If an audience still has normal aesthetics, then a movie like "Oldboy: The River of the Dragon" with bright red and green would probably be unbearable. The premise of our discussion is of course "Oldboy: The Crossing of the Dragon" as a movie. If you think that Chopstick Brothers should maintain the "funny micro-movie" level of online videos and entertainment programs, then, let go of the dream At the same time, please let the movie go.
As early as "Oldboy" became famous on the Internet, many people sang "Youth is like a flowing river, once it's gone and never comes back, there's no time to say goodbye." At the same time, they couldn't help but think about it, if this was a movie theater How good the movie in it must be. In fact, when eating the free lunch, we can't help but have the idea that it would be great if this was not a box lunch, but in a Michelin three-star restaurant.
I support the move to make "Oldboy" into a movie, but I have never been very optimistic about its prospects. Xiao Yang didn't really want to make a good movie, but he just wanted to blow up the balloon of "Oldboy" even bigger, to spread the butter on his dream thicker, and to make more foam in a bathtub. . Just like the movie that scorns success and yearns for the glory of success, "Old Boy: The Dragon Crosses the River" is just a business speculation. You may want to say that without "Oldboy", the Chopstick Brothers would not have been discovered. Indeed, you should become famous as early as possible, rather than carrying on the same old routine of the past. It's nothing special for a short film to make an older group famous. If you really want to pursue it, you can watch someone else's "Leningrad Cowboys' Beauty Conquest". The worst part is that you play music so cheaply that you really can’t blame the audience for making fun of you.
Some friends are very disgusted: two old men in their thirties and forties have to wear baggy Chinese-style school uniforms and hold guitars to talk about dreams and sing ideals, but it is not a comedy film. , but a Texas braised chicken soup, which is too funny. If Chinese people really knew what dreams and ideals were, we wouldn't have forgotten all those ordinary dates. And if reality TV has to be an unfulfilled dream, maybe we really do live in an age of entertainment to death. Of course, since the success of "Partners in China", stepping into the United States has become the only way to realize the Chinese dream.
"Oldboy: The Raptor Crossing the River" continues the selling points of the short film "Oldboy", such as the Internet song that hit the charts, and "Little Apple" which is being wildly forwarded by jokers and marketers on the Internet. , considered to be fire fire fire fire. "The Dragon Crossing the River" has a sense of paying homage to Bruce Lee's masterpiece. There are many action scenes in the film, but the connection and matching are very idiotic and make international jokes. The rest of the movie is still about those over-and-over overnight dinners, dreams, ideals, and singing that can be heard all over the world. No matter how they fall, the king of North China singers and Hutong superstars will always return to the stage. No matter how absurd and funny they are, the director will send them to the United States. However, together with Ma Lu, Hidden Rules and the White Tiger Brothers, these mindless and random screenwriting routines are like a continuous, gurgling stream of vomit, cruel and crude. Even if you can't use the theory of killing one's heart, how can there be good songs and movies if the creator has this kind of mentality that he wants money, fame and fame? Don't even think about it. From beginning to end, it is full of cheap dream lines, and I am not ashamed to listen to them...
In terms of story, "Oldboy: The Dragon Crosses the River" is also an extended version of "Oldboy", chopsticks My brother wanted to go to a bigger stage, but by chance, he was tricked into going to the United States. Let’s not talk about how such two people got visas. Ma Lu served as a judge and the loser was resurrected... Anyway, there were more outrageous things later. For example, at the stage of Nuo University, there was no security force at all. We really can't believe that the United States after 9/11 would be so lax in places other than airports. The most likely reason is that the crew cannot afford foreign temporary workers. As for the Italian Mafia, if I were an Italian Mafia, the first thing I would want to kill after watching this movie would probably be the Chopstick Brothers. The IQ of the Mafia is simply crushed. As for the means of killing, the young and Dangerous boys on campus are more agile than them in doing it. The White Tiger brothers, who are purely for comedy, are probably the only laugh point in this movie, because they are obviously North Koreans, but they were forced to become Koreans. Koreans can’t even afford a doll? This is probably the biggest joke in the entire movie.
Perhaps, some people will laugh when they look at Wang Taili, who looks very shabby, and Xiao Yang, who has a big belly but is shining all over, also wants to laugh. Compared with the joy of this appearance, these two people are not Professional actors are no more afraid of fighting than other comedy stars for many years. If their comedy skills can be used in micro-movies and online videos. But there is a hurtful truth. Their performance style is not suitable for appearing on the big screen. This is not just because they have big faces or fat faces and no sense of beauty, but the whole performance is full of smiles, which makes them laugh. People can't get into the play. The same exaggerated and false acting problems also appear in supporting roles such as Ma Lu and the Americans. Generally speaking, except for those actors who have been placed by investors, other performance guidance problems should be blamed on the director. But considering that the director himself is involved in it and has an overly strong desire for expression, it is actually easy to imagine that "Oldboy: The Dragon Crossing the River" will become this kind of character.
The simplest thing is, if the plot of the student days is really necessary, wouldn't it be more reasonable and appropriate to find two young actors? But "Oldboy: The Raptors of the River" still allows two veterans to relive you at the same table. This is either because they were kidnapped by the previous "Oldboy", or they hope that their big faces will fill the entire screen. It takes up a hundred minutes. Really, if the Chopstick Brothers were to play supporting roles in Stephen Chow's movies, I think they would undoubtedly be more successful than Feng Xiaogang's performance, and more successful and more unforgettable than their performance in "Oldboy: The Way of the Dragon."
As of 2014, the Chinese market has accepted films such as "Tiny Times", "Havoc in Heaven" and "Where Are We Going, Dad"? In other words, almost as long as they are shown on the big screen, Chinese audiences It will automatically default to a movie. Before "Old Boy: The Dragon Crosses the River", Li Yang's "The Adventures of Li Xianji" also experienced a similar filmization, but unfortunately it was not successful. After all, the click-through rate of netizens was not as reliable as the sales of best-selling authors. . Movies need to abide by the rules, even if it is "Where Are We Going, Dad", they still have the selling points of celebrities and TV stations. Looking at "Oldboy: The Way of the Dragon", to be honest, except for some so-called brainwashing songs, I can't see such a movie at all. What is the selling point and value of the movie? Is it a combination that has passed the age of becoming popular? Or support an unpopular actress? Even if I look at the crude red and green posters, I would think that this is just a shoddy commercial entertainment film - not as good as a talent show singer singing on stage. If the idea of ??letting go of your dreams and entering the reality show stage can support "Oldboy", then as a feature film, "Oldboy: The Way of the Dragon" may not be qualified.