In my personal view, Chinese netizens and the media are an extremely hypocritical group.
In Xin Qiji's "Ugly Nuer Book Boshan Daozhongbi", it is said that young people do not know the taste of sorrow. This line of poetry applies to today's media and netizens, and it must hit the nail on the head.
Today's media people and netizens. With regard to the antiquities that made the emperor in ancient times, I understand and handle it with my heart. That is: everything must be known as a teacher, and if the name is not correct, then the words will be unsatisfactory. Therefore, in ancient times, there was a topic list of "the stone man of the Yellow River, Da Chuxing, King Chen Sheng. Nowadays, there is a list of topics nurtured by the media deliberately and deliberately". And the clichés like to use some of the current dregs of Internet language to create a group atmosphere, such as the topic before the Spring Festival "Six young children do not attend the Spring Festival Gala, netizens tear down" In this era, netizens It doesn't mean that I have been crying so many times, I am really ashamed to hide in the bathroom of a relative's house in the busy night of New Year's Eve, sitting on the toilet and brushing the social software for a while.
Therefore, at the moment when Stephen Chow's movie was released, we were overwhelmed by the young and strange logic of "We collectively owe Xingye a movie ticket".
Personally, I feel that as the post-80s generation entered the year, the post-90s generation has matured. Nowadays, China’s film industry is very apt to capture this group’s growing age and spontaneous opposition to the past. The remembrance of him is a kind of remembrance of his lost youth and dissatisfaction with reality. Begin to play the so-called "sentiment card"; you are not in those movies with mixed good and bad under the guise of "remembering youth", how to sell dog meat, just like the first love, dream lover, and student of many people. The times often fail to kiss Fangze for various reasons. On the contrary, after many years, after a lapse of time, in a certain nightclub, they give people a new bottle of old wine like Fangze, and the Iraqi people are still there. It's just Zhu Yanchang's emotion and helplessness.
As for Zhou Xingchi, I think from the perspective of feelings, no one can beat him.
Being in our age group, I believe that I will still be like me now, and will often watch a movie of Stephen Chow in the movie section of the live broadcast platform from time to time. Looking at the films at that time from the current point of view, they can still be hilarious. There is no sense of anachronism. Therefore, Stephen Chow's films are classics. It is a student who accompanied many people and even the youth. I have a classmate who wants to go abroad to study in high school. Before leaving, he spent a certain amount of time copying the complete works of Stephen Chow's movies into the hard disk. The reason is naturally needless to say. You will never tire of it. And I believe that there are not a few cases like this, and I have seen people holding pads and other things like no one at airports and train stations to pass the time by playing a Stephen Chow movie to pass the time, so Stephen Chow, yes For many people, it is a symbol, the symbol of the golden age of Hong Kong comedy movies, but also a brand, a brand of youth.
However, the current Stephen Chow is probably not the one in your impression.
Speaking of the characteristics of Stephen Chow's early films, I think you will inevitably talk about the "nonsensical" style of his films. This style basically runs through the beginning and the end of Zhou Xingchi's early movies, and has left a deep imprint on him. So that when it comes to "worrying", everyone will immediately think of Stephen Chow like a conditioned reflex. Although the nonsensical movie is not Stephen Chow’s first creation, it is a film by Stephen Chow, and is a genre that people really know. "Wonderful" is also a common method for showing comedy effects in Stephen Chow's comedy films. The term "Wu Li Tau" was originally a Cantonese colloquialism from Foshan, Guangdong and other places. Its basic meaning refers to a certain event or behavior without a reason, that is, a certain person speaks and does things without purpose, centrality and logical characteristics. In layman's terms, it is nonsense and unclear speech. So in Stephen Chow's movies, Stephen Chow often plays a small person who looks a little crazy or even crazy. And this kind of non-mainstream, on the surface, is not our traditional way of constructing movies, but it has become a unique mark of Stephen Chow, and it has been with him to this day.
