"School Storm" does not have a very convincing start. At least in professional film reviews, it will definitely attract a lot of people's attention. The reason is that it is slightly lazy and questioned originality.
The background of the script of the poor nobleman breaking into the noble school makes it easy to think of "Gossip Girl". Even the shooting angle of the poster and the look of the protagonist are almost the same (refer to the second season poster).
But of course it hasn't risen to the point of plagiarism. After all, such plots are everywhere now. The latter just achieved it to the extreme. It has set a very high level for the same type of youth drama in casting, makeup, and especially clothing. Benchmark.
Reversely tracing the murderer, police inquiry, and the protagonist’s narrative approach that intersects the relationship between the protagonist, "Lie and Lie" that swept Amy and Golden Globe is another classic that "Storm of Prestigious School" needs or wants to match.
In these two respects, "Storm of the Famous School" failed to surpass its predecessors, and even the school uniforms in it were criticized for being like the Nightingale Chorus in "Glee". Naturally, it was easy to be criticized and became a target of public criticism.
However, NETFLIX 's drama series are all released at once. The audience and professional film critics have not yet come to complain about its original laziness. The fast-paced rhythm has made the girls and boys in front of the computer unstoppable. The length of the eight episodes is just right, the rhythm is tight and unsatisfactory; and the creators have indeed used cold rice to create new ideas and cut their own blood.
Tell stories seriously, don't treat gimmicks as gimmicks
Unlike "Gossip Girl", which is becoming more and more unable to extricate itself on the road of girl tearing, "Prestigious School Storm" is more like a hodgepodge, conflicts between upper and lower classes, Muslims, homosexuality, HIV , and open relationships, all of which do not land. Arranged in each protagonist.
What's amazing is that these social hotspot labels are all put together, and they are quite unharmonious. I have to admire the powerful coordinating and narrative ability of the creators, and create a world of "harmonious ideals" within our reach for us in the future.
Therefore, unlike the trio of "Gossip Girl" that was full of gimmicks and little rain, "School Storm" boldly and intuitively presents the most sensitive topics and phenomena of the moment, the director does not seem to have a grand discussion. Meaning, directly under such controversial relationship and setting to start the plot.
Sanguanqizheng is definitely worthy of praise.
First of all, the most obvious, must be the main character Marina , the murder victim who has already thrown a blockbuster in the first episode, the whole drama revolves around who killed her and what happened.
Marina, adopted by the senior management couple of the construction group, is not only a pregnant high school girl, but also an HIV -infected person. Thank goodness for not putting this plot into gay CP , otherwise it would be too clichéd.
Before Samuel (referred to as Samu ), Nadia and Christian entered the noble school Las Encinas with a scholarship provided by the original school construction company (also the company where Marina’s father worked) , Marina fell in love and had a relationship with Pablo , another boy from the proletariat . The latter was even infected with the HIV virus.
About the HIV virus and AIDS basic knowledge of the difference between the treatment and early detection have been interspersed in the director skillfully deflected the characters and plot lines of them.
Even the secret exposure of Marina's HIV infection came naturally, and the uproar caused by the audience was not as big as the audience expected. Instead, the director cleverly connected her with another protagonist, which directly led to the subsequent sprawling and escalation of violence. To murder.
HIV doesn't give a fuck how big your house is, how much money you make, or how long your list of last names is.
This kind of treatment of minimizing the current hot topics of social discussions is everywhere in the show.
For example, Ander 's came out. When Mother Ander sees her son naked and Omar on the balcony, most of the audience will immediately have a foreboding that face-to-face questions and quarrels will definitely happen in the next second.
But the reality is, instead, the parents told Ander on the table with embarrassment that they knew he was gay , so that he should not worry about this, and then led the topic to the deeper contradiction between Ander and his father. The player’s mind has already quickly shifted to how to make his son the first LGBT full title player in the history of Spanish tennis .
I:? ? ? ? ?
At that time, I really laughed out of my voice when I saw this place. This kind of emotional exchange and reaction of the characters is amazing, because I finally don't have to watch another plot that caused a major earthquake after coming out.
Others include Nadia, who is a Muslim, took off her headscarf at school, Polo ’s bisexuality, Carla, Polo and Christian ’s threesome, each of them has been repeatedly frowned upon by the director and screenwriter in the past. here are all anti-processing, but more exciting is that the director will be integrated into these settings to a larger plot to promote them, and not entangled in a moment of DRA mA attract attention.
After all, it's 8102 years old, who wants to watch the stage of struggling to come out? Grow up pls.
Annoying mainline characters
As Marina , who promotes the main line of the plot , this role is really unlovable, especially when all the characters gradually rise in popularity as the plot unfolds, her image collapses at the speed of light as the plot develops.
At the beginning, it looked like a good empathetic girl who was different from the other pampered and domineering little P kids in the noble school , but from the time she went back and forth between the Samu and Nano brothers , she was completely bitch. Lu, afterwards, not only did she have no gratitude for her family, but also used and hurt friends who treated her sincerely again and again. She belonged to the type that the audience felt that the victim of the murder was her typical protagonist.
After Carla found out that she was HIV positive, she showed good intentions, but was used by her to cause theft at home;
Nadia was kind, but she confessed Omar to the principal in order to protect herself , which led to a big conflict in Nadia's family;
Samu wholeheartedly in love with her, but she dominated uncertain between the two brothers, not only pregnant with Nano child, but also the courage and Samu break up, at least Samu have the courage to be able to see this;
There is no gratitude for the protection of his parents and brother Guzman . His father has just been released from prison (although he deserves it). Not only has he never visited before, but he is also rushing to run away with his boyfriend, his big belly;
...
