This director is vindictive.

Chapter 135 This is a heinous crime and a regression of human civilization!
In fact it is.

At this moment, many media people came to the premiere.

The five golden flowers have been enjoying great popularity recently, and they happened to be arranged to sit together (God knows who was so stupid as to arrange that), so there have been reporters watching them all the time.

He was just about to shout out, "Fight, fight!"

After all, if a war really breaks out, no, there is no need to fight, the current situation is enough for them to fabricate a few articles.

Fan Binbin's pull brought Yang Mi back to her senses. She looked around and saw so many eyes staring at her, so she sat back down.

His expression was still extremely ugly, but he still thanked Fan Binbin.

Fan Binbin was also very confused, and at the same time she looked at Jing Tian with admiration. After all, when she was in contact with Jing Tian, ​​she gave her the impression that she was harmless and innocent, and did not seem to be pretending. However, she did not expect that when she met Yang Mi, she suddenly turned into a little devil.

But then she found it a little funny. In her eyes, Jing Tian, ​​who was a little bit scheming, was more real and more adorable. After all, it seemed that her scheming was only directed at Yang Mi.

Gao Yuanyuan was a little embarrassed at the moment. She didn't know whether to answer the call or not.

The rich young woman seemed to realize that this was not a good thing. She stuck out her tongue, sucked on her lollipop, and stopped teasing Yang Mi.

It's interesting to say, the two of them really have conflicting auras. Every time she sees Yang Mi, she will find ways to tease her and make her angry.

And what’s more important is that she succeeded every time.

The premiere of "Charlotte's Troubles" officially begins.

In fact, although Chen Mo has been very busy recently, he has been making news one after another.

But the entertainment industry is never peaceful. The more he dances and the more popular he becomes, the more people hope he falls into trouble.

Many people who came to the scene tonight had this idea in mind.

Some people have even figured out how to produce Chen Mo's movie.

In fact, it’s not surprising that those people are sharpening their knives. The main reason is that from the perspective of the movie’s male protagonist, Charlotte, this character is really unlikable.

Chen Mo had previously thought about whether to change the character's personality, but in the end he chose to give up.

Because, no matter how unlikable Charlotte is, he is actually just a small person. You may not like him, but the things about him, including his sexual fantasies after rebirth, etc., are actually everywhere in reality.

He actually knew that this movie had been criticized a lot in the past for having distorted values, but what was the truth?
The truth is, if someone were truly reborn in this world, many people would definitely be able to do things even more outrageous than Charlotte.

Moreover, for a comedy, don't expect it to have any main theme.

This is actually the reason why this movie was a big hit in its previous life. Yes, you are right, but this kind of loser guy who you think is vulgar and disdainful is actually a true portrayal of most ordinary people in reality!

Of course, there is no love or hate without reason in this world.

Wen Bai is a self-media film critic, and he can’t say whether he likes or dislikes Chen Mo.

These days, self-media is so developed and there are countless self-media film critics. How can it be easy to stand out from them?
So, this requires an opportunity.

During this period, Chen Mo can be said to be the most popular and famous director in the entire entertainment industry, without a doubt.

For this reason, Wen Bai set his target on Chen Mo.

Of course, he still did a lot of preparatory work. For example, he went to watch several performances of Happy Twist's stage play "Charlotte's Troubles".

Finally the blind student discovered the highlight.

He already has a complete plan to stand out by leveraging the fame of "Charlotte's Troubles" and Chen Mo.

Of course, he himself still hopes that the movie can sell well, because the more so, the greater the possibility of success of his plan. Of course, there are definitely some risks involved, but compared with the benefits, it is nothing.

Although Chen Mo is said to be vindictive, he is not really worried. After all, he is a film critic. Can you sue him just because a film critic says a few unpleasant words about your movie?
After the movie was over, Wen Bai had a better idea of ​​what was going on. Overall, as a comedy, the movie was indeed very good, and even he was amused many times.

However, the content of the movie did not disappoint him. Although it was greatly changed from the stage play, the overall storyline remained the same.

Moreover, Wen Bai's confidence comes from more than just this. Chen Mo does have a lot of fans and is very popular.

But there are also many people who dislike him. In fact, among the film critics group that Wen Bai joined, many people hated Chen Mo.

Some people are simply angry because Chen Mo is too high-profile. The key point is that his high-profile behavior has nothing to do with the movie. In their opinion, Chen Mo is just like what Lu Chuan said at the beginning. He is completely focused on publicity and has not put any effort into the movie at all.

The other people who hate Chen Mo have almost the same thoughts as him.

Of course, there is also a part that is purely out of envy, jealousy and hatred.

