In 2010, there was a movie called "The Piano of Steel", which told the story of the protagonist who gathered the original laid-off workers to collectively build a piano in order to obtain the custody of his daughter in the context of the collective decline of the old industrial base in northeast China. It was a very magical movie, and the core of the magic was that a group of lost people were reborn, and the excitement was a piano that did not fit in with them. In such a comparison, people who understand the film do not hesitate to applaud.
The movie recommended to you today is still a similar story, and after eleven years, the environment of the story is naturally different. "Tough Guy Gun God" tells the same story, but the background of this story has been replaced by an element that everyone is more familiar with today, that is, e-sports. A man obsessed with e-sports, in order to get custody of his son, forced to start a career as a professional player, he has only one purpose, to defeat the professional team, get the prize money to buy a house and finally keep his son.
Same story, same core ideas, same applause, but it's a big net. We don't mean to laugh, but to give everyone a deeper understanding of this film, the film "Tough Guy Gun God" is not a perfect movie, but to some extent it can become the best, for the simple reason that it is serious and careful.
Is the story of Tough Guy Gun God simple? Under the same vein, there is a resonance of ordinary audiences. The protagonist, Xiao Han, is a game god and a down-and-out character. He has dreams, but reality is hard. The dilapidation of life did not make this character feel any discouragement, but on the contrary, he could continue his optimism. Of course, this is a manifestation of unprofessional work in the eyes of many people.
Because there is no fixed job, Xiao Han has been living a turbulent and displaced life, and the only hope in such a life is his son, although the son is naughty, he can get along with his father very well, of course, there are real problems in this harmony. Xiao Han's ex-wife returned, and the purpose of returning was very simple, that is, to get back the custody of her son. This is a habitual paragraph, and the factor that completes this paragraph is also popular with everyone, that is, Xiao Han used his game advantage to become an e-sports player and finally won the grand prize.
Here we can pay attention to how similar films deal with the core contradictions, and this film gives an example. Shawn is a game god, and his son faces the dilemma of leaving him. The only chance is to get a bonus through the game and eventually keep your son. The game has changed from a kind of entertainment to something that can determine a person's "life or death". Faced with this situation, Xiao Han had a hard time making a choice.
This way of dealing with the story is like the father in "The Piano of Steel" in order to keep his daughter, forced to build a "steel" piano in the way he is good at. Similarly, Xiao Di in "Yangtze River Seven" made the aliens sacrifice in order to save his father. This usual way of handling the story may seem cheesy, but as long as it is careful, it can resonate with the audience. Although the film is a small cost, it has achieved a certain point at this level of storytelling, and in the end, it has won the recognition of the audience. Tap water makes sense.
Combined with the existing elements, "The Piano of Steel" focuses on the decline of the old industrial base in northeast China, while this film focuses on the rise of the contemporary e-sports industry. These two seemingly different story backgrounds are actually telling the same story. The former is a look back on the road of decline. Even for a group of people with extraordinary skills, they still have no chance of facing the tide of the times. Even if they built a very beautiful and very magical piano, this piano did not have much to do with them, and in the end, they did not keep their daughter because of this piano.
In "Tough Guy Gun God", the protagonist seems to have obtained an opportunity, and finally seized this opportunity, and with this opportunity to defeat and win, in reality, the protagonist Xiao Han won the championship prize money, but also justified his own name, but also let his son's "father" in the composition come true. But did Xiao Han keep his son? An answer is given at the end, and the coveted school district house has increased in price at the same time that Xiao Han won the prize. It was a deep blow, and this blow made Xiao Han's previous brief aura suddenly fade. The honors and achievements he received were shattered in an instant, like a dream of Huang Liang.
Although this film takes the form of comedy to tell us the story of a small character counterattack, of course, in today's society, such a story is tempting. Thousands of Shawn fantasized that he could complete the counterattack in the way he was good at. It stunned those who had previously looked down on themselves, but the reality was very cruel. Even when the Shawns completed the counterattack, other factors would strike, making the counterattack funny. In the tide of the times, what is the use of counterattack? You've developed a good martial art, but your opponent has used nuclear weapons.
The core of comedy is tragedy, which is a form of comedy, and this form is played out to the fullest in this film. This is the element and attitude that a good film should have. After following the structure of "The Piano of Steel", although this film is routine, it can also get applause, which at least shows that there is still a way for domestic films. Excellent films emerge in an endless stream, and the reason for their success, without exception, is the creator's intentions.
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