The first time I saw "Criminal Lu Yanshi", it was a serialization in the newspaper. I thought it was a war novel, but only after reading it did I realize that it was Yan Geling's work. She constructed a magnificent world from a calm perspective, and recorded a quite The ups and downs of life and dignified thinking of intellectuals with a strong character have profound connotations, but there is also a lot of clever interest. Marquez passed away, and the shocking first paragraph of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" was once again worshipped by the world, and when I read the first paragraph of "Lu Criminal Yanshi", I also felt this moving shock. With the gradual deepening of the text, what we see is a grand and complex pattern and a majestic vision.
In my opinion, Zhang Yimou's two recent films are like a book for Yan Geling. The last time "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" was written by Yan Geling. Although it is not as powerful as the words and the details are not rich enough, it at least retains some tough framework and branches, and the movie still retains some of the rich and complex emotions in the novel. And this time, "The Return" doesn't even count as a pilot trailer, it completely discards the most precious part of the original. The screenwriter is the famous Zou Jingzhi. He slashed and discarded the complicated details. When I thought he was going to dig deeper into a story, he always stopped there again and again. We are allowed to be together, but we are still inseparable," the elderly version of "Deep Love and Rain".
Well, you said that "Return" is not "Lu Criminal Yanshi", but you said that I can write blindly, in order to escape from the barren land where both nature and human beings are cruel to all life, risking after hard work With the risk of death at any time, he made preparations for two years in silence. In order to pretend to be a fluent Tibetan man with super intelligence and action, he was filmed as a man who fled home to meet his lover, and was finally intercepted at the train station in embarrassment. The leading actor of Qiong Yao's drama, is this suitable? And the daughter Dandan, who has the eyes of a revolutionary teenager in "Return", is too simple and superficial. In the book, she is a scientist who has complex feelings for Lu Yanshi. She has too many marks similar to him, there must be some They cherish each other, and she is really troubled by his identity, so their relationship is more profound and complicated. In the movie, she always treats him abruptly, superficial and difficult to move.
The emotions of Lu Yanshi and Feng Wanyu are really touching in "Lu Criminal Yanshi", but all this is accompanied by his reflection on his own emotions. She is the one that his little mother forced him to bind him. He is Dr. Liuyang, she is a left-behind woman, he thinks she is his shackle and the end of his freedom, but he is harsh after many years. In the environment, he gradually realized his emotions from the former dislike and indifference to her, and he realized her love and understanding for him, but when they met again, it was difficult to repair, and this was the sad part. However, in "Return", the eternal harmony between them, the daring and perseverance of Jun Jue, makes people feel that it is too frivolous and deliberate, and wastes the original moving story, and for them they are actually classmates The setting is simply unbearable.
After watching "Lu Criminal Yanshi", you will be deeply shocked by the grand pattern and turbulent life trajectory, but "Return" completely ignores this part, please don't tell me that the subject matter is sensitive, weakening and giving up are still There is a difference, we can see it.
I thought "Return" was a full-fledged movie, and the beginning part was really remarkable, but who knew it turned out to be a soft old and fresh, disappointing. Lu Yanshi's box of letters was sent back, I endured it, knowing that it was impossible to write those letters under the harsh environment he was in at that time. When I read the letter, I thought I wanted to show Lu Yanshi's ordeal through the letter, and I was a little excited. After reading the content of the letter, I couldn't bear it. What kind of pony was born in the wild with flowers and flowers. After being exiled, Lu Yanshi was sentenced to life imprisonment. Didn't he go to the suburbs to collect customs? Regarding Lao Fang's handling, I thought it would be a powerful turning point in the movie, but I thought too much. It was just a joke. Many people who haven't read the original book are wondering what Lao Fang did. As for Lu Yanshi's academic background and his arrogance, he just played a "Fishing Light Song" with just one French word, hey...
just speaking of the film itself, there are also many loopholes, the rhythm is too bland, the content is too boring, and It's not that I can't calm down and watch a slow movie, but there must be something in the slowness, and the thin story structure of "Return" makes many sensational feelings very deliberately cheap. This kind of sudden emotional accumulation really makes people unable to immerse in. And those responses to the questioning that are full of moral kidnapping can only make people laugh without saying a word.
"Return" is indeed not "Lu Yanshi", maybe change its name to something like "Untouchable Lover", it can be launched on the Valentine's Day schedule without any sense of disobedience. I try hard not to be mean, some people say that text and film are two different systems that cannot be compared, but when a book I like so much has been changed so much beyond recognition, the only thing I can do , I recommend everyone to read the book.
PS: I can't help spoiling it: After Lu Yanshi successfully escaped from prison, I really liked the part about calling Feng Wanyu, that part is the heart-breaking love!
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