally executed.

The scene of the assassination itself should be the most rhythmic, brewing first, the more tense the emotion, and then exploding instantly.

How well the foreshadowing is in "Inglourious Basterds", stable but not chaotic, but in "The Great Gold Robbery", like the previous heavy scenes, there is no brewing and no pre-scenes, which is also what Ning Hao lacks.

Everyone knows that Xiao Dongbei can't die, but after being shot, he immediately remembered the hatred of the country and the family, and the spiritual transformation of national righteousness is a bit too sensational, but it's not good if it's not sensational, it's almost to a high tide, and it's no longer in a rut, so Xiao Northeast hurt the heart of the soft girl and is ready to be a hero alone.

Next, it's finally time for the high tide part, this part of the scene is better than the front, anyway, it's time for guns, and the problem of Wang Shui can melt gold or not can melt fuel tankers doesn't matter, and the appearance of armored vehicles in the back is eye-catching.

As long as the gunfight scene is cool, this part of the scene should be able to reach 80 points, and it would be better if it could be a little cooler. Then, the soft girl died gloriously, the little northeast blade thief, and the sling silk successfully turned into a hero, and the gold robbery came to an end.

In the final epilogue, Xiao Dongbei has become an underground party, and seeing the soft girl's voice and smile in the movie theater is still a little touching, a little sad, and at the same time, he also makes a humorous joke about the movie, one end and the other, and it is handled well.

In general, from the perspective of the story, the amount of plot is enough, the beginning and the end are not bad, the high tide is also okay, and the middle few bridges are also okay, doing this, it is already a qualified commercial movie, of course, those rhythm problems cannot be ignored, so the overall evaluation still has unavoidable story defects.

If "The Great Gold Robbery" is another director's work, it is already very good, but the person who directed this movie is Ning Hao, so the problem arises, Ning Hao's starting point is too high, and now it has suddenly lowered the level, which will inevitably make people feel unaccustomed.

In fact, if it is not harsh, in "The Great Gold Robbery", it can still be seen that Ning Hao is doing things very carefully, Ning Hao is a director with a strong personal style, and the concepts between his works and the inheritance of elements are relatively distinct.

Ning Hao's previous films, the sense of the camera and the editing skills are relatively good in domestic films, especially the use of lens changes and flexible sound and picture relationships to regulate the audience's emotions.

In "The Great Gold Robbery", the relationship between sound and picture is basically the same as the grasp of the shot, but the character scheduling of the big scene is not very ideal, maybe Ning Hao is still suitable for shooting a group of single-digit characters, not very suitable for a big scene like a drinking party.

In addition, the characters in Ning Hao's movies are generally individualized flat characters, who have not grown up but are full of personality. This is the director's advantage, most of the people in domestic commercial films have not even learned how to shoot typical characters.

However, in "The Great Gold Robbery", the portrayal of the secondary characters who appear in groups is not successful, it is a regression, and the growth and inner excavation of the protagonist are not in place.

Ning Hao's previous works have basically maintained a high level of viewability, and this film is the same, although there are some problems, but it is not boring, there are some okay ideas, and it is enough to mobilize the audience's attention after watching it, and it is good to be able to do this.

Overall, you can see the change in the director's style, but it gives the impression that the transformation is not very successful.

The desirable place is that the environment and subject matter of the story have certain characteristics, which should exceed the real environment in terms of imagination, the sense of lens and scene design are relatively good-looking, the sense of movement of lens photography is relatively strong, the sound and picture of the movie can be more set off the effect, and there are more gunfight action elements, so the film is not ugly.

The disadvantage is that the character creation is a little illogical, some are not prominent enough, the script language has not been able to give full play to the advantages of dialect at the maximum level, and there is a lack of rhythm in the whole story, especially the scenes that should be played, all of which have a feeling of passing by, in addition, the picture and art are not very comfortable to look at, and the Japanese military uniform of the yellow bar is coupled with the yellow bar building.

Of course, don't deduct the common-sense logical problems, otherwise you have to go crazy, such as what is the situation of Wang Shui, how did the armored car come out, how did you take 1,600 catties of gold from the Northeast, and you must not take it too seriously if you are brain-dead when you pay rent with gold bricks.

In general, "The Great Gold Robbery" is a passing grade, and on the whole, the level of the film is medium, the ones who don't like it are on the lower side, the ones who like it are on the upper side, anyway, it's a farce, you can watch it.

As for the contradictory situation that will inevitably occur after the premiere, Song Zheng has long been mentally prepared, and I believe that Ning Hao is more fully prepared.

People hope that Ning Hao can go to the next level step by step, but his debut film is always a peak that a director cannot surpass, for Ning Hao, "Incense" is really not easy to surpass, few people think that Ning Hao's debut film is "Crazy Stone", let it be a cold joke.

It is this kind of cognitive misalignment that makes it easy for many people to have a trance about their perception of "The Great Gold Robbery", and then easily ignore the real viewing value of Ning Hao's new film and the real significance for Ning Hao.

