Good commercial films are always similar. Let's take a look at how the Koreans made such a "qualified" commercial film.
The plot is reasonable, and the
plot is the most important element of a movie. A movie without a plot can be called a MV. What's more, many excellent MVs not only have a plot, but are more exciting than some domestic movies. This is really impressive. . The reasonable plot requirements are actually not high, it is nothing more than the three words "no brain damage". I don't know what screenwriters do nowadays. It is not just a problem of low intelligence, but a problem of lower EQ than IQ. The degree to which it is so far away from real life is simply outrageous. I don't know if I had too much YY when I was locked in the hotel and brainstormed. At present, the rationality of the plots of most domestic films is still at the infant level of the 1980s. What I want to complain about is that Nima audiences have all grown into uncles, so why are your screenwriters still in Animation City and Big Windmill?
Reasonable plot is only the most basic requirement of a movie. To become a qualified commercial movie, it is useless to be reasonable. There is also a "consistency, inheritance and transformation". Don't all elementary school compositions require this. The best in this regard is undoubtedly Hollywood, a book that comes out randomly on the Hollywood assembly line. Even if it is a bad film, it can be used as a teaching material for domestic commercial films in the process of starting and transferring. It is said that the requirement of Hollywood screenwriters is that a movie assumes 120 minutes, and a point must appear at 10-20 minutes. This point is also the initial driving force of the whole event. For example, the protagonist’s father suddenly hangs up and a certain mountain suddenly collapses. Wait, in short, the normal life has suddenly changed, and then there is the following plot. For this film, the starting point is that after the first theft was successful, when everyone divided the spoils, they decided to participate in the game of Park Macau. This led to the plot of the whole game in the game. Needless to say, this starting point must start in about 10 minutes.
And "turning" must be the most exciting part of drama movies, especially high-IQ crime movies, no turning point, not exciting. A good commercial film not only keeps the overall main line ups and downs, but also will not be a straight line in the whole process, often with twists and turns. The so-called unexpected, logically is the best turning point. As for our domestic films, there is no pressure to be "unexpected", but "reasonable" is often not expected. And this movie is simply a textbook of "one twists and turns" mode. Let's talk about it in detail below.
As mentioned earlier, Hollywood movies usually have a point in about 10 minutes. There is also a point in the middle of the movie and 20-30 minutes before the end. The former is often when heroes are in desperation and their emotions are in a trough. If expressed by an oscilloscope, it is a valley; while the latter is the climax of the entire movie, a big reversal after the plot is in desperation, and it is the horn of Diaosi's attack before Gao Fushuai. After this point, you must enter the final boss duel, and then the hero saves the world, using the oscilloscope to show that it is the peak. As for this film, "Valley" is a group of people stealing Tears of the Sun, only to find that they have all been tricked. The whole team fell into a trap and started to run away. The latter is the scene where Wei Hong and Park Macau met. It turned out that there were not only two thieves in the room back then, but three. At this point in the movie watching, the audience must have a feeling of sudden realization, oh, it turns out that it is. The motives of Park Macau's previous actions have been reasonably explained, and the whole movie has therefore entered the rhythm of the ending shootout. Dear, don't doubt, pay attention to the progress bar of your player, you will find that the "valley" appears about 1 hour and 10 minutes, and the "peak" appears about 26 minutes before the end.
Regarding "Cheng" and "He", I will not go into details here. For a film that has no urine points for 139 minutes, it is like discussing whether Quan Jixian's waist is thin and not necessary. , It is also completely obvious to all.
Of course, a movie does not have to follow the Hollywood model, but before you become a master of a generation, the successful experience of others is always worth learning. And a movie, as long as the plot is reasonable, it is a qualified commercial movie. Maybe it's not wonderful, but at least, there is no lower limit for not bad. If on a reasonable basis, it can still be sensible, it will be even more perfect, and it will improve to 80 points from 60 points. On top of this, if there is a little creativity and brilliance, it can be called excellent.
In contrast, most of our domestic movies do not even have logic, and there is no lower limit to morality. Talking to them is reasonable and insulting these four words.
The characters are full and flesh-and-blood.
Those who have watched "Game of Thrones" must have had a deep understanding of the character creation. Each character in it is three-dimensional, with their love and hatred, their desires and personalities. Every name is no longer a symbol. When you see him, you will think of his emotions. Even if he dies, he will leave a deep impression on you.
And the group of thieves created in this film are all flesh and blood. Even after watching the movie once, I still feel that they are right in front of my eyes.
