Today's conversation with Zhang Hailei made Bi Xia unable to calm down when he returned home for a long time, whether he was moved by his ambition and struggle for Chinese films, or what story he remembered because he died because of the theme of Journey to the West, Bi Xia himself does not know. But he knew that his thoughts were drifting now, drifting far, far away.

"Journey to the West" is undoubtedly a masterpiece, known as one of the four famous novels, its influence is very wide, and many far-reaching ideas have been interpreted by people.

Some people think that Journey to the West is a wonderful novel of gods and monsters, like a children's book, which is deeply loved by children; Some people also say that "Journey to the West" is Wu Chengen's reflection of the current politics and expression of his inner thoughts through gods and monsters under the erosive political situation of the Ming Dynasty at that time.

Bi Xia also read the villain book and comic book of "Journey to the West" when he was a child, and he liked the Monkey King in it very much, and I believe that there are not many people who don't like it. Havoc in the sky, golden hoop sticks, fiery eyes, etc., are all familiar to everyone. It's just that as I grow up, I gradually have a deeper understanding of Journey to the West and the characters in it, and I don't just treat it as a villain book.

The theme designated by Zhang Hailei today, coupled with the collision of the two people's views on "Journey to the West" during the discussion, re-read Bi Xia's subconscious thoughts about "Journey to the West".

Whether it is reality or memory, there are too many sayings about "Journey to the West", which has been remade into many TV series and movies many times. Relatively speaking, the excavation of "Journey to the West" in the memory world is more in-depth.

In 1994, Liu Weiqiang's "Journey to the West" kicked off the prelude to excavating the stories of the characters of Journey to the West, and in 2000, a "Legend of Wukong" by the well-known Internet writer Jin He Zai led everyone into the heart of an alternative Monkey King, and in 2013, Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West" gave everyone a tragic story of the first part of Journey to the West. This journey of interpretation of Journey to the West, which spans 20 years, has made the interpretation of "Journey to the West", which is a memory of the world, another fork in the road.

In this series of interpretations of Journey to the West, "Journey to the West" is undoubtedly a foundational creation, and this film has an irreplaceable position in the hearts of audiences in the memory world. "Journey to the West" is actually not a big talk. Rather, it is an elaborate allegory of life, an allegory of gains and losses, dreams and sacrifices, and fate.

The core under the cloak of "big words" has an unbearable weight in life.

"Journey to the West" begins with laughter and ends with tears. At the beginning, it was typical of Zhou's nonsense. The gods and goddesses of all parties sang and I appeared, and they were disturbed, lively, gags, and so on.

And at the end of the day. The sentence that summed up the whole text: "Look, that person is so strange." "Really. He was like a dog. ”

A gentle and compromised dog.

This is a film that never fades, a sad comedy, a film that can make people feel despair and helplessness, it tells us how ordinary the helplessness in life is.

With "Journey to the West", there are a series of movies and novels, and many netizens, including the author of "The Legend of Wukong", are all 'big talk fans'. It is precisely because of this Wukong complex that there are bestsellers of "The Legend of Wukong" and "The Legend of Wukong". It is precisely because of these big talk fans that there is an in-depth description of Wukong.

"The Legend of Wukong" is different from "Journey to the West", at least it allows us to see the inner world of Sun Wukong. When Sun Wukong held Zixia's scarf tightly. When his heart finally died, whether he loved Zixia deeply or not, he was no longer an emotionless stone monkey. Every man is born thinking that the heavens and the earth are for him alone, and when he realizes that he is wrong. And he began to grow up. The author writes in the book.

No one is sure whether Sun Wukong has ever had such a mental journey, and no one knows if Lu Dao has really never loved Zixia, everyone only knows that Lu Dao saw the part of Wukong's heart that died. There will be a lot of girls crying. This is an era without heroes, and there are too few people who can be called heroes, so people are more eager for heroes, even heroes in mythological stories. Sun Wukong was originally a hero, not a cream boy in a romance drama. This kind of Wukong is the Wukong we like, dare to love and hate.

The circulation of "The Legend of Wukong" is due to its extremely strong color and readability. The book uses a romantic approach, and exaggerates to the extreme, so it is very attractive, and words such as 'tens of thousands' and 'hundreds of millions of billions' are enough to make people think about them.

In 2013, the author of "The Legend of Wukong" Jin He was the screenwriter and Stephen Chow was the director of "Journey to the West".

