Two Kung Fu movies released at the end of this year, one is "Ip Man" produced by Tomahawk Films from China, and the other is "Grandmaster 2" produced by Snowmotten, the Lighthouse Country.

In fact, the release schedules of these two movies were strictly not a collision, because "The Grandmaster 2" was not approved for release in China, and there is no need to wait for the New Year holiday.

The memory of the Internet is short-lived. I can't remember what Fan Wenqiang has done, but there are always people who still remember it. Fan Wenqiang hasn't come out of the ban yet, and the movie he starred in still wants to be released in the country?

Therefore, "The Grandmaster 2" did not participate in the box office battle of the Chinese New Year holiday in China, but was released overseas on Christmas, more than a month earlier than "Ip Man". By the time "Ip Man" was released, it had entered a period of weak box office growth, and the two were perfectly staggered.

However, both are kung fu films and the schedule is so close, domestic and foreign media naturally want to compare them together.

It's just a turn-based one. You can finish the fight first and then take action.

In the first part of "The Grandmaster", movie fans criticized them for their JP-style makeup of the heroine, changing the Taoist temple into a Taoist temple, and treating Taoist priests as warriors, and many other places that confuse Chinese JP-cultural culture.

"The Grandmaster 2" released this year has indeed paid more attention to this aspect.

At least we have successfully distinguished the cultures of China and JP countries, and made great progress.

The plot content continues the plot of the previous work. The retired master (played by Fan Wenqiang) has to reappear due to various reasons for provocations, and then there are various arenas and street fighting scenes.

Fan Wenqiang's martial arts scenes remain at their usual level, similar to when he was at Tomahawk Film, and are very guaranteed. But from another perspective, there is no progress. He has always been relying on his old capital, and there are only a few routines back and forth.

One or two movies are OK, but Fan Wenqiang has made seven or eight kung fu movies since his debut, either starring or supporting roles. Every time he fights, he feels like the audience. And compared to other action stars, kung fu may be his feature, but compared to kung fu stars like Han Lan, he actually has no very distinctive personal characteristics.

When it comes to Han Lan's kung fu, many movie fans know that he can really fight! He can fight in a movie, but he can still fight when he goes on the ring! This is very distinctive, which is not possible for ordinary action actors. Moreover, because he can really fight, the effect he plays in a movie is very professional, and the audience can make up for extra points by themselves anyway.

What about Fan Wenqiang? He played pretty... and then it disappeared?

The audience will get tired of watching too much.

In addition, the various interpretations of Kung Fu in "The Grandmaster 2" still continue the theory of the previous work, so even if the costumes and props were improved, the reputation of the movie was not better than that of the previous generation, and it was finally stable at 7.8 points.

The box office, with a global box office of RMB 310 million in the first month, compared with the movie's investment of RMB 80 million, this box office result has been earned. There will be more than half a month or even a month of turnover, so I can make a little more.

But Snowmotten and Bright's expectations and effects on it have not been achieved.

Many movie fans on the Internet, especially Chinese movie fans, are still very dissatisfied with it and still cannot accept their beacon of the nationalization of Kung Fu.

And what's very serious is that its competitor "Ip Man" has released several trailers so far, the effect is very good, and has attracted many kung fu fans to praise. If this trend continues and the reputation of "Ip Man" does not collapse after its release, the one that will collapse will be "Grandmaster 2"!

...

"Damn..."

Bright looked at the screenwriter's name written in the trailer of "Ip Man" and even though the gentleman was like him, he still couldn't help but curse and swear.

Han Lan did not appear in this movie, nor did she even make a guest appearance, but the screenwriter was already in charge of the movie.

If nothing unexpected happens, reputation will not collapse.

"I originally thought they were all kung fu stars. Although Fan Wen was stronger than Fan Wen, they could also make up for it from other aspects. But now it seems that Han Lan's ability is indeed unsubstitutable for Fan Wen Qiang." Bright was really having a headache.

Fan Wenqiang's performance cannot be said to be poor, but he just can't meet the level he wants.

Han Lan is not because he can fight, but because he has a unique understanding of kung fu movies, which Fan Wenqiang is far from reaching. Before he met Han Lan, he was just a last-rate stunt actor and extra. After learning from Han Lan for a while, he had such a foundation. It was too difficult to let him direct a kung fu movie that could compare to "Huo Yuanjia"!

"How is the contact between Qishan?" Bright asked again.

The assistant shook his head: "I'd rather refuse. Even if we offered the five-fold condition for Tomahawk Film, he did not agree. There were other core members, and they could only find some irrelevant members."

Bright rubbed his head.

If "Huo Yuanjia" is Han Lan's credit, then the role of Qi Shan, the new director, will become increasingly important in several subsequent kung fu movies by Tomahawk Film.

If Qi Shan can be dug up, Qi and Fan Wenqiang can basically fill the disadvantages of Snow Moteng in the field of kung fu movies.

Unfortunately, I still can't dig it up.

Including the martial arts instructor and producer of "Ip Man", Ip Man, I can't find it.

"I don't agree with the five-fold treatment. What are they going to stay at Tomahawk Pictures? Is it a dream?"

Bright murmured and looked up at the assistant.

The assistant did not deny his guess, and then his eyes showed some ruthlessness: "Mr. Bright, why not..."

Before he could finish his words, Bright raised his hand to deny it: "There are many respects to Tomahawk Films there. If our methods are too dirty, they will anger them. Turning back and directly ban all our artists and products from entering the Chinese market will be worth it. At this stage, they are in full swing and have great courage, so there is no need to provoke them."

"yes."

"Kung Fu movies will continue to be maintained. Anyway, Han Lan is not interested in making kung Fu movies now. He has not participated in several kung Fu movies. If he only compares with Fan Wenlong, Fan Wen is still strong enough. Then... dig out the martial arts of JP Kingdom and stir-fry them. They are also from the mysterious East. There is no reason why it is not as good as the Chinese Kung Fu. As long as the movie is well filmed, fans think that JP Kingdom and Kung Fu are more powerful and represent the East, we can firmly grasp this piece of cake. JP Kingdom's martial arts and ninjas were already one of the labels of the movie holy land a few years ago. With successful Western interpretations, the audience can also accept the martial arts movies of the Chinese people in the Lighthouse, which are better controlled than the Chinese Kung Fu."
Chapter completed!