Chapter 24 Movie Review
Writing a movie review is just about finding faults!
In fact, Shen Xudong doesn't have a good impression of film critics...
The perspective of film critics has always been the result, not the process. It completely castrates the entire film shooting process and only looks at the result...
The result is axiological.
From a director's point of view, the producers behind the scenes are the operators. They all have a hand in casting, themes, funding, and editing. The director is not only a storyboard designer and lens language shaper, but also an action director and soundtrack director. , a semi-part-time job in clothing.
When it's over, you still have to find the sponsor to ask for an investment.
And film critics will only look at the results to deny all the hard work of the director...
How to become a film critic?
Remember the following words: restraint, absurdity, motif, sublimation, niche, sense of absurdity, criticality, postmodernity, stream of consciousness, immersion, long lens...
By the way, there are also humanistic care, social significance, epitome of the times, advanced aesthetics, tests of human nature, a lot of metaphors, etc...
If an essay touches on these words, what you wrote will be considered a film review!
Of course, the most important thing is the butt!
Are you prepared to criticize or praise?
For example, in "Hero", there is an "heroic article" on "Suicide, Killers, Power Madness and Necrophilia", which has been widely circulated. Various analyzes of "Hero" and various criticisms of Qin Shihuang are actually criticizing A Mou through the movie...
Another example is "The Dangerous Journey to a Bad Movie". A group of big V film critics on Zhihu all say "like for friends" and "postmodern metaphorical color"...
Why did "Bad Movie" get so many thumbs up from critics?
Because the director of this movie is named Roden, who is a big V among film critics on Zhihu!
You see, any movie with a score of 2.9 on Douban can give you a "postmodern metaphor"...
So, film critics mainly look at butts!
It is now mainstream to criticize "Hero", and Shen Xudong must not follow the trend...
Criticism must be criticized!
"The most boring art is to say everything, and that's how "Hero" feels to me!"
"The word "peace" comes out of Qin Shihuang's mouth and I feel embarrassed! The King of Qin, who was so powerful in the world with his beatings and floggings, suddenly turned into a holy mother?"
"The king of Qin swept Liuhe, how heroic is the tiger's gaze!"
"More than two thousand years ago, this land was divided into seven countries. Whether they were attacking each other or exchanging trade, they all used different clothes, characters, languages and currencies. For more than five hundred years, the world was divided and divided, and people I have become accustomed to it. If this situation continues, today's China will probably be no different from Western European countries. There will no longer be a great country in the world with nine states and four seas, three mountains and five mountains coexisting."
"Unifying China, does it count as a world-class feat? Unifying the written language, does it count? The achievement of using the same writing and writing in the same track is greater than you and I imagined!"
"Can the First Emperor be praised? Of course, when meeting foreign guests in 1964, the teacher commented that Qin Shihuang was a man of action: "In my opinion, Qin Shihuang is much greater than Confucius, and Confucius' empty words are greater than reality. Qin Shihuang was the first person to unify China, and some systems have been still in use. No feudal monarch in China's past has surpassed him. ""
"What's wrong? You are allowed to praise the so-called prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong, but we are not allowed to film Qin Shihuang?"
"We don't talk about values, we just talk about movies. Is "Hero" a good movie?"
"$30 million, top-notch stars, color, soundtrack, and fighting effects, all world-class;"
"From a narrative perspective, the narrative model of "Heroes" borrows from "Rashomon". In fact, this model is a multi-perspective, segmented narrative that has been quite popular in the Western world since the 1990s. It shows different angles of the same story and depicts the experiences and feelings of different characters in the same incident..."
"The story of "Heroes" is simple..." -
More than five hundred words have been omitted...
Then he went on to write: "Actually, my first feeling after watching "Hero" was that it was not exciting. Our generation born in the 1980s grew up in the golden age of Hong Kong movies. Martial arts and action movies are the signatures of Hong Kong movies. Naturally, I watched it frequently, and when I saw Li Lianjie and Donnie Yen in "Hero", I subconsciously thought of Huang Feihong versus Nalan Yuanshu in "Once Upon a Time: A Man Should Be Strong"..."
"But the action scenes of the movie "Hero" are elegant and soft, and the meaning is greater than the rhythm. Its brilliance lies in the composition of the picture, the use of colors and other audio-visual language. Although it invited three emperors and two empresses + Donnie Yen... It can’t cover up the fact that the plot is empty and boring!”
"...If I were to give "Hero" a score, I think it would be about 7, which is about the same as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." In fact, foreigners' praise for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" mainly focuses on the lens, editing, and action design. This link directly and greatly contributed to its consecutive awards, but it was precisely the weakest link in establishing its historical position.
Because... "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has no obvious shortcomings in these aspects, but there is no innovation. It can even be said that apart from its investment advantages, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not as good as Hu Jinquan's "The Heroine" 》Go further. "
"As for the repressive feudal ethics that everyone interprets, do you really think foreigners watch movies because of this stuff?"
"Post a few reviews of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", lest you say that I am talking nonsense: 'This flying around can awaken the childlike innocence of the rigid and indifferent audience, making people feel stunned and happy at the same time.', 'This is qinggong, it's so awesome!'"
"I personally think that the "Once Upon a Time" series is much better than "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". The fighting in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is like acrobatics, light and soft, not as fast and accurate as the martial arts movies of the 90s. It feels like it, but it’s useless, I’m not a foreigner, let alone a big prize!”
"To go too far, a movie like "Hero" is aimed at the overseas market. Otherwise, it would be impossible to make it with 30 million US dollars... Therefore, we will not comment on it. It is not specifically shot for domestic audiences!"
After finishing writing, he called his second brother over and said, "Take a look first!"
After reading it, Liao Gaoxiang suggested: "Delete the section of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!"
"Why?"
"...If you criticize "Hero", just criticize "Hero". It's best not to involve "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"... This movie is a lesson for our sophomore film appreciation!"
"Damn..."
Shen Xudong cursed and eventually deleted the paragraph about "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but added, "I read reports in Hong Kong that the producer Jiang Zhiqiang tried his best to persuade Ah Mou to film "Hero". Jiang Zhiqiang was the director of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". The producer of "Hidden Dragon" knew that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was selling well... He wanted to continue to create this genre, so he found Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Jet Li, Chen Daoming, Donnie Yen and Zhang Ziyi, all of whom are top stars! ’
"how about this?"
The second brother read it again: "Okay..."
"I really don't like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"..."
"I don't like it either...but the school respects it!"
"What do you admire?"
Shen Xudong said casually: "Li Min, I didn't win the first prize of the Golden Horse Award...hey, teacher!"
It’s Teacher Huang…
Teacher Huang came here specifically to find Shen Xudong!
"Teacher, please sit down..."
"I'm not going to sit down anymore. Let me tell you something. "Martial Arts Edition" has decided to start serializing your "No. 1 in the World" next year..."
"...Really, thank you so much for the teacher's recommendation!"
"...you...what is this?"
"Oh, the editor asked me to write a film review of "Hero"...I am revising it!"
"Hey, let me see..."