In 2008, "Painted Skin 1" achieved great success at the box office with its business model of "making a big difference". It used a bold and innovative adaptation and gathered the best directors, the biggest actors, and the most poignant characters. love story. However, when I recall this film again today, eleven years later, apart from Zhou Xun's agility and the theme song "Painting Heart", there are not many memory points left that are deeply rooted in my bones.
The demon has a painted skin and can confuse people's hearts.
This is the most direct feeling conveyed to the audience by the original work "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". The monster in the original work is terrifying. It can eat people and dig out their hearts. Everyone is talking about it. . But I still remember that when I watched this movie, because of Zhou Xun, I felt pity for the demon for the first time in my life. The banshee Xiao Wei, played by Zhou Xun, is innocent and charming. If we hadn’t known in advance that she was a demon, it would have been hard for us to imagine that the graceful woman walking quietly under the willow trees and by the river would be a heart-eating fox. Demon. The film tells the love story of three people. To be precise, Xiao Wei took the initiative to "intervene" in the relationship between Wang Sheng and Pei Rong. When Wang Sheng rescued the lonely Xiao Wei in the lonely smoke of the desert, at that moment her mortal heart, which had not been touched for thousands of years, came to life.
Wang Sheng also fell in love with Xiao Wei, but Wang Sheng's love had conditions, "I love you, but I already have Pei Rong." , Women's infatuation cannot be escaped. Wang Sheng could escape from being indulged in Xiao Wei's unexpected love, but Xiao Wei could no longer escape. Xiao Wei carefully observed Pei Rong's words and deeds. In order to get Wang Sheng, she exchanged identities with Pei Rong and tried to become the woman he liked. But painting the skin of a tiger is difficult to paint the bones. Wang Sheng loves Pei Rong to the core, how can Xiao Wei understand all this. When Pei Rong told Xiao Wei: "You don't even know what love is," I felt sorry for this little demon who was unintentionally moved by his mortal heart. And when she finally turned into ashes in order to save everyone, at that moment, what I saw was not the emotion but the despair and pain of a little demon who was heartbroken.
Wang Sheng, the initiator of the entire tragedy, why do many people feel that the adaptation of "Painted Skin" is not touching or profound enough? Because Wang Sheng is a living scumbag.
I believe that in that love triangle, Pei Rong was innocent, but Wang Sheng was the most unforgivable. I don't want to flaunt the idea that a prodigal son never comes back with gold. If Wang Sheng cheated on her mentally, Xiao Wei would cheat on her. No matter how excusable the circumstances were, he made a mistake. He took Xiao Wei back to his home and gave her hopes and expectations that she shouldn't have, thus creating one tragedy after another. When he said to Pei Rong affectionately with tears in his eyes: "No matter you are a human or a monster, I love you.", Xiao Wei stood in front of him. And he also said the same thing to Xiao Wei. I don't understand who he really loves? In other words, he loves Pei Rong more because that love includes responsibility. For Xiao Wei, it is just the most primitive impulse of a man. Xiao Wei, on the other hand, worked hard to create a ridiculous drama of painted skin and face-changing, but in the end he witnessed with his own eyes how ridiculous and pitiable he was.
The love between Wang Sheng and Pei Rong may be the most common and ordinary relationship in our lives. It may sometimes fail to withstand the test, but in the end it still returns to its true nature. Xiao Wei has become the touchstone of love between them, nothing more. It was originally an ordinary love triangle story. If it hadn't been titled "Painted Skin", how could it have given rise to the sense of fate that these human beings have different paths? Sometimes when I look at the extremely heart-wrenching love triangle between Wang Sheng, Pei Rong, and Xiao Wei, I feel that Xia Bing and Pang Yong fought together, experienced life and death together, and held hands together in the world without unnecessary words. Love is more pure and specific.
After reading the Douban score of 6.6, I believe that many viewers have similar feelings about this film. Director Chen Jiashang's adaptation of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" is bold and innovative, but no matter how good the appearance is, it can't cover up the old bones. It sells the content of a heart-wrenching romance film under the banner of a thriller, but this story is precisely the audience. You can guess the ending after reading the beginning, the most familiar story. If Zhou Xun's performance hadn't been so brilliant, and if "Painted Heart" hadn't sung into the hearts of the audience, the adaptation of "Painted Skin" would have been even more mediocre. This is a movie worth watching for its cast, but don't have high expectations because it's just a love story.