The reason why I came to the cinema is because of the law-abiding and good citizen mentality of "good foreign language films can support the genuine version as much as possible", and the long face of brushing the blessing. Ah, by the way, it's not because of Shenxia, but because of... Smaug.
Hey, the environment in the theater is not bad, the seats are about 60 to 70% full, it is quite quiet, and everyone is basically watching the movie with their hearts. The last to stand up, all young women, a few boys, or accompanied by girlfriend/wife.
But to tell the truth, I am a little... disappointed in the 90-minute feature film of the movie version of Shen Xia.
I know that the movie version uses a lot of memes from the drama, but as a non-drama fan I really can't get it, so even if the drama fans can see the blood boiling, it can't be regarded as a bright spot. As an independent movie, it should tell the story well and make its own unique highlights as much as possible, instead of paying tribute to the previous work, if the positioning of this movie is not as simple as a "fan movie" or even a "fan girl movie". However, I know that this is quite difficult. Many series and theatrical versions cannot escape the way of this kind of fan film.
As a reasoning/suspense/detection film, the simplification of the case and the mystery of the reasoning also really, really detract from it a lot. I don't have the brain-consuming case or the meticulous logic that I want. Maybe what I expect is deviated from what this film actually wants to convey to the audience. I hope to see a full enough plot first, and I hope to see it that can hang The suspense that satisfies the audience's appetite, the purely rational analysis that peels the cocoons and snarls and punches to the flesh, the completely unexpected and completely logical development of the case, and even I actually prefer it to have a little Hannibal-style blood instead of sloppy. It was far-fetched to shake this burden out, and came to a conclusion very quickly, and...what a gothic style. Ah, I used to be a goth fan, yes, I also like goth now, but such a gothic image and atmosphere appeared in Sherlock Holmes's detective story, but no matter how you look at it, it is inconsistent. Also, the stalk of "playing a movie haunted" has long been overused... As for the case, it turned out to be a 180-degree turn in the end, which was a bit unexpected, but it didn't give me a sudden realization. Surprise, but - "WTF?" "This is the end?" "I'm xxing and you're going to show me this?" "Are you kidding me?"
The so-called truth of this case also leads to another minus point of this play, that is, the deliberate devotion to women's rights. I feel that its target audience is actually too obvious, and that's why. It's almost entirely made for young women, and it's not necessary to talk about the love triangle of giving candy to fans (well, I love Mo Niang too), and then all the female characters here are basically arguing with the two protagonists for the right to speak: Mrs. Peanut wants to participate in a rally to fight for women's suffrage. The little nanny of Peanut's family also challenges Peanut's status verbally. The landlady of Cuan Fu keeps asking for more drama, especially "dialogue"; the "haunted" death The bride, in order to take revenge on the heartless man and the thousands of men with ghosts in the world, cooperated with the women's underground organization to put on a gorgeous show and acted an impromptu horror stage play. The only people she killed were the heartless man and the ghost. She's just herself; as for Cun Fu, it's almost completely broken into he for she... When I saw the scene of the women's underground rally, I almost thought it was going to be a companion piece "Feminist Detective" to "Feminist Voices" Sherlock's man has ghosts in his heart". Well, I understand the truth, expressing support for feminism is indeed a very good thing, and it is not wrong to please a certain audience in a movie, but, screenwriter, do you know that female audiences don’t need to be so pleasing at all? , if you really think we are equal people. To put it bluntly, this pleasing gesture is a little eager and clumsy, of course, it is better that I think too much.
The most outstanding part of this film is probably the alternate narrative of time and space travel, dream and reality, as well as the shooting tidbits at the end of the film. In fact, from the perspective of the tidbits, it is quite sincere, especially the layout of Sherlock Holmes' residence on Baker Street, which is really a plus point.
So my final rating is, three stars plus one star. But those of us who have no complex, what we really want is the plot, the plot, okay!
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