"Hold the Call"-Hong Kong still hasn't surpassed Hollywood this time

Devon 2021-12-12 08:01:07

I only came to watch this movie after watching "Hold Call". This movie may not be glorious in Hollywood blockbusters, but there is still a lot of gap between "Hold Call" and it.

"Keep Talking" has an obvious Hong Kong entertainment flavor. Louis Koo's jokes obviously add a lot of soap elements in it. Although it entertains the audience, it obviously loses the rigor of the plot. Contrary to the tension and excitement of the original drama. And the heroine Big S is a bit of a failure, obviously not in line with this role. The heroine of the original drama is a science teacher, with the introverted wisdom of a science and engineering teacher, calm and brave in encounters; but the big S is obviously a bit of a joke, giving people a very weak look, crying when encountering problems, just look at it. Not calm, although she had laid the groundwork before and directly confessed her career, but it always felt that it was not so, it was very irrelevant to her career, and the role selection was obviously problematic. The performance of the heroine is very important and directly determines the rhythm of the plot. Of course, this is what Chen Musheng lacks.

In "Keep Talking", due to the differences in the characters of the big S, the actor grabbed the plot. This is where many Hong Kong directors are good at, but this also weakens the theme. Louis Koo performed very well in it, absolutely overshadowing the hero of the original drama, but it is not the hero, but the heroine that affects the overall rhythm. We can't just look at the differences in the acting skills of individual actors, who is driving the overall rhythm, this is very important.

In the supporting role, Liu Ye smashed the role! This point is obviously lost to the original drama, this role should not be given too much drama. In terms of the ending, Chen Musheng played the action, which is completely Hong Kong's, but it is still relatively vulgar. The ending of the original drama is very exciting, and the shootout ended beautifully.

I haven't watched "The First Line Sound Machine" and "Hold Call" is definitely a good movie. After watching the original drama, if you haven't watched "Hold Call", then I advise you not to watch it.

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Cellular quotes

  • Ryan: You know, it does me no good to hand over the video tape and then you guys turn around and take us out.

    Greer: I swore I wouldn't do that.

    Ryan: Like you swore "to protect and serve"?

  • [Mooney shoots someone for the first time in his entire career]

    Mooney: 27 years. 27 years without this shit!

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