Chapter 1084: A War Triggered by a Movie

Regardless of the previous evaluation of "Tales of the Night" in the media, just looking at the excitement index of the audience when watching this movie, it can be seen that this is not a bad movie. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

During this period, the Rotten Tomatoes network on Lao Mei's side has not yet appeared. Of course, there will not be any other film review network, because the Internet has only just emerged.

Therefore, if the audience wants to understand a movie, they can only learn about it from the reports of major media, and at this time, watching the evaluation of the movie by film critics is a big way.

Therefore, the profession of film critic is still quite popular in this period.

In fact, since the beginning of this profession, the income of some well-known film critics is actually not low. When a new movie is released, many film companies will find some film critics and give them some benefits, trying to get them to say something good about their movie.

This profession can only be regarded as gradually declining in the future generations when the film review network really rises and the network becomes more and more developed. But that was more than a decade later.

And today, the film reviews they write are still very powerful.

It's just that the famous film critic Roger that Wu Cheng heard of in the previous life, this period does not seem to have appeared, and he has not yet written for the Chicago Sun.

However, there is no need for Wu Cheng to do this kind of thing by contacting film critics, and if the public relations department of DreamWorks doesn't know what to do, then he can roll up and go home to farm.

However, even so, in the media reports the next day, there were still many critics who scolded the movie "Tales of the Night".

Its content is similar to that of the Xiangjiang River.

In fact, if you want to find some fault with this movie, you can only find it from those aspects.

Putting aside the connotation of the movie, this movie is definitely the best in popcorn movies. Even if the heroine didn't show any acting skills, the audience didn't seem to feel anything awkward, everyone seemed to think that as the strongest warrior among vampires, she should be this kind of cold appearance, and there was nothing wrong with that!

So, the next day, although I saw many people who belittled "Tales of the Night", there was no shortage of praise for the movie.

Then, a film review caused countless people to debate.

The film review is simple, with the title 'Art Matters, or Business Matters?'.

The content is elaborated around the movie "Legend of the Night", the author thinks that the movie "Legend of the Night" is a movie with strong commercial elements, although its style is Gothic mystery style, but whether it is the background style of the movie, or the performance style of the actors, the style of action design, or the editing style, everything is full of strong commercial elements.

It can be said that this movie, it almost abandons all the artistic connotations of the film, it does not disclose any profound historical or social issues, nor does it have national righteousness and some humanistic care, everything about it is just to entertain the audience.

According to the questionnaire of the audience after the movie, 80% of the audience felt very enjoyable after watching the movie, and if they had time, they would not mind watching it again.

Ninety percent of male viewers feel that in the film, the heroine is extremely sexy, although her clothes are not revealing, and it can even be said that there is no place to be exposed, but they still think she is very sexy. So if they have time, they don't mind watching it a few more times.

And only a small part of the audience feels that the movie portrays vampires and werewolves too simply and casually, and does not show the ability of vampires and the destructive power of werewolves at all, and feels that this is not a good vampire movie, but the watchability of the film is still very high.

That said, this is a very successful and very typical commercial film.

So the question is, is art more important or business more important for a movie?

The author believes that the reason why Dongfang Cheng completely abandoned the artistry of those movies when he made this movie is not that he doesn't understand art, it can be seen from the movies "People and Ghosts" and "The True Colors of Heroes" that he understands these things, and he understands them very well.

However, from "God of Gamblers" to "Black Man", and now to "Legend of the Night", it can be seen that he pays more attention to the commerciality of the movie, that is, the box office of the movie.

Speaking of this, it reminds me of another sentence that Dongfang Cheng said, 'A director who does not think about the audience and film investors is not a good director'.

Obviously, Dongfang Cheng actually admires commercial films!

So the author thinks that this is a good movie, a good movie just to entertain the audience!

In addition to this film review, which caused a lot of discussion and even caused the two sides to constantly make their own remarks and debate, two days later, another film review caused an even greater commotion.

This is something that Wu Cheng had not thought about at all beforehand.

But it just happened, and even after it happened, the arguments that should have caused a bigger wave of debate faded away.

