One day, Lao Zhao met the blind girl left by the fat woman's ex-husband at the fat woman's house. The fat woman disliked her very much and wanted to get rid of this burden. She wanted to arrange the blind girl in Lao Zhao's hotel, but Lao Zhao was unable to ride a tiger, but his desire to marry made him still arrange the blind girl to work in the "Happy Time Cabin".
When Lao Zhao took the blind girl to the hut to "work", the old carriage was already hanging in the air. Lao Zhao had no choice but to send the blind girl back to the fat woman's house, but there was no place for the blind girl in her house. Looking at the homeless blind girl, Lao Zhao moved with compassion and brought her back to his home. According to the blind girl's skills, with the help of Xiao Fu and all the workers, Lao Zhao built a "massage room" like a castle in the sky for the blind girl in the abandoned factory to help her regain her confidence in life.
Old Zhao, the blind girl, all the co-workers, these kind and lovely people, carefully continued this ridiculous but vivid deception together...
Zhang Yimou's films are easy to be admired with colored eyes. So, let's make an objective review of "Happy Times".
"Happy Times" has deepened the bad impression of Laomouzi due to its bleak box office. But to be honest, as a die-hard movie fan, I really like this movie. As the saying goes, the expert sees the doorway, and the layman sees the fun, or it can be said that the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees the wisdom. From a movie point of view, it is still a very good work. Except the selection of scenes is not very good (perhaps related to investment); the contradictions, the depiction of details, the reflection of the heart, and the artistic conception have all been achieved. There are a few scenes, of course, our old man will also add some music to enhance the atmosphere and tell the audience which clips should pay attention to.
"Happy Times" is a black comedy. There is a saying, comedy is the sublimation of tragedy. And this movie is a tragic movie that looks like a comedy starring Zhao Benshan. Stephen Chow's "The King of Comedy" is also of this type. We accept Zhou Xingchi's exaggeration, but we can't accept Zhang Yimou's exaggeration. It seems that Laomouzi will never be able to get rid of his "enemies". In fact, we don't need to regard it as a New Year's film directed by Zhang Yimou, we can fully appreciate it as a real movie. This style will not be photographed in a few years. I can only say that young directors do not yet have this kind of background, or that the times are becoming less and less artistic. Saying that this movie has vilified the Chinese audience, I highly recommend you to watch the happy New Year movies in Hong Kong where many stars are clustered. It's not that this movie is bad, it's that you made the wrong choice, don't forget, this is a "movie".
Speaking of box office, I don't think it can judge a movie's good or bad. Let me ask, how about the box office of the films of the Hungarian film masters "Ediko Enyedi and Bella Tal"? Laomouzi made real movies, and his works are in line with the spirit of art.
Well, movie fans, friends who will appreciate movies and like to enjoy movies, this movie will not let you down.
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