"Soul Surfer takes the complex emotions, determination, and beliefs of that story and transforms them into a little bit simpler. Director and screenwriter Ye Wei tells a cliché in a smart, dashing, and enjoyable way, with semi-three-dimensional characters, good special effects, and beautiful Hawaiian scenery. —2/4, Christy Lemire, AP

For a 13-year-old girl, Bethany's self-discipline and well-behaved beginnings were unreal, and after she lost her left arm, her strong optimism bordered on eeries despite her repeated struggles. Filmmaker Ye Wei should understand that creating such a tough gospel character does not guarantee that it will be a good movie. —1.5/4, David Hirchbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer

"'Soul Surfer' seems just too sweet. No matter who it is, it is a terrible thing to lose her left arm after being attacked by a shark, but the genius Ye Wei always downplays those terrible things, such as Bethany's physical challenges during the recovery process, we only get the short-term pain about her appearance and cutting fruit and are immediately sweetened to tears, forgetting that she should have more discomfort and transformation, these problems that can not be solved by a sentence of 'I believe in God' are rarely seen in the film. - B-, Kristen Champ, Film.com

"When Bethany went from 'Why did God make this arrangement for me?' to 'I trust Him anyway, and overcoming the odds is my only option,' I stopped blinking my teary eyes and said 'Amen.'" When I look back, I don't know if it's in Ye Wei's opinion, all the problems are actually easy, but the characters of "Soul Surfer" are smarter than ordinary humans, and those very shining best moments are exaggerated. —2.5/4, Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

Looking at these movie reviews on Rotten Tomatoes on the computer screen, Emma's flushed face was full of astonishment, how could she not have thought that the film critics would have such an opinion on SS, can you hit someone? "The Mermaid" messed up and she can understand it, it still has 51% freshness, this time, 32% freshness?

What the hell is the problem?simple?fake?too sweet?

"This!" Emma choked on water, trying to explain but not having the right to speak.

The real Bethany and the Bethany in the script that she learned from her contact are all very strong people, and there are already a lot of vulnerabilities in the film, what else? Does Beth keep crying and crying? Even she can't, how can it be considered real, how can it be considered unreal?

By the way, Beth also says in the final narration that "I'm still learning how to deal with frustration and every day", isn't that true?

Her recovery was not easy, but she didn't shoot that part more, didn't she also have a montage of hard training? If you focus on that part, it's another movie, and it won't take care of all aspects of Beth's life like it does now.

Emma doesn't quite understand, these critics seem to be saying that SS is ruining the story in a way that isn't better/better, so even if it's a great shot, it's the wrong way?

"Oh my God......" looked at the piercing 32% freshness, and a huge sense of loss welled up in her heart, she knew that something was impossible, SS was out of the awards season.

This is not more than 70% of the kind of "bad films" that are scolding the edge, but the critics' scolding, those film critics have lost one after another, its Golden Globe Awards and Oscar journey is equivalent to being sentenced to death, and any nomination has become delusional, and she probably won't have the chance to go to the Oscars next year......

The Teen Choice Awards, the MTV Movie Awards, etc., are very likely, because the audience response was as good as the premiere, and now the audience likes it at 93%, with a score of 7.7 on IMDb. Not every audience likes it, and it doesn't all get a perfect score, but in general there are serious differences with the film critics.

That's why Emma is really unconvinced, and a little self-pity, she has this situation in two movies this year, "Mermaid" is 61% favorite and IMDb-5.3 points, but on Metacritic, "Mermaid" is 51/100 points (27 articles) from critics and 8.1/10 points (80 articles) from the audience, which is also a big difference.

Unlike Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb, Metacritic has its unique scoring system, which is based on a complex process. To put it simply, Metacritic carefully selects the most reliable critics from around the world, asks them to rate films, converts their reviews into appropriate scores, and takes a relative average of them to rate a movie's score.

So although there are not many samples, Metacritic may be more impartial and credible, but it is usually not much different from Rotten Tomatoes.

