First of all, what exactly is this film?
Work 1: A teenage satire?
Mapping young boys and girls who have achieved nothing in real life can only find existence in games and entertainment, burning small universes in the virtual world, indulging in the Internet and unable to extricate themselves, becoming more and more depraved and ungrounded.
In the film, the male protagonist is timid and cowardly, and runs away when he encounters an accident. Mixing credits is commonplace, and playing games is his daily life. Even if his family is about to go bankrupt, he can't resist the enthusiasm of playing games. (The brainwashed male protagonist is humble, kind, calm and restrained.) The many otaku men in the 11th district who are addicted to anime are typical representatives. A group of idle rice bugs use their entire youth to drag the country on the road of aging. darker. Looking at our country again, there are such a group of caring and responsible men and women who use their only youth and the meager savings earned by their parents to support the listed companies that are making a lot of money. This kind of selfless dedication to sacrifice the ego and achieve great love is really rare in a century.
In the film, the male protagonist has a dream, and the scene in the dream is as real as a game. Our male protagonist, who was awarded the "Black Knight", went through five obstacles and six generals all the way, and finally won the princess's heart with his wit and hard work, won the recognition of his friends, gained fame and respect, and a proper story of the diaosi boy's counterattack. At the end of the film, he worked hard to live up to expectations, developed a top-quality game, exchanged tens of thousands of dollars, and lived a good life of holding Bai Fumei in his hands and killing the local snakes. How inspirational! It can be seen that no matter how worthless diaosi are, they are also super worthy inside. The future of the motherland is handed over to you! Hooray!
Work 2: A Satire Combining Chinese and Western?
In recent years, there have been countless co-productions between China and the West, such as Crucian Carp Crossing the River. Chinese + foreigners, Chinese characteristics + foreign characteristics, ancient songs + foreign symphonies, all kinds of mashups are not better, only more embarrassing.
As for this year's most powerful combination of Chinese and Western masterpieces, "Some 4s", it directly challenges the aesthetic bottom line of Chinese audiences. The whole film nakedly instills Western value tendencies, and various foreign elements and melodies are directly played. It takes courage to watch the entire film. And Liu Yifei, the heroine of the film, is also a fan of all kinds of Chinese and Western co-productions, and has made great progress all the way to harvest bad films. There is also Laomouzi's "The Great Wall", which to a certain extent can be regarded as breaking the sky. The combination of big names and big names is in an awkward situation that is not acclimatized to the environment, which is criticized.
So the question is, what is the plan for co-producing Chinese and Western films these days? In pursuit of art? Blue ocean for the market? For the trend of Chinese and Western? For the original intention of making? Or for money items?
The first time I saw the lineup of "Gate of the Warriors" with Luc Besson controlling the plot and Zhao Youting and Ni Ni starring, I was looking forward to and excited. Even after watching the film, even if my brain is uncomfortable due to the impact of Chinese and foreign mashups, I am still willing to look for those special scenes full of Chinese Zen. For example, the artifact of traveling through time and space - the characteristic bamboo basket (chest), the close-up of the southern Xiangfei bamboo, the antique architecture, the costume design, the two people crossing the empty long lake, the bamboo forest, etc. The careful arrangement, for the first time, let people see the Chinese and Western The Chinese style of co-production, rather than perfunctory things with a few Chinese faces. It can be seen that the entire crew is trying to understand "what is Chinese characteristics". They are looking for the charm of Chinese style, the beauty that is unassuming, Confucian, and not full of Dao, and they are very serious about using Chinese values to tell the story of a foreigner. The story, instead of imitating "4s" and using it at will, and maliciously throwing the blame.
In terms of many co-productions where the combination of Chinese and Western is too strange, this film has a taste of setting the tone. With so many loud noises and so many colorful colors in the market, it's time to have some direction. Exploring innocence, waiting is a sin, but it is by no means encouraging to take disgust as innovation. If a Chinese-Western co-production film is just a Western story with a Chinese-style shell, or if the local plot is told with Western values, then may I ask, this kind of film is not rooted in traditional cultural connotations, does not cater to the aesthetic tastes of the current Chinese people, and does not have careful consideration. Why are the products piled up to be sold to Chinese people? There is a large blue ocean here, but you don’t even bother to ask how deep, wide, and changeable the blue ocean is. Why do you hijack the blue ocean to realize it for you?
