China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 237 "Three Dozens of Bone Demons" Is a Bad Movie?

"He Fang's new film brings a new mythical experience"

"On-site cooperation with Feng Xiaogang to assist Feng Xiaogang in making a science fiction film with special effects"

"He Fang strongly praised Miss Fang: I am 100% satisfied with her"

"Deng Chao asks the experts of monkey drama from North and South to play Monkey King well"

"Huang Xiaoming said frankly: It was not an audition for Tang Seng at first"

"Chen Kaige: Should Evil Be Eliminated or Saved?" "

"He Fang: [Three Dozens of Bone Essence] box office will surpass [Pacific Rim], there are three reasons"

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When He Fang was still working hard, the media had already reported overwhelmingly. Of course, in addition to the media reports, there were commotions from film critics.

"Watching the premiere of "Three Dozens of Bones", I think it's a super bad movie. It's not that I'm sensationalizing, let me tell you one by one..." A famous film critic came up with an eye-catching film review.

"He Fang got lost and wasted money. He felt that other people's classics were not good, so he insisted on demonstrating them. In the end, he changed them even worse. There is nothing worth changing in traditional Chinese stories. So many bad films and the audience scolded them. The sound has already been proven, why does someone insist on adapting it? Isn’t it good to make a sci-fi blockbuster..."

"Three Dozens of Bone Demons made me feel. This is not a simple story. When I was a child, I was angry when I saw Tang Seng wrongly blamed Monkey King and wronged Monkey King. Tang Seng couldn't tell the difference between monsters. Why can't monsters be killed when they do evil. However, "Three Attacks on the Bone Demon" tells me that it's not that simple..."

"Big love "Three Fighting Bones", before watching the movie, I thought it was at most a story about Monkey King fighting monsters, and then he fought wonderfully. That's how I saw "Journey to the West" when I was a child. Monsters are all bad guys. Damn it. However, He Fang's "Three Beats of the Bone Demon" said that the world is like a purgatory, and if you want to turn the world into a paradise, there must be a monk who wants to go to hell to save all living beings..."

"The special effects are exquisite, the fighting is wonderful, the performances are in place, the protagonist is dazzling, and the supporting roles are shining... The summary is that "Three Fighting Bones" is the most successful movie in "Journey to the West" so far. However, it seems that this is "Journey to the West" "The first theatrical movie, right?..."

"Three Dozens of the Bone Demons" is best for the three leading actors, Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, and Yan Ran. This is a movie that absolutely subverts the audience's perception of them, because I have confirmed "Three Dozens of the Bone Demons", the younger generation Huang Xiaoming is really the best actor in Tang Seng, and I think Deng Chao is currently the best actor in Sun Wukong among these stars. As for Yan Ran? It’s purely a surprise..."

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The film reviews of the film critics quickly fermented, and then the netizens also left messages and interacted one after another, especially those few film reviews that scolded "Three Dozens of Bones" as a bad movie, and many fans gathered to leave messages below.

"Author, tell me, what's wrong with it? The special effects are bad? The plot is bad? Or is the performance terrible? Or is it something else bad? I'm curious if you call it a bad movie. "

"Yeah, I'm curious too. Logically speaking, the special effects of He Fang's movie shouldn't be bad, right? The special effects of "Pacific Rim" are so good, but the special effects of "Three Dozens of Bones" are bad? Make me doubt it."

"Could it be that the plot is bad? I haven't seen it, so I don't know if the plot is bad."

"I'm also curious. The film critics say it's a big bad movie, and then talk nonsense. Now I really want to buy a ticket and go to the cinema to see how bad it is."

"Me too, am I a person who is particularly interested in bad movies? I really want to see He Fang's bad movies. It's not uncommon for He Fang to make good movies, but I'm particularly interested in his bad movies."

"Should I do this? Brother, why do I have the same mentality?"

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On July 7rd, He Fang was going to bring the crew to do the show, who knew that he was met by several reporters when he came out of the house.

"Director He Fang, there are many movie reviews on the Internet saying "Three Dozens of Bones" is a terrible movie, what do you think about this?"

"Director He Fang, some film critics on the Internet said that after you made some achievements, you drifted away and started making bad movies. Is that true?"

"Director He Fang, fans want to know why you suddenly want to make a bad movie?"

