Chapter 1,235 Mother-son version of 'The Gift from Room No. 7'
The matter of "Lu Binghua" has come to an end for the time being.
For Li Yi, this is just a very small movie.
Recently, remakes of Chinese-language movies have suddenly become popular on the big screen for some reason.
Many old movies have been remade, and what’s interesting is that many of the well-received movies from the past have been released. Although the remakes have been criticized by many people and their reputation is not very good, the box office performance is very impressive.
Following the trend is the same in any market, and the Chinese film market is no exception.
Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Li Yi, but unexpectedly, someone actually thought of remaking a movie he had made before.
And more than one film, more than one director, and more than one film company have this idea.
There is no way, according to the good Hong Kong media, in the past ten years, when it comes to Chinese-language movies, Li Yi's name cannot be ignored.
And his movies are often a guarantee of box office success, and they are still popular and popular. The most important thing is that many of Li Yi's movies are typical examples of small and big.
For those directors who want to remake old movies or companies who want to do such projects, these movies by Li Yi are undoubtedly the most suitable.
According to what they said, some things may become outdated, but tear-jerking films rarely become outdated.
Because even those short films and movies of Li Yi's past, it seems now, you still have to cry when you should cry.
Among them, the companies and directors on Hong Kong Island are the most willing. In fact, this is not surprising. When it comes to following the trend, Hong Kong Island movies can be said to be the most extreme.
Often when a movie becomes popular, I can whip up n movies for you in a short period of time, as if I won't give up until the subject is ruined.
This time, three companies in Hong Kong are interested in remaking Li Yi's previous films, including "The Story of Hachiko", "Mom Love Me Again", and "The Gift of Room No. 7"!
Li Yi refused without saying a word. Even though the price offered by the other party was not low, Li Yi knew the urinary nature of this group of people.
The fundamental reason is still that it’s fried rice.
He doesn't dislike remakes, but the key point is that the original intention of this group of people was not to make good movies at all. Otherwise, why did they choose these movies?
It can be said that a movie like "The Story of Hachiko" would be okay if it were remade abroad, but what is the point of remaking such a movie domestically?
Can you make a better version than the original?
The fundamental reason is that this movie has such a good reputation and is so famous that these people want to remake it, because for them, they don’t need to care about the criticism, as long as they remake it, they can
Basically, there will be no loss, especially if Li Yi continues to stand.
"Actually, if the remake doesn't work, can we make a sequel?" Mu Qing said quite emotionally.
"Sequel? Why did you suddenly think of this?" Li Yi asked suspiciously.
"Recently, there have been a lot of discussions about movie remakes on the Internet, and some people have also mentioned the movies you made. One of them is a very popular topic and has received support from many movie fans." Mu Qing said.
"What topic?" Li Yi became even more curious.
"'Gift from Room 7'!" Mu Qing said.
"What?" Li Yi became even more confused.
"There are several reasons. This movie can be said to be your first truly successful movie, right?" Mu Qing looked at Li Yi with a smile, a teasing look in her beautiful eyes.
Li Yi rolled his eyes. This can also be said to be the most ridiculed part of Li Yi by many fans. Many people directly said that "The Gift of Room No. 7" was the first movie made by Li Yi, but they all ignored Li Yi.
Yi's first movie can be called a sinkhole.
Of course, everyone who understands understands.
In fact, even Li Yi's debut film now has a high rating on the popular film review website.
From the earliest score, which was so low that Li Yi could find three bedrooms and two living rooms in embarrassment, it has risen to a score that is close to passing.
Of course, this is purely because of Li Yi's current status and fame. Therefore, what was originally a very ordinary plot and poor scenes often begins to be interpreted differently by many netizens.
"Many netizens said that "The Gift of Room No. 7" is a father-daughter version, so why not make a mother-son version?" Mu Qing looked at Li Yi and said.
Li Yi was stunned for a moment.
