I still think you are the best. What have you seen as a dark horse Hong Kong-style romantic comedy？

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How will the family deal with such a chaotic relationship? The new film may give you the answer.

Without complicated scenery and props, the whole film revolves around a room, four meals, six people and four relationships, and staged a "Love Confession Bureau" with tears in laughter and delicious taste.

"I still think you are the best" became a dark horse of word of mouth in the screening stage. At present, the score of 28,000 people is still stable at 7.7, becoming the word-of-mouth champion in the same new film, and the proportion of films has also been countered all the way, ranking second in the single-day box office for four consecutive days.

Just like barbecued pork and Hong Kong-style food that appeared in turn throughout, "pure Hong Kong flavor", "full of fireworks" and "revival of Hong Kong-style romantic comedy" have also become the key words of praise.

Under the same roof, eat drink man woman’s laughter, sadness and joy, this unique form is easily reminiscent of a series of classic Hong Kong films.

In addition, Hong Kong-style romantic comedies, which show the courtship of urban men and women, were once an important type of Hong Kong movies, with a large number and many classics. BGM and lines will trigger "memory killing" by countless audiences.

However, in recent years, Hong Kong romantic comedies have gradually declined in the mainland market. Although they occasionally appear as masterpieces with a small reputation, it is difficult to become a real explosion.

Do we still need Hong Kong-style romantic comedies when Hong Kong gangster films stand out?

Eat drink man woman’s love and affection.

Why is Still Think You Are the Best praised?

As mentioned above, "I still think you are the best" can be well received by the audience, and the core is the word "Hong Kong flavor". And this pure "Hong Kong flavor" is also infused in the theme, people, jokes, props and other aspects.

Compared with "I still think you are the best", the original film title "Fanxi Attack on the Heart" seems to be more able to tell the characteristics of the film — — In a relatively closed space, four meals are used to show the undercurrent between six men and women.

From embarrassment to pretending nothing happened, to the outbreak of contradictions and final reconciliation, these four table scenes can be said to be the essence of the whole film.

This kind of play requires higher script and performance, and several actors are also cooperating with each other, so there are many jokes in the echo each other.

What’s more interesting is that the food on the dining table, from hot pot, home cooking and molecular cooking to traditional barbecued pork, also corresponds to the changes in the relationship between characters. It is not only full of Hong Kong flavor and fireworks, but also truly realizes the "rice play".

The director once explained that this setting stems from Chinese’s emphasis on diet and dining table. The so-called "eat drink man woman" means that the demand for food and desire is human instinct, and sitting around a table for dinner has more special significance for China families.

Just like Chang Huan’s testimony in "Happy Family": "Who doesn’t want the whole family to have a reunion dinner?" Too many joys and sorrows of China families are staged at the dinner table.

On the other hand, the director also wants to "revive" the type of sitcom that has been away from the screen for a long time in this way, and make a fresh Hong Kong-style "dinner play".

This kind of collision and fusion between the new and the old can be seen everywhere in Still Think You Are the Best. The food has both traditional barbecued pork and trendy molecular dishes. Although the living environment is a retro barbecued pork workshop, it is adjacent to towering skyscrapers.

In addition to the formal tribute and innovation, the director also conveyed new thoughts on love, career and family through the mouths of several roles.

The title of Still Think You Are the Best comes from an old song released 30 years ago. "Even if you leave/my enthusiasm hasn’t changed" sings the feeling of reluctance to the lover who is about to leave, which just corresponds to the mental journey of the eldest brother in the film.

On the one hand, it is the old love that was inexplicably missed, and on the other hand, it is to take care of the second brother who grew up. How will the eldest brother choose in the extreme pull of love and affection? At first glance, the film is talking about love, but what it discusses is the traditional Hong Kong-style view of family and affection.

To sum it up in a golden sentence is "the most important thing for a family is to be neat." The eldest brother played by Wong Tze Wah is the spokesman of this concept. The old school is old-fashioned but full of sense of responsibility, and does not hesitate to sacrifice itself to maintain the integrity of the so-called "family".

This is also the emotional core of many similar Hong Kong films, such as the series "Happy Events at Home". Although brothers have different personalities and frequent contradictions, they are always United because of "home".

In contrast, I still think you are the best has updated the traditional concept of "home and everything", and the warmth in family interaction has not diminished, but in the end, I chose to let go.

The phrase "go out of the house and go a little further" is particularly thought-provoking, and it also tells the truth that "the house is not home, but the family is home".

In addition, not only is the hero played by Wong Tze Wah plump, but the other five men and women are also representative. Director Chen Yongshen once revealed that each character has been carefully designed, with 4 to 7 pages of plump biographies.

Three men correspond to the state of men in different stages of life, and they are idealistic hot-blooded e-sports men; Mature and sophisticated office workers; There are also confused and conservative middle-aged men.

The three women also have distinct characteristics. "Sister-in-law" is a lovely but sober "sweet sister". "Ersao" is an intellectual literary youth; "San Sao" is a nanny girlfriend who pays blindly. Their personalities also form a mirror image corresponding relationship with the three men.

