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【Movie】
Although the "most crowded in history" May 1st film has come to an end, the long-tail effect of May 1st film is still helping the domestic film market to recover.
As of 16:00 on May 5th, the top five movies at the box office that day were: "Guardians of the Galaxy 3", "Unfamiliar Life", "The King of the Sky", "So Many Years" and "Slam Dunk". Among them, the second to fourth place at the box office on the 5th is exactly the ranking of the first, second and third places in May 1st this year.
→ May 1st stalls closed at 1.5 billion, the market is recovering, but there are also hidden worries
"Guardians of the Galaxy 3"
"Guardians of the Galaxy 3" poster
The most unique squad story in the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" (MCU), the "Guardians of the Galaxy" trilogy, comes to an end.
Goodbye, Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, Groot, Nebula, Mantis Girl, you are a ball of fire when you are gathered, and the sky is full of stars when you are scattered. Maybe the audience will see you in Marvel movies in the future, but the complete Guardians of the Galaxy in that trilogy is gone.
The author will remember you with a song - there is a group of partners more romantic than anything else.
→ "Guardians of the Galaxy 3": Having a group of partners is more romantic than anything else
"Unfamiliar Life"
Stills of "Unfamiliar Life"
"Unfamiliar Life" is a very typical commercial routine film: the rough and serious father-in-law of the big bad wolf meets the son-in-law who is as stupid and cute as a little white rabbit. Excessive force, making jokes all the way.
The harder the little son-in-law tries to please his father-in-law, the more outrageous the jokes he makes. It is true that the harder he works, the more tragic it is in the legend.
→ "Unfamiliar Life": A road movie full of laughs
"King of the Sky"
Stills of "The King of the Sky"
A hot-blooded blockbuster with the main theme, a domestic commercial production that does not lose to "Top Gun" in terms of air combat and flight visual effects, and a film that talks about the life and work, friendship and love, dedication and sacrifice of Chinese test pilots in the new era feature film
→ Interview｜Liu Xiaoshi, director of "The King of the Sky": The brave man behind the lonely man
"So Many Years"
Stills of "So Many Years"
For so many years, light-based youth romance films have almost become the "standard" of every light schedule, often seen in Valentine's Day, May Day, summer vacation, Lunar New Year and other schedules, from "Your Wedding" to "Love in Years" ", from "I Really Hate Long-distance Relationships" to "Ten Years of Gentleness as Words"...
However, the repeated routines of handsome men, beautiful women, bright youth filters and silly white sweet love brains will inevitably "lose to reality" when they grow up, really make people feel a little tired of domestic youth.
This year's May 1st "So Many Years" can be regarded as one of the few youth love movies with realistic expression that is above the standard of a complete commercial pipeline.
→ Interview｜Director Ji Zhuqing: "So Many Years" is not just a youth romance film
→ "So Many Years": Female growth and realistic expression in youth films
"Changsha Nightlife"
"Changsha Nightlife" poster
Aware of the difficulties faced by "Nightlife in Changsha", at 3 am on May 3, Zhang Hongsen, the former deputy director of the State Administration of Radio and Television, the former director of the Film Bureau, and now the party secretary, vice chairman, and secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Writers Association wrote nearly 2,000 Long text. He said, "The bleak screening of "Nightlife in Changsha" has brought to light the problem of film supply-side reform." It shows high-quality events in human life that should not be taken lightly. Now, the high-quality events he selected are left aside, Zhang Ji is speechless, and Shanshui is speechless."
→ "Nightlife in Changsha": Life in the City of Fireworks
【TV drama】
TV drama information
The women's road-themed web drama "Grandma's New World" starring Yan Ni, Deng Enxi, and Zhang Yao has officially announced that it will be exclusively broadcast on iQiyi's entire network from May 7.
The urban drama "Miss Sweet and Mr. Leng" starring Wang Ziwen and Jin Han is scheduled to be broadcast on Zhejiang Satellite TV and Youku on May 8.
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Jiulu Feixiang, the ancient costume drama "Heart" starring Hou Minghao and Zhou Ye will be broadcast exclusively on Youku on May 10.
