A few months ago, a film "One Night After a Drunk", which was implicitly publicized and well-reviewed, was highly rated by countless film critics on Weibo. I don’t know what to say. What's better. Shawn Yue, I really like his literary and artistic style. The acting is easy to learn, but it is still pretty good. Unfortunately, the script is really nothing new. This non-new idea specifically refers to the story frame that plagiarized a dazzling comedy dark horse in 2009. To put it simply, the "Hangover" series is a suspenseful comedy about looking for lost memories after a hangover. If "A Night After Drunk" is summarized in one sentence, you can also use "Looking for Lost Memories after Hangover" Love movie. Well, this time I really can’t see it. Domestic movies, I always like to use a good story frame to decorate the love and freshness, and then mix into ambiguous men and women. .
Closer to home, as mentioned in the previous articles, popular Hollywood movies will strike while the iron is hot, and several sequels will be published in succession. Of course, this trend is also very hot in China. The more reliable ones are the "Four Famous Catch" series and the "Tai Chi" series. Although I can't do the "Harry Potter" series, it can be simply commented as: The domestic understanding of this effect is good, and there should be no big problem in earning word of mouth at the box office. The premise is that the book is still well-known and the casting is popular. Going far, "The Hangover 1" is like a dark horse that completely disrupted the Hollywood movie market in 2009. With an investment of 35 million US dollars, it earned nearly 10 times the box office, not to mention foreign box office revenue (of course In view of the playful elements of American comedy, the general foreign audience is still a bit tortuous to accept it, so it should be ignored.) At the same time, three male protagonists have become popular, and Sala Lala has become their masterpiece. (Love gossip, no way ). "The Hangover 2" still has the same story structure, so there are still many fans. What's more, the handsome teacher Phil does make the female audience scream, doesn't it?
The last article also mentioned a small problem about the genre of Hollywood movies, that is, biopics are a mixture of many genres. Nowadays, comedy movies are like a basket, and everything can be put in it, provided that comedy. It is absolutely necessary to have strong compatibility, and to allow it to be strong, a good story is needed. At this point, the skill of Hollywood screenwriters is not covered, or they are more certain than domestic screenwriters. It’s a typical post-90s generation. After learning some screenwriting theory, a few people smoked a cigarette and started discussing. When giving a character to a character, they started to be crazy. Some people say that this is creativity. I want to say that this is the direct result of many boring movies. Factors, to a forty-year-old man is to talk about life pressure, sexual weakness, minor thirds, illegitimate children... Hey, stop vomiting, sorry.)
The success of the "Hangover" series actually stems from multiple factors, in simple terms : Add a lot of material to comedy! Novel genre positioning (suspense comedy); novel theme (looking for memories after getting drunk); narrative strategy (compact story plot, good plot development logic); character collocation is exaggerated and reasonable (a cynical teacher, a dentist who only has another side in his bones) , A big boy with a bit dumb thinking; this is also available in "Three Idiots"), and an open ending. . . .
A new urban landscape opens up a new
dimension in comedy. The "If You Are the One" series once brought different perspectives to the audience. Hokkaido, Hainan, Japan, and the magnificent view of the scenery, will follow the switch of the camera and the camera shuttle over the city to let the audience. While enjoying the joy, it will also bring a different kind of immersive pleasure.
The choice of movie venues is actually a very particular knowledge. When director Xie Jin was filming "Furong Town", in order to find the alley that felt the same as in the original work, he took the photography team through China and didn’t know how many cities. And this kind of professionalism has become the shortcoming of many filmmakers nowadays. The special effects are coming, the set is completely saved, or the meticulous craftsmanship is missing, which always feels a shortcoming. For example, "A Night After Drunk" chooses Beijing The lively nightlife is of course familiar to the audience, but it lacks the feeling of pleasure of vision.
The director of "The Hangover", Tot Phillips, is regarded as a new Hollywood director, but he is very happy in this respect. He opens with a magnificent panoramic view, eats popcorn, and relaxes his tired body and mind with a broad vision. , Is undoubtedly a good way to choose. And I chose to start with a magnificent perspective, telling stories about the decline of a few small characters, and even more comedic factors are beating, just imagine, following the camera, speeding on the desert highway, with an open mind, endless jokes all the way, but never want to show off in the city The other side of Cai is full of thrills. In Las Vegas, the city that never sleeps, hangovers, confusion, and madness are staged, which also lead the story of several male protagonists to another climax.
