Chapter 250: New Films, Old Films

September 8th ~ September 14th, this week's mainland box office champion is "The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor", which received 30 million and a cumulative box office of 90 million, a decrease of 50% from the first week.

The second place is starring He Mu, "One Shot 147" released by China Film, which received 4.2 million in three days, and the most important thing is that word of mouth has been praised by the public, and this film has no great ambition at the box office. Comforted. This film almost relies on the appeal of He Mu alone, the promotional slogan is "The first starring work of the new actor He Mu at the Montreal International Film Festival", and there is only one huge "He Mu" lying on the billiard table on the poster, and the other actors only have names and no photos. This is the first time He Mu has taken the lead and supported the box office of a movie on his own, compared with the one-man show results of other actors, He Mu is more outstanding.

The third runner-up is the introduction of the blockbuster "Trumming and Fog", although it was only released for one day, it also received 4.1 million box office, slightly lower than the average number of people per game of "One Shot 147", and the audience is still very happy to see London being flooded.

The fourth place on the box office list is "The Incredible Hulk", which has been released for four weeks, and has swept away 3.2 million, and the total box office is still less than 60 million, but it should be no problem to work harder. The fifth place is Du Qifeng's film "Wenque", which has been released for four weeks, with a weekly box office of 1.1 million and a total box office of 16 million. Further down, the weekly box office is less than one million, which shows that September is not a very good month.

"One Shot 147" was 4.2 million in the first week in the mainland, and the box office is expected to stay at about 10 million. This can almost be declared a failed investment for Bayi Factory. However, the Hong Kong box office is a bit incredible, as a film with the main actors from the mainland, the film collected 4.9 million Hong Kong dollars in the first five days (including the premiere). actually became the weekly box office champion, which is stronger than the mainland!

Although there is no Hollywood blockbuster factor in this schedule, the performance of "One Shot" in Hong Kong is really good. This is not the golden age of Hong Kong films, there are only about ten Chinese films that have a box office of more than 10 million in Hong Kong every year, and the result of "One Shot" is almost guaranteed to enter the top ten of the box office list of Hong Kong Chinese films.

I don't know if it was He Mu's fame that made this movie happen. It was the high box office of this movie that made He Mu famous in Hong Kong, in short, He Mu's fame in Hong Kong became more and more famous after "One Shot", and He Mu's news was often reprinted and distributed by Hong Kong media. And it has become a good way to stimulate the sales of newspapers and magazines, and even some media have called He Mu the first student in the mainland, this kind of irresponsible evaluation and title has also caused He Mu fans and Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun and other fans to fight on the Internet, which has added some unstable factors to the already not very harmonious network environment. However, He Mu has a good relationship with those seniors. There will be no unpleasantness over such pointless disputes.

At the premiere of "Painted Skin", He Mu and Chen Kun showed a very harmonious and friendly atmosphere throughout the whole process, often talking and laughing, and occasionally Chen Kun would pat He Mu's shoulder like a brother.

At the premiere ceremony, in addition to chatting about filming and explaining various rumors that have accumulated for a long time, director Chen Jiashang also announced that "Painted Skin" will represent Hong Kong in the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and the highest demand before was Chen Kexin's "Vote for Fame". After He Mu heard it, he thought: It seems that "One Shot" is out of play. Every year, China will be divided into three parts: the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan Bend, and each send a film to participate in the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. After three tiers of selection, either shortlisted. If you have a big reputation, you will either lose the election and end miserably.

Last year, the Kazakh film "The Mongolian King" starring Sun Honglei was shortlisted for the award, and Zhang Yimou's films have also been shortlisted many times before, but the only Chinese film that won this award was Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which is still the highest-grossing foreign language film in North America.

Because "One Shot 147" is of Hong Kong and mainland origin, theoretically it has the conditions to represent either one, but the quota in the mainland has long been determined for the Olympic-themed "Dream Building 2008", and now "Painted Skin" has become the representative of Hong Kong, which means that "One Shot 147" has lost the opportunity to become famous in North America through the Oscar foreign language film. However, He Mu was not too disappointed, such a result was expected by him.

Before He Mu heard the theme song of "Painted Skin" through the Internet, "Painting Heart" sung by Zhang Liangying is a very beautiful song, at today's premiere ceremony, He Mu heard the live-action original version, when Zhang Liangying's singing ended, the movie officially began, this is the first time He Mu watched this movie.

