In addition, Old Billy also used his discerning eyes to choose a short story about forensic reasoning.
For this movie, this choice of material is enough to make Old Billy half of the success.
So-called suspense films usually focus on crime thrillers, so in such a film, there must be some bloody scenes, a crime process, and some suspenseful atmosphere of gods and ghosts, all of which are indispensable.
And with these things, there will definitely be no comedy.
Imagine that there is a creek in the dark woods. Among the rocks in the creek, the body of a young woman suddenly appears.
How can such a scene be linked to comedy?
Moreover, it is a very difficult, even impossible task to make an interesting comedy and suspense film.
However, the challenge was impossible, and Old Billy did it!
It is precisely because he chose the original work of court reasoning.
The so-called court reasoning, as the name suggests, is a model of mystery novels that takes the lawyers' quarrels in court as the main body and brings out the content of the suspense story bit by bit through these reasonings.
Among various types of mystery novels, forensic mystery is undoubtedly the one with the least criminal elements.
This can also control the gore level of the movie to a large extent, and make the pace a little more relaxed.
In addition, because in such mystery novels, the advancement of the plot often relies on the back and forth between the lawyer, prosecutor and judge.
Of course, this requires a huge amount of language confrontation, and among these languages, comedy elements can be very effectively interspersed.
It is precisely because of the excellent choice of the original work that the movie Witness for the Prosecution has become a suspense movie classic under the masterful hands of Old Billy.
So look at Lao Zhang’s movie, what advantages does it have?
actor?
oh!
right!
Lao Zhang's new movie has a strong lineup of well-known comedians on the market today, which may be his biggest advantage.
And when this kind of casting is completed, it can be imagined that Lao Zhang also has high expectations for these well-known comedians.
In the current movie market, comedies have inherent advantages. Many viewers go to the cinema and take out the small money in their pockets, all for entertainment.
What movies provide the best entertainment experience?
There is no doubt that it is a comedy.
And look at the cast list of Sanyan Erpai and look at the top few leading actors. Which one is not a well-known and market-proven comedian?
With them here, do we still have to worry about the box office?
Reputation can also be a bit of a guarantee.
However, the reality is that it is carried out through constant trial and error.
The fact is that the box office and box office are not good, at least they are not able to achieve the results and reputation that Lao Zhang dreamed of?
hehe……
Of course there is no such thing, otherwise it wouldn’t have become a legend in the world.
So, why did such a movie with high hopes encounter a market failure?
The responsibility may lie with the leading actors, because their acting skills are not up to par, their styles are not unified enough, their cooperation is not tacit enough, etc.
As long as you can find out the problems, you can pin them on them.
But in the end, people’s eyes are also sharp. Since it is your movie, and there has been so much publicity in the early stage, and the main feature is your first commercial attempt, there is no doubt that this movie will
The biggest label belongs to you, Lao Zhang.
You can't avoid this responsibility, and it won't be easy to pass it on to anyone.
The biggest blame for the failure of San Yaner's movie is of course Lao Zhang's fault, and it is entirely his responsibility.
Some words are hard to say in a harsh way, but everyone understands their meaning.
Has Lao Zhang ever made a suspense film before?
Has he ever made a pure comedy?
nothing!
In the twenty-year history of directors, there really is no such thing.
A director who has never made a suspense film or a comedy before suddenly announced that he would make a film that combines comedy and suspense. At first glance, if the director hadn't been Lao Zhang, I'm afraid everyone would have
Doubt the quality of the movie.
He obviously doesn't have the ability to handle this kind of subject matter.
But it just so happens that the director is Lao Zhang. In the domestic entertainment film industry, Lao Zhang's appeal is still one of the best. I think back then, during the peak period, even some literary and artistic films, pure dramas expressed by the author, could also earn good box office.
Therefore, when Sanyanerpai was announced to be launched, it immediately attracted a lot of attention, and attention from all parties came in like a tide.
