Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 536 CCTV likes it?

Zhang Chen is popular again!

Because of the speech by Nortel!
Every year his speeches at Beijing Film Academy would cause a wave of public opinion. His views were always sharp and he had many fans among young people.

But this year is different, this year there are two trends.

One is about the evaluation of "See You, Resurrection of the Dragon".

Just two words - garbage.

Especially the complaints about Li Rengang resonated with many moviegoers!
[Yes, I was wondering why it felt so familiar. It turned out to be a story about Hong Kong gangs.]

[This film shows the reason for the decline of Hong Kong films. The production team is uneducated but wants to show off, and it still uses the same Young and Dangerous style of fighting and killing.]

[Hong Kong directors have a talent for turning all genres into Young and Dangerous films.]

[Why do I always think of "Temple Street Twelve" when I watch movies~]

[Another traitor. If there were no traitor, would Hong Kong directors not be able to make movies? ]

The second trend is about Zhang Chen’s last sentence. In the end, all the positions in the entertainment industry are actually competing for culture.

The one who had to take the blame was "Resurrection of the Dragon".

[In "Resurrection of the Dragon", there are actually family armies such as the Guan Family Army, the Zhang Family Army, the Huang Family Army, and the Ma Family Army...]

[The Great Wei Kingdom, the Great Shu Kingdom, hahahaha, I am dying of laughter, they don’t even know about the Han Dynasty…]

[Also, who told you that we are called Shu? We are clearly the orthodox Han dynasty, okay?]

[At the beginning of “Resurrection of the Dragon”, when the five tiger generals were appointed, it was mentioned that the country would be named Shu. Did the director and screenwriter not watch “Three Kingdoms”? ]

[For those people in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, no matter how grand the story is, it turns out to be a fan story of street bloodshed and gang fights]

[Zhao Zilong (Chen Haonan): In terms of background, I am the most powerful. In terms of killing friends, I will never give up. Hi, sword~light~sword~shadow~]

[Living in a tiny place, how broad can one’s horizons be? ] (Copied again)
Then someone revealed that the original script of this drama was not about the Three Kingdoms at all, but a fictional drama similar to ancient idol drama. However, halfway through the filming, the investors felt that this fictional drama would result in a loss, and that this would not work, and they had to create a big IP!

Then it was changed to "Three Kingdoms", and a lot of the lines and dubbing were changed, and actors were added temporarily.

But someone else revealed that the project of "Resurrection of the Dragon" was initiated because King Liu wanted to play Zhao Yun. He has some selling ability in Asia, and then someone invested in it.

I seriously suspect that the whistleblower is an anonymous member of the crew of "Resurrection of the Dragon".

I was immediately scolded: [No matter what the reason, if you want to film the Three Kingdoms, you have to respect history. This is a basic principle. When Luo Guanzhong wrote Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he didn't dare to build privately like Resurrection of the Dragon. I seriously suspect that if Li Rengang made a sequel, he might introduce the imperial examination system in the Eastern Han Dynasty~]

[And the flying saucer hat, I'm confused, didn't the director do any historical research when preparing the movie? Isn't this the style of North Korea during the same period? ]

[Yes, yes, the armor is wrong too. It is definitely not from the Three Kingdoms period. Maybe it was originally created by the crew~]

There was a lot of criticism online, and then someone asked weakly: You are all criticizing, but why do I think this movie is pretty good?
For such ignorant children, someone gave a clear and organized explanation.

[Without exaggeration or understatement, if "Resurrection of the Dragon" was not about the story of the Three Kingdoms, it would actually be a pretty good movie.

First of all, the soundtrack of the movie is fine.

Netizens cursed the music in various ways, but not one cursed the music. All who spoke of the music gave it positive reviews.

Secondly, the costumes and props are actually pretty good.

The movie adopts the style of Japanese comics. Although netizens have repeatedly said that the flying saucer hat and big leather jacket are not the style of the Three Kingdoms at all, they are only respecting historical facts.

Just talking about the armor, it is actually very beautiful. It can be seen that some designs are obviously borrowed from Japanese armor:
The armor is made of laminated arm armor, a solid chest armor, and a thick garment worn over the armor, which is very different from the armor styles in traditional Chinese art.

You can search all over China for armor, but you won't find any armor of this style.

It was obviously designed by the crew themselves.

Why do I say it is a Japanese comic style? Because the expression techniques of each technical aspect of the film have undergone a comic-like rendering process.

So it is full of "novelty" and also full of "sharp points".

The plot of the comic emphasizes simplicity and clarity, so it prunes down those complicated and tangled historical legends and sorts them out into a very simple story of the success and failure of two men.

Action comics emphasize beautiful composition and strong lines in the shots, so in photography, both dynamic and static shots are strictly planned, carefully designed, and posed with a stable track. Whether the characters are standing, sitting, running, jumping, moving or still, they are all photographed beautifully.