"Incense" and "Green Meadow" were relatively pure for Ning Hao, and at that time, Ning Hao's movies could see the reverence for the film itself.

And the next two "Crazy", plus "Nightclub", which was pressed on Ning Hao's head because of Song Zheng, can basically be regarded as the hormonal explosion of Ning Hao's movie in adolescence, unscrupulous, under the scale of abiding by the law, as much as possible, as much as possible, which is also the main reason for the audience to enjoy the pleasure of watching the movie.

Adolescence is explosive, adolescence is beautiful, adolescence is tearing, but adolescence is also short.

"No Man's Land" is like a teenager in a voice change, tearing his throat and shouting, but he is dumb.

"No Man's Land" tells the story of human nature turning from darkness to light, the process is like "Twelve Angry Men", Chunliang may only occupy one vote at the beginning, and his heart is almost filled with darkness, but the greatness of human nature lies in the fact that only the growth of sacrifice and the victory of light over darkness can be unforgettable, and can he grow from a teenager to a man.

When it comes to "The Great Gold Robbery", it is an extension and reflection on the theme of human nature, and for Ning Hao, this should be a transformation work that bids farewell to youth and is about to enter his mature "golden age".

For the audience, "The Great Gold Robbery" is just a result, but for Ning Hao, it should be a process that is still growing.

The story background of the puppet Manchukuo in "The Great Gold Robbery", the character setting of Xiaobeibei, family, friendship, and love are all indispensable to lose one by one, for Ning Hao, these are actually the projections of his own growth thinking, and this is also the biggest practical significance of this movie.

For Ning Hao, the "Crazy" series can only let him stay at the level of film craftsmen, and it is obvious that Ning Hao has greater ambitions and pursuits.

Starting from "The Great Gold Robbery", from simple plot weaving, it has gradually shifted to shaping characters and analyzing human nature under the mainstream commercial narrative structure, which should be popular.

In the past, the "Madness" series subconsciously showed the thrill of "destruction", but from "The Great Gold Robbery", Ning Hao has embarked on a long journey to establish universal values under the mainstream narrative of commercialization.

Just like Nolan abandoning "Fragments of Memory", which played narrative juggling, strides forward, Ning Hao wants to find a new self after "Madness", which is also an inevitable proposition.

Little people, who have gone through hardships, continue to sacrifice in troubled times, and grow up little by little, with laughter, tears, and the light of humanity, this is "The Great Gold Robbery".

Is it vulgar?

As long as it is vulgar and not vulgar, as long as it is easy to understand and not superficial, what about vulgarity?

Just like Ning Hao's "teacher" Guy Rich, after Director Gai finished filming the two masterpieces of "Two Big Smoking Guns" and "Robbery and Abduction", the next "Rock Gangster" and "Left Wheel" were scolded bloody, and the two "Sherlock Holmes" were also tepid, and it was said that Director Gai's talent was squeezed dry by his wife Madonna.

Ning Hao seems to be the same, "Crazy Stone" and "Crazy Racing" after "The Great Gold Robbery" is not satisfactory, and after the release of the movie in the previous life, the ridicule is endless.

Although it is not perfect, Ning Hao has successfully taken a commercial film route with Chinese characteristics through "The Great Gold Robbery".

Therefore, no matter how dissatisfied Song Zheng is, no matter how dissatisfied Ning Hao is, no matter how "The Great Gold Robbery" will be commented on, this history of youth growth has written a lot in Ning Hao's personal growth process, and this stroke is the driving force for Ning Hao to take the next step.

This is also why, Song Zhengming knew that this was an immature work, and he also knew that Ning Hao was destined to leave regrets in this movie, and he was desperate to spend a lot of money to make him shoot it.

If Ning Hao can really take that step through this movie, everything will be worth it.

At the end of the movie, the lights were turned on, and the scene was surprisingly quiet, Song Zheng looked at Ning Hao not far away, and suddenly found that the guy was calm at the moment, and when he walked on stage, he could still laugh.

Seeing this, Song Zheng was relieved, he was really afraid that Ning Hao would not only not be able to make progress through this movie, but would suffer a blow, and it turned out that this guy's face was not ordinarily thick.

Without waiting for the host to speak, or waiting for the reporters at the scene to ask questions, Ning Hao grabbed the microphone and said to himself: "I'm finally down-to-earth now." ”

Everyone at the scene was stunned when they heard this.

Ning Hao continued: "Really, the two hours I spent watching the movie just now was the most painful period of my life, but fortunately, it's over now, about this movie, I have regrets, but more of it is still looking forward to the future, how to say it specifically, I can't say it clearly, my whole state is relaxed now, in addition, about this movie, I am willing to accept all suggestions, criticism, and even abuse from anyone, I will say so much, thank you!"

After Ning Hao finished speaking, he got off the stage, not to return to his seat, but to leave the screening hall directly.