After staying in the United States for a week, Xu Guanwu returned to Hong Kong with his wife and children.

At this moment, Hong Kong's Christmas schedule is still rumbling with gunfire, and the smoke of gunpowder is filled.

Cheng Long, Hong Jingbao, and Yuan Biao co-starred in "Full of Gold and Jade", which unsurprisingly came out on top, with kung fu, food, and laughter, which is really satisfying. Coupled with the sensational effect caused in the United States, people are even more curious about this film, and the attendance rate has been full for seven consecutive days from the first day of release, and the scene can be said to be quite a sensation.

In Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and Nanyang, this film is also quite popular, the name is appropriate, the content is fresh, and it is the first time that a movie with food as the theme is still the first time, which is really fresh and interesting. can't help but soar at the box office, and even the word-of-mouth is quite good.

Many Hong Kong film critics unanimously praised this film for its fresh material, breaking the barriers of previous action movies, adding new elements to action films, and broadening the horizons of Hong Kong films. Newspapers in Taiwan, Japan and other places also published relevant comments, saying that the movie "Full of Gold" is quite groundbreaking, blending two completely different themes of food and kung fu, and playing a wonderful effect of both fish and bear's paws, which is really wonderful.

After "Full House of Gold", there began to be a craze for food manga in Japan, among which the famous ones are "Kung Fu Kitchen God", "Chugoku Ichiban" and so on. There are also many film companies in Hong Kong that follow the trend to shoot movies about food, but unfortunately there are relatively few movies that can perfectly integrate food and kung fu, and most of them are just kung fu movies under the guise of food.

The reason for this is that Hui has many talented screenwriters who are able to tell the story very beautifully, and every detail is embellished. The script alone took more than two months to write. So the whole film looks pretty perfect.

Ordinary film companies are on fire when they see "Full of Gold". immediately follow the trend to shoot similar films, the scripts are all written by someone now, and it is naturally impossible to reach the meticulously crafted quality of Xu's, so most of them have a poor reputation after the release, even if the box office is temporary, and then a similar film is released, the audience will not buy it again.

In addition to the hottest "Full of Gold", the most surprising thing is a dark horse. The small fresh literary romance film "Love for You" launched by Shaw Brothers. This drama is directed by the famous cult director Mou Dunfu, written by the cutting-edge screenwriter Zhang Jianting, Shaw Brothers movie star Dai Xuanchun, and the handsome boy Wang Yu as the starring, although it is not strong in publicity, but after the release of this film, it relied on its good reputation, one spread ten, ten spread hundred, and the box office actually came from behind, even higher than Shaw Brothers' main "Demon Temple Dragon Slayer", and was regarded as the blackest dark horse this year.

Xu Guanwu was not very surprised by the box office success of the drama "Love for You". Because he knows that Zhang Jianting is a well-known director in Hong Kong, and he wrote and directed movies such as "Seven Days of Love in the Wrong Table", "Two Wives in One House", "The Man Who Doesn't Take Off His Socks" and other comedies. have achieved quite good box office and word of mouth.

Zhang Jianting's comedy is introverted, and there is no need for too exaggerated language and body movements, as long as the settings and lines are carefully set, you can get a very good comedy effect.

For example, in "One House, Two Wives", Ashin remarried after divorcing his wife, and just when the couple were preparing to live their own happy life, his ex-wife lost all her money because she was defrauded, so she had no choice but to move back to live at home. The ex-wife and his wife live under the same roof, and it is inevitable to be jealous, misunderstanding and embarrassment. The well-choreographed scenes and humorous lines make this drama quite popular with the audience, and it is also an important part of Hong Kong comedy films that cannot be ignored.

And Xu Guanwu was not optimistic about the sci-fi martial arts masterpiece "Demon Palace and Dragon Slayer" directed by Zhang Cheda, which was not optimistic about before, and it unexpectedly attracted a lot of bad reviews after its release. "I don't know what to say", "messy", "Zhang Lang's talent" and other such comments are all over the film review sections of major newspapers.

