There is a saying that if you are not born with a Ferrari, you will never have a Ferrari in your life.
This statement is disgustingly correct. On the one hand, it is indeed a clear trend in recent decades that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, and it is becoming more and more difficult for a person to cross the class of his birth. Whether it is in the "lighthouse" United States or the Celestial Dynasty, which has been developing rapidly for nearly half a century, there have been endless discussions about class solidification recently. Trump's election as the President of the United States gave the urban elites on the east and west coasts a blow. It turns out that there are so many people who can't see themselves dreaming a different American dream. In China, the topics of "involution" and small towns as topic writers all show that there are many people who speak out on the Internet this year.
And what I don't like about the Ferrari claim is that it negates one's struggle and growth and reduces the dimension of success to a luxury. In fact, it is just a joke, there is no need to discuss it, and there is no need to be angry about it. It's just that sometimes I see a lot of similar statements, and it is inevitable to feel disgusting.
That's why I don't like the live-action Mulan. The movie that was supposed to be a dream has become a projection of the ugly side of reality. It is not an irony, but an unconscious emphasis on the "Ferrari" theory.
In "Mulan", the protagonist Hua Mulan has not grown significantly. Her success lies in her talent and her power that ordinary people do not have. In the cartoon 22 years ago, Hua Mulan could also become an excellent soldier through hard work, tempering her will and physical strength, but why in 2020, the way for Hua Mulan to succeed has been to use her superpowers—— gas? What's the difference between this and the Kardashian sex tape being leaked, and the reality show simply hits while the iron is hot? After all, big ass and big breasts are also money-making abilities. "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" has been filmed for so many years, and Kim's growth is obvious. The live-action version of Mulan, harm!
The message of "Mulan" is like this, if you didn't own a Ferrari when you were born (gas), then you will never own a Ferrari in your life (successful), it's terrifyingly realistic, why should I spend Qian into the cinema to receive realistic re-education? As a rare female character, it is rare for Hua Mulan to shine in the male war theme. The main creator of the live-action version of "Mulan" has to choose the most disgusting angle: the reason why Hua Mulan became Hua Mulan is not because she, as an individual, especially a woman, experienced difficulties and institutional discrimination, and finally grew up, but because of her A Chosen One, she inherited rare abilities from her father. To put it in a similar way, it is probably the old joke: the rich man said to the young man who came to ask for his successful experience, when I came here, I only had 100 yuan in my whole body, and I was forced to start from odd jobs. My father passed away and left me a legacy of 1 million. The plot of the live-action version of "Mulan" is: I was always a scumbag, until one day I remembered that I had superpowers. Wow, all problems solved.
In "Mulan Ci", my favorite part is: Thousands of miles go to the military plane, Guanshan is as flying as it is. Shuoqi spreads the golden watchtower, and the cold light shines on the iron clothes. Generals die in a hundred battles, and strong men return in ten years.
Among the paragraphs "Deciding to join the army for the father-buy, buy, buy and then set off--fighting--victory--going home to restore the daughter's body", this is the shortest part, and also the most powerful and textured part. Contains a lot of information. It would be a pity if the adaptation of Hua Mulan didn't pay much attention to this part. The original animation version did a neat trick, such as using the humor of Mushulong and Cricket to downplay the cruelty of the military camp and the battlefield, replacing the flow of time and space with singing and dancing, and the audience’s expectations when facing the animation. People feel that the charm of the original text is lost too much.
But in the live-action movie, in order to pursue the real texture, the outstanding supporting roles such as Mushulong were cut down drastically, and the music and singing and dancing that Disney was good at were also discarded, but they did not show the "Millions of miles to the military machine, Guanshan." Du Ruofei. Shuoqi spreads the golden watch, the cold shines on the iron clothes. The generals die in a hundred battles, the strong men return for ten years. The whole movie was thus reduced to a boring play.
Playing the house can also be very good, such as JJ Abrams' "Super Eight", which took the children's summer fantasies to the extreme, and Spielberg's "Ready Player One", which made the dream of the house explode. They don't look down on these "childish" fantasies and hobbies at all, but lower their stance, enter in earnestly, and then export earnestly, and everyone can see the result.
The live-action version of "Mulan" is different. The director and screenwriter seem to dislike the imagination, humor, and singing and dancing that make the original film brilliant, but they are too ruthless to make a real war movie texture (Disney probably won't agree), so The final product has become a four dissimilarity that cannot please any group. A child watched an extremely mediocre movie starring adult actors they didn’t know or like. An adult watched an unusually boring children’s movie with a fake theme that couldn’t be justified. Western audiences couldn’t see humor. , Eastern audiences can't see culture, global audiences, whether they pay 30 dollars to watch online or buy a ticket to sit in a movie theater, they all harvest a pile of boring assembly line garbage.
In addition to the imbalance in values and textures, Hollywood's mature assembly line has also handed over failed products. Although "Game of Thrones" has always been unfinished, it still shows the height that a mature system can achieve. The characters and the plot are generally complementary to each other. In "Mulan", the failure of the supporting characters is amazing. The witch played by Gong Li has the best fighting power. You can form a small group to get the recognition you want, and then expand it. The countryside surrounds the city. Others prefer to rely on the villain. Grabbing in the other's hands, there is no emotional attachment, so her motives are hard to understand from the beginning. There is also the general played by Donnie Yen, who gave Mulan the command without any pressure. He was blinded by the protagonist's halo. Do you need to rush to the emergency room?
All the characters supporting Liu Yifei have this problem. Their existence has too little influence on Mulan, it just promotes the plot. The bad guys invaded, Mulan joined the army, the bad guys continued to invade, Mulan went to the battlefield, Mulan got angry, the war was over, hey, the bad guys are attacking the west, Mulan is the king of diligence, Mulan, you want the king of diligence, the squad will give you the command, Mulan You want King Qin, then I'll block an arrow for you, then we'll break the knot for you, Mulan, you're here, ah, then I'm dead, then I'm saved. All of them are tool people, all of their faces are blurred, Gong Li wasted, Donnie Yen was wasted, and Jet Li was wasted, but it was just a choice to please the market. Liu Yifei, who was indifferent throughout the whole process, was not worthy of their sacrifice. Therefore, in my eyes, the live-action version of "Mulan" has become a work that fails in every angle and level, and the special effects costing 200 million US dollars have nothing to do with it.
What makes the Chinese audience angry, in the face of cultural ignorance and arrogance, is not the turn to be scolded. The discussion of culture should be based on qualified works. The works are a piece of shit, and it is boring to discuss that it is not like Chinese shit?
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