The urban life drama "Little Days" started today and officially announced the full cast: Chen Xiao, Tong Yao, Sarina, Ying Er, Qiao Zhenyu, Yu Haoming, Du Haitao, Wang Yuanke, etc. starring, Tencent Video exclusively broadcasts the entire network.
The costume fantasy drama "Flame of Wu Geng Ji" was completed in Hengdian on May 3, starring Ren Jialun, Xing Fei, Zhu Xudan, Yan Yikuan and others.
"The Long Season"
"The Long Season" scored 9 points on Douban, all the way up to 9.5 points, setting the highest score for domestic TV dramas on Douban this year. It is currently down to 9.4 points.
"The Long Season" is a work of art, and it is also a piece of precious amber in the era, recording the pain and the most precious love and righteousness.
"The Long Season" breaks through the stereotyped impressions of the dark sky, vast snow field, desolate industrial base, bleak atmosphere, and cold that challenge the limits of the human body in previous Northeast crime stories. The story takes place in late autumn in the Northeast, and it always has a golden hue, just like a piece of crystal clear amber, polished smooth and delicate, without impurities or rough wrinkles.
The essence of "The Long Season" being able to "confess the gods" is that it tells a good story, and it tells a good story very well.
→ "The Long Season": This is a work of art, this is the amber of the times
"Ordinary Road"
"Ordinary Road" poster
Guo Qilin is simply the chosen hero Pan Yan, from personality to experience, he fits with Guo Qilin to varying degrees. It is easy for domestic lawyer dramas to be unreal. First, the characters are not realistic enough, and they always look very tall. "Ordinary Road" is well balanced in all aspects. There are not only high-end law firms, but also small law firms where the protagonists stay. Lawyer is such a down-to-earth lawyer. Three young lawyers, with different experiences and different personalities, face various cases with their professional knowledge, and at the same time use different methods to solve the problem of how the law firm finds clients. In the whole process, a story background board of a master in the industry betraying a small law firm was set up, which added another layer of story to the plot.
You can watch more than a dozen episodes in one go, and it’s not a loss if you get into the pit. The three young actors are also very good, each playing their own roles in suitable roles. It is an inspirational but not preachy drama.
"Legend of Yunxiang"
"Legend of Yunxiang" poster
Happy Enmity, Jianghu meet, "The Legend of Yunxiang" is a drama that requires some patience, not just a martial arts drama, in the Jianghu, it has added richer business wars and tactics, compared with the past through cheats The grown-up male protagonist, Yun Xiang, has made many strategies in the rivers and lakes, the plot has become more mature, and he has escaped the shackles of routines.
The Yuntai where the hero Yunxiang is located is separated from Qianmen. The root of the game is "gambling", and gambling is, after all, strategy. Through actions one by one, from gambling tables to business wars, strategies create success.
The heroine Shu Yanan is a son and daughter of the rivers and lakes, and follows the rules of the rivers and lakes. She is loyal and principled. She and Yun Xiang pull each other and complement each other, which also makes Yun Xiang's biography, which could have been a brainless drama, thicker.
Those who like martial arts can watch it, and those who like strategy can also watch it. In comparison, the love between the hero and heroine is slow and lukewarm, but it is better than nature and truth.
"Warm and Sweet"
"Warm and Sweet" poster
The first 8 episodes were full of question marks. Two independent, beautiful and successful women, one is a scumbag who makes people treat his girlfriend as a mistress when the divorce is not made public; When it comes to marriage... I don't know how low the screenwriter's emotional bottom line is.
Not only that, because a hospital suspected that the doctor was a mistress, the doctor was not allowed to operate on the patient, and it was useless even for the patient to argue—is this blocking the hospital as an entertainment industry...
There is also a pair of weird ones. In order to let her boyfriend have face in front of her mother, the girl added her boyfriend’s name to her pre-marital room; The house depends entirely on the man who has no brains to get married and was caught cheating within a few days (in reality, it is estimated that it is not so easy to leave).
I haven't felt the warmth and sweetness yet, and I'm just patronizing to sprinkle dog blood.