The ending is also good, looking back on life, accompanied by superb BGM, it makes people cry!
So I say, if this is a fictional film, it's really okay.

But the stupidest thing Li Rengang did was to use the skin of the Three Kingdoms.

Hong Kong directors are like this, they have no fear of history and don’t know what public perception is.

You want to film the hero's old age, Feng Tang's aging, Li Guang's difficulty in becoming a noble, Zhang Qian's seizure of nobility, Di Qing's frustration, and even Qi Jiguang's frustration in his old age. With so many ready-made subjects, why do you have to film Zhao Zilong?
Everyone knows that Zhao Zilong died of illness in his later years. This is what is said both in official history and in the novel.

If you insist on filming like this, who else should I blame but you? You are simply uneducated and want to appear educated.

If you change the character to Qi Jiguang, who spent his whole life in military service and ended up with his wife and children leaving him, he would recall the time when he took the military examination in the capital, when he was full of vigor and ambition and wanted to conquer the world, and in his old age, he would drink alone under the lamp, and finally say "I have been in the army for thirty years and never suffered a defeat". There is nothing wrong with this style.

Then you film a film called The Three Kingdoms, and except for the name Zhao Zilong, the rest of the story, characters, costumes and props have nothing to do with the Three Kingdoms...

Netizens are right, Li Rengang just can't get along with Chinese people who have received secondary school education. 】

This post was immediately pushed up as soon as it appeared.

Everyone has criticized it before, but no one has analyzed it so thoroughly and deeply~
The crew of "Resurrection of the Dragon" also knew that they had gone too far and did not come out to explain anything when the public was so excited, otherwise they would have been scolded.

No matter it was Li Rengang or King Liu, they kept their mouths shut when facing questions from the media!
They did it right!
Because CCTV actually made a statement, the original text was - "Film and television industry practitioners are notoriously low in cultural level."

He didn't mention "Resurrection of the Dragon" by name, but he did like Zhang Chen's point of view.

……

Orange Sky Entertainment
Wu Kebo was reading the media reports with a gloomy face. Next to him was Wu Baige.

"What should we do? Now that even CCTV has expressed its stance, do we have to change our Red Cliff as well?"

Wu Baige smacked his lips and said, "Probably not. We didn't change history that much..."

"Hasn't it been changed?" Wu Kebo wanted to curse in his heart.

"I've made a lot of changes, right~" But he didn't say it.

"Don't worry, 'Resurrection of the Dragon' failed because there was no Chinese government funding company. Our 'Red Cliff' is different. 'Red Cliff' is a project of China Film Group Corporation..."

During this time in the mainland, Wu Baige has already understood the domestic system very well.

"Red Cliff" has already been scheduled. Even if he wants to change the release date now, Han Sanping will not agree, let alone watch the movie being controlled by others.

Wu Kebo was stunned when he heard this, then his expression eased a little. He felt that although this guy was unreliable, what he said did make sense.

Wu Baige glanced at the other person and said, "Do you think Red Cliff is a gangster movie?"

"Well, that's not the case~"

This time Wu Kebo spoke from the heart.

"Then what are you afraid of? When the film is about to be released, China Film will definitely control the screen~"

"I'm looking at the box office of 'Resurrection of the Dragon' and I'm afraid 'Red Cliff' will follow their same path~"

"The failure of 'Resurrection of the Dragon' was not due to public opinion. When public opinion started, the box office was already failing. The real reason was the release of 'The Forbidden Kingdom'."

When "The Forbidden Kingdom" was released on April 4, the box office of "Resurrection of the Dragon" dropped directly to 24 million, and most of the screenings were cut.

Huayi Brothers is very confident about "The Forbidden Kingdom". The first collaboration between the two biggest Kung Fu stars in the Chinese-speaking world is worth 100 million yuan. Really!
This is the first collaboration between Jackie Chan and Jet Li, and this movie can be said to have fulfilled the long-cherished wish of countless Chinese people.

It's not easy to bring these two together in one movie.

The two are considered the biggest Chinese Kung Fu stars in the international arena. When they appear in the same movie, who is the protagonist and who is the supporting role, who is the good guy and who is the bad guy, these must have been decided at the beginning.

Even if the two of them don't compete, the teams behind them will compete. It is impossible for two people of similar status to play a supporting role for the other.

Therefore, it is destined that both of them are either the protagonist or neither of them is the protagonist, but they are definitely positive characters and cannot be villains.

As usual, the villain Yujiang God of War looked for the most capable fighter in Hong Kong besides the two of them.

Chang Wei no longer said that he didn't know martial arts.

The publicity is overwhelming!
There are posters for The Forbidden Kingdom in subways, bus stations, elevators in office buildings, and even on the facades of office buildings...

