Chapter 747: A Miracle Shattered (Gal. 46/83)
On May 28th, there are still ten days before the college entrance examination, in addition to "Five Centimeters per Second", there are also ghost movies "Deserted Village 2", action movies "Rat Guts", martial arts films "The Last Swordsman", romance films "The Hundredth Date", and "Three Forks", which is about to be drawn. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The day after the premiere, 3,317 theaters will screen this cartoon called "Five Centimeters per Second", and Cheng Xiaoyu fans in various cities want to have a sneak peek, but after just an hour of viewing, most viewers feel that it is far less good than "My Sassy Girlfriend".
At this moment, Shanghai Satellite TV's "New World of Entertainment" is broadcasting the news of a random interview by a reporter standing at the door of the cinema, and the beautiful reporter stopped two good-looking little girls and asked, "Classmate, may I ask what movie you are watching?"
"Five centimeters per second," replied one of the cute girls.
The reporter asked again: "Do you think it looks good?"
Another taller girl replied: "The picture is very beautiful, very good-looking, but it's too short, the ending is too abusive, we are students in the third year of high school, and we are here to support Teacher Cheng!" Then he hid behind the tall girl.
After the reporter wished the two little girls a successful college entrance examination, he stopped a couple and asked, "What movie did you two watch?"
"Five Centimeters per Second". The boy replied.
"Then what do you think of Director Cheng's new work?"
The boy said: "I think it's too bland, there's no content, how to say it, it's actually the romantic love of ordinary middle school students, I don't think it's very impressive, and I feel that the male protagonist is too pretentious." ”
The reporter pointed the microphone at the girl again and asked, "Then what do you think?"
The girl replied: "I think it's very good in Chinese cartoons! The picture is really beautiful, but the plot is a little messy." ”
Then the reporter saw a few boys who were a little chubby with glasses, stopped and asked, "What kind of movie are you watching?"
These are obviously otaku comic fans, and said: "I watched "Five Centimeters per Second". ”
"Do you think it looks good?"
Several people pushed each other, all embarrassed to speak to the camera, and finally the beautiful reporter pointed the microphone at one of the thinner ones, he pushed down his glasses and said: "Eh, this picture can indeed be used as a desktop screenshot." But there are too many places to complain about in the plot, do you have so many cherry blossoms in Shanghai? In Shanghai, there should be more French plane trees! Why does the name look like a Japanese name? Akari, Guishu, Hua Miao, I really can't complain, please Japanese painter I can understand, what the hell is a Japanese name?"
The boy with a pimple on the face next to him also interjected: "There is also a Chinese train in the nineties, which is more like a Japanese train, which is really a bit dramatic, and the Japanese style is too strong........ In short, compared with most Chinese comics, there is still sincerity, but the details of the story are really lacking. ”
"What about the plot?"
"The plot is too scattered, is this film just one man and two women? It's boring to the point that I don't want to understand it. ”
"No, I think it's pretty good, although it's a little bland, and there's no bloody bridge, but I think that aside from everything else, the story is very worth recalling, but it's so depressing that I don't want to read it anymore. ”
Several people ignored the camera and the reporter, and quarreled with themselves, and it seemed that the senses were very inconsistent.
And the Internet is even more noisy, and the anime forum Bilibili is also mixed, and in general, there are slightly more negative reviews.
"Hearing the heartfelt and fragile and tormented inner reading of a 13-year-old man really disgusted me..."
"Suitable for viewing at five times the speed, one star for the painting. ”
This is the spiritual journey brought by Cheng Xiaoyu, and a certain touch of our souls. This story describes such a young and sincere feeling, which is even far more precious than lingering and sympathetic love, which is the purest love in the world, which does not need any foundation and dependence, does not need to anchor and chase eternal love, because it itself is eternal. ”
"Looking at the street scene that looks like Japan, the Japanese characters and Japanese trains are named after Chinese anime......... I threw up anyway. I won't be looking at Cheng Xiaoyu's works. ”
"I was scorched by this little fresh story of moaning without disease in my bones, but looking back on the year, I also moaned without disease, isn't that what youth is all about!