He Fang was stunned for a moment and immediately realized that he was hacked. Why did someone want to hack him?There are no competing films recently, and besides, there is no one in China who is free to hack him.

That is?

Does anyone not want to see his videos promoting Chinese culture?Or do some people not want to see blockbuster films with their own characteristics in China?
This reason is a bit of persecution paranoia, right?

However, what is the reason if it is not this?Could it be that someone wants to get He Fang down again?How could anyone do this...

No, wait a minute, or Zhang Qian helped He Fang in South Korea to create a god in the island country. Some people in these two countries can't stand it anymore, so where is the dirty water coming to China?

This possibility cannot be ruled out, but this is also persecution paranoia, right?
Many thoughts flashed through He Fang's mind...

Maybe it's just a really bad movie?But doesn't he know the quality of his own movies?

Maybe someone can criticize the lines, the costumes, the small flaws in the special effects, or the small loopholes in the logic, but it has nothing to do with the bad movie.

"Bad movie? Then why did they say my movie was bad? For example?" He Fang asked.

"Ah? This... you say that you have changed the classics blindly, which does not conform to the original work at all." The reporter immediately flipped through the small book and said.

"Doesn't match the original? The original is Monkey King three times beating the bones, and so is my movie. The original is Tang Seng stopping Monkey King and finally driving Sun Wukong away, and it's the same in my movie. Why did you tell me to change the original? They think it's okay to copy a word from the original. Does not allow changes mean respecting the original work?"

When He Fang asked back, the reporters were at a loss for words.

"They say your special effects are rubbish, five cents for special effects." The reporter read out the second item.

"My special effects are rubbish? Haha...how about you ask them to find a second "Journey to the West" with better special effects than this one, or ask them to point out where the special effects are? Is the special effects messed up, or hair, The bones and shape don’t look the same anymore? You have to say one, two, three, four about this special effect garbage, can’t you just talk nonsense?”

He Fang refuted again.

"They said there was something wrong with your plot, the script was not good, it was a bad script." The reporter said.

"The script is not good?" He Fang was also speechless, "What is a good script? First of all, the logic of the whole story must be self-consistent, and the logic must form a closed loop. "Three Fighting Bones" I think the logic forms a closed loop."

"The Bone Demon wants to eat Tang Seng to pass the reincarnation day, and Sun Wukong wants to kill the Bone Demon to protect Tang Seng, but Tang Seng wants to save all living beings and stop Sun Wukong from killing innocent people. I think this logic is okay. Those who say there is a problem point out Come."

"Whether the script is good depends on whether there is a problem with the logic or not, but also depends on whether the plot is good or not. "Three Dozens of Bone Demons" first gathers the team, then a dozen of the bones, and then the escalation of the conflict in the West Country of Yunhai, and then the second fight of the bones, It’s a pity that Monkey King was chased away by Tang Seng after the second fight against the Bone Demon. In the end, there were three fights against the Bone Demon, a decisive battle! In the end, Tang Seng sacrificed his life to save people. Where is the problem with this plot setting? Please come out and talk about it.”

"The third point of whether the script is good or not is whether the characterization is good or not. The benevolent sees benevolence, and the wise see wisdom, but at least some characters are not offline, they are all online. Some people may think that Tang Seng's humanization is too much. , It’s not right compared with the TV series. But everyone should know that the TV series version of "Journey to the West" is also adapted, what will happen to Tang Seng in the original book?"

"Kindhearted, heart stronger than gold, mother-in-law, mother-in-law, good and evil, right and wrong, humble and refined, foolish and stubborn... But many shortcomings of Tang Seng in the TV series are covered up, and of course there is Monkey King..."

"The fourth point of whether the script is good or not is the lines. Some people may think that this line can be faulty, but I also have my reasons. Although my lines are a bit popular and a little witty, it is for the box office and for overseas audiences. I can understand it. You can’t copy the lines from the original book, right? Then I don’t know what to say…”

He Fang retorted one by one.

"Yes, yes, yes, they said that your lines were not rigorous, forced to be funny, and made up your lines randomly. You might as well copy the original work." The reporter said.

"Haha, well, are you really picking on this problem? What else?"

"They said that you forced sensationalism to whitewash the bones." The reporter found another one.

