The story begins with a story called. Charlotte. About the middle-aged man.
Charlotte, who accomplished nothing, was dissatisfied with the reality and was parasitized by his wife Ma Dongmei, was laughed at and became angry when she attended the wedding of her former secret crush Qiu Ya. Just as the scene was in chaos, his wife Ma Dongmei arrived. To avoid being chased by Ma Dongmei, Charlotte fled to the bathroom for refuge. He fell asleep on the toilet, woke up inexplicably and went back to high school.
What would you do if you were given a second chance?
Faced with a fresh start, Charlotte made a completely different choice. By remembering songs, he became the godfather of a generation of music, married a white man, drove a luxury car, lived in a mansion and held a yacht party. Since then, he has reached the peak of his life. Unfortunately, his wife Qiu Ya cheated her and she was diagnosed with AIDS. At that time, she was alienated from her relatives. Suddenly, only Ma Dongmei still loves him as always.
Goodbye Mr. Loser is the first low-budget film of Mahua FunAge Group. There are many details and truths hidden under the smile. At first glance, it was full of smiles and tears. In fact, the director just whitewashes the life world into a comedy in a bizarre way. Only by peeling off the coat of comedy can we really see the real core that makes people laugh and cry.
It's a pity if you just laugh at this movie as a joke. Next, I will take you to explain why this film can become a dark horse in the highly competitive National Day file from three aspects: the road to counterattack, the characters, the artistic characteristics and the practical significance, and gain a good reputation.
0 1, the road to counterattack: never favored by the cinema, far less than 30% of the number of films, to the final box office144438+0 million, is the embodiment of quality, but also the accumulation of word of mouth.
Five years ago, during the National Day holiday, Twist FunAge, who first tried the water film market, met Xuzh Yong, which was being staged at the commercial box office, and the low-budget comedy Goodbye Mr. Loser bumped into the series of Hong Kong Embarrassment. Since ancient times? Meet the brave in the narrow road, win? But for profit-seeking cinemas, ensuring the attendance rate and income of cinemas is the first. Whoever has a good box office record will get more films. This is the basic logic of their default film arrangement.
At that time, the cinema group didn't think highly of Mr. Goodbye Loser by Mahua FunAge, giving 70% of the studio to Dragonair and the Nine-story Demon Tower, while Mr. Goodbye Loser could only share the remaining three rows with several films such as Mr. Save Me. There is not enough time to arrange films, which means that the box office will not be rushed on the day of release. There was no filming at that time? Charlotte. It's really annoying
But no one expected that there was a great contrast between the good reputation of the audience and the low rate of film arrangement. Netizen? Does Obama run fast? This means:
Goodbye, Mr. Loser is better than a thousand pancake men.
The audience's good reputation has become the key to the film's counterattack. Finally, on June 4th, 10, "Goodbye Mr. Loser" countered "Hong" and became the biggest dark horse in the National Day of 20 15. In the end, Douban scored 7.6, and the box office 14.4 1 100 million. Only 5.7 points of "Hong Kong" were completely abused.
Although a good beginning is half the battle, it is not an absolute factor, and quality clearance is the last word. I remember when Shen Teng was promoting the talk show Venus Show, he sincerely said:
If everyone thinks the movie is not good when they enter the cinema, then you should stop paying for any works of Shenteng in the future. This is my punishment. ?
At that time, I thought it was just a joke made by Shen Teng to exaggerate the atmosphere of the program, but I didn't expect what he said was really true. Where does the confidence of twist FunAge come from? Of course, it is their efforts in all aspects of early shooting. This situation of turning defeat into victory is the counterattack of Goodbye Mr. Loser and Twist FunAge, and what supports their counterattack is good quality and good reputation.
02. Character image: the unified ugly face is the weakness of human nature under the setting of various roles, while the differentiated ugliness is the only bright spot to set off human nature.
The role is a symbolic figure, referring to all beings. The movie is like a mirror that can reflect the true face, and the characters are like ordinary people in real life who reflect themselves through the mirror. Although there are many kinds of roles, there is always one that can make you sit in the right place, and what they expose may be the side you dare not admit and face, or the side that fits you perfectly.
Different characters have the same ugly face, which is the most real weakness of human nature.
