1 Time travel theme, why are it so successful?
Because people always have dissatisfaction with today's life and regrets about something in the past, in order to get rid of this trouble, human beings have created a story type of "time travel" to soothe the regrets in their hearts and let go of the past. Reconcile with yourself.
The most successful time-travel movie is " Back to the Future " in 1985.
tells the story of high school student Martin having a cowardly and incompetent father. By chance, Martin travels through the past by driving a time machine, and backfires when he matches his weak father to pursue his beautiful mother, which leads to his own disappearance. In the end, it turned the tide and saved the future of the family. Back to the present, his father became a courageous successful writer, and Martin had his favorite family.
This film achieved great success back then and even in that entire era, so it is regarded as the most classic "time travel" movie in the history of film, no doubt about it. It exists in a textbook-like form, affecting the creation of generations of filmmakers.
Note that it also leaves several typical plots for the time travel story:
, the protagonist does not recognize one of his parents
, the protagonist unexpectedly obtains a "magic" completion Travel through
and participate in the love process of parents
, understand your parents, make changes by yourself, or because of time travel, one of the parents will make changes, and both parties will reach a settlement
Don’t believe it? Let us give two of the most obvious examples.
For example, 8 years after this movie was released, we cannot be sure whether Hong Kong director , who was in his early 30s, was inspired by "Back to the Future", but it is certain that he made a movie with "Back to the Future" The movie " New Brothers in Desperate " with the same structure.
Son Chu Yuan (played by Tony Leung ) does not recognize his father Chu Fan (played by Tony Leung ) the selfless concept of "I am everyone". He accidentally fell into the construction well and traveled back to the past, witnessing how the mother of the rich lady broke through the concept of family, was with the father of the factory worker, and the era when the neighbors were as close as a family. Finally, when Chu Yuan changed his life to this day, he finally returned to the present. I have an egoistic attitude and reach a reconciliation with my father.
Note that do you have four typical "time travel" scenes?
"Time Travel Magic" in "Back to the Future" was a time machine invented by the doctor.
"The New Brothers in Desperate" is the construction well.
The other bridges are exactly the same, right? It also further strengthens the fact that the son and father are called brothers, even the name of the movie.
For example, 24 years after the release of "New Brothers in Desperate", the 35-year-old Han Han made another film " Riding the Wind and Waves ". Still the same sentence, we cannot be sure which work he was inspired by, but from the four typical "time travel" scenes, if the former is the "Hong Kong Street Market Version" of "Back to the Future", then we also "Riding the Wind and Waves" can be regarded as the "Inland Town" version of "New Brothers in Desperate".
s son Xu Tailang ( Deng Chao ) has always been resentful of his father Xu Zhengtai (Eng Yuyan ) opposing his own racing career, a fight An accidental car accident caused time travel, making him and his father a good friend. He relieved his resentment for his father that caused his mother to die, and finally reached a reconciliation with his father.
Note that its "time travel magic" is an accidental car accident, which also emphasizes the point that father and son are called brothers, satisfying the four typical scenes of the protagonist's disapproval of one of his parents at the beginning, and finally making changes and reaching a reconciliation. , right?
In addition, the movie also pays tribute to "New Brothers in Desperate", the former has a future richest man " Li Ka-shing ".
I will be the richest man in the future " Ma Huateng ".Watch
. After this comparison, the core stories of these three movies are actually the same. All can be summarized simply as: the son is dissatisfied with his father, accidentally "travels" back to the past, meets his young parents, and experiences an adventure together, and finally reaches a reconciliation with his father.
The three movies of different ages were different. We used to think they were three stories, but when we saw this, they were actually the same story. Isn’t it interesting?
In fact, if you understand this classic structure and the use of the plot, you will understand that many movies are actually various deformations of the same story. But no matter how change happens, it will never be separated from its essence. Therefore, similar stories do not mean copying homework, just because they are of the same type and structure. On the contrary, the more similar and clearer its structure is to the previous classic works, the more it is proved that its structural consciousness, type consciousness and creative techniques are more likely to be Mature.
For example, the same is true for the movie "Hello, Brother" which was just released today.
2 Brother, hello, but not completely good
Xiaowu ( Changyuan ornaments) and his father Laowu ( Wei Xiang ornaments). By chance, he passed his mother's ring Referring to the 1980s and diary, The accident ruined the first encounter between his father and his mother (Ma Li and his wife). In order to correct this mistake, he traveled over and over again to help his mother chase his father. Gradually, he discovered a greater crisis, so he wanted to save his mother through the magic of "traveling through time"... and finally made changes. Reconciliation with my father.
As for whether it can be saved successfully in the end, please go to the cinema to watch the whole video and find out... But we can still see that it still has four typical "time travel" scenes, and its "time travel magic" is a ring and diary.
Father and mother call him "Brother" a deformation of "father and son are called brothers", and the rest are all the same.
Even Xiao Wu traveled back and met his mother Ma Li and the mother and son for the first time. The first words he said hello were all the same as in "New Brothers and Brothers". The mother played by Carina Lau asked Tony Leung: Have you seen you where you have seen me? , so familiar? This scene is exactly the same.
The director of this film is . The director of the movie "Teacher·Good" starring . Zhang Luan . I believe this very obvious plot is his intentional tribute to the classics.
Through the above, everyone understands why "time travel" stories are tried and true, especially in the creation of comedy movies. This transformation through time and space highlights the confusion between children and parents, as well as the differences in the times, The natural contradictions that come are all natural "weapons" that produce "laughter fruits".
