"Hero" is actually not bad, but it is also a little embarrassing, on the one hand, Western audiences like "Hero" very much with its artistic picture and smooth martial arts action, and think that it is a very worthwhile film, on the other hand, film critics are a little disappointed with Lao Mouzi, thinking that he has lost his previous critical spirit and even become a defender.

In 1988, Zhang Yimou won the Golden Bear with "Red Sorghum" and formed an indissoluble bond with Berlin, and in 2000, "My Father and Mother" won the Golden Bear again, both films are not too controversial because they are pure enough.

"Red Sorghum" amazed the Western audience, the strong color, bold style suddenly calmed the Western audience, although it is not very realistic, Zhang Yimou created a future sense of personality, is a personality ideal, beyond the specific social surface, with the depth of human nature and essence, the theme of the film from beginning to end is the vigorous vitality, let him hold the golden bear, show his master potential side, but also convince the critics.

More than ten years later, "My Father and Mother" amazed Berlin again, it is also not particularly realistic, but in this movie Zhang Yimou shows his master-level ease, shaping a love into a very moving, the whole movie is filled with a strong epic temperament, although it is a simple story, it is also intoxicating, although the credit of the two new actors is not small, but at least it is definitely worthy of a golden bear.

Two years later, "Hero" was born, which originally made foreign film critics look forward to it, but unfortunately the story of this movie is not enough to make people regret, and the protagonist's change of mentality is too abrupt, exuding a casual taste, although the picture is extremely exquisite, but the flaws in the story are too obvious, and film critics really can't like it.

In fact, Lao Mouzi himself knows that this movie is not particularly liked by foreign film critics, he made this movie to try commercial films, he really didn't care about winning awards or not, Zhou Bai has talked to Lao Mouzi many times, and he knows his thoughts very well.

There is a big difference between the aesthetics of film critics and the audience, they look at the film more professionally, and "Hero" is undoubtedly a film that pleases the audience, and does not give too much consideration to artistic issues, so it is no wonder that after the film review of the "Berlin Daily Mirror" came out, the comments in it were quite scathing.

"Zhang was originally a troublemaker in China, but today he is a defender of power. Zhang is not an unprincipled optimist, and he has to do something for his films and stories. ”

"If you're colorblind, you can't understand the movie, and the details won't stand up to scrutiny. ”

In fact, at the press conference after the premiere of "Hero", Lao Mouzi had already said that his film was a film about peace, but it was not a political film;

Every year at the film festival, the special issue of the festival of the German "Screen" magazine will score the participating films, and this year it invited "authoritative film critics" from 7 countries, including Germany, Belgium, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Italy, to score the participating films, and four stars are the highest, so this is something that must be paid attention to.

Before February 9th, "Hero" led with 1 four-star, 1 two-star, and 5 three-star, and on February 10th, it has been compared with 3 four-stars of the American competition film "All the Time", basically it can be said that "Hero" has no hope of winning the award, at least the award is absolutely impossible, which makes domestic media reporters very discouraged, and the topic is gone, and many people simply go home and end the trip to Berlin in advance.

"Sister Lei, do we want to go back? Lao Mouzi has nothing to write about, and the gang in Xiangjiang are not in the competition unit, so we can't write some foreigner things, and readers are not interested in reading it. Li Hongyu frowned and said in a tangled manner, this time the Berlin Film Festival seems to be getting more and more deserted, and most of the domestic reporters left within a few days.

"What a good opportunity now, I wish they were all gone, the more we went, the better, and it would be better for us to be the only ones left, so it would be much easier for us to catch the big news." Yuan Lei said in a casual tone while dealing with the roast pig's trotters in front of her.

As a reporter from Nandu, Yuan Lei has an unimaginable sense of smell in entertainment news, many people see that Zhang Yimou has no hope of winning the award at the Berlin Film Festival this time, and feels that there is no news to break the news and pack things home, she is different, she is eager to try at this time, and she has no idea of returning to China at all.

Now if you want to say the best entertainment reporters in China, there are only a few people to choose from, among the female reporters, Meng Yu of "Sanlian" and Yuan Lei of "Nandu" are definitely characters that cannot be ignored, and this time the relevant report of the Berlin Film Festival, the editor-in-chief of "Nandu" specially sent this gold medal reporter over, and Li Hongyu is Yuan Lei's little follower of this trip to Berlin.

"Big news? my sister, don't be funny, there is only a news explosion in China, where did other people get any news, who doesn't know that "Hero" has no hope of winning awards at all, I see that this time our domestic movies are set to run together, and there is nothing to write about if you stay, who can make a big news. Li Hongyu's eyes widened and he hurriedly said.

"That's other people's opinion, who said there was no news to write about this time? Have you forgotten that we don't have two movies that haven't been released yet? Why did you run away?" Yuan Lei swallowed the meat in her mouth, and the happy expression on her face made Li Hongyu have three more black lines in her head, and she almost said slowly after she was so depressed that she wanted to hit the wall.

Li Hongyu has also been a reporter for a while, he still has a certain sensitivity in this regard, listening to Yuan Lei say this, his mind instantly seemed to be swept by lightning, he became excited, and his eyes lit up and said: "You mean Zhou Bai's "Painless Love" and "Blind Well"?

Although Lao Mouzi has no hope of winning the award, it doesn't mean that Zhou Bai doesn't have it, the other leading actor of "Painless Lovebreaker" have you forgotten who it is? That's Gong LiOkay, besides, the little-known "Blind Well" was also invested by him, when have you ever seen him miss it over the years?" Yuan Lei put down the knife and fork in her hand, wiped the oil on her mouth with a napkin and said.

"That's right, it's been almost a year since the filming of "Painless Love" started, and now it has only been premiered in Berlin, which means that Zhou Bai knows it in his own heart, and he is not in a hurry to release it, the quality is definitely not bad, and he has gone from "Xiao Wu" to "Suzhou River" to the present, every film can shine at the film festival, although "Blind Well" is not famous, but at least it is shortlisted for the competition unit, and it may not be impossible to win the award, so we are going to send it?"

The more he talked, the more excited he became, Li Hongyu almost jumped up, his voice trembled a little, being able to experience a major event in the entertainment industry in person is definitely an extremely exciting thing, and it is no wonder that he is excited.