'Jackie Chan, Jet Li' Double J Battle!

And the poster design is of quite high standard, very Hollywood.

There are only Jackie Chan and Jet Li on the poster, there is no comparison or criticism, and everyone's ranking is the same.

It is a Hollywood project after all.

In Hollywood, the ranking is very important and will even be separately stated in the contract.

The contract is so detailed that the font, size and format of various materials are all specified.

People in China like to tamper with posters. If you dare to do this abroad, they will really sue you.

……

At Donglaishun, Zhang Chen invited a few people from the company to eat hotpot.

As filmmakers, they would definitely talk about movies, but Dong Jianqiang was afraid that these guys would talk too much, so he deliberately changed the subject.

"I think what you said about that time at Beijing Film Academy, you said that the times are progressing, but are modern people really superior to people in the past?"

"Not necessarily~"

"Why?"

"In fact, many things are the same as those of the past, we just say it differently."

"New wine in old bottles, but the medicine remains the same?"

"Correct."

"for example?"

“For example, it used to be called arguing, but now it is called a clash of ideas;

It used to be called flattery, but now it is called providing emotional value;
It used to be called changing careers, but now it is called changing tracks;

It used to be called sulking, but now it is called refusing to waste energy;
It used to be called competition, but now it is called involution;
In the past, it was called being lazy and gluttonous, but now it is called being lazy and sloppy.
In the past, it was called "clinging to someone's thighs and getting in through the back door", but now it is called "upward socializing";
In the past, it was called pretending to be a fool, but now it is called setting up a persona;"

“It seems to be true.”

At this time, Ning Hao arrived late.

"What have you been doing?"

"Watch the movie, The Forbidden Kingdom."

"How about it?"

“Very disappointed.”

Dong Jianqiang quickly covered his mouth: "Be careful with your words~"

He is a little allergic now.

There is no competitive relationship between "Seeing the Dragon Resurrection" and Xingchen Entertainment. Zhang Chen caught them and criticized them, offending them for no reason.

Now that "The Forbidden Kingdom" is released again, he is really afraid that these things will be copied again.

Ning Hao also knew the seriousness of the matter: "It's just a casual chat between us, it will never be spread to other ears~"

"Bullshit, now there are more than six ears~"

Zhang Chen ignored all that and spoke directly: "The screenwriter of "The Forbidden Kingdom" is John Fusco, who is definitely a martial arts fan. The script of "The Forbidden Kingdom" incorporates a series of famous IPs such as "Journey to the West", "Drunken Master" and "Legend of the White-Haired Witch". It is said that the script was written in 2004 and was spotted by the old guy Rob Minkoff.

The plot of the script is a bit like "The Wizard of Oz", in which a white loser gets a cheat and comes up with the idea of ​​brushing the dungeon.

He knew that he couldn't do it alone, so he looked for teammates along the way (Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Liu Yifei), and then formed a team to fight the boss.

First it’s the small monsters, then the Boss. It doesn’t matter if you can’t defeat them, there will be people to help you use your invincibility, and you will eventually pass the level successfully.

It's normal for you to think it's not good, because this movie was not made for Chinese people at all, it's aimed at overseas audiences."

It is indeed not made for Chinese people to watch.

Cheng Long himself said that he is a bit "stupid".

Before it was released, everyone was looking forward to it.

A showdown between two great Kung Fu stars.

I don’t know how exciting the fight was.

Then after it was released, its reputation collapsed.

"Yes, yes, yes. The whole story is not a traditional martial arts routine at all. It is a Western model, a bit like the Far Eastern version of The Lord of the Rings."

“Yes, The Forbidden Kingdom is actually the escort team model of The Lord of the Rings with the background of Journey to the West.

The result is a deformed product that is neither Chinese nor Western.

The Monkey King became a loser in the movie, and the inheritance of the golden cudgel fell into the hands of a white loser.

It was clearly a fight between Chinese gods, but in the end it was up to a white loser to save the world.”

"Another magical adaptation of the Four Great Classics."

"Don't say that. If it gets out, not only will you offend people, but the country might get carried away and ban this subject matter. Then your Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons will be gone..."

"Uh~"

Ning Hao didn't expect this to happen, so he held back all the complaints he was going to make afterwards.

This is also the reason why Zhang Chen didn't dare to set the pace.

However, Zhang Chen’s lack of coordination does not mean that no one else is. Huayi is the villain, and many people want to see them get into trouble.

And the quality of the movie is indeed worrying.

This is how two Chinese Kung Fu superstars fought each other?
Not as good as Zhen Zidan.

The fight between Zhen Zidan and Chang Wei in "Flash Point" is far better than that in "The Forbidden Kingdom". Well, maybe "Flash Point" should be renamed "The Forbidden Kingdom".

I want monthly tickets. You really won't give them to me if I don't want them.
(End of this chapter)