Chapter 59: Word of Mouth

The so-called logic of the movie is to respect the audience's IQ, and there is no meaning to treat the audience as two fools at will.

There are many such movies, the most typical of which is a series of works by Wang Jing, "Future Police", "Macau Fengyun"...

Xu Hui has always respected the audience, so there is generally nothing wrong with the logic of his works.

Let's put it this way, screenwriters, or directors who have high requirements for scripts, their works will be more respectful of the audience!

Although Pao Hui is not a professional screenwriter, he has always believed in the importance of scripts to his works.

It's a pity that the book "Smiling Proud Jianghu" is too difficult to modify!

Even if you don't get into what follows, it's hard to generalize.

And the main plot is very clear, it is a story that revolves around a peerless cheats book 'Sunflower Treasure Book'!

To be honest, it's a bit of a cliché.

The martial arts theme of the genre of treasure hunting has long been filmed badly, and since the beginning of Shaw Brothers martial arts, I have played this set.

The audience is not fresh for a long time!

And Ling Hu Chong's character image is not particularly new.

To put it bluntly, it's a story of old bottles and new bottles.

Of course, it is not useless, at least under Xu Hui's control, the whole story still gives people a sense of freshness.

But these are far from enough, what kind of people are film critics, picking bones in eggs!

So, naturally, the midnight show ended, and a bunch of movie reviews appeared on the professional scoring platform.

For example, Douban, Time.com, and the like.

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We all know that most of Jin Yong's capital is huge, and it is difficult for a movie to completely extract the story of Jin Yong due to time constraints, so the key to changing Jin Yong's movies is whether they can extract the essence of them.

Xu Hui's "Smiling Proud Jianghu" barely completed the task!

The story of the movie is almost detached from the original book, but the personalities of several main characters in the film are almost the same as those in the original book, the uninhibited Ling Hu Chong, the sinister and vicious Zuo Lengchan, and the extremely deep Yue Buqun, so although the screenwriter has adapted most of the plot, we can still see the shadow of the smiling rivers and lakes from this movie.

The story of Xiaoao Jianghu is actually a martial arts game of power, Ling Hu Chong, who was originally hovering outside this game, was intentionally or unintentionally involved in this abyss of right and wrong, Xu Hui's understanding of Jin Yong's book is thorough, therefore, although the movie does not have many of the essence of the original plot, the film can still maintain a theme of the pursuit of rights.

With the continuous development of film technology, martial arts movies are becoming more and more gorgeous in action design and the ghosts of various small props, focusing on "martial arts", and ignoring the word "chivalry".

Uh, this is the film critic who felt that the adaptation was quite successful!

First of all, Huiwen Tianxia didn't spend much money to hire film critics this time, and their marketing was mainly focused on the water army.

As long as you see 'where there are people, there are rivers and lakes', 'Linghu Chong is really free and easy!', 'The sea laughs, and the tide on both sides of the strait. As soon as the boating lake sang and harmonized, the scene with the most martial arts conception appeared on the screen. ’

Those with these labels must be water armies!

Zhou Liming said: 'Because of the film's strict requirements for time control, this film is very nervous in the development of the plot, and the tension is almost to the point of cramps. The plot that should be wonderful is always rushed by, making everyone in the film too plain in terms of expression, and the image and connotation of the characters are too thin. If I had adapted Jin Yong's work like this by other directors, I might have given 85 points, but the director was Xu Hui plus Ning Hao, so this movie could only give 60 points...'

"First of all, let's talk about the advantages, the various major factions in it, on the surface, seem to be martial arts factions, but in fact, they are political mountains. In other words, the various sects in China are more like a country or a political group, rather than a martial arts sect in the usual sense. The movie version, I heard that Xu Hui wanted to introduce the concept of Dongchang at the beginning, but was finally stopped by Xu Hui, from this point of view, Xu Hui is quite serious enough about the work, but unfortunately, the ambition is too big, and there are too many things to show, which makes the whole plot look a little pinched..."

"I'm not satisfied! Especially the depiction of Yue Buqun. Yue Buqun in the original book has a graceful demeanor, and he also strictly controls his disciples. was able to quietly accept Lin Pingzhi as an apprentice, and got the Sunflower Treasure Book, and several times he fought with Ling Hu Chong to boast of himself, saying that he was a master of hypocrites to eliminate harm for martial arts. And Yue Buqun in the movie, when he received "Lin Pingzhi", he burst into tears, and Ling Hu Chong argued with Ling Hu Chong, and he was so greedy that he was anxious, which was far worse than what was portrayed in the original book.

The whole movie emphasizes everyone's pursuit of power through the clear wind and the dialogue at the end, but he behaves like Yue Buqun, which is really impatient. The plot is urgent, which is a prominent feature of the whole film, which is fast and hilarious but not deep enough. What I can remember is only the song "A Laugh in the Sea". ”

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Xu Hui certainly took note of the critics' words.

Every director is the same, after filming the work, I always hope that the group of 'industry insiders' in the circle can recognize it!

Although domestic film critics have no status, they still have some influence in the industry, at least they recognize it, which will make the director himself feel comfortable.

Therefore, Feng Xiaogang's "Private Custom" will break out into a scolding war with film critics!

If you really don't care, who cares what you say?

However, Xu Hui is not a small steel cannon, or rather, he has no spare time to deal with film critics, what kind of concept is 32 million at midnight, and it is not too much for the whole people to pay attention!

You must know that Jiang Wen's "One Step Away" was only 22 million at midnight when it was released!

Today's first day of large-scale release, Xu Hui is more concerned about the performance of the market.

"Mr. Xu, the number of films has come out, and the major theaters will give 60% of the film schedule!"

"Sixty percent?"

On the business car, after listening to the assistant's report, Xu Hui had an indescribable feeling.

The highest number of films in the mainland should be 55% of the original release of "The Lion King"...

The theater chain is very optimistic!

“… Why are you a little preoccupied?"

The pillow man first noticed that Xu Hui's attitude was a little unnatural.

"Douban's reputation is a bit low, but it didn't reach 8 points..."

Film critics, Xu Hui can not care, but the reputation of the movie, that is, the audience's reaction, Xu Hui must pay attention to it.

The Douban score is only 7.6 points, setting a new low for Xu Hui's movie!