Huayu, my wife, I support myself

In fact, the audience's requirements are not very high.

As long as you don't mess around.

Audiences generally don't criticize too much.

Why was "Legend of the Gods" so badly criticized?

The reason is also very simple.

Rigid character performances, taken-for-granted plot settings, illogical story trends and drooling and brainless lines.

This is not enough.

The most annoying thing is that the movie marketing advertisement also regards the mix of Eastern and Western cultures as a gimmick, and I am drunk after watching it.

nominally based on a novel,

But I just took the characters and background in the novel as shells, and then imagined a new story myself.

As an adaptation method, this is not bad, it's just your new story.

More or less depends on the score,
completely bluntly grafted,
Introduce completely irrelevant cultural elements,

It is easy to arouse the resentment of movie viewers.

Especially works with a broad readership.

Take a good example.

The same is true of the "Nine-story Demon Tower" in the original world.

Director Lu changed the Ghost Blowing Lamp, which had a deep sense of weirdness and mysterious oriental culture, into a Western-style Resident Evil, and the result was completely nondescript.

In contrast,

"Legend of the Gods" is even more bizarre, the black dragon looks like an alien, the centipede is a monster from the abyss, and Daji's fox tail is obviously the disaster of a python.

After Shen Gongbao was upgraded, he became a huge orc. After Lei Zhenzi grew wings, he looked like an Avatar. Also, there are those ancient city walls,

How come the Shang Dynasty-style buildings in Huaguo are all Lord of the Rings-style European and American styles?
Later, when I searched online,
I fully understand, it turns out that the special effects team of the film was hired from Hollywood,
No wonder the whole story is the shadow of Uncle Sam.

Originally, Fengshen was the most famous fantasy novel in the history of Huaguo, with a deep foundation of Chinese culture and the connotation of Chinese Taoism.
There are countless fans like me who read novels since childhood,

If it's just for cool shots,

Abandon this cultural soil,

The result of forcibly implanting Western special effects is to make the characters and stories lose their vitality and cultural support.

The gods, immortals, ghosts, and demons in Huaguo all have their own unique and distinctive images.

No matter how good Hollywood's special effects are,

After all, the people who made it were Westerners,

The oriental myths they fiddled with,
Regardless of the other things, at least it doesn't look like it. It's too far from the original shadow in the minds of Huaguo audiences.

As soon as you come out, you will turn people's three views, and you will definitely not be recognized.

But some say,

problem!

The problem is that your special effects team in mainland China is too low.

Who doesn't want to use their own cattle, why spend a lot of money to hire foreign teams.

In fact, this is not true.

Not to mention Lu Chen and Jiaxing Media.

The special effects of other companies are not bad.

Good example.

"Havoc".

The animation "Havoc in the Sky" has nothing to do with Jiaxing Media.

The special effects of this movie are also magnificent, and they can also represent the special effects of Huaguo.

……

In fact, many directors know it.

The essence of a movie is a story rather than a truth or a landscape.

All techniques and techniques should be based on the basis of a complete story.

But many directors always like to squat in the toilet, humming songs, and suddenly have a flash of inspiration,

I feel that I have realized a short and concise philosophy of life,

Then the director made up his mind.

Be sure to use a story to carry this truth.

In Lu Chen's opinion.

The stories thus bred are often poorly written.

why,

The philosophy in the story is a subjective thing. What the director expresses, the audience may not be able to understand the director's thoughts due to insufficient qualifications or different experiences.

I can't understand the director's thinking.

It is also right for the audience to scold their mothers,

After all, people spent money.

Others spent money and didn't experience the pleasure they should have, so they are not allowed to say a few words, where is the reason?
an interesting story,

Always a hard core of a good movie,
Only good stories are intriguing,

There will be over-dissection only if it is intriguing,
Excessive dissection will lead to disputes,
Disputes will ignite.

This is the correct hype routine for a really good movie.

As for philosophy, it's a matter of opinion.

How is that a good story?
In Lu Chen's opinion.

When and where a person did something.

What time and place can be regarded as an adverbial, and that's the point.

Who is it and what is it?

What people are presented by the actors, what the audience wants to see is what the people in the movie do, not the actors named so and so performing the scene.

If the characters in the film change with the actors, it will only make the audience feel unspeakably weird.

As for what kind of story is a good story, it must be reasonable and unexpected.

