When I saw Michelle Yeoh's Elenor Young say to that cousin, "be a dear and go take care of that", I felt like I was instantly transported to Jane Austen's novel or Downton Abbey. Of course, this is not as classic as other serious English novel scripts, but the analogies are everywhere, such as Rachel and Elizabeth, Nick and Mr. Darcy, Araminta and Lydia, Astrid and Caroline Binley, cousin Collins and her brother awkwafina, those living treasure parents And Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and so on.
If you say that, you can also find many similar characters in Meteor Garden, so I won't list them one by one here.
In general, the movie follows the most lovable case of sparrow becoming a phoenix, Cinderella marrying a prince, adding some comedy elements casually, packing the prince into a coveted appearance (such as Mr.Grey), plus a lot of handsome guys and beauties, It will be very popular. But the big reason I gave it three stars is because it's the first movie with Chinese elements that are easy to understand, but not boring. From the perspective of cultural output, such films are worthy of encouragement. For example, those Chinese films of Ang Lee and "Heroes" are too mysterious, and foreigners will not understand them. At most, they can watch it lively, and they will not arouse much interest. Those other movies starring Jing Tian were placed in a large number of Chinese advertisements are too deliberate and not easy enough, causing many Americans to be reluctant to watch the film that is a Chinese-funded cooperation.
This movie seems to have a good reputation among Americans. Many Americans like Astrid after watching it, and the few live-action comedians are also very popular. Awkwafina was only optional when she was in Ocean's 8, but she really shines in this movie, I've been sitting in the movie theater waiting for her to come out and talk more, every scene with her is very funny . Even the speed and accent of her speech sounded friendly and funny, which I really admired.
I personally like Michelle Yeoh's character very much. She is noble and forbearing, restrained and powerful. She is the noble Mrs. Yang and the daughter-in-law who is wrong in the eyes of the old lady no matter what. She is doing what she thinks is right, and does not hesitate to sacrifice her life to achieve the overall situation. For example, she gave up her future to get married, and gave up her son to be raised by the old lady, all for the overall situation in her heart. So when a commoner girl, or a dashing American in her eyes, intervened in the life she had arranged for her son, she made the decision that everyone in her position would make -- block.
The climax of the film should be the part of the mahjong hall, when Rachel says: "Not because I'm not good enough, not because I'm afraid, but because I love him too much, so I choose to do it. When one day, he married you The right daughter-in-law in your eyes, don’t forget that when you’re making fun of your grandson, it’s an ordinary poor little guy like me who gave you everything like that.” Although it’s still very cheeky, she still cried.
In addition to mahjong, the Chinese elements that perform better are dumplings, and the Epiphany Party, which makes people feel that they can appreciate Chinese culture at the same time. The color matching is also very bold, but it is more Cantonese, with bright red and green.
The only thing that doesn't work is the music. I don't know how to choose the tune. It fits the movie very well, but it's not good enough.
The disadvantage is the casting of the protagonist, the male protagonist is not handsome enough, not noble enough. Even if the prince pretends to be a commoner, he is still a prince, look at Jiang Youbai. Objectively speaking, the heroine still has a sense of comedy, but there are bright spots that I can't stand. One is that she has a typical brainless ABC image in the movie. The makeup is too heavy. No matter when, even when she is sleeping, her lips are fully painted, and she must be painted to look plump, and there is a permanent fake. Eyelashes, this is not like a professor at NYU, he is obviously a beauty blogger. It is a taboo to be a good actor to let the audience play in order to look good. Second, the most intolerable thing is that the heroine's Chinese is too bad. The heroine's character is the first generation of ABC, and she can speak Chinese. How come people who are actors can't even imitate a few words, and when I heard that the female lead was FOB, the main creator complained that she couldn't learn Chinese. Really good actors will imitate their accents vividly. For example, the male protagonist of "The Walking Dead" is obviously British, but his southern American cowboy accent is basically flawless. There is also a big man Schwarzenegger. No one knew he was actually Hungarian, and he kept recommending him to run for president.
I may also be deeply in love. I always feel that it is not easy for us Asians in Hollywood, so we must do our best to be the best, otherwise when will we be able to get the best actress!
Most of the other supporting roles were very successful. Except kitty pong, how can there be Asian female stars like that. And Eddie's wife, who is also a bit ugly. You can see that most of the rich young grandmothers have a good image and temperament.
Looking forward to this movie, there will be more movies starring Asians and more movies promoting Chinese culture. At present, looking at the box office and topic, the same Asian comedy should not be a problem in the next few years, but I still hope that one day our serious movies can also sell well at the box office, and truly realize the respect and even obsession of our culture, because I am Such.
Finally, let's take a photo of me and some of the main creators.
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