Chapter 310 You Are Just a Filmmaker, You Know Nothing
"Wei Yang's new movie is hot, with a first-day box office of 50 million+"
"Summer season adds another "dark horse", "Search" is in a difficult situation"
"High-energy reversal, the tragedy of laughter and seven frustrated people in "Famous"
"Suspense + comedy, six highlights unlock Wei Yang's first directorial work"
"A new surprise in the film industry, Wei Yang who has transformed from a TV talent to a movie talent"
"Head of the United Cinema Line: The attendance rate of "Famous" is second only to the peak of "Painted Skin 2""
"Fan... was amazed and cried, Wei Yang commented that he coined the term "broken feeling"
"Tang Yan watched "Famous" in a private theater to support her friend Wei Yang"
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After the first-day box office of "Famous" came out, a variety of related reports flooded newspapers, magazines and online media.
Some were press releases from the film company and the publicity channels, while others were spontaneous media and even netizens who took advantage of the popularity and tap water.
The reputation and influence of a movie, and the publicity and promotion itself are mostly with the introduction. Unless it is at all costs, most of it still depends on other media, ordinary audiences and netizens.
For a popular theater movie, box office data is only one aspect, and the more critical thing is word of mouth and communication.
The better the word of mouth, the more audiences can be attracted to the theater.
The wider the scope of communication, the larger the audience base that knows, and naturally more people will buy tickets.
The first round of word of mouth is naturally the film critics. In fact, everyone has a certain tacit understanding now, and capable crews will find some relevant cooperation.
In this case, it is not said that the praise is rave, but at least the first round of word of mouth will not be maliciously led by others.
After all, most movies, unless it is the level of "Dreaming in the Entertainment Circle", as long as you want to praise it, you can always find some advantages and highlights.
After the first round of cooperative film reviews are stabilized, basically the follow-up is those neutral film critics who did not take money.
If these people's evaluations do not take money from the opponent, they should be relatively objective, but it also depends on style and likes and dislikes.
For example, if you like horror, you may not be interested in comedy. If you hate Wei Yang, you will have a preconceived impression of him and lower his impression score, and vice versa.
Film critics are also human beings, so the word of mouth should be considered comprehensively, and the same is true for the evaluation of a movie.
So at this time, we have to look at the ratio.
Without considering the money, if the movie is praised more and criticized less, it can be watched. If it is praised less and criticized more, it may be a bad movie.
Film critics are still a minority, and they are elitist and artistic to a certain extent. Their aesthetics and requirements are very different from those of ordinary audiences.
Therefore, with the continuous development of the Internet, the voices of popular channels such as Douban, Tianya, and Weibo cannot be ignored.
Especially Douban, no matter how big the slots of this platform are, it is indeed the most authoritative film and television rating platform at present.
The scores voted by a large number of senior movie fans and ordinary audiences may not be as professional as those of film critics, but they are more objective, scientific and in line with the public's perception than those of just a few dozen film critics.
The three strongest performing movies in this summer season.
The highest-grossing film, Painted Skin, has the lowest score on Douban, with only 6 points.
The picture quality and special effects are fine, but the plot rhythm is very lengthy. There are too many things to say, which makes the movie too scattered. This is also the disadvantage of the director Wuershan.
This guy has strong skills and art style, but storytelling is not his strong point.
So it is a good idea for him to make an adapted movie to play to his strengths and avoid weaknesses. While ensuring the framework of the original work, he will make some magic changes. As long as he does not let himself go, the effect is pretty good.
But if he wants to shoot an original story himself, he will easily confuse people.
Whether it is Painted Skin 2 or Swordsman, they are more or less pretentious.
Judging from the current reputation, although Painted Skin 2 has excellent box office, its reputation is a mess. Although it has not been completely classified as a bad movie, it is far worse than the first one.
Although Director Chen's Searching did not perform well at the box office, it was more due to the subject matter. The quality of the movie itself is not bad.
Douban score is currently hovering between 7.3 and 7.5, which is very good among commercial Chinese films.
This is also a rare film since "Farewell My Concubine" in which Director Chen participated in the screenwriting but did not receive too many complaints, and it is even the least controversial.
For example, "The Emperor and the Assassin", although Douban score is not low now, it was very controversial at the time and was once considered a bad movie by many people.
Now there are some reversals compared to the past, but the reputation is still polarized.
Unlike "Search", although this movie is not amazing and cannot be called a classic, the general reputation is medium to high, and it is considered a good movie that everyone recognizes.
The score of "Famous" is also similar to that of "Search", starting with 7.6, then all the way to 7.8, and then dropped to 7.6, up and down is probably in this range.
It must be pointed out that a considerable part of this score is encouragement and surprise points.
"Famous" is Wei Yang's first movie, and everyone has a certain tolerance for a "beginner".
The ladies in the hair salon may not charge you, and may even wait for you for a few minutes, let alone the audience.
