Chapter 122: Thank You for the Invitation, in the United States (1/5)

Shen Mengxi didn't say much about "The Grandmaster".

After all, this movie is really good.

See yourself, see heaven and earth, see all beings.

It's not just martial arts, it's life...

The fight in "The Grandmaster" is charmed in two extreme tears.

One is the ultimate of "realism", and the other is the ultimate of "art".

In terms of action design alone, "The Grandmaster" is really amazing, especially the rain curtain fight at the beginning - high-speed shots are interspersed with close-ups and slow motion, although it is very fancy, but it looks really handsome.

Let's talk about everyone's unique skills in kung fu movies, Bruce Lee's ornamentality comes from domineering and hardness, Cheng Long comes from flexibility and ingenuity, Donnie Yen lies in strength and speed, Xu Ke's martial arts is leading the audience's eyes through sharp editing, which makes people's blood boil!

Wang Jiawei doesn't rely on these, he relies on atmosphere and scheduling.

Wang Jiawei's "The Grandmaster" records the passing martial arts...

There is basically nothing to say about the plot, that is, a passing grade, sacrificing oneself to take revenge on others, and the old episode of martial arts films.

Of course, Lao Wang is not suitable for filming these, he put his old things into "The Grandmaster", and it feels wrong, it seems to be procrastinating, moaning without illness, pretending to be profound, full of petty bourgeoisie.

If the movie is always full of flowery words, it will be too artificial.

But I can't stand the fact that many people are willing to rub on him!

After all, we all know that it was the farce of "Ip Man" at the beginning, and the spokesperson of Zedong Film and Television said, "Shen Mengxi doesn't understand movies~", and then Shen Mengxi filmed "Manchester by the Sea", and then "Hunting" won the Oscar for Best Director...

If he is in China, it is estimated that he will be blocked by a group of entertainment reporters...

Even if he doesn't speak, there are still many marketing accounts saying 'Shen Mengxi said that he didn't like "The Grandmaster", and bluntly said that Wang Jiawei's movies have no market...'...

This is the case in the Internet era, once someone takes the lead in spreading rumors, there are many marketing accounts to follow up.

forced Shen Mengxi to post: "I think this is rubbing the popularity of 'Ip Man' and "Wing Chun"... Just kidding, I have never made any remarks against "The Grandmaster", all the marketing accounts that quote my remarks, wait for the lawyer's letter!"

"Also, "The Grandmaster" was also released in North America, I went to see it, except for the fact that it has little to do with Ip Man, everything else is very good!"

After praising it, he ignored the comments of netizens and continued to chat with Nancy about this year's awards.

......

This year is a small year, and the most powerful are a few movies, and no one can show absolute strength!

"Escape from Tehran", "Lincoln", "Life of Pi", "Assassination of Ben LD", "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds"...

- "The Master" was completely abandoned by Harvey, Weinstein completely withdrew the promotion of "The Master", and even started to blacken himself before the Oscar nominations were announced...

The Scientology theme described in the plot of "The Master" has aroused the dissatisfaction of many people in Hollywood, and some Scientologists have even publicly expressed their desire to boycott the film.

At the same time, "The Master" actor Joaquin Phoenix also popped out a cold remark of "I don't care about the Oscars"...

Harvey's strategy was simple: Abandon the same ties as "Escape from Tehran", "Lincoln", "Life of Pi", "Assassination of Ben Brown", "Assassination of Ben LD competed head-on, focusing on actor awards, especially the Best Actress award, which was less competitive.

"I feel that 'Untouchable' is a good fit for the best film, with a clear theme, and black and white people get along very well..."

"But the black community in Hollywood boycotted this movie~"

Just like "Green Book", "Untouchable" light comedy, warm plot and atmosphere make black people feel uncomfortable...

On top of that, they don't know where to find the prototype and express their dissatisfaction...

When the archetypal character is out, this thing is very difficult to do!

After all, the difference between the box office and copyright income of a movie that won an Oscar and a movie that did not win an Oscar can be tens of millions of dollars.

"Forget it this year, go to the party regularly..."

"Last year, I received two good scripts, Nebraska and The Drunken Folk..."

"The Ballad of the Drunken Country?"

"The work of the Coen brothers!"

“... Why are you looking for us?"

The Coen brothers have always been in close contact with Warner Bros., and even if Warner Bros. is not optimistic about this film, they can find a home at any time!

Nancy looked proud: "Most American independent filmmakers are now proud to work with Studio S, and we have carried the banner of independent filmmaking!"

“...”

Shen Mengxi felt a little weird...

His intention was just to make money...

I never wanted to stand and make money, and there were a bunch of people worshipping ...

......

Or turn the perspective to the country.

After all, Lao Shen's daily life in the United States, in addition to chatting with people, is to go to the movies and watch movies...

It's boring!

As for the movies released in theaters, in addition to "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", there are also a bit of highlights...

But it's only a little...

"The Hobbit" compared to "The Lord of the Rings", just like "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" and "New Dragon Gate Inn", it is still the same world view, still the director, the technology is more advanced, but it just doesn't taste right!

The reason is very simple, "The Hobbit" is a fairy tale, written for children, if you have read the original you will know, Tuo Lao deliberately wrote the text style fresh and immature, the plot is happy and exciting, the whole story is a light-hearted dwarf adventure, the length is also very short, Chinese is only 100,000 words.

After the popularity of "The Hobbit", the publisher wanted to write a sequel, and as a dignified professor of linguistics at Oxford, he couldn't bear the loneliness, thinking that it would be a waste to write fairy tales at my level, so he closed his doors for a few years and wrote the shocking "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which completely went beyond the scope of fairy tales and set up the first great peak for the history of Western fantasy!

Bottom line: "The Lord of the Rings" is divided into 3 parts in 3 parts, each 3 hours;

"The Hobbit" is not as thick as The Lord of the Rings, and it is also filmed in 3 parts, and each part is almost 3 hours long...

Can it be the same?

It's different in China, all kinds of battles!

First of all, on the 29th day of the release of "Thai Embarrassment", the box office exceeded 1.2 billion, and it still maintained a single-day growth rate of 8 million - the total box office is expected to be 1.3 billion, directly surpassing "One Shot to the End", which just won the box office record of comedy...

Weibo posted a message thanking the audience...

Then on January 15th, "Happy Home" was released, and "The Grandmaster" was killed...

On the first six days, 87.6 million counterattacked to the top, "The Grandmaster" ranked second, and the box office of the next week was 82 million, which was not low "Happy Home"...

A bunch of people scolded: This Nima is also called a movie?

"Throw this at the recycle bin, and the recycle bin despises it!"

There are also fans who say, 'I'm happy just by looking at these faces, how can more than ten years of deep feelings be measured by a movie ticket?'

Look at people, the self-cultivation of leeks is in place!

What else did the producer say: '"Happy Home" is ostensibly an 8-month work, but in fact, it is the result of 15 years of TV resources in "Happy Camp", and we are confident that the box office of this movie will exceed 100 million!'

"Thank you, I'm in the United States, I just got off the plane... Actually, I don't think "Happy Home" really needs to bother so much, you just open an account, and then call on fans to make money and make a movie, why bother?" - Shen Mengxi!