Unexpected refers to all kinds of strange things that happen to the protagonist, so that he has a courage and temperament that is different from ordinary people. It is reasonable to refer to what kind of character will do what kind of thing, rather than let him do things against himself. The character image thing.

Life is the way people walk,
The behavior and plot of the characters in the plot should also change with the character's experience and state of mind, instead of arranging the change of the character's state of mind according to the needs of the plot.

Such a mental journey will only make people surprised and unclear.

All kinds of unexpected and reasonable complement each other to become a well-paced masterpiece.

As for the director's mentality.

In Lu Chen's view, it's not that important.

But many domestic directors put it first.

This is really not nonsense.

Many netizens can feel it.

I always feel that the current film seems to be catering to something.

Although the audience doesn't know what these directors are really catering to.

But I can feel that they are catering to something.

It's a bit of a mouthful.

But it's also true.

The audience can be said to be quite unhappy about this.

They also understand that most directors in this era of big data have done their homework.

Know who needs to catch the eye,
Those fucking trailers are proof.

But why are the wind reviews always failing?

The reason is very simple, difficult to say,

You can't please everyone,

If you please one group of people, it means the disdain of another group of people. It is impossible for a movie to please everyone.

Let this film become a niche film but not make money,
The choice of whether to make the movie hot or not makes people tangled.

Under these two somewhat fixed choices.

Coupled with the flaws of some directors themselves,

It makes the film more complicated but not as deep as expected.

This is also the reason why many directors refuse to accept the audience's criticism.

The director's heart: I worked so hard, I thought so much, why don't you understand my painstaking efforts!

Actually they forgot.

There is another option,

That is to cater to most people.

To be precise, it should cater to domestic audiences.

Whether they can have both the fish and the bear's paw is not what they need to consider at this time,
To be precise.

There are only a handful of domestic directors who need to consider this issue.

Almost all of them are concentrated in Jiaxing Media!

At most, it is adding a national teacher.

other people's words.

Basically don't think about it.

Without an overseas foundation, what is there to consider?
Just consider the box office on your own territory.

In Lu Chen's view, the main problem of Huaguo movies is,

That's the problem.

Many directors care too much about what foreign audiences think when making movies.

Is he your father or your mother?

Do you care so much about people's feelings?
Every time he sees such a movie, Lu Chen is quite speechless.

Speaking of which,

Lu Chen liked Guo Fan's words better.

Director Guo was once interviewed by the "Global Times". When asked about foreign audiences, he said: "I don't care if they can accept it? I first serve Chinese audiences. My film does not consider any international market or international audiences." I think we haven't reached that time yet, and we don't have the ability to make a film with a global perspective. When half of the world's people speak Chinese, they will naturally go out. This is a cultural part, and our culture is still Not strong enough."

Director Guo's remarks conveyed at least two experiences.

The first is confidence in Chinese culture,
Science fiction works for domestic audiences are not inferior,
The production level of the Huaguo team is also catching up;
Secondly,

This also shows that Director Guo has a clear understanding of the performance of "The Wandering Earth" in the international market-this is a film that does not consider foreign audiences, and "it has not reached that time yet".

This is also the idea that Lu Chen gave to Yu Kui and the others.

The feelings of foreign audiences are always put last, and the first thing they need to do is to satisfy the feelings of domestic audiences.

Only in satisfying the feelings of domestic audiences.

Only then can we consider foreign audiences!
Just stick to that philosophy.

The movies they make are just about the same.

This is also the reason why Jiaxing Media is liked by so many viewers.

Because the first consideration of every movie produced by Jiaxing Media is their feelings!

The audience's requirements are really not that harsh.

As long as you don't mess around.

Even if the story is almost close to them, they can accept it.

……

The premiere of "Eternal Loyalty" is over.

Film critics' comments are also out.

"A movie with Chinese characteristics."

Lu Chen, who skipped work, sat on the sofa and clicked on a movie review with a lot of likes: "My friend's birthday, so everyone decided to follow my vision as a film critic, choose a movie to have fun, and finish it by the way." As for my job, I actually know that I have no choice at all. The tidbits of "The Eternal Loyalty" have already come out, and I have watched the trailer before, and there has been a lot of discussion on the Internet. When I said that I went out to watch "The Eternal Loyalty" , Friends around me basically agreed without hesitation. Obviously, they also want to watch this movie.

