"Xibao" not only wants money, but also wants life.

It has been several days since I watched "Xibao", and I still haven't figured out where I got the courage to walk into the cinema.

I was young and frivolous and did not believe in evil. I thought that with Yi Shu’s original work as the background, Aaron Kwok and Zhang Zhen’s father Zhang Guozhu are both actors after all. How can the movie be bad no matter how bad it is?

In the final analysis, I overestimated myself and underestimated "Xibao". Other movies want money, but this movie not only wants money, but also lives——

"Xibao"

Compared with "The First Half of My Life" and the following "Golden Years" starring Ni Ni and Liu Shishi, "Xibao" should be the most famous of Yi Shu's works.

Jiang Xibao, who comes from a poor family, met Xu Conghui, a rich girl in the economy class. When she was invited to attend the Conghui engagement party, she saw the materialistic life. In order to satisfy Yearning for material things.

She accepted the pursuit of Xu Conghui's father, Mr. Xu, and became his mistress. She was also lost in material and love.

Even if you have not read the novel, the classic line from the original work has already been known to everyone.

I want a lot of love. If not, I want a lot of money.

Now it seems that this sentence is nothing, but in the 1980s, the female independent consciousness conveyed by this line, which was called "three incorrect views", actually Quite valuable.

Therefore, before watching "Xibao", I thought that at most it could not convey values. I didn't expect that it could not even do the most basic thing of telling a story well. .

What does it look like to be a woman who is favored by a super rich man and given a lot of money?

Not to mention charming and alluring, at least it must be beautiful.

But.

Guo Caijie’s appearance in the film....

No matter how you look at it, she doesn’t look like a Hong Kong girl with a unique charm. , but more like Gu Li, whose family was in decline, endured humiliation and worked hard to support his family.

The imprint of "Tiny Times" is too deep. Whether it is the energy of the show or the pretentious pronunciation, Guo Caijie looks like Gu Li is possessed.

In the second half of the film, she is either crying or yelling, or she is breaking down in despair with blind eyes, which are all very explosive scenes.

Guo Caijie’s acting is really hard.

But the harder she worked, the harder it became for me to watch.

I always doubt that she will say the next sentence -

There is no substance Love is like a plate of sand.

It is one thing that "Tiny Times" sucks, but "Tiny Times" did push Guo Caijie's career to the top, but Gu Li's version As soon as Xibao comes out, Guo Caijie will probably yell at Guo Jingming, "You killed me."

Zhang Guozhu came to act in this movie purely for the sake of luck.

Apart from the role of Zhang Chen’s father, Zhang Guozhu himself is also an actor with a glorious resume. His outstanding performance in "The Murder of the Boys on Guling Street" is an absolute classic.

He was also nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is considered an out-and-out capable actor.

The 72-year-old old man is still making bad money just for a meal. Well, how should I put it, his spirit is commendable, and it is worth learning from the workers of my generation.

34-year-old Guo Caijie and 72-year-old Zhang Guozhu played the role of year-end love. In terms of age, the two people are actually in line with the original work, even The age difference in the original work is even bigger.

But when these two people flirted on the screen as Xibao and Mr. Xu, I still inevitably felt uncomfortable.

It’s not that you can’t accept the love between old and young, it’s love, at least there should be some sparks to make people feel the desire and competition between two people.

However, in the movie, the two people can at most hold hands and hug each other, which can best point out the identity of the two people, to unbuttoning It came to an abrupt end.

There is no sense of camaraderie between the two people, and they feel more like grandfather and grandson, but the film wants to tell you that there is love between these two people.

Watching the grandpa and granddaughter arguing endlessly about the issues of love and possession, do you think the diaphragm should be diaphragmatic or not?

If you want to pin the reason for the film's badness on the two leading actors, Guo Caijie and Leslie Cheung, it would actually be a bit bullying.

In terms of making "Xibao" a stink, all aspects of the film have contributed a lot, and no one among the actors, directors and screenwriters has the right to say who is holding back.

