Qiu Wei
The historical drama "Mountains, Rivers and Moonlight" recently came to an end. As the first historical drama in 2022, "Mountains, Rivers and Moonlight" attracts people of different ages with its sophisticated production, full historical group portraits, and a rare historical charm on the current screen. The audience showed the unique charm of a historical drama, and even brought fire to the discussion of Ming Dynasty history among the audience.
Throughout the whole play, "Mountains, Rivers and Moonlight" mainly focuses on the stories between the emperors of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, both of which are mainly portrayed positively.
Historically, imperial historical dramas have been most criticized for falling into a glorification of imperial power.
Although "Mountains, Rivers and Moonlight" has a lot of controversy over Zhu Yuanzhang's positive portrayal, the plot is generally based on a reasonable imagination of historical reality, and at the same time, it also reveals Zhu Yuanzhang's brutal side to the point.
What gives the characters sufficient rationality is also the performance of Chen Baoguo. The Zhu Yuanzhang he portrays has both a frank and sincere side, but also a ruthless and calculated side. both sides.
"Mountains, Rivers and Moonlight" has a lot of drama. One of the successes of the work is that it brings together Chen Baoguo, Zhang Fengyi, Wang Ji, Yao Lu, Wang Jinsong, Wang Qingxiang, Wang Hui, Zhang Guangbei, Du Yuan and many other powerful actors. Good actors who are not often seen on the Internet have created vivid and vivid historical figures.
In the play, Zhu Yuanzhang is afraid of his wife, and Xu Da is afraid of his daughter. The perspective of family affection is more in line with the current audience, and it also makes the characters more real and touchable.
Although Wang Ji's role as the Queen of the Horse is not many, it is unforgettable. She takes into account the dignified and virtuous queen and the shrewd and capable of the people.
Even the villain in the play has bright spots. Hu Weiyong, played by Du Yuan, is a shrewd and capable prime minister who has risen all the way, and a minister who is still sober after being arrested and imprisoned.
The brilliant point of "Mountains, Rivers and Moonlight" is that it does not go too far, but only depicts historical figures with heart, and allows the audience to find the answer by themselves, so that the story of the two generations of emperors can bring the audience more reflection on the feudal imperial power. It is also the value of the work.
Historical dramas have always had each part of the material to speak, and followed the creative principle of "big things are true, small things are not limited", allowing reasonable imagination and creation within a certain range.
"Mountains, Rivers and Moonlight" strives to add more drama to history and make it as good-looking as possible.
For example, in history, the death of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest grandson Zhu Xiongying and Queen Ma's death were both hasty and sudden, with few records, plus Queen Ma's strange behavior of not allowing people to enter the temple before her death, the screenwriter strung these "accidents" together. The interpretation became the climax of the plot of the grandparents and grandchildren in "Mountains, Rivers and Moonlight", which achieved a balance between authenticity and artistry.
Historical dramas in ancient costumes are the most difficult type of TV dramas to create. In recent years, they have gradually withdrawn from the mainstream of the screen. The homogenization of character stories, illogical screenwriter thinking, superficial lines, awkward acting skills, and crude production have made historical dramas experience a rise and fall. .
"Mountains, Rivers and Moonlight" jumped out of all kinds of stereotypes. Through its grand narrative style, strong cast, and rigorous creative attitude, it has broadened the expression space for the creation of current historical dramas, and will undoubtedly drive the creation of historical film and television works to warm up again. .