First of all, this year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chinese cinema, which is a year worth celebrating.
Secondly, Feng Pengtong, the king of mainland Chinese New Year films, announced his transformation in a high-profile manner. He has always been good at Beijing-style comedies and joke collections, but he actually wants to challenge the palace tragedy adapted from Shakespeare's famous play, which is a big step.
Then there were quite a few surprises at this year's Golden Rooster Awards. Although the Best Picture Award still had a double yolk, the failure of "Zhang Side", the main theme film directed by Yin Li with a box office of 40 million, made people who are familiar with the Golden Rooster Awards always pissed off.
Sex industry insiders dropped their glasses.
Of course, the awards for "Taihang Mountain" and "Kekexili" are still due to the main theme playing the leading role. The former depicts a great man, and the latter may have won the award because the director is Lu Chuan.
Brother Cheng Long won the Golden Rooster Award for the first time, and Mrs. Jin Yaqin in "The Two of Us" won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress again after being crowned Best Actress at the Tokyo International Film Festival, which is an affirmation for the older generation of filmmakers.
Although the former is somewhat controversial, the other party's contribution to Chinese films cannot be denied. Perhaps the Lifetime Achievement Award is more suitable for Brother Cheng Long, a kung fu superstar.
The director of "The Two of Us", Ma Liwen, unexpectedly defeated Gu Changwei, Yin Li, Lu Chuan and others to win the Best Director, which also caused a slight upset.
And Xu Jinglei, who won the best director at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain, one of the top twelve international Category A film festivals, for "Letter from a Strange Woman" was not even nominated.
Tang Guoqiang, the first generation of young fresh meat, and Huang Meiying, the embarrassing mother, won the best supporting actor and female supporting roles respectively for their roles as Grandpa Mao in "Zhang Side" and mother in "Peacock". The former had a cheat, but the latter was well-deserved.
Perhaps because he received the news in advance, Yin Li, the director of the film "Zhang Side" that received eight nominations, even missed the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony held in Sanya. Also absent was He Xin, the winner of the previous Best Actor. The two excuses
Surprisingly consistent, tight schedule, no time to spare.
Finally, of course, the film "The Promise", which has an investment of RMB 300 million and is the largest investment in domestic history, was fermented in the early stage as a tribute to the century of Chinese cinema. It was finally released after more than a year of gestation.
It is said that the organizers invested millions of yuan in the premiere on the 12th. Although he was mentally prepared, at 6 o'clock in the evening, when He Xin arrived at the CPPCC auditorium in an Infiniti commercial vehicle provided by the sponsor, he was still overwhelmed by the scene in front of him.
Startled.
There is a red carpet that is hundreds of meters long, with a forest of crabapples on both sides. At the end of the red carpet is the "Wuji Gate" with a golden roof and red walls more than three meters high and ten meters wide. A symbol rises above the red carpet.
There are white balloon lights with a full moon, and huge posters of the six leading actors are erected in the square.
Dozens of "Red Army" soldiers under General Guangming wear red helmets and armors, holding red-edged and black-bottomed pink begonia shields and crescent shovels, and standing on the outside of the "Wuji Gate" with long knives. "Wuji Gate"
"The guards on the inside are Beigong Jue Wuhuan's black army, wearing black and silver armor, white top flowers, and tulle covering their faces.
Although it has been more than a year since the filming of the movie was completed, the leading actors who got off the car one after another still felt very familiar when they saw the familiar scenes in front of them.
Compared with He Xin, who had an exclusive interview during the day and then attended the press conference together, those who went to climb the Great Wall in the morning despite strong winds and severe cold had a faint look of fatigue on their faces.
He Xin didn't quite understand the connection between "The Promise" and the Great Wall, nor did he understand why he would engage in activities to climb the Great Wall on a cold day.
Although it was very cold in Beijing today, and after nightfall, the temperature dropped to more than ten degrees below zero. But the enthusiasm of thousands of movie fans waiting on both sides of the red carpet with flowers, balloons, and posters, as well as the enthusiasm of hundreds of companies from China
The shining spotlights of reporters from Japanese and Korean media seemed to have dispersed the chill of this winter night.
When the six leading actors stepped onto the red carpet at the same time, thousands of fans were excited. They waved flowers and posters in their hands and shouted the names of their idols crazily.
The shouts of "Ting Fung", "Dong Jian" and "Bai Zhi" kept coming. He Xin, who was walking on the red carpet and waving to the fans, felt a little regretful in his heart. After all, the voice calling his name was relatively weak.
Alas! Movie fans these days are still immature! They know that Hong Kong and Korean stars have bad feet, but acting talents like him and Hiroyuki Sanada still can't match the traffic.
After walking through the red carpet, the main creators stopped at the "Promise Gate", and according to the process, everyone sent their best wishes for "The Promise" and thanked the fans.
Jang Dong Gun, who is very good at showing off idol baggage, even greeted Chinese fans in standard Mandarin.
There was another round of cheers.
This is how Chinese people are. Every time a foreigner speaks a few Chinese words, it always inspires everyone's national pride.
"Xiao He, thank you for your hard work!"
