450 words synopsis of the movie "Pancake Man"

Perhaps because of the overly silly name and the depressing summer schedule, I haven’t had much expectations for “Pancake Man”. That exaggerated poster was too outrageous. I don’t know how many people misunderstood the quality of this movie, and I don’t know if it could attract more small-town audiences.

But no matter what, based on the current standards of Chinese theater movies, the current rating of "Pancake Man" is seriously underestimated. In this era of movies that are almost shameless in overdrafting IP, "Pancake Man" deserves to be praised prudently.

It is the biggest surprise in the summer, surpassing "The Return of the Monkey King" to some extent, because after all, the latter has always had a good reputation, and because it is an animation, the grandness of the technology can make people ignore it. The plot is immature. But "Pancake Man" is different. It is a comedy, even mixed with some elements of farce. It is the most popular genre among Chinese theater audiences, and it is also the genre that is most easily picked on.

I don’t know when China’s theatrical comedies began to feature a slogan called “laughing with tears.” This is the masterpiece of a group of public relations teams who were born in an eighth-tier town and grew up immersed in "Friends" and "Readers". They love this contradictory phrase that both uses comedy to attract customers and uses tears to express profound fakeness. In fact, laughing with tears is a very complicated emotion, and it is difficult to use movies to push people to reach this kind of emotion. Almost every previous film that attempted this made the slogan a joke. "Pancake Man" managed to reach the edge of the phrase "laughing with tears".

"Pancake Man" has honestly made a solid comedy - at least until the scene where Liu Yan "enlightens" Dapeng. Dapeng, who was born in online dramas, has a special view of comedy - making the audience laugh is the goal, not the means. He amused the audience with his performance in the most appropriate way for an actor, without considering the "meaning" behind the delivery. In his values, jokes are jokes, there is no hierarchy, laughter is universal, and making people laugh is the morality of comedy. This most basic principle is still controversial in the Chinese comedy industry.

Online videos are cruel, in fact, they are much crueler than big movies. Something like "Diaosi Men", if it doesn't capture the audience within three minutes, people will have turned it off. Such cruel training at least taught Dapeng how to respect his baggage. He transplanted all of this into big movies in parallel. His little cleverness lies in knowing how to make the most of his strengths and avoid his weaknesses. He allows all actors to act in their true identities, and stars are stars. First of all, it can maximize the halo, which is conducive to film promotion; and secondly, more importantly, it can also directly utilize the expertise of those stars themselves.

He asked Yue Yunpeng to sing "Song of the Five Rings", asked Song Xiaobao to say "You are such a shame!", made Zhao Si tremble and stutter, and asked Deng Chao to shout "Run, brother"... not to mention... There are so many nifty and clever jokes that scratch the itch of the entertainment industry and the public's psychology. When Bao Beier avoided Dapeng's film appointment, he pretended to shout, "Bring me our marijuana!" This kind of humor is not only close to the reality show , and they all have thorns.

All of these are friendly. Dapeng extremely cleverly used the labels, symbols and golden phrases of these comedy stars. The classic jokes they have preserved for many years have been logically transformed by Dapeng. It works for you, and you won’t feel out of place. This can only be achieved by letting them act themselves. Otherwise, resetting the roles for them will look very artificial. Using celebrities in this way is the most effective and economical way. To a certain extent, this is the chicken thief that the web drama brought to Dapeng.

For those academics who take movies seriously, the plot of "Pancake Man" may be a bit ridiculous, but if we talk about heroes in terms of effects, Dapeng at least makes every joke shine. There is almost no squeaky part inside, but it can make you smile. Objectively speaking, "Pancake Man" is still essentially an IP movie, but it is a mixture of comedy genres, farce and drama. The important thing is that this IP movie has an attitude of not being deceitful. It tells people blatantly that it uses the popularity accumulated by "Diaosi Man", coupled with this layered structure of stories, dramas within dramas, and reality. Interspersed with fiction and everyone's real names appearing, it makes people feel full of sincerity.

It is definitely not like "Gardenia Blooms", which almost deceitfully uses a song title from He Jiong and Li Yifeng's pink color, and leaves it at that. If you are not deliberately harsh, then even if "Pancake Man" is a collection of jokes and fragments, this collection will never stop making people laugh. It is worthy of the word comedy. What's more, this movie is really not that fragmented. It is more skillful than many movies that pretend to be sophisticated.

In addition to the most accurate revitalization of comedy stars, Dapeng is also familiar with the psychology of the audience. When he plays the role of a little person who has been pushed back to the bottom, he can let more people see the sadness he faces every day. When he flaunts his ambition at the beginning, he also understands that the parts that pierce the skin of those celebrities will make the audience Only then will you buy it. Later, Dapeng muttered at the wine table, "I don't want to play the role of a diaosi anymore." On the rooftop, Liu Yan said, "For so many years, people will say that Liu Yan doesn't know anything but only uses her breasts to get in the position." This is it. Their true voices. Seeing this, you will feel that you have not only watched a comedy, but you have even gotten close to Dapeng and Liu Yan and watched their private complaints. In this sense, "Pancake Man" not only successfully implanted a lot of jokes, but also successfully staged a celebrity reality show in the lyrical section.

In this Internet age, practicing oneself is sometimes the only shortcut to success. This is really cruel, but if they practice for a long time, the audience will not be able to distinguish between the characters and the actors, and they will be possessed by the characters. People only stared at Dapeng's mean expression and Liu Yan's deep cleavage. At this time, they could use their own names to express those emotions that no one usually hears, and people could also see the helplessness and helplessness behind them. sorrow and grief. Just now they earned some applause by selling their laughter, but in these scenes, they can earn another emotion by selling their tears. Yes, you can see the shadows of Stephen Chow's movies, superhero movies, tough guy action movies, etc. in "Pancake Man". These tributes are not bad, and sometimes they are almost cute.

"Pancake Man" has its problems. For example, at the end, after being awakened by Liu Yan on the rooftop, Dapeng burst out because of his dream. He really suddenly became like a hero possessed. At the same time, the change of Hai Ge's role, the cameo of Jean-Claude Van Damme and the appearance of Young and Dangerous, etc., all of these transitions were too abrupt. Dapeng still wants to create some emotions related to dreams at the end. But fortunately, his homages to classic films remain deliberately playful, which effectively dissipates the inevitable artificiality of expounding dreams. Even, to a certain extent, it really makes people feel a little childlike about fulfilling their childhood dreams.

Comedy is actually the most difficult genre to master. In this era, people's tastes are becoming more and more serious, and their laughter is getting higher and higher. Clever jokers can beat comedians at any time. How much effort do you need to make an audience who has been trained for a long time laugh? "Pancake Man" really unexpectedly allowed people to see a decent comedy in this period when movies are ashamed.