Since getting the remake rights to "Infernal Affairs", Ronan has waited for four years before "The Departed" finally came out, Martin Scorsese and the gangster theme are a match made in heaven.

If it was placed in a previous life, Ronan would definitely say that "The Departed" made something that completely destroyed the artistic conception of the Hong Kong version, but now he will not look at it like this anymore, in essence, Martin Scorsese's film is only aimed at the North American and Western markets, and no other situations have been considered at all.

Ronan has been running movies for many years and knows one thing very well, with the current strength of Hollywood movies and Oscars in the global film market, as long as "The Departed" does well in North America and can win several key Oscar awards, the online and offline income in Asia will not be less.

Over the years, it has always been trivial for a film that wins Best Director or Best Picture to increase tens of millions of dollars in revenue in the global market.

Of course, preconceived notions have always influenced Ronan, and now they are no exception.

For "Infernal Affairs", there are really too many good memories, which also represent the last glory of a video hall era.

Since "Infernal Affairs", Hong Kong City movies have been unable to rebound, and the era of video halls has come to an end.

In some ways, this is also the feeling of Ronan, a group of post-80s movie lovers.

This kind of feeling is like a Hong Kong city movie, once it goes, there is no going back.

But for Oriental films, this is a fortunate thing, the decline of Hong Kong films has led to a large number of talents going north, and it has also indirectly promoted the rapid development of the Oriental film industry.

Perhaps, Hong Kong filmmakers have such and such problems, but it cannot be denied that they have played a role in promoting the commercial development of the oriental film industry.

As for some stubborn people who cling to the past Hong Kong movies and the glory of Hong Kong City, the traffic of history will roll and turn everything into crumbs.

Ronan's energy soon returns to the movie itself.

The Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs" is undoubtedly a crime genre film full of romantic feelings, which can be described as a typical Hong Kong movie.

However, Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" is not a simple remake of "Infernal Affairs", and even if the plot line follows the Hong Kong version, it has essentially become a completely American story.

In addition to relying on the same story thread, the artistic conception and style of the whole movie are also very different from the Hong Kong version.

To put it bluntly, the Hong Kong version carefully renders a "cool" and poetic Infernal Affairs, while the American version is less sensational, deep and romantic, creating a story that looks more real and cruel.

The most typical is the climactic scene in the middle of the two films, when the police boss is thrown down from the stairs, the Hong Kong version uses a variety of techniques and a soundtrack to render, while the American version is simple, rough, and direct, and the protagonist only reads one word out of his mouth——!!......

A street gangster with no higher education, at the moment there is no better way to express it except for "".

This also creates a real sense of cruelty.

Of course, no one knows what the reality is like, after all, everyone is mixed with Hollywood, not gangsters.

In Hollywood in this era, gangsters may be able to influence companies or characters at the bottom, but the characters in the Hollywood superstructure don't care about gangsters at all.

The two sides are not at all of an equal order.

In other words, the cruelty and truth of "The Departed" are the cruel reality in the perception of North American audiences and Oscar judges.

Martin Scorsese is a director deeply rooted in North America, understands what North American audiences like about gangster films, and knows how to cater to the tastes of the audience and even the Oscar judges.

Therefore, it is conceivable that when this "Departed" is released in Asia, it will definitely be sprayed very badly.

Because movies can never escape the influence of the social and cultural environment.

is like the Hong Kong version of the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy, which was successively introduced to North America by Embassy Pictures, this classic series of films that was a fire in Asia and was even considered a rescue work for Hong Kong films, the first part only got $160,000 at the box office in North America.

In the latter two, Embassy Pictures simply did not release them in theaters, and directly pushed them into the offline DVD market.

To date, the DVD of the Infernal Affairs trilogy has sold less than $2 million in North America.

No one can ignore the differences in the market.

North America, on the other hand, has always been the most closed and unfriendly film market in the world.

Sometimes, the ideal is very full, but the reality is extremely cruel, Ronan knows very well that it is more difficult for foreign films to enter North America, especially if they want to be successful at the box office.

Since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Heroes", Relativity Entertainment has not released a single Oriental movie on a large scale in theaters.

The cultural differences between Eastern and Western films are sometimes greatly exaggerated by some films.

Many American-style movie expressions are difficult for most Oriental audiences to accept, especially pure American-style themes, such as a lot of, pee, and fart comedies, and Oriental audiences can't get laughs at all.

