Chapter 435 Film Reviews, Release Date, and Premiere Preparations
It is always risky for a movie or TV series to adapt the original work too much.
Just like Chen Jiashang's "Four Famous Catchers".
Within five days of its release, the box office reached 103 million, which is a very gratifying thing.
But at the same time, movie reviews from online audiences are also polarized.
"It's a rare martial arts movie. It's infinitely innovative based on the original work. Director Chen's imagination is so wild and the action scenes are great!"
"The painting style is similar to "Xiu Chun Knife", but it has its own style. They are all excellent products. I look forward to the second part..."
"Zhao Liying, who is new to the big screen, performed well and deserves recognition."
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""The Four Famous Catchers" looks lively, but in fact it is difficult to convince the audience. It has completely lost the 'core' of the original work and turned into a Gulong style."
"Changing Qingqing into a woman and setting it as the core role is the biggest subversion of the original work. It is disgusting. I suggest everyone not to go to the theater..."
"Zhao Liying, a little-known actress, managed to win the leading role in a series in one fell swoop! Is this a resource person? The entertainment industry is really unreasonable."
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Criticisms and praises coexist. This is the normal composition of a movie review.
It's just that the evaluation of "Four Famous Catchers" is a bit too polarized.
At this time, two other movies, "Searching" and "Wu-Tang" were released.
In terms of influence, "Wu-Tang" is the least conspicuous. After all, the other two movies have famous directors and large lineups.
"A great director has his own advantage, that is, after disappointing the audience again and again, he can still make them come into the theater again with expectations."
Lu Yang crossed his legs, sat in front of the computer, and said with a slightly teasing tone.
"You can just name director Chen Kaige. However, the quality of his "Search" this time is indeed high-quality, and it is not anticlimactic."
Lin Nan walked out of the tea room and took over Lu Yang's words.
"I'm just summarizing. Am I wrong?" Lu Yang smiled and spread his hands.
"Yes, this is indeed the advantage of great directors and the preference of the audience."
Lin Nan nodded and admitted. He also has this advantage and has maintained it well so far.
Although a small number of viewers find fault with his movies every time, this does not affect the overall situation.
As for film critics? He had ignored these guys who were looking for money a long time ago.
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Tiangong Color's team has already headed to Hengdian along with Chen Jiashang and others.
Guangguang posted a Weibo: ""The Four Famous 2" officially launched in Hengdian today. We are looking forward to the box office results of the first part, which will successfully exceed 200 million..."
There was no press conference and no visits were accepted in the early stage. The filming of "Famous Catchers 2" started in such a low-key manner.
Shanhai Media has received more cooperation invitations, including drama appointments, advertisements, endorsements, commercial performances...
Most of these roles are for Zhao Liying. After all, there don't seem to be many heroines in movies with a box office worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
In Yue Jun's words, "This little girl is already on the right track. As long as she doesn't make any mistakes and follows the steps, she will be fine. Sooner or later she will be on the front line."
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Just after hanging up the phone from Tom, Lin Nan received another call from Nortel about what Tian Zhuangzhuang was talking about.
The school hopes to have an interview with Lin Nan, which is full of lobbying.
After thinking for a long time, Lin Nan finally decided to listen to Tian Zhuangzhuang's advice.
"I'm honored to receive an invitation from my alma mater, but I feel it's not the time yet... If there is a chance in a few years, I would like to go back..."
Regarding Lin Nan's half-good answer, the person responsible for contacting him at the school was quite understanding and said that he would convey it to the school leaders.
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"Not the right time? In how many years?"
"Yes, that's what Lin Nan said. It doesn't sound like he was perfunctory. It should be Director Tian who did the work."
"Okay, let's register first. As long as he lets go..."
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The release of "Search" and "Wu-Tang" posed a substantial threat to "The Big Four", with the latter's daily box office dropping to around 10 million.
The former's first-day box office revenue was 14.5 million. The reviews online are almost all very good.
"After so many years, director Chen Kaige has finally made a movie that doesn't have a bad ending in the second half."
"The story line is clear, the multi-line narrative is not messy, and the rhythm is smooth. "Search" is very good!
But let’s just pretend that the box office target is to exceed that of The Fault in Our Stars, haha..."
"It's amazing. I actually saw the style of director Feng Xiaogang in this movie. Why is this?"
""Search" talks about online violence, which can't help but remind people of:
Is Director Chen accusing and taking personal revenge for the "online violence" he experienced after the release of "The Promise"? "
"The one upstairs, "The Promise" deserves it!"
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In general, this "Search" has greatly improved some of the negative reviews accumulated by Chen Kaige over the years.
Unlike "Search" and "Famous Catchers", "Wu-Tang" is a bit miserable.
Not long after the morning ended, negative reviews came out online.
"Was this kind of clichéd and unoriginal script written with just one's toes? How could a director actually film it?"
"After watching it for ten minutes, you can guess the plot behind it. Sure enough, the treasure hunt and everything are just gimmicks. In the end, the hero and heroine will definitely end up in a life-or-death love!"
"I can't believe that the martial arts director is Yuan Kui. The fighting scenes in the movie are not real, but many of the fighting scenes between Yang Mi and Zhao Wenzhuo seem to be dancing, acting coquettishly and being cute!!"
