During the road show of "Walking Alone on the Moon", the leading actor Shen Teng who appeared on the stage was a bit different from his image in the movie. The sparse stubble, thin body, slightly rough skin, and even the eyes don't look so happy anymore.

" Walking Alone on the Moon " road show, the leading actor Shen Teng who appeared on the stage was a bit different from his image in the movie.

The sparse stubble, thin body, slightly rough skin, and even the eyes are not so happy anymore.

In fact, "Pang Teng" is gone forever, not because of "Walking Alone on the Moon", but because Shen Teng is preparing for his new film "Man Jiang Hong".

In this movie, Shen Teng plays a role that no audience would ever expect: Qin Hui.

Shen Teng? Qin Hui? Who would put this top comedian with a cheerful face together with the biggest traitor in history?

We don’t know how, but Shen Teng can.

Actually, this is not the beginning of Shen Teng’s change. Mr. Tomato has already seen this clue from the recently hit "Walking on the Moon".

Shen Teng has slowly begun to look less like "Shen Teng".

1. The ultimate romance of "Walking Alone on the Moon" is to tear the most beautiful things into pieces for people to watch.

The new film "Walking Alone on the Moon" is a dramatic story with a sense of absurdity.

Since "Charlotte Troubles", we have never seen a comedy feature with such a high content. This is also the second official cooperation between "Shen Ma Group" since 2015.

was released for two days, with a box office of 680 million, and Maoyan predicted a box office of 4.3 billion.

I have to say that "Walking on the Moon", which has both science fiction and comedy attributes, is a shot in the arm for the summer season of Shenma Group. The market moved because of it, and the audience went crazy because of it.

As of today, Walking Alone on the Moon has a lot of running water.

As far as Tomato is concerned, this movie is a good combination of the comedy features of Happy Twist and the top domestic industrial special effects.

Comedy and science fiction are two tracks that are easy to overturn, but unexpectedly, in Shen Teng's hands, they turned out to be the same.

But does "Walking on the Moon" rely on comedy to win?

There is no doubt that "Walking Alone on the Moon" does have many original memes, but these memes are all happy twists' daily routines, such as "You can't be more handsome than three seconds."

The front foot said "Can you stump me?", and the back foot really "failed".

In terms of the sense of high-end and denseness of the memes, "Walking on the Moon" is not as good as "Charlotte"; viewers who have watched Happy Twist will not even laugh out loud when looking at similar memes.

Compared with the former, "Walking Alone on the Moon" is special because this time, director Zhang Chiyu used the shell of science fiction to secretly learn the ultimate romance of comedy.

This kind of romance, grafted on the core of tragedy, has the power to tear beauty into pieces, and it is easy to create empathy with the audience. And when empathy appears, the film will succeed no matter what. "Hello, Li Huanying " is the best example.

There are many romantic scenes in "Walking Alone on the Moon", but there are three paragraphs that are extremely romantic and exceed the expectations of ordinary viewers.

The first paragraph is Dugu Yue, played by Shen Teng, looking back at the destruction of the earth after being left alone on the moon.

He became the last human being in the world.

"One good news, one bad news. The good news is that I am still alive, and the bad news is that I am still alive after the earth is destroyed."

When such a common joke, accompanied by the endless dark universe, loneliness When individuals and the unreachable "blue star" earth meet, there will be an ultimate beauty, an extreme sadness and an extreme joy.

Surviving is of course the greatest good thing, but living alone as the only human being in the universe is a hundred years of mental torture.

This perfect picture of the universe contains the eternal wasteland of Dugu Yue’s life.

The second paragraph is the moment when Shen Teng was desperate when he returned to the base, and used a diamond mouse (Gangzi) to pull the cart across the canyon and was reflected in the earth.

Of course you can say that this is a distant tribute to "ET".

But unlike ET, Shen Teng and King Kong Mouse are two living beings from the earth who are making their final struggle for life.

Throughout the film, Duguyue and Gangzi contributed most of the laughs. From enemies fighting each other to brothers running together, their emotional arc is very complete.

This aspect benefits from the powerful real-person capture + CG technology, which makes Gangzi cute and silly, exactly like a real kangaroo.

On the other hand, during the progression of the plot, the emotions between Dugu Yue and Gangzi have long transcended species and become a group of life communities from the earth.

