This director is very reliable

Chapter 763 The truth is so ugly! (44)

"Havoc in Tianzhu" is actually "Yin囧", a copy of "Tai囧"...

The screenwriters are all the same, Mr. Shu Huan.

The pattern is the same - road movies, the main plot of the plot goes to a foreign land for a certain purpose, trying to use the external environmental contradictions to solve the protagonist's internal anxiety or contradictions.

At this level, "Tianzhu" and "Tai囧" are the same, and they are both for so-called commercial purposes.

"Tai囧" is a commercial secret, and "Tianzhu" is a will with huge commercial interests—the confession of Tang Zong, the chairman of the Holy Church Group, before his death, asked Tang Sen to go to India to find his own will, and must Let Wu Kong protect him...

Tang Sen is Bai Ke, and Wu Kong is Bao Qiang!

However, "Tianzhu" has a huge mistake compared with "Tai囧": it does not deeply explore the internal anxiety or contradiction of the protagonist!
In this way, external conflicts and the motivation of the villain will not be enough!
Therefore, in "Tianzhu", the driving force of the plot is slightly equal to nothing, the murder of the mentally retarded villain, and the inexplicable motivation of the protagonist...

After reading the script, Shen Changlin asked about the production and learned that the cost was 1.2 million...

According to Shen Changlin's understanding of the light, if this movie is placed in the Spring Festival, the publicity cost will not be less than [-] million!

Here comes the question, you have worked so hard to publicize and hype, went to India, where you are not familiar with, and invited a group of Bollywood actors to dance on the spot, why didn't you put more effort into photography and script?
——The shots of "Havoc in Tianzhu" are chaotic, up and down, left and right, without any rules. Sometimes I want to watch it seriously, but the picture shakes badly.

You are not Lou Ye!
In the original time and space, Shen Changlin watched "Havoc in Tianzhu", and commented in one sentence: The movie fully demonstrates how to turn a comedy into a disaster...

Out-of-control story, exaggerated performances, empty characters, chaotic editing, completely non-existent logic, rampant ad placement, and all kinds of self-righteous funny, the movie is really useless.

When Wang Baoqiang starts to play handsome, you will know how hot this movie is!
I have read a sentence before, which makes sense: in order to avoid in-depth thinking, the behind-the-scenes personnel of mainland movies are willing to do all their hard work.

After quickly reading the script, Shen Changlin was thinking of words...

Bao Qiang spoke first: "I studied directing from director Chen Kai... I stole my teacher when I was filming "The Taoist Descends the Mountain"!"

"... That's great. Director Chen was born to eat like a director."

Shen Changlin hurriedly continued on this topic: "The movie "Taoist Down the Mountain" has a good connotation. I watched it twice a while ago, and the more I watch it, the more interesting it becomes..."

"Actually, I don't know what "Taoist Down the Mountain" is about. The director told me that although I play He An as the protagonist, he is actually a bystander!"

Then he talked about the experience of filming "Taoist Down the Mountain": "From the start of filming to the completion of the filming, I was with the cast and crew every day. We are like a family. The things in life, such as basic necessities of life, are taken care of by Sister Hong. Actors don’t have to worry about it at all, as long as they are responsible for acting.”

"When the filming of this scene was finished, on the day of the finale, I really cried for a long time. I haven't cried like this for a long time!"

Shen Changlin hurriedly asked some director Chen's way of training actors - stealing a teacher...

Baoqiang said that Director Chen likes to chat with the actors very much, which deepens the actors' understanding of the characters' personalities, plot settings, and emotional conflicts.

During the performance, from the changes in facial expressions, the content of the eyes, the speed of the lines, and the weight of body movements, he will point out many inappropriate performances of the actors one by one...

After listening, Shen Changlin shook his head: "I guess I can't do it...I'm not that patient!"

……

Well, Director Chen is still very good at training actors.

However, there is a process, from the fame of "Yellow Earth" to the peak of "Farewell My Concubine", and then the direction of training actors is biased towards stage performances, requiring actors to amplify their emotions and body movements. The performance is most obvious in The Promise!
To be honest, in the film circle, there are not many directors who can make Gong Li feel at a loss and superficially direct. Director Chen is one of them. In "Feng Yue" and "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin", Gong Li's performance is full of at a loss. .

Let me focus on "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin". Most of the shots in the film were done indoors. Director Chen even gave up the mise-en-scène and directly pointed the camera at the characters, asking the actors to zoom in on their expressions and zoom in again.Whether it is Zhang Fengyi, Li Xuejian, or even Wang Zhiwen, they all showed a completely staged exaggerated effect.

"King Qin Yingzheng, have you forgotten the great wish of Qin's predecessors to rule the world?"

"Don't dare to forget for a moment!"

In "The Promise", Xie Tingfeng's frowning performance and Cheng Qian's way of shaking his head are actually stage performances...

I guess it was also Lao Chen's request!
It should be starting from "Mei Lanfang", the exaggerated drama style performance requirements gradually weakened, and the requirements for actors have also moved inward.

It finally reached its climax in "Legend of the Demon Cat": Huang Xuan's performance is very natural, Zhang Luyi and Abe Hiroshi's performances are also excellent.

……

After all, I still want to talk about "Havoc in Tianzhu". Shen Changlin said first: "From the perspective of the script setting, the villain is too weak and lacks motivation..."

"The most important thing... what type are you? If it's an urban comedy theme, why is there a golden cudgel?"

The most unbearable thing about "Havoc in Tianzhu" is the ending - Baoqiang was beaten into the sea by the villain Boss, and then some bloody memories appeared, so a stone statue appeared, and then he pulled out the golden cudgel and destroyed it. Defeated the boss...

That's right, at the end, Baoqiang dreamed that he was Sun Wukong making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, he was instructed by the Tathagata Buddha to cross the catastrophe, and later Baoqiang fell into the water to get the golden cudgel...

It is estimated that many people do not know the ending, right?
Brother, this is a modern theme, how come there is a golden cudgel?
"Also, don't put too many people in road movies. Just you and Tang Sen are enough. Do the characters Zhu Tianpeng and Wu Jing have any existence value?"

"Director, I've finished filming... and the four monks and disciples of "Journey to the West"..."

"Can you compare with "Journey to the West"? The three apprentices of Journey to the West represent Tang Seng's three evil thoughts of 'greed, looting and ignorance'... Forget it, let me tell the truth..." Shen Changlin got up and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, "Lost in Hong Kong" will be released on National Day this year, don't forget!"

"Um…"

Shen Changlin thought about running away quickly, while Bao Qiang muttered to himself, 'Is it so bad? '

Just when Shi Shi came in with coconut milk, he saw Shen Changlin preparing to drive and Baoqiang who was deep in thought, and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing...Is it iced?"

"Ok!"

"Baoqiang, don't think so much, the movie is finished, so we can't remake it?"

Shen Changlin glanced at Baoqiang and handed over the coconut juice.

Bao Qiang raised his head: "Is there no hope of saving it? This is my first work as a director, and I still like it."

"...It's fine if you like it. In fact, movies, especially commercial movies, must first pass their own checkpoints before they can be released to the market. If you don't like a commercial movie, how can the audience like it?" Shen Changlin watched Xiang Shi Shi: "Am I right?"

Shi Shi nodded, and then said: "Baoqiang suffered a lot for "Havoc in Tianzhu". If you have a way to improve, please help!"

"...I can't help it, the style of the whole movie is like this, what can I do?" Shen Changlin shook his head: "Furthermore, if I forcibly intervene, will this movie still be Baoqiang's movie?"

(End of this chapter)