On the second day of the Spring Festival, Zhang Yimou's blockbuster Article 20 grossed 300 million at the box office.
Although this result is still a little far away from Jia Ling and Shen Teng's film, I believe that Zhang Yimou's film will surely usher in a counterattack.
The reason is very simple, because these three major points of interest in this film determine that this film is by no means ordinary.
What are the three main points of interest that deserve such a boast? Please listen to me slowly!
The first big point: the theme is hot enough.
Although the label of Zhang Yimou's film "Article 20" is comedy, after watching this film, we will find that this film is not just a comedy.
In fact, this film should be classified as a realistic theme.
Because the three stories involved in this film are all about the same thing, that is, self-defense.
From campus bullying, to bus drivers saving lives, to killing village bullies.
These three things are all about Article 20 of the Criminal Law, that is, the provision on justifiable defense.
And Zhang Yimou is indeed a great director. How did he cut into this theme?
He uses all the things around us, all with things we are familiar with.
In the school bullying, in order to help the bullied, the boy was forced to do something.
And the bus driver, in order to save the harassed girl, was forced to move, and finally imprisoned for three years.
And the incident of accidentally killing the son of the village tyrant due to overdefense.
It can be said that these three things, each of which may be encountered in daily life.
And Zhang Yimou asked for a coincidence, that is, it was all presented in the way of family affection.
In particular, in the incident of killing the son of a village bully, the hearing impaired person played by Zhao Liying was used to reflect from the side the harm and pain that the so-called self-defense brought to a family.
Obviously did nothing wrong, obviously self-defense, why would a child lose a father, let a wife, lose a husband.
In the end, she was surrounded by village tyrants and even robbed of her daughter by village tyrants in the street.
Coupled with Zhao Liying's interpretation, she is desperate for her daughter.
It is really distressing to see, and it really makes people feel the greatness of their mother.
So in terms of genre, Zhang Yimou's film has already blown up. Among so many Spring Festival films, this film is the most unique.
The second most interesting point: the comedy of this film is also amazing.
Since this film dares to mark a comedy film, it dares to be released during the Spring Festival.
It must be comic.
And Zhang Yimou's eye is really accurate.
He found a comedian who could compete with Shen Teng and Jia Ling, and that was Ma Li.
In this film, it can be said that as long as there is Mary's appearance, there will be laughter and laughter.
For example, I am most impressed by these details.
One detail is that the mother played by Ma Li in the film knows that her son has hit someone at school and that it is the director's son.
She immediately took her husband to buy each other dinner and drink to make amends.
As soon as she was on the table, Mary made a toast and apologized.
And when the other party refused to forgive, the wine glass in her hand fell on the table and broke instantly.
After that, Mary, the mother, could not help but fight with the director directly.
That's interesting.
Obviously came to apologize, obviously came to quell anger, but in the end not only did not turn a big matter into a minor matter, but made things bigger and bigger.
Of course, this is only a funny moment of Mary. The funniest, funniest point of Mary is still such a shot.
That is, when she and her husband, played by Lei Jiayin in the film, went to visit Zhao Liying's mother and daughter, Zhao Liying and her daughter gave them a heart-to-heart comparison in order to thank them.
As soon as she saw each other's heart-to-heart, she immediately pulled her son and gave her heart to each other.
Ha, this shot, simply don't be too funny.
That's why Mary can do it.
It is precisely because of Mary's wonderful performance in the film that instantly slows down the pace of the film, and it is precisely because of Mary that this film can really be called a comedy film.
Of course, in addition to Mary, the actor Lei Jiayin also has an excellent comedy effect.
For example, when he saw his son being beaten, he asked how many people beat you.
The son told him: it was beaten by four people!
And what did Lei Jiayin's father say?
Did he say that four people beat you so lightly?
As soon as this is said, it really makes people wonder if this is the real father.
Of course, the details of Lei Jiayin and Mary getting along are also particularly funny.
No matter how tough Lei Jiayin is outside, when he gets home, when he goes back to his wife.
He is always lying on his wife's lap.
This kind of posture, this kind of life scene, really makes people laugh.
The third highlight: Zhang Yimou's thinking in this film!
Zhang Yimou deserves to be one of the top film masters in China.
Although this film is only a New year's film, but in this film, Zhang Yimou is still expounding his thinking and understanding of society.
And the three self-defense cases involved in this film seem to be fragmented, but in fact, they all return to the same point.
That is, "what will you do if your family gets hurt?"
Do you swallow your anger, or do you fight as hard as the people in the film?
Zhang Yimou's film uses a lot of space to tell that those who resist desperately not only pay the price themselves, but also their families and family members.
But the purpose of this movie is to make us admit and surrender when our loved ones are hurt.
No, the ultimate goal of Zhang Yimou's film still falls on that sentence, that is, "lawlessness cannot defeat the law."
At the end of the film, when Lei Jiayin plays the prosecutor, facing the camera, he takes out a note written by the little girl: "my father is a good man."
The emotion that this film wants to express, the thought that Zhang Yimou wants to convey in this film has already come out.
It is telling us that Article 20 of the Criminal Law is not only a law on paper, but also a strong support for good people in the face of infringement and harm.
The law is not a piece of paper. In addition to fairness and justice, the law also has its own temperature and kindness.
This is the meaning of this film, this is why Zhang Yimou wrote on the film that this film is suitable for the whole family to watch together.
Because the whole film is about affection, father and son, mother and daughter, and the most sincere feelings in the world.
Of course, at present, the box office performance of this film really lags behind.
But I believe that with more and more people watching this film, and the audience's evaluation is getting better and better, Zhang Yimou's film will definitely turn around in the later period, because this film does have its value and enlightening significance!
