China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

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There is no need to explain the tenderness between him and Lengba.

Guan Ling and she slept with their feet touching, forging ahead, adding the word Dili to their name completely crushed their studies.

It was rubbed into the ground very firmly.

Both sides are suffering.

As time went by, the Spring Festival of 2013 soon arrived.

On August 2th.

The magical comedy blockbuster "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" directed by Stephen Chow premiered in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places, and received good reviews.

Some people say that this is a typical Stephen Chow-style crazy magic comedy movie, and relevant media call this movie a prelude that attracts fans and laughter in every city it goes to, and call this movie a "compulsory course" before traveling at home and visiting relatives and friends.

It seems that they are disregarding Xu Zheng's "Lost in Thailand".

When Guan Ling saw the news, he just sneered.

At the premiere ceremony, Stephen Chow personally put the tight-fitting ring on Shuqi, and the two kissed passionately. It was really a huge investment for the promotion of the movie.

The effect is strong.

The box office on the first day was 7800 million yuan.

This has brought the popularity of this movie to a climax and it has reached its peak.

At least in terms of the first day box office performance, it is better than "Lost in Thailand".

However, under the threat of the Lunar New Year holiday, the single-day box office of "Lost in Thailand" still failed to surpass that of "Lost in Thailand", which has been released for 18 days, and its single-day box office is slightly inferior.

It is worth noting in the industry that Zhang Yimou's "The True Story of Jianghu Swordsmanship" was also released, but the box office on the first day was dismal.

The box office on the first day was 4200 million.

Compared to "Lost in Thailand" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", it is indeed very bad.

But after its release, the movie caused great trouble and polarized the public.

Some people angrily scolded Zhang Yimou for further intensifying the style of films like "Three Shots Surprise" and starting to abstract towards a more exaggerated and funny style.

Not only does it not live up to Zhang Yimou's own great reputation, but it also brings some disgrace to Guan Ling's reputation.

The audiences who went to the cinema had two extreme reviews for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" and "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Regarding "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", many viewers expressed their identification with Stephen Chow by saying "I laughed from beginning to end. This kind of pure comedy is the one to watch during the Lunar New Year holiday. It makes you laugh heartily." They believe that the whole movie is a Stephen Chow imitation show.

Some people say that this is a love letter that Xing Xing sent to Athena Chu more than ten years later.

I think the director of the entire movie just wanted to say one thing: ten thousand years is too long, we must seize the day, and everything else is just to make up the word count.

Anyway, the reviews were very mixed and all over the place, and all the content of the interviews with Stephen Chow when he was filming was dug out.

For example, Stephen Chow always thought that he was filming tragedies, but after they were released, they were all comedies.

Some people even deliberately took advantage of the good performance of Stephen Chow's movies to pull Guan Ling out and criticize him, implying that Stephen Chow's level is higher than the comedies made by Guan Ling's filmmakers.

Although Stephen Chow's movies are funny, clownish and absurd, it seems that behind the humorous appearance, they hide the sadness and suffering of little people.

And claim that this is nonsensical vitality.

It's just for the sake of being funny, which is actually the level of a bad domestic film.

Stephen Chow's films, on the other hand, show the destruction of beautiful things in front of people, using absurd and humorous means to reflect the tragic facts that are not so ridiculous, and he says that this is a higher level than Guan Ling's films.

He feels pain without saying anything and laughs without speaking.

It also brings out thoughts, realm, and sincerity.

It looked like he was determined to pull Guan Ling into the water.

Many viewers echoed this. At first, they agreed that "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was a different watch, with both funny and tear-jerking moments. They also said that a lot of the nonsensical elements were a realistic portrayal of the absurdity of life, which went straight to the heart and was cruel enough.

He even brought up the down-to-earth style of "Lost in Thailand" for comparison, saying that the smell was completely different.

In fact, some trends were gradually created in the middle, but when they started to argue, they could not win and were quickly extinguished.

The commotion lasted only two days.

As more and more people watched "The True Story of Jianghu Swordsmanship", the reputation of the show suddenly reversed.

Suddenly, a term went viral on Weibo.

"My father Zhang Erhe" opened up a sociology track with the audience who had watched "The Real Story of Jianghu Swordsmanship" and directly made the news "My father is Li Gang" a hot search on Weibo.

It finally gave the audience of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" a track to vent their emotions.