People mainly pointed the finger at Director Zhang Che, who has made no progress in the past two years and has been eating his old book, pointing out that he is already "Zhang Lang's talent", and he should no longer fall in love with the high position, and should retire as soon as possible to give newcomers a chance. Director Zhang Che was so strongly criticized that he couldn't say anything to the outside world, but several disciples were upset about Zhang Che, saying that he was suffering from illness during filming, and he finished filming this drama with gritted teeth.

Even if this drama is not very well filmed, it is the director's hard work, and it should not be criticized so fiercely. Speaking of why Zhang Che fell in love with a high position and did not retire at such an old age, the disciple's explanation was that Zhang Che was filming in Taiwan at the beginning, which caused Shaw Brothers to lose a lot of money. But Zhang Che was so angry that he carried the account down, and now the filming is all about paying off the debts of the Shaw Brothers. has been filming for 12 months a year over the years, and his health has been greatly affected. A man who dares to take responsibility like this should not be blamed like this again.

In fact, in Xu Guanwu's view, the reason why "Demon Hall Slaying the Dragon" failed at the box office and received a flood of bad reviews is not Zhang Che's sin. In fact, he has done his best in this play, and in the film, Zhang Wuji and Tie Zhen partnered to eradicate Song Qingshu, which is actually quite a bit of the style of Di Long and Jiang Dawei who cherished each other back then. And the sci-fi martial arts film is indeed a new attempt, even if the box office is not good, the director should not be blamed.

After several disciples jumped out to clarify, Director Zhang Che was much quieter, but in this way, the accusations received by Shaw Brothers suddenly increased.

Some criticized the Shaw Brothers for not being sympathetic to the old courtiers, and tired Zhang Che, a great director, like this, without caring about a trace of the old ministers, which is really quite cold-blooded and ruthless.

There are criticisms that Shaw Brothers is complacent and does not want to forge ahead, martial arts films have been filmed for decades, and now they are still filming, and now they are taking the old road again, it seems that Jiang Lang is not Zhang Che, but Sir Shao Yifu, who leads Shaw Brothers.

Some criticized Shaw Brothers for quick success, and seeing the popularity of science fiction films, they added science fiction elements to martial arts films, regardless of whether these elements could fit or not. This kind of blind following style is really not what a film giant like Shaw Brothers should do.

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Contrary to the unanimous accusation, the new film "Killing Out of Xiyingpun" launched by Golden Harvest in the new year is known for its tragic style. Sharp movements. The crisp plot was unanimously praised. Although this noir action movie was released at Christmas with a somewhat anachronistic appearance. As a result, the box office is a little bleak, but the reputation is quite good, and if it is released after the year or summer vacation, it will definitely be able to achieve a very good box office.

And the director of the film, Tang Jiming, was the first time to direct, and he was able to win such a high evaluation, which made him immediately famous and became the most high-profile member of the new wave of directors.

In addition, Taiwanese star Qin Xianglin, who plays the starring role in the film. Because of his outstanding performance, he has also successfully transformed from a previous literary student to an action star, and his future development prospects are broader.

Qin Xianglin came to Hong Kong to shoot "Deus Ex Xiyingpun", in fact, it also indirectly proves the decline of Taiwanese films today, even the previous box office guarantee "Erqin Erlin", now there are two people who have gone to Hong Kong to develop. There are even more first-tier and second-tier actors who come to Hong Kong to develop.

It's just that Taiwanese actors don't have too much influence in Hong Kong, plus they generally speak Chinese, and Cantonese is not too proficient, so there are some troubles in terms of cooperation. However, Qin Xianglin was originally from Hong Kong, but later went to Taiwan to develop. So when he returned to Hong Kong to develop again, he had many more resources and contacts than ordinary Taiwanese actors. As soon as I came back, there were a lot of scenes to film, and the road was relatively smooth.

Qin Han, who is as famous as him, does not have this treatment, and he also filmed a "Mask" at Shaw Brothers before, the content is quite bold, and there are even scenes such as bed scenes and nudity, but unfortunately this film is not very popular. After that, Qin Han returned to Taiwan to develop, and it became a guarantee for blockbuster films. But now that Taiwanese movies have declined, his life is not very easy.

