"Xiao Yang, thank you for making such a great movie, it's so good." "Great, Xiao Yang, you're so cool." "Xiao Dabao, Wang Xiaoshuai, thank you for touching us." In the screening hall where the crew of "Old Boy" is located at the Kyoto Akebono Cinema, after a long period of applause, the audience got up and said excitedly, because they laughed too much and cried too much, and many people's voices had become hoarse.

Xiao Yang had a very satisfied smile on his face, but tears couldn't stop flowing, this is a movie that truly belongs to him, he lived up to Lin Yuquan's hopes for him, he finished it, and then got praise from the audience: "Thank you, thank you for liking." ”

"Xiao Yang, don't cry, you are good, we will all support this movie." "That's right, Director Xiao, I hope you can bring more good works like this in the future." "Come on, Director Xiao!" One audience member shouted in a hoarse voice.

"Thank you, thank you!" Xiao Yang choked up more and more, for him, there was nothing happier and more moving, he liked this.

Among the film critics present, there were also many people who looked at Xiao Yang very excitedly, got up and stood in their seats without leaving, and kept applauding, Xiao Yang became famous with last year's "Love Call Transfer 2", that film was not bad, and it is a qualified commercial comedy movie. For the movie "Old Boy", they were originally more optimistic, but they didn't expect Xiao Yang to bring them such a big surprise, this is no longer a simple qualified commercial comedy, but has a personal style, great, really great.

And in the theaters where countless "Old Boys" were screened in three places across the Taiwan Strait, the audience stopped applauding after the big screen completely returned to darkness. followed by the lively buzz in the theater. The voices of admiration are endless. Even many in the audience choked up.

"Oh, great, I thought 'Oldboy' was just a spoof comedy movie, but I didn't expect it to be so touching." "Yes, it's incredible, I almost died of laughter when I watched the first half, but I cried in the second half, the last time I watched a movie and cried, I watched "Wild Story: The Rise of the Ape Race". It's really good. ”

"Damn, we've all been teased by the promotional posters and trailers, isn't that hilarious to watch? Why am I crying, damn it, why can't I stop crying? "No wonder Lin Yuquan said that this is not a purely funny movie, I knew it after watching it, and now I finally know."

"What is the name of the song that Xiao Dabao sang during the competition, I really want to listen to it again." "Why don't we watch it again!" "Strongly agree." "Then let's hurry up and buy tickets, if other people still have such thoughts, it will be miserable."

"It's unbelievable that Xiao Yang made such a great movie. This guy looks like he's going to be a big director. Wang Luodan couldn't hide his surprise and said, but he was more happy for Xiao Yang.

Liu Yifei smiled slightly. When she watched it for the first time, she also cried, and Brother Yuquan also cried, she took out her mobile phone and sent a text message to Lin Yuquan: "Brother Yuquan, we have now finished the premiere of the movie, just like you said, no, the screening hall is more lively and moving than you said." ”

"Jingle bells." Hearing the sound of the text message from the mobile phone, Lin Yuquan, who was far away in Rongcheng, picked up the mobile phone, and after reading the content of the text message, a smile appeared on his face, and then he replied to the text message: "Is it?" It seems that the box office of "Oldboy" will be higher than I expected, don't get too excited, I'll have a good rest on the plane, I don't want to see my baby wearing two dark circles in the photos taken by the American media. ”

"Huh." Seeing the content of the text message, Liu Yifei smiled sweetly, put the phone away, and stretched out her hand to pull Wang Luodan: "Let's go, Sister Dandan, we have to fly to Los Angeles overnight?" ”

"Well, just say hello to Xiao Yang."

Because "Old Boy" and "Women Are Not Bad", two heavyweight Chinese New Year comedy movies, were released at the same time, this night is destined to be unpeaceful.

