Chapter 029: Wuji (For the reward, thank you for your support)
Liu Shuo couldn't do anything about it if he didn't update it, he had already painted half of it, but on Christmas Day, Zheng Yu informed him that he was going to hold a carnival the next afternoon.
You heard it right, it's a carnival, and it's pretty big.
The organizer is a rich second generation of the director department, surnamed Jin, called Jin Yue, and is a junior senior. It is said that this senior Kim likes a beautiful woman from the acting department, so he took the opportunity to hold a big party.
Party culture is mainly popular in foreign countries, and in China it is also exclusive to the rich and young people, which is different from ordinary gatherings, parties generally have a theme, just like this carnival, the theme is carnival. Jin Yue rented a villa and set up a temporary bar.
is the mythical beast summoned by Lu Ziqiao in "Love Apartment 3" that harmed Zeng Xiaoxian and lost his bar shares.
Liu Shuo has also gained a lot of knowledge, and it is the first time he has gone to such an occasion, so he decided to see it, maybe he will use it when drawing comics in the future. Besides, he hasn't had a break for almost two months, so it's time to take a break.
So he posted a picture on the website that didn't update during the Christmas period, and then went to buy a decent outfit. didn't know that after he released it, it caused a lot of indignation.
Even if he knew about it, he wouldn't care, and it would always be upset to release his work. Everyone's brain circuits are different, and sometimes you think the plot is good, and then people just don't like it.
is like those directors in China, the pictures are all good, but the stories are told in a mess, such as "Wuji", which was released yesterday. As a student of the film school, even if it is from the animation school, there are certain benefits, Liu Shuo was honored to get a movie ticket, which Bao Bell specially sent over in the afternoon.
This senior has become a frequent visitor to Liu Shuo's bedroom, except for not coming when he is busy, he will go to Liu Shuo's bedroom when he is idle, and he has become friends with Zheng Yu, an SD man. Yesterday, he bought a movie ticket for today, but he didn't have time to watch it, so he sent it to Liu Shuo.
To be honest, Liu Shuo didn't want to go. However, the other three people in the dormitory wanted to go, and it was not good for anyone, so Liu Shuo could only say that he wanted to see it.
The background setting is unknown, the special effects are distorted, and the plot is bloody.
However, when he saw the end credits, Liu Shuo saw some clues from it. The investors of this film come from three countries, China, Japan and South Korea, so there is one protagonist in each of them. The Chinese side is Cecilia Cheung, the Japanese side is Hiroyuki Sanada, and the South Korean side is Zhang Dongjian.
So although Chen Kaige himself is also a screenwriter, he had to take care of the emotions of the three parties, so a hodgepodge of settings was rescued. Among the special costume designs, there is also Masako Koya (RB people), so it is normal for a large number of RB-style things to appear in the film, and the investors are the largest!
The special effects of "Wuji" are made by domestic companies, and to be honest, it is okay on the whole, but some flaws are too obvious. The biggest flaw is what many people complained about, that is, when Zhang Dongjian was chased by a group of cows, the cows seemed to be flying in the sky, and their feet did not touch the ground at all.
Domestic special effects companies are also just starting, and it is already very good to be able to do this. If it weren't for the previous promotion, "Wuji" was praised too well, maybe people wouldn't have said anything, after all, the special effects of this film are already very close to the international level.
Then there is the plot, the plot of the whole drama is a ball of dog blood, and many things are superfluous, such as the plot of the goddess of fate and the two children, what do you want to tell us? Everything is arranged by fate? Or are the two people already entangled? Or do you want to find a reason for Wuhuan to fall into the city?
Liu Shuo didn't want to vomit at this slot, because not long after, someone vomited.
After going back, Liu Shuo wrote this paragraph in his notes:
Propaganda can increase the popularity of the work, but over-exaggeration can ruin the work itself. The work is still based on the story, and everything else is for the storytelling, not above the story, especially the special effects. A lesson from the past - "Boundless"!
"Liu Shuo, are you back?" Zheng Yu opened the door and just came back from outside, and when he saw Liu Shuo in the bedroom, he couldn't help asking, "How is the movie?" ”
Liu Shuo shook his head gently, he really didn't know what to say about "Wuji", let's say it's good! It's not pretty, it's actually pretty good.
"You better read the movie review on the Internet by yourself!" Liu Shuo had some thoughts of silence.
"That's right!" Zheng Yu immediately turned on the computer and watched the movie review!
As a result, what I saw was basically a negative evaluation, and only Chu Tianjin's report was positive.
Chutian Jinbao: The picture is commendable, in terms of visual enjoyment, Chen Kaige showed his extraordinary strength to his old opponent Zhang Yimou. The story, compared with the emptiness of "Hero" and the thinness of "Ambush on All Sides", Chen Kaige's love and lies are indeed much better. Chen Kaige used "Wuji" to show the leap in the quality of Chinese film stunts. Not to mention the quiet beauty of the emptiness in "Mirror Flowers and Water Moon", the "infinite world" constructed by the combination of the illusory world and the real scene in the film is definitely eye-catching.
The Southern Metropolis Daily's evaluation is one word: stupid! Four words: Foolish! The line is "Shabi-style dialogue", and I don't know if it's scolding or talking about Shakespeare. One of them also picked up a funny sentence: "You ruined my chance to be a good person"
Netease Entertainment commented that Chen Kaige told a sad and funny love story.
The Beijing News said that many obvious failures in the film lowered the grade of the film, and also said that Chen Kaige's dramatization made the actors have a certain degree of hysteria.
Film critic Gu Xiaobai said that "Wuji" must be watched, and it will not make people laugh and cry after watching it. It is out of control, the plot is not prioritized, the performance is too exaggerated, some passages and dialogues are even unreliable with Gao Xiaosong's "postmodern film" "My Heart Flies", and the indiscriminate use of special effects and art greatly hinders the coherence and theme of the film.
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After reading these movie reviews, Zheng Yu looked at Liu Shuo strangely. "Is it really that bad?"
"It's rotten or not, you can only know if you see it yourself. ”
"And what do you think?"
"If it weren't for the previous publicity, it would still be worth watching. ”
is such a film that was scolded by the vast majority of people, but it broke seven box office records for Chinese films. Among them, there are four important records: the box office record of the screening, the box office record of the first day, the box office record of the single day and the box office record of the first weekend.
But even so, "Wuji" seems to be losing money in the end, because the investment is too large, according to the previous publicity, it will reach nearly 200 million, and the global box office will need at least 5 or 600 million to recover the cost.