Chapter 430 If Criticism Is Not Free, Praise Is Meaningless!
"Is The Promise that bad?"
"Very bad, even more incomprehensible than House of Flying Daggers!"
Gong Li sighed: "It can be expected...no one can control Director Chen now...and even if someone puts forward opinions, he will not listen for a while!"
Back then, after filming "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin", Gong Li talked about Director Chen, mainly commenting on the difference between him and Ah Mou.
Gong Li feels that their different majors determine their different ideas for creating films.
Although they are both classmates at BJ Film Academy, Chen graduated from the directing department and Mou graduated from the photography department.
Different majors also determine their different focus on film creation. Relatively speaking, Mou is not good at structuring stories, but if there is a good story, he can well transform the story into a powerful visual language, and Finally, the story is presented on the big screen.
Director Chen is a director who is very good at studying the story itself. He himself is very talented, but it is precisely because he is very talented that when he creates some films, he does not care much about other people's opinions, or in other words, he does not care about ordinary people. What the audience thinks'…
It is easy to fall into a self-willed situation.
Plus being surrounded by people who praise you...
Gong Li continued: "There used to be a group of people who suppressed him. I heard that the casting negotiations for "Farewell My Concubine" lasted two months... After the success of "Farewell My Concubine", he can no longer hear different voices!"
Shen Xudong nodded: "I'm quite puzzled. "The Promise" is so incomprehensible. The producer... okay, I understand!"
Producer?
The producer of "The Promise" is Mrs. Chen...
What opinions does Mrs. Chen have on Director Chen's film?
Even eating, I have to passively attend class...
"Actually, the same goes for Yi. Previously, "To Live" won the Cannes Jury Prize. On the night of the award, he and the screenwriter spent the whole night discussing the mistakes of the film in the hotel... But now, I heard that he rarely discusses the film's mistakes with the screenwriter. Disadvantages, more discussion on market prospects, including "Golden Armor in the City"..."
""City of Golden Armor"? Director Zhang's new film?"
"right!"
Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment, and then... thought of Lu Wei...
Lu Wei said that before the filming of "City of Golden Armor" started, Lu Wei was invited to read the script and put forward a lot of opinions.
Ah Mou was a little impatient: Put your opinions aside for now. We don't care. Just the combination of Zhang Yimou, Zhou Runfa, Gong Li, and Zhou Jialun. The box office is worth 200 million. Do you believe it? Do not believe?
"...Did you answer it?"
"Um…"
"Then perform well...it will definitely not be bad at the box office."
…
"A City Full of Golden Armor" is adapted from "Thunderstorm"...
The problem is that the story of "Thunderstorm" is quite bloody. It is not a criticism of feudal society or anything like that. The theme is that fate manipulates people. There are man-made disasters, but they are nothing compared to God's will.
"Golden Armor"... the story is extremely cruel and dark. It tells about husbands and wives killing each other, siblings killing each other, father and son fighting, and brother and sister having incest. There are almost no normal people in it.
Extremely unfriendly to the audience!
If it were a purely artistic film, there would be no problem in reflecting these.
The problem is... "Golden Armor" is positioned as a commercial film!
That won't be easy.
Therefore, he enjoyed the same treatment as "The Promise" and was criticized by all kinds. The director even liked to mention the title of "Decoration Master".
…
Talking about "Steamed Buns", in just three to five days, it quickly swept the Internet like a virus!
Almost all netizens watched this grand occasion...
The reason is quite simple - Huang Zhonglei spent money to promote it!
In the original time and space, it took about twenty days for the spread of "Steamed Buns" to become known to the whole people. Later, Director Chen said, "People cannot be so shameless", which accelerated the spread of "Steamed Buns"...
In fact, Director Chen is very anxious about "The Promise"...
Three aspects: box office, word of mouth, and Olympic prospects!
Although the box office will definitely surpass "House of Flying Daggers" - it was released for 14 days and the box office was 139 million. It is still early to release, 150 million, so it is not a big problem;
But Director Chen is definitely dissatisfied. The target is "Hero". Now let alone surpass "Hero", it is unlikely to exceed 160 million!
word of mouth…
It has a poor reputation, with experts and film critics giving negative reviews. Even CCTV's "Screening Room 10" said, "If you have the ambition to speak your mind directly, you don't necessarily have to give up your duty to tell a good story." There is a difference between thought-provoking and puzzling. ’
By the way, there is also a guy named Shen Xudong who scolded "The Promise"!
It's not easy to refute, because the title of his third blog is "If criticism is not free, then praise is meaningless"...
There is even a quote from Plato: If sharp criticism disappears completely, mild criticism will become harsh; if mild criticism is not allowed, silence will be considered as having ulterior motives.
If silence is no longer allowed, insufficient praise will be a crime; if only one voice is allowed, then the only voice that exists is a lie.
If criticism is not free, then praise is flattering!
There is no way to criticize "The Promise" for being too popular!
The three blogs have a click rate of 2 million...
This is one of the reasons why Shen Xudong is reluctant to remain silent!
Talking about Director Chen, there is another worry about "The Promise". The prospect of winning the Olympics is not ideal...
The screening effect in North America was not good, and the reputation was poor!
Even if you find a few film critics to brag about it, it's not enough...
Of course, there is still publicity in China that "Chinese filmmakers have great hopes of competing for the Olympics with "The Promise" this year." Professor Yin Hong believes that the film's prospects for competing for the Olympics are very optimistic. ’
But he himself knew that there was basically no chance!
It's okay, just keep reporting on these things.
But definitely not happy.
While he was sulking in his room, Chen Hong walked in with a dark face. Director Chen didn't want to pay attention at first, but after all, she was his wife, responsible for the promotion of "The Promise"!
He asked casually: "What's wrong?"
Producer Chen was still very angry, "...I saw a video that made a spoof of our movie!"
"Prank?"
"that is…"
Producer Chen couldn't explain it well, so he simply called the publicity assistant to come in, bring a laptop, plug in the Internet cable, and soon "A Murder Caused by a Steamed Bun" appeared in front of Director Chen...
‘A little steamed bun caused a shocking murder. A child who was supposed to be innocent actually held a grudge for 20 years because of a steamed bun. What made his endurance so fragile and his psychology so twisted?
A public security officer was ordered to arrest a criminal, but in the end he became good friends with the criminal. Why is this?
The case was complicated and confusing, and the truth was not revealed to the world until the last moment. Please watch the year-end special edition of "Legal Online": "A Murder Case Caused by a Steamed Bun"...'
Seeing this, Director Chen couldn't bear it anymore. His veins popped out. He directly picked up the computer and smashed it. He cursed angrily: "What a shame! What a shame!"
Three minutes later, still breathing heavily, he asked: "...Who did this?"
Producer Chen explained: "It was a netizen who originally uploaded it on the forum, and was later moved to blogs and major video sites by other netizens... What we just watched was shared by blogs!"