This time, many of them in the group have agreed to give Chen Mo's new film a hard time.

Moreover, many people in the group are quite knowledgeable about the movie "Charlotte's Troubles", which also provided Wen Bai with a lot of information.

Of course, only a director of Chen Mo's level can receive such treatment, and this will inevitably become the norm in the future.

If it were Chen Mo, who had just become a director not long ago, he certainly would not deserve to have so many "black fans"!
In fact, movie promotion itself also needs to be "black and white." After all, if there is only white and no black, only praise and no criticism, how can there be controversy? How can there be heated discussions?
Therefore, even when promoting a movie, if there are no negative reviews, people still have to buy negative reviews artificially!

Of course, this kind of negative review is definitely not bought casually. To put it bluntly, it is also another form of publicity. For example, some people commented that the author of a novel has a distorted outlook on life and actually plays a thief and has a harem in the novel, which is simply poisonous.

Is this a bad review? Absolutely!

But what will be the result? Many readers may not be interested at first, but after seeing these "bad reviews", they become interested instead.

What? Are you, my dear readers, not right? Come on, we just want to give you a good critique, okay?
Closer to home.

After the premiere of "Charlotte's Troubles", the official release began in the early hours of the same evening.

Chen Mo's earlier fame and the publicity he did for "Charlotte's Troubles" only truly showed its power at this time.

On the premiere day of September 9, "Charlotte's Troubles" received the largest screening ratio, and the film did not disappoint.

On that day, all the cinemas were filled with laughter, and the box office was also astonishing.

September 9th was a workday and not a holiday, but thanks to its effective pre-promotion and hilarious plot, the film still managed to win the box office championship that day, with a box office revenue of 29 million!
On September 9, the eve of the National Day holiday, the box office soared again because the holiday was already on that evening, and earned 30 million yuan.

The box office exceeded 100 million yuan in the first two days of its premiere, and the word of mouth was also quite good.

It has a score of over 8 on Douban. Those who have seen it, if nothing else, at least think it is a pretty good comedy.

"Charlotte has a dream, and she laughs like a flower. It's so desolate when the music and songs are gone, it's better to cherish the person in front of you."

"Am I the only one who left crying? Why did I find those silly looks at the end so touching? The unchanging theme of "cherishing the ordinary happiness around us" is something we all hope to achieve!" "For viewers who haven't seen the original play, this is a remarkable experience. High energy and hilarious throughout, in typical Happy Twist style. The story is a clichéd time-travel fantasy, still inspirational but lacking in substance. However, the film's witty comedy is its biggest highlight. It's simple but hilarious, a surprise from the National Day holiday!"

"This is Chen Mo's first comedy film. At first, it was just because I was tortured by Xia Luo and Ma Dongmei during the million-dollar quiz, so I came to criticize it. I didn't expect that I would end up laughing like a fool. It's a very good comedy, at least it can make people laugh!"

"Rebirth novels are not unfamiliar, they are everywhere on Qidian, but this is the first time I've seen a movie about it. It's quite fresh, and the opening is amazing. Director Chen Mo is truly a genius. Just the opening scene showing the world ten years in the future is astonishing, not to mention the hilarious moments throughout. The cinema was filled with joy the entire time. Of course, the ending, while a bit sentimental, is sentimental, and everyone understands."

"The soundtrack to 'Yi Jian Mei' is amazing, but the film's values ​​do have some advanced male chauvinism: those who are better than you are always because of their fathers, beautiful girls you can't get will eventually marry ugly rich men, and as a loser with no purpose, after daydreaming, you still have to learn to be content with what you have."

"You think it's a human comedy, but it's actually a human farce. The prodigal son's return is never a cheap awakening from a dream."

"The movie is too real. Even if a loser is reborn, the result still won't change anything."

In the early days, film critics like Wen Bai did not appear. After all, they also had to wait and see for a while.

But "Charlotte's Troubles" soon began to get out of control.

On National Day, the box office of "Charlotte's Troubles" began to soar as word of mouth spread, and it took 50% of the national total box office that day, with a daily box office of up to 1.5 million, making this movie a phenomenal movie.

Moreover, the memes in the movie also started to become popular on the Internet.

Such as "Ma Dongmei's Stem", "Yi Jian Mei", "Xue Hua Piao Piao" and so on.

In fact, for ordinary audiences, this movie is funny enough, and that is really enough.

However, as the box office of "Charlotte's Troubles" began to explode, film critics like Wen Bai also began to leave.

Amidst all the positive reviews, a lot of negative reviews began to appear.

Film critic Thirteen: "'Charlotte's Troubles' has been a box office success and a critical success, which is to be expected. It may even be the funniest comedy of the year. Compared with other similar films that use a lot of comedic elements but only make people laugh, it has put a lot of effort into triggering people's laughter.

