In a blink of an eye, the National Day Golden Week has arrived.

According to the agreement with the domestic audience, "Infernal Affairs 3" was released as scheduled.

At the same time, the production of "Dream Travel" is basically over, and only the final review part remains.

The review is divided into two parts, one is the internal review, control the details over and over again, if there are any small problems, it is too late to change them now, and if the problems are found after the release, it will be over.

The other is to submit it for review to film institutions in dozens of countries around the world.

Some countries and regions do not need to censor the release of films, such as some states in the United States, theaters can be released casually, but some conservative states need censorship, especially animated films, if they are not strictly classified, they will worry about the adverse effects on children.

At the same time, "Dream Travel" and "Peppa Pig" were also sent to the Italian Animation Exhibition, which was held for a month, and thousands of animation productions from around the world gathered to submit, and the vast distribution companies of the magic power will negotiate with the organizers to watch the submitted works in advance, and the high-quality cartoons can also be nominated as soon as possible.

On the second day of the exhibition, Li Zhifan got the news that "Dream Travel" was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the Italian Animation Festival, and "Peppa Pig" was nominated for Best Animated Series.

Both animations were nominated, and Simon was the most confused.

In his opinion, it is impossible for a cartoon like "Peppa Pig" to be favored by the judges, right?

And this animation has caused a lot of controversy on the Internet, some people think that this is a return to the basics, and some people think that this is a work of technological regression at this time.

If the same plot and the same content are replaced by 3D production, I'm afraid there won't be so many complaints.

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Domestic.

On the first day of its release, "Infernal Affairs 3" won a box office of 120 million.

won the first place on the first day of the National Day file, but with the release of "Infernal Affairs 3", the trend of comments from netizens has taken a sharp turn.

"Superfluous!"

"A peerless big bad movie, a lot of actor and beauty, but it is an overdraft of "Infernal Affairs" super IP to cheat money and the scum of the sequel, one undercover agent after another is lying around blindly, lying incredible, detached from reality, mentally retarded, D, Chen Guanjun shot himself in the neck and didn't die? Still engaged in split personality?

"No wonder it was released so soon, it turned out to be a foolish work, I really doubt that it was filmed by Li Zhifan!"

"One moment it's a living person, another moment it's a dead person, and I don't understand a lot of things, is it because I have a low IQ?"

"The third part is really a dog's tail and a mink, why are there so many characters and so many clues, I like Li Zhifan very much, but in the third part, there is no need for you to appear, the protagonist is set as Chen Guanjun and another policeman who decided to investigate him, Li Zhifan, wouldn't it be good for you to be a director in peace?"

"It's too, Zhou Shilei ranks fourth in the cast, and the result is to present the whole story from his perspective from beginning to end, and the span is too big, the first part is actually what happened in the middle of the two months, and suddenly skipped these two months, which made me look confused in the cinema, and I couldn't take it back anymore, and I endured watching it in the cinema. ”

"Anticlimactic, fall short!"

"Shadow, hehe! From now on, Zhou Shilei has been ruined in my heart!"

Zhou Shilei's image is still suitable for playing a Northeast black boss who comes to Xiangjiang from the mainland, and his performance is too incompatible with the mainland police. ”

"I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do with Zhou Shilei, or take him as a perspective, it's most annoying for him to take a tune!"

"It's a waste that the Infernal Affairs series ended like this. However, Chen Guanjun acted well, and the limelight in this part finally overshadowed Li Zhifan. ”

"To tell this kind of story, there is still room to be left and it is good to remain mysterious, and suddenly join a Jiang Hai to play Yang sir, and in the end, Nima is still a double-sided undercover agent, which makes me confused. ”

“……”

Although the negative reviews on the Internet are many times more than those of the first and second parts, and they are many times better than the sum of the negative reviews of the first and second parts, there are also a lot of praises, after all, Li Zhifan has made drastic changes to the third part, but the audience habitually brings the perspective into Chen Guanjun or Li Zhifan, which makes them not very accustomed to it.

And Zhou Shilei's role is far less than that of Chen Guanjun, so there are a lot of gaps and transitions in the middle, which will make some audiences not understand who is the protagonist.