A Hong Kong movie invaded Taiwan on a large scale, and Hong Kong stars became the objects sought after by young men and women in Taiwan, such as Cheng Long, Lu Liangwei, and Zhou Yunfa. More and more Hong Kong celebrities are going to Taiwan, squeezing out the resources of a considerable number of Taiwanese artists.

Second, now that Hong Kong movies are on fire, theater owners are only willing to show Hong Kong movies, and no one watches Taiwanese movies after they are filmed, and there are no theaters to release them, investors are naturally reluctant to invest again, which makes the number of new films in Taiwan decline rapidly.

At its peak, Taiwan made more than 100 films a year, but now once it declines, the number of films made every year has been cut by half. Although Qin Han was a guarantee of popularity before, and the dramas he cooperated with Lin Qingxia achieved quite good results, but because of the scandal in the middle, he damaged the image of a gentle and elegant good man before, and he made a comeback after a year of cultivation, but he found that the Taiwan film market has been very bad, and there are not many companies asking him to make movies.

When Qin Han was the most popular, he could make more than ten movies a year, but now he can only make four or five movies, and both the production scale and the salary are far inferior to the past. With his income declining and his popularity declining, Qin Han naturally wanted to find a solution, and he also wanted to follow Qin Xianglin's westward journey and go to Hong Kong to find development opportunities.

But after all, he is not as good as Qin Xianglin, Qin Xianglin was born in Hong Kong, he can speak fluent Cantonese, and he is very good friends with Xie Xian, Deng Guangrong, Shen Dianxia, etc., and his connections in Hong Kong are quite strong, so when he goes back, someone will come to the door immediately.

Qin Han hasn't been in Hong Kong for a long time, and he has no connections or resources, and now his popularity is declining, so he can only start from a supporting role when he goes to Hong Kong. used to be the leading actor, playing some young people in love, but when he went to Hong Kong, he had to play the protagonist's brother, brother-in-law, and even a play asked him to play the heroine's father, which completely raised his age positioning by one level.

Qin Han thought that he could still play the leading role, and he could play a young man in love, how could he be willing to go to Hong Kong to play the role of his father? And he also knows that once he plays that kind of role, it will be very difficult to play a young role again in the future.

As an actor, whether you are forty years old or fifty years old, you are very taboo to be said to be old. Back then, Xu Ke filmed "The Legend of Shushan" and asked Zhang Bozhi to play the role of Master Lone Moon, and her style was completely imitating Lin Qingxia's style in the 83 version of "The Legend of Shushan".

At that time, Xu Ke intended to invite Lin Qingxia to play again, and Lin Qingxia also readily agreed, but as soon as she heard that she was playing the role of Zhang Bozhi's mother, Lin Qingxia left the scene with a black face despite her years of friendship. It's a pity that Xu Ke is the best at filming women's dramas, but he still can't grasp the death hole of women, this age is indeed a taboo.

Qin Han wanted to develop in Hong Kong but couldn't, so he had to stay in Taiwan to continue his development, but he was helpless to watch Taiwanese movies become more and more sluggish.

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Another Golden Harvest play, "Tiger and Dragon Might", starring the Yuan brothers, this time they changed their previous style and moved the stage from the countryside to the city, and from the Republic of China to the modern era. However, although urban action movies are now a craze, the Yuan brothers' "Tiger and Dragon" is still subject to a burst of cynicism, mainly because this drama is too similar to the "Bad Life" that Xu's once filmed, the difference is that the protagonist of the Bad Life is a person, and this time it was replaced by the brothers.

Xu's other "Community Angel", although the theme is in-depth, the story is very good, and it is a partner of a male and beautiful woman as the starring role, but because the story is a little heavy, although the reputation is good, the box office is not good. However, Xu Guanwu didn't expect this film to be great at the box office, so he had already been mentally prepared. (To be continued......)