The day after "Immortality" was released, newspapers, magazines, and online media all began to give their own reviews of the film.
"Movie Magazine", which has always been known for its business and cannot be offended, even used the title "A teenager brings us inspiration, science fiction does not mean stunts!", and the entire article is full of enthusiastic praise for "Immortality" .
"There was a man from the Qin Dynasty who lived for thousands of years until modern times. He experienced or contributed to countless major historical events. He drank with Li Bai, talked freely with Su Shi, and even accidentally became Huo Qubing. Over the long years, he continued to integrate in order to protect himself. The community kept moving, and one day I suddenly decided to tell the story, and so I made this movie. The rhythm and atmosphere of the movie are very comfortable. The entire plot of the movie takes place in a small living room, and it all depends on the characters. The dialogue between the two unfolds. The shooting technique is quite innovative. There is no suspenseful plot with ups and downs, no soul-stirring love that travels through life and death, and no spectacular special effects. There are just a few people sitting around the living room, facing various questions. The answers are flowing, art, religion, history, geography, calm and leisurely, it is a confrontation of ideas. For an hour and a half, the tension is always maintained. Appropriate music, appropriate love, appropriate loneliness, appropriate cleverness!
To describe this movie is to use blandness. In the film, Wang Zhengfei did not deliberately show off any personal talents. At first glance, it looks like a Virgo film made by a student who just graduated from the directing department. But if you look closely, Look, everything in it is filled with the inspiring talent of this talented young director. Whether it is the exquisitely conceived plot or the unique and innovative shooting methods, they all reflect the talent of this young Chinese. Some people are born with extraordinary talents. , there is no doubt that Wang Zhengfei is such a genius!"
"I have always believed that science fiction movies are just a reconstruction of time and space, and the parts involving history are blurred out as points in time and space. However, after watching "Immortal" last night, I really It is discovered that history, as a fresh material for film creation, is better than "time and space" in its reconstruction, and this seems to only exist in Western film creation.
Movies come from the imagination of history, and historical imagination is strictly not structural, but decorative. The biggest selling point of commercial movies created with historical materials is not to restore, but to reconstruct history. In this regard, There are many movies with a similar process, such as "The Da Vinci Code", another masterpiece of historical suspense. The dull ending of the movie "Immortal" brings the story back to reality. Perhaps the new director Wang Zhengfei used this kind of decorative behavior. This prevents the film’s reconstruction of history from becoming so terrifying, thereby attracting the audience and arousing resonance." - "World Cinema"
Compared with business magazines such as "Watch Movies", the famous magazine "World Cinema" is more realistic in its views and more professional, but it also unexpectedly praised Wang Zhengfei.
"Many science fiction movies use time as the main line to complete the narrative. The historical issues in them are either ignored as time and space nodes, or retained as time and space fragments. In the narration of history, the protagonist of the film completes the travel of time and space fragments, and historical questions It lies in the adjustment and reconstruction process from one space-time fragment to infinite space-time fragments.
An ideological innovation that has had an important impact on human development must be a product of the times. It answers the questions that urgently needed to be answered at that time and solved the confusion that people have been unable to get rid of for a long time.
Perhaps this is the biggest inspiration that "Immortal" gives us.
He may not have too gorgeous camera switching, nor dazzling stunts, nor a soul-stirring movie, but it is such a movie that makes people feel thoughtful after watching it!" - "China News Weekly"
"Explain the world in a way you have never thought of, then crush it with a snap and return to reality, but leave you with a mysterious smile when you look back at the door. This type of subject matter has never lacked audiences.
, among dullness and fantasy, most people would rather choose the latter, regardless of truth or falsehood. They happily explore stories labeled as mysterious!
At first glance, Wang Zhengfei’s story seems to be an operation that sells dogs’ meat over sheep’s heads. It has the name of a science fiction blockbuster, but it does not have any of the characteristics of previous science fiction blockbusters. At first, it looked like an ordinary picture and a bland plot.
, the small scene, I do feel like I have been deceived, but when I really watch it, there is only one sentence to describe it, that is, screw the stunts, screw the saving of the world!
Science fiction films are not science fiction films. Science fiction films are science fiction. With the popularity of Hollywood blockbusters, more and more people identify with Hollywood-style blockbusters, but they have forgotten that science fiction films originally originated from technological fantasy, and technology is only a manifestation of such fantasy.
Techniques alone are not all about science fiction. This 18-year-old boy used such techniques and films to awaken people’s initial understanding of science fiction. He also paid tribute to the predecessors who made science fiction films!" - "
Star Weekly
"Chen Daoming, Wang Gang, Huang Xiaoming, Ning Jing, Liu Yun, these big stars in the mainland, although they also performed well in "Immortality", in this film, all of their limelight was lost to Wang Zhengfei
This young man who is only 18 years old has been blocked. He is a producer, director, screenwriter and starring at a young age. He is unique in the world, let alone in China!
Although his acting skills are still immature, and the director's technique is also a bit green, in this movie, Wang Zhengfei did not use any stunts, but such a plain and ordinary movie completely subverted our previous views on science fiction movies. This movie looks good.
The off-beat 'sci-fi blockbuster' seems to be on the right track. It is completely different from the popular blockbuster model that learns from Hollywood and is now popular in China. The essence of a movie does not lie in making money, but in the heart!" - "
China Television News
Even if there are good reviews, negative reviews are inevitable. However, in comparison, most negative reviews appear on the Internet, because the Internet is a virtual place where you can troll people at will. This is how the so-called trolls come from.
"What rubbish you are trying to defraud me of money!"
"I don't know what it means to be in the clouds, I'm quite speechless!"
"Too disappointed!"
Under such two completely contradictory views, most viewers' curiosity was aroused and they went into the cinema to watch.
At the same time, the first-day box office data of "Immortality" was also sent to Wang Zhengfei.
——————
It's sad. Twenty-six percent of the people said they were unsure about being decisive, and only one person said they were sure about being decisive. How miserable!
