Chapter 24 Film Review

Writing a movie review is nothing more than finding fault!

In fact, Shen Xudong doesn't have a good impression of film critics...

The perspective of film critics has always been the result, not the process. It completely castrates the entire film shooting process and only looks at the result...

The result is axiological.

From a director's point of view, the producers behind the scenes are the operators. They all have a hand in casting, subject matter, funding, and editing. The director is not only a storyboard designer and lens language shaper, but also an action director and soundtrack director. , semi-part-time job in clothing.

After everything is done, you still have to go to the funder and ask for an investment.

And film critics will only look at the results to deny all the hard work of the director...

How to become a film critic?

Remember the following words: restraint, absurdity, motif, sublimation, niche, sense of absurdity, criticality, postmodernity, stream of consciousness, immersion, long lens...

By the way, there are also humanistic care, social significance, epitome of the times, advanced aesthetics, tests of human nature, a lot of metaphors, etc...

If these words are mentioned in an essay, what you write will be considered a film review!

Of course, the most important thing is the butt!

Are you prepared to criticize or praise?

For example, in "Hero", there is an "heroic article" on "Suicide, Killer, Power Mania and Necrophilia", which has been widely circulated. Various analysis of "Hero" and various criticisms of Qin Shihuang are actually criticizing A Mou through the movie...

Another example is "The Dangerous Journey to a Bad Movie". A group of big V film critics on Zhihu all say "like for friends" and "postmodern metaphorical color"...

Why did "Bad Movie" have so many positive reviews from film critics?

Because the director of this movie is named Roden, who is a big V among film critics on Zhihu!

You see, any movie with a score of 2.9 on Douban can give you a "postmodern metaphor"...

So, film critics mainly look at butts!

Nowadays, it is the mainstream to criticize "Hero", and Shen Xudong must not follow the trend...

Criticism must be criticized!

"The most boring art is to say everything you want to say. That's how "Hero" made me feel!"

"The word "peace" comes from Qin Shihuang's mouth and he feels embarrassed! The King of Qin, who was so powerful in the world by beating and whipping, suddenly turned into a holy mother?"

"The king of Qin swept Liuhe, what a majestic sight a tiger looked at!"

"More than two thousand years ago, this land was divided into seven countries. Whether they were attacking each other or exchanging trade, they all used different clothes, characters, languages ​​and currencies. For more than five hundred years, the world was divided and divided, and people I have become accustomed to it. If this situation continues, today's China will probably be no different from Western European countries. There will no longer be a great country in the world with nine states and four seas, three mountains and five mountains coexisting."

"Unifying China, does it count as a world-famous feat? Unifying the written language, does it count? The achievement of using the same chariot and rails and writing in the same text is greater than you and I imagined!"

"Can the First Emperor be praised? Of course. In 1964, when meeting with foreign guests, the teacher commented that Qin Shihuang was a man of action: "In my opinion, Qin Shihuang is much greater than Confucius. Confucius' empty words are greater than reality. Qin Shihuang is the first He was the man who unified China, and some of his systems have still been in use. No feudal monarch in China's past has surpassed him."

"What's wrong? You are allowed to praise the so-called prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong, but we are not allowed to photograph Qin Shihuang?"

"We don't talk about values, we only talk about movies. Is "Hero" a good movie?"

"$30 million, top-notch stars, color, soundtrack, and fighting effects, all world-class;"

"From a narrative perspective, the narrative model of "Heroes" borrows from "Rashomon". In fact, this model has been a multi-perspective, segmented narrative that has been quite popular in the Western world since the 1990s. It shows different angles of the same story and depicts the experiences and feelings of different characters in the same incident..."

"The story of "Heroes" is simple..." -

More than five hundred words have been omitted...

Then he went on to write: "Actually, my first feeling after watching "Hero" was that it was not exciting. Our generation born in the 1980s grew up in the golden age of Hong Kong movies. Martial arts and action movies are the signatures of Hong Kong movies. Naturally, I have been watching it for a long time, and when I saw Li Lianjie and Donnie Yen in "Hero", I subconsciously thought of Huang Feihong versus Nalan Yuanshu in "Once Upon a Time: A Man Should Be Strong"..."

"But the action scenes of the movie "Hero" are elegant and soft, and the meaning is greater than the rhythm. Its brilliance lies in the composition of the picture, the use of colors and other audio-visual language. Although it invited three emperors and two empresses + Donnie Yen... It can’t cover up the fact that the plot is empty and boring!”

"...If I were to give "Hero" a score, I think it would be about 7, which is similar to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." In fact, foreigners' praise for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" mainly focuses on the lens, editing, and action design. This link directly and greatly helped it win consecutive awards, but it was precisely the weakest link in establishing its historical position.

Because... "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has no obvious shortcomings in these aspects, but there is no innovation. It can even be said that apart from its investment advantages, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not as good as Hu Jinquan's "Xia Nv" "Go further."

"As for the repressive feudal ethics that everyone interprets, do you really think foreigners watch movies because of this stuff?"

"Post a few reviews of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", lest you say I'm just talking nonsense: 'This flying around can awaken the childlike innocence of the rigid and indifferent audience, making people feel stunned and at the same time enjoy themselves.', 'This is qinggong, it's so awesome!'"

"I personally think that the "Once Upon a Time" series is much better than "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". The fighting in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is like acrobatics, light and soft, not as fast and accurate as the martial arts movies of the 90s. It feels like it, but it’s useless, I’m not a foreigner, let alone a big prize!”

"To go too far, a movie like "Hero" is aimed at overseas markets. Otherwise, it would be impossible to make it with 30 million US dollars... Therefore, we will not comment on it. It is not specifically shot for domestic audiences!"

After finishing writing, he called his second brother over and said, "Take a look first!"

After reading it, Liao Gaoxiang suggested: "Delete the section of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!"

"Why?"

"...If you criticize "Hero", just criticize "Hero". It's best not to involve "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"... This movie is a lesson for our sophomore film appreciation!"

"Damn..."

Shen Xudong cursed and eventually deleted the paragraph about "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but added, "I read reports in Hong Kong that the producer Jiang Zhiqiang tried his best to persuade Ah Mou to film "Hero", and Jiang Zhiqiang was the director of "Hero". The producer of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" knew that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was selling well... He wanted to continue to create this genre, so he found Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Jet Li, Chen Daoming, Donnie Yen and Zhang Ziyi, all of whom are top stars! '

"how about this?"

The second brother read it again: "Okay..."

"I really don't like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"..."

"I don't like it either...but the school highly recommends it!"

"What do you admire?"

Shen Xudong said casually: "Li Min, I didn't win the first prize of the Golden Horse Award... Hey, teacher!"

It’s Teacher Huang…

Teacher Huang came here specifically to find Shen Xudong!

"Teacher, please sit down..."

"I'm not going to sit down anymore. Let me tell you something. "Martial Arts Edition" has decided to start serializing your "No. 1 in the World" next year..."

"...Really, thank you very much for the teacher's recommendation!"

"...you...what is this?"

"Oh, the editor asked me to write a film review of "Hero"...I am revising it!"

"Hey, let me see..."
Chapter completed!