"Awesome, Zhang Yimou is awesome, Guan Ling is awesome. I thought it was a vulgar and crappy movie to launder money, but after watching it, my spine is numb."

Many viewers expressed their amazement on Weibo.

The polarized reputation of the film finally ignited an explosion a few days after its release.

Those who are a little younger just think the plot is cliché and don’t see any funny points.

The voices of those who are a little older are not loud enough, but fortunately this movie was written by Guan Ling and directed by Zhang Yimou, so there are still many young and middle-aged people who have seen it.

As a result, many lines gradually became popular, and each line would stay on the hot search list for a long time.

"Other people's girlfriends are already lying on the bed, but mine is still hanging on the wall."

“Standing on the streets of the capital, I realized that I belong here.”

"My father is Zhang Erhe?!!!"

"Your one month's income is enough for me to rent a house for a year in my hometown."

"Who is your father? Situ Guangzong. I've never heard of him...

Age, place of origin, your father’s name.

This pile is from the families of princes and generals, and those who are born in common people should be thrown into the trash can."

"Do you know the killing stick?"

“Why are the pectoralis major muscles so exaggerated?”

"Minister of Works, build bridges and roads... What if the Prince Consort falls? Do you know that your entire family will be executed?!"

"Oh my god!"

"Can't the grandfather of Yingtian Prefecture make decisions for you?"

"Did you know that delivery people never dare to eat takeout? How is the Six Departments different?"

Blasted.

After these lines appeared openly on Weibo, the cinema went wild.

The sharp lines in Guan Ling's script and Zhang Yimou's implicit means and pictures pushed the whole movie to its climax.

“This movie is amazing!”

"It's quite funny, a spoof but not vulgar, a qualified nonsensical martial arts comedy. If the creators put more thought into it, the audience will be less prejudiced, and the market will be more benign."

"Although it's not a classic film, 5.5 is a bit too low. Which domestic film nowadays is not flattering or making bland chicken soup? How can such an awesome film not catch up with those rubbish?"

"This movie should be renamed, maybe a true story of struggling in the city."

"I think it should be called a documentary about modern society, a god film."

"It's a boring movie. You might as well go play some games. Why doesn't the actor in this movie wait to inherit his ancestor's position as the director of the Tobacco Bureau in the future?"

"When I watched it for the first time, I thought it was a melodrama. Now I have watched it five times, and suddenly I feel that it is only this world that is melodramatic." "I have a sense of fateful collision. I have some doubts that this movie is what Stephen Chow's first "A Chinese Odyssey" looked like in 1995. Now, as a director, Stephen Chow wants to put an end to the Monkey King and Zhizunbao back then.

But Zhang Yimou may also have to put an end to his abstract films like "The Monkey King 2".

After this movie, can he really make nonsensical abstract movies again? "

"Just laugh it off, have fun, it's all, it's a helpless use of history to satirize the present. Chuunibyou and YG-35 can't understand the connotation. Douban gave such a low score, I almost missed a good work."

All kinds of film reviews rushed out in a swarm.

During the Lunar New Year holiday, Zhang Yimou and Guan Ling put on a big show for everyone who is celebrating the New Year!

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Lu Province.

Guan's mother held Liu Yifei's little hand, and was afraid that she would get bumped even when going to the toilet.

"If there is anything, just call Guan Ling to do it. If he doesn't listen to you, call me and I will help you punish him." Guan's mother knew that Liu Yifei was wronged. This scumbag son didn't get married and made a good girl get pregnant before marriage.

But although she said it nicely, she never dared to say the word "mother-in-law".

My sister is still in college and asked Liu Yifei for an autographed photo.

"Sister-in-law, all our classmates like you very much. Me too, I like you, not my brother."

Guan Ling: ? ?

This girl was raised in vain.

Who gave you that card with so much money you can't spend? It doesn't have any points, right?
However, seeing that Liu Yifei was pregnant, Guan Ling accepted their preference for Liu Yifei.

During this New Year, Guan Ling was very angry at home.

He couldn't bring himself to say that Liu Yifei introduced Shu Chang to him, but the image of him as a scumbag was already deeply rooted in his mind. His mother and sister all stood on Liu Yifei's side, and Guan Lingxun was at a loss as to what to do.

However, Guan Ling called Chen Guofu during the New Year to scold him for his slowness.

Scolding Zhang Yimou for being too bold in filming and not being a little more subtle.

