Source: Beijing Evening News
Wang Jinyue
Last Friday, the youth romantic comedy "Half Moon Alice" starring Guan Xiaotong, Huang Jingyu, Guan Hong and others was released. Unexpectedly, the film soon received a lot of negative comments. In Douban, the current score of the film is only 3.8 points, and the total box office of the film is only 23.8 million yuan after five days of release. Many audiences believe that the film originally advised women not to worry about their bodies because of obesity, but what the film shows is that the life after becoming thin is the open life, instead, it increases women's anxiety about their bodies.
"Half Moon Alice" tells the story of Lin Xiaoxi, a fat girl played by Guan Xiaotong, because of her fat body, she has never been confident and dare not accept the love of Han Bing, a childhood music producer (Huang Jingyu). But one day, she suddenly went through a fantasy journey and had a bottle of "fixing liquid" that can instantly make her thin, so her life soon turned around, Not only became a star, but also won the pursuit of the idol Huang Ke (Guan Hong).
Obviously, this is a typical love story of "crow becomes phoenix". In the film, Lin Xiaoxi's body has become the key factor for her success in life and love. The fattened Lin Xiaoxi has an inferiority complex, and her career and love are frustrated everywhere. Once she thins down, her life will completely reverse, ushering in a double harvest of love and career. Such a simple love routine has not been recognized by the audience. Many audiences believe that Hollywood and Korean movies have played such Cinderella love routine for a long time. Now it is not impossible to pick up domestic movies to do it, but at least two things should be done well, one is convincing in details, and the other is appropriate in selecting roles. But "Half Moon Alice" didn't do it!
"Now what age, we still use women's bodies to sell anxiety." One netizen commented that there are many films focusing on women's bodies and looks. It is easy for audiences to think of TV series Ugly Betty and other works. Andy Lau and Xiuwen Zheng also starred in Thin Men and Women. Compared with these two films, "Half Moon Alice" is obviously magical. Lin Xiaoxi's slimming process is achieved by a bottle of magic "fixing liquid", which is "becoming thin in seconds". Of course, this bottle of fixing liquid also has a side effect, that is, it has time limit, and when time comes, her body will become fat again. Lin Xiaoxi also made a lot of jokes in the film.
The audience's complaints about the film can be summarized as follows:
First, the film's special effect makeup is simple and rough. Lin Chenxi's fat makeup in "Half Moon Alice" was said by the audience to be "beautiful with beautiful pictures, and the skin was worn to the limit". There were no wrinkles on her face, and she didn't look like a real person at all.
The second is the poor performance of the actors. Comedy is the most difficult film type to perform. Actors need to have considerable self-confidence and skills to bring the audience into the comedy scene. As two idol actors, Guan Xiaotong and Huang Jingyu do not have enough skills to control their roles and perform mediocrely.
The theme of "Half Moon Alice" is to tell those fat girls that they must be confident in life. In this world, there are many boys who don't care about your figure. This is true love. At the end of the film, Lin Xiaoxi found her original intention, saw Han Bing's secret love for herself, and saw clearly Huang Ke's false feelings for herself, and her lover finally got married.
The audience's complaints about the film also reflect the current young people's views on body shape. "Half Moon Alice" should be a romantic comedy movie tailored for boys and girls. Its "second to thin" slimming process is more like a dream. However, in reality, the audience may agree with the slimming process of Zheng Xiuwen's role in "Slimming Men and Women". The latter spent four months strictly implementing slimming training, Zheng Xiuwen also paid a lot for his role.
The sense of propriety in comedy movies is very important. If you don't pay attention, you may go too far. This is the case with Half Moon Alice. The film uses a lot of space to show Lin Xiaoxi's wonderful moment after she became thinner. In one scene, the elevator was crowded with people, but the men in the elevator squeezed out space to let Lin Xiaoxi in when they saw her beautiful figure. At this time, the elevator was too heavy, and it was a fat girl who had to walk out of the elevator. If you watch the play alone, the audience will smile with understanding. But if you put it in such a film with the theme of slimming, it will certainly hurt the hearts of those overweight female audience.
The disillusionment of the fairy tale dream of Half Moon Alice also reflects the interest of the current young audience, who may become more rational and more sensitive. In terms of degree, the attention of creators should be paid.
