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On the day it was released, the box office exceeded that of "Aquaman"! Ma Li's new film "The Caller" is released, what are the reviews?

"The Caller" can be regarded as a quite satisfactory and somewhat good domestic film adapted from a foreign classic film. But don't have too high expectations for this movie.

Although everyone who writes a post will repeat the same article, I have to say that the original work of "The Caller" is the 2016 Italian classic movie "Perfect Strangers".

Everyone knows that commercial blockbusters that can be sold all over the world are basically only American blockbusters. But in recent years, several masterpieces have emerged in Europe, such as the Spanish suspense masterpiece "The Invisible Guest" released in 2017.

This "Perfect Strangers" feels that the naming methods are very similar. The two movies are indeed very similar, with minimal cost, pioneering genres, perfect story structure, perfect logical narrative, rich performances by the actors, and details that reflect reality.

Coupled with the suspense film, it firmly captured the audience's eyes during the movie watching.

But Italy's "Perfect Strangers" is still better than "The Invisible Guest". After all, there are too many countries that have reproduced it.

The classic "Perfect Strangers" is nothing more than raising an issue, starting from modern people's mobile phones, because of a game of putting down the mobile phones, thus extending social reality events, including participants and representatives of society. Popular humanity and rich suspense style.

Although this game is interesting, it is not new to Chinese movies. Although Feng Xiaogang has a bad reputation, his film "Mobile Phone" is also about the same thing.

Mobile phones and the Internet have become extensions of modern people’s bodies. The so-called disclosure of mobile phone means disclosure of one's privacy. And everyone's privacy cannot be disclosed to outsiders to a greater or lesser extent.

Not to mention how classic the original work is, since "The Ring" has been adapted into a Chinese version, it naturally needs to be localized. Many examples prove that copying others will also lead to acclimatization. After all, the national conditions of each country are different.

The biggest adaptation of "The Ringing Caller" is the local comedy.

First of all, there is the obvious starring cast. In addition to Tong Dawei and Huo Siyan, the other actors include Qiao Shan, the "big health care brother", and Mary, the queen of Happy Twist, the queen of "Charlotte Troubles". Teachers Tian Yu, Dai Lele, etc. are all comedy stars.

Whenever a Chinese movie sees this kind of comedy star cast, there is a high chance that it will be a bad movie, not to mention that the original film is a suspense film.

"The Caller" has indeed worked very hard in localization and is relatively down-to-earth.

For example, the character played by Qiao Shan is a middle-aged greasy Chinese man defined by many netizens. Although the relationship with my wife is still good, my life is boring and my spirit has long been derailed, but I have not actually taken any action.

As a result, this character put his energy into the virtual female network anchor, thinking that it was nothing at all.

The same is true for the wife Li Nan played by Huo Siyan, who is a housewife herself. I had a mental affair with a netizen, but I haven't cheated on my body yet, and I feel like I'm not sorry for my marriage.

The same is true for other character settings, such as the marriage between a talented poor scholar played by Tong Dawei and an innocent and beautiful rich girl. Then there are the university teacher Wen Bo played by Tian Yu, and Dai Lele played his wife Dai Dai, an intellectual psychiatrist and so on.

Various career choices that reflect China’s social class, especially the image of Qiao Shan, a middle-aged couple having a homosexual affair, are simply very down-to-earth.

This is the reasonably successful aspect of the adaptation of "The Ring", but the reason why it is not rated as well as the original work. It is not as good as other countries' versions. First of all, it reduces the sense of suspense.

It is necessary to adapt this film locally, but it is a suspense film. If the director chooses comedy stars and makes jokes, the sense of suspense will undoubtedly be reduced.

Many viewers wanted to laugh when they saw the faces of Qiao Shan and Mary. Therefore, the sense of suspense and immersion is naturally lighter. There are also certain problems with the actors' performance and interpretation.

In the end, Ten Thousand Questions was originally a European suspense classic film, adapted into a suspenseful hybrid work with a laugh, but the core is social reality.

In terms of suspense, "The Caller" cannot become a Chinese suspense film like "The Master of Hypnotism". In terms of comedy, it cannot compete with black comedies such as "Crazy Stone" or 2018's "The Unknown", so in the end it is a bit unfair.

For more questions about "Ringing Calls" and "Perfect Strangers", everyone is welcome to pay attention and discuss! ! !