As the first major production at the end of 2014, "Taiping Wheel" is undoubtedly a failure.

If you want to find a reason for the failure of "Taiping Wheel", you don't need the audience to do it, film critics and 'bricks' in the industry can say dozens of things without any duplication, and among these reasons, almost everyone will mention one point: Wu Yusen is failing as a director.

The so-called failure here is not only his control of the crew, the scheduling of the shots, the display of the background of the film, and the use of pyrotechnic effects...... It can be said that almost from the beginning of the movie, what is presented to the audience is a picture that looks good at everything, but seems to be wrong at every look.

In all fairness, the era set against the backdrop of the 'Taiping Wheel Incident' was indeed not easy to film.

Because at that point in time, there were so many things that were intertwined.

The last days draw the ship and sink in the quicksand. Lonely ministers, generations metaphor...... These are all points that can be excavated in human nature and in people's hearts.

Decades ago, the great mainland director Xie Jin had the intention of putting the 'Taiping Ship Incident' on the screen, but after years of planning, the more Xie Jin learned more about the relevant events before and after the sinking of the ship, the more he felt that he could not control it with his own skills, and finally had to give up.

In terms of the box office of movies and his status in the field of commercial films, Wu Yusen naturally wants to throw off Xie Jin for 18 streets, but when it comes to the director's skills and awe for his works, Xie Jin has thrown Wu Yusen for more than 180 streets......

There is no doubt that in the mainland in the first decade of the last century, almost all directors did not take box office revenue as their main purpose when shooting movies.

This is not only because the box office of the movie at that time was really not much money, but more importantly, most mainland filmmakers at that time really took making good films and acting as their ultimate goal in their careers.

In that case, Xie Jindu was able to resolutely give up the project he had been planning for many years and change to the current director, who could ignore such a large upfront investment?

The final result must be that regardless of 3721, it is good to shoot something and go to the theater to talk about how much you can get......

That's pretty much what Wu Yusen did.

This is really not nonsense.

Don't forget, in the senior management team of Molong Media, there is also Zhong Lifang, who was once responsible for contacting Wu Yusen.

According to her, at the beginning of the script writing stage, Lao Wu changed his draft several times, and finally settled on the current script framework.

At that time, it was not that no one in the Mustang Galloping Company objected to this, but in the end, it was suppressed by Li Ming for various reasons.

Now it seems that Lao Wu has clearly discovered that his own ability is not enough to control such a huge subject as "Taiping Wheel", so the incomparable chicken thief tries to stuff the large-scale battlefield, Sino-Japanese feud and brothers into the shell of love, and then use it to whitewash the "Taiping Wheel"......

It's a pity that Lao Wu's lack of heritage and doomed the dismal ending of "Taiping Wheel".

As a film with a total investment of more than 400 million, even if it is only "On the Peace Wheel" that is released now, the reality that the total box office score has not even reached 150 million yuan after two weeks of release has basically doomed this "On the Peace Wheel" It is unlikely that it will recover the investment through theatrical revenue.

And the most terrible thing is that the release time of "Taiping Wheel" happens to be a key node for major film and television companies to rush to performance, and it is better for those companies that are not listed, such as listed companies such as Wang's Group and CTI Media, the money lost by the failure of the film can only be regarded as a small amount, and the impact of the unsatisfactory performance of the annual report is the fatal thing.

For a time, Wu Yusen became the object of indisputable resentment among the CEOs of major listed companies......

If Wu Yusen's "Taiping Wheel" is a squib for the end of the year, then another Xiangjiang director who debuted at the same time as him brought a surprise to everyone.

This person is Xu Ke.

In fact, before the release of Xu Ke's movie "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", most people were actually not very optimistic about his attempt.

This is not only because the theme of "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" is too sensitive, but also because Xu Ke seems to have gone a little crooked in recent years.

Since the filming of "The Legend of Shu Mountain", Xu Ke seems to have a little bit of a clue about how many pounds and taels he means.

The technology and the picture are gorgeous, but the plot and story are not as amazing as they used to be.

"Seven Swords Under the Heavenly Mountain", "Looking for People in the Deep Sea" and then "Women Are Not Bad", Xu Ke seems to be unable to find the name of the geek back then!

Although "Tongtian Empire", "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" and even "Shendu Dragon King" are all considered successes, "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" is not something that can be easily adapted and played.

The influence of that model drama back then has not been lost to many classic old movies until now.

'Heavenly King Covers the Tiger'?

'Pagoda Town River Demon'!

As a Xiangjiang director who has never been able to play with this type of theme, Xu Ke's shooting this time is indeed very difficult.

However, this time Xu Ke's "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" was a big surprise for everyone.

Although the gunfight scene is vigorous, it is not exaggerated;

The characterization is innovative, but not false;

The personal heroism is just right, and the actors' performances are in place enough, isn't it normal for such a movie to win 320 million at the box office in the first week?

Speaking of which, "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" was able to achieve such good results, but there is also a credit to the divine assistance of "Taiping Wheel".

If it weren't for the wild blow that was held back before the launch of "Taiping Wheel", the audience would not have such great expectations for this movie.

As the saying goes, there is great hope, and there is great disappointment!

So many viewers watched bad movies, just waiting to find a good one to slow down the damage caused by bad movies, and then ...... "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" was launched......

To be honest, although Xu Ke and Wu Yusen have parted ways many years ago, this time Xu Ke is really kind.

At least he didn't suggest that the issuing company raise the file......

From the launch of "Taiping Wheel" to "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", there are 20 days in between.

However, "Taiping Wheel" knelt too thoroughly, and as of the end of the number, "Taiping Wheel", which was released for 20 days, could have crossed the 175 million yuan mark, and all industry insiders, including the major co-producers, basically had a consensus on the final box office of this movie, and it would definitely not exceed 200 million yuan.

After a lapse of two weeks, Wu Yusen was once again dragged out and whipped by the CEOs of the major producers who participated in the investment of "Taiping Wheel......

Damn, this Tama is just the upper part, and the lower part is still piled up in the warehouse......