"The picture is really beautiful.,The feeling of missing it somehow is really understandable.,When you look up at the sky, you can't help but think of this animation.,It's just,I don't want to live such a lost youth.。 ”
"The picture is so beautiful, it can be regarded as a model of pure love films, but I have never felt the hazy emotions of this kind of first love. Give three stars, two star pictures, one star plot. ”
"The narrative tone is quite dull, but it fits the theme quite well, and when I calm down, I feel that it is a good movie, a good movie that I don't want to watch a second time. ”
"Use a gorgeous background to cover up the hollowness of the plot, but, I like it, the three stories are strung together by one person, the music and photography are good, Cheng Xiaoyu's style, there must be good-looking composition music, as well as the sky and the universe, which can make the small story atmospheric, but the little freshness can't be seen more. ”
And the media and film critics seem to have found Cheng Xiaoyu's sore feet, and began to play various sensational titles, "Huaxia Film Weekly" film review, "Absolutely Beautiful Picture, Empty Plot".
"Everyone has a high opinion of Cheng Xiaoyu because of "My Sassy Girlfriend", and this "Five Centimeters per Second", the cherry blossoms in the sky, the beautiful sky, every frame is restored to the ultimate picture quality, the protagonist who wants to talk, and the young love.
But this does not hide the lack of plot, and the whole film can only rely on a large number of scenes and characters' inner monologues to promote, which is very thin. The director tried to use the beautiful cherry blossoms to contrast the 45-degree love of looking up at the sky, faintly melancholy, green and fruitless.
Although it has achieved the director's signature of shooting MVs all the time - the painting style is beautiful, which belongs to Director Cheng's own style and should be encouraged, I hope that Director Cheng can pay more attention to the plot. In fact, Director Cheng should be able to do better, after all, this animation is only an hour, and it is definitely possible to expand the content to 100 minutes, but Director Cheng chose to leave it blank, this kind of treatment and "My Sassy Girlfriend" go to two extremes, but I personally think it is not a success.
On the other hand, Japanese animation masters such as Yumeno Kusaku and Toshi Matsuki, "The Deer and the Wolf" and "Asami's House" many years ago will haunt the plot as long as you think about it. But I still hope that Director Cheng will get better and better
There are 1,000 Hamlets in a thousand audiences, and I have many friends around me who have a good evaluation of "5 Centimeters per Second", in general, this movie is above the Chinese level, but it disappointed me a little. ”
The title of "The Filmmaker" is "Miracle Director No Longer Miracle", "If we evaluate a person with commendability, it may be a compliment, but such words and phrases are used on Director Cheng, it is criticism." This "Five Centimeters per Second" was released for a week, and the box office has not exceeded 100 million, and the number of theaters has dropped to 2759.
The background of the story is not rigorous, the characters and scenes are excessively daily, and the plot is worth criticizing, maybe because of the funding, maybe because of self-confidence, this animated film is only a short hour, which makes people feel that Director Cheng sent this movie to the big screen prematurely, of course, Director Cheng took advantage of the popularity of "My Sassy Girlfriend", it is not a problem for this cartoon to receive a box office of two or three hundred million, but Director Cheng, as a representative of the younger generation, should be more cautious about the public's expectations..........
"China Times" reported: "The box office of "Second Five" did not meet expectations, and the miracle director has been abandoned by fans", Director Cheng, who has a box office of 2 billion on his head, may be a little confused this time, "I have worked so hard, but I still can't bring the rhythm of Chinese cartoons", to be honest, this cartoon is definitely not a bad movie, but it has invested 100 million, and the box office is less than 100 million in the first week of release, compared to "My Sassy Girlfriend", which only invested 30 million, it can only be described as miserable.
It's not surprising that there is no characterization, the storyline is monotonous, and the story background is chaotic........ The only thing to praise is the graphics and the music.........
Of course, some people think it's actually pretty good, such as Zhang Hongji, who also wrote a movie review "At that time, we missed the youth".
"There is no doubt that the second five is the first love, but what he said is the regret of the first love and not the regret of the first love, to be precise, the word regret can not interpret what the second five wants to express, here I ask everyone, do you understand what life is?
Life, birth, life, busy every day as if in a hurry, mechanical learning, Work, no matter how beautiful the feelings, family affection is also worn out by life one day, this kind of wear and tear is not the literal sense of the wear, I refer to the wear and tear you have to life, the sense of powerlessness, this sense of powerlessness will appear occasionally throughout our lives, and has nothing to do with mentality, just like the different junior high school assigned after graduating from primary school, graduating from junior high school, graduating from high school, once friends have gone their separate ways, things are not people, this is life, is growth.
What we can't avoid, can't change, no matter how to connect, how to redeem, there is a sense of powerlessness, because we can't go back to the youth that stuck together all day long, the most beautiful feelings are undoubtedly the purest feelings, and we are young and innocent is undoubtedly the purest.
