On the 258th day of Xiaomao's insistence on originality, he broke the top box office record in Korean film history for five years, which is really beautiful.
I've always loved watching Korean movies, and I have to say, the level of their filmmaking is improving rapidly and the quality is getting better and better.
Those who pursue word-of-mouth can win awards; those who break through the scale are very brave to shoot, and the audience can enjoy it; the popcorn blockbuster that pursues box office, even if the routine is still the same, it is the ability to make the audience pay for the story of "new wine in old bottles".
This "Extreme Profession", which was released in South Korea in January, has become a phenomenal film in 2019: the most popular New Year's Eve file in history, the highest-grossing comedy in history, and the highest-selling film in history. In mid-to-late March, resources began to be available in China. Watching the movies I liked, I called for such a bland movie, and my expectations were very high.
This small-budget film with a total investment of only 6.5 billion won (more than 30 million yuan) can actually be compared with many high-cost large-scale productions, which is not easy.
The most embarrassing thing is that the movie "Lobster Detective" with a similar plot has also been filmed in China - it is not plagiarism, it is a two-shot in itself. China and South Korea were produced and filmed with one script.
This kind of "proposition composition" method is really cruel and public. "The Crow Movie" has already compared the differences in detail. I haven't seen the domestic version, so I don't plan to continue to slap domestic movies.
I have seen the cut, we are so attractive "Ma Xiao", it is really not as attractive as the ordinary fried chicken next door. I have the urge to eat fried junk food late at night.
The gap is always there. It is fully reflected in the touching details.
This movie reminds me of the Korean drama "Come on Waikiki" which I highly recommend . The first season was great, and the second season is currently being updated. South Korea, too understands this kind of routine that makes people laugh and feel sad.
Also focus on the little people:
"Extreme Profession" tells the story of the anti-drug team. The performance has been at the bottom of the crane for many years, and the younger generation has been promoted to the section chief. He is still a team leader for ten thousand years, leading a group of confused team members, and hard work is useless in handling cases. Cowardly to the beef dinner party to celebrate the promotion of the serious crime team, he instantly admitted his cowardice and was willing to be ridiculed and ridiculed by his back. The criminal police can't do it easily, thinking that nothing can come true. I don’t want to sell fried chicken, but I still want to investigate the case seriously. I didn’t expect it to be an instant hit and the business is booming. In a short period of time, I have cultivated the instinct of a fried chicken boss, and I am very suitable for this second job in disguise.
And after discovering that their fried chicken talent is very profitable, everyone did not stick to the ideal of heroes. Who doesn't work for a better life? I switched to the fried chicken business in a hurry. No heroic complex, no ambition. He also seriously applies his experience in solving cases to managing the business model of the branch.
"Come on, Waikiki" focuses on a group of young people with their own dreams, who can't do anything, keep working hard, keep hitting a wall, and reluctantly run a youth hostel that doesn't make much money and is always on the verge of bankruptcy. All of them are rubbish in the secular definition.
I want to be a big Hollywood star, but I am still an actor with no identity and no lines. All kinds of hard work never pay off.
I want to go to Cannes for a concert, but I can only sing to the five sleepy old ladies in the audience, and because of the rent misunderstanding, I have to pretend to be in love with the landlord aunt.
Wanting to enter the national team, he is a stupid big man who can only be scolded on the bench and deceived in various ways.
Equally destitute:
In "Extreme Profession", because there is no funding, you can't break through the window like a normal police and gangster movie, and make a cool appearance, otherwise you can't afford the glass. The police can only tremble and hang on the elevated platform, trying to catch the prisoner without saying anything.
Does it depend on physical strength and ability to catch criminals? No, it depends on luck.
Several arrests were unsuccessful, mainly relying on the power of the bus to knock over the prisoner.
Anyway, if you can catch the criminal, you are a good policeman, but the more you don't want to spend money, the more you want to spend, the accident caused a 16-car collision, and there is one who deliberately touched the porcelain and wanted to ask the police for compensation. In the end, at such a high price, only one small drug dealer was caught.
In "Come on Waikiki", no matter how hard everyone works, this youth hostel is always in bleak business, defaults on rent, and continues to be disliked and repaired by the landlord's eldest sister; in order to attract guests, they will do whatever they can to find their talents and pretend to be strange, and put on TV. Propaganda, the result almost did not freeze to death.
In order to save money to go out and perform in a group, not only did I fail to make money, but also because I was stupid and cute, blinded my eyes, and was forgotten on the set of the wilderness in the wild, I almost became a perverted sex demon.
Also mourning and useless:
In "Extreme Profession", when the anti-drug team tried to break into the enemy's interior to solve a major case, they wanted to buy a store and had no money. If it’s just an understatement, the team leader pays out his entire wealth in order to solve the case. This is a Chinese routine; South Korea uses too many details to prepare the team leader’s embarrassment: The daughter knows the father’s economic situation, and the sensible one only asks him to eat the cheapest food For civilian fried chicken, the father and daughter hope that the price of this healing artifact will not increase, otherwise they will not be able to afford it. When the wife saw the luxury and big-name packaging bags that her husband handed in at the door, she only expected to return to reality in 0.01 seconds - it was just dirty clothes. The deep disappointment made her want to go crazy when she heard the "squad leader". The male protagonist could only be weak and helpless, without authority, or even a sense of existence.
"Come on, Waikiki" focuses on a group of young people with their own dreams, who can't do anything, keep working hard, keep hitting a wall, and reluctantly run a youth hostel that doesn't make much money and is always on the verge of bankruptcy. All of them are rubbish in the secular definition.
It is also very funny, and is still paying tribute to our Stephen Chow:
The greatest joy of watching dramas and movies is that the screenwriter's brains are open to unstructured and routines. You never know what will happen to these protagonists in the next second. There is no worst, only worse and more funny.
The nonsense and funny expressions of various classic stars, and the fighting scenes in "Extreme Profession" are also full of joy, but compared to "Come on Waikiki", after laughing, I can't help but think of my ordinary self, revealing the sadness and happiness Helpless, "Extreme Profession" weakens the tragic connotation of comedy, and expresses the helplessness, helplessness, waste wood, poverty, mourning and misery of small people in a more relaxed and pleasant way.
So, the whole process "hahahaha", endless joy.
Compared with more down-to-earth TV dramas, movies always have a brilliant and great "highlight moment". The protagonists do not simply hang up, but because they are already capable and powerful:
The ending is a short but powerful reversal. The young, capable and handsome serious crime team also has a moment of uselessness, and the anti-drug class, which is better than a policeman and sells fried chicken, finally shows its skills at a critical moment. Show majesty.
By the way, because the production cost of this drama is too low, the male protagonist is the prime villain, the prime minister, in this year's super-experienced costume zombie drama "Kingdom".
Unexpectedly, the wily and shrewd person changed into a stupid and mourning character, which is cute without any sense of disobedience.
"Come on, Waikiki", will also make people sad:
Who doesn't have a dream yet? It's just that we gradually drifted far away from our ideal selves.
As they said, they have worked so hard, why is it still so miserable?
How sad the reality is, how tragic the laughter is.
This kind of film and television work that focuses on small people is better than reality. No matter how much the protagonist can be tossed, ignored, and suppressed, they have never given up and have been working hard to live their lives.
Laughed and heartbroken, very healing.
Even if it is small, even if it is mourning, this is life, you must persevere, and you can live it no matter what. Those who cry and eat will definitely go on.
I hope we can all usher in our own highlights like the movies.
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