After watching the movie and wanting to talk to someone, I found that almost all my friends have watched or plan to watch this movie during the Chinese New Year, and everyone who has watched it said it was good.
I also said it looks good.
"Yangtze River No. 7" is a children's film, a children's film that allows adults to be emotionally involved, not the kind of dry, dull, unimaginative stuff that looks down on children from the perspective of adults. This film not only takes care of children's viewing psychology, but also respects their IQ. This is rare in domestic films, and it has been rare since "Nezha Raising the Sea" ("Nezha Raising the Sea" itself is not ideal, and there is a set of animation series "Nezha Raising the Sea" that is even worse). For this one, I also admire Zhou Xingchi. We Chinese really despise the production of children's literary works.
The film is very simple. It is about a simple father-son relationship in a society where the gap between the rich and the poor is changing rapidly. The alien puppy is a prop, like the fairy mother's wand in Cinderella. Although it's cute, it's a very cute and expensive wand. So "Yangtze River No. 7" is not a sci-fi film, so don't have hallucinations.
Many children have had the fear that because they are not good, their parents will be unfortunate. This feeling of guilt is common in childhood, but many people forget it as they grow up. Zhou Xingchi did not forget. This is the psychological basis of the plot of the film. The role of the alien puppy is to comfort the child and ensure that the parents are safe. In my opinion, the heart of the story is here. Of course, there are many layers of decoration on the outside, and I don't think it is superfluous. As a result, the film does not look simple.
Zhou Xingchi also wanted to say to the increasingly lost society: "Don't take other people's things, don't lie, study hard, and be a useful person." He said it several times, but I don't know how many people really heard it? To be a good person, in fact, there are not many standards. If you have achieved these basic requirements, you will not be far behind. I totally agree with him.
The father he played was sitting on the top floor of a construction site during lunch break and eating a very simple lunch box, which seemed to be poached eggs, green vegetables and rice. He ate leisurely, with the whole city under his feet. That shot was very atmospheric, and I liked it a lot. Only this one shot shows that Stephen Chow still knows who he is and what he wants. He still thinks of himself as a little guy, but a little guy can also have the whole world. Some people say that he has changed, so they didn't understand this scene. I'm not a fan of Zhou, and from the few Zhou films I've seen, I don't think his creative philosophy has changed. For this rare sobriety, I admire him again.
Covering these cores is the stuff that is full of flowers. Beauties, jokes, funny, special effects. Most of them are very creative, although some of them have been used before, who said they can't be used once they have been used? Use it properly. I like to hit cockroaches, and I want to hit children but I ended up rolling up a newspaper as a stick and other details. The little actor Xu Jiao is very good, I hope everyone will not kill her. The puppy is also very cute, and it is smoothly integrated with the real environment, and the special effects have improved greatly, but it is still a little far from the first-class level. In the few close-ups of Xu Jiao reaching out and petting the puppy, it's clear that her hands are computer-generated.
Dissatisfied are female teachers. Not to mention that the role of this role in the plot is actually insignificant, Zhou Xingchi obviously has no understanding of the profession of primary school teachers. The funniest thing in the whole movie is not the alien puppies, nor the fights between the primary school students, but the students going on an outing at the end. The female teacher is not busy taking care of the students, but sits on a snow-white cloth under the tree, wearing a white tight-fitting cheongsam. , put on a formal curvy posture, and waited for Zhou Xingchi to walk over with the roses. My stomach burst with laughter. If primary school teachers are so comfortable, does the local Ministry of Education need to recruit a large number of teachers every year to fill the rapidly draining teachers? Even if the primary school teachers in Ningbo are more comfortable than those in Singapore, I am afraid they are not that comfortable yet, right?
Star girls are like John Woo's doves, beautiful but increasingly useless. This is a blind spot of Stephen Chow, he actually no longer needs a star girl. His home has formed its own pattern, and there is no place to put vases, but out of habit, he is still collecting. fun.
"Yangtze River No. 7" is suitable for all ages, the story is complete, and audiences of different ages and backgrounds can see what they can understand. It is not the same as the previous weekly tablets, which is its advantage. I wish it success at the box office, so that Stephen Chow can continue to make films calmly. If you like him, set him free.
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