daily entertainment review | i gave up three dramas this week
2024-09-07
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text | zhang ying
have you watched any tv series recently?
did you give up on the show again?
recently i gave up three dramas: "border water memories", "nine prosecutors", and "you are more beautiful than starlight".
people who like to watch tv series all look forward to a hit. among the recent tv series, some have been calm, and the one that has made a bigger splash is none other than "waterside story".
the popularity of this drama started with guo qilin.
guo qilin went from the crosstalk circle to the entertainment industry, and starred in several dramas such as "joy of life" and "the rebel princess". his likable roles and relaxed performances won him a lot of praise. since then, guo qilin has become a film and television actor.
"the past by the edge of water" also came into my sight through the topic of guo qilin. as a suspense and adventure film and television drama, it is a dark horse drama that emerged in this summer vacation.
the drama tells the story of a rookie worker named shen xing (played by guo qilin) who goes deep into a secret place to survive. in the process of looking for his uncle, he meets a mysterious gangster named uncle cai (played by wu zhenyu), thus embarking on an adventure full of dangers and difficult choices in human nature.
the tv series "bianshui past" is adapted from the novel of the same name. the author, shen xingxing, went out to work after failing the college entrance examination. by chance, he was engaged in the work of transporting materials abroad. during his work, he met many people like himself and saw their life experiences. more than ten years later, he picked up a pen to record what he saw and heard.
this book has won countless fans with its immersive reality, and the solid script foundation made the tv series rank among the best as soon as it was broadcast.
all the cast members are talented, and none of the actors in "border water" are inferior.
wu zhenyu's uncle cai is needless to say. he has a bossy temperament and is the anchor of the whole drama. his cantonese dialect does not feel out of place at all.
qi xi always shines in her roles. she plays jin cui with arrogant eyes. she interprets the coldness, alienation, sadness and hatred of this female character, making the audience look forward to the story.
jiang qilin plays dan tuo, who is a cold and emotionless killer on one hand, and a brother who loves his younger brother very much on the other. the character is so deeply rooted in the hearts of the audience that the audience can't help but want him to leave the screen.
jiang qiming has become popular again after "kuangdu". he appeared in "border water memories" with guangxi accent and played a distinct and vivid little character wang quanan. jiang qiming portrayed a greedy man who seems to have no sense of morality and shame and makes a living in the mud. his image is rich and flesh-and-blood. his inner loneliness and fragility are so vivid that it is impossible to hate him.
many people commented that among a bunch of actors with superb acting skills, guo qilin, who speaks with a strong beijing accent, was mixed in with the show "border water".
i agree with this point. sometimes, it felt like i was watching guo qilin's adventure in southeast asia. the scene-hopping and suspenseful plot was not as brain-burning as "the long season" and "the hidden corner". the plot setting was also unreasonable, so i gave up on this drama before i saw the end.
i watched "the prosecutor of nine departments" because of zhang yi.
the drama was very popular when it first aired because it was the first to show the problems of school bullying and juvenile delinquency from the perspective of a prosecutor.
zhang yi's acting has always made people feel comfortable, and this role is also in his comfort zone. in the play, he plays the prosecutor lei xu, a man who is passionate about his work but also reckless.
in order to collect evidence, lei xu has changed into other identities such as water heater repairman, electrician, and the younger brother of a female boss in the first four episodes. he is demoted to the grassroots level due to a mistake at work, and does what he considers to be a piece of cake in preventing juvenile crimes. while giving a legal lecture, he discovers that jiang xiaojie has been bullied and assaulted, which leads to a series of stories about native families and school bullying.
the drama has a fairly tight pace and portrays female prosecutors with different personalities.
the leading female character, du ziyu, played by qin lan, is a conscientious female prosecutor with first-class professional ability. she and the leading male character are a pair of bickering lovers, because his sudden appearance makes the promotion that was within her grasp become a bubble.
do tzu-yu has remained single because of her serious work attitude, so the love line in this drama is obvious.
there is a saying that no matter how good the medical beauty is, it cannot resist the passage of time.
the character played by qin lan in the drama is in her early 30s, but her actual age is 45. she has committed a common problem among middle-aged actresses - excessive medical beauty treatments.
although she is beautiful in her performance, her temperament does not match the character in the play. it is also hard to imagine how her image can be a good match with zhang yi, a rough guy. i gave up watching the show.
the actress's "knife-shaped" face has been criticized more than once.
some actresses become unable to appear on the big screen due to face changes at a young age, while others lose their acting ability when they reach middle age.
in my opinion, it is the minimum respect for an actor's profession for him to protect every muscle of his facial expressions.
the tv remote control accidentally turned to "you are more beautiful than the starlight", a new drama in 2024 starring tan songyun.
tan songyun is a good actor with excellent acting skills and representative works. this time, her partner is the up-and-coming handsome guy xu kai.
after watching a few episodes, i gave up on the show.
this drama is not only familiar to tan songyun, but also a familiar track for idol dramas.
"the best of us" became popular. tan songyun played the ordinary student geng geng in this drama. she has an ordinary appearance and can't understand in class. she is liked by her desk mate yu huai, a top student, who helps her many times, and they develop an ignorant and immature love.
this is a campus youth drama broadcast in 2016.
eight years later, tan songyun played ji xing, a girl who moved to beijing from her hometown, in the tv series "you are more beautiful than the stars". she had an ordinary look and not much money, but she insisted on starting a business.
at this time, the handsome and wealthy han ting, the ceo of a listed company, appeared and had always had a crush on him.
ji xing clearly couldn't even come up with 200,000 yuan, but he insisted on starting his own business and even avoided han ting's huge investment.
the two worked together in starting a business and reaped a beautiful love.
does it look familiar?
it has been 8 years and nothing has changed. idol dramas seem to have remained stagnant and are not even as classic as before.
the three dramas abandoned this week are of relatively good quality, showing that in order to produce a hit, film and television production still needs to continue to work hard and improve in all aspects.
