In 1987, the 37-year-old Zhang Yimou directed his first film, Red Sorghum, when Jia Ling was only 5 years old. In 2011, the 61-year-old Zhang Yimou's film "the Thirteen Women of Jinling" won numerous awards and became the top Chinese film at the box office. Jia Ling was still a crosstalk performer at that time, and her partner Bai Kenan performed crosstalk "Sesame Open" on the Spring Festival Gala.
No one expected that more than 20 years later today, Zhang Yimou and Jia Ling would fight the Spring Festival with their own works; let alone that Zhang Yimou, a senior filmmaker, would lose to Jia Ling, who was transformed by cross-talk.
On the third day of its release, as of press time, the box office of "Hot and Hot" had exceeded 1.1 billion, while "Article 20" had only more than 400 million, less than half of the former, and only half the size of the former.
However, if you look carefully, in the case of such a low typesetting, the attendance rate of "Article 20" is about the same as that of "Hot and Hot".
Some netizens lamented: Zhang Yimou's loss to Jia Ling is not only the greatest sorrow in the film industry of this era, but also the sadness of the audience.
So, did Zhang Yimou really lose to Jia Ling? Maybe it's too early to say.
Many people don't like Article 20 because they think the film is too heavy. Indeed, the tone of Article 20 can be seen in the color of the characters on its posters, such as the hysterical Zhao Liying, the gloomy Liu Yaowen, the roaring Zhang translator, and the picture of Lei Jiayin Ma Li fighting for her mobile phone across the screen. they all think it's a farce.
Many viewers who beat three hearts gave the same evaluation, that is, "Article 20" and "too noisy". The film is full of too many quarrels, such as the family soap opera at eight o'clock, which makes people feel "annoying".
The topic of the film is very heavy. Hao Xiuping, played by Zhao Liying, is a truly miserable life.
Zhao Liying broke through herself and played a deaf-mute mother in Article 20.
In order to treat their deaf-mute daughter, Hao Xiuping and her husband Wang Yongqiang had no choice but to borrow usury from Liu Wenjing. But a few years later, the daughter's illness was not cured, but the usury was more and more. Liu Wenjing took this opportunity to bully Hao Xiuping and his family for half a year, including killing Wang Yongqiang's dog, forcing Wang Yongqiang to drink urine, and repeatedly assaulting Hao Xiuping.
After Hao Xiuping was once again assaulted by Liu Wenjing, Wang Yongqiang was chained to the door like a dog. Liu Wenjing threatened Wang Yongqiang and would continue to bully their family after that. Hao Xiuping could not resist the violence. He said "I want to die" to Wang Yongqiang in despair.
This is why every time Zhao Liying appears in the trailer, she looks decadent, painful and hysterical, because her life is so miserable.
Watching such a heavy film during the Spring Festival, the hearts of the audience are also heavy, and the box office is naturally not as good as the inspirational "Hot and Hot".
But when you think about it, the background of life is dark. To be able to face the darkness bravely is the king. After that, Wang Yongqiang learned to resist and stabbed Liu Wenjing into serious injuries in the process of resistance. although he was appealed by the procuratorate, it also made Liu Wenjing's viciousness obvious.
At the end of the story, everyone is relieved and reconciled with themselves. Learning to resist and bravely pursuing fairness is the essence of the film.
Article 20 is also a good film for popularizing the law, which makes more and more people understand that "the law cannot bow to lawlessness". "the law is not omnipotent, but it can enable the weak to gain strength at the most critical time."
There are many popular law movies, but it is really good to integrate it into comedy.
Even Luo Xiang said that after watching the movie, he recalled his original intention of popularizing the law: fairness and justice have long been in the hearts of the people, and it only needs to be activated without being taught.
Although Hot Hot was still a frequent visitor on the hot search, the topics were all related to Jia Ling's appearance. No matter in or out of the play, Jia Ling is not easy to lose weight, slimming motivation.
The audience complained that the whole film of "Hot and Hot" focused on Jia Ling's weight loss. "I saw the process of losing weight, but I didn't see the movie," which is a far cry from the original "Love for a hundred dollars."
In the eyes of some audiences, Jia Ling doesn't know how to make a movie at all, but is good at marketing. The first part depends on the mother to stir up emotion, the second part depends on losing weight, and this kind of "taking advantage of the good of the human heart is the greatest evil."
During the Spring Festival in the year of the Dragon, the box office of "Hot and Hot" won "Article 20", but word of mouth lost. After many years, the audience watched two more movies and what did they think of them?
Shaw Shengke's Redemption still affects countless people 30 years after its release, and I always firmly believe that good movies focus not only on immediate success, but also on the longer-term future.
From this point of view, "Article 20" did not lose, while "Hot and Hot" laughed too early!
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