Why is "Journey to the West" so popular?

Why did the box office of "Journey to the West" in China and North America fully blossom?

What experience does the success of "Journey to the West" in North America give us?

Film critics and filmmakers have all begun to take out "Journey to the West" to speak, without him, it is really the movie "Journey to the West", which is too successful.

"Written by Zhao Ze and directed by Zhou Xingchi, the 3D special effects are realistic, and the 3D film with large scenes is the reason for its success, and the box office in North America can be popular, and the same is true."

"This movie, I have to say that the imagination of Zhao Ze and Zhou Xingchi is really powerful, it can be said that it is a reshaping of Journey to the West, and the shape is also absolutely subversive, the shape is absolutely subversive, the unkempt and dirty face Tang Sanzang, the perverted dwarf Sun Wukong, and the oily and powdery face Zhu Bajie can be called the most dirty and ugly foursome in history. The chocolate ghost in "Night of the Soul" has become a children's rhyme to eliminate demons, and there is still a nonsensical one that you are familiar with. The laughter is not as dense as "Big Talk", the victory lies in the action stunts, the three demon battles have their own merits, dangerous and handsome, as for love, four words, the finishing touch, therefore, this movie, in North America and China, box office success, is not surprising. ”

"Thought, realm, sincerity, this movie can be said to be full of sincerity, so, no matter what, this movie, at the box office in North America, is not difficult to surprise."

At a time when many people were discussing the high box office of "Journey to the West", at this time, some people also took "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" as an example. After all. The movie "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven". After two weeks of release, his box office also had $1.2 billion.

No matter how you justify or debate, Zhao Ze has really driven the Chinese film market, especially the 3D market, which is simply making countless filmmakers. Prepare to fight in the streets, but also fight to the death in 3D.

And the discussion, no matter how intensive, is not as good as letting the parties talk, therefore, more people began to wait for the arrival of June 24th, after all, many people. In addition to wanting to see the celebration, I also want to see it. Zhao Ze has any new comments on the movie.

And Zhao Ze, this time the celebration party, naturally also has to make a big deal, in addition to all the leading actors of "Journey to the West", Zhao Ze is also invited, Hua Shaolai is the host, in addition, in the entertainment industry, all the friends with him are invited.

On June 24th, at seven o'clock in the evening, outside the Dorsett Hotel, it was already overcrowded, and countless reporters were waiting here.

"Rub, this is just a celebration party, what's the matter, Feng Xiaogang is also here?"

"What, Wang Fei and Najie actually came hand in hand."

"I'll go, the sect leader is here too."

"Fan Ye, isn't that Fan Ye? Why did he come too? ”

It can be seen that this is usually rare, but now it is like a bamboo shoot that has emerged like many big names, I have to say that the reporter is really crazy.

And when a business chief slowly stopped at the door of the hotel, and Zhao Ze and Ning Qian came hand in hand, the reporters who were already very excited and excited outside, completely ignited the atmosphere.

And these reporters wanted to interview Zhao Ze with a few words, but unfortunately, Zhao Ze and Ning Qian chose to face each other with a smile and did not answer any questions from reporters.

This time the celebration party, in fact, Zhao Ze was prepared to be a small cocktail party, except for a few exclusive reporters, who were interviewed afterwards, and did not accept interviews on the spot.

After Zhao Ze and Ning Qian came in, they saw Zhou Xingchi and Chen Tingfeng, unlike in the past, this time Zhou Xingchi, it seems that his spirit is quite good.

"Xingzai, is there any great event? How do you look so happy? ”

Zhao Ze walked over with a smile.

"Haha, naturally it's a big happy event, Aze, I'm afraid you don't know yet, "Journey to the West" is now popular abroad, and I was also invited to direct a movie in Hollywood."

Zhou Xingchi looked quite happy.

"Really? I'll congratulate Xingzai. ”

Zhao Ze was slightly stunned, and then laughed.

In this celebration party, Zhao Ze was originally a well-deserved protagonist, so many people came one after another, surrounding Zhao Ze, talking and laughing.

At half past seven, the celebration party also started on time, according to Zhao Ze's idea, he was going to let Zhou Xingchi go up and say a few words, but unfortunately, no matter what, Zhou Xingchi didn't go up, so he had to say a few words to Zhao Ze.

"Okay."

Zhao Ze, who was a little helpless, walked up at this time and said jokingly: "I have to say, I want to thank this celebration party, which allows me to be proud again, and at the same time, eat and drink for nothing, I guess everyone doesn't know that there are still expenses for this place, and they are all Xu Zong." ”

Ha ha!!!