This gave the two people a special meaning to the leap over the canyon. The earth behind them was also the goal they were heading for together.

To be honest, before the nitrogen on the equipment was turned on, Mr. Tomato at that moment was not only admiring the beauty and romance of the picture, but also worried about whether they would fall into the canyon again.

Because in the plot, this is tantamount to a "death race", you can live when you arrive, otherwise you will perish.

In this predicament, this picture is likely to be the last picture in their lives - turbulent, magnificent, beautiful, even dreamy, but it is at the cost and basis of the death of life.

The third paragraph is after Dugu Yue blew up π+ with her flesh and blood, and its fragments were attracted by the earth's gravity, forming a magnificent star ring.

This is the scene that appears after the climax of the plot. Tomato's thought at the time was, what kind of director is he who can come up with such a romantic idea?

The implication is that Dugu Yue will always protect the earth and the "Ma Lan Star" in the form of a star ring?

Looking at these three extremely romantic scenes and connecting them to the plot of "Walking Alone on the Moon", isn't this just tearing the most beautiful things into pieces for people to see?

It is worth mentioning that this sentence is exactly Mr. Lu Xun's definition of "tragedy".

Strange, "Walking on the Moon" is obviously a comedy, why does it secretly coincide with a real tragedy? This is the superior quality of this movie.

The core of comedy is tragedy. In "Charlotte Trouble", we saw the awakening of a middle-aged man and the happy ending, but the power of tragedy is less.

But in "Walking Alone on the Moon", Shen Teng uses the most romantic pictures to tell us the most tragic story in a comedic way.

2. Shen Teng’s changes and changes

After so many years, has Shen Teng changed?

Mr. Tomato said that it has not changed, but it has also changed.

Shen Teng first became famous for his role as " Hao Jian". Over the years, he has continued to output his own works and be highly productive in the field of film and television dramas.

He always makes exaggerated expressions and speaks humorous words with high emotional intelligence. He can make people laugh even while standing there.

But, is Shen Teng happy?

From Chaplin to Stephen Chow , from Jim Carrey to Shen Teng, comedians and comedians are not too happy.

Because pretending to be happy is a very energy-consuming thing, especially if it makes people laugh, it also puts comedians under huge mental pressure.

The Shen Teng we see on the screen is always so relaxed, so happy, and so happy.

But behind the scenes, Shen Teng is not like this. His understanding of himself and his personality have never changed over the years.

Shen Teng said that he was not good at laughing since he was a child.

He also said that he felt that he did not have much coke.

This kind of self-denial and self-suggestion is natural.

Wang Jing once talked about Stephen Chow not acting in comedies. He said there are two reasons. One is that acting in comedies is very tiring; the second is that when people reach a certain age, it is difficult to be funny and embarrassing on the screen to make people laugh. .

Therefore, Shen Teng’s character traits have never changed.

From the large number of one-man shows used to amuse the audience in "Walking Alone on the Moon", it can also be seen that Shen Teng's professionalism has never changed.

But over the years, from the perspective of the core development of his works, Shen Teng has been making progress and changing.

In the first season of "Happy Comedian", Shen Teng's works are very high-end.

He imitated Chaplin's acting style and won the championship with one sentence of the sketch "Wits the Thief". The complex thinking about human nature and the in-depth restoration of Chaplin's comedy are amazing.

The phrase "NO HOME" in "Tropic Thunder" echoes the voices of many people who have witnessed the war.

From the beginning of "Charlotte" to "Wits the Thief" and then to "Walking on the Moon", have you noticed that Shen Teng's comedies have more and more "sad" parts?

But Shen Teng still became advanced in and .

What is advanced?

We have seen many sketches, movies and comedies. In order to sublimate the theme and emphasize the core, the end is often blunt and sensational, forcing tears, "comedy tragedy", which is shameful.

This is called "low-level", and from Shen Teng's comedy, we can clearly feel the naturalness of excessive emotions and the self-consistency of the combination of sadness and joy. The development of the character's destiny seems to follow the train of thought from happiness to sadness. And those emotions arise spontaneously.

This is advanced.

"Walking Alone on the Moon" has a lot of tears, but Mr. Tomato dare not say that it is a "tear-jerker" because it does not feel any deliberate sensationalism. More importantly, the atmosphere is really there, and it is impossible not to cry.