Charlotte who eats soft rice; Selfish Qiu Ya; The hypocritical Yuan Hua; Charlotte is a typical person at the bottom of society. The disappointments in life have brought him endless dreams. If you don't know how to work hard, you will only feel sorry for yourself. With his wife, Ma Dongmei, you become a parasite with no responsibility for marriage and no pursuit for yourself.
The godfather said the outlook on life: the first step is to realize self-worth, the second step is to take care of your family, the third step is to help kind people as much as possible, the fourth step is to speak for the ethnic group, and the fifth step is to win glory for the country.
It is not easy for ordinary people to do the first two steps well, but Charlotte didn't do any of them. He doesn't know how to love others. He turned a blind eye and turned a deaf ear to the real silent efforts of others, and always pursued unrealistic emptiness. Only after going through the gate of hell and the cold of the world did I finally find the true meaning of life in front of a bowl of fennel noodles.
From the outside, Qiu Ya is the dream lover of most people. She has a beautiful appearance, elegant temperament, gentle manners and good family education, which has won the hearts of many mindless young people. However, she is beyond the golden jade, and she is defeated. She is neither kind nor virtuous, and even has no basic loyalty to marriage. Love is just a lie that she pursues high material borrowing.
Yuan Hua is a typical darling in movies. He is an excellent student cadre, a three-good student, the son of the district chief, and he is a person with a halo. But what about such people? Miyoshi students? Out of school, and rogue gaudy. He dared not say anything about Charlotte's harassment. Ma Dongmei, a classmate who was brought into the grove by hooligans, chose Leng Yan to watch.
Charlotte, Qiu Ya and Yuan Hua have teachers who accept gifts, and classmates who despise and laugh at each other. These characters in the play are an important part of this film. Through their ugly humanity, we see the truest side of human weakness. In fact, real life is like this, all aspects are full of ugliness, and comedy only magnifies this part.
② numerous? Ugly? Characters exist only to highlight the scarcity and beauty of human nature.
I would rather laugh in an electric car than cry in a BMW. This is Ma Dongmei! Apart from her bad temper, she is especially suitable for living at home. She is kind and willing to pay for Charlotte. Unfortunately, she doesn't love a man who wants to stay at home.
Ma Dongmei is a very human character in this film. From the first line, to pursuing Charlotte without fear of rumors, and then quietly leaving, Ma Dongmei has been doing himself, following his heart, saying what everyone wants to say but dare not say, doing what everyone wants to do but dare not do, without affectation or falsehood.
It can be said that the brilliance of human nature in her body is the most scarce part of many ugly human nature embodied in other characters. The film has such dazzling human highlights that the audience can see that the world in the film is not gloomy. Her appearance is the only color, the only light and the only real person in the film.
03. Artistic features: Through the close contact between drama and film, the spark of collision between business and art is sparked.
This is a film based on a stage play of the same name. Mahua FunAge Group ingeniously grafted the characteristics of stage play into the film art, carefully crafted the script details, and achieved a win-win situation between business and art. A large number of language stalks with dense punchlines were used, which made the film give full play to the most basic comedy elements, that is, to complete the comedy art through language.
These experiences are full of fantasy and humor, from the embarrassment of colliding with the master of ceremonies when I first debuted, to the surprise when/kloc-0 returned in 1997, and then to the scenery of becoming famous in the music world. If you label this movie, is it youth, nostalgia, love and travel? No, comedy is its biggest label and the soul that supports the play. What is comedy? In the words of Lu Xun:
But only on stage. Tragedy destroys the valuable things in life for people to see, and comedy tears up the worthless things for people to see. ?
Because the film is supported by the IP of the stage play with the same name, the whole film is basically adapted around the creative ideas of the typical drama stage, and the stage structure framed on three sides is transformed into the audio-visual language of the film. The most prominent thing is to polish the dialogue of the film and make good use of the language stalk. Every character in the film has a long conversation. You talk to me and hide all kinds of jokes. For example:
Qiu Ya is a famous beauty in our school; And I am more famous. I am a famous joke in the whole school. You go to dinner alone, and all your classmates are wearing chicken feathers. Charlotte is a poor child. Charlotte was unknown when her father was born. My father's name is Ma Dong. My father died when I was born, so my name is Ma Dongmei. Drama is a performance that is constantly repeated and honed. Every successful comedy is constantly improved after hundreds of drills. Compared with the rough script of the film, comedy adapted from drama will polish the dialogue of the film more exquisitely, with more paragraphs and more solid lines, often one after another. The official media once commented on the artistic features of this film:
If we honestly return to the work itself, we can shoot every shot in the film, cherish every paragraph in the novel and scrutinize every line in the drama. Perhaps literary works can go through all kinds of impetuosity and find their original self like Charlotte in the movie.