Moreover, in this era, scarves have just been launched, their functions are not yet comprehensive, and their audience is not that wide, so some good and bad reviews about the movie will spread relatively slowly.
This has an impact on movies of different quality, relative to each other.
In the system, Wu Di also received many movie-related media reports, which is the goodwill of the system.
Although it cannot sell gift packages, some related reports were still included in the single-piece gift package and presented to Wu Di.
Of course, Wu Di has no need not to accept this kind of good behavior. Besides, from the current point of view, these news are still very useful to him.
In terms of box office, thanks to a string of well-known leading actors and the signature of comedy, the performance in the first week was still very good.
However, after that, all kinds of bad reviews started pouring in. Of course, many of them were from sunspots with ulterior motives, but it is undeniable that sunspots don’t have that much magical power, which is enough to completely ruin a good and shiny movie.
Go down.
Therefore, from various aspects, there must be something wrong with San Yan Er Pai, which allowed Heizi to seize the opportunity.
Besides, we are all adults, and among the negative reviews that are coming at us like flakes, Heizi only accounts for a very small minority, and most of them are the voices of the audience.
After all, Lao Zhang's movies attract a lot of attention and have a wide audience, which is recognized by the market.
The reputation of his movies cannot be harmed by just a few hundred trolls.
The biggest source of becoming a generational legend is Lao Zhang himself, but Wu Di is not willing to criticize Lao Zhang harshly.
Because after all, San Yan Er Pai is different from steamed buns!
Fundamentally speaking, Lao Zhang shoots three words and two shots, but in fact his mentality is very upright and his attitude is pious.
He was interested in this kind of subject matter and tried it seriously. The reason why it failed in box office and word-of-mouth was just because Lao Zhang was not good at this kind of subject matter and the shooting results were not good.
Where are the steamed buns?
I have to say that your brother Hai’s many performances in the early preparations have perfectly interpreted the idiom of aiming high.
Grand narratives, stories full of metaphors, and the entanglement of love and hatred. To be honest, this is really not what Brother Hai is good at.
But of course, before steamed buns came out, no one thought it was so inappropriate.
Just like Zhang Ailing's famous saying, the gorgeous coat is crawling with fleas. As dazzling as the movie's images are, its story is so speechless.
From a personal point of view, when it comes to the seriousness of mistakes, steamed buns are certainly better.
Let's just say it in a nutshell. In any case, it is just a feature film with an ordinary budget. The stars invited are all well-known to the public, and the pay is not particularly high.
Unlike that steamed bun, Brother Hai did not hesitate to build a film and television city first in order to shoot the grand scenes of the movie.
From here, the extravagance begins.
Of course, it's not the audience's money that was used to make it. If people want to waste it, that's understandable and no one can care about it.
After that, Brother Hai threw out his grand script.
From a distance it looks like a spider nest city, but up close it looks chaotic.
Coupled with the good reputation our brother Hai has accumulated over the years, his high-end aesthetics, and the appearance of a blockbuster movie.
What's more, there are also those big-name starring actors!
A steamed bun can be said to have brought together all the well-known actors from major East Asian countries. When these people are put together on the same table, they all have a different accent, and they don't even sit next to each other.
To use Wu Di's later conclusion, this kind of so-called actor's platter-style movie that brings together actors from many countries will not be very effective. The director's ability is sufficient to prevent it from becoming a bad movie in the end.
Why?
Acting is a job that requires emotional investment. When acting together, actors also need to communicate continuously, so that they can achieve the set goals and present the best results.
Then, you see, the actors come from multiple countries, and, visible to the naked eye, no one understands each other's native language.
Communicate in English?
Don't be kidding, not to mention that among this wave of actors, there are only a few whose English skills are really good enough to communicate on a daily basis. That kind of emotional communication, complementary advantages and other things, can't be achieved in a third-party language.
Unable to communicate effectively.
He is incompetent at communicating, let alone acting well.
