The name "Animal World" is really bad. When I saw the title, I thought it was a documentary dubbed by Li Yifeng and Michael Douglas, and I almost missed it. Fortunately, I looked at the introduction and found that I prefer the battle royale plot in a closed environment, so I decided to take a look.
Thanks to Xiaolian for the ticket, which made me feel the movie watching life in China. Wangfujing Hengdian Cinema was crowded with people. I wonder if most of them came for Li Yifeng. I sat down with the mentality of leaving if I didn't look good, but the first five minutes really disappointed me. A garishly painted clown messed around on the subway, and then there was a dejected Li Yifeng in the video game room. I almost thought it was an animation played by a real person. Fortunately, after Zhou Dongyu appeared, the plot turned into reality. Zheng Kaisi, played by Li Yifeng, was forced to mortgage his mother's property because of financial constraints. As a result, he was tricked by the dealer Michael Douglas into a cruise ship on the high seas and started playing rock-paper-scissors burning. Brain game, the main line of the film is officially started.
I haven't read the original, so it took a while to understand the rules of the game. In fact, it is a very simple rock-paper-scissors, the universal rules of the universe (the United States calls the cloth paper, haha). More than 100 people on board, each with twelve cards, four of each type; three stars for each person, losing one star for each loss, winning one star for each win, and at the end of the game, all the cards are played. Finished, the person with not less than three stars is considered a victory. However, adding loans to buy cards, buy stars, etc., it is a bit complicated. I was a little disappointed that it was not a force/physical game like Battle Royale or Hunger Games, but a game of pure IQ, but because the logic of the original book made more sense, the layers were advanced smoothly. The game on the whole ship is basically played under the condition of Li Yifeng and others fighting for their IQs. Except for the childishness at the beginning, how to form a group, take out loans, buy cards, calculate, and play games is also interspersed with the stories of childhood memories. I just realized that the inexplicable clown in the previous paragraph is not groundless, but a real childhood memory. The memories and hallucinations of the clown fighting monsters are interspersed throughout the film, and the clown's possession in order to save the uncle in the end is also very burning. It feels like the hero's redemption of childhood, which is basically the climax of the whole movie.
The 3D effect is basically useless. Except for the few paragraphs of the clown, it is basically dispensable. I think it is better to save some money on the production. For example, everyone has a few stars and several cards during the game, and there is no picture to explain later, which makes me confused (this point was refuted by friends who commented, it may be that I am trying to keep up with the plot and can't see it). For viewers who haven't read the original book, there are still some puzzles, such as if they buy cards from players who only have stones in their hands at the end, why can they buy so many cards? According to balanced thinking, isn't the remaining cards in everyone's hand roughly balanced? Hopefully there will be more explanation after the movie is released.
Overall, it's a good popcorn movie. It is said to be Li Yifeng's transformation work, but I don't think his role in the play is any different from his previous role. Although he is a poor child, he is still mainly handsome and cool. However, this role is much more suitable for him than the waste son in "Old Pao'er", at least he can show off the good figure he has practiced. Surprisingly, Zhou Dongyu only played a supporting role in it, which did not match her position. I originally thought she would secretly follow Li Yifeng on board, and then come to a story like a mandarin duck escape. Maybe looking forward to the second episode.
After watching this movie, I feel that the screenwriter is really the most important thing in the film and television drama. Although the director is powerful, the story has to be attractive. At present, it seems that China may not have such a brain-burning screenwriter, but it is possible for online small. Why don't investors go to the starting point to dig a little more, and don't go to Jinjiang to read the story of brainless Mary Sue?
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