Chapter 669 Beating!
Frankly speaking, the plot rhythm of "Zhao Zilong 2" is a bit sloppy, and there is no foreshadowing of "Dingjun Mountain" before. For many movie fans who don't know much about the Three Kingdoms, it is not friendly...
According to the order, it should be "Zhao Zilong" → "Red Cliff" → "Zhang Yide defeats Zhang He" → "Dingjun Mountain" → "Zhao Zilong 2"...
Isn’t this an unpleasant quarrel between the two parties?
And it's impossible to film "Red Cliff"...
Jiahe and Shen Xudong simply skipped the middle ones...
Well, in fact, with the mentality that "the Three Kingdoms series can be omitted, but "See the Dragon and Disarm" must die," I directly finished "Zhao Zilong 2"...
I didn’t think so much about it at the time…
Otherwise, we wouldn’t have filmed “Cao Cao”
Of course, there must be no problems in the production of the entire movie!
This is a work that Jiahe put its entire company's efforts into and put its self-respect on the line, and it's definitely not bad.
Post-production took half a year, and the tone, soundtrack, and special effects are all top-notch.
Guaranteed to be enjoyable for the general audience...
The Douban score is 7.6 and the Mtime.com score is 7.7, with mostly positive reviews.
The main reason why it didn't reach 8 points is: there are no surprises!
Shen Xudong never wanted to deconstruct "Three Kingdoms" from the beginning, which also caused many viewers who are familiar with "Three Kingdoms" to watch things repeated again, which is really not a lot of fun.
The reason why I gave it a score of 7.6 is mainly because the cold weapon battle was very enjoyable to watch, and there were no big holes in the plot...
And Zhao Zilong is indeed portrayed as loyal and brave!
Then..."Seeing the Dragon and Removing Armor"...
Not only is Zhao Yun wrong in this movie, but it also pulls Zhuge Liang off the altar - eating noodles, divination, and being unethical!
The so-called last two tips were actually sold to Zhao Yun...
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Han has two perfect characters: Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun: He is handsome and capable of fighting, neither arrogant nor impetuous, loyal and reliable, can be a bodyguard and commander of troops, and is known as a victorious general. It is easy for the audience to not buy it when he is so miserable.
Zhuge Liang is a man of miraculous calculations, almost demonic in wisdom, and he is also a handsome guy: eight feet tall, with a face like a crown of jade, wearing a silk scarf on his head, and a crane cloak, he looks like a god;
Zhuge Liang in "Seeing the Dragon Removes Armor" found Pu Cunxi to play...
Let’s not talk about the appearance. The appearance is too rough. Ten thousand enemy troops are attacking. Zhuge’s military advisor is eating like a hungry ghost. He casually counts the number of soldiers by stoves. It coincides with Pang Sun’s method of reducing stoves in the battle of wits, and Zhuge Si’s. The tactics of retreating from Qishan echoed each other, which is really a great talent.
The military strategist divinely calculated that there was thunder and lightning, and hoo-hoo, Zhao Yun made his debut in the battle, but Oda Nobunaga and Okehazama attacked Imagawa Yoshimoto. Arrange the formation, Qinglong on the left, White Tiger on the right, 20 people attack the middle...
Brother, 20 people beat one thousand?
Awesome!
In the end, Military Advisor Zhuge turned his back and used General Zilong as a bait...
Where is the magic trick?
Well, I brought down both of these figures in one fell swoop!
You can imagine the bad reviews…
In comparison, "Zhao Zilong 2" is not very good-looking...
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In fact, Western movies, no, I should say movie types. I can’t say the specific type, but the plot is probably certain: an old man has won countless honors in his life, faces challenges in old age or in the new era, faces himself, and is realistic. This is a problem that everyone has to face, and it is also the personal professional ethics emphasized by Western Protestantism.
"Seeing the Dragon and Disarming" outputs this tone. The core of the whole drama is the map: no matter how far you go, you will eventually return to the starting point, which is "fate."