Because a female film critic with a strong feminist color wrote such a film review.

The title of the film review was, 'Catherine, the Spokesperson for Female Independence'.

The content of the film review is actually not complicated, because it comes from a questionnaire.

According to the survey, 80% of female viewers believe that the heroine Catherine in the film represents a new generation of independent women after watching "Tales of the Night".

She's strong, she's standalone, she's a warrior, she's the pride of all women!

In the film, she constantly fights for the continuation of the race, and does not cling to the side of the male like other female vampires, becoming an appendage of the male vampire.

It's not so much that she's fighting for the continuation of her race, it's that she's fighting for her own destiny. Her strength and independence make it impossible for her to cling to any man, to be their appendage, to be a flower that men keep in their greenhouses.

So, her spirit, in the eyes of many women, is very symbolic.

Then, she became the spokesperson for female independence, women, and feminism.

This is something that Wu Cheng never expected, he originally just wanted to create a female character and make Zhong Chuhong famous internationally. Who knew that the role she played would be used by those feminists as their spiritual idol?

But after that, some people began to refute it.

They feel that the actor Cherie Chung, who plays Catherine, is one of the many women around Dongfang Cheng. Since women want to be independent and emancipated, how can she, a woman who lives by Dongfang Cheng's side, be suitable to be this spokesperson?

Don't you think it's ironic?

Those people gloat!

Mr. Wu reckons that these men may be men who hate feminism.

Lao Mei has had a second wave of feminist idea activities before, although gender equality was not put forward at one time, but that time, the rights and interests won by women's rights were not small.

However, in fact, even so, there was no shortage of discrimination against women during this period.

When Wu Cheng was in Xiangjiang before, a reporter directly asked him, 'Don't you worry about the poor box office because of the female characters'.

Therefore, it is not strange that men discriminate against women in this period.

Even in the 21st century, this is just as true as racists can never get rid of it.

Then, the feminists said that they only saw the character of Catherine as their spiritual symbol, and had nothing to do with Cherie Chung.

Of course, if Cherie Chung is willing to be their spiritual leader and is willing to leave Dongfang Cheng's side, it is not impossible to consider. Of course, Cherie Chung can also find a way to drive away the other women around Dongfang Cheng. After all, feminism is just a matter of women fighting for equal rights and interests in society, and they don't really want to deliberately destroy other people's families.

In their opinion, Dongfang Cheng's polygamous family is obviously wrong.

Because of this, many women once again put down their spatulas and took to the streets to fight for more and more equal rights and interests for themselves again.

At the same time, the movie "Legend of the Night" was also brought to the forefront by these women. Many women admired the heroine Catherine's superb and strong skills, admired her cold and strong character, and longed for her proud demeanor displayed in battle.

Then, more women, ran to watch the film repeatedly.

Then, more women began to reinterpret the movie "Tales of the Night".

Some women even feel that those ferocious and brutal werewolves refer to men, and the heroine Catherine is completely to resist these violence and fight for freedom.

Well! It's completely crooked!

But there are many women who want to believe this kind of nonsense!

Because many of them are very dissatisfied with their current situation.

That's why they put down their spatulas and went out into the streets and cinemas.

This is something that many people did not expect, and it is also something that Wu Cheng never expected.

Because he didn't think about it at all, because he just filmed a legend of vampires and werewolves, and it has something to do with women's rights?

Not to mention, when a reporter met Wu Cheng, he asked this kind of question and asked him if there was really a metaphor hidden in this aspect when he made this movie?

Wu Cheng really wanted to reply to the previous sentence: There is a metaphor for ghosts!

It's just that watching the tide outside become more and more turbulent, and the box office of "Tales of the Night" is getting higher and higher because of this wave, it is not good for him to say 'no' directly.

All he could do was smile and shake his head, and then send a sentence: "There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand readers!" How the audience is willing to interpret a work depends entirely on their own personal wishes, and I have no reason or qualification to restrain and unify the minds of others! All men are born free and equal, let alone the ...... of thought Isn't it?"