Chapter 1066 Unbelievable Box Office! (44)

I have a question, can an actor or director realize that what they are making is a bad movie?

It should be possible.

It's like driving a car. If you drive it a lot, you will naturally feel the quality of the car over time.

First of all, a good film is composed of three main factors: a good script, good actors, and a good director. The director comes first, the actors come second, and the script comes third.

When an actor is acting, he first reads the script. First, he will evaluate in his mind whether it is a good script. During the acting process, the actor will constantly interact with the director. In the process of interacting, he will naturally know how well he acted. By looking at the effect, you can evaluate whether this is a good film.

What about the director?

Just like what Wang Jing said: In fact, he also knows that many of the movies he made are bad, but because he is a commercial film director, what he cares about is the box office and whether the boss makes money, and reputation is not the top priority.

You see, making money…

The same should be true for "The Breakup Master". Deng Chao must really think that the audience likes this kind of comedy...

As for the vulgar part, he thinks "囧囧" is also very vulgar, but it sold nearly 1.2 billion, but "The Big Winner" has more reputation than "囧囧" in terms of reputation within the circle and feedback from outside the circle...

But the box office is far inferior!

So, this time I will go towards the prank side...

Of course, some directors may be capable, but may not be suitable to be commercial film directors.

For example, Sun Zhou has made 3 or 4 low-rated bad movies such as "Unthinkable";

Han Jie also filmed "Jieyou Grocery Store".

These two people have experience in the teams of Zhang Yi and Jia Zhangke respectively, and have also filmed classic works such as "Zhou Yu's Train" and "Hello, Mr. Tree".

Have you ever been completely unaware that what you were making was a bad movie?

There should be too!

This is a terrible situation.

Excluding objective factors, such as a large number of deletions and the reputation of the leading actors, etc., it shows that the director and team's understanding of the movie is completely inadequate.

It is understandable that Guo Jingming filmed "Little Times", after all, this can make money back.

But when he used real-life CG to shoot "Grand Trail", he was just throwing away money again. In fact, Guo Jingming also knew that the film might be questioned, but he believed that the audience was questioning him, not the movie...

So, he would yell, ‘Is it because my name is Guo Jingming, so everything I do is wrong? Am I the only one who won't criticize "Jueji" if I die? ’

He had no idea that the visual effects of "Grand Trail" were very rough and not up to standard;

The live-action CG he shows off is so outdated that no one would give big money and famous actors to make a movie about it.

Excluding worldview, script, acting, director and other factors, this movie is also a bad movie.

As for boasting during publicity, this is normal. To quote Zhang Yimou in an interview with Xu Zhiyuan: 'After a movie is made, no matter how good the movie is, as a director, you can't destroy your prestige...'

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After watching the movie, the two expressed congratulations, and then... got in the car and left.

After waiting for a long time, Chen Xi couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect it to be so bad..."

Chen Duling nodded desperately: "I had goosebumps at one point, I was so embarrassed..."

"The actor who plays Tang Dashan is too ugly..."

"Yes, it's not convincing at all. Ye Xiaochun played by Yang Xiaomi is so beautiful, and it doesn't match her at all!"

Shen Xudong interjected: "His name is Liang Chao, an actor from Deng Chaochao Theater and the actor of Tang Dashan in the drama "The Breakup Master"... The drama version of "The Breakup Master" praises love and satirizes the so-called success masters. It is quite profound..."

"Then why is the movie so ugly?"

"It should have been deleted... Coupled with aesthetic factors, they may think that the remaining parts are all funny..."

"The director is Deng Chao + Yu Baimei..."

"...Yu Baimei's level..."

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "Don't wash it. This movie is obviously Deng Chao's own aesthetic... His previous play "Sauerkraut on Green Flowers" has this virtue!"

"Then do you still think you can pass 800 million?"

"It's not a big problem... Now is the bonus period for comedies. As long as movies that can make people laugh will not be too bad in sales, not to mention the star cast of "The Breakup Master" is not bad..."

"That's right, Deng Chao has been around for so long and still has a lot of friends..."

Chen Xi sighed: "I watched Yu Baimei's interview, and he said this is a farce... The question is, isn't a farce just a comedy of shit and piss?"

"Yes, foreigners also admit that this kind of funny technique is not advanced..."

"He also said it plausibly. Why do film critics lack a fair attitude towards this type of film..."

Shen Xudong sighed: "Some of our directors and entertainers put themselves above the people. Movies fundamentally serve the masses, so they must also originate from the masses and satisfy the people...Bad movies are just bad movies and genres It has nothing to do with it. The market is immature now and you can still cheat money like this. If you wait a few years, no one will watch such a movie!"

"Hey, is this a manuscript you wrote?"

"Yes!" Shen Xudong nodded: "A small section of it..."

Chen Duling asked curiously: "What manuscript?"

"He will participate in a literary symposium next month and speak as a representative of the film industry."

"Literary symposium? The highest level one?"

"Um…"

Chen Duling's face was full of envy...

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Let’s not talk about the symposium. After all, it won’t be held until the 15th of next month.

There is no time to worry about "The Breakup Master". This movie has nothing to do with Tianmei. Enlight Media and Deng Chao's Orange Pictures jointly produced it, and Enlight is responsible for the distribution...

There is a lot of discussion online.

The argument surrounding it is ‘comedy is good if it makes people laugh’…

But...from Shen Xudong's perspective, "The Breakup Master" is not about making people laugh, it is embarrassing to the point of scratching their heads...

Oh, Shen Xudong has been busy writing manuscripts these days. By the way, he also wants to promote several artistic films produced and distributed by the studio, such as "Over the Spring", "What's in the Dark Places", "The Farewell" and "The Violence" which has a good box office. "Silent"...

Four movies were released in two weeks. The highest-grossing film, "Breaking Silence," was 32 million in its first weekend, which is estimated to be over 100 million. The other films were far behind. "Spring" was released for 8 days, with a cumulative box office of 10.2 million, and "The Dark Place" "What's There" is known as the Chinese version of "Memories of Murder", but unfortunately, the text and director are quite different...

I have seen many short films analyzing "What's in the Dark", but it's really nothing. It's a "North by Northeast"-style social case about catching a rapist, but it's about two girls in the "Girls' Nezha" style. In the story, solving the case is not the focus, but the ignorant girl's heart is the focus... A youth film wrapped in criminal elements, it explores the problems of Chinese education and the imperfection of the law...

"What's in the Dark Places"? There is a chicken feather!

"Farewell" is actually a joint production of the Movie Channel and Youth Film Studio. It tells the story of what happened to the Mongolian director Seif in the last moments of his life after suffering from cancer...

All three movies were released after basically being released for about a week.

The one with the lowest box office was "The Farewell", which did not reach 2 million, and "What's in the Dark Place" took in about 6 million...

The three movies were immediately launched on PPTV's "Independent Cinema" section as soon as they were released, and the click-through rate was not very good...

The audience for literary films is itself a niche.

By the way, "The Breakup Master" has been released for half a month. As of September 19, the cumulative box office has reached 768 million...

Yes, it will definitely exceed 800 million.