Therefore, in the battle of Fengming Mountain, Zhao Zilong let Cao Shuang go!
——Perhaps Zhao Zilong already knew his ending the moment he arrived at Fengming Mountain.
Judging from this tonality, "Seeing the Dragon Removes Armor" is not bad!
The question is whether you call it "Three Kingdoms: Seeing the Dragon Disarm" or it is a PK with "Zhao Zilong 2"...
The story about Andy Lau's refusal to accept "Zhao Zilong 2" has long been circulated.
Almost all viewers entered the theater with the same mentality as watching "Zhao Zilong"...
Then, a feast of magic modification was presented.
The magic reform should be more thorough, like "Shadow", with all the names changed, and the reputation will be very good. But you are reluctant to part with the IP of Three Kingdoms and Zhao Yun, so I’m sorry, I can only go back to the world view and framework of Three Kingdoms and deduct points accordingly...
There was not much difference in the box office on the first day between the two parties. "Zhao Zilong 2" was 12 million, and "See the Dragon Disarm" was 10.8 million...
The next day was different. After a day of watching the screen, the audience had an intuitive understanding of the two movies.
The company must have bought the draft, and they also bought "Seeing the Dragon and Removing Armor". Nie Yuan was criticized in various ways, saying that his Zhao Yun did not have a sense of vicissitudes, was not handsome enough, etc...
Well, look at the box office comparison:
On April 4th, Friday, "Zhao Zilong 2" 17 million, "See the Dragon Disarm" 10.2 million...
At the end of the first four days, the box office of "Zhao Zilong 2" was 72.5 million, and the box office of "See the Dragon Disarm" was 40.7 million...
Almost twice as many kills!
At the Hong Kong box office, "See the Dragon Removes Armor" grossed HKD 6.8 million in its first week, while "Zhao Zilong 2" grossed HKD 7.7 million...
Well, Hong Kong audiences don’t accept this kind of magic change either…
In this regard, when Andy Lau was promoting, he faced the audience's "UFO hat" question: "It's a bit like the UFO in "Yangtze River 7"..."
Liu Dehua said: "I hope everyone will not make it worthless."
Director Li Rengang said that all the shapes of Zhao Zilong are based on ancient murals as the basis for creation, "We have carefully studied them."
Ancient murals?
The murals from the Three Kingdoms period?
Where are the specific murals located? Do the armies of the Three Kingdoms generally wear helmets like this?
"I think the movie is not a documentary, and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is not real historical data. There is no need to compare the real events of Zhao Yun. Indeed, the movie is about Zhao Zilong, and it is indeed different from the historical ending. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms itself is not History is not the Three Kingdoms, it is also a novel! As for the Three Kingdoms, many things in ancient and modern times are all told in a joke..."
"How many of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Later Han Dynasty writers really read the whole story? Don't learn history from movies!"
What Li Rengang said is very...reasonable!
The problem is... the audience doesn't accept it.
This brings us to the word public impression. Movies must be popular culture, and public impression is irreversible. If you want to challenge and reverse the verdict of a certain historical figure, you can make a niche cult film...
"The Dragon Takes Off Its Armor", with a cost of US$35 million, starring Andy Lau, has been targeting the entire Asia for international productions since the beginning of the project!
Then you magically changed the Three Kingdoms...
The most speechless thing is - the art style is obviously Japanese style, but no Japanese film company is willing to buy it...
No, there is still a company that wants to buy it, but the asking price is only US$2 million at most.
Chengtian's Wu Kebo thought this was an opportunity to get involved with Andy Lau, but all his money was used to invest in "Red Cliff".
The current situation is like this. "Zhao Zilong 2" beats "See the Dragon and Disarm" in all aspects, and it may be difficult for the latter to recover the cost...
The only good thing is that the Korean box office of "See the Dragon Removes Armor" is pretty good - 250,000 moviegoers in the first weekend, which is not far behind "Zhao Zilong 2", which had 270,000 moviegoers...