Often, people aren't watching Charlotte, but rather Hao Jian on the Spring Festival Gala stage. The overall quality of "Charlotte's Troubles" is also closer to the long-missed, high-quality Spring Festival Gala skits. It's important to emphasize that skits are not the same as the gags that permeate most current domestic comedies. These gags are simply a playful arrangement of internet buzzwords and witticisms, while skits rely on dramatic conflict constructed in accordance with comedic principles and effective performances from the actors.

Compared with those youth films in the past, the advantage of "Charlotte's Troubles" is that it is not about dreams, it is sincerely comforting millions of losers and more ordinary people who are willing to call themselves losers. What you have is what you deserve. Don't dream of becoming a dragon if you want to "achieve your lofty ambitions one day". Cherish the people around you and you will be happy.

But this also directly leads to the biggest problem of the film - although it uses enough and effective jokes to ensure constant laughter in the theater, it also makes the overall logic of the film seem distorted because it pays too much attention to the funny details of each segment.

The core conflict of "Charlotte's Troubles" lies in solving Charlotte's life crisis, but if you exclude the dream-travel part that did not actually happen, you will find that no problem has been solved and nothing has changed.

The only thing that has changed is that Charlotte has gone from feeling dissatisfied and unwilling to accept his own worthlessness to feeling happy and confident in his Ah Q-style spiritual victory. Charlotte, a man who has accomplished nothing, remains a failure. In his dreams, his improved situation is not because he has become a better person, but because he deliberately makes others worse off.

Even the fact that he regained his love for his wife in his dream was mostly attributed to his real-life memories.

In other words, after having a good laugh, you'll find that the plot, which occupies the vast majority of the film, has no meaning beyond amusement. The characters' emotions and psychology are completely detached from real-world logic, and even the dream sequences struggle to make sense. Hollywood's "Groundhog Day," released over 20 years ago, also uses a fantastical, surrealist approach to imagine a "what if" story. The latter's premise is equally absurd and hilarious, but the characters' personalities and mental transformations, despite the absurdity, are remarkably moving, drawing on universal human nature.

Film critic Wen Bai said: "The values ​​of this movie are really problematic. Who is Charlotte? He was a lucky man before he had the dream. He was raised by his wife who rode a tricycle and cupping for 20 years and was also a loser who had been cheating on him for years!"

Why do we say Charlotte is lucky? Because most losers can’t meet such a good girl.

Not to mention the scumbag in my dreams (plagiarism, squandering, and contracting diseases from sleeping outside), I may not necessarily become a person with healthy social functions after waking up. Many netizens criticized me for not understanding life and love. I don’t know what kind of life you understand, but it is my bottom line that a person should at least be responsible for his own life, not to mention how he influences and helps others.

The existence of a woman like Ma Dongmei is a selfish standard for male fans - what a good woman should be like, loyal, understanding and tolerant. But for female fans, it is a completely wrong textbook!

As a man, you are weak and you are right? You are weak and you take it for granted that you can be parasitic. Like a 40-year-old child who doesn't know any better, you turned someone else's wedding into a farce starring you. Outsiders ridiculed you and dared not say a word. Even when your wife gave you a way out, you got drunk and threw a tantrum.

If the joke is that Charlotte fails to act cool, forgive me for not only not getting it but also feeling extremely embarrassed.
Someone might tell me that comedy movies don’t require values? I’d say, “Aren’t you funny?”

Chinese audiences generally like to say, "Just watch a movie and have fun."

It's this kind of loser mentality that has created a vicious cycle in the quality of domestic filmmaking. Hollywood commercials also aim to please audiences, but they use real money to create grand scenes or elaborate plots. Domestic commercials, on the other hand, are simple: a medley of nostalgic hits, young actors showing off their looks, washed-up stars playing with nostalgia, and a bunch of idiots making fools of themselves.

Director Lu Chuan said that Chen Mo was only focused on playing tricks and didn't put his heart into making the movie. I personally agree with this.

It can even be said that Director Chen Mo's behavior has set a very bad example for domestic directors. It seems that if you just make a movie casually and focus your main energy on publicity and marketing, even a bad movie can sell well.

The early publicity of "Charlotte's Troubles" was indeed very effective, but what still cannot be changed is the core content of the movie and its distorted values.

