I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 801: Just Spray (33)

When the Wind Rises Again…

A simple evaluation: The story of four detectives with a literary flavor!
Wong Chi-Kwong abandons the traditional straightforward narrative and breaks the story up, inserting various flashbacks and comparisons between the past and the present, and then using various stylized images in an attempt to express the meaning without narration. His work is complex and sophisticated, and it does have a flavor of Once Upon a Time in America.

But the more delicate the workmanship, the more fragile it is.

It's far from an epic film!
Generally speaking, a movie with epic connotations cannot be created overnight by the cleverness of one or two shots. It requires the director to have a clear grasp of the entire character and historical context, and to complete the connection and resonance between the characters and the times at the right time.

The most obvious problem with "When the Wind Rises" is that the film's time span is too long, which fails to become a powerful tool for brewing an epic. On the contrary, it makes people clearly feel that the director is constantly "rushing" the plot and trying to sort out the entire era context. However, as the plot progresses, the film actually becomes more and more fragmented.

The fragments of the story of the two protagonists' growth, decline, and escape are pieced together in a non-linear way, with many inexplicable jumps that make people dizzy.

When the gorgeous appearance is removed, what remains is an unclear theme and a messy and weak story.

It’s understandable that the box office is not high!

According to netizens’ comments: Any two minutes from this movie would get full marks, but when put together it’s just a bunch of shit.

Scattered they are a sky full of stars, gathered together they are a pile of shit!

Very bad…

Love triangle + extramarital affair!
Director Weng Ziguang explained: The six-hour initial cut was condensed into two hours...

Rotten is rotten...

No need to explain!

As for "Disconnect", it is a very typical Hong Kong-style bad movie!
The bad movies produced in Hong Kong in recent years are all pretty much the same, with a high degree of overlap in characteristics, featuring a fast tempo, loud noises, crazy play, and explosive special effects... coupled with ear-piercing music...

No matter what the plot is or who the protagonist is, it must cause a big uproar and bring about a mini version of world destruction!
The problem is, the plot logic is zero, the character motivation is zero, and the cause and effect are written for you...

Let the audience guess for themselves!
"Disconnect" is a typical example.

As for the explosive special effects...it is full of the cheap feeling of the beginning of the century, and traces of green screen cutouts are everywhere!
Shen Liang continued the live broadcast: "In fact, I think the creators of Hong Kong-style police and gangster films must have secretly guessed the review rules, so the villains can't play with the rules without limits, which in turn makes the police unable to use their brains. Otherwise, how will the protagonist's role be arranged? How can the routine story be advanced?

This kind of creative method that prioritizes release over creation will definitely make the team’s aesthetic standards out of touch with the general public…”

"We are now setting the main battlefield of police and gangster films in Southeast Asia!"

At this point, Shen Liang remembered something: "The Silent Killing, directed by Chen Musheng, is produced by our company. It is about domestic violence, school violence, and all kinds of violence. It is very large. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be released during the Qingming Festival this year. You can look forward to it..."

"A violent, bloody, sensory thriller... a pure thriller. Originally, the film was supposed to talk about some humanistic concerns, but the director himself felt it was awkward, so he simply deleted this line. It's pure thriller!"

"I estimate that the box office revenue will be over 8 million..."

Some netizens mentioned the sequel of "Raging Fire", Shen Liang explained: "We were originally planning to shoot it, but Emperor Entertainment Group wanted to kick us out and develop the sequel themselves... How is that possible? The copyright is in my hands, and you want to bypass me? Then the project was interrupted..."

"'Rage: Spread'... the script is okay, I'll see if I have time next year, if I do, I'll make it!"

"Liang Chaowei... Liang Chaowei's "Nameless"... During the entire promotional period of the movie, Liang Chaowei, as the first male lead, was completely invisible. He received a huge salary but did not participate in the promotion. He was too lazy to show up at the roadshow. The entire roadshow promotion of the movie was carried out by Wang Yibo. As the second actor, he ran from one city to another, from one cinema to another. During the entire promotional period, he kept going non-stop even when he was sick, and did not miss a single roadshow.

Where is Liang Chaowei? Perfectly invisible,
But let’s look at another Hollywood movie, does he dare?
When the Marvel movie Shang-Chi was screened in Hong Kong,
He was very active in promoting the film, recording videos, participating in celebrity interviews, biting his fingers to look cute, and winking at an old age, how come he didn't have the cool and aloof style that he had when promoting "Unknown"? "

"Didn't he take the money? Does that mean he doesn't need to participate in the promotion during the Spring Festival? Then Andy Lau from The Wandering Earth 2 attended almost all the promotion activities... How do you explain this?"

"His salary is very high... The number circulating in the industry is 5000 million... For The Wandering Earth 2, Andy Lau only received 3000 million RMB for both films combined!" "... I said last year that The Battle at the End of Time cut off the audience's last bit of tolerance for Hong Kong films. Wait, there are more than a dozen Hong Kong films lined up for release this year, and it's impossible for a movie to exceed billion box office... billion is too much, million is better!"

"You can slice it up as you like, I'm leaving this to you!"

"Okay, that's all I have to say...it's almost 11:, I have to go to bed..."

"I won't sing anymore... Good night everyone, it's great to have you, thank you for spending a wonderful night with me..."

As usual, Shen Liang finished his special ending words and left the show...

……

Shen Liang’s live broadcast has supported a bunch of bloggers who specialize in slicing on Douyin…

During every live broadcast of his, there are a bunch of bloggers waiting to capture clips and attract traffic!
There’s nothing we can do about it, since Shen Liang has the traffic!

At this stage, it is rare to find a star who dares to speak his mind like him...

The only living person in the domestic entertainment industry!

If you are unhappy, just spray...

The key point is that Shen Liang’s criticism is well-founded, and you can’t refute it even if you want to!

Well, actually Liang Ge thinks he has been very restrained. Now, before he scolds someone, he will consider the consequences first...

He can bear the consequences of criticizing Johnnie To and Leung Chiu-wai!
Isn’t it just being boycotted by the Hong Kong circle!
No hang so-called...

He doesn't rely on these people for a living.

As for their fans...

To be honest, it’s already 2023, and the mainstream audiences are already those born after 95 and 00. Who the hell still pays attention to those people?
Many viewers have not even watched Lust, Caution, and at most they just watched a clip on the website...

Then he exclaimed: That’s it?

Well... for mainstream netizens who are used to big scenes, the scale of "Lust, Caution" is really nothing. After all, the only things that can be seen clearly are armpit hair and purple grapes!

Ahem...

In short, criticizing them is no psychological pressure for Shen Liang...

Even after the show was off, I specially found "Lust, Caution" and took Da Tiantian to watch it...

By the way, I practiced using a paper clip...

It’s really tiring!

But Da Tiantian likes it very much...

It’s good value for money!

(End of this chapter)