Chapter 195: A Stormy September

September was a tumultuous month.

Wang Meng deservedly occupied the top topic list of the month, whether it was the success of "Struggle", the capture of lions in Venice, or the conspiracy of Hua Xiaoyu.

Of course, no matter how good Wang Meng is, it is impossible to occupy all the topics.

The release of "Night Banquet" and the release of "Baby Project", the two movies destined to rank among the top five at the mainland box office this year, also exploded with a lot of energy.

Not only that, but topics that Wang Meng knew in his previous life also appeared.

Feng Xiaogang expressed his gratitude to Zhang Ziyi for his contribution to opening up overseas markets: "Because of Zhang Ziyi and Yuan Heping, "Night Banquet" will make so many filmmakers queue up at the film festival to see the film. ”

According to tabloid reports, the overseas sales of "Night Banquet" have now completely recovered their costs, and Feng Xiaogang said that every penny of the domestic box office is already a profit, and I have to say that this is Feng Xiaogang's success.

Regarding the naked replacement incident of "Night Banquet", it should have occupied the topic list, but because of Hua Xiaoyu's conspiracy, there are not so many people who pay attention.

Shao Xiaoshan, the stand-in of the international chapter, and Huayi Brothers Company had a stalemate over the "**** incident" (the issue of authorship), Shao Xiaoshan said that no matter how Huayi Brothers reacted, he had achieved his propaganda purpose: "Now the whole world knows that the back is mine, which is good." ”

I have to say that another one who wants to hype up and become famous, but this one is much more cautious than Hua Xiaoyu, and knows that he will accept it when he sees it. But it didn't seem to be useful, it was hyped for a while, and it didn't catch fire later.

The evaluation of "Night Banquet" is also half good and half bad, and those who say bad things account for a little more.

"The biggest failure of "The Night Banquet" lies in the pale of the narrative and the nondescript dialogue, rooted in the complex and deep human story of "Hamlet". It is completely obliterated by the unrestrained and repeated rendering of the superficial mood, leaving only the so-called "darkness" and "gloom" in form, and the overlap of this single similar element makes the audience feel tired, so it is difficult to bring individual emotions into the mood of the film. ”

"The filming of "Night Banquet" is an attempt to reproduce the elegance of ancient China and regain the long-lost simplicity of style. Narrative has always been director Feng Xiaogang's forte, and "Night Banquet" should not be as disappointing as "Wu Ji" in terms of story. But that's where the unexpected happens. ”

Chinese domestic directors are all facing this problem, there is no good plot in the big scenes, and a good plot can't support the big scenes.

Turning over and over costume films, fortunately, my country's history is long enough, and I can take out five years at will to make movies.

As for innovation, there is no innovation and breakthrough at all.

In the TV series, the anti-Japanese drama accounts for half, the braid drama accounts for 30%, and the rest of the urban sins are filled.

In the movie, all the big productions are talking about history. Whatever is close to reality is digging into the darkness.

Therefore, Jackie Chan's "Baby Plan" instantly came into people's sight, not only ridiculous, but also with in-depth humanistic care, consistent Jackie Chan style, and has cultivated a lot of fans.

Coupled with the outstanding ideas and themes, the applause accounts for the majority.

Probably the only thing that is depressing is that our big round vase is very large.

is different from what Da Yuanyuan expected, I wanted to get popular with "Baby Plan", paid a lot, and harvested the vase.

If, it will continue according to the previous life, it is about to come to Xia Yu and Da Yuanyuan, who were photographed living together and kissing joints, maybe the future Da Yuanyuan third party will intervene and fight with Yuan Quan's brave little three, which will make Da Yuanyuan continue to be popular.

However, these two fires are negative, and there is still a long way to go for the real rise of Da Yuanyuan.

Regarding the evaluation of the baby plan, the audience gave a wide range of praise.

""Project Baby" is full of smiles, overall relaxed, and quite funny. In "Baby Plan", we were able to relive the scene of "Plan A": many characters of unknown origin, "chance encounters" in a small space, resulting in a high concentration of dramatic conflicts and comedic meanings. Another humor is that the dialogue is not badly written, which makes most viewers happy. However, in the final analysis, the key role in the success of "Baby Plan" this time may not be played by Jackie Chan, but by the "baby" in the title and poster. ”

However, there are also doubts, saying that Jackie Chan is old and needs to be foiled to support a movie.

Said - whether it is Louis Koo or Gao Yuanyuan, they have laid the foundation for the success of Jackie Chan's movie. In the past, the big brother's movies have always been one-person, and now someone needs help.

In September, the film industry was surging, and these are still the above two films. Not to mention "Court on Horseback", "Tokyo Trial", and "The Good Man of the Three Gorges" by DreamWorks.

"The Good Man of the Three Gorges" was released on September 23, Wang Meng knew that the results of this movie were the main ones to win awards, and he didn't care about making money.

Foreign releases have already made a lot of money, there are not many requirements anymore, and how much can be earned domestically.

Therefore, "The Good Man of the Three Gorges" has no publicity in China, only by virtue of the Golden Lion Award for Best Film in Venice, it is the best publicity.

As expected, at the end of September, "The Good Man of the Three Gorges" won less than 5 million at the box office, and the box office just couldn't get up, which was an unsolvable problem.

Wang Meng's estimated box office of 10 million at most is considered to be the top of the sky, and I don't care about the rest.

However, at the beginning of October, the overseas release of "This Man from the Earth" came back, although the box office had nothing to do with Wang Meng, but Wang Meng paid attention to it.

In the age of the Internet, it is too simple to view some news and videos.

Sure enough, in Europe, the base camp of this brain-burning film, "This Man is from Earth" got a lot of applause.

"The magical movie from China has completely subverted my perception of science fiction, and the excellent story structure and subversive discussion of this film are difficult to let go, and it is not surprising that a wonderful movie was born."

- [Thames]

"Good story, good theme, Chinese movies not only have kung fu movies, but also soft science fiction movies. I heard that the director of this film is a young man, but it is not difficult to see that a future science fiction director has appeared. ”

- Rome Evening News.

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A series of messages sent back from Europe reached China in October.

The audience is used to Wang Meng's thunderstorm, and they feel that it seems nothing to make a little movement abroad?

Of course, everyone knows the urine sex of some people in China. The reason why I didn't pay much attention to it was that Wang Meng's topic was a bit big at that time, and second, there were only brief reports abroad, which didn't make Wang Meng famous.

However, starting from "Transformers", some fans of Wang Meng's foreign countries suddenly discovered that an idol in the Far East actually had a movie released. Although many people can't understand it, it doesn't prevent everyone from saying yes, so that Wang Meng's fans abroad are more cohesive, although few.

September was turbulent, and all kinds of revelations continued.

After Wang Meng attended the clarification meeting that day, he continued to return to the filming of "You at the Same Table".

The third master and others watched Wang Meng's clarification meeting, and they all said that they did a good job and did not disappoint everyone.

After more than ten days of shooting, the role of the young actors is over, and the following will be the plot starring Wang Meng.

When Zhou Dongyu and Jiang Jinfu left, they cried with tears in their eyes, and they all told Wang Meng that they would definitely appear in Director Wang's play in the future.

Wang Meng agreed with a smile......

…… (To be continued.) )