Zhang Yimou is speechless.

"You gave me the script, and I filmed it according to the script. Is there anything wrong with that?"

Guan Ling mainly has a bit of nameless evil fire.

He already knew the news that Douban comments were shut down. Although the investment in this movie was only a few days, most of it was recovered, so he probably wouldn't lose money.

But seeing the eyes cast over him, he might not live long.

The eighth day of the new year.

"The True Story of Jianghu Sword Fighting" gloriously survived another round of censorship.

When Han Sanpin called Guan Ling, his heart was trembling: "You won't be so lucky next time. All your movies with modern backgrounds are no longer available."

“It’s art only if it’s gone?” Guan Ling joked. “The ultimate fate of some movies is to be banned.”

"That's not a good thing to say."

Han Sanpin wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "For your movie, everyone has a lot of work to do. We have to review it sentence by sentence. You are so happy, but you have so many problems."

When Guan Ling heard what Han Sanpin said, every time he said these four words, he couldn't help but shudder.

Just smiled awkwardly.

Many people in the circle were waiting to see the joke at first, but later found out that they were the joke.

Due to these unexpected events, the box office of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" continued to rise, and on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, it achieved a strategic stalemate with the box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

And launched a strategic counterattack on the last day.

After work, it is obvious that the competition at the box office is very fierce.

The two films have a sense of fateful entanglement.

It’s just that “The True Story of Jianghu Swordsmanship” is much luckier than “A Chinese Odyssey” which was made twenty years ago.

Nonsense but very popular with the audience.

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"This movie is really awesome." Be it Feng Xiaogang or Brother Chen Kai, now that they have seen such a great movie, they don't care about talking about anything else.

The script is here, coupled with Zhang Yimou's own skills and unique control over color and composition.

He is best at using closed spaces to symbolize oppression. The entire Bianjing is like a cage, and the overhead shot shows a certain solidification.

The violent aesthetic transformation in color, the yin-yang composition in action design, and the feinting of moves seem to pierce through a certain hypocrisy of fairness.

Even without dialogue, the scene in the composition of the picture alone is absurd enough, and in Zhang Yimou's hands, both the humor and compassion are fully revealed.

It can be said that it vividly displays the historical metaphors, the inevitability of the collapse of the dynasty, the complexity of human nature, the gray image struggles of the little people, and the tragic sense of fate.

Plus the lines.

Brother Chen Kai was given goose bumps all over his body.

After watching the movie, Jiang Wen commented that it was a nonsensical film comparable to Let the Bullets Fly, saying that the film used comedy as a sugar coating to wrap up the bitter medicine of social criticism; it used visual spectacles to magnify the absurdity and ended the nothingness with the glimmer of humanity. He also said that this was directly to slice the vinegar of the times, and made a pot of dumplings called Song Dynasty's North Drifting Embarrassing Journey. It was supposed to be a record of sword fighting, but in the end there was no sword, no meanness, only what the eyes saw.

The rain, blood and tears of Bianliang have all become ink paintings, and this "jianghu" truly has a soul.

When Zhang Yimou called Guan Ling, he was full of gratitude.

For this movie, Guan Ling did not assign anyone to him, and without the leverage of capital, Zhang Yimou really turned a seven-point script into a nine-point movie.

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But this is a very bad thing for many producers and big capitals in the industry.

This movie had almost no traffic and succeeded purely on the basis of its content.

Some people even say that idols and traffic are not the specific factors that affect movie box office.

As a result, many producers have begun to change their attitude.

When Zhang Yimou and Guan Ling were talking on the phone, Guan Ling also thought that this movie might have shattered the circle's high recognition of traffic and idols.

Guan Ling couldn't help but chuckle. He wondered if next year's traffic boom would still come as scheduled after this incident.

Most likely not.

During the entire Spring Festival period, the final box office of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" was fixed at 10.3 billion.

Although it was counterattacked by "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" at the last moment in the final stage.

But at least a classic meme was left behind.

Jianghu is the only commercial film that has a closed comment section, except for some main themes. But the Douban score has risen sharply. It is a great wonder.

Many people don't have much to say about the movie.

Because I held it all in.

Many people think that this movie was wronged. Although it seems to contain many internet jokes, it is hard to say which ones are actually the jokes.

February. It’s over.

March has arrived.

The premiere of "Hong Kong Trip" will also be on the agenda soon. (End of this chapter)