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Yesterday, a term suddenly became popular in the film industry, that is, "low-quality and strong alkalinity", and the corresponding movie is the most popular "Catching Dolls" recently.

This description comes from director Lu Chuan, who claimed that his account was hacked but was denied by Toutiao. I am actually not particularly concerned about this entertainment event that is shrouded in mystery and twists and turns.

But what does this “low quality and strong alkalinity” mean?

Why hasn't anyone come out to explain it seriously? This really bothers me.

Almost everyone is talking about it, but no one can clearly say what this word means?

I even asked the ai about this:

Of course, it’s not certain that this explanation is correct, and ultimately, it becomes another mystery surrounding “Catch the Doll.”

In fact, there are quite a lot of mysteries about "Catching Dolls", including the name "Catching Dolls". I am not particularly clear why it is called "Catching Dolls".

Because, compared to the more popular titles such as "Capital Successor" and "Successor Plan", the final title of the film "Catching Dolls" always seems a bit confusing and not as direct as the previous titles.

However, this may not be the decision of the film company itself, because there are some things that they cannot control.

However, judging from the final box office results, no matter which title is used, it actually does not have much impact on the popularity of the film.

Since the film was released, the box office has been rising all the way. Today’s box office forecast has exceeded 3.7 billion, making it an absolute summer hit!

This also makes this summer season finally feel a bit like a summer season.

have to say,Shen Teng Ma Li+Yan Fei Peng Da Mo+Happy TwistThese three groups of keywords are still quite box office attractive.

At the very least, they are a national comedy group that is highly recognized by the general audience.

Judging from the actual viewing experience in the cinema, "Catching Dolls" is indeed very watchable, and Happy Twist has something going on here.

It's the summer season, so it's nice to do something that's not too brain-dead and lively. Life is so difficult for everyone now, so finding some fun is a way to release yourself.

So, I can understand why such a movie would be popular. It can be regarded as a kind of popular appeal.

Of course, the success of this movie is also due to the fact that it contains many classic elements or classic patterns.

For example, many friends have said that seeing this movie reminds them of "The Truman Show", which is also the first movie I thought of after watching it.

Because this life that is manipulated, designed and watched is indeed somewhat similar to "The Truman Show".

This is why, although this is obviously a comedy, when we change the perspective to the son Ma Jiye, you will understand how terrifying this story is in the son's world. This is also the similarity between the film and "The Truman Show".

The similarity also lies in the fact that rich people pretend to be poor to educate their children and play on the comedic effects caused by the gap between the rich and the poor, which is actually a classic comedy model.

When the film was first launched, it was said that this film is actually a mirror image of "The Richest Man in Xihong City". In that film, the poor learned how to live like the rich, while "Catching Dolls" is about the rich learning how to live like the poor.

There are actually some similar movies about this kind of story, such as "Rich Second Generation"

For example, "Rich Second Generation Work Diary"

Or We Are Nobles

In fact, they are all similar settings, and friends who are interested can also go and have a look.

However, the biggest difference between these films is that the children in the above films are all adults, and they all tell the stories of rich parents who are completely disappointed with their adult good-for-nothing children. Therefore, they hope to pretend to be poor so that these rich second-generations can recognize themselves again and reform.

These movies all have a theme of deception, but the victims are already adults and completely ruined children, so the deception of them is more like a kind of well-intentioned correction.

The jokes in this kind of movie are basically about watching rich people do stupid things. From a moral perspective, this kind of movie can make the audience feel a sense of identity.

If the plot of "Catching Dolls" is about Ma Chenggang, played by Shen Teng, who pretends to be poor to deceive his eldest son Ma Dajun, then it would be basically the same as the above plot.

However, the focus of the doll-catching game is not here. The creator wanted to take this opportunity to talk about Chinese education. The victim was the youngest son Ma Jiye, who was still a child. So the child has been living in a lie almost since he can remember, and this lie has lasted for more than ten years.

So, the movies mentioned above are about good-intentioned error correction, but this one is actually malicious tampering.

According to the film, the eldest son's big account was ruined, so the youngest son started a small account. At the end of the film, there was even the idea of ​​opening a new account, which was also a response to the call.

From this perspective, the role of the father played by Shen Teng is actually quite cruel.

He is actually a very selfish, very hegemonic person, with a fatherly vibe that can no longer be covered up, so full that it seems to be overflowing from every pore of his body, flowing out in waves, and then flowing all over the floor, flowing and flowing...

