Chapter 154: Thai Embarrassment
"Manchester by the Sea" is a very 'healing' movie, the theme is about redemption, it is very heartwarming...
Well, no kidding, Manchester by the Sea, without a doubt, is a film that is not so traditional.
It tells the story of a middle-aged man, a middle-aged man who has achieved nothing, returns to the small town of Manchester from Boston because of his brother's illness, and accidentally becomes the guardian of his nephew.
If you simply listen to such an introduction, what you can guess should be the intergenerational conflict between the uncle and nephew, or the long-forgotten family affection and love on the way back to the hometown.
"Manchester by the Sea" also talks about this, but he leaves more space for this depressed middle-aged man.
A loser, middle-aged, with no money, no house, no career, and no children.
Do such people still have pursuits?
Doesn't it mean that wild lilies also have spring?
Precisely, "Manchester by the Sea" is not about how to melt the blocks in your heart and find the meaning of life.
It's about a life that is going to the end of the road.
The end of the road is because of a literal word for poverty, which gives the end of the road a sense of class. Therefore, whether it is a literary work or a movie, all the end of the road is considered to be because of the poor gene.
Lee's poor path is neither forced by anyone to force debts, nor does he go up or down.
His destitude is that he has no interest in everything.
A mistake caused the accidental death of three children in the family, and as a result, he stopped, and his life stopped at this moment, because he could not forgive this physical body. It's actually easy to forgive others, because you get a sense of satisfaction, a sense of morality, and think that your soul is sublimated.
But forgive yourself, it's too hard.
At the end of the story, Lee doesn't come out either, he gives up on self-redemption...
“… This script..."
Matt was a little dumbfounded after listening to it.
He needs to digest it...
"Manchester by the Sea" is not like a Hollywood movie at all, but very much like a Japanese movie, with a very good taste of Hirokazu Kore-eda, and the ordinary contains a thunderous sound!
“… Isn't this person miserable?"
Xu Hui smiled and looked at Matt cutely, who was still thinking.
Obviously, he wants Matt to take over this movie, Matt is a Hollywood actor that Xu Hui admires more, talented, acting, and not so much compulsive, for example, his love.
Silly Meng used to be a playboy, party boy, fell in love with his wife at first sight in the restaurant, pursued fiercely, and became a 24-year-old filial father after getting married, well, his wife's name was Luciana, and she was a waitress at the restaurant at the time...
The key is that Luciana has been married to Matt Silly before she is cute, and she also has a 5-year-old daughter...
True love!
Looking at the time, it was already ten o'clock at the party, Xu Hui got up: "I'll go back to the hotel first!"
“… Hmmm"
Matt nodded cutely, not intending to follow.
Of course, he knew that Xu Hui was not the kind of person who preferred ancient ways and hot intestines, and it was obvious from Xu Hui staring at Zoe's long legs when he had something to do!
Wronged!
Zoe can see all over her body except for her long legs, but she really can't see it...
Or that it doesn't fit the aesthetics of the cannon ...
Matt Silly should still be thinking about "Manchester by the Sea".
Xu Hui is not worried that he will not take this movie at all, "Manchester by the Sea" itself is a script that Matt is cute to see, if it is not for "The Great Wall", it is estimated that he will personally play the actor Lee...
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The production cost of the original "Thai Embarrassment" is 30 million, and the box office is 1.2 billion!
Don't forget, this was made up by Xu Guangtou alone, and the publicity investment is not too big, basically it has a reputation first, and then relies on the power of the masses to brush it out!
Of course, this version of "Thai Embarrassment", Xu Hui did not mix blindly, and Yang Qing only played auxiliary, unlike the original version, this time Huiwen Tianxia has spent 50 million in the publicity and promotion of "Thai Embarrassment"!
Chinese New Year comedy!
Not only is it in line with the current environment, but "Thai Embarrassment" itself is also very interesting.
According to Huiwen's tone, 300 million should be no problem, and if you are lucky, you may be able to hit the box office of 500 million!
The main New Year's stalls this year are not Lunar New Year's at all, although the few movies released are blockbusters, they have nothing to do with comedy, and the audience needs a comedy as a dessert after dinner!
Especially when "1942" was disliked and "The King's Feast" was simply ignored...
On the 12th, "Thai Embarrassment" was released.
Xu Zheng, Wang Baobao and Huang Bo, although this combination is not an ace combination, it is familiar.
Besides, with the blessing of "People in Embarrassment", the original influence of IP is still not small.
Before the release, Huiwen smashed all kinds of propaganda in the world, and six versions of the trailer alone were made.
And each version has nothing to do with "Thai Embarrassment" itself, for example, Xu Guangtou and the baby worship Buddha, a beautiful girl came, and he greeted each other warmly: "Shavadika" The other party returned the salute, and the rough voice: "Shavadika"
These are not in the feature film, but in the form of small jokes on the trailer...
This kind of publicity is novel, but it must be moderate, and you have to have confidence in the work itself, otherwise you will really be scolded as a dog...
Many viewers walked into the cinema with a relaxed mood.
At the beginning of the film, the scientific research man played by Xu Zheng was full of seriousness: "Played by Youba, January 15th, 573rd, Group 6..."
"Didn't you say 'Thai embarrassment', how is it domestic?'
'What's the hurry, the movie just starts!'
Xu Guangtou is the first time to be a director, but the rhythm of the movie is very skillful, and the background of the story is explained cleanly, and the main task of the film is that Xu Zheng and Wang Baobao team up to fight against their business rival Huang Bo to see who can get the power of attorney from the major shareholder first.
entered the play very quickly, and after explaining the prehistory in three or two sentences, the audience could see the atmosphere of dry wood and fire between Xu Zheng and Huang Bo in a second.
"Mr. Xu, what are you doing here? Propose to your sister-in-law again?"
"Aren't you on your honeymoon in Paris?"
"Lao Zhou has a letter?"
"Nope!"
"I've heard that you've talked about venture capital. ”
"Nope!"
"And where are you going?"
"What's wrong with going to Hong Kong?"
After the tip of the needle is on the wheat, the camera pans to the plane.
Wang Baobao appears!
Many people say that Wang Baobao has never changed his acting path at all over the years, and everything he plays is like a stupid root, a non-standard Mandarin, no matter how hard he works, people only remember stupid roots and smooth...
"It's not easy to be a person, this image amuses the audience, what do you want? And it's quite an honest child, and there are no scandals..."
Well, that's probably the audience's first impression of the baby!
The success of "Thai Embarrassment" is largely due to the sense of difference between Xu Lang and Wang Baobao's baby, these two characters leave a sense of difference, or a sense of dislocation.
As soon as the baby appeared, the shape made people laugh, killing Matt's blonde hair had a mocking effect, scissorhands selfies made people speechless, and the line 'I posted a Weibo @you...'
And by the way, there is also the aphorism: 'What zodiac sign are you?'
To sum up in a simple sentence, pig teammates...