" Life Events " (directed by Liu Jiangjiang) became the box office champion for the summer season after its release. On the one hand, ordinary audiences are more likely to buy it, and on the other hand, professionals criticize the drama for being riddled with holes. This film has risen to a high-profile film and will become a part of the past of the 2022 summer vacation.
In today's film market, there are very few films about funeral culture. Perhaps because it first makes people feel uncomfortable, and then it can develop a strong interest - life and death are a big deal. Such "big things in life" involve the issue of "end" care, and it is easy to accumulate emotional power. In the Chinese people's perception, the funeral theme may make people feel a little unlucky and even feel rejected, but the appearance, acting skills and invested emotional power of actor Zhu Yilong give the audience a very strong sense of introductory. Our recognition of actors and characters in the film is an important reason why we agree with the narrative of the film.
But other than that, how does "The Big Events in Life" build the plot? The noisy opening of the movie fully explains the relationship between the characters: the old lady passed away, and the daughter-in-law who came from Beijing complained about why the old lady died at this time; the old lady's son was cowardly and did not dare to say too much; the protagonist of the film - Mo Sanmei (played by Zhu Yilong), a young boss who went to the heaven funeral shop, was suspected of stealing things by the old lady's daughter-in-law, and her clothes were taken off and asked to check it; granddaughter Xiaowen hid in the corner of the wardrobe and secretly watched all this.
Xiaowen, who grew up with his grandmother since childhood and had no idea about his parents, wanted to wake up his grandmother, but he couldn't wake him up. She didn't understand what death was, and she heard that her grandmother was taken away in a black box, so she stubbornly asked Mo Sanmei: "Where is my grandmother?" After her grandmother passed away, Xiaowen had nowhere to go and was randomly stuffed to Mo Sanmei's funeral shop by her uncle. Xiaowen slowly penetrated into Mo Sanmei's life.
The male protagonist Mo Sanmei is a failed little character. Her handsome face has a decadent atmosphere, and her frustrated life experience can make the audience more sympathetic. He kept his inch, kicked flip-flops, and either chewed chewing gum or holding a cigarette in his mouth, claiming to be "I'm". He fought for his girlfriend and was in prison. He was almost middle-aged and achieved nothing. He lived in his own funeral shop and planned to get the property certificate from him all day long and opened a maternal and child shop for his girlfriend. He was disliked by his father because of this.
But then his girlfriend and his buddy got better and became pregnant. He wanted to pursue another female colleague, but the female colleague talked about love with another colleague. The movie gave him a bad luck physique for no reason, as if he wanted to make the audience worried and worried about him. At the same time, this endless failure is often a projection of the viewer's own destiny, so a special identification mechanism is established at such a special time node.
Xiaowen's arrival is a trouble and a challenge for the third sister. In his interactions with Xiaowen, he gradually became a qualified "father" and a responsible man. Before his death, the third sister's father gradually accepted his son and asked his son to handle his funeral with all his power. Mo Sanmei shot her father's ashes into the sky by setting off fireworks, allowing them to bloom beautiful flowers in the sky.
This is obviously a man's growth movie, and it is also a movie full of the meaning of life. My father's ashes hit the sky, and there was an open-minded attitude towards life.
The outside world's evaluation of "The Great Events in Life" can be said to be mixed. The author will sort out the comments he agrees with:
The adults in the plot seem to have no communication skills. Xiaowen made a big fuss about "going to heaven" and the crematorium, asking his third sister for grandma everywhere. From the screenwriter's perspective, it seems to be a deliberate effort to increase the dramatic conflict between and . During this period, no adult came to explain this matter to Xiaowen. It was not until the third sister told her that the grandmother turned into smoke from the chimney and flew away, that the matter was over. The plots in these violent conflicts make people feel meaningless.
The third sister and other clerks adopted Xiaowen. Xiaowen's uncle once took out Xiaowen's mother's death certificate . Later, Xiaowen's mother suddenly appeared again. She explained that she was dismissed by her family because she went abroad to make a living and had no news for many years.Under Xiaowen's mother's begging, the third sister put Xiaowen who was sleeping in her mother's car without communicating with anyone, and then ran wildly in the rain. When deciding on Xiaowen's belonging, the third sister did not communicate with anyone, or even did not communicate with Xiaowen himself. This was not like the behavior of a normal man. Therefore, the emotions aroused by this plot make people feel a little unreliable afterwards.
At the darkest moment when the male protagonist just returned Xiaowen to his mother and was scolded by two friends, his father passed away again. Such a plot design that makes life impermanent and insulting is seemingly too utilitarian. The male protagonist snatched away the father's ashes in his sister's hand and intended to turn it into fireworks. He had a "fast and passion" racing drama with his sister. It seemed that the communication skills between adults were lost again. Sometimes, in order to create dramatic conflicts, they often give up communication and act tough, which seems to be a common problem in many domestic films.
At the end of this film, Xiaowen ran back to the funeral shop by himself. The third sister said to Xiaowen's mother, "Do you want to stay in this industry?" Xiaowen's mother's character construction is as thin as paper. This design for perfection is too casual. For a happy ending, it is really not the quality of a good film.
is too reliant on accidents and accidents, and too tough to control the characters in the movie, which has damaged the vitality of the movie. It can be said that this film lacks the necessary configuration for a good film, and there are too many missing.
Of course, although "The Big Events in Life" is full of loopholes, it is at least a kind movie. People can accept it so happily because it is really malice, but they hope to amplify tolerance and love between people. The director spreads out the hope he has in light comedy, and each part has beautiful connotations. Some netizens’ comments on this video are “down-to-earth”. The noisy aunt, the cowardly uncle, the sloppy third sister, and the owner of the wedding shop next door who wants to be overwhelmed by others are all civilians, and they live in a space that makes you feel friendly and can instantly integrate into. The film's lens language is also very special. The shaking and unstable lens takes us into a noisy and irritable world. We feel the chaos and difficulty in controlling secular life, as if this is our own life. And it has been a long time since the hustle and bustle of the city. The film tries to bring us into such a passionate life, and the audience is happily cooperating.
(Original title: "Big Events in Life": The city is noisy, long time no see )
Source: Beijing Daily Author: Changxi
Process Editor: L021
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