At the beginning of the movie, there is a desert yellow sand, with a feeling of desolation and heaviness, and then Zhou Xun is shy and timid with his thighs exposed, and he becomes a little frivolous. He Muzhi said that he appeared relatively late, but he also looked at the front shots very seriously, and every director's technique is worth learning, not to mention that Chen Jiashang is an Academy Award winner. Chen Jiashang used to follow Tsui Hark, so his works also have the kind of whimsical things that Xu Lao Wei, full of novelty and imagination, he always strives to create something fresh in the movie, something that has not been done before, which is also the quality of this director that He Mu admires the most.

In about half an hour, the lizard spirit Xiaoyi played by He Mu finally appeared, and his appearance had been exposed through character posters before, but the first appearance in the movie was still amazing, and many wooden fish thought in their hearts: Even if it is made like this, it is still so handsome!

Xiao Yi, who appeared for the first time, handed over his dug heart to Xiao Wei to eat, and many of the dialogues caused laughter in the field, He Mu didn't realize it when he filmed, and now he looks at the performance in the movie, which is really funny, especially the part where he sticks out his long tongue and eats mosquitoes, while talking to Xiao Wei seriously, he greedily looks at the babbling mosquito next to him with the corner of his eye, and then takes advantage of his unpreparedness to devour it in one fell swoop, although he gets the evaluation of Xiao Wei's only sentence "You are really disgusting", but it also relieves his hunger. At this time, although Xiao Yi is ferocious, he is still a little cute.

To be honest, the rhythm of the first half of the movie is relatively slow and bland, almost some fragments of life in Wang Sheng's mansion, with Pei Rong's speculation about Xiao Wei, Xiao Wei's temptation of Wang Sheng, Wang Sheng's vigilance against Pang Yong and the acquaintance of Pang Yong and Xia Bing. What is worth watching in this part is the performances of several leading actors, a few charming erotic scenes, exquisite and elegant sets, and superb photography by Huang Yuetai and others.

It wasn't until an hour passed that the chase between Xiao Yi played by He Mu and Pang Yong played by Zhen Zidan began, the movie entered the stage of grasping people's hearts, and the plot conflicts broke out one after another.

He Mu was also amazed, that layer of skin is so realistic, it really cost more than 1 million to order it from the United States, He Mu watched it from the side when he first filmed this scene, and he already felt very shocked at the time, but through post-processing, it looks more realistic on the big screen, and the magical atmosphere is stronger.

The movie ended with Xiao Wei sacrificing himself and saving Wang Sheng and his wife, seeing this, many young couples who came in pairs sighed, and some were even moved to tears. Although "Painted Skin" is a ghost story based on Liaozhai, it has become a singing and crying love story in the hands of director Chen Jiashang, which is also in line with what he said before, this is not a horror film, this is a love story with a magical skin.

For the evaluation of "Painted Skin", He Mu, as an insider, must think it is very good, this drama embodies the hard work of all the main creators, in the winter, in the northwest kind of place, the hardships can be imagined. If you look at it from an outsider's point of view, although there are some small flaws of this and that, it is still a good work. Among all the works directed by Chen Jiashang, this is not the best work, but it is definitely one of his excellent works, and Director Chen has a very accurate grasp of the essence of traditional Chinese culture.

The premiere of "Painted Skin" is said to have cost 5 million yuan, although it is not as luxurious as "Red Cliff" and "The King of Kung Fu", but it is also grand, and there are many media and reporters present, I believe that they will accurately and timely convey the news of "Painted Skin", "Painted Skin" was officially released on the 26th, during which there will be promotional activities every day, and the word "Painted Skin" can be seen every day when you open the entertainment newspaper or website entertainment news, but He Mu will participate selectively, first of all, he is not the protagonist, There is no need to participate in all the propaganda activities, and he still has "A Good Man of the Tang Dynasty" to be busy, which is really unskilled.

The next day, "Painted Skin" dominated the headlines of all entertainment newspapers and websites, and despite the praise and disapproval, the positive reviews were still in the majority. In addition to talking about the grand occasion of the premiere, talking about the quality of the movie, the play is exciting. The love drama part has become one of the focuses of media attention, which has led to the debate on related issues such as Zhou Xun and Chen Kun's naked substitution, although it is slightly vulgar and not very elegant, but such a topic does attract attention, can win attention well before the movie is released, and has certain benefits for attracting audiences into the theater.

In the new week, old films such as "Wenque" and "Ten Perfect" have been painted one after another, and the new ones that have joined the box office war are some Chinese small-budget films led by "The Days of Living with a Flight Attendant" and "Li Mi's Conjecture", which are among the best, and the release of these two new films has affected "One Shot 147" to a certain extent, but the situation is not very bad...... (To be continued......)

PS: [ps: Today's three watches, this is the first change~]