"in order to win, I want to fight!" Subtext from the movie "Hot and Hot".
In 2021, before the large-scale painting of "Hello, Li Huanying", Jia Ling said proudly: "if the box office breaks 3 billion, I will lose weight into a bolt of lightning."
What you say is like spilt water. How can you play with your promise before you make a promise?
So, while Jia Ling lost weight, she made a film called "Hot and Hot". The reason why she can do this is because she is a well-known comedian in China, and her fat has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
So, what is the quality of the film Jia Ling shot on the way? What is the degree of completion? Can the box office copy the myth of "Hello, Li Huanying"?
With these questions, Brother Kang went into the cinema and experienced it for himself. When I walked out of the cinema, I gave Jia Ling a thumbs up again. One word: yes!
First, the box office.
On the first day of the Lunar New year in 2024, the Spring Festival officially kicked off, and the market hit 1.365 billion on the first day of the Lunar New year, slightly higher than the box office of 1.357 billion on the first day of the Spring Festival in 2023.
The top three are "Flying Life 2", "Hot and Hot" and "Bear infestation reverses time and space".
This Spring Festival has ushered in the opening of eight new films, with great disparity on the ladder and fierce competition for the head, which can be roughly divided into four categories:
The first category is "cannon fodder" level. For example, the animated films "the canopy of the eight precepts" and "Huang Ji: the Cat of the God of Wealth" ranked seventh and ninth, respectively, with one getting 82000 and the other 730000.
Due to too few films, it is expected that after the three-day tour of the cinema, there will be few films left, which will be completely reduced to "cannon fodder" films in the schedule, losing the opportunity to compete with other films.
The second category is the struggling level at the bottom. Representative works include Mr. Red carpet by Ning Hao and Liu Dehua, and the new work by Han Yan and "Let's shake the Sun together" starring Peng Yuchang and Li Gengxi.
The box office of these two new films is less than 50 million, and the box office is expected to be only about 200 million. If there is no special announcement of a surprise victory, most of the films will remain the status quo, and it will be very difficult for the box office to break through.
The third category is the leisurely yearning, affection, joy and carefree level. They are the cartoon "Bear haunts to reverse time and Space" and Zhang Yimou's "Article 20", ranking third and fourth.
"reversing time and Space" is the tenth big film in "Bear haunts". After years of accumulation, Huaqiang Fangte has two very mature creative teams and is fully qualified for the release of a new film every year.
With the box office rising, one step a year, there is no doubt that the conservative estimate of 2 billion this year, "Bear haunt" has become a domestic animation big IP, they make the refinement to the extreme, the children look forward to it.
In recent years, Zhang Yimou has found the box office password and carefully selected scripts to ensure the quality of the film. "Article 20," starring Lei Jiayin, Ma Li and Zhao Liying, is about to explode again.
The production costs of these two films are quite low, and they both have the ability to hit more than 2 billion at the box office.
The fourth category is for the championship level.
"Flying Life 2," directed by Han Han and starring Shen Teng, scored 428 million on its first day of painting, narrowly beating "Hot" with a box office advantage of 7 million to win the first day of the Spring Festival.
Jia Ling's latest work "Hot Hot" premiered with 421 million yuan and won the runner-up.
The two films have been sold since the time of pre-sale, almost to the point of staggered filming, whether it is the first day of production or attendance, one side has never widened the gap.
The result of "Hot and Hot" is not easy. Cinema managers across the country lined up 130000 shows for the film, 45% higher than "Hello, Li Huanying" and was the top seeded player for the Spring Festival championship this year.
If this result is maintained, it can still be achieved at the box office of 4 billion, but if we want to surpass the myth of 5 billion at the box office of "Hello, Li Huanying", there is still a gap of 1.4 billion at the box office, only because the public praise of the same film this year is so good.
Second, film quality.
Oddly enough, most of the films associated with Boxing are easy to explode.
Hollywood has "Rocky Series" and "Quaid Series", the mainland has Alan Ma Li's "shy Iron fist", and last year Wang Baoqiang's "Octagonal Cage" and so on.
"Hot and Hot" also uses this theme. The story prototype is adapted from the Japanese high-score film "Love of One Hundred Yuan," which tells the story of a waste material who falls from the bottom of his life and then fights back to save himself.
Du Leying, played by Jia Ling, stayed at home after graduating from college, eating and sleeping every day, completely divorced from social communication.
In desperation, she can only run away from home and want to change her life with her own hands. At this time, she meets fitness instructor Hao Kun (Lei Jiayin). When she thinks her life is about to get back on track, she doesn't expect that her hot life has not officially begun.
Life for her, really bad, boyfriend and best friend (Qiao Shan and Li Xueqin played) stabbed her back, sister (Zhang Xiaofei played) to rob her house, part-time boss (Xu Juncong played) to her hands and feet, coach hidden her not to admit accounts, but also pay money, distant cousin (Yang Zi played) used her to appear for an interview.
The TV interview became the last straw that killed the camel. on that stormy night, du Leying was reborn. She was going to take part in a boxing match and change herself who was once useless.
The overall completion of "Hot and Hot" is quite high, very inspirational, the first impression is true and sincere, there are laughter and tears, and there are a lot of outstanding places, worthy of careful taste.
First, flashback.
In the first half of the film, there were a lot of blank scenes, which were finally made up by flashbacks, bringing reversal to the film, such as transferring the house to my sister, marrying my ex-boyfriend and best friend as a bridesmaid, promising my cousin to faint on the stage, and so on.