Zhao Ze's words also made a lot of goodwill laughter sound below, and Zhao Ze waved his hand slightly at this time, and said again: "I'll come up and say a few words, but, in fact, there is nothing to say, everyone, eat well, drink well, play well, and then, I invite our Zhou Bi classmates to sing a new song." ”

Belch!!!

No one thought that Zhao Ze's speech would be so concise, so that many people did not react, and when the music sounded slowly, everyone seemed to wake up from a dream and began to applaud.

The prelude to the music is relatively long, and at this time, I can only see that Zhou Bi is also slowly walking on stage-

Who moved my strings called me to the window

Flowing water pontoon, you're on the side of the night

Who leans on my piano pillow dreams of the full moon at night

I thought that each side could only make butterflies

Who made you and me as quiet as the moon

Zhou Bi used a slightly hoarse and textured timbre, and for a while, let the familiar music present listen to this song, and feel a rich sense of picture, eye waves, time and space are staggered, and many people are also drunk when they listen to it.

In particular, in this song, which is a mixture of ancient and modern, Chinese and Western, violin and pipa are intertwined, and pop singing interprets the ancient context, which makes people feel that they don't know where they are and what era they are in.

Zhao Ze listened to this song quietly, but what he thought was another thing, the other world, the song "Who Moved My Strings", in addition to being the title song of the album of the same name, is also a musical story.

This musical film, which lasts more than 50 minutes, is also called "Who Moved My Strings", and with the album released by the pen before, it is based on the Vienna love of a Yanjing girl, with network matchmaking, mistakes, unexpected encounters, etc., with elements such as conflicts and twists and turns of the movie plot, and small suspense that leaks from time to time to affect the audience's nerves, plus shooting with film, the picture is very textured.

I have to say that musical films, although the essence of creativity is music stories, but, because the original album has been released, and the cooperation of the images, it makes people feel completely different from the feeling given by a separate MV, so that the songs that don't seem to be much related to each other have become very coherent and interesting because of the creative use of musical movies. In particular, Zhou Bi's true colors in the film are friendly and natural, which is refreshing.

In the 50-minute musical film "Who Moved My Strings", Chen Bolin plays the role of a netizen who writes a pen, a student who came to study at the Vienna Conservatory from Taiwan, working and studying. His landlord, Grandpa, pretending to be Bai Lin, invites Bibi to Vienna and unfolds a story about music, dreams and ignorant romance. The whole film is simple and beautiful, the style is fresh and lovely, and it is full of exotic scenery. Bai Lin and Bibi cooperate happily and are particularly deed.

This time, Bai Lin played the role of an international student, not only working in a bakery, but also acting as a pen and pen tour guide in Vienna, introducing Strauss and Mozart, showing off his musical knowledge, and even going out to talk to customers in the bakery in German, English, and Japanese

Zhao Ze doesn't remember much about the content of the movie, but what he remembers is about the impact of this musical movie on Zhou Bi, and at the same time, this is also the birth of MM.

M.M (MUSICMOVIE), THIS MM IS NOT THE OTHER MM ("CUTIE" OR "M&M" CHOCOLATE CHIPS). Zhou Bi's "Who Moved My Strings" music film is the first application of the MM concept in the mainland music scene. Who said that the MV can only be counted in pieces, and can only tell the little story and express that little bit of affection in three or five minutes of grievances; However, a great and excellent MV director can only condense the plot, simplify the intention, make good use of the lens, in short, drill the technology, and carve the relationship between hearing and vision in a miniature way.

So someone temporarily throws away the boundaries between the so-called tracks and tracks in the album, and really takes an album as a musical whole, and shoots a music film that is 50 minutes long, it is coherent and in one go, and it does its best to tell only the story of music, youth, and growth. It can be said that it is somewhat ambitious, a fifty-minute music movie, calculated by the length of a traditional MV, is almost the sum of the MV duration of ten tracks, and in other words, an album with MV for all tracks; But it's quite ambitious, because musical films are essentially the most appropriate way to express the concept of an album.

"Okay, this song, it's just amazing."

"Yes, that's great."

When the cheers sounded, it also woke Zhao Ze up, and at the same time, he returned to reality, listening to the applause of the surroundings, Zhao Ze also showed a smile at the corner of his mouth, and at the same time, walked towards Zhou Bi.

"Mr. Zhao!!"

Zhou Bi's expression was also a little excited, however, Zhao Ze's words made Zhou Bi's face change slightly. (To be continued......)