In the same way, some Eastern film styles are also incomprehensible to Western audiences.

This is a very normal situation.

For example, Simon blows snow not snow, but blood.

This sentence is enough for the oriental audience, even if it is just a line, people can associate the picture, and even the audience can immediately imagine such a scene in their minds - the ancient town, the small shop, the sunset, a sword dripping with blood, a person in white standing motionless, the hem of the clothes fluttering slightly under the wind blowing - sword god, what a cool word.

But what about North America? It's hard to have a market for this typical Oriental approach.

So, the Western-style way of expression would be to pull out a knife and shout "!you!"

Reduce sensationalism or deep pretending to be cool, just try to show the true performance of people under intense conflict, this can be regarded as one of the biggest differences between the American version and the Hong Kong version, in fact, think about the plot at the end of the film, two undercover agents meet on the rooftop, one is extremely angry, and the other is highly nervous, how will a normal person behave in this situation?

I'm afraid that the situation in the American version is closer to reality, beating up, and scolding at the same time......

But it's not beautiful, it's not romantic, and it doesn't look cool.

Think about it, the sentence of the electric eye beam: "I'm sorry I'm a policeman", instantly touched the hearts of how many audiences?

Even now, Ronan still remembers that scene and lines very clearly, it feels too classic.

Tom Cruise and Will Smith, by contrast, are just as rough as the San Fernando Valley art film is to be compared to Port City's classic tertiary film.

The former screamed and took off his directly, and the latter had a very romantic atmosphere.

Even a macho artist like Mr. Xu has a kind of alternative romance.

The artists in the San Fernando Valley are all screaming "F", how can they be like Mr. Xu, order superb holes, swing swings, play invincible Hot Wheels, explode watermelons, and tug-of-war with cows, etc.

This is called a man's romance, and it is called wonderful.

It is estimated that Western audiences will be confused and don't understand what Mr. Xu is doing.

This is a typical film cultural difference.

Although it is a remake of the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy in Hong Kong City, "The Departed" is a completely Americanized film, and there is no trace of familiarity in the same story line, which may be the most direct manifestation of a master director who never speaks only with his own voice, or perhaps the most direct manifestation of cultural differences.

"The Departed" is definitely deeply branded with Martin-Scorsese, if you can read romance, sadness, and delicacy in the Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs", then what you can read in "The Departed" is only cold, cruel, and rough, which are two styles that are absolutely opposite.

At the end of the premiere screening, there was a warm applause in the theater, and the applause lasted for a long time, and Martin Scorsese had to take the main creative staff such as Tom Cruise and Will Smith to the stage for a curtain call.

Again and again, the audience applauded.

Standing in the third row, George Lucas applauded and said to Spielberg: "This is Martin's best film since Goodfellas." ”

Spielberg nodded in agreement: "I don't think there's anything wrong with being in the top five of Martin's films." ”

The two big directors have their own judgments about this film, but their views are basically the same.

After the premiere, the media was also well received, and it seems that Martin Scorsese, who has returned to the gangster theme, is back to his peak.

"Legendary director Martin Scorsese's all-new American crime masterpiece, whose talent shines at its peak. ”

"It's a story that speaks volumes about Martin Scorsese's artistic and spiritual accomplishments as strongly. ”

"This is the most dynamic, exciting and uplifting film of the year. ”

As Ronan expected, "The Departed" received praise in North America, and the word of mouth in the media was almost overwhelming, including a large number of well-known film critics such as Roger Albert, who have shown four-and-a-half or even five-star ratings for this film, and even in most film review columns in the media and the Internet, it is extremely difficult to find reviews below seven points.

As for the original "Infernal Affairs", in the eyes of the North American media and film critics, it is as if it never existed, just like the French original of "True Lies" and the Italian original of "Smell the Woman".

In all the propaganda of Relativity Entertainment, the existence of the original movie was also deliberately ignored, which is the same as "True Lies" and "Smell the Woman" back then.

In a place like Hollywood, especially during awards season, if you can't even do the basic cheekiness, where is there room for development?

With the release of the movie, the Oscar promotion and public relations of "The Departed" naturally began.

All kinds of carefully concocted touting advertorials emerge in endlessly.

"The set is excellent, the emotions are like melting lava, and the lines and complex plot of the film are amazing. ”

Hollywood is so shameless.