As his first successful work, "The Gift of Room No. 7" still has a high status among his fans.
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After all, Li Yi got out of control starting from this movie.
"Movie fans here, especially those from Hong Kong Island, are the most vocal about this. Take a look." Mu Qing said and handed the tablet to Li Yi for him to look at.
Li Yi looked at it with some curiosity.
Many netizens have left messages on the movie discussion page of "The Gift from Room No. 7".
"I miss "The Gift of Room No. 7" so much, not only because of the tears, not only because of the tear-jerking father-daughter relationship, but also because this is the first film directed by a dog (dog head, dog head!)"
"Remakes of movies are not interesting. Director Gou's movies rely on plot to win. Can a remake by a new director surpass the original? So, would it be more interesting to make a sister or brother movie?"
""The Gift of Room No. 7" is very suitable. It contains a father-daughter relationship, so it can perfectly correspond to a mother-son relationship!"
“The guy upstairs is on point, I recommend it for cracking the wall!”
"..."
If you think about it carefully, what these netizens say may not be unreasonable.
Compared with other movies, "The Gift of Room 7" has a mother-son version, which does seem quite appropriate.
Suddenly, a mother-son version of a film called "The Gift of Room No. 7" really appeared in Li Yi's mind.
I have to say that the stick in the previous life was indeed unique in its ability to induce tears and fan love.
Li Yi silently reviewed the movie. Although the stories of the two movies were not very similar, the stories took place in the same prison.
The difference is that the male protagonist in "The Gift from Room No. 7" is a man with an IQ problem, while the mother in the other movie is a normal person.
But there are many similar places, both inside and outside the prison.
But Li Yi quickly frowned, because the story in that movie took place in Bangzi, and the laws and regulations were very different from those in China.
For example, the issue of sentencing pregnant women.
The criminal law of Bangzi Country stipulates that after a female prisoner gives birth in prison, she can raise children in prison for 18 months. At the end of the period, the child must be sent out of prison for adoption by others.
However, in China and Hong Kong Island, pregnant women are usually not imprisoned immediately after being sentenced. Instead, they are served outside prison until the lactation period is over, and then imprisoned to serve their sentence.
This makes a big difference.
However, Li Yi quickly laughed and shook his head. He had not decided whether to make this movie yet, and it was useless to think about it now.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Li Yi shake his head with a smile, Mu Qing asked with confusion.
"I thought of a story, which is somewhat similar to "The Gift from Room No. 7", but it's a mother-son version." Li Yi said with a smile.
"Ah?" Even though she knew that her men had always had the habit of sudden bursts of inspiration, she was still surprised by the sudden inspiration.
"However, I haven't thought about some details clearly yet, and to some extent, this movie is indeed similar to "The Gift of Room No. 7"." Li Yi pondered for a moment and said.
"Of course, men and women, fathers and mothers, are completely different in terms of emotional expression, and men's prisons and women's prisons are also completely different!"
In fact, prison tear-jerking movies like this one all have similar characteristics.
Because these protagonists are all prisoners, it is a matter of course that if you commit a crime, you will be caught and sentenced.
But the key is to see what kind of crime they committed?
In "The Gift of Room 7", the male protagonist is first of all mentally retarded, and secondly, he was wrongly accused. Therefore, from this point of view, although he is serving his sentence in prison, he is not actually a real prisoner.
Similarly, in "The Gift of Room 7", the crimes committed by the prisoners in Room 7 are not heinous crimes.
In this way, the identity of the prisoner will not be preconceived by the audience, and people will not be immediately opposed to them.
"Harmony", yes, the mother-son version of the movie that Li Yi remembers as "The Gift of Room No. 7", this movie actually uses a similar method.
Those who have been sentenced for committing crimes are naturally prisoners, and they are all people who have made mistakes. But how can we prevent these prisoners from feeling that they deserve whatever happens to them? For example, the criminal in the original "Su Yuan" can be said to be,
No one who watched the movie didn't want him to die. No matter how miserable his life was in prison, no one would sympathize with him.
