Chapter 272: The acting is well received
Although the word-of-mouth is overwhelming, the box office performance of "Witness" is hardly ideal, and even the high word-of-mouth is that the film is not outstanding at the actual stage of the box office.
The box office won 1.7 million on the first day and 2.3 million on the next day. And with the rise of word of mouth, I believe that the box office in the first week can still break through the 10 million mark.
It is indeed difficult for small and medium-cost police films to make a big breakthrough at the box office, and in terms of schedule, "Witness" is not superior. It's not a prime time, and the publicity and distribution of the film is not too powerful.
And there were also discordant voices on the Internet, Shen Lian's fans were already very dissatisfied with Shen Lian's disfigurement, and as a result, the heroine was paired with a rather girl-male Miao Pu, which instantly detonated Shen Lian's fan group. All kinds of sarcasm and abuse of Miao Pu are endlessly in the forum.
"Needless to say, this is the ugliest heroine Shen Lian can match."
"Big pie face, thick skeleton. A standard village woman, how embarrassed to be ashamed. ”
"Shame, is this self-defeating? From Liu Yifei to Miao Pu, what stimulated you? ”
Although the box office is average, Shen Lian is still delighted by the explosive word-of-mouth, especially for his performance, which has almost zero negative reviews. There are even media that have included Shen Lian in the nomination of the actor with three gold medals in the next year.
"I just want to say one person, that is, the storyline of Hong Jing's "Witness" played by Shen Lian is remarkable, not top-notch. However, Shen Lian vividly portrayed the dual identities of a cold-blooded and ruthless killer and an affectionate husband. He may not be so ruthless by nature, he will ask the little girl to eat a chicken leg salad as a thank you, and he will ask "which hand do you use to write" when he has to cut off the girl's hand; However, the helplessness of life forces him to do things that he is not happy with in his heart. Hong Jing, who is half-blind, wants to save enough medicine for his wife before he is completely blind, and he wants to leave enough money for his wife to live. He lingered in the helpless gap between conscience and reality.
The finishing touch of the whole movie is not that Xie Tingfeng hugged the half-dead body of the little girl and cried "If you fall down, you have to get up and run again", but Shen Lian's already blind eyes are hissing and calling "Police, take me to my wife". For him, the world finally changed from gray to black; And his world is still stuck in the shadow lying on the hospital bed. He was helpless to do "hurtful" things for his wife, but he kept asking his wife for forgiveness.
Perhaps the happiest moment of the movie is that Shen Lian and his wife are on a stretcher with the same walking progress. At that time, they could finally be together forever.
In the whole movie, Shen Lian's lines are only a few sentences. But it replaced Xie Tingfeng's protagonist image. Gestures and movements are far more powerful than weak words that move people's hearts. ”
On the plane back to Hong Kong, Shen Lian looked at the comments on himself in the magazine with a little joy. It's impossible to say you're unhappy. And the goal, of course, is the title of actor.
After all, he is the second male lead, and Shen Lian's propaganda task is not as heavy as Xie Tingfeng. If you don't have an itinerary, it's not impossible to run with you, but Shen Lian still has "Eavesdropping" to shoot, so I can only say sorry to Lin Chaoxian.
Shen Lian's filming of "Witness", a low-budget police film, did not expect to achieve too good results at the box office, the key is word-of-mouth and awards. An actor trophy is what Shen Lian is looking forward to. Judging from the reactions of the audience and film critics, Shen Lian basically achieved his goal.
Shen Lian, who was in a good mood, worked even harder during the subsequent filming. It's much better than the previous shooting process, which was subject to physical conditions. The progress of "Eavesdropping" has also been slowed down little by little. The scene with Jenny played by Wen Yongshan in the mansion was also filmed quickly.
On November 27, "Witness" was released in Hong Kong, and Shen Lian and Zhang Jingchu participated in the press conference. In the previous week, the cumulative box office of "Witness" in the mainland reached 12 million, which is a good result, but it can only be said to be decent for a movie that gathers Xie Tingfeng and Shen Lian.
And the discussion of no chemical reaction between the Fengyun brothers was also discussed on the Internet. Shen Lian and Xie Tingfeng have actually collaborated on three movies in a certain way, but the cumulative box office will break 100 million, which is not good news for Shen Lian and Xie Tingfeng.
However, it is pure nonsense to say that the two have no chemistry or overlapping functions. The two of them are dubbing, and the quality of the movie has nothing to do with them. If you change to Liang Chaowei and Liu Dehua to dub, you can't bring the direction of the plot. "The True Colors of Men" itself is aimed at attracting gold. Who can withstand "Transformers"?
As for "Witness", it can only be said that the subject matter is not pleasing to the audience.
Originally, he had worked with Louis Koo in movies, so he was relatively familiar, and with the progress of the filming work, the relationship between Shen Lian and Liu Qingyun gradually became familiar. This senior is relatively two-sided, he is very open in private, and he can play anything. From football to drinking, from tourism to raising flowers, there is only what you can't think of, and there is nothing he can't say. But he was also afraid, once when Gu Tianle talked to him about the topic of massage lady, the eldest brother was still talking eloquently at first, but he didn't expect his wife Guo Aiming to suddenly come to visit the class, which scared him half to death. Just take this matter, and everyone laughed at him on the set for three days.
However, once he entered the working state, this senior immediately showed superb acting skills, and every shot was completed meticulously, if Liang Chaowei is more of a very thorough understanding of the role, and uses his own way to interpret the role to the point that the director is satisfied, then Liu Qingyun is more in accordance with the director's requirements to complete the template portrayed in the director's heart.
The days flew by like this, and the penultimate shot of the building was to be taken that night.
The penultimate shot is the scene of the female secretary and the big guy played by Li Zixiong having some jiji scenes here, and in the movie, this scene also plays a role in making the plot that has been dull and tense a little relaxed and laughing.
Because Shen Lian was dragged along with Gu Tianle and Liu Qingyun at that time, plus the role played by Chen Weiting in front of the computer to monitor the movements in the hall, they saw the secretary and the big guy on the sand**, several people laughed while watching, reluctant to look away, Mary saw this situation and scolded a few people: "You bastards." ”
This shot was shot in two groups, but the previous group has been completed, and that is the scene of the two people.
An hour before this scene was filmed, the two of them acted more seriously in that scene, and the actress seemed to be familiar with this kind of scene, and it quickly passed - this kind of scene actually doesn't need to be too nitpicky, if you shoot it a few times, it will be a kind of torture for both the male and female actors.
Shen Lian and Liu Qingyun Gu Tianle are very familiar now, so a few people are lying together looking at the computer screen, and the computer screen quickly saw the scene of the two people in the office, and then a few people pretended to be watching an A-movie and laughed, Mary came over to see what a few people were looking at, and spit after seeing it clearly: "You bastards!" ”
A few people laughed more obscenely, Shen Lian was not suitable for such an expression, but he was infected by a few people around him, and he did it well, of course, this kind of shot is just a little spice for the movie, and there is no need to be too obsessed with acting skills or anything.
"Not bad, not bad!" Mak Zhaohui applauded and said to a few people: "Especially the laughter is very good, and it is very unusual. ”
"Really?" Gu Tianle laughed: "Actually, I didn't laugh much just now, mainly Gilbert was laughing." ”
Shen Lian was shot while lying down, and hurriedly shifted the muzzle: "I think William laughs the most." ”