Chapter eight hundred and thirty-eight foreplay is enough but no orgasm
Because it was a working day, there were not many people in the theater, and less than one-third of the seats were occupied in twos and threes. The tickets for two people were in the back row, and there was no one on either side. Before the movie started, He Xin took out his
I checked online on my mobile phone for information about "The Orphan of Zhao".
It should be said that this year's Lunar New Year movie is still packed with blockbuster movies along with the Spring Festival movie. Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly" and Feng Xiaogang's "If You Are the One 2" have been scheduled to be released in mid-December. "The Orphan of Zhao" obviously avoids these two movies.
A Strong Enemy was chosen to be released at the beginning of the month. In the same period, there was only Zhu Yanping's "Laughing in the River".
To be honest, although "Laughing in the River" has Zhao Jiaban joining the cast, it is still essentially a low-budget comedy. He Xin had heard Yu Dong say before that his expectations for this film are not high, as long as the box office
If it can exceed 50 million and successfully recover the investment, it is already very good.
It's been almost a week since the two movies were released. I originally thought that "The Orphan of Zhao" must be the only one in the family, but I didn't want to check it out and found out that the title of the movie "Laughing Out Loud" has strong attributes of a bad movie.
He actually gave Director Chen a slap in the face!
The box office of "The Orphan of Zhao" in the first week was 50 million, and "The Great Laughter" has already exceeded 60 million. What the hell is this?
He Xin looked at the phone screen and couldn't help but screamed: "Fuck!"
"What's wrong?"
"Look!"
He Xin put the phone in front of his wife and said in disbelief: ""Laughing Rivers and Lakes" has already sold more than 60 million yuan. I guess Brother Dong will wake up from his dream with laughter this time."
Cheng Hao was also slightly surprised: "Do audiences like watching comedies? Maybe "The Orphan of Zhao" is too heavy?"
Although He Xin's educational level is not high, anyone who has attended drama school will know that "The Orphan of Zhao", "The Injustice of Dou E", "Autumn in the Han Palace" and "Rain in the Wutong" are the four major tragedies of Yuan dramas. "Zhao"
"The Orphan" is equivalent to the Chinese version of "Hamlet".
He Xin shook his head. Director Chen must make a blockbuster film to be worthy of his status as Director Chen. "The Orphan of Zhao" is jointly invested by Shanghai Film Group and Star America, and jointly distributed by Shanghai Film Group and Dianguang Media.
, it is said that the production and publicity costs exceeded 100 million.
If the domestic box office share ratio is at least 300 million, the cost can only be recovered if the box office reaches at least 300 million. Now the first weekend box office can only reach 50 million, and the final box office will most likely not exceed 200 million. And then we have to count on overseas revenue to recover the cost.
The future is worrying!
Of course, this is not something that bothers him, he is just accustomed to looking at a newly released blockbuster from the perspective of a film company boss. Just like Baldy Xu had been worried before, "囧路" avoided the Lunar New Year slot of strong players.
, but the Spring Festival stalls are also highly competitive.
There are a lot of co-productions gathered throughout January, from the big-name "New Shaolin Temple" to Andy Lau and Gong Li's "I Know Women's Hearts", "Family Happiness 2011", "The Amazing Heroes", "Carry on Love"
"In the End" and so on, most of them are comedies. However, in media reports, "囧路" directed by a newbie, with a small budget and no big names was not even classified as a popular film.
Ignorance is often more harmful than criticism. He Xin had to comfort him. The company's requirements for "囧路" are not high. As long as it can have a box office of 30 million and recoup the investment. Even if it loses money, it will not affect the second "Thailand" movie.
The production of "囧" was still directed by him.
Baldy Xu was of course grateful, but at the same time he was still very sorry. He vowed that he would take Baoqiang to various places for road shows throughout the Spring Festival, and he would not let the company lose money no matter what.
One more thing, Bao Qiang now is not the Bao Qiang who was paid 80 million plus dividends in the later "Tang Detective 3". His salary has just exceeded one million, and he is honest and easy to deal with.
The movie started, and I have to say that Director Chen is Director Chen after all. The movie firmly caught the attention of the couple from the beginning. From the palace coup, the extermination of the family to Yi Zi, there are climaxes one after another, all in one go, making people unable to help themselves.
The case was amazing.
Needless to say, the performances of Uncle Ge and Lao Wang in the film are particularly exciting. Zhao Wenzuo's action scenes are particularly exciting. What surprised the couple even more was Fan Xiaopang's role as Zhuang Ji.
I have to admit that as one of the few classical beauties in the country, Fan Xiaopang looks as charming as a beauty walking out of an ancient painting when she puts on costumes designed with stage design. Although Tong Yali’s appearance in ancient costumes is also stunning, but compared to
Comparing Fan Xiaopang on the screen at this time, what he probably lacks is the graceful, luxurious and aura that attracts the favor of thousands of men in the world.
What's even more commendable is that Fan Xiaopang, in very few scenes, transformed Mrs. Zhuang Ji from "the happiest woman in the world". In an instant, she saw her husband die with her own eyes, and the whole family was instantly overturned. Faced with great difficulties, she entrusted the orphan with her own
To save his son's life, this series of major life transitions were performed in one go.
The character's heart-breaking sorrow that the birth of a son is the day of farewell between mother and son, and the eternal separation between heaven and man, is vividly displayed in the character's strong and tenacity that bursts out in an instant.
Even Cheng Hao, who had always been dissatisfied with Fan Xiaopang, had to admit that if it were herself, she might not be able to reach the height of Fan Xiaopang's performance in the film. She could only mutter sourly in her husband's ear: "This
This kind of person is probably born to play this kind of role."
