China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 542 There will be no suspense in this year's Golden Horse Actor
February 2, the third day of the Lunar New Year
At this time when most industries are resting, Lu Mo had to work overtime to catch up on drafts.

There is no way, who made him a professional film critic, "Save Mr. Me" was released, and he must not turn a blind eye.

With a little resentment, Lu Mo came to the theater, bought movie tickets, and deliberately checked the number of waiting audiences and the movie schedule information of the theater.

Although it was the third day of the Lunar New Year, there were quite a few people who came to watch the movie, not counting those in the theater, and there were dozens of people waiting outside.

Lu Mo is a frequent visitor to the theater, and he can judge one or two by just a few glances. Although this popularity is not as good as the peak period of the Lunar New Year and summer holidays, it is much stronger than usual.

Regardless of Cao Xuan's personal appeal, Lu Mo also feels that in recent years, "Fearless", "Hurricane Rescue" and "Yangtze River No. [-]" have been released around the Spring Festival, which has indeed cultivated a group of audiences who are used to watching movies during the Spring Festival.

If it goes on like this, it is still a bit far away from the Lunar New Year and summer holidays, but it is definitely no problem to single out it as an independent schedule.

Lu Mo himself made bold calculations, but his views are still conservative. The potential of the Spring Festival file is not just as simple as being independent from the Lunar New Year file.

As for the film schedule, there are really not many films released around the Spring Festival. The ones that can be called are Huang Baiming's "Happy Family 2009", "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Bullish", and "Youlong Game" by Liu Tianwang and Shu Dazui. phoenix".

Needless to say, "Happy Family 2009" is a typical family reunion Hong Kong film, gathering a group of stars, looking for a family or emotional issue, laughing and laughing and making a film.

Relying on the popularity of the IPs created by Zhang Guorong and Xingye, coupled with the relatively luxurious star cast, the movie may not make a lot of money, but the combination of the mainland and Xiangjiang is definitely enough.

This movie was released earlier, and it has been almost two weeks now. The box office in the Mainland is about 2500 million, and Hong Kong is about 1400 million Hong Kong dollars. If there is no problem in the follow-up, it should be able to increase by about one-third each.

Coupled with the box office of Malaysia and Singapore, the cumulative total is almost [-] million.

For a low-cost comedy Hong Kong film, there is definitely some profit...

"Happy Family 2009" seems to have a good lineup, but it is actually the weakest of these films during the Spring Festival this year.

"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Bullish", this animated film that countless people have regarded as a joke has become the biggest dark horse in the Spring Festival.

Less than a week after its release, the box office approached 3000 million. If this trend continues, it will not be difficult to break through [-] million.

And you must know that the cost of this movie is only 600 million, and the rate of return has more than doubled.

In this way, Chinese film practitioners who did not pay much attention to animation before felt the potential of animation films for the first time.

If "Havoc in the Sky" and "Lotus Lantern" in the early years were the enlightenment of countless animation and film practitioners, then this "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Bullishness" cleared up everyone's confusion and saw the way forward.

Don't look at Japanese animation movies are in full swing, Disney's animation is sweeping the world, and the box office in China is not low.

But after all, there are no successful examples of Chinese animation films, and it is impossible for practitioners to say that they are not a little confused.

But now "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Bullish" is a hit at the box office, proving that animation films in China can make money.

This line is a trick!
Don’t underestimate this example, the market determines everything. Without this example and example, the big hit animation movies such as "The Return of the Great Sage", "The Devil Boy Comes into the World" and "Quiba" may cease to exist in later generations.

The simplest example, before Cao Xuan subsidized Fox Animation, there were some objections within the Fanxing Group.

Now the similar voices are much less in an instant, and some people even proposed to approve 1000 million yuan, so that Fox can also make an animation movie to test the waters.

However, this matter was stopped by Cao Xuan.

It’s easy to get overwhelmed if you take a big step, and animation movies still prefer IP. "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Bullish" can explode because the animation is popular enough.

The entire animation film market has not been cultivated, and the chances of losing money are extremely high if they rush into it.

Cao Xuan didn't care about losing 800 million yuan, but he was afraid that Fox Animation would be hit, which would further hit the situation that had finally turned around.

Therefore, he still hopes that Fox Animation will slowly polish the few animations in hand, improve the technology, and enter the movie at the right time.

"Qin Shi Mingyue", "Zhu Xian", and "Star Change", which has just started going online recently.

"God's Tomb", "Coiling Dragon", "The Law of Demons" and the serialized "Douluo Dalu" are also included in the follow-up development plan of Fox Animation.