As the organizer of the gang of thieves, Park Macau has a high IQ and excellent makeup skills. Needless to say, when he jumped into the water to save Pepsi, it also showed his affectionate side.
The female snitch played by Jun Ji-hyun was a heartless, hedonistic face at first, but at the end, she sat in an ambulance, took out the diamonds from the shower cap, laughed and then silenced, and finally shook off her hair and left. , This scene made me think that it was the queens of all walks of life possessing the body one after another, and the performance was exquisite and breathtaking.
And Pepsi and Poppy, their triangular relationship with Park Macau, closely integrated with the plot is the driving force for the development of the plot, but also highlights the characteristics of the three individuals. Pepsi's infatuation, Bobby's cleverness, and the wall-to-head character all left a deep impression on people. And Ren Dahua and Chewing Gum, are they embarrassing when they die together? There are also unreliable Andrew, Li Xinjie's police undercover, and the handsome boy who likes Jun Jihyun, all of which have their own characteristics. Even Wei Hong, who played briefly, left a deep impression on people. Which of these people is not flesh and blood, even if the plot is over and the screen is turned off, they are still vividly visible.
In contrast, our domestic films seem to have been greatly influenced by Peking Opera, and the characters are all facial, flat, and simplistic. For example, the police, that is the police, all the police ABCD are the same, but for the emperor, is there any difference between Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong? All corrupt officials must be like Shen, all criminals must be treacherous, disgusting and cruel, and all positive characters must have a domineering look and a shock of a wicked person's chrysanthemum. All All of the dicks must be singles without houses or cars like the original poster. How many can the audience remember when such a film is shot? I'm afraid I can't even remember the name. A good movie must have no flaws in the
details
. There can be flaws, but it can be covered up by a high-intensity and large-information narrative rhythm, so that the audience will not start to complain while watching the movie. The details of the film are also exemplary, the foreshadowing can basically be echoed, the plot can be basically explained, the characters are basically consistent, and no inexplicable mutations have occurred. These are basic requirements. The film basically achieved 90 points on this point. At least, it won't make any plot seem too obtrusive. When the audience sees it, they will find, oh, it is true, what happened before. Of course, the treatment of Jun Ji-hyun's two fake diamonds is still a bit rough, but it is also logical and acceptable.
What's more, the film is full of little humor, such as the sentence Andrew said when he molested Jun Ji-hyun: I heard that Koreans are all made up. And when Jun Ji Hyun escaped from the hotel, his name "Smelly Bitch" was posted on the newspaper. This humor can be seen everywhere.
In our domestic commercial films, we regard comedy as humor, facial paralysis as restraint, the lower limit of show as innovation, and indiscretion as sincerity, which makes people feel desperate for the entire film industry from the depths of the soul.
Others
say something else trivial thoughts.
A. At present, Hollywood movies have completely taken the route of engaging in base and selling meat. This can be seen in American dramas. And in terms of selling meat, male celebrities show off their muscles, but they are more eye-catching than female celebrities wearing bikinis. (Why? This can't be elaborated, it will involve the feminist movement). In this film, these two elements are also included (this task is mainly done by Jun Ji Hyun and the handsome boy who has a crush on her). Not to mention whether this route is correct, but how many actors on our big screen dare to take off their clothes to show off their bodies (especially the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan don't come to mix)? In order to keep their idol image intact, they dare not.
B. What are the so-called special effects used for? Special effects must serve the plot, not just for special effects. Especially when the domestic special effects level is not mature enough, it will inevitably make people play with it. In contrast, the film is very restrained in the use of special effects, and it is not enough. Instead of engaging in a bunch of so-called special effects that are neither real nor unrelated, and the pictures are shoddy to make people feel painless, it's better to get 10,000 people to move the chrysanthemums directly like the Golden Armor, which is also an Olympic opening ceremony.
C. Will a movie die without a beautiful female star? will die. But will you die without a sex scene? The answer is no. There is no sex scene in this film, and the most passionate scenes end in the kiss scene. But now, even Cao Pi can have an affair with Queen Fu, big S can seduce Wang Xueqi, and even let the bullets fly to show off her breasts. Domestic movies have fallen into a situation where no one can watch them. In short, it is really difficult to watch an excellent domestic commercial movie. It is even more difficult to watch an excellent domestic commercial movie without a sex scene.
Finally, borrow the sentence from Jeon Ji Hyun in the movie: Happy ending is mine.
Culturally, at least in movies, we have completely lost.
THE END
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