411: Funny, We Are Serious

At the beginning of the movie, Xu Dongqing no longer paid attention to Jiang Ge, but turned his attention to the screen.

[Qin Feng (Song Ge) received an invitation from Tang Ren (Chen Lei) to come to New York to attend his wedding with Ah Xiang. The wealthy Tang Ren came to greet Qin Feng in an extended Hummer, showing off.

Unexpectedly, the "wedding" was the World Detective Competition that Tang Ren participated in for a huge prize. The content of the competition was to find the murderer who killed the grandson of the godfather of New York's Chinatown.

The deceived Qin Feng was furious and wanted to leave, but was attracted by the message sent by New York Chinese criminal police Chen Ying (Maggie Q). The death of the grandson of the seventh uncle was bizarre, and the search for the person was upgraded to a reward for the murderer. "Famous detectives" from all over the world came for the 5 million prize. ]

The opening is familiar, and the style is still exaggerated.

Chen Ying is played by Hollywood actress Maggie Q, who is known as the "first beauty of Asians". The sexy dress of red lips, big waves, professional suit and black high heels gives people a strong beauty and extreme sensory stimulation.

The opening song is an English song. It sounds like Qin Shiyue, and it is probably written by Django. The low synthesizer and metronome sound start, and the retro atmosphere of the 1980s comes to your face. The repeated "Welcome to New York" is also very appropriate.

Xu Dongqing watched and recorded on his mobile phone.

[At the crime scene, the famous detectives showed their abilities.

Noda Hao, who has a super memory, can scan and identify the suspects in the monitor with the naked eye at 32 times the speed, and can use criminal profiling to further infer the suspect's age, body shape and basic personality.

KIKO, a genius hacker, can hack into any network including the police station.

In the detective rankings, Qin Feng ranks second in the world. He has outstanding insight, memory, and logical reasoning ability. He and Noda Hao work together to target the suspect's appearance and identity.

After that, the detectives began to compete for the 5 million bonus to solve the case.

Qin Feng initially suspected Song Yi, but after finding Song Yi, Qin Feng found that the matter was not that simple, and his uncle's godson Lu Guofu wanted to take the opportunity to privately deal with Song Yi, who was believed to be the murderer, and take the prize money for himself.

A group of people made a scene in the streets of New York, causing chaos.

Qin Feng, Tang Ren, and Song Yi, who were stripped of their clothes and only had one pair of pants left, hid in a pub in a hurry, but unexpectedly, there were a group of punk uncles from the Harley Gang.

The atmosphere in the pub was depressing, and Lu Guofu and his people broke in and asked for people very arrogantly. 】

"'I want three naked guys', I laughed to death."

"This is fucking, even the howitzers came out."

"It's a bit nonsensical."

...

There was constant laughter in the theater, from making a scene in the streets of New York to the tense situation in the pub, there were a lot of laughs.

In fact, the comedy of the whole film started with the Northeastern dialect "What are you doing?" said by the black customs police. The comedy effect formed by the contrast between dialects and black people also made the audience feel familiar. Lu Guofu's Sichuan dialect, the Shanghai dialect of the big sister in Chinatown, and Song Yi's Tangshan dialect showed the representative image of a group of Chinese living in the United States. The lifelike and popular language gave the audience a psychological sense of identity and belonging.

However, for sub-genre movies, the fusion of genres will inevitably enrich the content, but it is by no means a one plus one equals two effect. The attraction of comedy to the audience and box office is unquestionable, but one thing that needs to be clarified in sub-genre comedy movies is that the use of comedy elements is not just to guarantee the box office, but should be a true fusion of two or more genres in the plot, story content, and film theme rather than a crossover.

Detective Chinatown 2 obviously has this defect. The time occupied by street streaking and street chasing is not short, but such farce scenes have almost nothing to do with the investigation. Instead, they divert the audience's attention and eliminate the expectations for the investigation.

Jiang Ge also knew that the comedy elements in this section were not beneficial to the process of investigating the case, but the entertainment value of watching it could make the audience lower their expectations for other parts, thus covering up the sense of powerlessness of the entire case reasoning in Tang Detective 2.

[Lu Guofu and his men fled the tavern in the face of the heavy firepower weapons of the Harley Party.

Qin Feng, Tang Ren, and Song Yi came out from behind the bar, timidly passing through the punk uncles one by one, and were about to reach the door, but were blocked by several big guys.

