The homeless and fallen scholar, the wandering soul of the forest who looks like a heavenly immortal, and the dilapidated Lan Ruo Temple, the two people fall in love at first sight, and then stage a human demon love with ups and downs.
In the footage of Cheng Xiaodong and Xu Laowei, Lan Ruo Temple is desolate and dilapidated, exuding a strange atmosphere from the inside out, which is the best background board for horror stories, but it is mysterious and inclusive, taking in people, demons, Tao, and demons, and becoming the place where their emotional entanglements occur.
Absolutely, truly absolutely.
More than thirty years after its release, "Ghost of a Lady" is still the pinnacle of Chinese fantasy films, and there are countless imitators in later generations, but no one can look back on it.
At the end of November, the new work of "Little Flower after 95" Lai Yumeng was launched, although the film was called "Divine Turtle Island", but from the story line, to the male and female protagonists, to the background of The Divine Turtle Island, it was like a copy of "Qiannu Ghost".
Even Lai Yumeng's eyes were permeated with Wang Zuxian's charm.
Turtle Island
Let's start with the story.
The brother and the master have disappeared, the protagonist Wang Mian (Wang Zhuocheng) had to take a boat to the sea, looking for news of his relatives, but the rainstorm struck, and the lives of a boatman were in danger, fortunately, the fairy Yunzhi (Lai Yumeng) guided to take refuge in the Turtle Island.
In the face of the wind, the torrential rain, the monstrous waves, and the angry sea, all living beings are fish on the board, and they may be swallowed up at any time.
However, the sacred turtle island in the center of the waves is lined with trees, the moon stars are rare, and the dances of fairies such as Qi Meng are even more enchanting and feminine, which makes the human beings who land on the island want to stop.
With the storm on one side and the gentle township on the other, Wang Mian, like Ning Caichen, who stayed overnight at Lan Ruo Temple, chose the latter, but the seemingly wise choice put them in greater danger.
In "Ghost of a Woman", Xiao Qian and her sisters need to seduce men, make them lose their attitude, and then grab their souls and dedicate them to the grandmother who controls everything behind the scenes.
In "Turtle Island", Yunzhi and Qimeng are also the same.
The storm on the sea is raging, yunzhi helps Wang Zhen and his party get out of trouble, it seems to be rescue, but the actual purpose is to lead them into the trap set by the island owner; Qi Meng and other fairies dance, seemingly to please the guests from afar, but in fact let them lose their attitude and wait for the opportunity to grab their souls.
In the face of absolute authority, Xiao Qian and Yunzhi could only obey, willing to become a pawn in the deception, and when the prey became Cai Chen and Wang Mian, their sealed good thoughts and love thoughts were stimulated, and they were out of control.
Fallen scribe, charming fox demon, demon love.
In terms of the story alone, the setting of "Turtle Island" is not new, and many scenes and plots also have strong traces of imitation, but it is gratifying that the director has maintained restraint, neither piling up classic movie routines, stewing them in a pot, nor doing anything out of the blue, arbitrarily rewriting the classic routines, and opposing the audience's cognition.
Wang Mian and Yunzhi's demon love has the shadow of Xiao Qian and Cai Chen, but it also has a unique taste exclusive to them, not a rough copy of the classic works.
In the storm, Yunzhi seems to fall from the sky and rescue Wang Mian, who is in danger; at the end of the film, Yunzhi sacrifices her life to help Wang Mian get out of trouble.
In the face of Yunzhi's affection, Wang Mian also staged a good drama of hero saving beauty, using his own strength to resist the island owner who controlled everything, and rescued the elves and turtles trapped on the island.
The affectionate dialogue between Wang Mian and Yunzhi is even sweeter to the point of foul play.
When the crew continued to disappear and die on The Turtle Island, and all kinds of evidence pointed to Yunzhi, Wang Mian chose to believe his lover unconditionally, saying: "You say I believe it."
Yunzhi replied, "I won't lie to you."
Lang has feelings, concubines are intentional, even if it is greasy, old-fashioned lines, after their reinterpretation, it has become the best interpretation of the affection between the male and female protagonists.
There is inheritance, there is innovation.
"Turtle Island" continues the setting of the classic romance film, and the special effects screen uses advanced visual effects technology to bring the turtles and legendary elves in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" to the screen.
At the beginning of the movie, Wang Mian and the male second Hao have money to swim on the sea by boat, the mood is quite good, in an instant, the sky is densely clouded, followed by rapid wind and rain, monstrous waves.
Under the limited budget of online movies, it is not easy for directors to completely and naturally present a momentary change to the audience.
From the blunt word "God Turtle" in the title of the film, to the huge "God Turtle" image in the promotional poster, the giant God Turtle is undoubtedly the biggest selling point of the film, and it is also the part that the audience is most looking forward to.
For the first time, the turtle showed its huge figure, and also took away the dragon set A, B and C of the beach strolling by the way; near the cruise ship, the turtle vs. Wang Mian and Yunzhi, so that the audience saw the broad shell and rough skin, felt its powerful destructive power; at the end of the decisive battle, the turtle merged with the island owner, and the destructive power was doubled, like a one-to-one reproduction of the online game.
It is commendable that the relative ratio of the turtle to the human in the film has remained unchanged, and it has not been like the same theme network movie, the monster is suddenly big and small, fat and thin.
Finally, praise Lai Yumeng and Wang Zhuocheng.
Just by looking at the names, the audience may not be able to recall the looks of the two actors, but if you mention the roles they played: Su Mu Orange of "Full-time Master" and Jiang Cheng of "Chen Qingling".
Most people will exclaim: it was her (him).
In the film, Lai Yumeng took advantage of the innate conditions to show Yunzhi's cold immortal qi to the fullest, and when he looked at the male protagonist, he had a love pulse, making it difficult not to think of Wang Zuxian's version of Nie Xiaoqian.
Compared with Lai Yumeng, Wang Mian, played by Wang Zhuocheng, is slightly wooden and dull, and rarely shows delicate moments, but several soul dialogues between Wang Zhen and Hao Youqian are full of jokes and collide with an inexplicable sense of CP.
It has become the laughing point of the whole film.
On November 26, "Turtle Island" was launched on Tencent Video and was exclusively broadcast.
As of December 8, the cumulative number of on-demand broadcasts of the film has approached 28 million times, leading the online film works in the same period, and the topic popularity is also high.
By the standards of "Ghost of a Woman", the film is at best a decent study, and there are many unreasonable plots, but in the current film market, especially in online movies, such a study with both feelings and innovation is already a rare work.
"Turtle Island", recommended to see.
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Edit: Wei Zhentian