Therefore, it may be understandable that after the movie was constantly parodied and made a big splash in the media, Brother Hai frequently expressed his dissatisfaction and complained in the media. Maybe he also felt that the reason why the movie could have such an effect was because of him.
The result of turning the tide!
Isn't this hard enough?
What else do they want?
Everyone can't make irresponsible remarks on Brother Hai's hard work and evaluate his brainchild. They are simply not qualified!
I seem to have forgotten that film is a popular art, and whether a film is good or bad is not decided by the director.
Senior film critics may speak more, but only a little. The audience can really evaluate the quality of a movie.
Although many film directors are still in an atmosphere where they are high-minded, a flower on the mountain, and the things they shoot are incomprehensible to ordinary people.
But in fact, the audience's aesthetics have already gone ahead of them.
Audiences are very smart, and they also know that they need to adopt different criteria for judging different types of movies.
For the most common commercial films, it goes without saying that box office is king, and other criteria can be thrown aside.
Even if the plot is a piece of shit, it doesn't matter if the actors' performances are based on their responses. Box office is king!
What about literary films?
Although many people will not be interested, these people are not the audience for literary films, and they will not judge the quality of a literary film at will.
As for those audiences, they generally have higher appreciation and watch more films than those who only regard movies as a means of entertainment.
You can believe that their judgments are also true.
In such a market, whether a movie receives good reviews or bad reviews will basically not go astray.
A truly masterpiece may become dusty because it was born at the wrong time, but it will never be ridiculed and turned into a joke.
It can be seen that in today's film market, the most important thing for directors is also the first thing to do, which is to recognize the areas in which they are good at.
In fact, the current film market has gradually become segmented. As long as you delve deeply into the fields you are good at and cultivate them well, you can still achieve great achievements.
There is no need to dabble in fields that you are not good at at all. It will not only hurt your reputation, but also cause bad market feedback and hurt your feelings.
Totally worth the loss.
Just like the famous literary and art film director Plastic Flower, the same is true. Although Plastic Flower can be called a master of strange love, he has already achieved fame long ago.
But, even if it is a plastic flower, it is impossible for him to shoot commercial blockbusters and do visual effects. If he does that, he will definitely fall from the altar in an instant.
Therefore, Wu Di's mood was actually very complicated when he saw that Lao Zhang still had to concentrate on filming San Yan Er Bao.
As a newcomer, he can't really stop Lao Zhang. What's more, he can't stop him because the investment has already been obtained.
The current Lao Zhang is at the stage where he is very ambitious and wants to realize his dream.
A man is a boy until he dies, and no one can stop a boy from realizing his dream. As for quitting the show, of course that's not an option either.
Not to mention, Wu Di's role has not yet been officially decided. Even if it is decided, it would not be worthwhile for him to withdraw from the role.
Originally, he had already made it known that he would never play the male lead (although he couldn't play the lead role), but generally leading actors really have to get one.
Otherwise, wouldn’t all Ms. Lan’s investment be in vain?
Divestment?
That’s even more impossible!
No matter what Wu Di thinks, Ms. Lan has already agreed. She agreed personally, and no one forced her.
As Ms. Lan herself said, she is a mature businessman and will not do business at a loss.
Therefore, since she agreed easily, this can only mean one thing. Ms. Lan must think that Lao Zhang’s movie will at least not lose money.
On this basis, relying on Lao Zhang and praising his own son is not a bad idea. It is a win-win situation.
As for Wu Di, he couldn't jump in front of his mother and warn her that this movie would probably have a bad reputation.
This is not the point. The point is that for Ms. Lan, she may be more concerned about whether the movie can make money. As for word-of-mouth, that is secondary.
Wu Di once checked the list of movies produced by Ms. A Guolan Company, and there were also some films with poor reputations among them.
But most of them have made money. It can be seen that Ms. Lan is a very powerful person in terms of cost control and hunting for high-box office movies.