Chapter 441 Metalanguage and Its Extended Representation
The main battleground for netizens is actually those movie reviews.
Not long after the first scene of the premiere ended, some film critics who wanted to seize the opportunity quickly posted reviews.
Film critics are still professional and generally give relatively high ratings.
However, there are some exceptions, such as a film critic called "February Birds" who directly gave a one-star negative review.
"I'm so disappointed. I thought that the quality of the directing by Wen Jinjiang would be guaranteed, but I didn't expect that the movie collapsed after just a few minutes of watching it. It's obviously a big IP, but it's not as good as "The Riverside Man" that was released some time ago. It is said that this time
The screenwriter is Zhang Zhong, the original author. It must be said that those who can write a good novel may not be able to write a good script. The plot of this drama is confusing and has no beginning or end. Especially the ending is so mysterious that it makes the audience confused.
Guess for yourself.”
Because he was the first film critic to give a one-star negative review on Hongdou, he received a lot of attention.
[Although I didn’t understand the ending, I don’t think it’s too much to give it one star. At least the previous plot is very interesting, and the graphics and soundtrack are very good. For these two points, it’s not too much to give it three stars.]
February Birdstalk: Are you going to watch a movie or a music video? The story is not well told, and the graphics and soundtrack are just too confusing.
【Yes, yes, I didn’t understand the ending.】
February Birdstalk: Yes, the ending is too problematic.
[I didn’t understand the ending, but I think there is an explanation. Could the director still fool the audience? 】
Birdsong in February: Yes, yes, the great director’s farts taste good.
[I think there is nothing wrong with the screenwriting and the rhythm is pretty good.]
February Niaoyu: Are you a fan of Zhang Zhong? I have read the original work of this book, and the story written by the screenwriter is simply incomparable with the original work. He simply does not have the ability to write a screenplay. Is it difficult to admit this?
[Ah, it’s so bad. I still want to go see it, but luckily I didn’t buy a ticket.]
Birdsong in February: A rubbish movie. Unfortunately, movie tickets cannot be refunded.
[Really not as good as "Riverside Man?"
Birdsong in February: It's completely incomparable, whether it's the graphics, the soundtrack, the rhythm of the story, or the core, it's all very different.
The people who read this review at this time were all passers-by, or fans of Wen Jinjiang who had just watched the movie. Although they felt that February Birdsong was too much, they did have some doubts about the ending, so it was difficult to refute.
But soon there were some more “professionals” under this comment.
Little Goldfish: [Have you really read the original work?]
February Birdsong: Are you questioning me?
Little Goldfish: Don’t dare, I just can’t figure it out. Since you have read the original work, why don’t you know what a “trawler owner” is? I suggest you open WeChat, search for these words, and then look at your
Comment.
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As time goes by, more and more people know about the story of the trawler owner, and more and more people understand the ending of the movie. Because of this, some passersby became interested in the original work and expressed that they would buy a copy of the original work.
have a look.
However, the film critic February Niaoyu is still tough-talking.
"Does the director require everyone to read the original work? If you don't read the original work, you won't be able to understand the movie. Is this movie just for book fans?"
[You idiot, you are still talking harshly. Didn’t you say that you have read the original work? Why did you suffer from indirect amnesia? 】
[I have not read the original work, but after knowing the plot of the trawler owner, I found it quite interesting.]
[I also think it’s quite interesting. Suddenly I feel like the movie has invaded reality, and this account was created before. 】
[In fact, the original work used this trick when it was serialized.]
[I think this trick is pretty cool. It directly connects the movie with reality, making it feel as if the story really happened in reality.]
…
After Zhang Zhong woke up the next morning, Chen Qing told him about the online debate about the ending of the movie.
Zhang Zhong is not surprised at all. Wen Jinjiang chose such an ending form, which will definitely lead to the current situation. In fact, Wen Jinjiang made a risky move. If the audience falls for him, this ending will naturally happen.
It adds color to the movie and also highlights the difference of the movie, after all, no one has done this before.
But if the audience doesn't accept this, the ending of the movie will be criticized.
Now some voices on the Internet say that Wen Jinjiang is too arrogant and does not take the audience into consideration.
Although this was the comment of a small group of people, Zhang Zhong was not sure whether it would get out of hand, so he decided to help Wen Jinjiang.
Just at noon, Zhang Zhong’s Weiyu also posted an update.
It is a long post, with a total of more than 5,000 words.
“On metanarratives and expanded representations of metanarratives.”
Metanarrative is a text form and a writing method. Generally speaking, novelists will try their best to cover up the fictional traces of the story and try to make readers feel that the story is true. To put it bluntly, it is a sense of substitution.
But meta-narrative works in the opposite direction. The author will expose traces of fiction in the work, letting readers know that the author is making up the story.
Generally speaking, if you want to do this, you have to choose to add a bit of reality. For example, in the second part of "Don Quixote", the author arranged for Don Quixote to visit the printing factory and found a pirated copy of "Don Quixote".
Virtue". Another example is in "Sophie's World", Sophie found a copy of "Sophie's World" on the bookshelf.
This time, the ending of the movie "Ten Little Indian Boys" obviously also added a realistic element, which is the account of the trawler owner, but the effect was completely different. Not only did the audience not deepen their "movie is
This idea of "fake" actually creates the illusion that "the movie is reality" because the ending of the movie is connected to reality.
This is the "meta-narrative and the expanded expression of meta-narrative" that Zhang Zhong discusses in this long update.
As soon as this post came out, netizens fell in love with it.
[wdm, is this a literati? Why didn’t I understand a word he said? 】
[Ahem, even though I didn’t understand it, I still feel it’s awesome.]
[I understand that I understand it, but the meta-narrative is still a bit vague.]
[Did the director use such a sophisticated narrative technique?]
[I originally thought this ending was wonderful. It seems I still have artistic talent.]
【A boss is still a boss.】
[Use movies to popularize literary theory, I’m going to kneel down.]
【Looking at it this way, that is indeed what happened.】
[A student majoring in literature expressed that in one word, he is convinced.]
[Our teacher just talked about metalinguistic narrative. Unexpectedly, Teacher Zhang gave me another lesson, and I felt I understood it. ]
[I suggest you read Teacher Zhang’s open class "Talk about Literature". After reading it, you will come back and thank me. 】