Those behaviors with worrisome IQs are really countless. Every time I see her and two brothers, I want to fast forward. However, I have to look at the mainline status, and I have to look at it because of my temperament.
The most exciting branch
Like most youth dramas, the main line has to take into account the overall situation, which is unavoidably boring (although it is not procrastinated at all), and the highlights are all on the branch lines. The most outstanding performance is our 3P team.
Although the 3P team does not have many points in the drama, it stands out on the main line of brothers' favor ( Marina/Nano/Samu ), fake gambling (the relationship between Guzman and Nadia ), and the base line ( Ander & Omar ). It is definitely in the whole drama. There is no one of the most pleasing branches.
Carla, the descendant of the marquise , has a pair of Polo parents with rich and social resources . These two precocious children have established a CP relationship early on . They have a complete plan for their lives, and even the small details of retirement and which cemetery to use after a few decades have been within their consideration.
All they need now is to find a little spark excitement in this long "boring" life.
First, they chose muscular, simple-minded, poor academic performance to the explosion, but the "lucky / unlucky" in San Esteban injured in Hong Ta school events, in addition to construction companies become Samu and Nadia's third decision outside Sponsored Christian who entered Las Encinas School .
I thought it was a game between the two, but Christian became the biggest variable in their relationship.
After a long time, the relationship between the two people will eventually get bored. They urgently need to introduce some new changes in this relationship to make the relationship between the two people rejuvenate. The trio will not even consider in their original range, initially by the Polo proposal to allow Carla can to go to bed with other boys, but the premise is to secretly observe him.
This became a new stimulus for Polo to increase libido.
But don’t get me wrong, this is not a girl who has to let go of her self-esteem to do something she doesn’t want to please her sweetheart. This is not a story of low self-esteem in love; on the contrary, she is hesitant and lacking in her own opinion. the Polo, C Arla to control feelings and desires far above him.
Polo is the repetitive and uninspiring person, his life has been almost constantly controlled by Carla and his good brother Guzman . It is precisely because of Polo 's repetition and passivity that his mind has become an interesting point to promote this slightly strange relationship.
At first, he was afraid that Carla had played with fire, and fell in love with this penniless gangster except for his muscles. After three people have been together for a long time, he has a good impression of this straight and straight boy , but from time to time he wants to be alone. Possess this slightly childish outsider.
Yes, bisexuality is also played out here.
The relationship between couples under monogamy was originally a lot of drama, and these three were even more terrible when they were together. Poor boy Christian worried that while the childhood sweetheart CP in front of him was using himself as a sex tool, the young couple also worried that the other party was coveting him. Status and connections in order to reap the benefits. With this thoughtful guesswork, countless dr ama is very easy to cause trouble.
In fact, this worry mainly comes from the indecisive Polo. The decisive Carla is never afraid of this. She has always been the leader of this relationship, and even the leader of any relationship. Whether facing Polo 's bisexuality, Christian 's slum-class status, or facing the subsequent theft at home, the attitude towards bitch Marina is revealed in every word of the queen's aura.
Polo and Carla , apart from the somewhat controversial threesome, have different health from ordinary people when dealing with their relationship. Trust and openness are the principles they have always used to deal with feelings. Even the subsequent decision to tease Christian is the result of communication and agreement between the two parties.
It's not that you can't have your own personal space and secrets, but when it comes to the relationship between the two, concealment is always the foreshadowing of the emotional rift.
Now that a relationship has reached a critical point, and both parties hope to continue to support it, as long as it does not harm others or commit crimes, why not find new stimulation points? Is it true love that tortured each other in your own two worlds? Or would it be better to conceal the affair?
People, always underestimate their own instinctive drive and overestimate their moral integrity.
We wanted to keep our relationship alive, but dead things don't come back to life.
Role relationship diagram
Because there are too many protagonists and the relationship is too complicated, here is a brief look at the relationship between each person for everyone to watch the show:
Samuel x Nadia x Christian civilian trio
Christian x Nano friends
Brother Samuel x Nano
Samuel x Omar friends
Nadia x Omar (Pakistan) brother and sister
Guzman x Ander x Polo friends
Guzman x Marina brother and sister
Marina x Carla 's good sisters
Samuel x Marina couple
Nano x Marina couple
Guzman x Nadia love each other
Guzman x Lucrecia couple
Polo x Carla couple
Carla x Polo x Christian threesome
Omar x Ander friends
At the end of each episode, a blockbuster is thrown out. Here, I will make a point under the premise of not being spoiled as much as possible. You can probably see that the rhythm is really swish, without a trace of procrastination.
Episode 1️⃣: The Death of Marina
Episode 2️⃣: Marina was pregnant when she died
Episode 3️⃣: Samu killed pregnant Marina because of love and hatred?
Episode 4️⃣: Who is Pablo? (The past of Marina and Pablo)
Episode 5️⃣: Marina & Nano & Samu's emotional chaos settled
Episode 6️⃣: Nano & Marina plots theft
Episode 7️⃣: Peeping Operation Upgrade
Episode 8️⃣: The real murderer appears
The first quarter after quarter end only reveal to the audience the killing Marina murderer who and what is the motive, but still far away from the murderer arrested, but police caught only a scapegoat, even the murder weapon did not find the slightest There is no doubt about the choice of the murderer.
And because of Marina ’s death, the relationship between all the protagonists has undergone a new round of reshuffle, how does the Carla/Polo/Christian trio continue, Guzman and Lucrecia rebuild the old good, Nadia successfully negotiated with her father to return to school unconditionally, Omar/Ander ’s foundation How far can love go under Omar's father's eyes, will Samuel remedy his reckless behavior...
These can only be announced in the second season, but currently NETFLIX has not announced whether to renew.
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