If cultural integration is the trend, the blue ocean is still in the East, and co-production between China and the West is a must, then this film gives a good direction for exploration. Just like the cat in boots, who tricked a bunch of people around and won a good name (such as internationalization), until now, there are still people praising the cat's wit and heroism. But there is more than one cat in boots in this world, there are cats in princess dresses, cats in armor, cats who can dance, and so on. Among them, there may be one or two "repaying cats" who can find treasures that are ignored by their kin. let us wait and see.
Work 3: ABC's self-deprecating work?
In the past, when I read comics, I would always encounter Chinese faces who spoke English. That face, that voice, that expression, that dress, all had a stern sense of peace-keeping. Later, I felt that "they" might be closer to "us". Maybe the same yellow skin and black hair have more resonance, a sense of substitution, and a sense of convergence.
Perhaps it is mediocre, isn't the film just a fantasy adventure of a western otaku who fantasizes to travel to ancient China's dynasties? (Obviously this otaku is not a research party, does not understand the ancient Chinese imperial succession system, and can only build it based on the European royal succession system) Isn't it just a little Chinese complex Sao Nian or a girl who fantasizes about things in another continent? Just like all kinds of Western-style fantasy romance novels in China, what's the matter with constructing an interracial time travel through the past? Sure enough, it looks like a ghost, and the inner soul is full of hamburger flavor.
Maybe the crew was too careful in detail control, storyline, style design, value construction, etc., and they were so distracted that they blinded their own eyes, and they even came up with "If you don't have the same expectations and longings, how can you feel so empathy?" experience? Is there a possible tendency for "them" in cultural selection? The mixed-race child breathes the sweet air of capitalism, can he really live freely and freely? But isn't this the future of cultural integration? I can't say much if I haven't done academic research in this area.
Work 4: Is Chinese style light satire in the eyes of the West?
In recent years, Confucius Institutes have been opened in all countries and regions, and more and more foreigners are willing to learn Chinese. It seems that the spread of Chinese-style culture abroad has improved a little. As a Chinese, I am overjoyed, but I have never investigated why foreigners accept Chinese culture? How do they view Chinese culture, such as clothing, kung fu, and language? Do they understand Chinese antiques? Do you know the cultural connotation other than the taste buds on the tip of the tongue?
Aside from the discomfort caused by Princess Ni Ni's invasion of the Western real world, is this film a Westerner's confession of Chinese style? What is your general understanding of "beheading", "qi", "inexplicable names" (similarly to see Binghuo at first), "Chinese-style guardianship", etc.? Is this a journey to explore oriental culture from a western perspective? The most detailed imagination and interpretation of China's landscapes, local customs and customs?
Two blossoms each represent a branch. Eastern and Western cultures play their respective roles in the origin, evolution, development, and inheritance, cooperating with the endless growth of everything. In the West, there are break dancing, ice cream, science, and tree demons. In their eyes, China has mysterious kung fu, the vast land of east, west, north and south, rulers and emperors, and the weird Meng Po soup. People who eat a lot of buns and fritters with soy milk always think of coffee hamburger sandwiches. If there is a sandwich with a small bun, will it be delicious? Maybe not. What's a hot big bun better than a cold sandwich?
"We" who love local culture, always wishful thinking about the excellent culture, and confidently sell "we" values to friends of different skin colors, but do not know that the world in the eyes of friends is actually a world-shaking. The basic forms of personal information processing cultivated in different environments are aggregated to form the cultural frameworks of their respective ethnic groups, and the collision, friction, assimilation, and alienation of different frameworks in the process of integration have a long and far-reaching impact. change with change. What we need to do is to try to advance this process step by step, pick the right elements or graft, or fuse, or make a new face, instead of the overlord stubbornly bowing, painting a tiger is not an anti-dog, and pulling a big deformed hybrid monster with one hand.
Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall. Taking people as a guide, you can clearly see the gains and losses. This is a satirical masterpiece, I hope everyone can have it.
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