Jia Ling has this kind of very simple lens to tell the audience that this film is carefully made, just dozens of seconds of flashback, let the film sublimate a level, here's performance technique and "Hello, Li Huanying" the same way.
Second, the long shot of boxing.
In the second round of the boxing match, the shooting technique of a mirror was used to the end. Du Leying was beaten for about three minutes, regardless of these three minutes, how to schedule the attack and defense process, which is a great test of the director's skills.
Jia Ling held on. She completely recorded Du Leying's whole process from physical exhaustion to collapse on the stage. The audience called it true after watching it. The appeal was first-class.
Third, the soundtrack is very in place.
In the soundtrack, the film also reached an ultra-high standard, with Zhou Shen's "Little Beauty" at the beginning, Wang Su-Taki's "Tibetan Star" when falling in love with the coach, the eight-second countdown to the boxing ring, and Zhao Yingjun's "give you a Little Red Flower" and so on.
Several episodes are just right and play the role of the finishing touch.
The overall quality of "Hot and Hot" is quite good, and Douban has a high reputation of 7.9 points, which has laid a solid foundation for the film to achieve long-term sales.
Third, Jia Ling.
The biggest selling point of the film is Jia Ling, who said: "in order to protect the audience's viewing experience, she didn't show up before the film was released."
From the film to the release of the film, Jia Ling turned down the invitation of "ace to ace". No one knew about her current situation except her friends in the circle. after watching the film, I once wondered whether Jia Ling, who had lost weight in the film, was made by AI special effects.
It was not until the live interview with Jia Ling by the six princesses of CCTV on February 10 that I found that she really paid a lot for the film. To what extent?
In almost a year, she gained weight from 170 jin to 210 jin, and then successfully subtracted a Yang Zi from 210 jin.
Yang Zi weighs about 100 jin, which, in Lei Jiayin's words, is "a bag of cement".
Jia Ling was like this before.
It was like this before.
It's like this now.
Around the world, there are five people who can be called comedians, namely Chaplin, Baxter Keaton, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carrey and Zhou Xingchi.
Zhou Xingchi's comedy style is "Wulitou". In the 1990s, he created many classic works, such as "A Chinese Odyssey", "nine-grade sesame official", "truant dragon" and so on. His body language and lines made the audience laugh.
But since "Shaolin Football" and "Kung Fu", Zhou Xingchi has only starred in "Yangtze River No. 7". Since then, he has directed one film at intervals, and he has not starred in a comedy film in the past 16 years.
The subsequent "Mermaid", "Journey to the West" and "the King of the New Comedy" are also mixed praise, a little less than that, if Zhou Xingchi closed the mountain, who can take over the Chinese comedy?
In the Chinese film industry, apart from Zhou Xingchi, the filmmakers who can make achievements in comedy are Feng Xiaogang and Shen Teng.
First of all, Feng Xiaogang, the founder of the Chinese New year film, is going from bad to worse. New Year's Day's comedy "if you are the one 3" barely earns more than 100 million yuan at the box office, and he is now faced with the high box office of the leading film and the director's work hitting the streets.
It is not belittling to say that Feng Xiaogang can't keep up with the times. At present, he can no longer replicate the box office spectacle of "the World without thieves".
The second is the rising star Shen Teng. With the Spring Festival Gala popular happy twist actors Shen Teng, Ma Li, Allen and so on, they are familiar with the audience and gradually transferred to the big screen, the transformation is quite successful.
Almost all films starring Shen Teng can explode at the box office, which we call "content".
Then there are Huang Bo, Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang, but they have rarely worked together since the end of the "lost" series, and they are not ideal at the box office alone.
There are also comedians such as Zhao Benshan, Guo Da and Pan Changjiang, who are good at TV dramas, variety shows and crosstalk sketches, and are completely unable to eat on the big screen.
Now there are two more comedians, the man is Dapeng and the woman is Jia Ling. They are fully capable of taking over Zhou Xingchi.
Needless to say, Dapeng produced five new films last year, half of which grossed about 1 billion at the box office. "you can't stop at the Annual meeting" in the New year has already grossed 1.288 billion at the box office.
Jia Ling, who was born in a crosstalk sketch, previously made only one film, "Hello, Li Huanying," which grossed 5.4 billion yuan at the box office. A single film does not explain much. If it continues to produce high-quality works, it is another matter.
The current "Hot and Hot" is really hard, from the current box office trend, this film is very likely to win this year's Spring Festival champion film.
Now Jia Ling's second work can face Shen Teng's "Flying Life 2" head-on, and Jia Ling's identity is not only an actress, but also a director, which Shen Teng can never control.
It can be said that Dapeng and Jia Ling are fully capable of taking over Stephen Chow and become the "unique double arrogance" of the Chinese comedy industry.
Third, conclusion.
The central theme of "Hot and Hot" is to win for herself. how can she win this one-sided competition? The answer is given at the end of the movie, insisting on playing the whole game, or hitting a professional, which is a win for her.
To win for herself, the daughter asked her father if she had one big and one small apples, which one would her friend give if he wanted it? The father said to give it to the older one, and the daughter said to give both.
The father thought his daughter must be very popular, but the daughter said, they all think I don't like apples.
Father, what about now? The daughter replied, "it depends on the mood!"
It was well handled at the end of the movie.
When female host Jia Ling was invited by boxing coach Lei Jiayin.
"I don't like bullfrogs," she said. Another day, depending on the mood! "
The core of the original "Love for a hundred dollars" is love, while the core of "Hot and Hot" is inspirational life and yourself.
Now "Hot Hot" premiere box office raked in 421 million yuan, do not know Jia Ling mood?
