The movie " Life Events " that the audience has been looking forward to for a long time has finally been released. As a rare movie in China with the theme of "funeral" and "death", many viewers walked into the cinema with a swollen eyes in their arms.
If you want to ask what Chinese people are most taboo, they probably talk about "death". Out of awe and fear of the unknown, each of us will more or less spontaneously avoid topics related to "death", and even reject related professions and specific content.
Among them, the profession that the audience is most afraid of contact and is the most curious about is probably the funeral industry in which Mo Sanmei, played by Zhu Yilong, , is engaged in .
So this movie has made the audience particularly look forward to it since the trailer was released. It was previewed on June 23rd and officially released on June 24th. Many friends also rushed into the cinema to watch this "Big Event in Life".
Judging from the current evaluations and movie box office released by major online platforms, this "Life Event" easily crossed the passing line, and is expected to win the first non-Spring Festival box office of 1 billion yuan in 2022, which was repeatedly impacted by the epidemic. Currently, the final box office forecast for Maoyan is as high as 965 million.
But it may also be that the early promotion of "The Great Events in Life" is too tear-jerking, which has led to netizens' expectations for this movie too high, and has also made some viewers, including me, feel a little disappointed with the movie after entering the cinema.
"The Great Events in Life" takes the relationship and mutual healing of the funeralist Mo Sanmei (played by Zhu Yilong) and the orphanage Wu Xiaowen (played by Yang Enyou) after being released from prison. With four completely different funerals, the four states of birth, old age, illness and death are presented to the audience, and the most intuitive way to explain the passage of life and the perception of life and death that is enough to hit the soul.
First talk about the good side of the movie.
There are not many film and television works that are willing to put the topic of "death" on the surface. The movie "The Great Events in Life" may not be the best, but both the creative team and the core of the story can definitely be called sincere.
The movie places the story in the city of "Wuhan", a city with strong fireworks. The noisy sounds on the streets, lively crowds, steaming snacks, crowded but not messy eaves and tile houses, and the authentic Wuhan dialect of the characters, all fill the whole movie with a strong human emotion.
Zhu Yilong's interaction with young actor Yang Enyou is a joke and a tear-jerking point in the movie. Mo Sanmei is like a big child who has been "ripened" early by childhood experience. He is stubborn, sensitive, and has dissatisfaction with the world and inner inferiority. He hates the "funeral" industry and is healed in funerals again and again and gradually becomes complete.
Yang En plays Wu Xiaowen, who is also a "little adult" who grew up by knowing death early. Her understanding of death is simple but warm, and her longing for her grandmother is tear-jerking, making her classmates' cleverness of performing "a filial son throws a bowl" also makes people laugh.
More importantly, "The Big Events in Life" is a typical small group movie. Every character in the movie, no matter how many scenes it plays, is very outstanding. They are both the protagonists in their respective lives, and because of their intersection with Mo Sanmei, they enter Mo Sanmei's life story to make a guest appearance. It is real and vivid.
The acting skills of several starring actors in the play are also very outstanding. Zhu Yilong challenged such a small character for the first time, and his control of the characters' psychology and emotions is very good. And Yang En, the little girl, is a highlight of the play, and several crying scenes moved the audience. The old actor Luo Jingmin made the audience's eyes even more illuminated.
has finished talking about the advantages, let’s talk about the disappointing flaws of this movie.
The rhythm of the movie is problematic. The content displayed in the first half of the story is numerous and complicated, like stuffing all the information points into the audience's mind. It is easy to make people feel impatient because of the complex information. Moreover, the plot transition and connection are all based on the mobile phone ringtone. It seems that as long as the mobile phone ringtone ringtone ringtone ringtone ringtone ringtone ringtones, something unfortunate will happen, which is a bit too rigid and monotonous.
This situation did not improve until the second half of the story and gradually became better.
Secondly, Wu Xiaowen's biological mother is a bit out of line with the plot. The scene of his biological mother's resurrection from the dead and "battle" with her adoptive parents is also too bloody, which really makes the audience feel out of the play.
The last problem that affects the audience's "entering into the role" is still the starring actor Zhu Yilong. It can be seen that the language environment of the dialect designed by the director is to make the whole story more realistic and down-to-earth. I don't know whether Mo Sanmei's expression is Mandarin Hours Wuhan dialect is the line design or something. I always feel that the starring actor usually speaks dialect well, but when he is excited, it becomes Mandarin.
Reasoningly, people are more willing to express themselves in their familiar voice when they are emotionally excited, so in this part, Mo Sanmei should be more suitable for speaking in dialects. Using Mandarin will make the audience wander outside the plot.
Generally speaking, this "Big Event in Life" is touching and bleeding, with advantages and flaws. At a time when the epidemic is raging, it is considered a passing movie. I wonder if you would choose to go to the cinema in front of the screen?