However, these animations will not be broadcast on the TV station, but will be launched in the follow-up [Penguin Video].

However, Cao Xuan is a little curious, if the animation of "Douluo Dalu" is developed by himself, and the relevant copyrights are in his hands, will there be two, three, four or five in the future...

"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The Bullishness" is not weak, but it is staggered with Cao Xuan's "Save Mr. Me", and the audience has little influence on each other.

On the contrary, the last "You Long Xi Feng" is a feature film, and it is released on both fronts and backs. It can be regarded as a direct competitor of "Save Mr. Me".

"You Long Xi Feng" is played by Liu Tianwang, although in the eyes of many people, Liu Tianwang seems to have no box office hits, and the box office appeal is limited.

This is actually misleading. In the early years of the century, Liu Tianwang was definitely one of the most appealing male stars. Although the overall performance was not outstanding, the lower limit was very high. Most movies could make the filmmakers make money.

It's just that Liu Tianwang is too much of a model worker, and the scripts he receives fluctuate up and down, and the overall data is not obvious, which leads to the low trust of the audience, and from time to time there is a big bad movie stealing the limelight.

In contrast, other male stars of the same level either have low-production works or relatively stable word-of-mouth. There are occasional bad movies, but they are basically short-lived, and they are rarely as eye-catching as Liu Tianwang.

But even so, Liu Tianwang's basics are still stable, the script lineup is good, and the promotion is well coordinated. Even if it doesn't explode, it can still be mixed in the middle and upper reaches.

"You Long Xi Feng" is a typical romance film, it all depends on the supporting scenes of the hero and heroine, Liu Tianwang has enough scenes, and Shu Dazui can definitely do it now.

Although this person has always been controversial and praised by many people, Tianya also has a lot of history of blackmailing.

Comparing her "glorious history", most of the four-dan double soldiers in 2009 are considered "little white flowers"...

Maybe the reputation of Fan Xiaopang in Yuanshikong at this time can be fought, but today's first sister Fanxing is not taking the black and red route. Although there are still disputes, the overall image is still very good. Word of mouth is above average.

Hu Jing is the one with the least amount of turmoil in this group of big flowers. She is almost free from gossip and gossip.

Followed by Mr. Zhou, although his love life is chaotic, he has a good personality, strong strength, and is still very popular with passers-by.

The second is the double soldiers. There are a lot of small black spots here and there, but it's not a big problem.

Fan Xiaopang is popular right now, with a lot of exposure, a lot of resources, and his own personality and behavior style are a bit flamboyant. Many people can't understand it. Even if there are stars to protect him, he will inevitably be hated.

Li Bingbing is a bit transparent, saying that she is a top-notch flower, but she does not always have a strong sense of existence, and the outside world has limited favor and dislike for her.

The international chapter belongs to the category of passers-by, but it is not pleasing.

The situation of a certain Zhao is more complicated. He has a high nationality, but in the past two years, he has been intercepted by various parties, his luck has been robbed, his career has not developed smoothly, and he has several key facts, which have led to mixed reviews from the outside world. .

In the original time and space, Fan Xiaopang, who took the black and red route, was at the bottom. Now that Xiaopang has turned over, her own luck has been taken away, so she can only compare with the international chapter.

Although the international chapter is not very popular, at least there is no shortage of good works, and the key black spots are not as many as hers, and it is slightly better in the end.

But it's not wrong to say that she is inspirational. There are so many porn stars in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and it's really not many who can wear clothes to make it back to the mainstream, let alone win the Golden Horse Best Actress and multiple Golden Statue Best Supporting Actresses.

Disputes about character aside, beauty and ugliness depend on personal aesthetics, but there is still the ability to speak freely.

Before, Shu Dazui was regarded as a first-line actress in Hong Kong and Taiwan circles, but she was not ranked well in the Mainland. Feng Pants' "If You Are the One" made her very popular.

Shu Dazui is a native of Taiwan, and he has been hanging out in Xiangjiang all the year round. He is also able to show his own strength. He was successfully praised by Hong Kong and Taiwan, and later won many big productions. There are many names such as Star Master, Jiang Wen, Hou Xiaoxian Director works and Huayi's big production.

That's all for the director, he may be moved by the actor's characteristics, but Huayi is not stupid, how could he give the cake in his hand to others, it is hard to say whether there is any influence of Hong Kong and Taiwan capital in it.

After all, no matter how popular Shu Dazui is, the big flowers in the mainland are not far behind, even the new generation of small flowers, it's not like they can't keep their eyes on the top.