This is the first time this has happened to VIY films, and SS has not yet reviewed it on Metacritic, while his first three works, "The Wedding is Coming" scored 75 and 8.3 points, "Exorcism Video" scored 80 and 7.1 points, and "Little Sunshine Beauty" scored 92 and 8.7 points.

Based on the current Rotten Tomatoes indicator, this translates to 30-40 points and 8-9 points...... It was also the first time that a VIY film had received such a bad response from critics, as if a great painting had been splashed with messy paint, and Emma took a deep breath, only to get more and more annoyed.

How so?

Such a good movie...... I talked to my aunt this week, and my aunt was also optimistic, and I talked to Bethany, who was also looking forward to good results, and everyone was. No matter how much the film critics have an impact on the box office, there will definitely be audiences who have not even watched SS because of the poor indicators that discourage them, and the media will definitely have to say something about the fall of genius......

This time it's really "film critics bombarding VIY".

But what do you think?

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"Bethany's story deserves a better dramatic adaptation, and although it is full of kindness and talent, the producer Ye Wei chose a simple solution, and many exciting moments can't hide the embarrassment of "Soul Surfer" being overly preachy. Bethany was more of an evangelist than a brave maiden. 2/4, Claudia Pugh, USA Today

"Shamelessly pandering to an escapist Christian home audience. In this spray-painted portrait, Ye Wei, the only decider of the movie, controls every word, every action and every thought of this one-armed girl, when everyone gives up, only she is still insisting, which is a myth. —1.5/4, Lou Ramnik, New York Post

"Inspirational-Storytelling can pull a true inspirational story into the depths of the swamp. What do we want to see from Soul Surfer? It's certainly not the unbelievable tenacity of Bethany Hamilton. The movie places too much emphasis on faith, and God may work in secret, but Hollywood and Ye Wei will not. Like it or not, this movie is commendable but not admirable. - 2/4, Michael O'Sullivan, The Washington Post

"Given the theme of the hero's story, the film looks like a plate of exciting rice pudding that looks very tasty, but when you actually taste it, it's too religious and lacks any other flavor. Strangely, director Ye Wei is not a Christian, but he uses Bethany's faith to control the emotions of the theater in his hands, and hopes that he uses a 13-year-old girl's more real courage. —2/4, Linda Barnard, Toronto Star

Fryer!

Because of the repercussions of SS's evaluation, countless people were shocked.

Lionsgate was startled and slipped into a panicked situation. I have done a lot of public relations work before but I haven't been able to reverse the uneasy atmosphere in the film critics, Roger Albert has not yet spoken out because of his recuperation, he may give a thumbs up or a small tail finger, but it can't affect the general trend.

The media is already surging, and the movie genius Ye Wei has made the first bad movie in his life!

Film critics who held him in the palm of their hands and kissed him last year have recently stepped on him again and again, and a week after the fiasco of the planned "Carrie", the director's "Soul Surfer" was only 35% fresh on the first day!! and it was the tone of a bad movie under the mainstream film evaluation of more than 40 articles.

The new online media reported one step earlier, Rotten Tomatoes said, "The failure of "Soul Surfer" debuted, a commendable bad movie?", Yahoo News said, "Ye Wei's new film "Soul Surfer" has polarized reviews, and genius messed up three movies a year?"Filmcritic said, "Analyze the failure of playboy Ye Wei's missionary work "Soul Surfer"...... Overseas online media are also following up.

The critics' reviews of other new films this week are not much better, "Cursed 2" 10% and 40%, "Person of the Year" 21% and 45%, "Marine" 20% and 60%, "One Night with the King" 19% and 78%, but they are not award-winning movies, SS is not?

Ye Wei's girl trilogy, the first part was directly out of the awards season.

Now most of the reports on the SS fiasco still carry a question mark, as long as it waits for it to further box office Waterloo, the only blacks who have opened their fangs and the media that are not too big will tear the long-lasting VIY to shreds!