Even the soundtrack can make the most basic mistakes. The sound is suddenly loud enough to scare you, and then stops abruptly, ending inexplicably.

If you had not read the original work, you might not have realized that this was a story that took place in the 1980s.

Xibao’s home is a contemporary single dormitory. Xu Conghui works in Beijing Modern Financial Company. There is an old man playing mahjong downstairs in Xibao’s house, a kind of summer afternoon. Street feel.

However, Xibao wore a retro polka-dot skirt and drove an old-fashioned Mercedes-Benz.

Time is the most magical existence here. It suddenly travels through the 1980s and suddenly returns to the present of the 21st century. It is strange and the era is a mystery.

The Xu family’s mansion, the place where Xibao, a famous college student, fell in love at first sight, became a Suzhou garden in the film style tourist attractions.

As for the Hungarian castle in the original book, which was a very romantic and luxurious place, it became a model room of Nordic style in the film.

Look, what’s the difference between the fake books and ornaments in the room, the model room and the coffee shop?

What makes me even more embarrassed is that the engagement ceremony between Xu Conghui and her fiancé was sparsely attended, and the stage background and light strip decorations were really... It's like a big country stage.

Please, this is the second young lady of the Xu family! You can have nothing but the rich Xu family!

However, the scene of the big rural stage and the sparse group performances may still be too luxurious for "Xibao", so when the young master of the Xu family gets engaged At that time, the same scene and the same group performances happened again exactly as they were!

However, looking at Xu Conghui’s outfit from Metersbonwe, even Chu Yuxun would probably stop being amazed.

I forgot to mention that Xu Conghui was played by the heroine of "Dream Showbiz". She left her name in two bad movies one after another. The girl's acting career , very exciting.

As Yi Shu's masterpiece, the essence of "Xibao" lies in showing the contradictory opposition between material and love, and exploring women's self-worth. .

However, in the film, the discussion of love and materiality only appeared in pretentious lines. As for the plot, we saw an elderly version of a domineering president falling in love with Gray. girl.

The role of Mr. Xu’s wife was removed and changed to the wife’s early death. In this way, there is no moral judgment for Xibao and Mr. Xu’s love except for the large age difference. .

The desires and competition between the two people in the original work have also been removed. The scene of Xibao falling in love with someone else is even more impossible. The two people staged a drama generously. Happy Mary Sue.

Cinderella Jiang Xibao, all men love her.

When Mr. Xu met her for the second time, he proposed to pursue her. When Mr. Xu’s son met her for the second time, he hugged her thigh and asked her not to abandon him. Even Xu Conghui Her fiancé has also been loving her in obscurity.

Among so many rich and noble sons, Xibao chose Mr. Xu. With Mr. Xu, Jiang Xibao soon fell in love with him.

All the conflicts between the two people are that Mr. Xu said I am old, don’t leave me, you are my woman, Jiang Xibao said no ,you are young!

You were born before I was born, and I am already old after giving birth to you. What is this if not infatuated love?

However, this should not be Jiang Xibao.

Xibao is a well-calculated, smart and well-educated famous college student. She will accept support for material things, and she will also self-reflect on herself and dislike herself. It is impossible I was carried away by Mr. Xu’s so-called love.

Especially at the end of the film, Xibao actually gave up all the money Mr. Xu left her and left with nothing?

Think about it, a young girl doesn’t love a handsome and rich young man, but she wants to be with an old man over fifty years old, and she is accused of being a prostitute. No matter what, the old man died in the end, and she was also heartbroken. She didn't take away a penny and walked away cleanly with a wave of her sleeves.

Is this still Jiang Xibao?

This is clearly an association for caring for the elderly.

Thanks to "Xibao", for the first time, I deeply understood what it means to feel like sitting on pins and needles, like thorns on the back, and like a lump in the throat.

Thanks to "Xibao", I once again deeply reflect on myself. Don't overestimate your ability to resist bad movies, let alone underestimate the power of bad movies. Lower limit exploration.

After all, going to the cinema to watch "Xi Bao" is not only a waste of time, but also feels like you have been defrauded of your money. This is simply fatal, friends!