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Relying on a large number of Yang Mi's fans and previous publicity, the box office of "Da Wudang" closed at 9.45 million on the first day.
But it has to be said that the reputation of the movie has already shown a trend of collapse.
"Many netizens are saying that she picked up sesame seeds and lost watermelons."
Liu Yifei leaned on Lin Nan's arms and pointed at the post on the computer screen.
Lin Nan also looked helpless, "It would be good to improve her memory."
What the netizens said was right. During that period, Zeng Jia accepted several dramas for Yang Mi. And "Da Wudang" and "Search" were both on the list.
The final result, everyone in the circle knows, is that Chen Hong and Lin Nan replaced Yang Mi from the "Search" crew after a phone call.
Now it seems that it is not picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons?
Because of Chen Kaige's status and treatment, "Search" will definitely be shortlisted for some film festival awards in the future.
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The news that Iron Man 3 will be casting in the mainland has been hyped up.
Even though the film company said that it is only a supporting role, there are still a lot of first-line actors and actresses who are eager to play it.
Zhang Ziyi, Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing and others have been the most popular, and even Lu Zheng is asking Jing Tian for information.
Everyone automatically excludes Liu Yifei, because in foreign language films, Liu Yifei's worst supporting role is in Inception.
It is said that Pacific Rim was given to Starlight after she rejected it. So, how could she be interested in the small supporting role in Iron Man 3?
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With the hot summer season, small and medium-cost domestic films have begun to be released.
But the most eye-catching ones are The Four and Searching.
The daily box office of the former is maintained at 8-9 million, and the next target is 150 million.
The box office of Searching reached 42 million after the first three days of its release on the first weekend.
Chen Kaige's boast a few days ago that the box office of "Star Luck" would exceed that of "Star Luck" has been regarded as a joke and a laughing stock.
"Director Lin, I'm going to have someone send out the invitations for the premiere of "Bad Genius"?"
Yue Jun and Lin Nan said hello. The scale of this premiere is relatively large.
"Well, send it out. By the way, how much is the box office of Yang Mi's movie?" Lin Nan looked up.
"In 3 days, 20.6 million. The daily box office has dropped sharply and has reached 3 million. At this rate of decline, it is estimated that it will not exceed 40 million in the end."
Yue Jun gave his own prediction. This movie hit Yang Mi a bit.
Fortunately, the foundation accumulated by "Embroidered Spring Blade" and "Painted Skin 2" is strong enough, and there are still a large number of TV drama fans to support it, so it will not hurt its vitality.
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Just as Lin Nan and Yue Jun were talking, Xue Xiaolu arrived.
"Fortunately, I have delivered the finished film of "Love in Seattle" to you."
Xue Xiaolu walked into Lin Nan's office with a smile on her face. She went to Tiangong Color first and chatted with Lu Yang for a while before coming here.
"Sister Xue, please sit down."
"Director Xue."
Xue Xiaolu came here not only to deliver the finished film, but also to discuss the release schedule.
"When does Sister Xue want the film to be released?" Lin Nan asked.
"Maybe in February or March next year. I see your company has three films scheduled in the second half of the year, so I won't join in the fun with this one."
Before Xue Xiaolu came, she had already thought about it over and over again, and the beginning of next year would be the best.
"How about Valentine's Day?" Yue Jun suddenly suggested.
Lin Nan nodded, and said in unison with Xue Xiaolu, "This time is good, and it fits the movie very well!"
"Then let's choose Valentine's Day. Let's go see the finished film now?" Lin Nan stood up and invited.
"Okay."
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At Tiangong Color, even Lu Yang put down his work and watched.
What do you think of this "Love in Seattle"?
It is different from "Love Is Not Blind". Although the audience may be mostly women, this movie is more inclined to women.
No matter how "improper" a woman has been before, she can find an honest man to take over in the end, and be tolerated and loved.
If you look closely, there may be some problems with the three views, but it is a commercial film, so these problems are not problems, after all, women's spending power ranks first!
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Beijing Film Academy, Central Academy of Drama and other schools held grand graduation ceremonies, with undergraduates and postgraduates together.
Many media went to the scene and reported.
Lin Nan posted a message on Weibo: "Congratulations to Director Guo Fan on graduating from postgraduate studies and officially returning to the team. Get ready to work!"
For a while, many actors and artists in the circle were forwarding, liking, and commenting to congratulate Guo Fan.
Even Zhao Yanzi, who attended the graduation ceremony together and was also an outstanding graduate but had no intersection, took the initiative to show goodwill.
Guo Fan was very smart and immediately posted his graduation photo and said:
"My working life has officially begun. Director Lin is a very good boss!"
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According to the plan, the invitation letter for the premiere of "Bad Genius" began to be distributed to established companies, filmmakers, and actors and artists in the circle, with considerable momentum.
At this moment, Wang Changtian seemed very calm, because there would be almost no conflict between "The Four" and "Bad Genius" in terms of box office.
After all, when the latter is released, "The Four" can basically be taken off the screen.
But Chen Kaige was a little uneasy.
Bad Genius will definitely have an impact on Searching. The two films will be released 10 days apart!