A large number of fans and viewers took the lead in speaking out, on Douban and Time.com, "Old Boy" got extremely high scores, and countless fans and viewers expressed their love for "Old Boy" with enthusiastic comments, Internet user Ye Weiyang wrote in the comments: "I just want to say that I was teased, in the anticipation that I thought it was just a funny movie, I laughed out of tears in the first part, but in the second half I was sad and tearful, but I like this teasing, and I can't even wait to be teased like this a few more times a year, thank you I was touched by Old Boy. ”

Internet user Autumn Call commented: "Remembering the youth that has passed, I vaguely see the shadow of my past life from it, maybe I haven't experienced the various scenes in "Old Boy", but the familiarity and recognition in my memory make this movie in terms of shooting techniques and even the storyline a little old-fashioned all of a sudden hit my point, and finally in the final song, tears flowed, "Did the original wish come true, and now I have to pay tribute" This kind of straightforward and direct inner torture, I can only keep wiping away my tears. ”

Internet user Tie Lihua: "Although the film is a little obscene and too deliberately sensational, I was still moved, life is a ruthless knife that changes our appearance, isn't this a portrayal of my own life?" Thanks to Xiao Yang, thank him for bringing such a work, a movie that can resonate emotionally must be a good movie, isn't it? ”

In the comments, comments such as "It's so good-looking, I was deeply moved", "The most moving movie this year", "Why are my tears so unassailing", "Liu Yifei is definitely a goddess, the school clothes are so beautiful" and other comments can be seen everywhere, among which words such as "moved" and "tearful" have become the most frequently used viewing feelings in the comments.

There is no doubt that, at least on the mass audience, Oldboy has won widespread affection.

In contrast, in terms of film critics, "Old Boy" ushered in a very extreme two-sided evaluation.

On the one hand, there are some film critics who think that "Old Boy" is not a classic movie, not even a good movie, and the film critic Tu Ying commented: "Youth and dreams are not excuses, less obscenity is regarded as fun, aside from the last sensational part, this is just a spoof farce, without any thoughts and artistic conceptions, it seems extremely empty." ”

Film critic Lone Wanderer commented: "'Old Boy' is completely under the guise of nostalgia and dreams, deliberately catering to the audience's cheap emotional sales, and the nostalgic scenes of the 80s in the early part of the film are completely out of touch with history, imaginary, and not in line with the mainstream of that era." ”

Film critic Xu Gu Kongzhu commented: "The picture of the film is very comfortable, but this is all an illusion of money accumulation, Xiao Yang obviously has a big gap with Lin Yuquan and Ning Hao in terms of directorial level, many places in the film are not in place, and more importantly, the film is very empty, no wonder the elements of youth, nostalgia, love, dreams, and reality are kneaded together, the best part of the whole movie is the sensational song at the end, if there is no song, it is just a dazzling and slightly cliché story." ”

However, more film critics still stood on the side of "Old Boy", full of admiration between the words, film critic Badulu wrote: "Domestic films have rarely moved people in recent years, and we have been looking forward to a movie that can really move us, there is no doubt that "Old Boy" has done it to a large extent, and the reason why "Old Boy" can do this is not only because of nostalgia, but also because it pays attention to reality and helps us find those memories of the past. Living in that era, consuming our youth and passion in the same environment, gradually forgetting our original dreams and ambitions, getting lost in the mediocre and trivial life, trapped by livelihood, tired by life From boy to old boy, from dream to reality, "Old Boy" is like a sharp knife, completely tearing our hearts. ”

Film critic Buggett believes: "The story of "Old Boy" is undoubtedly cliché, but the focus is on the method of storytelling, the black humor of the film can resonate with both those who grew up in that era and the young people of today, and after the nostalgia in the first half and the foreshadowing of reality in the second half, the film is extremely moving in the end." ”

Film critic Vanity said: "The film may have many shortcomings, but these are not important, the point is that it has infected the vast majority of audiences, and for this alone, "Old Boy" is already a very successful and good movie." And more importantly, director Xiao Yang completely made his own style on this movie, which is very important and extremely commendable, as Lin Yuquan said, there are very few excellent commercial directors in China today, including Lin Yuquan, Feng Xiaogang, Ning Hao, Zhang Yimou, There are only a few people, obviously, through the movie "Old Boy", Xiao Yang really proved that he will be another shining commercial director in the Chinese film industry in the future, a good director who can bring joy and emotion to the public. ”

As for the media, naturally, the vast majority of them were on the side of "Old Boy", and they did not hesitate to praise and report on "Old Boy" in the front page headlines the next day.

Under such overwhelming comments, it is not difficult to imagine its impact on the fans and audiences who have not yet watched the movie, especially the one-sided praise of the public, such as "tear gas bomb", "touching people's hearts", "tears" and other words will undoubtedly directly affect whether the fans and audiences who have not watched the movie will watch it, and it is almost foreseeable that countless fans and audiences are affected by this and can't hold back their curiosity and pour into the cinema. (To be continued......)