However, a person always has to go through his life, start a family, joys and sorrows, you will slowly think about a lot of things, this is a kind of growth, and then the second five is such a story of Guishu to express Cheng Xiaoyu's remembrance of this kind of helpless beautiful feelings that will eventually disappear and his views on this feeling.
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When I finished watching Cheng Xiaoyu's film, I began to encounter such a feeling - how subtle, faint sadness, and endless disappointment I found that this was the most beautiful feeling in my life.
But I have always been haunted, and I will never let go of the spiritual journey that Cheng Xiaoyu has brought us.
This movie hits me in the soft underbelly more than My Sassy Girlfriend, and I give it five stars.
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Whether it is the Internet, the media or film critics, they have all quarreled about this animated movie, some people think that this movie has the potential to be a masterpiece, and some people think that it is really not good, too literary, too pretentious.
Controversial but not helping the box office, the anime's schedule is being scaled back, and soon a Japanese version of "5 Centimeters per Second" will be released in Japan.
And the media has begun to predict how miserable this movie, which is not adapted to the local water and soil in China, will be in Japan.
"Film Weekly" reported: "Obviously, Cheng Xiaoyu's "controversial" film is becoming increasingly polarized, and its contradictions and developments have exceeded many people's expectations, "Five Centimeters per Second" could not reach the box office of "My Sassy Girlfriend", there is no doubt about this, but everyone did not expect it to be so miserable. At the same time, the fierce conflict between group ridicule and enthusiasm seems to have cast a shadow on Cheng Xiaoyu's own personal appeal and business realization journey. The failure of the box office of "Five Centimeters per Second" this time not only means the failure of the movie, it seems to involve more things behind it. ”
The front page of Slender Fox Network Entertainment: "This cartoon, Director Cheng estimates that he can't even earn back the cost, the entire investment is close to 100 million, and the box office of the movie needs at least 250 million to recover the cost of the early and late stages, and the box office downturn and the impact of negative public opinion in society undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on Cheng Xiaoyu." But I don't think the Japanese market can save Director Cheng. ”
"Banana Entertainment Weekly" reported: "A strong dubbing lineup can't change the tragedy of box office failure, the box office can't even keep the top three, it is said that Cheng Xiaoyu was going to make an animated film, and everyone in the company was against it, but Director Cheng himself is the boss, so he tried to make a cartoon to fulfill his dream, and also tried and made mistakes for the road of domestic animation, but this dream became a "yellow dream". And the failure of "Five Centimeters per Second", future generations may be more cautious in their investment in animation. This time, the 'miracle director' not only needs to pay for his choice, but also has to take the blame for domestic animation. ”
The front page of "Huaxia Weekly": "Compared with the hot publicity in the early stage, the gap is that the box office of "Five Centimeters per Second" is far behind "Mouse Courage" and "The Last Swordsman", and the same as "The Hundredth Date". Such a result may put pressure on the investor of "Five Centimeters per Second" "Xichu Films", of course, the pressure is not very great, at least Director Cheng made a lot of money in the last film. After the release of the movie, it is also expected that the controversy of the movie itself, such as the simple plot, chaotic background, insufficient dubbing, etc., has triggered two extreme phenomena of public bad reviews and praise from fans. The box office is getting worse, and it cannot be said that the myth of the miracle director has been shattered. ”
And the messages on Cheng Xiaoyu's "Whispers" are also all kinds of ridicule and questions.
"No matter how many Japanese elements are used in this movie, I think it will only embarrass the Japanese audience, and if Director Cheng didn't deliberately please the Japanese audience, I would actually be willing to go to the cinema to see an illustration book. ”
"Is this a shame to be thrown abroad? Let others see jokes, but also go abroad to embarrass people, even if the painting is good, it is also painted by the Japanese, such a story we Chinese people still have no sense of substitution, the Japanese are probably going to laugh. ”
"The domestic box office has just passed 100 million, Director Cheng went to his grandmother's house this time, and he was in a hurry to go to Japan to score the box office, and the domestic dubbing is still the dubbing of Cheng Xiujing and Pei Xiuzhi, and he can pull some fans of the 'Idol Project' to watch, and the tragic situation in Japan, the base camp of animation, can be imagined, and I feel sorry for Director Cheng's fame........."
"There won't be a miracle this time............ Director Cheng should focus more on music! You see, this time only a mini album has been released, and there are only three new songs.........."
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No one knows that there is a big difference between the Japanese version of "5 Centimeters per Second" and the domestic version...........
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