Chapter 726: "A Chinese Odyssey" Has a Great Reputation
After watching the movie, Kevin Chow and his family left the theater.
When leaving, Kevin Chow heard some viewers discussing the movie.
The movie was really long. At the beginning, everyone was still thinking about what it was about. Later, they were immersed in the plot and no one cared.
Most of the people who came to watch "A Chinese Odyssey" at the premiere today were fans of Xu Ye, or passers-by who liked to watch Xu Ye's movies.
But even so, some viewers still felt that the movie was not good enough.
Indeed, compared with the three movies starring Xu Ye before, "A Chinese Odyssey" can be said to be a complete tragedy.
After many tests, Tang Bohu finally married Qiuxiang, Bao Longxing finally helped Qi Qinshi to wash away his grievances and became famous, and Xingzai finally defeated Huoyun Evil God and became a martial arts master.
But Zhizunbao finally put on the golden hoop and became Sun Wukong, and he was not able to be with Fairy Zixia.
Even if in another timeline, Sun Wukong possessed the body of the sunset warrior and let the man and woman hug each other, the ending is still regrettable.
"I felt so upset after watching it."
"Zhizunbao is so pitiful, and he finally became Sun Wukong."
"Can't he resist?"
In traditional stories, Sun Wukong represents resistance.
But in "A Chinese Odyssey", his resistance failed.
After an absurd farce, Sun Wukong finally embarked on the journey to the west.
It is called "A Chinese Odyssey", but in the end, it still embarked on the same journey as "Journey to the West".
It seems that everything before was indeed just a dream.
Zhou Kaiwen listened to some audience discussions and found it very interesting.
"A Chinese Odyssey" is a movie with depth, and different people can see different things in the movie.
It doesn't matter if you don't understand it. Didn't Zhizunbao not understand at the beginning that he liked Zixia?
How can you empathize if you haven't experienced it?
In his opinion, Xu Ye did take some risks this time. This movie is somewhat different from his previous movies. It is very likely that it will not have particularly good box office results at the beginning.
If the word of mouth does not ferment, the movie may even fail at the box office.
Zhou Kaiwen suddenly thought of a sentence in "Let the Bullets Fly".
"Let the bullets fly for a while."
After returning home, Zhou Kaiwen downloaded the Weibo software again.
He rarely used Weibo, and finally uninstalled it.
But he wanted to post a Weibo to promote "A Chinese Odyssey" today.
When he logged into his Weibo account, the latest Weibo was posted three years ago.
Although he does not use this account, he still has more than four million fans, which increase a little bit every day.
Under his Weibo, there are still many fans urging him to revive quickly.
Zhou Kaiwen quickly typed a paragraph on his mobile phone and sent it out. After sending it, he uninstalled Weibo to prevent the reminder sound from affecting his vacation.
The content of the Weibo is also very simple.
"A Chinese Odyssey is a movie about growth and loss. Three hours is very long, but I suggest that interested audiences go and watch it. I think that among the stories adapted from Journey to the West, A Chinese Odyssey definitely has a place. Xu Ye is really a genius!"
There are many stories adapted from Journey to the West, but not many can leave a deep impression on the audience.
And these stories that can be recognized by the audience are undoubtedly classics now.
To outsiders, Zhou Kaiwen's words are obviously a bit of exaggeration.
But Zhou Kaiwen doesn't care. He also thinks that "Let the Bullets Fly" will definitely be a classic as long as it is filmed.
After Zhou Kaiwen's Weibo was posted, fans were shocked.
"Is Mr. Zhou resurrected?"
"Finally I remembered my Weibo password."
"You are here to promote A Chinese Odyssey. Did you get paid?"
Soon, marketing accounts also paid attention to Zhou Kaiwen's Weibo, so let's use Zhou Kaiwen's name to get some popularity.
On the Internet, discussions about A Chinese Odyssey gradually increased.
Some viewers said it was good, while others said it was not good.
This made many netizens who were waiting and watching a little confused.
Is this movie so polarizing?
And it seems that these reviews are all real reviews, and they are not posted by Xu Ye's black fans.
In the evening, in the chat group of the logistics department of Huohua Hospital.
A group of Xu Ye's old fans were talking about "A Chinese Odyssey".
Someone in the group went to the cinema to watch a movie today.
"This movie is uncomfortable to watch. I can't describe it. You'd better go to the cinema to watch it." Doctor Yang of Huohua Hospital said.
"It makes me laugh and cry." The chief electrophysiologist of the electroshock room of Huohua Hospital said.
Han Ran, the captain of the security team of Huohua Hospital, has not watched the movie yet. After seeing what the group members said, she didn't dare to watch it.
"Is it so scary?" Han Ran asked.
"It's not so scary. Let me tell you quietly, do you want to know why the dean's concert is called Love You for Ten Thousand Years? Go to the movie. The answer is in the movie." Ning Yan replied.
"Not only does it mean I love you for ten thousand years, but I don't know if you heard it, the background music at the end of the movie also appeared in the episode of Never Expected to be in the Kingdom of Women." The director of Huohua Hospital Rejection Rehabilitation Center said.
Everyone in the group chat was talking to each other, which made Han Ran feel very itchy.
She wanted to go to the movies on the first day, but because of her sister Han Wenjing, she couldn't go at all.
She can sit in the cinema for three hours, but Han Wenjing can't even sit for three minutes.
She can only go to the cinema when someone takes Han Wenjing out to play.
The next day, the first-day box office of "A Chinese Odyssey" was released.
The single-day box office was 290 million.
For Xu Ye today, it is normal to have such a high box office on the first day of release.
Xu Ye has just won the Best Actor Award, and it is the hottest time. Many people want to see his new movie as soon as possible.
