" Red Fox Scholar " a corrupt version of "A Chinese Ghost Story"?
The movie "Red Fox Scholar" by Li Xian and Chen Linong has been released. On the first day of the film,
won the daily box office with a score of 53.01 million, and the box office continued to climb the next day, with a single-day box office exceeding 100 million.
was only released on the third day, but the box office has fallen from the first day box office champion to third place. The word-of-mouth of the film on the Internet is "ice and fire."
has many netizens who praised the film "the laugh is dense, the special effects are good, and Hisaishi makes the soundtrack great".
There are also many netizens who directly call "the lines are awkward, the special effects are hot, like an actor with a high version of the Internet".
It is interesting to note that the two diametrically opposed evaluations have received a very high number of likes on the Internet. What kind of movie is
this super idol group new film? What is the actual quality of the film?
With such a question, Pico went to see the movie for the first time.
1. The story told by the film
The film story unfolds between the scholar and the fox.
Scholar Prince Jin (played by Chen Linong) went to Beijing to rush for the exam, and was spotted by the fox demon Bai Shisan (played by Li Xian) who went down to take the pill. As long as he kills the Prince Jin and takes the pill, Bai Shisan can become a fox fairy.
The ghostly white thirteen followed the prince on the road, and the two slayed demons and demons along the way. During many times of crisis, the prince, who had no power to bind the chicken, came in and tried to save his friends. After going through hardships and dangers, the relationship between a person and a demon has also undergone subtle changes.
This movie is adapted from the network novel "Chun Jiang Hua Yue Ye", the main focus is nowadays the most popular "male male CP".
Although the film crew and the novel author have repeatedly emphasized that this is not a "changing movie", the author even called the relationship between the two in the film a "cross-species friendship", so that netizens should not think about it.
But in the film, the director is still frantically playing male men selling rotten "side ball" .
For example, several versions of the posters are double photos of the sweet interaction of the two. For example, the last confession scene where the character Li Xian was crying beside the character Chen Linong, made people feel goose bumps.
In addition, the film party has repeatedly emphasized that it is an original story during the promotion, but after actually watching the movie, it is actually the same thing in "Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio": the scholar enters Beijing to rush for the exam, the road meets the fox demon, the human fox relationship is not over. Regardless of the spread of the plot, the setting of the laugh is hard to escape the clichés. The producer of
"Monster Catch" is the key to this film. In the trailer, the two films also interacted in the air. Huba heard that a handsome fox demon white thirteen appeared in the demon world would replace it as the new top class, and instantly threw away the snacks in his hand to encourage weight loss.
Unfortunately, "Red Fox Scholar" can no longer replicate the box office miracle of "Monster Hunt".
This film gives people a feeling of deja vu, and you can see a lot of shadows of "A Chinese Ghost Story" in the process of watching the movie. Perhaps the only innovative place is to change the female demon in the story of Liao Zhai to a male. It is a corrupt version of "A Chinese Ghost Story".
Of course, because of the novel underpinning, the film is quite exciting in the individual details of the design, at least it has achieved "even though there is no good chapter, but there are good sentences."
For example, the bridge section of the ghost village overnight is full of jokes, and the foolish toad spirit contributed the biggest laugh in the film. And the passage in which Li Xian and Chen Linong imitated Jackie Chan's use of the screen to beat the kid hard also caused the theater to roar with laughter.
Another example is the scene in the exam room. The good and evil sides use paper and ink as the battlefield, and use pen and ink as the magic weapon. The soul of the examinee floats in the air, making people fall into the hell of the nose.Late at night, I was really frightened to see this place.
2. The performance of Li Xian and Chen Linong in the film
Although there are exotic beauties like Hanikzi in this film, almost all the limelight fell on Li Xian and Chen Linong, and they also gave me absolute The opposite look and feel.
Let me talk about Li Xian first. He gave me the best impression among many top-tier players. In 2017, when he was not in a big fire, he starred in the word-of-mouth web drama "River God". In that drama, the young man left me. Deeply impressed, different from the soft charm of general flow, he has tough lines and full of aura between his brows, playing a heroic and handsome little river god. After the male lead in the second season of the show changed to Jin Shijia, I couldn't find the aura from Jin Shijia. After
, Li Xian quickly became popular with "Dear, Loved", and became the "current boyfriend" in the hearts of many fans.
But when I was watching "The Red Fox Scholar", he couldn't find the aura from him anymore. In the movie, he looked very clumsy. The funny way is also the kind of funny way of forcing you to squeak your nest. The reason for
is actually very simple. The actor Li Xian does not match the role of Bai Shisan at all. He chose the wrong role.
Li appeared to be 180+ tall. He is a sharp-edged man. He can act as a ruffian, but not a maniac.
and Bai Shisan is a fox demon who needs a softer-looking star to play it. If Leslie Cheung, Stephen Chow and Zhang Weijian are actors of this type, it will be completely unawkward.
Li's current role as a fox in the film is very contradictory. For example, he forcibly pretends to be a mother and scratches his head at Chen Linong. For example, some of his action scenes are very stiff, without a fox fox, let alone his funny way of winking and winking.
I think Li Xian has acting skills, but the role of fox demon is not suitable for him.
Let me talk about Chen Linong. This is his film debut, but it gave me a big surprise.
Chen Linong is a Taiwanese. Before watching it, what I was most worried about was that his Taiwanese accent would make me play, but in reality, there was no sense of disobedience.
More importantly, the image of Wang Zijin as a scholar is very suitable for him. Chen Linong is a 00-year-old, and looks slender and delicate. Although his appearance is not top-notch, he is very friendly. From age to appearance to personality traits, he perfectly matches the image of the scholar. Although he is still more formal in the handling of some subtle emotions and does not have his inner temperament to support the entire performance, as a debut work, this performance is already good.
Two starring actors, one cuts the feet and fits the footwear, and the first test knife. There is no strong enough chemical reaction between the two. It can be seen that the screenwriter has spent a lot of pen and ink trying to create a "gun and misuse" scene between the two.
But they interacted, one is stunned, the other is tender, they have not been able to fully control the relationship between the characters in the film, forced to sell corruption, only the embarrassment of overflowing the screen.
In a word, Chen Linong's amazing work has become a thorn in the throat of Li Xian fans.
Third, the special effects of the film
Finally, I have to complain about the special effects. The film has invested more than 100 million yuan, and the special effects pictures are naturally the main highlight. The special effects in the early stage of this film are still good, presenting a sufficiently exciting visual spectacle to the audience, but it is very hip in the boss battle at the end.
Is the special effect of a movie good? What you see is the hair, because in the movie special effects, hair is the most difficult to make. In the latter part of the boss battle, Li appeared as a fox warrior and fought desperately with the boss.
but this fox is skinny,The hair is also mashed together, and the fight is stiff and without aesthetics. Those who know this is a boss fight, but those who don't know think it is a brawl fight.
In conclusion, the movie "The Red Fox Scholar" is a poorly completed work. The whole film is as confusing as its name. It has wonderful designs, but most of the sections are clichéd; Beautiful heroine, but the biggest attraction is that the two male protagonists sell rotten; there are actors like Li Xian with good looks and acting skills, but his performance in the film is not even as good as Chen Linong, who was born in idol.
If you want to see a good movie, Pico suggests that you have to lower your expectations.
If you just spend a boring time with your friends, then "Red Fox Scholar" may be an option.
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