They are all old people who came out of "Love Laughing Conference Room", and compared with Qiao Shan, Pan Binlong, Cui Zhijia and Xiu Rui, Zhang Zidong's luck is not so good.
The comedian, known for his exaggerated performances and bizarre expressions, has neither appeared on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala (the 2011 CCTV Online Spring Festival Gala) and rarely appears in commercial films with good box office (in "Decisive Battle brake horse town" and "Please call me a hero").
Over the years, in addition to "Love Laughing Room", only the representative of Happy Twist participated in the third season of "Happy Comedians".
In 2017, the status of Happy Twist in the comedy industry is still in the sky, and Zhang Zidong, who has accumulated on the drama stage for so many years, finally has a chance to explode.
Unlike Huang Cailun, a talent who can do anything, Zhang Zidong has always been attentive to acting, especially in comedy, especially his unusual performance style, which is easy to be remembered by the audience.
Xu is inspired by Qiao Shan and Ma Li's "Mobile Phone Crazy", Xu is to see Da Pan and Cui Zhijia frequently appear in various film and television dramas, Zhang Zidong seems to feel that the time is ripe, it is time to show their skills.
Gathered Yu Yang, Huang Cailun, Jiu Kong, Wang Jinsong, Lin Xue, Yu Haolei, Yu Shasha, Bai Yu, there are Da Pan, Bao Bell, Zhang Mei'e ("Journey to the West Voldemort" spoof four beauties) cameo, the performance lineup can not be described as bad, OK.
Happy twist housekeeper's "identity dislocation" comedy, Zhang Zidong's profound interpretation of small people and iconic exaggerated performances, as well as Thailand's exotic style, Jiang Haibo, who has created "Charlotte Troubles", "Billion Cowards" should be a dark horse comedy film with dense laughter and unique style.
Before watching "Billion Cowards", it will make people think of several movies, one is Dapeng and Liu Yan's "The Big Winner", the drama comedy in a single indoor scene and the protagonist's distinctive personality have certain reference significance, and the second is the black humor Hong Kong film "Lao Kasa", the multi-way soldiers and horses in a single scene in the in-and-out, collision, in the dramatic creation is remarkable.
Unexpectedly, "Billion Cowards" almost succeeded in bypassing all the correct answers. Not successfully squeezed into the theater but played on the video platform, it seems to doom the fate of this film.
Named Wang Yiwan by his father, he has been carrying the huge expectation of getting rich since birth, but when he grows up, he has achieved nothing and is a mess.
Qingmei Zhuma's ex-girlfriend sent a wedding invitation in Thailand, which made Wang Yiwan suddenly have motivation.
He had just arrived in Thailand, but in an empty bank that was about to be relocated, he encountered underworld veterans, robber groups, sunglasses killers, bag security guards, negotiation experts, green beggars, coffin shop owners, kind blind women, firefighters, and his own green plum bamboo horses.
A group of people meet together, because of constant misunderstandings, colliding with a series of strange stories.
In short, this is not a bad film in the ordinary sense, but a well-crafted bad film.
Comedy is actually quite difficult to shoot badly, such a gorgeous, exquisite fiasco, it is really unexpected, but it is also a reasonable thing.
It is reasonable to say that this kind of dense interaction between characters in a single scene can easily and continuously create dense laughter points.
In "Billion Cowards", the laughter point can not be described as dense, the problem is that the overly pompous atmosphere and the rapid and slow rhythm make these bursting points almost all become squibs.
After polishing the script for three years, a group of powerful actors were concentrated, and there was almost no flaw in the story synopsis and performance link, and it was unexpected that in exchange for not surprising humor and joy, but the audience's confused face, as well as the unbelievable and unable to keep up.
Almost completely in accordance with the performance style, rhythm control and laughter arrangement of the stage play, is the biggest problem of this "Billion Cowards", and the audience's sense of violation also comes from this.
You know, the biggest feature of stage drama is the continuity of performance, that is, from the moment the actor appears on the stage, he or she will immediately enter the performance state, continuous performance and interaction.
On the stage, because the actors are always performing, the actors' lines, body movements and interaction with other actors can make the audience clearly understand the whole process of character relationships, background preparation and plot evolution, which shows that fast and dense baggage requires the audience's sense of presence.
If you want to make this kind of echoing and relatively dense laugh point design in "Billion Cowards" get a relatively full brewing and concentrated explosion, it is necessary to continue to guide the audience's attention.
In film and television dramas, the presentation method of storyboard shooting and the relatively harsh post-editing are difficult to bring the audience that kind of continuous performance, losing the baggage of echoing before and after, and becoming less fun.
The second problem with "Billion Cowards" is the excessive homage to classic movies.
In nonsense comedies, the reinterpretation of the classic bridge section of the classic film can often play a miraculous effect, and the use of the spoof classic bridge section can not only arouse the audience's good memories and feelings, but also invisibly enhance the overall perception of the film.
The key is that the spoof section is closely related to the plot of the film, giving people an unexpected and reasonable sense of surprise.
"Billion Cowards" almost entirely takes classic films such as "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" and "Journey to the West", which is not so clever.
For example, the assassination of Jean Reynolds in "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" is almost copied in the film, and the sunglasses on his head and the flowerpot in his arms are brought together.
Just when the audience is expecting with relish, whether this capable killer can turn the tide, he encounters the result of defeating the teacher with a fist, and then, the killer's role is almost insignificant.
This is typical of being funny for the sake of being funny, making jokes for the sake of making jokes.
Such situations abound in the film, and it is hard to believe that this is a script that has been polished for three years and changed its manuscript.
Except for the long shot at the end of the film that wears most of the characters who appear, this film is almost difficult to leave too much impression on the audience, and the fiasco of "Billions of Cowards" is an isolated phenomenon, but it highlights the eagerness and creative exhaustion of many comedians, which is a dangerous signal for domestic comedy films.