It can be said that the mainstream movies in the Hong Kong film industry are kung fu movies and comedy movies, but what can be popular in Southeast Asia is mainly kung fu movies, supplemented by comedy movies.

Hong Kong has given birth to a large number of martial arts stars and martial arts instructors, and even another magic weapon of Hong Kong movies, comedy movies, have a lot of martial arts scenes.

Because pure comedy movies are not as popular as kung fu movies in Southeast Asia and Japan, let's talk about Chow Xingchi's movies, in Hong Kong, many times they can completely suppress Cheng Long's films, but in Southeast Asia and Japan, they are not as popular as Cheng Long, and comedy movies are too affected by cultural differences.

Therefore, Zhou Xingchi's nonsensical comedy movies also have a lot of kung fu elements, such as "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er", "Kung Fu", "New Jingwumen" and other movies.

It can be said that although there are films in Hong Kong that do not contain a bit of action in a movie, there are very few.

As for other themes such as science fiction, horror, supernatural movies, history, magic, art, war and other themes are niche films in Hong Kong.

Of course. Erotic movies such as three. Movies like first-class films don't count, you must know Hong Kong three. The movie is very famous, Wang Jing, the fat man, is one of the best, Hong Kong's third. No. 1 in the world in terms of production of high-level films (of course, excluding Japanese and American pornography without storylines, it is no longer a movie, it can only be regarded as an H film.) ）

In Hong Kong at present, the films shot by Shaw Brothers and Jiahe are basically kung fu martial arts films, comedy films, and Fengyue films, because this is a mainstream film, there is no market, and the audience is only interested in these two themes.

The zombie films, shootout films, and new-style martial arts films that were all popular in Hong Kong in later generations are all variants of kung fu films. It's a comedy film. It can be said that Hong Kong movies have not gotten rid of the category of kung fu movies, which cannot but be said to be a major shortcoming of Hong Kong films.

You must know that in the entire world of movies, kung fu movies are not considered mainstream movies, even if Cheng Long successfully enters Hollywood later, kung fu movies can only rank second-rate in Hollywood.

Even if Cheng Long is known as the world's kung fu superstar, his status in Hollywood is not very good, much worse than the status of Tom Cruise's top Hollywood stars, and he did not enter the Hollywood actor $20 million club, which is Hollywood's positioning of Cheng Long's status.

Of course, it's hard to say what the mainstream movies in Hollywood are, because the movies that are popular in Hollywood are different in each period.

Let's put it this way, Hollywood cinema has experienced the era of exploration of commercial films (1910s), comedy (1920-30s), animation (1937-1955), epic films (1956-1963), musical and dance films (1964-1974), science fiction films (1975-1983), action films and art films (1984-1994), and the exploration and revival of special effects blockbusters (1995-2000). Fantasy blockbusters (2001-present) Nine eras.

There is only one reason why Hollywood movies can be invincible in the global market: only the box office is from, and what kind of movie is popular in the market, it will be copied, plagiarized, and copied in large quantities until the audience spurns it, and then changes to a new theme and continues to make money.

They never pretend to be high, and they can't get along with their money bags, unlike Hong Kong movies that have always grasped the theme of kung fu movies.

It can be said that the Hollywood film industry has derived a set of strain and orderly operating rules under the principle of free competition, in the continuous expansion of the market and the adaptation to the changing tastes of the audience.

Due to the commerciality of production, the entertainment of product positioning, the unity and coordination of business and art in the industrial theoretical framework, and the relaxation of the institutional environment and the expansion of cultural life, Hollywood's film production has naturally embarked on a road of production and creation of commercial entertainment and film brands due to cultural understanding, and has a broad market vision.

There are many reasons why Hollywood films have been prosperous as the mainstream of the world's commercial films, in short, in addition to factors such as abundant funds, superior technology, excellent publicity, and effective distribution, they mainly rely on three factors:

1. Hollywood movies have good learning and absorption, and in the eyes of those Hollywood filmmakers, as long as it is beneficial to the movie, it can be absorbed, and there is no so-called tradition.

For example, the action design in Hong Kong movies far exceeds that of Hollywood, and Hollywood hires a large number of Hong Kong martial arts instructors to Hollywood to guide the action design, and then kick those Chinese instructors away when they have learned everything.

European films are more artistic and appreciative than Hollywood films, so Hollywood directors humbly learn from their European counterparts, learn to shoot literature and art, and constantly seek the combination of art and commerce, and finally make many classic films that combine art and commerce.