Therefore, prisoners are also divided into types.
Even at the beginning, many people placed their hope in prison inmates to impose secondary sanctions and punishment on such hateful scum.
But a prisoner is a prisoner, and you are sentenced, unless you are like the male protagonist in "The Gift of Room 7", who was wrongly accused and is not a real criminal himself, so people will sympathize with him immediately.
However, it’s impossible for all prisoners in prison to be unjust, right?
Therefore, when they commit a crime, what crime they commit needs to be carefully planned.
The method is actually similar to that of most movies. The first thing is to give each of these female prisoners an unbearable memory.
First of all, they must not be the kind of subjective criminals, or in other words, not the kind of inherently evil people.
Some of them accidentally threw their husbands onto the glass platform and died when they fought back when they were being beaten severely by their husbands.
There are also people who accidentally beat their stepfather to death because they resisted when they were brutally raped by their stepfather.
There are also former professional wrestlers who accidentally kill others with clamps.
There is also a case where the husband and his lover were killed by the car because they could not bear their adultery.
Do you look helpless?
Is it easy to arouse people's sympathy?
Because in life, outside of prison, they have all been victims, and everyone's crimes were forced, accidental, or unbearable.
Therefore, in the eyes of the audience, these prisoners will no longer be just simple criminals. They have committed crimes and been sentenced, but in fact, they are not that unforgivable.
At the same time, because of these special experiences, their relatives are more or less estranged from them.
And because they are all women, motherhood is common.
This also makes this story more logical and self-consistent because of the experiences and backgrounds of these people.
Unlike "The Gift of Room No. 7", which is mostly about men, the difference is that the way of expressing maternal love is completely different from the way of expressing father's love.
In fact, such a setting can be said to be standard among "criminal" movies in which the protagonist is the protagonist. It will try to create a situation where everyone you regard as a sinner is an ordinary person, and everyone is an ordinary person.
Everyone makes mistakes to varying degrees.
Before making a movie or writing a script, these things need to be considered.
This is true for any movie. Even if there is an original version as a reference, is the original version perfect?
Of course, Li Yi would not be so arrogant as to arbitrarily adapt the original story according to his own ideas, because he believed that he could not achieve perfection.
In fact, both "Harmony" and "The Gift of Room No. 7" have many detailed problems.
There are also many things that make people criticize and question.
In other words, many plots in the film are not consistent with real life!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Yes, it is definitely inconsistent. Because in this type of movie, you can't really show that prison is "purgatory on earth", which is more likely to be
Audience-receptive style.
In fact, "The Gift of Room No. 7" was also criticized by many people. For example, the feeling of the movie is:
Prison life is very beautiful, so beautiful that I am happier than the school where I live now.
For example, there is harmony between prisoners, and between prison guards and prisoners. The director of the prison is upright and kind-hearted. There are various activities in the prison, and the accommodation conditions in the prison are more upscale and refined than our dormitories.
, in our opinion, all prisoners’ crimes are unjust (ok, cross out this sentence). But at least these people’s crimes are forced to do so, or at least they are not serious crimes...
In short, everything is covered with a mask of beauty, paralyzing you and making you feel that life is extremely beautiful, just like it doesn't matter if you commit a crime and go to jail, because it won't happen anyway, and you can have no worries about food and clothing.
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But these are necessary for this type of movie.
Because the story your movie tells is about emotion, the love between father and daughter, and the love between mother and son.
No matter how good the environment of the prison itself is, it is still a place where criminals stay, but the background cannot be made too dark.
Otherwise, the focus of people's attention will no longer be the affection between mother and child, maternal love, or father's love, but instead the various things inside the prison.
Don’t these directors or screenwriters understand?
Actually no, but even if you understand, so what?
The plot still needs to be arranged in this way, otherwise, the movie will not be a tear-jerker but a prison drama!