In fact, if there are no first two films, if you watch the third part directly, there will be no such problem, because this kind of film narrative technique from the perspective of the third person is not new, the narrative perspective of many movies is the son, but the protagonists of the story are his parents, this kind of audience can accept it, why can't it be in "Infernal Affairs 3"?

Or is it because this part of the audience is used to the stories of the first two parts.

In the case that Li Zhifan changed the narrative mode, the smart audience can still understand it at one time, and when they see the bad reviews on the Internet that shout "I don't understand" and "The dog's tail continues to mink", they immediately turned into a righteous keyboard warrior and fought the bad review keyboard dog.

""Infernal Affairs 3" is actually the predecessor and sequel of "Infernal Affairs 1", with three big characters shining behind the black screen in the middle: six months later, everything has been explained, and if you don't understand it, it is estimated that you didn't watch it well, and you didn't watch it with your brain, this one is the IQ of screening the audience in the real sense. ”

"The third part is actually a perfect interpretation of the meaning of the so-called "Infernal Hell", self-punishment from the depths of the soul, forever wandering in the demons of the heart, unable to extricate themselves. The plot is also the most intricate and confusing of the three, which makes people have to use their brains to judge the hints and logic of every detail, and the whole article uses the illusion technique of split personality, which well achieves the director's purpose, and the editing and arrangement are very reasonable and full of flavor. Infernal Affairs, these three works can be called milestones in Hong Kong-style police movies. ”

"I watched it twice, and I didn't understand it after watching the premiere, so I went home and watched the first and second parts again, compared the third part and made a lot of notes and homework, and when I watched the third part again, I barely understood it, there are a lot of timelines staggered with memories in the middle, as well as Chen Guanjun's split personality, and there are many characters on the stage, which looks chaotic. But this one is more classic, and the artistic achievements are even higher than the first one, Zhou Shilei has a lot of connotations, I'm afraid I have to let netizens ponder and study it. ”

"Zeng Yuanjiang is like a god! Everything was thought of by him, and in the end, Jiang Hai's death was too unworthy. ”

"Time is indispensable, there is no space, time and space are free to travel in this part, which makes the story narration more regular. The conflict between good and evil is extremely obvious in Liu Jianming, constantly denying his self-identity and fantasizing about being a good policeman Chen Yongren, and knocking on Morse code in the sanatorium sadly shows that he really wants to be a good person. Yang Jinrong's final identity exposure and death are also highlights. The ending is so good, the fate of the three young people is staggered for 12 years, and Chen and Liu enjoy the nostalgic singing side by side......"

“……”

For viewers who watch movies just to relax, rather than use their brains to think about the connotation of the story, watching a movie may really not be suitable, even if there is plot analysis and spoilers on the Internet, it still can't attract their enthusiasm and interest.

As a result, the box office of "Infernal Affairs 3" began to decline sharply from the third day.

This phenomenon was expected by Li Zhifan for a long time, but whether the box office of the trilogy combined could exceed one "Wolf Warrior" was also what he thought.

But for now, it seems impossible.

The combined box office of the first two films reached 4.7 billion, and the third part has formed a collapse trend under so many bad reviews, and it is a question whether it can break 1 billion, and it is a little difficult to break 1.3 billion.

But even so, "Infernal Affairs 3" also received 570 million box office in the seven days of Golden Week, of which 120 million was contributed on the first day, that is to say, only 450 million were sold in the next six days, which is probably the most failed time since Li Zhifan set foot in directing.

But Li Zhifan didn't mention or move "Infernal Affairs 3" at all, Kuaibo only announced it on the day of release, and from the content point of view, it was completely written by the studio and was extremely official, which must not make people doubt, is there anything inside the third part?

With such doubts, many netizens came to brush this question:

"Zhifan, was the third part forced to be filmed?"

"Is the sponsor trying to blackmail you?"

"yes, otherwise how could it be so much lower than the expectations of the first and second parts?"

"And with so many characters added, could it be that someone brought money into the group?"

