Special feature of 1905 film network A romantic comedy film directed by Kat Coiro and starring in it was shown in domestic cinemas on May 13th. This popular American film tells the story of a pop star who is going to marry her fiance, who is also a singer, at a high-profile live concert, only to find that her fiance is cheating on her, so she randomly chooses an audience to have a wedding.
The classic scene of "Love before Marriage" is common in romantic comedies, and we are no strangers to it. Through the process of two people with different identities, different personalities and even different identities, they can create a lot of laughter and romance. However, in The Marriage of Superstars, we don’t seem to see much romance, but more absurdity. Is the theme of this film really about love? This program invited film critic Zhou Guiyi to talk about this film with you.
From the plot design, the beginning of this marriage in the film is more like a public relations crisis about female stars than love at first sight. The origin of this story is that the heroine, as a superstar, is going to give a new song conference in front of 20 million people, which is also the live broadcast of her marriage proposal ceremony. But in this case, she found out that her fiance was cheating on her, so at this critical moment, she chose to propose to a strange audience. From the beginning of this marriage, the man was more like a tool man, a tool man used by the heroine to maintain her image. The huge gap between the roles of the hero and heroine in the film and the utilitarian nature of the wedding itself make the love generated difficult to convince the audience.
From the casting of the film, jennifer lopez, who plays the heroine, is a superstar herself. In the film, she plays a representative figure of pop culture. The superstar in the film has had three emotional experiences, which is consistent with Lopez’s own experience outside the play. Owen wilson, who plays the hero, often appears as an intellectual with classical temperament in his previous works, such as the hero in the movie. The two actors are very different in temperament. This casting can also reflect the director’s idea, and reflect the influence of the current social era on people’s traditional social life through the contrast between the two.
Compared with love, the film focuses more on the situation that the heroine is a superstar and her life is surrounded by social media all the time. Zhou Guiyi believes: "Since it has chosen a female star, it must truly present the life of this female star to a certain extent. Even if she eats breakfast, she will implant her endorsement advertisement. Then she will have a follower 24 hours a day, because she has a reality show. Therefore, her life is actually a pervasive life of the whole society, and it can also be said that she is a life of being tortured by the whole society. "
From all aspects, the core of the film is to reflect on the value of reality show in the social era, and to project the atmosphere of the times with current traffic on the big screen through an absurd love story. One of the most controversial plots in the film is that the heroine was nominated for a Grammy Award with her fiance who betrayed her. For the sake of traffic, she chose to get back together with her fiance in public, but this move has nothing to do with love, but traffic. This has also caused many viewers to reflect. How much of the life shown on social media is true?
On the topic of social media, Zhou Guiyi said: "When today’s material is actually rich, we should pay more attention to the inner wealth, love the people around you and enjoy the real moment in life. The existence of social media is to make your life better, but you should not be kidnapped or killed by it."
In "Superstar Married", after the heroine puts aside the flow and interests, she no longer needs to perform and maintain her image as a superstar at all times. When the hero gives her this peace away from interests, love naturally happens. In this era of social media, perhaps we should cherish the reality in front of us and cherish the people in front of us.