As for why I was asked to choose, it is actually very simple, that is, everyone has lost interest in the previous movies that pretended to be a god, that is, the producer this time is Jiaxing Media.Otherwise, I'm really worried that no one will watch this movie.The movie opened for 3 minutes, and everyone's attention was directly attracted by the movie.

When I saw this scene, I couldn't help sighing: This is the strength of Jiaxing Media. To be precise, it should be the strength of the director.

Jiaxing Media has been adhering to a principle, that is, they first consider the feelings of domestic audiences, not foreign audiences. I believe this, not only me, but many audiences have also felt it.Even for Jiaxing Media's films that go overseas, they first satisfy domestic audiences, including "Jurassic Park 2". Lu Chen and the others used their actions to teach domestic directors a hard lesson.

As for whether this lesson is useful or not, I believe everyone has a judgment in their hearts.

well, let's get back to business.

Talk about movies.

The movie takes loyalty as the main line. What is a little bit dissatisfied is that Bigan was set as a person with no strength. It is a pity that he and the Emperor of Heaven and Xianmenmen took the initiative. A person without the power to bind a chicken?In my opinion, it is not necessary.

Fortunately, the flaws do not conceal the virtues.

This movie gives us a new experience of Fengshen, infinitely close to the Fengshen in our hearts.The Fengshen we imagined is definitely not that childish,
in the original.

The story of "Fengshen Yanyi" is actually like this: King Zhou is the youngest son, and because of the support of Shang Rong, the king's hand, he succeeded to the throne over his two elder brothers.

The prime minister, Shang Rong, was closely related to the Nuwa Temple and was the de facto archbishop of the Yin and Shang Dynasties.

The second comparison is that it is Uncle Wang, who has the power of the clan, and may bring back the two elder brothers of King Zhou to abolish his throne if necessary.

The senior doctor Mei Bo and the grand master Du Yuanxian are their allies.

Although Wen Zhong Taishi is an old minister, he is loyal to King Zhou, but he led his troops to the expedition.

Huang Feihu, King Wucheng, led the Royal Guards and was Huang Guifei's elder brother.

Empress Jiang is the daughter of Jiang Huanchu, the guardian of the Eastern Realm.

Concubine Yang may be Empress Jiang's dowry cousin, and the two little princes are called Concubine Huang "Empress", but Concubine Yang is "aunt".

King Zhou and other concubines had no sons.

King Zhou married the Marquis of Jizhou to fight against theocracy, clean up veterans, and fight against the forces of foreign relatives.

But Daji's methods are fierce and cruel, and she likes to roast people with fire, so she is dismissed as a red witch by the other party.

In the struggle to regain the right to teach, Yun Zhongzi and Jiang Ziya were expelled from Chaoge one after another.

Yuanshi Tianzun decided to intervene in the Shang and Zhou wars, and Daji had a close relationship with the leader of Tongtian, which eventually turned into a war to explain and cut off the two religions.

In the end, Patriarch Hongjun appeared and asked all the senior gods on both sides to withdraw from the war.

Humans started fighting again, so the archers of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the elephant soldiers of the Nanbohou, the nomads of the Beibohou and the pikemen of the Dongbohou spread out in the field, while King Zhou appeared on the battlefield in a chariot and Daji rode a dragon .

Each side has a white-robed mage, Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao.

The elites were evenly matched, but King Zhou turned his back and King Wu won.

This is the story in the original book.

Who can stand a story like this?Unless you don't have a brain!
Thanks to Lu Chen for adapting this story. Although the story has flaws, it is very logical. If possible, I really hope that the follow-up project of Fengshen will come out soon.My spiritual world desperately needs fulfillment. "

see last.

Lu Chen couldn't help showing a smile.

interesting.

A very interesting film review, "The Eternal Loyal Minister" is rarely mentioned throughout the article.

But every sentence is not far from the "Eternal Loyal Minister".

In a word.

Just to say more about "The Eternal Loyal Minister".

Except this one.

Lu Chen also read the comments of other film critics.

Film critics familiar with Jiaxing Media also published their own film reviews.

Most are positive reviews.

Of course, there are mixed reviews.

After all, there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people.

No work can please everyone.

Lu Chen couldn't do it either.

(End of this chapter)