The Godfather says that the first step in a person's life is to strive to realize their own value, the second step is to take good care of their family, the third step is to help kind people as much as possible, the fourth step is to speak for their tribe, and the fifth step is to fight for the honor of their country. In fact, as a man, if you succeed in the first two steps, your life is already perfect, and achieving the third step is great. Those who arbitrarily reverse the order are generally not trustworthy.
The real Charlotte doesn't even take the first step properly, while the Charlotte in his dream keeps turning things upside down. If he continues with this wrong approach, he will never find the right outcome. Besides the moral coercion against women, this is also what makes the whole movie so uncomfortable for me.

Some friends said that the ending should have allowed Charlotte to maintain his unmotivated loser nature, so that it would achieve the irony.

I think the movie "Charlotte's Troubles" has no intention of satirizing anything. The movie starts with a first-person narration and whitewashes Charlotte throughout the film. If you think the movie is meant to satirize losers, you're overthinking it.

Film critic Liu Kang: "Before crossing over in his first life, Luther was described by his wife as "accomplishing nothing". Despite being so poor, he still pretended to be rich and attended the wedding of the class beauty he had a crush on in high school in order to satisfy his inner fantasy.

After crossing over, he made his fortune in his second life by plagiarizing other people's works, and the closer he got to the next life, the less talented he became. "The former class beauty is now under my crotch," he thought, recalling his first life's wife's meticulous care and indulging in infidelity. In his early years, he allowed Dasha to pursue him in order to escape his past life's wife, but now he can make such an outrageous demand as "giving up his wife." Fortunately, Dasha's punch expressed a reasonable outlook on life: "Evildoers will be punished."

After dying in the second life, he returned to the first life and continued to be a loser who only knew how to hug his wife and had no ambition to make progress. The play ended here.

Some people even said that seeing Xia Luo hugging Ma Dongmei at the end made them cry. I'm going to spit at you. Do you know what true love is? If this kind of man is tempted again in his first life, he will definitely cheat without a doubt.

It is truly a great tragedy that such a film that completely destroys all worldviews and lacks any sense of irony could achieve such high box office success and receive such rave reviews!

After these film reviews came out, they quickly became a green spot among thousands of flowers, and what’s interesting is that they were quickly pushed to the most prominent position by the large number of reviews.

Of course, the comments section couldn't all be full of support, and instead a round of debate began.

"The whole story is full of distorted values, plagiarism, and assault. I don't know what the screenwriter was thinking. It's completely a loser's fantasy. It's really enough. It doesn't reflect any values ​​at all. After waking up, he just hugs his wife and does nothing."

But someone immediately refuted: "Watching a comedy and still talking about values ​​is ridiculous. According to your statement, Mr. Bean is not only a loser and has no ambition, but also destroys public property and affects others. It is simply a heinous crime and a regression of human civilization!"

"If the male protagonist truly harbors dreams, living off his wife and keeping a low profile, he'll surely rise to prominence one day. But why, after achieving success in his dreams, are all his songs popular with other people? Are there any of his own creations? The successful life depicted in the film is a shortcut, imagining that others' efforts are simply due to being sponsored and relying on their parents. I wonder how many people in this society have achieved even the smallest bit of success at the cost of their lives. He suffers from paranoia, objectifying women as dependents, and a deep-seated male cancer."

"I'm puzzled. This isn't an inspirational film, an educational film, a moral film, or even a philosophical film. From its positioning to its promotion, it's a complete romantic comedy. The film's story is about a loser whose talent doesn't match his dreams, who indulges in sexual fantasies every day, and who ultimately returns to his family. The film's premise is to emphasize that people shouldn't indulge in sexual fantasies and that cherishing reality is the right path. I don't see anything wrong with that.

And you insist on wanting this movie to follow your ideals, with the man ultimately achieving enlightenment and striving hard, and the woman finally breaking away from him and becoming independent, leading to a super happy ending. Is this how a good movie should end in your opinion? Is this how we critics perceive movies? Isn't this the biggest fantasy of reality?"

"These film critics are so funny. They say the ending of the movie is a forced spiritual chicken soup, and then they criticize it for having a distorted worldview. But if you watch those mainstream films, their worldviews are pretty positive, right? Then they start saying it's unrealistic. If it's real, then its worldview is distorted, and if it's positive, then it's unrealistic. What the hell do you want? Even the most famous double-standard people aren't this hypocritical!"

"Haha, typical demands that everyone should be this or that. There are so many rebirth novels, plagiarism stories, and so on. Why? It really shows that these are the only things that satisfy the desires of ordinary people. Film critic, are you really that great and noble in real life? Really that great and righteous? You've raised your demands to the level of a main theme for a comedy film, a film about ordinary people. Outrageous!"

For a while, the two groups quarreled fiercely.

The publicity and promotion team of "Charlotte's Troubles" naturally could not have failed to notice this matter.

After all, it appears in such a conspicuous position.

(End of this chapter)