It is precisely because when making this film, Twist FunAge asked for the lines of the film according to the polishing of the lines in the play that he really abandoned impetuousness. They calm down, return to the most primitive and important language carrier of comedy, and create a sense of humor and irony in comedy with a large number of dense, rich and interesting language stalks, thus enhancing the comedy effect without appearing empty and embarrassed.
Practical significance: I have the following two thoughts and inspirations from Charlotte's experience of being dissatisfied with reality and living a new life.
Many people say that this is a very old-fashioned dream, and there is nothing new, but in my opinion, movies have the magic to change life, and every review can bring me the most sincere touch. Because the practical significance behind the simple story is the real valuable part of the film, which makes me think about the practical significance of the film after laughing.
Life is a process of constant choice, and there is no right or wrong choice.
If I had made that choice, would it be different now? . Almost everyone who is dissatisfied with reality will have such an imaginary idea. But when you really go back to the fork in the road you chose at the beginning, can you still get what you want after you choose again? The fact is often that when you choose your unforgettable first lover, you may miss the person who is sleeping with you through thick and thin.
Charlotte in the film unexpectedly had such an opportunity to re-select, but what did he finally gain? Is Qiu Ya's infidelity, is a traitor, is lying in a hospital bed in despair, it is better to live as a parasite in front of Ma Dongmei, at least Ma Dongmei is sincere to him from beginning to end.
In reality, there are too many people like Charlotte. They are tired of their own lives, pushed away by the cruel reality, and live like parasites or walking dead. They are either complaining or wasting their time in regret every day. In my opinion, even if they do it again, they still can't get rid of the predicament.
In fact, life is a process of constant choice. When you choose one path, you must give up the other. You can never have your cake and eat it. There is no right or wrong choice. Happiness and misfortune depend on each other, and right and wrong go hand in hand. If you don't regret it, only strive to achieve your goal, which is the only correct way.
(2) Be a contented person and learn to cherish the present.
Charlotte is unhappy in reality and dreams. The most important reason is that she doesn't know how to be satisfied. Ma Dongmei is hardworking, kind and loyal, but he is still not satisfied with his single-minded and unrequited wife. Charlotte always thinks she is unrealistic? Bai Yueguang? Qiu Ya didn't understand Ma Dongmei's kindness until she tasted betrayal by Qiu Ya in her dream. She is the person she cherishes most.
On the contrary, Ma Dongmei faces unrealistic and unrealistic wishful thinking every day, dislikes her, does not assume the responsibility of marriage, and only relies on her? Sucking blood? Dear Charlotte, she has never been dissatisfied with anything and never complained about how she chose such a person as her husband. Because of love, as long as Charlotte is around, she is satisfied.
Those who are satisfied are poor and cheap, and they are happy; If you are not satisfied, you will have money and worry. Limbu
Many married couples met when they were young, stayed together when they were poor, but forgot their initial heart. It doesn't take time. In fact, it is not that life becomes boring, but that they lose themselves and turn a blind eye to the beauty they have. Only when they are hit by external forces and have experienced heartbreaking pain can they understand the importance of those people and things? It is better to pity the people in front of you than to miss the mountains and rivers. The truth.
People who know how to be content, whether poor or rich, are more likely to reap happiness; People who know how to be content are more likely to break through no matter what difficulties they encounter. God is fair. When one door closes for you, another window will open for you. At this moment, as long as you live up to your youth, live up to yourself and cherish the people in front of you, you will certainly reap a better life.
Write at the end:
The film Goodbye, Mr. Loser shows a rare and precious human brilliance through humorous film dialogue and ugly human weakness. With simple, through? Conan's dream? To map the practical significance of the film, inspire the audience to think about the connotation of the story, and learn to alert themselves.
This is a movie with no big stars, no big production and no big marketing? Three no? However, in the fierce competition of "deus ex" National Day file, the box office opened lower and the word-of-mouth climbed all the way, completing a beautiful counterattack. What is this? It depends on the high quality of movies and good reputation.