Chapter 16: It's So Hard to Pick Thorns...
Film promoters and red envelope film critics are the most proficient.
Generally speaking, before the release of each film, the promoter will organize film critics to watch the set.
"Basically, they are all red envelope film critics, and an official account has a group of people, otherwise how can fans monetize?"
"Most of the time they don't expect to write good reviews, as long as they don't write bad reviews before the film is released?"
In the past, I used to find a red envelope film critic to write a good review, but now it is different. Because there is competition between films released at the same time, even if you don't look for them, you can't guarantee that your opponents won't look for them!
Once money is added, it is difficult for the film review itself to remain objective.
Feng Xiaogang publicly said that film critics collect money, shameless!
Therefore, nowadays, the term 'film critic' is becoming more and more like 'public knowledge', and it is becoming less and less trusted.
Art criticism is fundamentally for the audience, isn't it interesting for you to write a review that is contrary to the opinion of the public?
We will choose to read a movie review before watching a movie, just to know so many movies released at the same time, which one is good, which one is not good, you are crooked, this shot should be like this, that shot should be like that, who cares about you?
Dada said: "Literary and artistic criticism is criticism, not all praise or even vulgar flattery, flattery, can not apply Western theories to tailor the aesthetics of Chinese, let alone replace artistic standards with simple commercial standards, completely equate literary and artistic works with ordinary commodities, and believe that 'the thickness of red packets is equal to the height of comments'." Literary and artistic criticism has weakened its function of distinguishing praise and criticism, lacks combat effectiveness and persuasiveness, and is not conducive to the healthy development of literature and art. ”
Even Da Da thinks that some of the current literary criticism is too money-oriented!
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In the screening hall of "Men Should Be Self-Reliant" in more than 3,000 theaters across the country, the audience sat in their seats and watched the pictures on the big screen very quietly.
The opening scene is as usual a bunch of introductions from the production company, and then goes straight to the feature film.
In the darkness of the night, there is a plaque that reads "Chaotianguan", and the first thing that appears in the Taoist temple is not a Taoist priest, but a little girl wearing a strange crown, she lights a candle, and then, smiles.
It's a scary picture...
The little girl lit the lantern with a candle and sang a ballad.
At this time, it can be seen that she is wearing a helmet on her head, which is very similar to the helmet of Dao Ma Dan in the big play, the bun on the back of her head is also the style of Hua Dan in the opera, the flower pot bottom shoes she wears on her feet are obviously full of costumes, the little girl carries the lantern through the long dark corridor, and comes to the brightly lit main hall, there are many people here, all dressed similarly to the little girl, they are an organization with obvious identity - the White Lotus Sect.
"This ballad is very interesting!" "The Jade Emperor in the sky is changed, and the Hades are changed in the ground." "Boxers!"
Audiences who understand the situation at the end of the Qing Dynasty immediately understood through this ballad that the prototype of the White Lotus Sect was probably the Boxers!
"Wow!
Before Huang Feihong appeared, the audience was already looking forward to it.
When publicizing, I deliberately concealed it, and only mentioned that the location was changed to Yuezhou!
More interesting is coming soon, accompanied by the passionate accompaniment of the 'Little Knife Society Overture', the four people sang in unison: The white lotus descends to earth, and all the people turn over!
The real villain Jiugong appears!
This way of playing is very exciting.
"The first day of the ninth month of the year of the second year of the calendar is the period of the sacrifice stone of this sect, and the old mother of the lifeless mother preaches the disciples of the Nine Palaces, and tries to find an altar in Chaotianguan, showing the power of my divine power and carrying forward the power of my teaching!"
The real person of Jiugong read the lines and appeared in front of the camera!
"What year is the year of Yiwei?"
“… How do I know?"
"It seems to be 1895..."
"Did something happen in 1895?"
“… In May, Kang Youwei initiated the "Book on the Bus", Tang Jingsong led the people of Taiwan to launch a resistance movement to resist Japan and protect Taiwan, and in September, Sun Yat-sen launched the Yuezhou Uprising..."
"Don't talk and watch movies!"
Nima, there are so many great gods!
The next scene shocked the audience again...
The two disciples performed to devour the fire carbon, and the real people of the Nine Palaces played again, of course, they couldn't lose to the disciples, so they were not afraid of fire, invulnerability, and a series of wonderful juggling with broken steel knives in both arms were dizzying, if it was a show in the rivers and lakes, it would be enough to get here. However, this is the era when strong ships and cannons smashed the country, and there are big moves, changing clothes, facing foreign guns, Jiugong Zhenren is still bare-handed, with an extra belly pocket on his body, and he is full of charms.
Xu Hui deliberately used a panoramic lens, and there was a detail in his belly pocket, which was to pave the way for the steel plate that was discovered later...
However, the audience has been silent in the plot and doesn't want to discuss anything at all.
A foreign gun can't break the King Kong body of the real person of the Nine Palaces!
After a whole very lively performance, I finally came to the main event, only to see that the sect members brought up a lot of Western things, and the White Lotus Sect wanted to burn foreign things!
Well, there is a Dalmatian dog, Master Fu Jiugong real person comment, 'The dog has leprosy, it must be a monster!'
The dog whimpered, seeming helpless.
The audience in the screening room smiled heartily...
The flames were raging, and the White Lotus cultists set fire to these items that represented the West, and in the firelight, a smiling face of the little girl was reflected...
Ranpo, who wanted to provoke the thorn, couldn't put pen to paper, and read countless films, of course he knew the purpose of this plot'Although the White Lotus disciples appeared in a grand and majestic manner, they were always shrouded in a demonic aura; ’
There simply doesn't get a better movie start than this!
MMP, why do you want to take this job?
As soon as the camera turned, a steam locomotive appeared, jumping out of the title - "Huang Feihong's Boy Should Be Self-Improvement", the feature film begins...
Master Huang looked into the distance on the train, and the theme song "Men Should Be Self-Improvement" sounded.
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In recent years, the box office of domestic films has become higher and higher, and there are many types, including war films, comedy films, and romance films...
One thing these movies have in common is that there will definitely be laughs in them!
It's easy to understand that no audience will go out of their way to the theater to watch a movie that reflects the bitterness and hatred.
"Wolf Warrior 2" has a laughing point, "Mermaid" itself is a comedy, "Monster Hunt" is very cute and fun...
These are all deliberately added by the screenwriter when compiling the script, otherwise do you think that the phrase 'your mother didn't teach you not to bully bear children' was improvised by the actor?
Xu Hui attaches great importance to this, except for "Embroidered Spring Knife", which is a serious martial arts, other movies have laughter.
Not to mention "Men Should Be Self-Improvement", the burning leper dog just now is a typical laugh, and the subsequent train plot is full of laughter...
The perfection of Huang Feihong's role, in addition to the feelings of family and country, also lies in the fireworks, his relationship with his thirteenth aunt, and the interaction with his apprentice Liang Kuan!
The first time I took the train, I was very uncomfortable, and I had to carry some careful machines on the shelf, which made his image more full.
For China in the late Qing Dynasty, trains were a novelty, and the White Lotus Sect could not tolerate it, so it was necessary to "pick up railways and pull out electric poles" and destroy all Western things.
In the last movie, Huang Feihong was also skeptical of Western objects at first, but slowly accepted it, and in this episode, he has a more tolerant attitude towards Western culture.
For example, this dialogue: "It's so convenient to get from Foshan to Guangzhou at the earliest, but now with a train, it's a few hours away!"