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Word-of-mouth is not up to expectations, “Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog” has these regrets

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The word-of-mouth is not up to expectations, “Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog” has these regrets

After waiting for a long time, iQiyi’s golden signature “Mist Theater” finally returned. We must know that at this time last year, the five episodes of “Mist Theater” had already been broadcast, and “The Hidden Corner” and “The Silent Truth” had become the hot dramas of the time. After waiting for more than a year to return, plus the first “Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog” brings together famous director Wang Xiaoshuai who has won many domestic and foreign film awards. The cast includes Duan Yihong, Zu Feng, Wu Yue, Hao Lei, etc. The acting school, obviously, the audience’s expectations have been pulled to the highest.

However, after the broadcast, “Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog” was a bit hard to explain. What is worthy of recognition is that the acting skills of these actors are online, and a subtle look in the eyes and even the shaking of the fingers is full of drama, which makes people want to guess the secret story behind them. However, the large amount of shaking chase scenes, the chaos of editing, and the rest of the story gave the audience a sense of deliberately creating suspense.

Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter Qiu Junfeng

Regret one

Deliberately created atmosphere of suspense

Perhaps it was because the expectations were too high. After the airing of “Ocagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog”, I felt that it did not meet expectations. Netizens didn’t seem to buy it either, and they all said: “This original script obviously fell into a cliché, and the’Mist Theater’ didn’t start well.” “What, this is the first time to watch a suspense drama at double speed.” There are very few details about the case, and the suspense has been set up all the time. Some characters always have secret expressions on their faces…”

Objectively speaking, the actors of the show are online and have good storytelling, and the production is also relatively good. But when the expectations are too high, we need to see more surprises in the series, not just Wang Xiaoshuai’s famous halo, so-called movie texture and actor’s textbook-level performance. These things should be provided to the audience by film and television producers. But unfortunately, there are no surprises outside of these contents.

For the current audience, what do suspense dramas watch? First of all, it must be suspenseful. A good suspense story must have an unexpected ending, which makes people suddenly realize “Ah, it turns out to be like this”. However, a lot of dramas that are “suspicious” recently are deliberately creating a suspenseful atmosphere. It is true that the audience’s heart is lifted, but after the bubble is blown, it has no effect on the promotion of the story, and it becomes a meaningless injection of water.

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“Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog” obviously has a similar situation. For example, at the beginning of the plot, it was a dizzying scene. In the dense woods, a little girl in a red school uniform was running, and the shaking of the camera even made her run out of the afterimage. Just as the audience’s hearts were lifted, the camera turned around and a peaceful campus appeared, the school bell rang, and the students packed their school bags.

It is here that one of the protagonists of the story, a girl student Xuan Nianmei (played by Mila), who is about to 18 years old, appears. She walks out of the school gate and is harassed by a little gangster Zhu Shenghui who likes her. In order to avoid the little gangsters, Nianmei and her good friends ran in the bridgeheads and alleys of the Jiangnan Water Town-this is another chase scene that lasted more than 4 minutes-the two ran to the Kunqu Opera Troupe and were babbled by the actors. The singing is attractive. After a period of calm, Zhu Shenghui chased here, and began to act with Nianmei again. This scene happened to be seen by Nianmei’s father Xuanliang (Zu Feng). He dropped the battery car and kicked the little hooligan.

In fact, the first few episodes didn’t have too many exciting suspense plots. Instead, they used some chasing, tracking, and third-person perspectives similar to those of Hong Kong horror films to create some depressive atmosphere. For example, Nianmei’s new mobile phone was smashed by her father and rushed out of the house. With nowhere to go, she found her friend Mu Ge, and the two who came to Diba met Zhu Shenghui. After a fight, Nianmei ran away from Diba and found that she was being followed by a mysterious person. Before that, when Nianmei was talking to a friend, many third-person perspectives had actually appeared, proving that someone was stalking her in secret.

Regret two

The new actor can’t afford the plot

Most of the plots of the first two episodes revolved around Nianmei. A new actor was used to prop up the beginning of this highly concerned drama. I have to say that the producer is quite courageous. But it is precisely for this reason that the reputation of the first two episodes did not meet expectations.

From the mouth of the characters in the play, we know that Nianmei should be a big beauty, and she looks more and more like her aunt Xuanzhen, who died many years ago. For example, Mu Ge said enviously that she is tall and beautiful, and the whole class loves her. And she seemed to be insecure enough. Her father Xuanliang said that she “will go out to scream after school” and provoke the little hooligans. It seems that it is not the first time that the other party blocked her at the school gate and chased her.