At this time, a tall and burly punk uncle with a beard came towards them with a rose in his mouth.

It seemed that he had to sacrifice his chastity to leave.

Tang Ren spoke first and whispered to Qin Feng: "For everyone, I will wrong you for a while."

Qin Feng was anxious and glared at Tang Ren.

However,

the punk uncle passed Qin Feng, hugged Tang Ren's waist and held him in his arms. 】

"Puff..."

Zhou Lingwei was so happy that she gasped, and the theater also burst into laughter.

What is a real comedy?

Some people would say that comedy is to achieve an organic unity of clever story structure, appropriate method, and high level of thought, and to add understanding of life, people, and the world.

Some people would say that comedy is a performance that can bring happiness and smiles to people.

Some people would say that comedy is a performance that can bring laughter to everyone and move everyone at the same time.

And Jiang Ge prefers Lu Xun's incisive summary - tragedy is to destroy the valuable things in life for others to see, and comedy is to tear apart the worthless things for others to see.

Ideals and wishes are valuable, and people usually praise them, but tragedies shatter them; ugliness and comedy are worthless, and people usually hide them, but comedy shows them nakedly.

All in all, both tragedy and comedy show huge contrasts that run counter to common sense. Whether tragedy or comedy, destruction is inevitable, because without destruction, the plot cannot develop.

At the creative level alone, contradiction-opposition, destruction-reconstruction, these are probably two commonly used structures. But outside of creation, whether it is comedy or tragedy, the result is not important, and the destruction is not important. What is important is that the audience likes it. , willing to pay.

Back on the screen, the contrast between Tang Ren and the punk uncle, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin, brought laughter to the audience just by their expressions.

When the camera turned, the punk uncle ordered a song on the karaoke machine, and then danced with Tang Ren in his arms.

"Summer, summer passes quietly, leaving behind little secrets

I can't tell you from the bottom of my heart

The evening breeze blows and warms my heart, and I think of you again

So sweet, so sweet, how can I forget it

Can't forget you and write you in the diary

Can't forget that you are still thinking about me

Romantic summer and romantic you

Give me a pink memory..."

This picture is beyond funny.

The laughter never stopped in the theater, and even the children several years old were laughing "hehehe".

And this song, like "The Past Can Only Be Reminisced" in Tang Detective 1, has a retro style and a taste of the 1970s and 1980s.

"Django is truly a god!"

“There is philosophy and freedom in the air.”

"You dance so well, I can't help but laugh!"

…

Combining songs with movies and TV series is what Django is good at, and this is what the audience is looking forward to when watching the movie.

And seeing this, the opening song and interlude are very distinctive, which is a plus.

As the plot continued to advance, the name "Q" appeared many times, triggering discussions among the audience.

"Could Song Yi be Q?"

"The big boss of the White Night Universe is a joke?"

"Don't jump to conclusions yet, look down and see."

…

At this moment, Xu Dongqing's hands quickly tapped the virtual keyboard on the phone screen, writing down line after line of guesses about Q.

He wanted to learn how to bury and leak the thread that runs through all his works.

[When Qin Feng, Tang Ren, and Song Yi were exploring the murderer's pattern of committing crimes, they encountered the murderer's third murder in the park. Song Yi called the police. Qin Feng chased the black-clad killer to the subway station. The killer suddenly stopped and held his hand. A knife was revealed, frightening Qin Feng.

The knife was a standard scalpel, suggesting that the murderer might be a doctor. The way it was held was the most common "bow-holding style" used by doctors. It was mostly used for larger incisions in the chest and abdomen. By extension, it hinted that the murderer might be someone with experience in forensic anatomy. doctor.

Qin Feng and Tang Ren were caught by Lu Guofu, and after questioning Song Yi's whereabouts, they were imprisoned in the dungeon. In the dungeon, the two deduced the murderer's five-element killing method and determined the location of the next crime. At the same time, Kiko Rescue and head to the sugar factory. 】

During this period, the master's line "This girl is so pretty" successfully stole the scene; the trio of crime-solving trio dressed in women's clothing in the hospital, a combination of eye-catching and eye-catching...each joke made the theater laugh. The atmosphere inside was very joyful.

Of course, many people have different opinions. They think that after laughing at these scenes, they feel boring, tasteless and meaningless, so they are difficult to last and even more difficult to touch people's hearts.