This is the cornerstone of the funny impression of "Hello, Brother", and those who bring these main laughs have to praise actor Ma Li. Her mother Lu Chunli brings a relatively novel woman to the audience and Chinese movie Image:
Factory technology master, March 8 Red Flag Bearer, catch hooligans on one hand, protect lovers and children on the other hand, not afraid of "evil" people, and ordinary women who love to play basketball. The values are super positive, and the highlights are super exciting!
is a very full character and has a very distinct personality. Whether in terms of styling or performance, it is very close to the female workers in the 1980s, and the heroic spirit. Feeling!
Her carefree personality, uncensored life, not pretending to be gentle, and doing things if you don’t agree with business, which made the audience who have been used to seeing the “little princess” type of women in recent years immediately lit up!
She is upright and brave, motivated and hardworking, has feelings and righteousness, she dares to dominate her life, she can make ordinary life shine, this is the real princess!
I found a peeking hooligan in the bathhouse. She didn't say anything, and rushed up to chase after her like a whirlwind. She couldn't catch the hooligan, but instead Wu Hongqi's "weak chicken performance" hit by her son who traveled through the past suddenly formed a strong contrast. .In the dance hall, Brother Qiang ( Jia Bing decoration) who has become a nouveau riche wants to resell the factory and infringe on the interests of workers. In order to protect the interests of the factory and workers, she is really tough! With the help of his son who traveled through time, this passage really made everyone laugh and cry.
Jia Bing's performance is still "not many scenes and has a lot of attention-catching", which is really funny. interesting!
On the factory technical arena, all the masters are advanced in technology, and the only level 8 welder is her! The electric welding competition not only has excellent skills, but also does not fall off the line of fire due to eye injury. It insists on the competition and wins the championship. During the process, she borrowed the welding rods from the competitors, and she asked someone to have a conflict. She said: Let the factory leaders view our workshop, and they have a particularly big view.
This scene was filmed very well, with sparks splashing and Ma Li's eyes blindfolded, just like the sun, hot and bright, making all the haze disappear. Women like
do not act tactfully, but are brave enough to pursue love. Although Wu Hongqi, whom she likes, is also a little shy, she resolutely pursues her son's instigation. When Wu Hongqi suffered a double blow from love and humiliation, she fought desperately to uphold justice, which deeply moved Wu Hongqi.
There was no ceremony for marriage in that era. As a level 8 welder, she forged a pair of copper rings herself, and with the help of her son, she held a ceremony in the workshop.
Although it is extremely simple, this is the best wedding scene I have seen in Chinese movies, and it is completely unconventional! The interspersed laugh points are just right, and this section is also very exciting. Lu Chunli used her identity as the "March 8th Red Flag Bearer" to rescue Wu Hongqi again with her superb technology, ensuring that you will die of laughter and laugh. It just fits the saying: Good comedy must be filled with tears in laughter! How great a girl like
! No matter how much the prince rides a white horse, I want to chase him! In addition, when Ma Li was filming this film, she just became a mother. The brilliance of maternal love in her eyes was particularly real. How can such a female character with love and righteousness not love her?
And the glory of maternal love is also Lu Chunli's "disaster". Lu Chunli, who dares to lively, of course, dares to die for love.
When the doctor said, "Old adults can only protect one child", she chose to protect the child without hesitation. Xiao Wu, who knew the truth about his mother's death, began to travel back countless times, and tried his best to exchange his life for his life, so that a mother would give up the child in her belly and exchange herself for her mother... The true love revealed in this film , it makes people cry, you need to bring enough tissues!
Perhaps, when we analyze the reason why everyone loves to watch "time travel stories" with objective and calmness is to soothe the regrets in our hearts, let go of the past, and reconcile with ourselves, and then watch this story, the reasons why we can continue to be moved when we continue to watch the story. Yes - When we follow the protagonist back to reality, we can understand a fact that no matter what, we cannot change the past, but we can change our current selves and cherish the present.
3 This cannot be blamed on Wei Xiang. "Memories" performance is a weakness
A movie must have its wonderful parts, but there will be some shortcomings. There is praise and criticism. In "Hello, Brother", Wei Xiang did not break through his previous performance style, and even did not get out of the crazy ", the killer, is not very calm ".
Of course, this cannot be blamed entirely on Wei Xiang. "Memories" performance is the biggest feature of the actors in Happy Twist series and is also a weakness. In fact, whether from the role selection or the performance scale, it can be seen that Shen Teng and Ma Li are trying their best to avoid "melo" performances, but they still have deep-rooted shadows.
, let alone Chang Yuan, Wei Xiang and other previous supporting actors, have more deeply rooted in the performance of "melod" or " burial type".
uses exaggerated details and exaggerated expressions to show the character's characteristics. It is not wrong, but it is divided into occasions. It is especially necessary on the comedy stage. It is also possible in some comedy movies, but it must not be unchanged.
If you want to be a truly good actor, you must first step out of the comfort zone where you are good at acting. To put it bluntly, if Wei Xiang's "too hard" performance might make the audience disgusted if it lasts for a long time.
This also proves that something bad is happening in Chinese comedy movies - this kind of performance represented by Wei Xiang finally brought comedy back to the era when the past was a time when people could only make the audience laugh by pretending to be crazy and whispering their eyebrows.
