The Golden Age of China Entertainment

In the end, it's all about saving face.

The old lady's feigned death gradually disintegrated the concept she had insisted on all her life.

The son-in-law has already complained about paying too much money.

The second child was unable to get off the tiger, so he had to borrow a usury loan to carry on with the funeral.

Neighbors in the neighborhood watched the chickens and dogs jumping at home, and they also complained.

The old lady has been kind to others all her life, hoping for the safety of her children and grandchildren. Seeing that she has tossed her children and grandchildren like this, she feels really uneasy.

The customs she believed in turned out to be all kinds of deceptions.

Her younger brother advised her to fake her death, taking the opportunity to cheat her children out of money.

The fake monks invited, men and women, wore hair covers, just to make money.

Relatives and friends were crying, but as soon as the braised pork was served, the tears stopped immediately.

Isn't it a joke that one's own children are suffering and others are enriching their own pockets?

Rather than saying that this movie is satirizing the outdated idea of ​​burial, Yi Qing prefers to think that it is satirizing the behavior of making a fuss.

For weddings and funerals, there are always some people who want face and glory, regardless of personal strength, and at any cost.

But really, what is the need?

Red matters focus on the heart-to-heart connection between newcomers, while white matters focus on giving living people a thought, and it is enough to manage within one's own ability.

Although the whole movie is a satirical comedy with realism, after watching it, it is not difficult to feel the deep affection behind the absurdity and bitter irony.

The filial sons and grandsons are waiting for you.

This sentence was originally a statement from the old uncle when he presided over the funeral.

However, the old lady is indeed served by filial sons and virtuous grandchildren at home.

The daughter knew that she wanted a good coffin, so she bought one for her.

Erxiao knew that her mother's legs and feet were sick, so she often rubbed her legs.

They have different views on many things, but everyone is honoring the old lady in their own way.

Filial piety to parents is not about how much money you give, nor is it about obeying what your parents say, but about your heart.

It's a pity that because of the age, not many people have seen it, and the influence of this movie is also less, but this does not affect the movie itself to become a classic.

Whether a movie is qualified to become a classic depends on another criterion, that is whether it can find its shadow in the latecomers.

For example, the filming of Feng's trousers in the previous life undoubtedly referred to this film.

However, it’s not good to learn the same thing. Feng Pants changed the story of this fake funeral, but it greatly destroyed the irony of the original story, which made the film disintegrated. The strength of the theme has been weakened, and the root cause is that the resonance of the audience has been destroyed.

, close to life, not only reflected the sensitive social issues at the time, but also made the audience feel the strong family affection in it. As for the neurotic thoughts of an old foreign man and the whimsical nonsense of two little people, who cares?

It is a very typical ironic story. The audience knows that Erxiao's mother faked her death. However, except for the person concerned and the uncle who know the truth, none of the characters in the film know this fact.

So the director can flex his muscles in this very classic ironic structure, allowing all kinds of characters to appear on stage to show the absurdity of the times.

And as an audience who knows everything, watching the second primary family struggle under the double burden of a dutiful son and a civil servant, and at the same time, the economic pressure has brought the family to the brink of collapse.

It is very easy for the audience who are sons and relatives to understand the feelings of the second child, and the process of empathy is very natural.

On the other hand, the clue of the second youngest son is used very cleverly.

In my opinion, this line plays two roles. One is to constantly reinforce the fact that "mother is still alive" through the interaction between the grandson and grandma.

These interactions make it impossible for the audience to forget the existence of the mother, which not only strengthens the intensity of the irony, but also explains the feelings of the mother as a person in the game while these interactions.

In other words, as a mother who shares the same information as the audience, her personal feelings are also conveyed to the audience through these interactions, but she is also trapped in the situation and dare not quit, which makes the audience feel more struggle, which further strengthens the audience resonance.

The communication between the "dead" grandma and the ignorant grandson seems so natural. On the one hand, the warmth of the family is displayed, and on the other hand, the sense of absurdity is also reflected.

When it comes to Feng Pants, the ironic story is spoiled.

On the one hand, it comes from the setting of the story itself, and on the other hand, it comes from the creator's cleverness.

In the first story, there is no relationship between Ge You and Taylor, and there is no family or friendship. The lack of motivation leads to difficulties in empathy.

This pair of Feng trousers was reluctantly solved in the film with economic reasons. Qian drove Ge You to the shelves. As for this statement, the audience can barely accept it, but the resonance is no longer natural and not strong enough. At the end of the story, The same is true for the audience, a sense of absurdity and humor, but there is no empathetic touch anymore.

Secondly, Feng Pants' use of irony in the novel is very blunt.

He drops the message that Taylor is doomed at first, then turns to surprise in the middle, and Taylor is brought back to life, before the film turns to irony.

I should have known that in a story, the advantage of irony is that the audience knows more information than the characters. The audience watches the people in the game struggling in danger or absurdity without knowing it. sense of urgency and anxiety.

But in the film, the surprise in the middle of the film seems very cheap. Since it is absurd, it is more appropriate to use irony rather than mystery. Feng Pants is obviously aware of this, so he hurriedly made the film in less than 10 minutes. He hastily explained the fact that Taylor was brought back to life. The audience didn't know this fact before. Therefore, Ge You's previous behavior had no ironic meaning to the audience. The absurdity of the nearly 10-minute play was weakened.

In fact, this surprise is completely meaningless. It is better to explain the story as a suspended animation from the beginning, so that the irony can unfold smoothly.

There is no distinction between good and bad stories, only storytelling is good or bad.

Compared with the two films, it is undoubtedly a big deal higher. The simple and touching family relationship ensures the resonance with the audience. The honest and direct story unfolds without pretentiousness, so that the ironic story can go smoothly, which is the relative success reason.

As for the final effect, the political propaganda effect is undoubtedly achieved. It is hard for the audience not to say "cremation, no more burial" like Zhao Lirong after watching it.

In addition to the political effect, the deep-seated emotions of being a child and being a parent are also revealed. Although the dialogue between the second primary school and the mother is a policy propaganda discourse, the creator obviously made this straightforward political mobilization meaningful. There is a hint of overtones of the hardships of being human, and the audience will never forget and empathize with them after watching it.

On the other hand, Feng Pants seems to want to reflect the mercenary of all beings in the commodity economy, but such a modern and ambiguous theme obviously does not let the audience realize what he imagined.

Although all kinds of exquisite and witty lines, it is still a buzzword many years later.

But as far as the film is concerned, after the audience has watched it, it seems that all kinds of jokes are left behind, especially the image of Li Chengru's real estate madman, which is even more impressive than the hero and heroine.

Especially the setting of the ending of the story is simply disgusting. Uncle Ge and the big-eyed beauty are together inexplicably.

It's hairy!

Is it paved ahead?

How did this magical feeling happen?

Could it be because Uncle Ge planned Taylor's funeral so well that Miss Guan thought that there might be a place where she could meet Uncle Ge in the future.

It's inexplicable!

Perhaps others can see the wonderful parts in this story, but Yi Qing's appreciation level is not enough. In short, after watching this play in his previous life, he felt that his IQ was insulted, so he quickly dug out Chen Xiaoer and Zhao Lirong's and read it again. again.