As long as the movie is not too bad, and it is more or less interesting, so that people don't feel that they have been cheated, even if they think the quality is average, many people will still give encouragement and comfort.
Although Wei Yang is famous on the small screen, he is indeed a newcomer in the film industry. If he has some shortcomings, everyone will give him room to grow.
Moreover, the quality of "Famous" exceeded many people's expectations.
Many netizens and fans just watched the movie with the mentality of support, encouragement and excitement, but they didn't expect the quality of the movie to be much better than expected.
In the face of unexpected surprises, people will naturally be more generous when praising and scoring.
It can be said that the proportion of surprise points is much higher than the encouragement points. Many Douban film reviews are about the surprise of Wei Yang, a newcomer in the film industry.
Of course, there are also many discussions about the movie "Famous".
The advantages of this movie are obvious, with very distinctive character creation and group portraits. It takes several thousand words to analyze each character.
In addition, the logical consistency of the suspense line before and after, as well as various details, pits and even blank spaces, are all endless and imaginative.
At the end of the movie, analysis and praise are one aspect, and various interpretations and associations are the highlight.
A thousand people have a thousand Hamlets.
The various interpretations of Let the Bullets Fly that year generated more than a million words in articles.
"Famous" naturally cannot reach the height of Let the Bullets Fly, but the styles of both are similar, which is very convenient for the audience to re-create and play.
Putting aside some malicious interpretations and rhythm, Wei Yang did not stop the audience from playing.
As he said before, the audience's interpretation is sometimes better than the creator.
And the more interpretations, the higher the popularity of the movie, and it can even deepen the quality level and classic degree of the movie, so that he, as a screenwriter and director, will benefit greatly.
Wei Yang has always had a view that those highly discussed classics and even masterpieces are actually created by the crew and the audience.
For example, Let the Bullets Fly, as well as Johnnie To's Gunfire and Black X Society, there are endless new detailed interpretations every year.
Wei Yang believes that the crew and creators put a lot of energy and effort into the filming, and believes that many details and metaphors are intentional by the creators.
But he also believes that there are many details that the crew members themselves could not think of, but were over-interpreted and deeply excavated by the audience and netizens.
After all, no matter how talented the creators are and how much they prepare, they cannot compare to the decades of research by countless netizens.
Even in the end, the movie was analyzed frame by frame, and every brick, every light, every eye movement, and even every word of every line had its own meaning, and it could also justify itself.
Often when the creators themselves come, they may be confused when they see these interpretations-
Is that what I thought? !
This is not an exaggeration by Wei Yang. Although Wei Yang himself is a plagiarist, many plots are original, and he was a senior screenwriter in his previous life.
He really encountered many times that his writings were interpreted by others, and he was confused.
Not only him, almost every creator can encounter similar situations, including those well-known screenwriters and directors.
Wei Yang also talked about this with Ning Hao and Wang Pangzi, and the two also encountered this situation.
I also believe that Jiang and Du could not have thought so thoroughly when filming, and even many so-called interpretations and metaphors conflict with each other, which is absolutely impossible for creators to do.
But sometimes it is inconvenient to say it directly due to various situations and face issues. If others ask if you thought so at the beginning, the best way is to smile and say nothing.
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"... This movie is actually the revenge story of Nightingale. The murderer is Nightingale, and Qi Leshan is just his assistant + secret admirer, and helps to take the blame."
"It is even very likely that these two are underground workers... The three elders are actually the white gloves of the Military Control Commission, so someone came to silence them..."
"The film crew is just an accident that disrupts the situation. The death of the last few people is likely to be killed by Nightingale..."
At the end of the road show that night, Fan Xiaopang looked at the relevant interpretations of Douban and couldn't help turning his head to look at Wei Yang who was soaking his feet in the room to relieve fatigue.
"Did you think so when you wrote the script?"
Wei Yang was stunned, a mysterious smile appeared on his face, and he didn't nod or shake his head, but didn't speak.
These people are so fucking ridiculous!
The struggle between warlords and chaebols is understandable, and revenge for one's father is also justifiable. The underground workers are barely logical.
But there are also speculations that Qi Leshan is a military killer, and the explosion was to fake his death and escape, and Xiaoda (Wu Jing) is an undercover agent, and finally followed to kill people to silence them.
The reason why I think so is that Xiaoda's performance is too stupid, which does not fit Wu Jing's previous image of decisive killing. It should be pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger.
Wei Yang: "..."
I have also played an alien before, why don't you imagine that this is actually a conspiracy of the Trisolarans to invade the earth?
Wei Yang has learned his lesson. Whether it is reasonable or nonsense, you can think whatever you want, anyway, I will not respond.
There is a logical and high-energy interpretation, that is my Wei Yang is awesome, "Famous" may even become a classic in the future.
No nutrition, random guesses, that has nothing to do with him, he made a regular movie, don't come to touch porcelain.
You can attack when you advance and defend when you retreat, and the predecessors are still good!