In Zhou Xingchi's early films, he often likes to interpret the joys and sorrows of some small characters and tell the stories of some small characters through his "nonsensical" performance style with postmodernism. And this kind of performance is also an alternative means of expressing the aesthetic connotation of Zhou Xingchi's early comedy films. Because the so-called postmodernist expression method is actually centered on decomposition, and all expression methods are served around this unchanging theme. And the series of nonsensical performances in Zhou Xingchi's films are completely developed around the main purpose of this postmodernism. In the performances of laughing, cursing, and madness, I constantly wrote about the joys and sorrows of the little people around the market, with tears in laughter and laughter in tears. It makes people feel cordial and unforgettable at the same time.
If Chow Xingchi’s early films used post-modernist performances to show stories of little people, they could get relief and comfort in the soul. So since Kung Fu, this has undoubtedly changed a bit.
It is not difficult for interested audiences to find that films such as "Yangtze River Seven" and "Journey to the West" after "Kung Fu" have gradually deviated from the style of Zhou Xingchi's previous movies. Generally speaking, it is not as funny as before. "Yangtze River No. 7" Zhou Xingchi has not retreated behind the scenes, but in this film, he played the role of a migrant worker's father. There is basically no joke, but the source of the biggest tragedy in the film. At the time of "Journey to the West", Stephen Chow had completely retreated behind the scenes and became a director with peace of mind. But the overall feeling of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Devil" is not a nonsense comedy that Stephen Chow was in in the past, and it is not very funny. Even seeing certain scenes, it even gives me the feeling of a thriller. This makes people feel uncomfortable. So it is not difficult for us to see that Zhou Xingchi is working hard to make changes, from an actor to a director, from the initial madness and madness, to now gradually out of the category of comedy, Zhou Xingchi is changing and thinking.
In fact, Zhou Xingchi's changes have been around for a long time and are imperceptible. I believe fans who know a little about Zhou Xingchi know that in reality, Zhou Xingchi is not a crazy and unruly person like in a movie. On the contrary, he is a silent and serious person who is not good at words and even has some social obstacles. From the partners he has worked with, one after another has stood up and accused him of being harsh, and the clues can be seen by unkindness. Xiangtai, Wang Jing and others in the entertainment industry, including Li Lichi, who has worked with him, have all stood up and criticized Zhou Xingchi, but so far, they have not seen Zhou Xingchi like other stars after being criticized. Resilience to issue a counterattack, or so-called statement. Zhou Xingchi is still the same Zhou Xingchi. He is not good at, or disdainful, making any noises. He is a serious person. After Chai Jing’s interview with Zhou Xingchi in "Seeing", Zhou Xingchi called Chai Jing and said about He felt that the answers to some of the previous questions were not perfect. He was working hard to practice Mandarin, hoping that Chai Jing could ask them again intact, and he would answer them again. And his assistant said that he must take care of everything on his set. And it is such a serious person who will naturally offend some people while demanding excellence in his works. And Zhou Xingchi's changes are also subtle and serious.
It is not difficult to see that Stephen Chow has been thinking, starting with "Yangtze No. 7", Stephen Chow began to think. Maybe it’s because of too much early comedy performance. As an actor and director with ideals and pursuits, Stephen Chow is eager to change and change his previous madness in the audience. Just as Jin Kelly got tired of making comedies, he also went back to film "Trumen". Movies like "The World" are generally excellent actors, and they all hope to break through their performance bottlenecks. So we saw a different Stephen Chow, who has been thinking about life, thinking about problems, and expressing these in his works. But more people with so-called "feelings" still go to the theater with popcorn and Coke, hoping to see the king of comedy 20 or 30 years ago. Of course, the king of comedy is still the king of comedy, but he has begun to think about life. So, please use another eye to examine him.
So after the release of "Mermaid", I think many people will say that Stephen Chow's films are declining, and he himself is exhausted. But I want to say that time has changed, things are different, and you who stepped into the theater to watch "The Mermaid" today are not the ones who sat in front of your computer and clicked to download and watched "Nine Pins of Sesame Official". And Stephen Chow is not back then. Zhou Xingchi's now. Please don't use the eyes of "Nine Pins of Sesame Official" to watch "The Mermaid".
Finally, because of Stephen Chow’s nonsensical performance style, many people have overlooked the fact that Stephen Chow’s appearance is not bad. Although it is not much better than that of the same period, he can still be regarded as a handsome guy. In years, self-destroying image and bringing joy to others. And now, this handsome guy is getting old and thinking about it. Please support him by "hypocritical".
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