From "Uncle"

The film "Uncle" once again proves that in a mature film industry system, even if the idea is outdated and the story is cliché, it can still make a good film, which is good-looking, touching and full, just like I was hooked after watching it before. "Crisis Hour". It also proves once again that the creativity of the story is important, but it is only an extremely important part of the entire film production line, rather than a decisive part (here, the creativity of the story refers to the core creative point, not the script, a movie The script is decisive, I think). After all, no matter Hollywood, South Korea or China, most of the commercial films that support the entire film market are unlikely to have such a strong milestone originality and nuclear-explosive creative breakthrough as "Inception" or "The Matrix" In addition to the strong creative core, these two films also rely on the production completion guaranteed by the mature film industry to become what we see.

In other words, the reason why the vast majority of domestic commercial films (the author's films are not covered in this post) are so ugly is also because when our filmmakers are caught in the pursuit of the best ideas that are not astonishing and deadly, or When it is shameless to copy the extremes of copying, it ignores or is unable to pass the other aspects of story creativity. Of course, this is not only a problem of the ability of practitioners in the industry, but also a problem of the entire domestic film industry system. Even if we get all the hardware elements together, including funds, equipment, and the resources needed for shooting, etc., and then shoot one shot at a time, we will not be able to shoot "Dangerous Situation Hourly". Similarly, if we remake "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", we won't be able to make a movie like "Uncle". This is not self-defeating, and it has nothing to do with the censorship system or non-grading that we have to fight all day long.

If the discussion points to such a big proposition as the film industry system, I don’t have the ability to break it down clearly, but the rapid development and industrial foundation that Korean films have achieved in a short period of about 20 years is still worth our study. Although I don't have a special feeling for Korean movies, I am particularly bothered by its rampant imitation, uncontrolled violence, and exaggerated performances (related to national personality). But after all, in that system, people have produced "Memories of Murder", "August Photo Studio", "Old Boy", "Winter and Spring", "Spring Dies"... So many NB movies have come out, although there are not as many NB movies now as they were ten years ago. The gushing energy of the stock and a large number of high-quality movies, but the more mature system established in the process is still contributing to good movies like "Uncle".

I think our practitioners shouldn't keep staring at whether these films can make the total box office exceed 10 billion at the end of the year. It is still useful to do something down-to-earth. If your own film is not good, everything else is useless. Maybe when the movie market is released next year, Hollywood movies will come in unscathed, and our practitioners will be forced to shave their heads collectively like the Koreans and sit at the entrance of the General Bureau, so as to keep their jobs and a place in local movies.


PS Although from the perspective of film creation, it seems that it is more suitable for the uncle to be played by Song Kanghao at this age. But Yuan Bin's acting is really good, and his movements are neat and his performance is explosive. The key is to be handsome. From "Mother" to "Uncle", he is enough to prove his acting strength.

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