"Heaven Replies" is actually a children's film in the final analysis.
Compared with other theater movies nowadays, this movie can indeed be said to be very "simple"!
The plot storyline is a single storyline, without even any subplots, so the plot appears to be particularly simple.
Let children watch it and understand it easily.
Movies like this are actually very rare in this era.
"Heaven Replies" received surprisingly good reviews from screenings.
"To be honest, the movie is indeed very offbeat, and the way it tells the story feels very original, but it can make people cry. Is this probably the style of a dog director?"
"Although I have never met my grandpa, I still couldn't help but want to cry when I saw my grandpa leaving peacefully in the candlelight in the video."
"Grandpa and I are also very close, but due to family reasons, we have a very formal relationship between grandpa and granddaughter. Our conversations are limited to greetings. When I realized that I wanted to know grandpa better, I thought about going back and asking grandpa to tell me.
At the time of the story, grandpa left..."
In fact, many people understand by reading movie reviews that it may not necessarily be how good the movie is, because many movie reviews almost tell personal stories that have nothing to do with the movie.
The movie may more than bring back memories of movie fans' grandparents and people from that generation.
However, this is enough.
Although there are not many people rating it on Popular Film Critics Online, the rating of more than 9 points still surprises people who have never seen this movie.
Because many people know about this movie. Although it is said that Li Yi's name is on it, and although it was Li Yi's deputy assistant director Zhuo Yixiong who actually shot it, this is not a Hong Kong movie, but it exceeded the shooting speed of Hong Kong movies.
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The film was completed and released so quickly, so although everyone thought the film should be okay, they never expected that so many people would give it high marks.
"Isn't it? Does the dog director also have NC fans?"
"Why are the comments section all about collective reminiscing? Tell us about the plot of the movie!"
"Looking at the cast list, the number of people is too small, right? How simple does this movie have to be?"
A group of netizens who had not watched the movie raised doubts.
On the one hand, the score is a bit too high in their opinion. Even for Li Yi's movies, fans usually automatically put on filters and the scores are generally on the high side, but nine points can definitely be said to be a watershed.
Even if many movies have critical reviews, most of the time they don't dare to score more than nine points. Why?
I'm just afraid that if I raise it too high, I'll suffer backlash.
Therefore, for most films, an eight-point rating or more is enough even if they are reviewed by critics.
But no matter what, even if the score is as high as 9 points, the box office prospects of the movie "Heaven Replies" are still not optimistic by the industry.
Of course, this so-called optimism does not mean whether "Reply From Heaven" will be a hit.
Whether it is a blockbuster or not is relative. If a movie costing several million can sell a box office of 10 to 20 million, it can be considered a blockbuster.
Of course, although the cost of "Heaven Replies" seems to be only a few million, this movie really cannot be regarded as a low-budget movie worth several million.
Because Li Yi's name is hanging there, at least tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars of investment has been added to this movie.
And for a movie with the title of director Li Yi's work, in the eyes of many people, does it have a box office of over 100 million? That's nonsense, it would have to be at least 300 to 400 million to be considered a small hit.
After all, Li Yi's earlier "Cinema Paradiso" was a foreign language film and a slow-paced movie, but it could still rely on word-of-mouth to sell hundreds of millions at the box office, not to mention "Reply from Paradise" although it was very popular.
It's simple, even crude, but it is a local film after all, and with the blessing of Li Yi's own name, the film's ratings are also very high, so even if it is a literary and artistic drama, it still cannot be underestimated.
But that's all. Obviously no one would think that the box office of "Heaven Replies" can truly reach the "big hit" standard of Li Yi's movies!
What standard? At least the standard of exceeding one billion is considered the threshold for "big sales" of Li Yi's movies.
In fact, the industry's analysis is correct, and Li Yi himself does not have high expectations for the box office of "Reply From Heaven".
Although this movie, The Other World in His Memory, has won many international children's film awards, it is only a children's film award after all, and its gold content is still a bit low.
What's more, from Li Yi's own perspective, this movie is actually more like a small theater movie.
Because the scenes in the movie, the actors, and the way the story is told are all very, very single.
There are only three main actors, and the main plot is a straight line without any side plots. It revolves around the grandfather and grandson from beginning to end.
Not to mention Zhuo Yixiong. After filming the movie, he felt that the movie was too simple.
Moreover, it was not directed by Li Yi himself, so it is still a little bit different. For the same movie, even if the content is exactly the same, there is still a big difference in who the director is.
Another point is the publicity. Compared with Li Yi's other films, the publicity of "Heaven Replies" can be said to be perfunctory.
It was basically released in a hurry, and even Oceanwide Pictures and Mu Nanxing felt a little unsure about the movie.
The publicity resources invested are also relatively limited, and the bigger gimmick is that Li Yi returns as a tear-jerking director.
Let’s go back to the results of the screenings.
In fact, "Heaven Replies" is not really a one-sided review. In fact, there are also many people who don't like this movie.
"It is indeed quite sensational. I believe that the script should indeed be written by Li Yi, but it places too much emphasis on the logic of the play and not enough details of life. The father is completely absent, and the mother's work is too conceptual. At the end of the film, grandpa is obviously uncomfortable and refuses to eat.
Is the medicine so sincere? The clever part is probably on the theme of the love between ancestors and grandchildren. This kind of subject is indeed easier to empathize with."
"It's a sensational routine like "Mom Love Me Again", but compared to "Mom Love Me Again", the emotional foreshadowing and explosion of "Heaven Reply" don't need to be so deliberate. It just makes me feel sensational, except
In addition, maybe this is a movie aimed at a specific group of people. Anyway, as a person who has never seen my grandfather since I was a child, it is difficult to find resonance."
"Indeed, in terms of emotional resonance, even though I have never experienced family ties with the older generation, I still feel warm, but it is not to the extreme. Today's children and the elderly will no longer have this kind of relationship.
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"A score of 9 is too high. The maximum score is 7. I am particularly indifferent to the emotional drama between grandfather and grandson. Probably because I have never had any contact with male elders since I was a child. It is difficult to fill in the missing gaps through other people's stories.
During the movie, she actually looked at the relationship between her grandfather and her grandson from the mother's perspective and weighed the pros and cons. She tried her best to do her duty as a daughter-in-law and make up for the gap in her relationship with her son in the past few years.
The criticized arrogance and coldness are just a series of moods that hope for a successful son. Arranging for the grandfather to die neatly is an artistic trick and makes the plot more focused. The sudden death of the old man makes people sigh with regret. If it is paralyzed by urine,
After a few years of passing away, the cruel reality will show its fangs and tear the family relationship to pieces."
However, what surprised many people was what happened behind.
