text: Liu Huishu Zhu Xin
6% year-on-year box office summer season has passed, and the film market has calmed down in the first week after the lively momentum. However, the aftermath of "Mission Impossible 6" ending the summer release still has a strong impact, and both the schedule and box office have squeezed the new film released on Friday. Previously, the president of Taopiaopiao predicted that the box office of "Mission Impossible 6" will exceed 1 billion in interviews with media such as 36Kr. Overall, the newly released movie of this week may become the cannon fodder under the halo of "Spy 6". The fundamental reason is that the content plays a decisive role.
The newly released movies on Friday are mainly four of which are paying attention to: "Alpha: The Way of the Wolf", "The Birth of the Legend of ", "Lee Zongwei: The Loser is King", and "The Tao is High". They are three types of styles. "Alpha" tells the story of the friendship between people and wolves on the theme of wilderness adventure. "Legend" and "Lee Zongwei" show the process of cultivating athletes in the sports world. "The Tao is High" is a criminal film that promotes the right way.
If you like the beautiful scenery of the movie "Pi", "Alpha" is a good choice
2012, no matter what kind of "Hamlet" you see " "Pi's Fantasy Drift " is, it is hard for anyone to deny that this is a movie that baptizes the eyes with the magnificent scenery of nature. It is like a mirror printed with the sea of sunset and the isolated island with fluorescent green light under the night. These pictures are more universal than exploring the connotation of the movie.
The newly released "Alpha: The Wolf's Way Back" is also like the beautiful scenery of "The Young Pi", but the former is more realistic, while the latter is more dreamy.
The story of "Alpha: The Wolf's Way Back" is set in northern Europe 20,000 years ago, when most of the earth was shrouded by glaciers, and humans were on the verge of ignorance and civilization. Koda, the son of the tribe leader, is not good at the force of the spear and is unbearable for hunting animals. During a group hunting of the tribe, Koda fell off a cliff. On the way back to retrieve the tribe, he left the life of a wolf injured by attacking him because of his kindness, and named it Alpha. Finally, after suffering, the interdependent people and wolves found Koda's tribe, and wolves became a member of the human tribe.
From the perspective of the story, "Alpha" does not deviate from the existing plot. From the wolf attacking people, tempting people to symbiosis with people, the movies are not much different from the past films that describe the deep love between humans and wolves. If you want to see the bloody wilderness survival scenes like Little Plum "The Revenant" in "Alpha", you may disappoint you. Although both movies are both surviving in desperate situations, "Alpha" may be weakened in showing the cruelty of the law of natural survival.
"Alpha" wants to take the warmth route, but in 96 minutes, the plot of the film paves the emotional evolution of human and wolf, and the common experience of coexistence, seemingly insufficient. The deepest impression left on people is that one person and one wolf walk in the snowy wilderness. If you like the sense of companionship that is just right away, rather than the intimacy of the loyal dog’s eight formula, "Alpha" may be more suitable.
However, the main highlight of "Alpha" is still in the picture. In "Alpha", the natural scenes of the European continent in ancient times, such as flowing clouds, starry seas, mountains, cliffs, and snow-covered plains, are all in the panoramic lens, and the magnificent beauty of nature is unobstructed. can be said to be a great "landscape film", many frames in the middle can be used as wallpaper if the screenshot is taken.
is suitable for cheering up the legend Bailey and the loser are king Lee Chong Wei
This weekend is suitable for cheering up yourself, because on Friday there are two biographical movies about the great athletes released at the same time, one is "The Birth of a Legend" and the other is "Lee Chong Wei: The Loser is King".
"The Birth of Legend" is a bit late in terms of release time. The film was released abroad in 2016, but it was introduced to China two years later. Although I chose the World Cup year, I am a little late to get the popularity now, and the World Cup has ended almost two months ago. But for fans, it is never too late to pay tribute to their idols.
