"Ma De almost cried. I thought Jiang Liu'er was dead!"
"The last scene was so cool that it was even more shocking than the fight with the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals at the beginning!"
"Yeah, even though there's only one move, it's so touching!"
"The Great Sage is back, but it has nothing to do with Journey to the West."
"I didn't expect domestic animation to be of this level. The hand-drawn style in the opening scene is amazing."
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At the end of the premiere, the main creators went on stage to greet the audience. The audience was still watching Qizui Drama, a production of the Internet University.
"Director Tang, the planning for "I Am an Actor" has been completed, but is the script really not needed?" Li Jing said.
"There is no need for a specific script. The program is meant for actors to perform." Tang An shook his head.
Tudou Pictures currently produces more than ten variety shows. In addition to Oriental Popular's own programs, there are also programs such as "The Story of Strange Flowers", "The King of Masked Singer", "Extreme Challenge", "I Am an Actor", etc.
Tang An didn't pay much attention to these programs. Oriental Popularity was originally one of the top five variety show production companies in China.
However, Tang An was quite concerned about "I Am an Actor". This program still had a great impact. Later, many unknown actors appeared on one episode of the program and were called "acting schools".
However, variety shows are variety shows after all, and it is quite nonsense to use the performance of a variety show to evaluate acting skills.
On the show, the acting style is passable in a TV series, but in a movie, you can't watch it at all. It's completely two ways. No director will hire a certain actor if he sees that he performs well in the show.
At most, it was just because of the popularity at the time.
Moreover, the purpose of variety shows is to please celebrities. The most important thing is not to show off their acting skills, but to make the audience happy.
Although there is not a complete and detailed script like other variety shows, there is still one. The tutors and hosts all have scripts, and they also design some scenes. The characters of the several tutors are all set. To put it bluntly, they are still acting.
But it's still much better than many variety shows. Most variety shows are just like acting, you act according to the script and lines.
This is true for the current hits "Running Man" and "I Am a Singer"
In "Running Man", Yang Ying returned and his companions gave him gifts. The emotion in the performance was so fake. It was obvious that he knew this would happen.
"I Am a Singer" often has a singer who has just finished singing, and when the camera turns, an audience member is crying in front of the camera.
This is a common situation in variety shows. Whether it is fake or not is another matter. For the show, it is more important that the audience is happy than what is true or false.
Nothing happened at the banquet, so I talked to Li Jing about the program.
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At the same time, several other films completed their premieres, and each received different responses.
The premiere of "Havoc in Heaven" is considered to be the largest. China Film, Wanda and Xinghao held the premiere in the stadium this time.
However, the response to the movie was not very good. There were thousands of spectators at the scene, and there was a lot of noise when the movie was being shown.
At the end of the screening, the applause was not very enthusiastic.
In the banquet hall, Kang Pei dealt with everyone for a while, and his secretary came in and reported the premiere of several other movies in his ear.
"Havoc in Heaven" has the largest scenes, and its running time is 120 minutes, which is much longer than the 92 minutes of "The Last Man", the 89 minutes of "Where Are We Going, Dad", and the 89 minutes of "The Return of the Great Sage".
The movie premiere ended long ago.
After listening to the report, Kang Pei frowned slightly.
The response to "The Return of the Great Sage" has been very good, which is no surprise, as the reviews from previous screenings have been very good.
"Omen" and "Where Are We Going, Dad" received very good responses.
In comparison, it was "Havoc in Heaven" that had the most failed premiere.
However, Kang Pei immediately calmed down. A premiere is nothing, as long as the reputation is acceptable.
Kang Pei was not worried about the other two movies and asked more about the premiere of "The Return of the Great Sage".
Both are Journey to the West movies and must be the most direct competitors.
If one of the films has a very high reputation and the other film is criticized, it is likely that one film will be a big hit and the other will be a big hit.
If "Havoc in Heaven" is too bad, will it suffer a waterloo and lose to "The Return of the Great Sage"?
Kang Pei shook his head. This question didn't last long before he threw it out of his mind.
"The Return of the Great Sage" is an animated film after all. What is the first impression that domestic audiences have of animated films now?
Childish, young!
Inherent impressions are not easy to break. "Tiny Times 2" has not yet been released, and most viewers will never go to the cinema to watch this movie. Even if it has a good reputation, it probably won't be able to attract many viewers back.
Even a live-action movie starring a few unknown actors can still make a comeback if it has a good reputation.
But animated movies?
Not to mention domestically, many of Hollywood’s animated films that have a high reputation domestically have a box office of 200-300 million at most.
That is, "Kung Fu Panda" has a box office of 600 million!
However, the pre-sales of "Havoc in Heaven" should exceed 100 million on the first day. With the seven-day holiday, no matter what, it cannot be lower than 600 million.
Last year's "Tomb Raiders" was criticized badly, and the reviews on Qishang cannot be used as a reference for the movie's reputation. However, Kang Pei watched it for two hours in a row. After all, this movie is too important to him.
Once he fails, the pressure from within China Film Holdings and from China Film Group will make him very passive, and it will be more difficult to fully control China Film Corporation in the future.
The day passed quickly. Kang Pei checked the box office in the afternoon and found that there should be no problem breaking 100 million.
I clicked on Weibo again and looked at it. He looked a little ugly.
"Adaptation is okay, but it cannot be distorted wantonly. In particular, Sun Wukong cannot fall in love with the goblin. This is a blasphemy against the classic and will also mislead today's children.
There is a bottom line in the adaptation of famous works. The basic personalities of these characters cannot be changed. We must prevent some practices that spoof our traditional culture under the banner of 'fashion' and 'subversion'. Doing so will hurt the feelings of the Chinese people."
—From Teacher Six’s Weibo.
Why did he come here to join in the fun!
Kang Pei felt a little unhappy in his heart, wondering if this was a China Film movie!
But he didn't care too much. When "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" was released last year, he was still scolded by him along with the previous "Journey to the West".
However, this did not prevent "Journey to the West" from becoming a classic, and "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" had a box office of over 1 billion.
On the other hand, most of the comments on Weibo were supportive, which made Kang Pei’s face look ugly.
I browsed some Weibo and found some good and some bad ones, but they were still within an acceptable range.
After all, it has just been released, and the 140 million publicity and distribution expenses were not in vain.
Kang Pei was a little lucky at first that he didn't start a large-scale movie because of the success of "The Return of the Great Sage".
No matter how the film is adapted, it will be difficult to satisfy everyone. If it were to be screened, given the current reputation, which is not very good, it would probably be affected a lot.
After watching it for a while, it was basically the same as in the morning, with mixed reviews, but still acceptable.
Many public figures have posted articles criticizing the movie. A young writer named Duguyi, who is said to have had a profound influence on Journey to the West culture, also posted a long review, saying that the movie is "a crown jewel of a monkey, and sensationalism."
Kangpei is not very worried. As long as the entire network is not scolded, it can be accepted, not to mention that with their publicity capabilities, it is still within a controllable range.
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Tang An was also paying attention to the comments on several movies online at this time. Naturally, he also saw the words of Teacher Six on Weibo, as well as the comments of some people who studied the culture of Journey to the West.
"This is where the Six Scholars appear!"
Tang An chuckled and shook his head. Although there is no concept of Six Scholars now, there are many people who study Journey to the West.