What is the peak of Feng's comedy "Be there or be square"?

It has been more than 20 years since the first New Year film came out. From the beginning to maturity, I have tried various themes during this period, and now I am shooting more and more New Year films every year.

Once those directors who felt that New Year films had no artistic value and no future began to change and joined the ranks. The end of each year is a "battle" for famous directors.

Unforgettable Feng comedy, a pair of friends never leave.

In my opinion, the best New Year movie is "Be there or be square", which is jointly produced by Beijing Forbidden City Film Company and Beijing Film Studio, directed by Xiaogang Feng, and partnered by two powerful actors, Ge You and Xu Fan, and contributed to this wonderful performance.

The combination of works with the times can impress the audience. This film clearly sees the gap between the times, what choices immigrants should make and what difficulties they will face after immigration.

In the film, two Beijingers who worked hard in the United States engaged in various occupations in order to survive. Their original intention was to survive. However, they are not familiar with the local laws, but they still do a lot of wrong things. After years of hard work, they finally realized that there is no such thing as the motherland and finally resolutely embarked on the road of returning to China.

This script is actually very simple. It is not easy to give it a proper name. The script has been renamed many times, from "The Enemy" to "Be there or be square", and it has also experienced many twists and turns. Although this film belongs to the category of New Year's film, it doesn't want the first impression given by the film to be directly characterized as the relationship between people. Under the discussion of the team, it finally became the name of the film.

These four words contain multiple meanings, including "enemy", and the protagonist will get into trouble as soon as he meets; It also includes the relationship between two characters. As a love movie, the happy ending is always the expectation of the audience. The creators also hope that this work will leave a deep impression on the audience and stay with them.

To tap the bright spots of small people, the protagonist of art is not just a hero.

This film is Feng Dao's masterpiece, and because this work has established his position, the films in recent years have more or less the shadow of this work, which may be the essence of a nobody; It may be that the small theme contains the great truth, and the life in the plain is various; Perhaps it is the flexible use of the lens. In his movies, he can always feel the jump. Academic things are not rigidly presented in his films, and he always looks at the world from the perspective of the market.

In fact, commercial films are not a derogatory term, but in recent years, such films have always been shoddy in advance, and under the catalysis of inherent labels, a vicious circle has begun.

Looking back on this film, we can see its obvious highlights in many ways. It has its own characteristics and is in harmony with the breathing of the characters and the light rhythm and plot of the film. This is the soul of commercial movies.

I think the success of this film director who became a monk halfway is more because he caught up with a good era and there are more opportunities in the era of change. He was the first director to catch the express train, which caused a long-awaited splash in the film industry.

When the film industry was in recession, he knocked on the door of a new era with the box office of both parties, and Feng's comedy films officially occupied a place in people's hearts. In ten years, he successfully stabilized his position and started his own era.

In his films, what the audience sees is no longer a stalwart image. Those brilliant people left the scene little by little, let the little people officially appear, and told the audience that not only great people can be remembered by everyone, but you and I can both be our own heroes and protagonists in our own lives. Ordinary people can no longer just look up, but also become the theme of art.

This form of value is vividly reflected in "Be there or be square". At that time, there was an immigration craze, but people knew about it and didn't know where it came from. After the brain strength passed, they began to think about how to survive.

The film focuses directly on Liu Yuan after immigration. This man is warm and generous, frank and honest, and never hides his desires. Such a character image is actually a true portrayal of thousands of people in Qian Qian.

The characters are gradually recognizing themselves. These little people living at the bottom have tasted thousands of flavors and are always in a self-deprecating position. Whether this can be invincible remains to be discussed, but what we can see is that they have become mature social people under the baptism of social life.

If you want to win applause from the audience, you must know what the audience wants.

Desire is a sharp weapon to torture people, and restraint is a very difficult thing. The film humorously expresses the director's idea, "I will take you home, but I am not necessarily a good person." If I can't control myself, don't be soft. " What I explained earlier naturally didn't come true. The hostess said, "You are a good man". What is the standard to measure a good man? The man doesn't know that the standard of measurement is too complicated.

It is difficult for a nobody to control his own destiny. Without this extravagant hope, he can't control the direction of emergencies. Feng Dao knows how to express the unknown charm in works of art. By adopting a compromise method, he has mastered people's desire to control their destiny and people's demands for life.

In movies, the protagonist always falls into an unsolvable dilemma, but the dilemma is not a tragedy and will be solved one day. When watching a movie, the audience sees an absurd life from the perspective of a third party, and what they see under the treatment of drama is an unsatisfactory ending.

If left unchecked, it will be a tragic ending, but this is not Xiaogang Feng's style. He chose to intersperse love in the predicament, and he didn't forget the trivial things of life in their interaction. Life is like this, and the truth of mapping is also a charm.

Feng Dao's charm lies in putting the rough mining figures who grew up on the street on the screen to show their vivid lives, which is in sharp contrast with those who have also been put on the screen.

An excellent film needs rich content to support it. Although it is a comedy, we can see some patriotic thoughts infiltrating into it. However, his love is not a hymn, but expressed from the people's point of view after understanding their thoughts. Watching his movies, I always feel that he understands the hearts of the audience.

It is not easy to work hard in a foreign country. He flew to the United States to shoot this film, which was also a reflection on the craze at that time. Not only the people, but also many celebrities are influenced by this trend of thought. No matter how these ideas collided, he finally missed his hometown. He saw through this meaning, so at the end of the film, they chose to embark on the road of returning home.