Before writing, I suddenly found that my psychology of watching "Man Jianghong" was divided into three distinct stages.

The first stage is the worry of "how long will it be good for others with sex" (Li Bai's "Concubine's Life"); ")", the third stage is the entanglement of "there is no cloud in the mud of the dragon's pan, and the wings of the sky cannot be born (Zhang Ji's "Difficult Journey")".

　　The first stage ended before Zhang Da, played by Shen Teng, and Liu Xi, played by Yu Ailei, met. They were always worried that Zhang Yimou would repeat the mistakes of "Three Guns Surprise".

In 2009, Zhang Yimou assembled Xiaoshenyang, Yadan, Cheng Ye and Zhao Benshan, the hottest members of the "Zhao Family Class" at that time, and joined forces with Shang Jing and Yan Ni, directors of "Wulin Biography", plus Sun Honglei and Ni Dahong, who were the most powerful. The gourd painting of "Blood Maze" was gone, and it turned out to be a super-long sketch collection of fried rice. It not only won Zhang Yimou's Douban score a new low, but also won many Golden Broom Awards.

Judging from the collocation of actors, this time it is the hot comedy leader Shen Teng and comedians Yue Yunpeng, Pan Binlong, Wei Xiang, etc., with powerful actors Zhang Yi and Lei Jiayin, plus Yi Yang Qianxi and Ou Hao who are in charge of traffic.

Last time it was fried noodles, errenzhuan and Northwest Chowder, this time it was "Happy Twist", Deyun Society, Xiaoxianrou and "Raise the Red Lantern" big house gate to come together.

　　In 2002, Zhang Yimou opened up a new pattern in the Chinese film market with "Hero", and at the same time bid farewell to his art film career and devoted himself to the commercial torrent.

Since then, Zhang Yimou's films have basically followed the production line of "Israel and other people" of "whoever is popular uses whoever is popular".

It wasn't until the "Great Wall", a huge monster-fighting masterpiece that combined traffic star faces and the ultimate group gymnastics performance, lost that Zhang Yimou adjusted his thinking and no longer pursued empty colors and gorgeous ostentation.

Afterwards, he directed "Shadow", "One Second", "Above the Cliff" and "Sniper" were highly praised. Seeing that he is ushering in the "second peak" of his creativity, at this time, if the disadvantages of "Three Shots Surprise" appear , Wouldn't it be possible to return overnight to before liberation?

Especially at the beginning of the chapter, when I watched Shen Teng and started to wink and pretend to be crazy, my heart felt like thousands of alpacas flocking to him.

　　The meeting with Liu Xi revealed that Zhang Da was not a bastard with thieves and mouse eyes. They used group sacrifices as bait to play a big game of chess, a big game of chess that knew they were going to hit a stone with an egg but still wanted to sacrifice their lives for righteousness, which means this comedy-packed story It will not be a farce for the sake of farce like "Happy Twist", but will eventually be a drama of national justice.

With this background, the next sense of joy is more about seeing tricks and fighting wits. The skin of a comedy has the bones of a serious drama, and the means of comedy become a serious business.

Fortunately, the following burdens follow one after another, except for Bo Ren's smile, while promoting the reversal and reversal of the plot, plus the cutscene of running in the lane as a separator, the narrative rhythm is smooth, smooth and relaxed, until the end The theme music sounded, and the whole journey was full of the smoothness of "the apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat has passed the ten thousand mountains".

　　As an ordinary viewer who pursues joy during the Spring Festival, the rough imprint of "Manjianghong" has come to an end.

But as a reviewer who needs to write and often "asks for trouble", he is not so happy, and then the subconscious replay will come to his mind involuntarily.

The process of my review of "Manjianghong" is also a process of subverting my rough cognition time and time again. Taking the script that I thought was smooth and vivid as an example, after a little review, I will find more and more unsatisfactory places. .

　　Let me talk about the big concept first.

Zhang Da and his party tried their best to recruit the "uncle" played by the four-character brother into the game, and they formed a group to sacrifice to get Yue Fei's "suicide note" "Man Jianghong". They obviously had the opportunity to kill Qin Hui but released him.

Let "Man Jiang Hong" be handed down or kill Qin Hui, which is sesame and which is watermelon seems to be a matter of opinion - the problem is that killing Qin Hui and letting "Man Jiang Hong" spread happily and kindly is not a multiple-choice question.

The historical fact that Qin Hui lived to be 66 years old is there. It is understandable that the script cannot be surpassed, but there are solutions at the script level. Unplanned variables, although Qin Hui escaped unharmed, and finally risked his life to allow Yue Fei's "Man Jianghong" to be handed down to the world, the heroism of the group is not in vain.

　　There are more difficulties in the plot and details.

For example, you clearly hold the evidence of collaborating with the enemy that can discredit Qin Hui, why bother to plan a group to destroy Bo sympathy when you have the initiative?

For example, Liu Xi knew that he was defeated by Master Liu, but he insisted on holding the original document to die in vain, so why can't he try to drive a wedge between the enemy camp by asking for his own death?

And why do you have to take your lover and your unknown daughter with you in such a courting action?

"Uncle" didn't choose Qin Hui to fight when he brought only one female bodyguard, but chose to fight when the next two female bodyguards went upstairs. Could it be that the difficulty factor is not enough?

If the fake Qin Hui could be enlightened or have the freedom of life and death, how could he commit himself to "reciting poems" before "being himself"?

Sometimes you really can't think too much about the plot, otherwise you will be full of anxiety that "there is no cloud in the mud of the dragon, and you can't give birth to the wings of the sky".

　　"Man Jianghong" broke Zhang Yimou's personal box office record, and the comedy elements in it are indispensable.

Among the seeded contestants in the Spring Festival file, "The Wandering Earth 2" is thick and slightly pitiful, "Deep Sea" is a dark and colorful style, "No Name" and "Exchanging Life" have poor reputation, and the comedy element "Man Jianghong" leads the Spring Festival file.

Having said that, the Spring Festival schedule is the most tender schedule among all the schedules, but as long as the overall can still be cheerful, the audience is unwilling to sacrifice a good mood to care about it. 2 "The reason.

If "Man Jianghong" is released on a different schedule, the box office and saliva may be completely different.

　　As far as the value of the work is concerned, "Man Jianghong" is just the icing on the cake among the many films that "use sex to matter to others", and the inspiration for creation should occur in the field of big online movies: that is, how to complete a high-concept in a limited space. The story, even if it is a script, is to pry the public's attention like a killer-the premise is that if you can spend 50 million, don't spend 500 million.

　　Zeng Nianqun, film critic.

　　beijing daily