The film tells the legendary experience of the famous Brazilian football player Bailey. It was completed by two directors who are good at making documentaries, Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist. The two have previously collaborated on the documentary " Two Escobars " with an IMdb score of 8.2. But "The Birth of a Legend" is not a documentary, but a biography movie.
Since it is a biographical movie, it is naturally indispensable to portray the protagonist's ups and downs. When he was a child, Bailey was a slum shoe shining boy. He worked odd jobs with his parents and was discriminated against by the nobles. His friend passed away unexpectedly. After being discovered and joined the football team, Bailey still encountered discrimination, and his playing style was not recognized, and he was accidentally injured when the game approached. In short, the road to becoming the king of football is not easy.
But the film is very restrained in handling these adversities and does not portray sad scenes with great hunchback. Instead, it emphasizes the significance of football itself to Brazil. Before Pele's first World Cup, Brazilian football was in a downturn. Whether it was Pele himself or the team that discovered his, their goal was to get Brazil back to the World Cup championship. Therefore, "The Birth of a Legend" tells the story of Pele's legend and also the glorious era of Brazilian football.
But by the way, the title of "The Birth of Legend" is translated too well, like a bottle of panacea, and it is suitable for any biography movie. In comparison, Hong Kong's "Billy King of Football" won this time.
Another movie "Lee Zongwei: The Loser is King" is also a biopic, which records the career of badminton player Lee Zongwei. Compared to Bailey, Lee Chong Wei's life experience seems to be more tortuous. The family was poor, the father opposed, and the teammates were excluded. They finally reached the peak, but soon encountered a career trough. In addition, he met a strong enemy Lin Dan. He finally won him after falling in love and killing each other for many years, but lost to Zhanlong. This experience is quite dramatic.
However, the reputation of this video is not very good. A large part of the reason is that the film does not interpret Lee Chong Wei's character and mental turning points in depth. For example, when portraying the protagonist's ups and downs, the director used a group of people to cheer on the side, which seemed rigid and rigid. Some netizens also complained that Lee Chong Wei was portrayed as a "cry bag". After encountering setbacks, someone would always come out to pour chicken soup, and then he would be resurrected immediately. The film was also criticized for wasting a good subject. But putting aside the movie itself, whether it is Bailey or Lee Chong Wei, the athlete spirit they carry has surpassed everything and deserves to be remembered.
Many people go to Nie Yuan to watch "The Way Higher", but only actors
Nie Yuan, who recently ushered in the second spring in his career as a star in "Yanxi Palace", is probably the biggest highlight of this domestic crime film.
The Song Dynasty played by Nie Yuan had several classmates and friends at the police academy, and the Song Dynasty was fired for a fight. Later, Song Dynasty was entrusted by the father of a classmate of the police academy and was involved in the undercover group investigation of the arson case. The father of his friend's policeman was later killed by his subordinates. Song Dynasty was witnessed by classmates and friends and fathers at the death of their father, and was mistakenly regarded as a murder suspect and forced to flee, but they have been secretly investigating. Finally, the truth was revealed, the misunderstanding was revealed, and the evidence of the crime was handed over to the police.
If the plot of "Alpha" is weak, at least it can be seen from the perspective of companionship, however, "The Tao is taller" should have further deepened the depiction of the crime plot of "justice will win", but it has become a lack of both literary and martial arts dramas. The plot of the characters is rigidly approaching the theme, and there are many bugs in the production details. Basically, the main supporting roles are all based on the acting skills of the main and supporting roles. In addition to Nie Yuan, Yu Jiaming, the actor of the female transgender villain, also impressed people.
However, facts have proved that the actors' acting skills alone cannot make a movie "circulate". Although many people who are currently watching "The Way of One Step" are looking for "big pig's hoof" Nie Yuan, content issues limit the second word-of-mouth spread of the movie. Previously, the movie was broadcast for two days, and there was no rating on Douban due to insufficient effective ratings. Currently, the movie has a Douban score of 5.6.