"It shouldn't be possible, right? Zhou Shilei and Jiang Hai are both good friends of Li Zhifan, and Jiang Hai is still an artist under Timeline, how can it be a character inserted horizontally?"

"I think Jiang Hai played a very good role, and the role of Yang Sir is also very necessary, after all, Chen Yongren is dead, it is impossible to resurrect, he can only pat his memories, and there must be a personal righteous person and Liu Jianming to face Gang in the follow-up! ”

"It's impossible not to involve, the story of the third part is already after the return of Xiangjiang, whether it is the police or the community in Xiangjiang, they must be led and commanded by the capital, otherwise it will be too discordant. ”

“……”

Under the messages and doubts all over the world, Li Zhifan finally came out to speak.

He posted a very "indifferent" message on Kuaibo:

"Since it's the third part, if you still follow the routine of the first and second parts, I'm afraid it will suffer more criticism and complaints, I'm a person who likes challenges, and I don't accept the same. The third part may not be so perfect, but if you want to understand him, you can't do it once or twice. If you can't understand it now, you will understand it when you watch it in a few years, and at that time, you will only miss the scene when you watched this movie in the cinema even more. Of course, those who haven't watched it will regret why they didn't go to the cinema in the first place. ”

As soon as this quick blog was posted, many netizens came to leave comments.

"Five years, my God, how long to wait?"

"What the hell, Li Zhifan, you might as well write a book and explain it clearly!"

"Yes! If there is really any mystery, then this movie is not a police movie, it is a brain-burning movie!"

"I thought at the beginning, even if the third part is from beginning to end, the police and bandits carry guns and fight non-stop, and in the end the villain dies and the good guy wins, I am happy to watch it with popcorn, but now ...... I'm sorry, I'd better wait until it's online!"

"It's not that hard to figure it out, I've already understood it, and besides: I'm a Ph.D. student at MIT. ”

"Damn, is there a group of ridicule upstairs? High-IQ people are really awesome, tell us about it, what's going on?"

"I can only say that this third part, like the first two, does not have a superfluous shot, and the connotation is very rich, reflecting the attitude towards Xiangjiang within some central governments, cough cough, I can only say it here. ”

"Isn't it too much to think about? Isn't there just a Shen Cheng? Although he is the main perspective, a mainland public security officer can represent the central government?"

"Have you read carefully? From beginning to end, where did you say that Shen Cheng was a public security officer? In the end, he only said that his code name was Shadow, whose shadow is it, don't you know this?"

"Oh, I see...... No, I'll have to see it again!"

“……”

Li Zhifan's fast blog was forwarded by major media for the first time, and successfully drove the box office of "Infernal Affairs 3" to rise, starting from the next day, the box office that was about to fall below 30 million actually increased to 80 million, and the attendance rate tripled.

Although there are still many viewers who can't understand it, some of them go in for the second or third time to watch it, and some of them go to see it for the first time, but everyone has an attitude of IQ test to watch it.

After reading it, some people continued to scold, and some regretted it and began to praise it.

Usually the audience hates spoilers the most, but here in "Infernal Affairs 3", it has become an out-of-phase.

Even if there are almost spoilers, there are still people who can't understand them, because these spoilers contain the viewer's interpretation and thoughts, there are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand readers, and each person's interpretation and sense of the same movie is different, so even if you read someone else's interpretation, you won't agree with this interpretation when you watch it, and even a new interpretation will be generated.

In the third week of its release, "Infernal Affairs 3" finally broke through the 1 billion mark, and the release time was only one month, and the final box office growth may be like squeezing toothpaste, but the total box office of the trilogy exceeded 6 billion, which is probably also a visible thing.

On the same day that the timeline celebrated the 1 billion mark, Li Zhifan's fast blog released another message-

The Hollywood animated film "Dream Travel", known as "Coco", which is directed, produced and produced by him, will be released worldwide on October 25 in Mexico, November 15 in the United States, the Philippines, Croatia, Singapore, Canada, and Portugal, November 17 in China, November 25 in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Israel, Brazil, the Netherlands, and Japan on January 1 next year.

The first region to be released was Mexico, and it is only 9 days until today.