But no matter what, with the right timing and good luck, Shu Dazui became one of the very few Hong Kong and Taiwan actresses of the same generation who can compete with the big flowers in the mainland.

If it hadn't been for the turmoil of Zhen Zibao and Zhao Wenzhuo involved in 2013, which caused the popularity of passers-by to plummet, his career would probably be able to reach a higher level.

In the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles where faults are severely broken in later generations, Shu Dazui is likely to become the last glory of Hong Kong and Taiwan actresses in the film field.

At least there is no hope for the 80s and 90s. I don’t know if the post-00s Wen Qi, who is endowed with high hopes, can break this shackles...

Liu Tianwang + Dahong's Shu Dazui, the supporting role is Zhang Hanyu who just defeated Huang Bo and won the Golden Horse Best Actor with "Assembly".

As for the actors in "Save Mr. Me", besides Cao Xuan, only Liu Huohua can play. Although there are two best actors, they are from literary films.

Director Cao Baoping didn't have much box office success. Although Zhang Ze and Guo Zhenni, who plays Huazi's girlfriend, are well-known, they are both TV stars, and Wang Qianyuan is even more unknown.

But it doesn't matter, if it really compares fame and box office appeal, Cao Xuan alone can overwhelm the other three, not to mention the gimmick of a live-action movie adaptation.

The outside world hyped this time as a battle between heavenly kings, but to be honest, Cao Xuan, who had seen a lot of turmoil and waves, didn't take this matter to heart at all.

It's not that Cao Xuan is drifting away. Seeking truth from facts, Xiangjiang's artists only talk about box office appeal, and even Cheng Long has to admit defeat in front of him now.

Unless Master Xing came back out of the arena, Cao Xuan might take a high look at it. Unless other people form gangs, add famous directors or high-quality scripts to help out, that's the way it is.

This time, it means that the subject matter of Cao Xuan this time may not be pleasing, so it may be used for comparison. If it is a commercial film, it is pure self-inflicted humiliation.

He even suspected that this was a manuscript bought by the crew of "You Long Xi Feng", intending to touch porcelain and gain his popularity.

Lu Mo felt the same way, he was not a fan of anyone, but Cao Xuan's box office performance was obvious.

Regardless of the total global box office, Cao Xuan's cumulative box office in the Mainland alone has exceeded 22 billion.

And all of them are starred in movies, the worst is the double male protagonist. It is almost the only one in the box office in the mainland. There are very few in the industry who can compete with him at the box office, but there must be no Liu Tianwang whose box office performance is not outstanding.

However, as a professional film critic, Lu Mo bought two tickets separately, planning to watch them all and make an objective evaluation.

Maybe Cao Xuan overturned his car!

With this mentality, Lu Mo walked into the theater of "Save Mr. Me" first.

There is no nonsense at all. At the beginning of the movie, Mr. Wu played by Cao Xuan came out of the bar with the producer, met fans for a group photo, and was caught by Huazi pretending to be a policeman.

It is worth mentioning that the actor who plays the producer is the producer of the crew of "Save Mr. Me", and it belongs to him to play the role in his true colors.

There is no nonsense in the movie, and he was caught in the car after a few disputes.

But in fact, in reality, Wu Ruofu and the producer (also his friend) found something was wrong at the time, and even fought directly with the kidnappers, and finally forced the other party to draw a gun. Wu Ruofu, who had been a soldier, knew it was a real gun and was afraid of accidents. follow along.

The film's treatment in this way is mainly for the plot, so it weakens the producer's positioning.

This kind of opening also allows the audience to be firmly grasped from the beginning of the movie.

Afterwards, the movie changed into an interlude, and turned into an interrogation scene in which Huazi was arrested after the incident. The two timelines after the incident were used to narrate, interspersed continuously, and finally found a timeline node and reached a consensus.

This editing mode was decided after a long discussion between the director and post-production.

The main reason is that the single narrative rhythm is a bit procrastinated, and there are no surprises. The hostages are kidnapped, the robbers go to get ransom, they are caught by the police, interrogated, and rescued. The audience can guess with their eyes closed.

Interlude editing disrupts the rhythm and raises the audience's expectations. The interrogation scene can also form a confrontation, heighten the tension, and restore the whole incident from multiple perspectives.

Lu Mo saw the advantages at a glance, but there are advantages and disadvantages to interjection. If the editing is good, it is to control the rhythm of the film.

As a film critic who likes to pick up plot lines, Lu Mo ignored the interludes and edits, and began to sort out the plot according to the timeline.

Hua Zi, a gangster with ideals and strong anti-social personality, once committed a crime and was imprisoned. After he was released from prison, he gathered a few accomplices and started a business of kidnapping and extorting.