The process of dealing with contradictions, misunderstandings and final reconciliation between three couples in love is actually a process for everyone to let go of the past and find their true self.

Compared with the previous Hong Kong-style romantic comedies, the actors’ performances in "I still think you are the best" put more emphasis on the sense of life and realism, and the universality of people’s design makes their love more likely to resonate with the audience.

Wong Tze Wah used "squeezing out sadness in laughter" to describe the creative process of the characters. The core of comedy is tragedy. From this point of view, I still think you are the best, besides the punchline, is also trying to dig deeper theme expression and emotional connotation.

Typical of small and broad.

Do we need Hong Kong-style romantic comedies?

Before becoming a director, Chen Yongshen had been engaged in scriptwriting for nearly 20 years, studied under Ma Weihao, and participated in the love undercover series "Next Stop … The scriptwriting of a series of classic urban love comedies, such as "Tianhou" and "Subway", can be described as knowing how to create.

Urban romantic comedies have always been an important part of Hong Kong commercial films.

Unlike romantic films with heavy social or family issues, these romantic comedies often pay more attention to entertainment and commerce.

Most of the protagonists are all kinds of handsome men and beautiful women. Through imaginative story arrangement, relaxed and humorous plot design and happy ending, the audience’s imagination of perfect love and emotional consumption are fully satisfied.

Eye-catching star lineup, fashion wear, urban landscape and popular culture are also essential elements, which not only show the love between men and women, but also bring a fashionable visual feast.

The representative works of this type include Dancing with the Dragon, Golden Branches and Jade Leaves, 100% Feeling and series in the early years, and Great The Rich House and Happy Family, which combine comedy love with family themes, and so on.

Around 2000, he led the Galaxy image to join the "war situation" and successively created a series of "Du’s" love comedies such as Slimming Men and Women, Walking Left and Right, and A Hundred Years of Harmony.

On the other hand, Ma Weihao also shot a lot of such works, including the love undercover series mentioned above and so on.

Generally speaking, although most of these works are not artistic, they are very popular in Xian Yi, young and old, leaving countless classic confession scenes, love stories and love songs for generations of audiences.

,,,,, and many other stars have also become well-known spokespersons for urban comedies, contributing to many pairs of popular national screen CP.

On the other hand, another major feature of urban romantic comedies is their relatively high cost performance, which can often create "small and broad" box office success, and therefore they are favored by the market.

"Happy Family" has a box office of nearly 50 million. It was the box office champion in 1992, and "97 Happy Family" also ranked second in the annual box office list.

"Lonely man and few women", the pioneering romantic comedy of "Galaxy Image", became an instant hit, with a box office of 35.21 million, and "Slimming Men and Women" exceeding 40 million, and other films also performed well. It can be said that the box office income of urban romance films "feeds" the artistic creation of the Galaxy image.

In recent years, with the deepening of film cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong, Hong Kong directors began to try to mix their favorite love styles with ancient costumes, police and bandits, or transplant them into the context of the mainland, but the original Hong Kong-style love comedies gradually declined.

Ten years later, only the series of "Zhiming and Chunjiao" by Miriam Yeung, the series of "Single Men and Women" by Du Qifeng and the series of "77 Times" directed by are representative.

Only 198 million and 175 million were recorded at the box office, which failed to exceed 200 million. This time, the box office forecast of "I still think you are the best" is also difficult to exceed 100 million.

Although compared with the film cost, the results are still good, but it can’t be compared with the box office results of hundreds of millions or even billions of love explosions in the mainland.

On the one hand, the local characteristics of Hong Kong, the so-called "Hong Kong flavor", are both points and limitations. The living environment and love concept of urban men and women in Hong Kong are different from those in the Mainland. Many jokes and baggage can only be understood accurately if they are understood in Cantonese, and it will be boring to translate them into Mandarin.

This time, I still think you are the best. Many jokes, such as "Fu Fu Barbecued Pork" and "Gou Yi Sao", will confuse the audience who don’t understand Cantonese, and the dubbing in Mandarin is even more embarrassing and blunt by many people.

On the other hand, urban romantic comedies actually rely on the star effect, but there are only a handful of Hong Kong young actors who have appeal in the Mainland. Although several leading actors in "I still think you are the best" are famous in Cantonese, their influence on the broader market is limited after all.

When asked about this question, director Chen Yongshen also admitted to the reporter that this kind of romantic film has high requirements for actors. On the one hand, it must be performed well, on the other hand, it really depends on the actor’s popularity and personality charm. Over the years, the new generation of actors in Hong Kong have not become the stars that many people like in the golden age. This is the difficulty of romantic movies.

As the saying goes, "Love is full of water", the charm of romantic films need not be described too much, and Hong Kong romantic comedies have also brought us countless laughter and feelings.

Really touching romantic films can always transcend the barriers between regions and languages. We need blockbuster gangster films and also want to watch sweet Hong Kong-flavor love.