"Oh, this article also caught something. The Tathagata Buddha said that Nanzhan Buzhou was greedy for lust and happy for misfortune, killed more and fought more, so he sent Guanyin Bodhisattva to the east to find a Buddhist scriptures, and went to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures, and persuaded him with Mahayana Buddhism. Sentient beings. And who are the sentient beings here? Is the bone spirit a sentient being? If you want to save it, is it an expression of great love? Is this called forced sensationalism?"

"As for the life experience of the Bone Demon, there are different opinions. In fact, no one has prepared the information to reveal the true identity of the Bone Demon. However, I finally found a little explanation of her identity that is barely logical. I can publish an article later. The conclusion reached after the analysis of all parties is that the White Bone Demon may be a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl who was forcibly robbed by a local rich family. After being raped, she was abandoned on a barren hill and died of freezing and starvation. Willing to reincarnate, not walking around the bones, and finally cultivate into a fine saying."

"So, the bone spirit died unjustly and refused to be reincarnated to become a spirit, and the Tang monk wants to save all living beings, so there is no such thing as saying that I am whitewashing for the bone spirit."

He Fang retorted again, and then glanced at the reporter's notebook, "What else did they say, let's ask them all at once."

"Well, they think that Tang Seng's acting is not good, there is no holy breath, too funny, and in the end he is forced to pretend. Monkey King's acting is not spiritual, scratching his head is too stiff and looks too fake. They say that the bone spirit is too young, and the thousand-year-old monster should be a middle-aged woman. ..."

"Okay, okay, okay. I know, this is nitpicking, there is nothing to refute, I have already said it before. What should the image of Tang Seng be? It’s solidified, and I feel that Tang Seng is going to be obsequious like the TV series version of Tang Seng, leaving only compassion, but without the courage to save sentient beings, I feel useless at all, relying on Monkey King to fight monsters to move forward.”

"Forget it, I don't want to explain anything else. That's how they judge "Three Dozens of Bones" as a bad movie?" He Fang asked back.

"Well, that's about it," the reporters agreed.

"Whether the characterization of a character in a story fails depends mainly on whether his identity, background, and personality will affect his behavior logic. For example, an honest farmer who is usually an honest Bajiao, you make him suddenly high-spirited, and he has a big horse and a golden knife. Like a leader, it’s behavior logic that doesn’t match identity.”

"This kind of characterization is a failure. Of course, if the behavior does not conform to the identity and character, but the author can give a convincing reason in the development of the story, such as how he changed, there is a sufficient reason, That's fine too."

"I ask myself that the portrayal and behavior of each character in "Three Dozens of Bones" is not divorced from their identities and personalities. Of course, some people want to find fault and have to find behaviors that do not conform to their identities in the film. For example, which scene does Monkey King appear in? The pose of the hands is wrong, Tang Seng’s eyes are wrong in which shot, I think everyone has their own opinions, so let them go, the audience will know if it is a bad movie after entering the cinema.”

"I'm not the kind of petty person who has to let others pick and criticize. Every movie has its advantages and flaws, and I accept criticism. However, I know that if I don't respond, the movie The direction of the wind has been skewed before it is released, so I also want to speak out for my film. Please criticize people to come up with something that is really critical, instead of just talking about it."

When He Fang figured out the situation, he bid farewell to the reporters. It is impossible for him to continue to debate with these people. If you say you have to debate one by one, then you will be fooled, because they can find out [-] There are several reasons why your movie is bad.

They will grab a picture and say, look, the special effects here are not good, do you admit that the special effects are not done well?

If you dare admit it, they have won.It will be publicized, and their criticism is not wrong, even the director himself admits it.

If you don’t admit it, then it’s true that you can always find faults by looking at the pictures frame by frame with a magnifying glass. Who can achieve flawless special effects?

You have to argue with them that there are reasons for you to set up Tang Seng's characters in this way, and they can find various arguments that Tang Seng is not like this, and you don't respect the original work.

Sophistry, it is to make everyone afraid to shoot those good domestic original stories, and it is to make traditional culture appear in the eyes of young people as little as possible.

Just like some people spare no effort to criticize Chinese medicine, you will lose if you argue with them, because you are entangled with their various problems every day, so you can't cure diseases and save people, and don't want to study Chinese medicine.

Because you have to prove that your Chinese medicine is true, scientific, and superior to Western medicine. Otherwise, they will say that Chinese medicine is fake. How do you explain it?

