This sugar is sweet, yet bitter

Mozelle 2022-04-19 09:02:53


"The Mermaid" is good to watch. The first half of the episode made me quite happy, and the second half of the episode reminded human beings of the fear of watching "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" at the beginning of the New Year (shake... ). Not with the confidence that "Master Xing will definitely get HE when he makes this kind of film!" I have already called the police to abuse the fish! ! ...And then it really is Happy Ending, don't call the police! ! Anyway, the police uncle on our side won't draw N half-mermaids for me.

In fact, I thought this film should be called "Hong Kong Mermaid" or something, and (because I didn't pay attention to the preview before) I thought it would be the kind of absurd story of "forging or pursuing the legend of the mermaid in a modern city", but I didn't expect it to be true. · There are · people · fish. But compared with the mermaid stories I have seen before, this film is definitely the first place in the [Most Common Ranking] among them. You can see the extremely down-to-earth shapes of the mermaids. If the fairy tale elements are removed, it will be A story about a Hong Kong nail household resisting forced demolition. Even if it can be related to Zheng He’s relationship with Zheng He 600 years ago, the mermaids in the story seem to be just a group of hatred and innocent and romantic small townspeople. I might also play mahjong when I play ball... Hey, why is it a bit like a pig cage city?

But it must be a fairy tale. It is a simple and smart way to use the shell of "human hunts aliens" to package "forcible demolition stories" (children's shoes who feel that their stories are too ordinary, take notes and knock on the blackboard), for so many years We watched Zhou Xingchi's story of starting a business from the grassroots to the story of a (former) successful person fighting back against the Jedi, and finally to the (environmental protection) story of a self-made local tyrant (and a pure-hearted girl from a nail household) pursuing his true self. The ending is still so sweet, he seems to have grown up Now, I seem to be getting old again, but I have been shooting fairy tales all the time.

There is something wrong with this. For example, the main line of the story is just like that. There is nothing else to say. The funny jokes are all kinds of details. There is a kind of "abuse it! Incite it! That's enough!"... oh, it's still a fairy tale feeling.

And the good part is what we often say, you can clearly see a creator's mental path, going through a spiral, but always revolving around the same theme, and will eventually get closer and closer to the origin - the origin of Zhou Xingchi is a grass-roots fairy tale. There is bitterness in innocence, but innocence still reveals innocence. Especially when I think of "The Mermaid" and then "Journey to the West: Fighting the Demons", "The King of Comedy 2", "Tai Chi", "Kung Fu 2", etc., I find it very interesting -

which step will it go, and to what extent? ? It spirals around the same origin and gets closer and closer, and it ends up being...a sharp needle.


In the end, by the way, thinking about the pale and handsome (?) son of kidney deficiency back then, he felt that it was really not easy to gain weight for this piece of Luo Zhixiang (but why did you want to gain weight, is the increased meat used for daily food... ), especially since he is a squid himself and still has to fire other people......

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The Mermaid quotes

  • Uncle Rich: [speaking to Liu Xuan] Your self-immolation will illuminate us!

  • Mermaid: [Speaking to Shan] Very flat chested. Like they were run over by a steamroller.

    Shan: [soft fake laugh] Thank you.