Swimming pool, teenager, summer, just a few phrases can piece together the breath of youth. The missed summer ": five splashing boys " was finally released on October 1st.
The film was set for August 13, but it was postponed due to the epidemic, and it was rescheduled for September 30. In the preview of the rescheduling, the narrator specifically mentioned that "the teenagers with no traffic" chose "the big eleventh schedule". As predicted by the trailer, the first day of "Five Thriving Boys" accounted for only 4.6% of the films, which is not only much lower than the two main themes of " Changjin Lake" and " me and my father" , Even lower than the two animated films. The film director Song Haolin rushed to the hot search even when Mai was rejected nine times for film promotion.
In the National Day file between the main theme and the animation, the light choice to release a youth inspirational movie does seem a bit "untimely", but "Five Boys Who Fell on the Water" is not unknown. The film was remade from the 2001 film of the same name directed by Japanese director Shiyaguchi Yaguchi. The global box office of the original film exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars, and the Douban score was as high as 8.4.
Five teenagers were driven to the shelves by ducks to learn synchronized swimming" setting, which made a lot of changes on the basis of the original version.
First is the "localization" problem that must be encountered in remaking foreign films. According to the entertainment theory, Song Haolin once led the master to create high school collections in different provinces, striving to create a "story that can grow on Chinese soil." There is no doubt that the new version of "Five Poking Boys" is quite successful at this point. The film removes a series of settings that are inconsistent with the characteristics of domestic high schools in the background of the original story, including boys’ and girls’ schools, cultural festivals, etc., and promotes the development of the plot with elements such as the order of the board of education, the attitude of school leaders, and the high school synchronized swimming competition, which are enough to make the story look. "Native-born".
Secondly, the new version of "Five Poking Boys" also adjusted the story structure. The original narrative closely revolves around the main line of "form a men's synchronized swimming team to perform at a cultural festival", and the clues of the story are clear.The new version depicts the heart and soul of Huayou team captain Zhang Wei in a more intense way, and adds some descriptions of Huayou team coach Lao Yuan, Zhang Wei's father and other supporting roles. The content of these branch lines does not appear to be excessively redundant or cumbersome, not too overwhelming, and the film narrative is basically smooth.
Compared with the original version, the biggest adjustment is the style of the whole movie. The dichotomy between romanticism and realism is simple and rude. The original version is obviously biased towards the romantic side: the plot is absurd, the actors' acting skills are exaggerated, and the light-hearted comedy effect is filled, and it is almost crazy, and even depicts teenagers wanting to do it in a wild way. Just do it and let it go. All kinds of unrealistic romantic imaginations have also constituted the memory points of the film: stealing the master dolphins to learn to swim, practicing in the sea and being mistaken for floating corpses, throwing from the audience to the actor's swimming trunks... the whole film reveals With the funny style of Japanese animation in the second stage, it left a deep impression on people.
The plot of the new version of "Five Poking Boys" brings the plot and characters back to reality. For example, the image expression of the original version of "Pool Battle" is "fishing", and the new version is a swimming competition. The original version of the movement rhythm training uses a dancing machine, and the new version is a professional training for provincial team coaches. The expressions of the original actor looked nervous, while the new actor followed the line of realistic style and performed routinely.
is it that the boys who want to do whatever they want to do are more "hot-blooded", or are the stories of the youths who are close to reality and struggle silently more "burning". After all, it is the personal preference of the director and the screenwriter, and it does not necessarily need to be separated. Compete. However, it is undeniable that abandoning the original romantic imagination, the shortcomings of the lacklustre plot are exposed.
It's just five teenagers who want to form a men's synchronized swimming team. If you don't work hard on the imagination of the image to create a more interesting section than "artificial respiration for dolphins", what other flowers can the movie reveal?
The new version of "Five Poking Boys" chooses to strengthen the obstacles encountered by the protagonist group. From the obstruction of school leaders, to the cancellation of the youth's flower tour performance, the film continues to emphasize layers of obstacles, bringing more Strong sense of imprisonment. The film also extracts the theme of "Ordinary people can be extraordinary", and the protagonist's monologue at the beginning and the end is a special book. In order to highlight the theme, the film also specially moved out the "Magic Child Comes to the World" version of Nezha figure for the protagonist.Emphasis on the struggle of "I cannot help my fate."
To deal with these and other shackles, the new version of the teenagers will naturally have a bit less primitive impulse than the original version, and a bit more "suffering and deep hatred". The original version of the teenagers ran wildly chasing freedom, and the new version of the teenagers struggled to break through the imprisonment. It is clear at a glance which is easier to make a youth comedy. This may be the reason why the new version of the movie is not so dense.
It is a pity that, whether it is "Ordinary people also have flashing moments" or "My fate is my fate," it is nothing new in the movie. Coupled with the fact that the lens language of the movie is not eye-catching, the new version of "Five Poking Boys" still embarked on a fairly satisfactory road. Even if the narrative is complete and smooth, the plot is not broken, but the memory point is really insufficient.
Finally, I have to mention that the new version of "Five Poking Boys" has no bloody love, which is gratifying. However, what is confusing is that Zhang Wei's love line has no effect in promoting the development of the story. Also puzzled is the ending flower tour performance. Although the genre elements of musicals can be perfectly integrated into this theme, the overall arrangement seems to focus on the show of flowers, rather than the passion of youth.
Generally speaking, under the background of domestic youth films that are always breaking love, singing and dancing, the "Five Throwing Teenagers" focusing on the growth of Huayou teenagers is "successful in localization" and the narrative is complete and smooth. It is indeed a clear stream. Unfortunately, the film lacks features and surprises, and there is still room for improvement.
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