The most unforgettable thing for Mr. Tomato is the scene where Duguyue and Gangzi say goodbye.

One person and one mouse, with tears in their eyes. Although Duguyue smiled and said: Gangzi, you have to have a good life, but even this kangaroo knew that he would never come back.

The audience never thought that they would burst into tears because of Shen Teng and a kangaroo.

But I can really feel from the film that Shen Teng really acted with heart and told us the story about the separation and fate of these two ordinary living beings.

3. From childhood love to great love, Dugu Yue and Ma Lanxing are lovers who can never hold hands.

The greatest tragedy in the world is not being able to love.

And this tragedy also happened to Dugu Yue, whose life was threatened.

According to Happy Twist's usual routine of naming characters, it can be seen from the names "Dugu Yue" and "Ma Lanxing" that the official is opposed to this marriage.

Others are in a long-distance relationship, this is a "different-world relationship".

This leads to the fact that from beginning to end, the Shen and Ma combinations don’t have many real scenes.

Dugu Yue, played by Shen Teng, is actually a very ordinary person. He is a little infatuated, but also a little wretched, a little wishful, and a little selfish.

Because he loved Ma Lanxing, he missed the opportunity to return to Earth.

The price of this love has not yet been digested, and he has to shoulder the responsibility of saving the earth.

Dugu Yue's fate is actually extremely tragic. The two biggest impacts on his life were the people he loved most, who pressed the cruel button.

The first time is the launch button on the moon, the second time is the explosion button.

Such a huge responsibility and mission to save the earth falls on a nameless "little trick". This is a joke.

For Dugu Yue, what he wants most is to be with Ma Lanxing. For this reason, he would rather give up his position as an engineer and become a maintenance man.

But he didn't know that this love would cost him his life.

On the surface, "Walking on the Moon" explores the definition of ordinary and heroic.

You see, an ordinary person, when he bravely survives, when he strives to live, when he struggles to return to the earth, he can save the confidence of all mankind and become a hero admired by thousands of people.

This is in line with the current mainstream values ​​​​that "heroes are ordinary people", and it also coincides with our definition of heroes.

But in fact, "Walking Alone on the Moon" has a higher level of consideration, that is, the complexity of human nature.

It is a difficult choice to give your life to save the earth.

Because life is for an individual, no one can morally kidnap others and pay the price of life to save anything, including the earth.

The same is true for the portrayal of Dugu Yue in "Walking Alone on the Moon". When he decided to sacrifice himself, clues were revealed.

But Shen Teng used a small detail to instantly make the image of "Dugu Yue" vivid and interesting.

He said to Ma Lanxing: This is the only way to save you.

Then, he quickly changed his words and changed "you" to "you".

This shows that the original driving force for Duguyue to take on this task was her love for Ma Lanxing.

He is not that noble, not even as great as we think. He is just an ordinary person who can sacrifice his life for love.

This change of words about "you" is the genius of the movie.

A small cover-up, not only the bitterness of not being able to love, but also the contradiction of small love turning into big love. All viewers know why Dugu Yue wants to "send death".

It is precisely because he is not that great, not that noble, and even his motives are a little selfish, but this makes him appear extremely real and extremely like every living ordinary person among us.

At this point, the audience’s empathy has been completely aroused.

Compared with the big heroes shouting slogans and rushing towards disaster, Dugu Yue is more like those small people who hesitate, hesitate, think over and over again, and do great things.

He is not a "lonely brave" human being, but he is an infatuated man who can sacrifice everything for love. When he rushed to his death, Dugu Yue was even more noble than the hero.

No matter how hard he worked to survive before, his sacrifice at this moment is so sensational.

Just like the French writer Romain Rolland wrote in " The Biography of Michelangelo ": "There is only one kind of heroism in life, and that is to still love life after recognizing the truth of life."

said To be honest, as a comedy, "Walking on the Moon" has nothing to be surprised about in terms of laughter.

As a movie, "Walking on the Moon" is a success. Because it knows where the power of the movie comes from, how a character should be created, and how a story should be told.

Despite its flaws, after a thousand sails, Shen Teng's ultimate romance made me cry with a comedy this time.

And I also know that one of Shen Teng's comedies is less important than watching one. Before he has completely transformed like Xing Ye, everyone should watch and cherish it!

(Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Department: 一一)