The only flaw may be Brother Xiao Ming, who plays Han Jue. Looking at his cool and handsome face, no matter how awkward it looks, I want to pull him out of the picture. Although Han Jue was later disfigured
, maybe Director Chen is trying to create two extremes, from handsome to ugly, trying to use Xiao Ming's subversive image to attract the audience into the cinema. Unfortunately, Xiao Ming's acting skills really cannot reach this level!
In the past two years, there have been rumors about the dispute between Deng Chao and Xiao Ming brother in Huayi Brothers. It may be the company's deliberate hype, but He Xin also knows that Deng Chao is indeed unhappy with Xiao Ming brother.
How should I put it? In terms of acting skills, Deng Chao is definitely ahead of him. But he is a resource person and always dominates him. Especially because of his handsome appearance, he has many more fans than him. Just like Jacky Cheung.
He is not even a little bit better at singing than Andy Lau, but he has more fans than him. Anyone would feel unhappy, but there is nothing they can do about it.
But Xiao Ming is obviously not good at acting, so why do directors want to use him?
Because they have traffic!
This is a very real problem. Before the concept of Xiaoxianrou became popular, Xiao Ming was indeed responsible for the traffic of mainland niche students.
The most important thing for a movie is the box office. Before the audience returns to rationality, traffic means the box office.
He Xin once heard a story that Jiang Wen's wife Zhou Yun collaborated with Zu Feng in "Golden Wedding" and was amazed by his acting skills. At that time, Jiang Wen was preparing to film "Let the Bullets Fly"
, Zhou Yun strongly recommended Zu Feng to her husband. But Jiang Wen just said: "No, he has no traffic!"
Many times, not being popular is the original sin of an actor. At that time, Zu Feng had already made a name for himself with his outstanding performance in "Latent", but in Jiang Wen's eyes, he was not popular enough and did not meet the standard. It is said that Zu Feng was involved in this incident.
Feng was very injured.
Back to the subject, when the movie was almost halfway through, He Xin was still muttering. It can be said that this movie is the best among all the works of Director Chen he has seen so far, except "Farewell My Concubine".
It is the most exciting part outside the film. It grasps the plot very well, the character motivations are very precise, and the narrative rhythm and scene creation are also remarkable.
For example, the conspiracy of Tu Anjia and his men is used to connect the flashbacks to explain the historical background, and then quickly enter the plot of regicide and framing of the blame. The narrative efficiency is extremely high.
In the action scenes, the scene where Zhao Dun's righteous servant sacrifices his life to save the savior was still shot very vividly. The plot of using flesh and blood to replace the wheel is a stroke of genius and touching.
With the help of metaphorical details such as the two fish placed by Cheng Ying at the entrance of Zhuangjiyuan, the whole plot seems to have meaning.
In fact, the plot in the first half of the movie is about the killings caused by the palace coup, and Director Chen filmed the killings so smoothly, which can be said to be extremely rare in domestic movies. Once the dominoes of doom are toppled,
Life and death were already determined, so all kinds of death situations occurred one after another, and what was even more valuable was that they died so cleanly and neatly, without any sloppiness.
But such a wonderful movie only had a box office of only 50 million in its first week, which is not even as good as "Laughing in the River"?
Especially when Tu Anjia threw the child to death, there was a "bang" sound. Cheng Hao, who was sitting next to her, couldn't help but burst out with a scream. She grabbed He Xin's arm tightly with her hand, which made him painful. She was a first-time mother, especially.
I can't accept this. But it also reflects the excitement of the movie from the side.
But just after this episode, He Xin suddenly understood why the box office was not high, because from then on, the plot took a sharp turn and entered a slack state.
All kinds of bland, slow, unreasonable, and even unknown plots are in great contrast to the compact, exciting, and breathless plot in the first half.
Especially Han Jue, played by the disfigured Brother Xiao Ming, appeared from time to time. He Xin didn't know what he was doing out there. Is it to be funny or to have a bloody relationship with Uncle Ge? Anyway, it basically has an entertainment effect.
It greatly dilutes the tragic tone of the movie. I really don’t know if it’s Director Chen’s joke or Xiao Ming’s self-expression.
Cheng Hao, who had been holding his hand tightly before, now drank water and got up to go to the bathroom. When he came back and glanced at the screen, he couldn't help complaining: "Why are the two of you still so disgusted? It's disgusting!"
The two of them endured it until the end, and saw that the Zhao orphan was wavering between the two fathers, not knowing whose version to believe.
At this time, according to common understanding, shouldn’t the truth be revealed, reasoned out, and righteousness shown?
But Director Chen obviously did not take the usual path. What he showed to the audience at this time was actually a bloody drama of "Is it better to kiss your godfather or your biological father?"
Reason is not important, the truth is not important, what is important is the howling of the white-haired biological father. It is a struggle for feelings, a sensational drama of "I am your father! How could I lie to you!"
In the face of feelings, there is no reason to reason, so the child pulled out the steel knife and rushed towards the godfather who was not close enough...
At this time, He Xin completely woke up. Since the last film "Mei Lanfang", Director Chen has been criticized for only making one-third of the film that is good, and the last two-thirds are unclear.
Regarding "Mei Lanfang", He Xin actually understands it very well. After all, this is a biographical story, and there are still descendants, and the descendants are not ordinary people. They have various taboos about their ancestors, and the restrictions are too restrictive.
Many, helpless actions.
But what is "The Orphan of Zhao"? Maybe Director Chen is too old and is good at foreplay but he is hasty. It is like letting you enjoy a foreplay that goes straight to the climax from the beginning, but unexpectedly stops midway.
, and said that Mr. Trouble will come again next time.
Before the lights came on, the couple left the theater early.
"What is this? I regret posting on Weibo." Cheng Hao couldn't help complaining.
He Xin was also speechless, shook his head and said: "Okay, let's go eat."