One situation that people can all notice, box office waterloo does not necessarily happen, SS has been generally praised by the audience, not only all indicators are very high, in social networks and forum message boards and other places, netizens also talk about the loudest applause, saying that they are moved, crying, and excited......

But there is also a strong voice, like many film critics, criticizing SS for having Christian fanaticism, which is one of the main reasons for its criticism.

The United States is a country where Christianity (including Protestantism, Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, and Mormonism) is the mainstream religion, and the number of Christians in the population was as high as 86.4% in 1990, and now it is declining sharply year by year, and by 2006 there will be 77.6%, and more than forty percent of American people said that they go to church every week or almost every week. Of the other 25 per cent of the population, 16.4 per cent are religiously avoidant (including atheists, agnostics, and simply non-religious) and about 5 per cent of other religions.

Although Christianity is predominant, religious freedom is the political correctness of the United States, and the ideas of non-Christians are elusive.

Regardless of the feelings of the target audience and non-audience, all critics will be conservative and steady in the face of a film with a religious stance, such as the controversial "The Passion of the Christ" (49% fresh and 80% favorable) and IMDb-7.1 in previous years, and this week's "One Night with the King" is a Jewish epic.

Perhaps no one expected that Ye Wei, who was not a Christian at all, and that the person who was expected to properly handle the religious emotions of this story would actually make Bethany like a heroine in the Bible, which naturally frightened critics, many of whom would give low marks even if they were Christians themselves, even if they cried when they saw it.

Lionsgate tried to get 3/4 points but did not succeed, largely because the failure of "Carrie" exacerbated the negative emotions of the film critics towards Ye Wei, and it failed to provide the film critics with the courage of "I scored SS high, and any audience will agree".

Part of it is conservative, part of it is really allergic disgust, and now it is impossible to change the rating collectively after a dozen. In any case, film critics can only insist on their "professional criticism".

Lionsgate also knew Ye Wei's difficulties, and Bethany's story was a Christian hero story, who proclaimed the power of her faith countless times in countless places, and the religious critique of this adaptation had reached the limits of the Hamilton family, and the response from non-Christian audiences was excellent.

"Why do people complain about the religious tone of Soul Surfer?"

At this moment, it is not just Christians who support SS on the Internet, but more atheists. On Yahoo's news board, Pnogro said, "I'm an atheist, I didn't know anything about Bethany Hamilton before watching this movie, I don't care about her religion, but this movie is fantastic!"

David81 wrote: "Me too, I'm a hardcore atheist, but I love Soul Surfer, watching movies and real Bethany. While I don't agree with Christians and other ancient ideas, I can't and won't blame her for being persistent, and the power of faith is a perfectly understandable part of human nature. ”

Cooljolie wrote: "It's easy to have a problem with Christian films, as if people of atheism or other religions are ignorant, and the hypocrisy of such films distracts the audience." But I'm glad to see that this didn't happen in "Soul Surfer", Ye Wei really found a funny way to promote it, and make the atheist me acceptable, I want that shark T-shirt! ”

NickMID sighed and wrote, "I've long found out that some people don't want to hear about love and faith, they want a movie full of lies, theft, sex-love, madness, no good people, anybody shows them morality, those good things, and they're like, 'Oooh, you've violated my human rights, you hypocrite'...... Oh, my God. ”

KigerSuki wrote at length: "I'm a Christian to an atheist, so I grew up with a lot of Christian movies and books. Most of the Christians, frankly, rotten, they see people who don't take their gospel stories seriously as bad people, people to be saved, what boring fools. This was the cause of my religious conversion, and I realized that most people who believe in Christianity don't understand what love and tolerance are, even the pastor of my church, who is a bully, and I can't tolerate insults to others.