In their opinion, it was Jiang Ge who did not understand comedy. The essence of comedy is tragedy. After watching it, what remains in the heart is something heavy, something worth thinking about and long-term aftertaste. It is definitely not a gimmick with vulgar taste. The audience booed and giggled.

Next is the ending. The changed ending is ten minutes longer than the original one.

[Lu Guofu was killed in a sugar factory. Qin Feng and Tang Ren deduced the characteristics and location of the murderer, and based on the clues they found after sneaking into the hospital, they determined that the doctor was the final murderer.

In the dark room of the hospital, after a verbal battle between Qin Feng, Tang Ren, and Song Yi, the doctor finally chose to commit suicide. 】

Jiang Ge added his own understanding to this section. Tang Detective 2's lack of specific analysis of the villain's heart is a major reason for the low score.

In fact, the character of this doctor is very discoverable and extensible, and he has saved the lives of hundreds of people. However, his beloved wife died of cancer, and he himself unfortunately contracted cancer. He believed in God, but God could not save him. He, he believed in science, but science could not save him. In the end, he chose to believe in the Taoist school of Chinese culture, but he misunderstood the meaning of Tao and embarked on an evil path, relying on depriving the lives of others to achieve himself.

There are many things that can be explored in this area, such as the discussion of what "Tao" is in Chinese culture, the correct analysis of the Five Elements and Bagua, the in-depth interpretation of the "Tao Te Ching", the deeper torture of human nature, animal nature, and divinity, etc. .

But the original version just flashed by like a dragonfly on water, making the story more like a farce with a beginning and no end.

So Django makes a big fuss about this part.

Add drama!

It can be said that the filming of the mouth-to-mouth trick was done to the extreme, making the doctor's faith collapse, and the only thought in his mind was "leaving this world that disappointed him so much", instead of committing suicide inexplicably like in the original version.

"Tang Ren's sentence 'Have you seen the 1988 version of Journey to the West? Is the alchemy furnace placed like this?' made me laugh to death."

"Can a foreigner like you understand our Taoism?"

"Between the extremely selfless divinity and the extremely selfish animality is human nature. Wanting to be a god but degenerating into an animal, forgetting how to be a human being."

...

Jiang Ge vaguely heard the sighs of the audience around him and knew that his changes had worked.

Although the doctor's motives and suicide logic are not perfect, they are much more reasonable than the original version.

This is the only extent that can be done. If you want to do better, you have to overturn and rewrite the whole story.

The film did not end here. There was a reversal. Qin Feng discovered that Song Yi had known the murderer's murder plan for a long time. He also took the opportunity to kill Lu Guofu, who killed his sister, and framed the doctor. He believed that Song Yi was Q, and did not choose to call the police. He even returned the evidence to Song Yi.

At this time, Song Yi said to Qin Feng: "When you look into the abyss, the abyss is also looking at you..."

As he said that, the camera changed to the first person, facing Qin Feng and then facing the audience: "You can watch, but not for too long."

This scene can't help but remind people of the creepy and trembling smile of the little girl in the first film. Although it is not that scary, this sentence is not that simple.

"Song Yi is Q!"

The audience all had a very firm idea in their hearts. The big boss of the White Night Universe finally appeared.

However...

The camera turned and the reversal reappeared.

[Airport.

Qin Feng hugged KIKO and said goodbye.

"Q's ID was encrypted layer by layer. It took me a night to finally break it. You are right. He is indeed not in Canada." KIKO said.

"I know." Qin Feng raised his lips, as if he knew everything.

"But it's not in M ​​country either." KIKO continued.

"Ah?" Qin Feng was stunned.

"He's not Q." KIKO spread his hands and smiled, "Are you disappointed?"

Disappointed?

Lucky?

Confused?

Qin Feng's thoughts were fluctuating at this moment. Just as he was about to speak, his cell phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was his cousin Qin Ming calling.

"Cousin..."

"Mysterious man!"

"Hong Kong?"】

The picture froze and the plot came to an abrupt end.

"?!"

"What do you mean?"

"Song Yi is not Q?"

"Q ran to Hong Kong?"

"'Detective Chinatown 3' will be linked with 'Forensic Qin Ming'?"

"Fuck it!"

...

The last few pieces of information in the finale denied that Song Yi was Q, and at the same time left a series of suspense!