For example, "Ghost Love" is a classic romance film.

Seeing that computer special effects can help movies, Hollywood directors have vigorously developed movie special effects. It can be said that it is this spirit of continuous learning, coupled with absorbing the essence of movies from all over the world. This makes Hollywood films far surpass other regional films.

Second, Hollywood not only has a group of international movie stars with good quality, superb acting skills, and many fans at home and abroad, but also attracts well-known movie stars from all over the world to develop in Hollywood.

Among the female stars, for example, Nicole Kidman is Australian, Kate Beckinsale is British, Charlize Theron is South African, and there are many male stars, which will not .....be introduced here.

It is these foreign stars who have successfully helped Hollywood clear the barriers between fans everywhere about Hollywood movies, thus opening up the film market everywhere. After all, the audience has a natural good impression of the well-known movie stars who go out of their country.

3. Hollywood has a large number of talented screenwriters, plus absorbing the essence of culture from all over the world to create scripts.

In Hollywood, adhering to the doctrine of taking, as long as you can make money, you can take anything, such as "Mulan" and "Kung Fu Panda" from China, "Harry Potter", "The Lord of the Rings" from the United Kingdom, and "Spartan 300 Warriors" from Greece.

The above three points, together with those talented Hollywood directors and Hollywood's huge capital, form the foundation for the longevity of Hollywood films.

Compared with Hollywood, Hong Kong movies are too bad, and they are not a level of opponents.

But now that Lei Weidong has entered the film industry, in the dignity of a traveler, even if the movie is just a side business of Lei Weidong's industry, Lei Weidong must do a good job in the movie.

In order to do a good job, one thing is that we must continue to create new movie themes from afar, you must know that society is constantly developing, the audience's interests are gradually changing, and the tastes of movie audiences are also different.

For example, before the Xu brothers, who would have thought that the ghost horse comedy that satirized society would become popular? Before Cheng Long, who would have thought that kung fu comedy would be popular? Before Zhou Xingchi, who would have thought that nonsensical movies would become popular.

Therefore, as long as Lei Weidong continues to bring the movies of later generations and even Hollywood movie themes to the current Hong Kong, even if Hong Kong follows the trend seriously, it can ensure a certain vitality of Hong Kong films, and if you are lucky, you can survive the crisis of the decline of Hong Kong films.

Of course, Lei Weidong will never have the idea of leading Hong Kong films to surpass Hollywood, because Hong Kong movies are missing a key thing compared with Hollywood movies.

There are many discussions about the decline of Hong Kong films in later generations, for example, Lei Weidong has seen many wonderful comments, saying most of the reasons for the decline of Hong Kong films, and Lei Weidong has also summarized these comments in his previous life, of course, Lei Weidong's own thoughts are also smashed.

First of all, let's talk about the history of the development of Hong Kong films.

Since the 1960s, Hong Kong's economy has taken off through the export processing industry, with rising incomes and the formation of a middle class, which has boosted the demand for cultural consumption.

In 1974, the local grassroots comedy "Ghost Horse Double Star" by Xu Guanjie and Xu Guanwen brothers became an instant hit, which made Hong Kong films bid farewell to the era of costume martial arts films and move towards a new life. The scene of this scene is the same as the birth of Xu Zheng's popular local comedy "Thai Embarrassment" in 2012.

From 1974 to 1984, in the Hong Kong film market for 11 consecutive years, the Hui Brothers' grassroots comedy won the box office championship eight times, and once ranked second, and the box office champion increased from 6 million yuan to 29 million yuan, a five-fold increase.

In the past 11 years of rapid growth, Hong Kong's film industry has cultivated a large number of production talents, and the industrial system has begun to improve.

Then from 1985 to 1996, Cheng Long's kung fu martial arts films, Fa Ge's hot-blooded hero films, and Zhou Xingxing's grassroots comedies monopolized the box office charts.

In the past 12 years, the three superstars have each won four box office championships, and the box office championship score has risen from 30 million yuan to 57 million yuan, reaching the peak of the history of the stage.

This achievement has not been broken for a long time (of course, it can only be said that it is a Hong Kong film, because no one can break the box office created in Jurassic Park in 94).

It can be said that this period was the golden age of Hong Kong films. Strong star charm, excellent commercial film production ability, and the same cultural background have made Hong Kong films widely recognized in overseas Chinese societies such as Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

The economic development and film industry ecology of these overseas markets are 5-10 years behind Hong Kong, so they can easily be conquered by Hong Kong films.