If you want to say that the Chinese civilization lasted 5000 years, before there was no western medicine, Chinese medicine was used to treat diseases and save people, and maintain the reproduction of the ethnic group. They will say that is feudal superstition...

In the same way, some people use this method to prove that "Three Dozens of Bone Demons" is a bad movie, and He Fang can't argue with eight hundred mouths, so He Fang will not give them a chance.

He bid farewell to the reporters, and as soon as he got in the car, he called Zhang Qian to check all those film critics to see if anyone was instigating them, and if anyone instigated them, he would let them survive go down.

Criticism is fine, but chaotic rhythm is not.

Movies are commodities that can be criticized infinitely, no matter what kind of movie it is, you can find its faults and problems.

Take "A Chinese Journey to the West" as an example. It was a parody of "Journey to the West". The audience at the time thought it was a bad movie, but...why is it so bad?

Is the plot bad?Or bad acting?Is the picture bad?Is the special effects bad?Or is the theme bad?
No, in fact, this movie is a very good movie whether it is plot, performance, or theme.

But it has original sin, because it spoofed "Journey to the West", so it was a bad movie, but "Three Fighters of the Bones" did not spoof "Journey to the West".

When they arrived at the place, He Fang met with the crew, and they set off to Yangliu. They had to record Yangliu's program first, and then they would record "A Date with Luyu", and they also had to accept some media interviews separately. He Fang's There are many, and they are all from some professional film magazine media.

And He Fang was interviewed by reporters at home and posted it on the Internet verbatim. Many netizens were very angry after reading it.

"I thought it was a bit funny. I just went to see the premiere yesterday. The "Three Dozens of Bones" I watched was very exciting. Whether it was special effects or acting, I thought it was very good, and the plot was fine. Some people said that The lines are not good, the actors are not good, and the special effects are not good. You say what they said is unreasonable. After a deep investigation, it seems that there is indeed a problem with watching a movie with their set of standards. However, watching a movie with a critical eye is what it is Movies have problems."

"What is the purpose of these people? According to them, "Pacific Rim" is the worst movie among bad movies, because there is no protagonist, the monster is unreasonable, and the mecha is made like a toy... Then "Superman," "Transformers," movies like that are bad movies because you can always find something wrong."

"I don't know if the movie is bad or not. Anyway, all I know is that He Fang convinced me that the movie he made is a high-quality one. I will know when I go to the cinema to see it in a few days."

"Yes, no matter what other people say about bad movies, I will watch them."

"Is He Fang so unbearable to be refuted by others? You are so afraid to admit that others have picked out something wrong? Is there such a problem in fact? Can't afford to lose?"

"He Fang, don't shoot classics indiscriminately. The classics in our hearts are not allowed to be tarnished, and "Journey to the West" is not allowed to be filmed indiscriminately."

"Come on, come on, upstairs, who do you think is qualified to shoot "Journey to the West" among modern directors?"

"No, no one can shoot alone, and you can't shoot randomly."

"What do you mean, no one has the level to shoot "Journey to the West" so they are not allowed to shoot? So what kind of level is a director that meets the level in your mind?"

"Anyway, He Fang made a bad movie, it's a big bad movie..."

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Therefore, there is no need to refute, and it is useless.

In the past two days, there has been a lot of debate on the Internet about the good and bad of "Three Dozens of Bone Demons", but He Fang and the others have done relevant publicity in Beijing, Changsha, Shanghai and Hangzhou one after another, and recorded all the programs that should be recorded.

I went to the popular "Happy Camp", "The Voice of China", and "Informal Talks".

The time has come to July 7th, when "Three Dozens of Bones" is officially released, and the crew has already flown to Seoul to carry out a ten-day promotional campaign in ten cities in Asia.

This time, it will focus on the East Asian and Southeast Asian markets, and in-depth publicity will be carried out in order to achieve a preliminary mapping of the film to the East Asian and Southeast Asian markets.

"Ah, where, where, where..." Even though he arrived in Seoul in the early morning of July 7, there were still fans picking him up.

Tsk, is this the result of Zhang Qian's two-month operation?The effect is amazing, right?Not very realistic.

"Director He, when did you become so famous in Korea?" Deng Chao asked with 'envy and hatred'.

"I said I don't know either, do you believe me?"

(End of this chapter)