"Soul Surfer," I think, is what Christian cinema should look like. It really does a great example, not sanctimonious, not self-righteous, Ye Wei also makes faith so conspicuous, everyone can see how it helps Bethany and her family gain confidence in difficult times, it is obvious but not overbearing, they all have the time to throw it away, wow, I admire Ye Wei for this alone, he really dares to shoot!

But he was able to redeem it, and in the process he converted Bethany to God, God was not the only reason, she went from a one-on-one connection with God to a connection between her and millions of other people around the world, who were not necessarily Christians. Her courage came not only from God, but also from those people, in fact, in the end she still had doubts, but in my opinion she just let go and let it be. She's definitely not arrogant, and neither is this movie, it's honest and sincere.

And I love Sarah, the teen mentor, she's so much fun! she's perfect, and if I had such a number one person in my church here, I'd be there every week. ”

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Many viewers spoke up for VIY, but there was still an eerie silence on his blog, Facebook, and other places. But the secrets are a little anxious, VIY, why don't you say a word?

"Instead of making a man-made feature film with the heroine's arm and digital effects to cut it out, you wonder why this film isn't a documentary? I mean, the audience should be allowed to see more real plots, candid character interviews, and non-religious emotions, but Ye Wei doesn't show that quality, he tells a beautiful story, not a real story. —2/4, Moira McDonald, Seattle Times

"The inspirational story of teen filmmaker Ye Wei and teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton is the best combination, but it's a pity that VIY seems to have forgotten what frustration is, and except for some particularly good moments of conflict, the rest of the time is like a sentimental saga, too wise dialogue, too much preaching. - 2.5/5, Steve Ramos, Box Office Magazine

"It's too bad, the genius filmmaker Ye Wei used all his talent on how to earn the audience's tears, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to bring "Soul Surfer" to the situation of a religious brainwashing movie, and Bethany's easy change of mentality made her look like an uncertain person, strong for a while and vulnerable for a while, but she can always stay when she is strong, and that funny teenage mentor...... The film is nothing short of a soap opera and a sitcom mixture. —1/5, Catherine Murphy, MSN-Movies

"Maybe it's time to admit that, whatever the problem, Soul Surfer is a pretty entertaining, bright and encouraging film. It has such a sincere spirit, and it is not an entirely Christian idealistic performance, and the Hamilton family even has the meaning of detachment from religion. But as a critic, I have to see more and complain about its flaws, and Ye Wei did not put the film in the ranks of high-quality pursuits. - B-, Steve Purcell, Tampa Bay Times sentence?

"Instead of making a man-made feature film with the heroine's arm and digital effects to cut it out, you wonder why this film isn't a documentary? I mean, the audience should be allowed to see more real plots, candid character interviews, and non-religious emotions, but Ye Wei doesn't show that quality, he tells a beautiful story, not a real story. —2/4, Moira McDonald, Seattle Times

"The inspirational story of teen filmmaker Ye Wei and teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton is the best combination, but it's a pity that VIY seems to have forgotten what frustration is, and except for some particularly good moments of conflict, the rest of the time is like a sentimental saga, too wise dialogue, too much preaching. - 2.5/5, Steve Ramos, Box Office Magazine

"It's too bad, the genius filmmaker Ye Wei used all his talent on how to earn the audience's tears, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to bring "Soul Surfer" to the situation of a religious brainwashing movie, and Bethany's easy change of mentality made her look like an uncertain person, strong for a while and vulnerable for a while, but she can always stay when she is strong, and that funny teenage mentor...... The film is nothing short of a soap opera and a sitcom mixture. —1/5, Catherine Murphy, MSN-Movies

"Maybe it's time to admit that, whatever the problem, Soul Surfer is a pretty entertaining, bright and encouraging film. It has such a sincere spirit, and it is not an entirely Christian idealistic performance, and the Hamilton family even has the meaning of detachment from religion. But as a critic, I have to see more and complain about its flaws, and Ye Wei did not put the film in the ranks of high-quality pursuits. —B-, Steve Purcell, Tampa Bay Times