Chapter 325: Watching the movie
Frankly speaking, Chen Baisheng came to watch the movie with a provocative mood, without him, because of the second Academy Awards held by "Film Fortnightly", they had to award the Best Actress to Zhong Yihong at the second Academy Awards in April. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It's not that Zhong Yihong is not qualified, her performance in "50 First Loves" and "Memory Fragments" is very good, not to mention that she is also the winner of the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress.
However, Chen Baisheng prefers that the winners' films have social topics, such as Lin Biqi in "Pretty Girl", which is good, the Academy Awards are at the beginning, and they must be different from the Golden Horse Awards, and they can't follow each other's butts.
But when he solicited sponsorship last year, many people hinted to him that the heroine should be carefully considered. Someone even told him that Zhong Yihong is very good, and he is a native of Hong Kong, and his movies have won awards at the Cannes Film Festival.
Those are basically people who have a lot of weight in the film industry, and two movies, one broke two box offices in Hong Kong, and the other won an award in Cannes, although Chen Baisheng is also considered to have some connections, there is nothing he can do in the face of this situation.
What's more, this is that Mr. Lee's movie.
As the president of a film magazine, Chen Baisheng naturally knows more, for example, it is said that those movies are prescribed by Mr. Li from costume design to props and lighting, and even shooting angles, and director Wang Jing is just a tool for him to make this movie.
It's really unpleasant, a businessman, or a rich man, who knows a lot about movies, can make a box office hit after wanton interference, is this still luck or what?
However, people have that spare money, and in the Hong Kong film industry, not to mention ordinary filmmakers, even if it is Shao Daheng and Zou Daheng, they have to be respectful when they see that.
So when Mr. Li's new movie "Stealing Love" was released, he went out to see it in person this time, and he didn't dare to say anything else, but the movie is not good enough, and it's okay for me to pick on the thorns, right?
There weren't too many highlights in the opening fifteen minutes, but Zhou Yanfa performed very well, and at that time he was hanging, sometimes sneering, and he couldn't see the bald and bitter appearance of "Memory Fragments" at all.
Chen Baisheng has done his homework, and he has watched "50 First Loves" and "Memory Fragments", although he did not go to the cinema to watch it, he has watched each videotape at least three or four times.
"50 First Loves" is okay, although the plot is good, but it is a commercial movie after all, but "Memory Fragments" is particularly amazing, especially the messy and messy editing, plus the acting skills of several actors are excellent, quite exciting, and Zhou Yunfa's reputation and popularity have soared.
Now he can show a completely different appearance in "Stealing Love", and his performance in the future must be maintained without breaking the success, and the title of the first acting skill among actors born in the 50s is only afraid that he will deserve his name.
In addition, Lin Fengjiao is as beautiful as ever, the feeling of the little jasper is almost protruding from the screen, and there is still an indescribable virtuous lady full of motherhood.
As for Liu Dehua, well, it's not bad, although there is no change compared to "Running to the Angry Sea", but in the movie he is a supporting role, and he is responsible for being funny, there is no comparison.
Then, the meat scene came, the time returned to the previous day after the actor woke up, and then went to the interview again with a confused face, when he asked the heroine to sober himself up, Lin Fengjiao slapped him without hesitation, causing bursts of laughter.
Chen Baisheng shook his head slightly, he thought that he would explain the reason for repeating every day, but he didn't expect it to come so directly, and there was not even a hint at all, if the reason was not explained later, the convincing power of the plot would be a little insufficient.
On the screen, the male protagonist played by Zhou Yunfa continued to live the same day, and began to become more and more irritable, until he talked about living a repetitive life every day when he played cards with two guys he didn't know, and he had a flash of inspiration.
Then, after provoking the police and confirming that he was indeed repeating the same day, he began to do bad things everywhere every day. For example, asking for the details of a woman who can be seen, pretending to be an acquaintance of the other party and seducing her the next day, or waiting outside some banks and financial companies, after finding out the situation, quietly taking away a large amount of money, as for eating and drinking, it is a common thing.
The sound of tsk sounded in the theater from time to time, especially when seducing women, many male audiences showed knowing smiles.
Chen Baisheng continued to shake his head, but not out of denial, but a review of himself.
He took the time to think about it, if he was in that environment, living the same day every day, and having enough time to find all the details of life without worrying about the consequences, he was afraid that he would be so arbitrary, right?
Before he knew it, he was already immersed in the story, wondering how the plot would play out next.
Sure enough, after having had enough, the male protagonist finally began to attack the heroine, just like all women, constantly using daily repetition to find out her preferences and increase her favorability step by step.
Chen Baisheng wanted to laugh, but with a little malice, Zhong Yihong is Mr. Li's woman, there is no doubt about it, otherwise he would not have given her the Golden Horse Award and the Academy Award, and there is no intimate scene in "50 First Loves" - although this makes the picture and plot seem very pure.