These people were very shady, they specially picked luxury cars to start, kidnapped people, and directly tore up the tickets when they got the ransom.

I have done several cases before, all the hostages were killed, only one young Du, because he claimed to have no money, he was imprisoned for not getting the ransom for the time being, Mr. Wu is the new fat sheep.

As a well-known big star in the whole country, Hua Zi naturally wanted to make a fortune from Mr. Wu.

Mr. Wu is willing to spend money to eliminate disasters, but what he is afraid of is that the kidnappers will tear up the ticket after taking the money, so he has been trying to deal with the kidnappers.

During this period, the police also got the news, immediately filed a case for investigation, and identified the suspect through various visits, and planned to use the opportunity of getting ransom to catch the suspect, find the place of detention, and rescue the hostages.

All three parties are fighting wits and courage, the hostages and kidnappers, the kidnappers and the police, are constantly changing between the strong and the weak.

Obviously it is a somewhat boring hostage rescue case, but the tension and excitement that many action scenes can't bring can be filmed in a daze.

To a large extent, it is because of the excellent performance of the actors, the cunning and cunning of the kidnapper played by Wang Qianyuan, and the state of being kidnapped on thin ice created by Cao Xuan and Zhang Ze.

The play between the two sides gave the audience a great emotional rendering, and they couldn't help but worry about the hostages.

I even couldn't help substituting into it, imagining what I would do if I was kidnapped, and fearing the cruelty of the kidnapper.

At the end of the movie summary in advance, Lu Mo himself added two words in black and emphasis - [true].

In most similar plots in the past, many people can act out the kidnapper's ferocity and murder without blinking an eye, but few people can accurately grasp the relevant state of the hostages. Even emotions such as fear are mostly superficial.

Cao Xuan's performance is very restrained, just like Mr. Wu in the movie, suppressing the inner fear, constantly calmly negotiating and even probating the kidnappers.Hope to find a way to survive, but in the end more and more desperate.

The depressive emotions conveyed by Cao Xuan did not decrease because of Cao Xuan's restraint, but became stronger, more profound and real than pure fear.

When most people encounter this situation, they may not be so emotionally exposed, and the crying and fear of complete breakdown are not suitable for everyone.

On the contrary, this kind of "calm and restrained" semi-collapse, those who are emotionally exposed can find a sense of substitution, and those with strong psychological quality can empathize with them, so that they can experience the heart of the character with the details of Mr. Wu's eyes, expressions, and movements.

"These games are absolutely perfect."

Lu Mo's eyes became brighter and brighter. In the movie "Save Mr. Me", Cao Xuan showed very little acting skills, or even none.

But there is thunder in the silent place, the more simple and ordinary the performance is, the more shocking it is, because you will forget Cao Xuan and put all your attention on Mr. Wu, as if you are really watching a The tied star.

Lu Mo hasn't watched all of Cao Xuan's movies, but the ones he rated the most are "When Men Are in Love", "New World" and "New Police Story".

Among them, "New World", which is the most highly rated by the outside world, has the least impression on him. In his opinion, the role of Li Zicheng is too restrained. Although Cao Xuan's eye scene also reflects the complexity of this role, the plot of the movie itself is even more rewarding. Heavy.

"When Men Are in Love" and "New Police Story" tested Cao Xuan's acting skills even more.

In the former, Cao Xuan's acting skills are still a little green, but what he puts forward is sincerity and aura, and he portrays a low-level gangster with flesh and blood.

The crying scene where we stood facing each other was the pinnacle, and it was even included in the classic scenes of Chinese film history.

The latter, the crazy and evil performance, is actually more of a show off.

Cao Xuan used all the acting skills he mastered at the time, supplemented by some characteristics of the major villains, and finally kneaded a chilling super villain Ah Xuan, even in the classic villain-filled Hong Kong movies, he can be regarded as a very good shot up.

Lu Mo likes these two characters the most, and thinks this is the pinnacle of Cao Xuan's acting skills.

As for other films such as "Painted Skin" and "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff", they are all regular performances, or have special features, but they are not amazing.

But this time in "Save Mr. Me", Lu Mo saw another performance state of Cao Xuan. He didn't know if Cao Xuan tried the experiential style, but he felt different from the previous roles.

If you force it to explain, it feels a bit back to the basics, but it's not particularly similar. It's a bit exaggerated to say it's superb.

