The Expendables: The swan song of the tough guy superstar era?
If you watch a lot of movies recently, do you feel like vomiting?
There are so many movies that you can't stand it. And among these directors, there are XXX and others who are famous now, or who were famous in the past. Look at the Hong Kong directors who went north to steal money. Except for the extremely serious directors like Ye Weixin, most of them are Beijing with two copper coins over their eyes. When I was working, I couldn't even take out the copper coins. In the words of a famous cross talk actor who has been in trouble recently, it is the money in their eyes, "You have to get a vise to pull it out." Not to mention artistic quality. In fact, most of the common people have no aesthetic vision. It is enough to be lively and beautiful, so we have no opinion without art. You can watch it anyway, right? But they can't even pass the test, so it's no wonder that some people call them "Hong Kong song".
After watching "The Expendables", what I felt in my heart was to praise him with the most manly swear words.
This kind of swearing is similar to "Damn! You kid has a set".
Because at least you can see that there is a precious quality here: seriousness. These few old men who add up to more than 500 years old are trying their best to make an exquisite movie, which is a quality. This quality is: one thing, if done too perfunctory, will feel uncomfortable.
This quality, in this film industry where hot money is surging and impetuousness has become common sense, is almost a quality that is so rare that it almost becomes a historical relic.
Last week, my cousin came to Beijing and told me about the restaurant he opened before. He said that more than 80% of the dumplings used in that kind of small dumpling restaurant don’t have any meat at all. The so-called beef is prepared The taste of beef, the so-called pork is the taste of pork prepared. He said that some early and more than half of the breads in supermarkets in Beijing use a chemical raw material called "ammonia", and many of them think ammonia is too expensive, so they directly use urea as an additive. He also said that most of the twists and fried dough sticks have washing powder, because this is how they look good, swell enough, and taste good enough. He also said that the seasoning on our side has formed an industry, and people who are not familiar with it will not sell you seasoning at all.
Watching my cousin dance with excitement, I asked him: Have your conscience gone? He waited innocently and said: If you don't do this, how can you make money? Not only do I have to do it, but I have to find a way to do it.
I can't blame him anymore, I just said, next time you come to Beijing, do these things, don't come to me.
This is like the Chinese movie market. The so-called comedies, disasters, and so-called comedies are all "beef-flavored" and "mutton-flavored" with added seasonings. These things may be poisonous, but who cares. Sprinkle some mustard on your eyes, scratch your creak a few times, and you can cry and laugh. Finally, it is titled "Sincere Work".
I'm also not ready to blame them for being shameless.
All I can say is, I won't look at your stuff next time.
So,
despite all being old men, so what? Although the plot is old-fashioned, so what? Even without high tech, so what? Although he's not that stylish, so what? He is exquisite, his smile makes you come from the heart, and his stimulation makes you really bloody, that's enough.
Although the so-called old-fashioned tough guys are the same as senior beauties, they just say "old" in one word. But this does not prevent him from bringing us a simple and fresh style in this era when pseudo-girls are rampant, women are not like women, and men are not like men.
But I am a little inexplicably sad, because this may be the end of an era, and this may be a swan song.
Because they are too old.
Like, Chinese movies.
Elaborately crafted - this relic-like quality was common in the era when the fifth generation became famous.
And now, I don't know when I will be able to return.
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