Although it is Lin Fengjiao who plays the heroine in the new movie, Chen Baisheng still survived a little rumor, and came back after two years of hibernation, and came up to be the heroine of the big production - this movie is said to have an investment of 10 million Hong Kong dollars - how can it be said that it is not a little boring.
So, now that the movie has reached this point, what kind of plot will Lin Fengjiao encounter next?
He was quickly disappointed, and Zhou Yunfa's hookup seemed to be going well, but every time he reached the last step, he would be beaten back to his original shape. But he had to sigh that the plot was cleverly arranged, and the montage slap not only fully revealed the actor's bewildered state, but also made the audience laugh.
The psychology of the audience is very strange, on the one hand, they will secretly applaud the male protagonist for being able to use the plug-in that repeats the same day to seek benefits, and wish they could do the same, on the other hand, they will also suffer from the invincible male protagonist one after another on the same person, and shout in their hearts that they deserve it.
This kind of rhythm that can not only bring the audience in, but also make people get out of the need, this sense of rhythm is a must for a good movie.
Chen Baisheng sighed, he found that he wanted to know more and more about the next plot of this movie, and couldn't help but look around, but unfortunately there were many people, and he didn't see that person.
When he entered the venue, he clearly saw Xu Ke's figure, although he was wearing a peaked cap, Hong Kong was so big, how could he not recognize it. It's a pity that I didn't say hello at that time, and when I sat down, we were too far away from each other, and I couldn't find someone to talk to at this time.
"Rich man......" Chen Baisheng grunted complainingly.
This "Stealing Love", like "50 First Loves" and "Memory Fragments", does not follow the tradition of Hong Kong films at all, there is no midnight scene, and naturally there is no unified invitation to entertainment reporters to watch it.
Even so, Shaw Brothers still arranged for all theaters to accompany the release of the movie.
It's really interesting to think about it, that Mr. Li is the major shareholder of Star TV, and he is as popular as Shao Tycoon's TVB in terms of ratings, but he cooperates closely with Shaw Brothers in movies, even if "The Legend of the Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" loses a lot.
Thinking of this, Chen Baisheng turned his head to look again, but still found no trace of Xu Ke.
Well, no matter how much "The Legend of the Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" loses, it has nothing to do with Shaw Brothers, the cost of more than 25 million is said to be from that Mr. Li, and there seems to be a story of anger and turning into a red face, resulting in two versions of the final film.
He doesn't know the specifics, and Zhang Shupin, who served as the art designer of the first version, didn't talk much in the circle, but he could see that he was resentful.
Linked to the strange woman who served as the art designer of the second edition, it seems to be from the mainland, and there are some gossip that has been circulated in the past, and the truth is not difficult to guess.
However, this has nothing to do with Chen Baisheng, even if he is very unhappy as a member of the Hong Kong film industry, so what? As mentioned earlier, Shao Daheng and Zou Daheng all rely on that Mr. Li, so what is he Chen Baisheng?
Even now, he can only hope to find some loopholes in the movie and then criticize it, if he dares to make nonsense out of nothing, not to mention whether it will affect the reputation of the magazine, if the other party is unhappy, he will let himself go, I am afraid that it is not a difficult thing.
Thinking of this, Chen Baisheng grinned like a toothache, focused his attention on the screen, and continued to watch.
At this time, the plot has reached the point where the male protagonist begins to die, and the loveless Zhou Yunfa provokes the police again, then runs away by car, and finally rushes out of the cliff and falls on the rocky pile on the coast.
"Hmm...... He might be fine. Liu Dehua, who was carrying the camera, stood on the edge of the cliff and comforted Lin Fengjiao with witty words.
Then, with a bang, the car below exploded, and although there were still people laughing, many more were waiting with their eyes wide open.
Sure enough, as soon as the camera turned, the actor finally got up from bed again, and the date still did not change.
Chen Baisheng also exhaled, and had to praise the rhythm of this movie again, and seeing this, he suddenly found a very interesting place, this movie does not have the characteristics of Hong Kong movies.
It's hard to say what the characteristics of Hong Kong films are, it's just a kind of intuition as a Hong Kong filmmaker, the picture is bright and clear, and every detail is well done. The most obvious point is that because it is a repetition of the same day's life, when I was interviewed, there were no obvious loopholes in the clothing of the group performance several times.
What's more, the rhythm is bright, there are not so many exaggerated, pee, and fart jokes, and it is different from the inexplicable coldness of "Bumping into the Positive" and "Love Killing", so that compared to it, Hong Kong movies are a little ...... Have low self esteem?
Chen Baisheng shook his head a little irritably, he didn't know why he thought so, maybe he knew, but he didn't want to admit it, so he packed up his thoughts and continued to watch.
He was thinking so, and Xu Ke, who was sitting in the distance, was also thinking so.