This is also the biggest difference between "Catch the Doll" and the Western films mentioned above, because in those films, you can still identify with the role of the father, because he is actually atonement for his wrong education and correcting his mistakes.

But the father in "Catching Dolls" is practicing the wrong kind of education. The so-called "Dad is doing this for your own good" is actually just for his own pleasure. He implements his perfect parenting plan in a very dictatorial way.

And this fatherly quality is also reflected in Ma Li's character.

Ma Li's character has a strong presence on the big screen because her interaction with Shen Teng is particularly good. Ma Li's comedy performance is also very good, the kind that's especially funny.

But the character of Ma Li has a very weak presence in her family and has no say at all.

This is more like a character who is dependent on Shen Teng, has no thoughts or expressions of her own, and is ultimately just a vain and stereotypical mother.

At least, this role is quite thin.

She even tied a Balenciaga key to her braids, which made her look very noble.

Oh, I am just saying that the two characters in the film are set as villains, not that the creators identify with these two characters, they can also be satires.

Um.

Of course, after watching this movie, the first feeling you get is that it is quite interesting, because the movie uses a very classic comedy structure, which is a method that many comedies use.

That is, after telling a big lie, you have to cover it up with more lies, which will eventually cause more and more trouble and the holes that need to be filled will become bigger and bigger.

The audience gets all kinds of funny moments in the process.

This is a very classic comedy mode. I believe you have seen such a plot in other comedy films before.

This setting has indeed been proven to be effective.

The similarity with "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is that "Catching Dolls" is actually also a fantasy comedy.

Oh, the sexual fantasy here is not necessarily derogatory, at least I am describing it as a neutral word.

To put it in a more pleasant way, it is a daydream comedy.

The core of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is actually what the poor should do after they become rich.Cool, while "Catching Dolls" is about how rich people pretend to be poorPack。

Both of these plots are actually very convenient for the audience to put themselves in the story.

Especially in a story like "Catching Dolls", if you put yourself in Shen Teng's shoes, it's basically the setting of a son-in-law who lives with his wife's family. Others look down on you and think you are poor.

But in your heart, you are going crazy. After all, you are the super rich, and those who look down on you are not even worthy of carrying your shoes.

This mental journey is still very subtle.

The reason why such a story is called a "comedy of erotic fantasy" is that the film provides a perfect method of parenting in the "wanting your son to be successful" style.

Because many parents have the idea of ​​"wanting their sons to become successful and their daughters to become outstanding", but it is impossible to realize it perfectly.

It is completely impossible to invest a lot of manpower and financial resources regardless of cost as shown in the film. In the end, it can only satisfy the imagination of some people in the form of fantasy.

For example, they provide children with a quasi-vacuum living and learning space.

In the film, the child is isolated from the real world most of the time. He lives more in a world created by his parents, which is full of designs and calculations.

Whether it is learning, physical growth, personality changes, everything... there must be experts to observe, analyze, plan, and adjust, striving to make everything the best.

Achieve perfect parenting.

Isn’t this just the fantasy-style laboratory parenting? In reality, those “hope-style” parents who can achieve 60% to 70% of what is shown in the film would probably cry with laughter.

So, I am also very curious, if under extremely ideal conditions and without being discovered by my son, can the child grow up to be the ideal perfect child of his parents?

At least, from the information given to us by the film, he is indeed close to the ideal child to a certain extent. Although we may not feel this from the child's behavior, at least the film says that he is like this.

It’s a pity that it collapsed in the end.

Of course, it cannot not collapse, otherwise it would be a bad thing.

However, the final plot development of the film is still a bit strange, and the ending is very hasty and even a bit sloppy.

This is understandable, and we can't even blame the filmmakers. Because the plot has reached this point, it is really difficult to end it, and many things here, for various reasons, can't be told further, let alone explained in detail.

In the end, it just ends in confusion. It's just a brainless comedy anyway, so there's no need to worry about it too much.

You know, it is really scary when a person finds out that he has lived a lie for the first half of his life and has been deceived for more than ten years, but he can still adjust himself quickly and be positive and sunny again.

Or, from this perspective, this method of education is still very useful.

Therefore, no matter whether it is a low-quality, highly alkaline comedy film, at least what will be cultivated in the end are definitely high-quality and strong children.

Very impressive.