Lu Mo pondered for a long time, and finally wrote his own evaluation in the notebook——

[It was the first time I saw his master Li Xuejian in Cao Xuan's state of being a grand master who is as stable as a mountain, which is ingenious and incompetent]

After watching a movie, Lu Mo didn't even pay attention to "You Long Xi Feng" which had already bought tickets, and rushed home to write the manuscript.

I kept thinking on the road, and even turned on my mobile phone to record some of my thoughts in order to avoid the loss of inspiration.

When he got home, Lu Mo didn't even eat, so he went straight to the study and spent the whole afternoon writing a film review of nearly ten thousand words.

Leaving aside about 1/3 of the non-spoiler plot analysis and related background introduction, the rest of the text basically revolves around the acting skills of the actors.

Wang Qianyuan was the first to praise. He felt that the other party's performance was very good. If Cao Xuan's performance was not too good, he would vote for Wang Qianyuan without hesitation.

The most powerful thing in the whole movie is undoubtedly the mother's visit to the prison at the end, and the gangster shed tears. Even if I hate this character in my heart, I can't help but feel sore.

This is also one of the four most moving scenes of Lu Mo in "Save Mr. Me".

The first scene is that I am sure to die, my husband and Xiao Du are snuggling together, and my husband sings "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" to him.

According to Wu Ruofu himself, he and Xiao Du sang many songs together at that time, among which the most sung one was "Joker" by Liu Tianwang, and the other was "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" by Cao Xuan.

At that time, two versions were filmed. In the end, "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" was selected because Cao Xuan played the role.

In the second scene, Mr. Wu was sent on the road by several younger brothers, and his throat was directly locked with an iron chain.

It was Zhenle who attacked him. Although he had taken some protective measures, Cao Xuan's face was flushed from being strangled, and he almost rolled his eyes. The effect presented was also extremely shocking.

There is also a scene where after Mr. Wu is rescued, in the escort police car, the policeman played by Wu Ruofu on the opposite side looks at him quietly.

This close-up shot is actually very meaningful. To a certain extent, Wu Ruofu is asking about his "self" back then, and it can be regarded as a kind of healing and farewell.

It is worth mentioning that at this time in the movie, Mr. Wu didn't talk much, and was in a state of narrow escape and lingering fear.

This is also because he was rescued when he was almost strangled to death in the movie, and it was a circle around the gate of hell. It is normal for him to have a lot of psychological fluctuations.

But in reality, when Wu Ruofu was rescued, the kidnappers hadn’t done anything yet, and they didn’t tell him that his death was imminent, so his psychological fluctuations were not as huge as those in the movie, and he was in a very excited state, talking endlessly with the police in the police car.

Many viewers watched the original version of Liu Huohua's policeman, and jokingly asked Mr. Wu if he often encountered such situations when making movies.

In fact, this is the real dialogue at that time, almost a 1:1 restoration, but the film art processing, the state of the protagonist is different, it seems a bit out of date.

After complimenting Wang Qianyuan, Lu Mo praised Liu Huohua again. Zhang Ze was also praised for acting like a real policeman.

It is also worth mentioning that Guo Zhenni, who plays the protagonist of Huazi, is rebellious and stubborn with a bit of infatuation. Guo Zhenni found several characteristics of this character very accurately.

This made Lu Mo, who had no impression of this artist before, remember this slender girl with heroic and charming features for the first time, and even made a bold prediction.

Among the two hottest little flowers among the stars, Liu Tianxian has not yet broken away from the position of a vase, and Da Mimi is equally divided. They have acted in many plays, but their acting skills have not improved significantly.

In the future, it may be this low-key and quiet Guo Zhenni who will be able to carry the appearance of acting among stars and actresses.

The stars and actresses are famous, and several of them can be said to be very popular, but when it comes to acting skills, Hu Jing and Yang Xue are the ones who really stand up. Fan Xiaopang used to be half of them, but now he barely counts as one.

It is impossible for a leading entertainment and film company in the industry to cultivate stars without capable actors.

In terms of popularity, Guo Zhenni is hard to compare with Da Mimi and Liu Tianxian. Taking the line of acting skills may be the way out.

Several actors used about 3000 words, and in the rest of the space, Lu Mo used multiple angles to play tricks on Cao Xuan.

The exaggerated and disgusting words used, even Cao Xuan's fans, might think that this guy took money.

That night, Lu Mo's film review appeared on Mtime.com and Weibo, with a somewhat sensational headline in the eyes of outsiders.

"There will be no suspense for this year's Golden Horse actor, let us cheer for the birth of the first Chinese-language three-gold actor"

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ps: This chapter says that it has been restored. Has anyone watched Liu Tianxian's new drama? Is it good?
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