It's just that the reviews on the Internet are still a little polarized.
This also gave Xu Ye's opponents an opportunity.
Xu Ye's previous movie reviews were not like this.
Mr. Song of Qingniao Entertainment, who was already dying, quickly spent money to hire a water army to add fuel to the flames.
"This is not me blacking you casually, but someone said your movie is not good, I just followed their words."
Another day later, the second-day box office of "A Chinese Odyssey" was released.
The single-day box office was 230 million, which was a decline compared to the first day.
This is actually a normal phenomenon, but it is not normal for Xu Ye.
Because his movies basically have higher box office on the second day than on the first day.
With the addition of the Internet trolls, there are more criticisms online.
"The movie is too ridiculous, and women all fall in love with Sun Wukong."
"Sun Wukong is quite handsome, but his style of doing things is different from my impression of Sun Wukong, which is very inconsistent."
"The timeline is too messy, and I am confused. It is not Xu Ye's level."
On the other hand, there are also many people praising it.
"It is really a unique good movie!"
"Those who say that women all like Sun Wukong have not watched the movie. Zhizunbao likes Bai Jingjing, Bai Jingjing likes Sun Wukong, Sun Wukong likes Zixia Fairy, and Zixia Fairy likes Zhizunbao! There have never been a few women who all like Sun Wukong!"
"Is it ridiculous? Not ridiculous at all. I didn't expect Xu Ye to prepare such a movie with a sense of art film for everyone. At the end, I only have one feeling, we were all Zhizunbao, and finally we all wore the golden hoop and became Sun Wukong."
People on the Internet also have different opinions.
Han Ran also collected everyone's comments online. She is an audience who is not afraid of spoilers and has a preliminary impression of "A Chinese Odyssey".
On May 3, after Han Wenjing was taken out by her parents, she finally had time to go to the cinema to watch a movie.
Han Ran went to the bathroom in advance, just took a bottle of mineral water and sat on the chair.
When she saw Zhizunbao say the three words "ten thousand years", she immediately thought of Xu Ye's concert.
In the movie, it was Zhizunbao's deep confession to Zixia.
In reality, would it be Xu Ye's deep confession to Xiao Xu?
Thinking of this, Han Ran suddenly looked forward to it.
When she watched the end, listening to the song "Love of a Lifetime", tears were already flowing.
She understood.
Han Ran will graduate from college this year. She often thinks of how high-spirited she was when she first arrived at college. She felt that the sky was high and the birds could fly, and the sea was wide and the fish could jump.
At that time, she played around everywhere, had little communication with her parents, and her academic performance was also average.
It was only at this stage that she faced the choice of employment or further study, and no one said anything, she settled down on her own.
She was like Zhizunbao who took the initiative to put on the golden hoop, and finally returned to her correct path in life.
Life is not only about life and death, but the process in between is called life.
Only after experiencing it, you will understand.
"The dean is too much, he actually made me cry."
Han Ran really didn't expect that she would cry watching a comedy movie starring Xu Ye.
When she came out of the cinema, she saw the message sent by her mother.
"Xiao Ran, your sister and I are home. Please reply to me after watching the movie. Tell me what you want to eat. Be careful on the road and pay attention to safety."
Such words, Han Ran's mother said countless times during her growth journey.
Be careful and pay attention to safety.
Han Ran used to always feel that these words were very long-winded and annoying, but now she only feels very warm after seeing these words.
There are still people who care about her.
At this time, Han Ran thought of Sun Wukong returning to the Water Curtain Cave with the help of the Moonlight Box and hearing Tang Seng talking.
Tang Seng spoke crisply and clearly, and he seemed to be two different people compared to his previous verboseness.
Sun Wukong wondered, "Why does the master speak like this?"
Zhu Bajie replied, "The master always speaks concisely and clearly, let's go."
Sun Wukong looked at the changed people, puzzled, and then nodded.
"In fact, Tang Seng has never changed, it is Sun Wukong who has changed, and the master has always spoken like this."
Han Ran looked at the phone, and her mother always spoke like this, but now she doesn't find it annoying.
She replied to her mother, "You can eat anything, I'll be back soon!"
The discussion about "A Chinese Odyssey" on the Internet has never stopped, but as time goes by, more and more viewers have felt what the movie conveys.
When the Green Bean Network opened the score, the score of "A Chinese Odyssey" directly reached 9.2 points.
Among Xu Ye's many movies, this score is definitely very high.
Many netizens began to promote "A Chinese Odyssey" spontaneously.
This is also the reason why Xu Ye did not conduct commercial promotion at the beginning.
In the final analysis, "Westward Journey" is somewhat of a literary film. If it adopts the promotional method of a commercial film, it will definitely be thankless in the end.
After word-of-mouth spread online, this is a big studio and they posted a Weibo post.
"The ending song of "Westward Journey", "The Love of My Life", has been released on all major music platforms. Everyone is welcome to listen. This song also appeared in the episode of "Never Expected to See Me Again".
As soon as this song went online, netizens rushed to the music platform to listen to it.
Many netizens felt the same way when listening to this song, and their eyes were red from crying.
Maybe some people think of his Zixia, or her Supreme Treasure.
After everyone has played the single over and over again, they want to comment on it and express their feelings in the comment area of the song.
After a group of netizens entered the comment area, they found a comment pinned to the top of the song comment area.
The name of the person who posted this comment is Xu Ye, and it has been certified as Xu Ye himself.
Xu Ye left a message.
"Let me see who opened the comments section crying like a dog."
This group of netizens who were about to express their feelings were immediately laughed out of anger.
"No, bro, you're still squatting in the comment section in advance!"