The highlight of the whole movie is actually to create another "Zixia Fairy" with strong ink and color, and then destroy it, this time there is not even hair left; depicts the ambiguity of a couple of lovers and women attacking men and tsunderes with a large plot, and destroys them when the melons are ripe, which is a common technique in bitter romance dramas; With large-scale special effects, he created a Monkey King who dared to fight with Rulai with demonic spirit, and then recruited him, which is "Journey to the West Water Margin". Beauty is used to kill, heroes are used to recruit, and lovers are used to divide!

Zhang Hailei's request made Bi Xia sort out these memories in his mind again, just like most people who have watched "Journey to the West" will be affected by its thoughts, Bi Xia's understanding of "Journey to the West" has long been on this fork in the road, which has nothing to do with right or wrong!

Bi Xia has always been very confident in himself, but no matter how confident he is, he will not think that he is more intelligent than a world or a nation, whether it is "Journey to the West" or "The Legend of Wukong" or "Journey to the West" or "Journey to the West", they have all been tested by the market of a world world.

Not to mention "The Legend of Wukong", just looking at the two movies, the box office must be much higher than "Journey to the West", with a global box office of 220 million US dollars and a mainland box office of 1.24 billion, which is a miracle. But Zhang Hailei wants to count on the impact on the mainstream European film industry, so "Journey to the West" is definitely not a good choice.

Excluding the mainland box office, this film only received a total of 100 million yuan in tickets worldwide, and it only received $7,456 after three days of release in the United States, which is really low.

The main reason for this is cultural differences. Foreigners can see that Miss Duan is Guanyin or a disciple of Guanyin to test and transform Xuanzang? Foreigners will see that Xuanzang's fat master is the Buddha? If you can't see this, you will feel that Miss Duan and the fat man who are all in control of the unpredictable prophet are a bug, the plot is chaotic and bad, without the influence of the mythology and culture of Journey to the West, you will feel that the movie is made up nonsense, nonsense and boring, nonsensical performances and bad jokes are not understood, and magic and stunts are even more difficult to get into the eyes of the law, and there is no point to watch.

Speaking of "Journey to the West", in terms of plot, "Journey to the West" must have deeper hidden lines, but the dark lines he hides have nothing to do with "Journey to the West" itself, they are all metaphors for reality, which is in line with the mainstream movies in the world. But "Journey to the West" is not without problems, on the contrary, it has many problems.

First of all, when "Journey to the West" was launched in 1994, its results were actually not good, it can be said that this was a street movie, but a few years later, with the rise of DVDs, "Journey to the West", which was divided into two episodes, became popular all of a sudden. It has set off a boom in the mainland and in Asia.

Why did "Journey to the West" fail first, and then become popular all of a sudden a few years later? Bi Xia believes that in terms of ideology, what "Journey to the West" wants to express exceeds the era at that time, and a few years later, this kind of thinking was recognized by mainland college students at that time, and these college students saw a lot of things in themselves in this movie, so they were highly respected, and then spread. It is precisely the idea expressed in the movie, this kind of big love and small love, and all kinds of contradictions that are an enduring topic in society, so the classics of this movie will last forever.

In addition, another failure of "Journey to the West" is that his set is too long, and it is divided into two episodes, which makes people feel inexplicable. "Journey to the West" actually received a lot of attention at the beginning of filming, when the star was in full swing, and after the first episode was released, it hit a box office of more than 20 million in a few days. But the movie was divided into two, and without the end of the second part, the foreshadowing of the first part seemed to be indifferent, and everyone who watched it was in a fog, so after a few days of freshness passed, the box office of "Journey to the West" ended at more than 20 million. By the time the second episode was released, everyone's curiosity about it had passed, and they thought that the preconceived impression that it didn't know what to do had been formed, so the second part was dismal within a few days of being released.

When DVDs were on the rise, a DVD of "Journey to the West" had two episodes, a total of three hours, and it was only five yuan, which was very cost-effective, and it could be polished for three hours at once, which made people very enjoyable. This is another reason why it became popular with DVDs.

"Journey to the West" has a more obvious advantage than "Journey to the West", that is, after market testing, the influence of "Journey to the West" in Asia is much better than that of "Journey to the West".

At the same time, Bi Xia is also looking forward to putting this movie on the screen, because it is so classic, such a film cannot only exist in his mind, it should be seen by more people. Thinking of this, Bi Xia's mood couldn't stop surging. (To be continued......)

PS: Two days ago, my sister came to me, and she brought her niece and niece, and she worked during the day and was out at night, sorry.

3,000 words will be offered, and I will make up for it tomorrow......