Tran Thanh's Uncle Ba Phi and the letter A cannot be compared to the letter B.

The film "Southern Forest Land" by director Nguyen Quang Dung has just released a new trailer, a complete 3-minute version that introduces more of the film's characters. In it, Tran Thanh's character, Uncle Ba Phi, makes his first appearance in the trailer.

And so, "people" stopped at a single framed photo – more precisely, a 360-frame-per-second snapshot of Tran Thanh's character, Uncle Ba Phi – to comment, mostly with criticism.

For example, Tran Thanh's portrayal of Uncle Ba Phi has a beard that looks too "fake." "Tran Thanh is still the same, exaggerating through body language and dramatic dialogue to reinforce the role's essence."

That Tran Thanh is too young to portray Uncle Ba Phi – a character from a 1997 television series originally played by Mac Can.

Or, "I remember Uncle Ba Phi as a dignified, calm, and charming man, not at all like the character in this movie who shouts..."

Then, the portrayal of the character Vo Tong by Mai Tai Phen also received negative reactions, such as "why doesn't he look like the original character in Doan Gioi's story?"

Even director Nguyen Quang Dung was criticized, with predictions that the film would be bad because "I've seen many of his recent films that aren't good!"

Just watching a 3-minute trailer is enough for people to come up with so many stories. This is similar to the high school graduation exam, where the girl who wrote the 30-page essay was ridiculed in every way possible, even though none of the critics had read what she had written in those 30 pages.

It's worth noting that in the case of "Southern Forest Land," many people made incredibly illogical, flawed, and naive comparisons between a film by Nguyen Quang Dung and a television series, or even the original literary work on the same subject.

This is like comparing the letter A to the letters B and C and then wondering, "Why aren't they the same?" even though they are all written letters.

Not to mention that "Southern Forest Land" is a literary work – a novel by writer Doan Gioi. Therefore, Uncle Ba Phi was also a literary character before becoming a character in television and film.

From the perspective of the audience, directors and actors, when approaching a work, will have different ways of imagining and visualizing the characters, depending on their life experiences, understanding, cultural background, and artistic views – in this case, filmmaking. And this is perfectly normal in life.

Ultimately, each of us has the right to be a film or literary critic on social media. But let's be knowledgeable critics, unbiased, and respectful of differences!

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