Producer Han Sanping, one of the main creators, stood quietly on the sidelines. While applauding, he turned to He Xin, who happened to be standing next to him, and said a friendly hello.
It was also a rebirth. After all, Xiao He was not Mr. Han's benefactor like Mr. Xu, so he quickly responded: "Third Master, you're welcome, it's not hard work!"
"Did the filming go well?"
One more thing, Mr. Han is also the chief producer of "Yun Shui Yao".
"It went very smoothly, otherwise Director Yin would definitely not let him go this time." He Xin said with a smile.
"I heard that you and Yu's company collaborated on another movie this time. How was the filming?"
"Hey, you know this too? It's being filmed in Chongqing. It's expected to be completed by the end of this month."
He Xin was a little surprised that the third master, who had so many things to do, actually knew about a small-production movie like "The Stone". You must know that since the success of Guoshi's "Hero", the country is now following Hollywood, and there are often large-scale productions costing hundreds of millions.
, even literary and artistic films can easily cost tens of millions.
"I have watched Director Ning's first two films. He is a very talented young director." Han Sanping nodded.
Mr. San was very optimistic about Ning Hao in the original time and space. The original version of "Stone" was successfully produced, including its subsequent release, and China Film gave it a lot of support.
He Xin was originally waiting for the third master to praise him, but the time was too short. After the popular stars such as Bi Wang, Bai Zhi, and Dong Gun finished interacting with the fans, the host made an announcement.
A link.
The creators pressed the button together to ignite the infinite light, and the white infinite light cut through the black night sky.
The whole place suddenly became excited, and the atmosphere was extremely lively. The media and movie fans pushed open the iron fence together, broke through the human wall of security guards and "soldiers", and came to the "Wuji Gate".
In order to avoid causing a dangerous stampede, the creators quickly retreated into the CPPCC Auditorium under the protection of security guards.
The tickets for the premiere, which were previously claimed to be 1,880 yuan, were not actually sold to the public. They were basically given away through connections. Most of them were arranged by the organizers. They held up electric boards with the names of the stars, applauded and shouted in unison.
Trustees with celebrity names.
As one of the six leading actors, He Xin naturally bought a dozen tickets with good seats and distributed them to relatives and friends to come and support him.
My girlfriend and Hao Rong's family, including Li Mengnan who I haven't seen each other for almost half a year and who just finished filming a documentary TV series, also came.
"Haha, Brother Mengnan, long time no see... Hey, who is this?"
He Xin ran over to say hello and hugged Li Mengnan, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He found that this guy had brought a young woman with a somewhat bitter look with him today.
In fact, he had already heard that Li Mengnan had a second love affair and found a girl who was more than ten years younger than him. She was also an actress. It was said that they met while filming, and they developed quickly, and they were already talking about marriage.
Today was the first time we met, and He Xin felt familiar at first sight.
When the girl saw He Xin looking over, she shouted with restraint: "Teacher He!"
As a result, Li Mengnan was unhappy when he heard this and said, "What kind of teacher do you call him?"
"Yes, yes, then should I call you sister-in-law?" He Xinle said cheerfully.
Upon introduction, I found out that this girl graduated from the Nortel Performance Department in 1997. She was classmates with Hai Qing and Huang Haibo, and was also a student of the famous greasy male teacher in later generations. She had previously collaborated with Sun Li and Liu Ye in "Blood Romance"
", because he played a supporting role, he didn't attract much attention.
After entering the venue, there were no other arrangements. He Xin returned to his seat in the front row and sat down. As soon as the lights in the venue dimmed, the big screen gradually lit up.
When "Brother Chen Kai's Works" appeared, the audience burst into applause, driven by those who supported it.
"Begonia flowers bloom, life.asxs.."
The movie opens with the young Guan Guarjia's princess Xiaotong and the chubby little Wuhuan appearing on the battlefield where corpses are piled. The Man Shen played by Chen Hong slowly descends into the world...
Kunlun, played by Zhang Dongjian, is a slave with messy hair and dirty body crawling in the canyon with his slaves...
Maten Hiroyuki's bright general drew his sword and pointed at the target, and the first climax of the movie, "The Battle of Yak Canyon", was officially unveiled.
And He Xin's first appearance was in the dark night, when the eerie killer ghost wolf fought against the light on a dead tree...
The majestic royal city, colorful scenes, and stage-drama-style dialogues, at first glance, look a bit like a combination of "The Lord of the Rings", "Heroes" and "Da Ming Palace Ci".
It was the first time for He Xin to watch the finished film. Although he was mentally prepared, he still felt quite disappointed when he actually watched it again.
Maybe I didn’t feel it when I was filming, but now that I’ve seen the finished film, compared to the story in the original script, the editing seems very messy, and many shots lack transitions, which makes people confused, so the coherence of the story has changed.
Very bad.
But I have to admit that the picture quality and colors of the film are very exquisite, which complement the magnificent scenes. And the special effects are more realistic than the original "The Legend of Shushan" by Mr. Xu.
However, the exquisite pictures and realistic special effects still cannot hide the thinness of the story. However, the fans who watched the movie still applauded from time to time, making the atmosphere in the movie theater lively.