"Cracker Elite 2"
Poster of "Cracker Elite 2"
Domestic sitcoms have not been filmed for many years, but this year's "Come on Today" was well filmed, and "The Elite 2" has also started broadcasting. In general, regardless of the prejudice against director Wei Zheng, each episode has a story, and the filming is quite satisfactory. Li Jiahang himself started to become popular in "Love Apartment".
The protagonist group is very rich in terms of personality, but the author may not be adaptable to a certain kind of funny method. The characters in this protagonist group are not very outstanding and have a memory point. They can watch a few episodes, but they can't last for too long.
This kind of sitcom is more suitable as a supplementary drama for dinner. I really don’t have any favorite dramas, so I can watch it happily after opening any episode. According to Douban netizens, the fifth episode of the second season is very good.
Other recommendations:
Interview｜Actor Lu Yangyang: I really envy Si Qing
Could Cleopatra be black? Netflix's new drama controversy continues to ferment
【Variety】
"The Voice of God 4"
After the duel in the previous issue, Hu Yanbin and Liu Boxin successfully won the first recommended golden song, and will lead other music partners to start the first "team battle" in this issue. In this program, Hu Yanbin and Liu Boxin will each recruit five members to form a trio of singing partners.
The three songs sung by the team led by Hu Yanbin are all love songs. Jike Junyi and Yu Wenwen will bring "Take All You Want". The extremely difficult "Hu's triplet" makes them feel challenged.
Stills of "The Voice of God 4"
Zhang Bichen and Wang Sulong will cooperate to perform "Dear, That's Not Love". GAI Zhou Yan and Bo Yuan chose to sing "Where We Don't Meet in Life". The "Cantonese teacher" Joey Yung, who went out to make up lessons, hit it off with her partner Xilinnayi Gao when she was choosing her own songs, and decided to sing her own story with "To My Future Self". Liu Boxin and Wang Linkai will adapt a work "Love Like Fire" that has recently received a lot of listening on Internet music platforms.
Starting this season, the sound appreciation group did not add much drama, and listening to songs in peace is much more comfortable.
"Ride the Wind 2023"
"Ride the Wind 2023" starts from May 5, every Friday and Saturday at 12:00 noon, and the single broadcast and double broadcast will be launched alternately. The guest lineup includes Qu Ying, Sun Yue, Cai Shaofen, Jia Jingwen, Gong Linna, Choo Ja Hyun, Xie Na, Chen Jiahua, Zhu Zhu, Zhang Jiani, Liu Yiyun, Wu Qian, Wang Xiaomin, etc.
Zhifu changed clothes in a second on the stage, which can be regarded as one of the few highlights on the stage at the beginning of this season
On the first stage, Gong Linna brought a very traditional "Love Like Fire" to show the charm of Chinese rhythm; Cai Shaofen wore ancient costumes to reproduce classic film and television styles, showing classic beauty with every frown and smile; international guest Tang Bohu adapted the new version of "Three Lanes of Plum Blossoms", Innovate Chinese classic film and television songs; Choo Ja Hyun sings the theme song of Chinese hit drama again...
There are still a lot of exciting sisters in this season, such as Qu Ying, who is good at singing, Jia Jingwen, who is still frozen in age, and so on.
Who are you most looking forward to?
The third season of "Cute Detective Detective"
In addition to the return of Huang Zitao and Sun Honglei, the new season of "Cute Detective Detective Case" has newly joined Tranquility, Xie Na, Xu Zhisheng, Guli Nazha, Sun Qian and others. The flying guests of the first episode include Song Xiaobao, Feng Bing who played Lao Mo in the TV series "Hurricane", Sun Yan who played Tang Xiaohu, and Li Jian who played Li Xiang.
The content of the first issue of "Cute Detective Detective 3" combines "Hurricane" as the background for the development of the whole line. It is interspersed with games, reality shows and scene-based reasoning, and the results are reversed and reversed. There are jokes and warmth.
Sun Honglei also said that the third season of "Cute Detective Detective 3" has been upgraded a lot, and his passion was also ignited during the recording.
【cartoon】
Can the "Fourth Season" of "Ghost Slayer: Blade" get better?
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