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Many netizens who followed the show for the first time discussed in the Douban group of the show. Some netizens said: “I was a little disappointed at the beginning. The actor who played Xuan Nianmei did not attack the appearance. It just felt that the personality did not match, which made the feeling of the show a lot weaker from the beginning.” There are many netizens. I agree with this statement, “It’s true that you don’t post characters. Why do you choose actors like this? It affects the plot analysis and makes people feel incomprehensible…” “Yes, it affects the understanding of the plot. If it is really good-looking, no other People’s lines contrast the audience to understand.”

However, some netizens said, “Her glasses may be a face value switch, and the look will be changed later to reveal hidden characters…” It’s not that the actor Mila who plays Nianmei has poor acting skills, but that the audience wants to see Duan Yihong and Zu Feng, Wu Yue, Hao Lei and other acting performers are in high-profile performances. Compared with these old actors, Mira’s performance has naturally fallen behind.

On the other hand, from the audience’s feedback, the role of Nianmei is not likable either-an ordinary female high school student, since she has refused the chase of the punks, why should she resist when she has no perfect way to deal with it? What about the father’s pick-up? And, the murder case of her little aunt has not been solved yet, and she has noticed that someone is following her. Why does she keep on doing things, dancing at night and going home late at night?

Regret three

There are many clues and lack of concatenation

Judging from the previous preview, the story of “Octagonal Pavilion Mysterious Fog” is actually not complicated: 19 years ago, the originally harmonious family changed drastically because of the drowning of sister Xuanzhen. Xuan Zhen’s death was a hurdle that the Xuan family couldn’t walk through. For this reason, Xuan Liang almost frantically protected Nianmei, the daughter of Xuanzhen, who grew older and more like Xuanzhen. He always firmly believed that Xuanzhen was killed by others, and the murderer has not been caught yet. Nianmei is likely to encounter misfortune again.

The death of Xuanzhen, the past and current situation of the Xuan family are interspersed bit by bit in the narratives of the first two episodes. However, this interspersed memory also seems to have deliberately created suspense. The director did not start from the beginning, but suddenly inserted in, making people look at it. For example, in the memory, the older brother Xuan Liang celebrated his younger sister Xuan Zhen and Xuan Zhu’s birthday, but Xuan Zhu was not happy. He even threw away the gifts that his brother bought, scolded Xuan Zhen for “pretending” and came out. What are the contradictions in people? It is true that the director considers to leave a button to stay suspense, but this kind of unclear narration makes people’s viewing experience not good.

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By the end of the second episode, all the people surrounding Xuan’s family and those who might be involved in the death of Xuan Zhen have all appeared: Xuan Liang was expelled from the father of the little mobster Zhu Shenghui who harassed his daughter, and there was a conflict between Xuan Zhu and the sisters of Xuan Zhen. , Zhou Yamei, the director of the troupe played by Wu Yue, and her husband used to have inextricable relationships with Xuanzhen, and even teacher Tian, ​​who reads Mei, was suspected…

There are many characters on stage, and the director has dug a lot of holes. How to fill the holes satisfactorily is a problem. Well rounded, this drama is still worth looking forward to, but if you don’t speak well, there will be a problem of unfinished endings. According to Dai Ying, the person in charge of “Mist Theater”, “Octagonal Pavilion Mysterious Mist” is not that typified. If you are a standard suspense fan, you can guess the real culprit behind the scenes after seeing the third and fourth episodes. “But by then, your concern is no longer who the murderer is, but the internal driving factors behind the character’s series of behaviors. This is the charm of “Octagonal Pavilion Mysterious Fog”.”

Judging from the currently broadcasted episodes, the biggest highlight of “Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog” is to explore the contradictions caused by family relationships, native families, human nature and even irreversible harm. The angle is relatively novel. But unfortunately, it seems that the screenwriters and directors want to talk about too many topics, such as the relationship between Nianmei and his father, which can also extend to topics such as overprotection of the family, the psychology of minors, etc. The result of wanting to talk about everything may be Nothing is clear.

Of course, “Octagonal Pavilion Mystery Fog” only aired two episodes, and the quality of it needs a follow-up plot to explain. If the follow-up plot can use a clue to connect all the characters and events more reasonably, and at the same time have a deeper excavation and display in its core point, that is, to show humanity, I believe its reputation will be greatly improved.

Article Source: Electronic Edition of Chengdu Commercial Daily
Editor in charge: Huang Yang

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