Of course, some people will say that enjoying the city scenery with music is a bit like watching a city scenery promotion film. With the artistic conception, it will avoid the importance and the light. In fact, if you carefully appreciate it, the use of the city scenery will give the finishing touch at a critical moment. Role, the several shots of "The Hangover 1" driving on the road to Las Vegas, implying the shadow of the road movie, but highlighting the coziness of the male protagonists, using them to show that Americans are used to movies. The man in the allusion ended the rendering of various complex emotions before being single; in "The Hangover 2", he drove the yacht freely and freely in the rivers and seas of Thailand. Let stu, a man who had considered whether to end his single life before, put aside Fear before marriage, all the way to the palace of marriage in a good mood, this kind of plot setting should also be regarded as conforming to the meaning of American filmmakers' love of transmission point values.
Two comedy suspense, expected but insufficient
Comedy movies, in Feng Xiaogang's hands, are easy to play. This is because of the powerful dialogue and Ge Youshu's performance. Comedy movies supported by the performances and dialogues of actors have not only entertained the audience, but also the movies in China. . After all, it is really not easy to find another comedy film that uses dialogue and actors to support a comedy film, and has a good reputation at the box office. And the development of Hollywood comedy movies only started from the exaggerated performances of actors. The most representative one is the master Chaplin in the silent film era. Be in awe! However, with the taste of the audience, it is impossible to fool the past with only the performance of the actors. Ever since, when we saw "The Hangover", the suspense factor was added to it, a little bit of driving the audience's brains, exciting and not noisy, interlocking plots, while making the audience hooked, obviously also There is an irreparable shortcoming in comedy, because the suspense must be written to perfection and the story needs to be relaxed, so the jokes will be ignored in the process of answering questions from time to time, such as the tiger in the bathroom and baby masturbation in "The Hangover 1" , Stu played and sang accompanied by a rooster, and sent the tiger home... are all good comedy seasonings. However, in the second half, the gag made by Asian businessmen was the finishing touch because the three male protagonists went home to get married. Time is getting closer and I am busy looking for Doug, and I am not in the mood to mess around. "The Hangover 2" has a similar inflection point in the suspense part of "The Hangover 1," so there will inevitably be repetitions in the plot setting. At this point, it is a bit thankless, but because the emotional factor is obviously more than before. Many of them conceal this drawback. For example, the monkey is affectionate and righteous, the monk's kind handshake with Alan and eye contact are even better.
And because comedy factors dominate, the suspense part will be a little messy, and the audience will seem to be a little clouded, although the plot is tight, the details are well grasped, such as "The Hangover 1" on the road, Alan holds the book No one cares about who he is partnering with, but in the last 30 minutes, he makes up for it, and it comes in handy. For example, in "The Hangover 2", Alan keeps chanting words. Cards, how many power outages a year, etc., are some very good details, which paved the way for the development of the following story. It is commendable! However, because many plots cannot be marked one by one, the director simply has a new ending method, nearly 20 photos, one by one, although the audience is overwhelmed, but it is still a good form.
The combination of the three characters is exaggerated and reasonable.
It is needless to say that Phil's unruly personality is mixed with tenderness. From helping students to pay 60 yuan on their behalf to killing all the way to Las Vegas with the students' money, his character Already in the hearts of the audience, it seems that the audience likes the male protagonist with a little proclivity. When Brando appeared on the scene of "The Wharf", it was not because of the infinite tenderness in the stubborn eyes. . From "The Hangover 1" to "The Hangover 2" I am eager to try all the way, encouraging my friends to join men's singles parties all the way, but I already love his wife and son deeply, and in the second episode, he even brought the baby out to socialize, showing the image of a dad. Shaping is also intentional by the director.
The role of stu did not become clear until the second episode: there is still a dark side in my heart! Sven's dentist is really bohemian in his bones. The director assigns prostitutes. This can be regarded as the seasoning of comedy, and the audience always feels that this person is a bit back! But it must not be denied. When the audience sees stu playing the piano in "The Hangover 1" and sings his own composition, there is a talented stu hidden in the quiet voice; when the audience sees "The Hangover 2" Zhong Stu was sitting on the boat, playing the guitar, and when he laughed at himself, the audience suddenly felt a little pity for him.
Alan, this neurotic guy who loves trouble, "The Hangover 1" allows us to see another side of him in the casino, "The Hangover 2" makes the little lump in his heart Freud a bit. But looking at the big beard and big belly, I still don't like it.
The role of the baby in "The Hangover 1" is very cute, but it is not very useful. However, I despise the scene of baby masturbation. This may be a joke allowed in Hollywood R-rated movies!
The monk in "The Hangover 2" is also an R-rated lens, but it feels a bit weird. Are Thai old men and women so open? For discussion.
The "Hangover" series really needs a good analysis, including the theme setting, including the central idea, including the soundtrack, including the development of Hollywood comedy movies to the present state... Wait for the continuation!
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