China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 618 You have to throw away when comparing goods

After the premiere of "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen", the lucky audience and media who attended the premiere gave it very high praise.

There are people who gave negative reviews, but the number is relatively small and not noticeable among the many positive reviews.

It is normal to have negative reviews. Even in the comment section of a film that is recognized as the best in the world, there will still be negative reviews.

There is such a thing as "it's hard to satisfy everyone". No matter how good a movie is, it cannot satisfy everyone.

"The No.1 historical war movie in China. A very good movie."

"The war scenes were real and shocking, especially when there were less than 30 Han soldiers left in the city, and every one of them was injured but still refused the Northern Xiongnu's persuasion to surrender. I really cried. At that moment, I understood what the spirit of the Han army was."

"I, a grown man, actually cried in the cinema. War is not only passionate, but also tragic."

“Elephant Entertainment: The Return of the Thirteen Soldiers to Yumen is the best Chinese-language war film after The River Red, and is definitely worth watching.”

"Atlantic Films: A shocking and exciting blockbuster. Director Chen made a bold statement at the premiere, with a target of 2 billion."

Some netizens who did not have the opportunity to watch the premiere also joined the discussion.

"I signed up but wasn't selected. I envy those of you who attended the premiere. You spoke so highly of the movie that it made me itchy and I felt very sad for the next few days. Please come as soon as possible on the day of the official premiere. I have the money ready for the movie tickets."

"As someone who was cheated by The Promise, I want to advise everyone to calm down. Don't listen to the media and the hype. Whether a movie is really good or not depends on the real audience evaluation after it is released."

"I agree. Those who can attend the premiere are carefully selected fans. They watch the movie through their own filters. We ordinary audiences have to remain rational in order not to be fooled."

"Back then, The Promise was hyped up to the skies, but after it was released, people realized what it meant to poop in your pants."

People on the Internet are talking about it, some are fanatical, some are calm and rational, in short, there are all kinds of voices.

This phenomenon is actually a good thing, because a healthy society cannot have only one voice.

The day number one finally arrived.

"The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen" was officially released in major theaters across the country at 00:00 on that day.

Chen Kaige still has a lot of status. Even though his commercial films in recent years have not achieved particularly good results, major theaters still give him a relatively high screening quota.

After all, no matter how mediocre a director is, he is still a great director, and his appeal is much greater than that of ordinary directors.

What's more, after realizing his shortcomings and cooperating with Li Yu to stop micro-manipulation, Chen Kaige is no longer a loser.

In fact, Chen Kaige did not disappoint the major theaters this time.

This time he really didn't pull it, and instead made a great movie.

This has become a reality after the first day's results were revealed.

"The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen" achieved a good result of 1.85 million on the first day of its release.

This is the best single-day box office Chen Kaige has ever achieved.

What is even more rare is that while the box office was high, the film also had a very good reputation. On DouMiao, "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen" became the number one film on the popular list, with the overall score remaining above 9 points.

It may be too early to call it a masterpiece now, but it will definitely be called an excellent work.

On the third day of its release, as word of mouth spread, the single-day box office reached a peak of 2.9 million yuan, and the box office after three days of release was close to 7 million yuan.

Chen Kaige was extremely excited. This was the most exciting battle he had ever fought in all his years of making movies.

He suddenly realized that the 2 billion goal he had shouted out at the premiere was a bit conservative, and he should have been more aggressive at the time.

With the success of this film, Chen Kaige once again realized the importance of having a good screenwriter. Of course, this good screenwriter must be of equal status to him.

The status of a good screenwriter is not high enough to suppress him, so he easily loses control of himself.

Most screenwriters would not dare to offend him when they see that he is about to make some minor changes. Even if they think that he has changed a good script beyond recognition, they would still agree with the CEO's opinion.

This is the disadvantage of being successful. It is not necessarily a good thing to be surrounded by good people.

Everyone has become a good person, which means that it is very likely that the real voice will not be heard.

However, Chen Kaige does not dare to be arrogant yet. He has become more independent again, and the national master has also become more independent in recent years.

After meeting Li Yu, he found that he had hope of defeating the former photographer and regaining the title of number one director.

Until this goal is achieved, he will be more rational.

For example, he now firmly believes that only Li Yu can help him realize his wish.

In recent days, he and other screenwriters are studying "Legend of the Cat Demon".

"The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen" has been completed and released, and the results are very good.

The Tang City he built for "Legend of the Cat Demon" has also been completed, and "Legend of the Cat Demon" can be put on the agenda.

Chen Kaige plans to write the movie "Legend of the Cat Demon" himself. He is not the only screenwriter, but he is definitely a very important one.

As Chen Kaige continued to study, he found something was not right.

The story of "Legend of the Cat Demon" is actually quite good. It is the most normal performance of Chen Kaige since he became the screenwriter. At least there are no shocking plots.

But, everything is afraid of comparison.

Comparing people with others will lead to death, and comparing goods with goods will lead to throwing away.

The script of "Legend of the Cat Demon" is okay compared with Chen Kaige's previous movies, but compared with "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen", it seems to be out of place in every way.

In particular, the theme of "Legend of the Cat Demon" is completely different from that of "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen".

In "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen", Geng Gong and the Han army soldiers still did not surrender even when they were at their wit's end, because they had a strong motherland behind them and they firmly believed that their motherland would not abandon them.

As citizens of a powerful country, they would never become captives of barbarians.

Even though the Han court knew that Geng Gong's entire army was very likely to be wiped out, it still ordered a rescue, on the grounds that it could not abandon the frontline soldiers in danger.

Such a theme and core instantly enhance the depth of the film.

Watching "Legend of the Cat Demon" again, it is not just a little bit inferior.

The theme of "Legend of the Cat Demon" is very simple: the emperor is ruthless and power is supreme.

Bai Juyi was intoxicated by the love between Xuanzong and Yang Guifei and was determined to write an immortal poem to commemorate it.

In the process of investigating the truth, he discovered that Xuanzong did not love Yang Guifei that much and would kill her in order to protect himself, and then his faith collapsed.

This is roughly the main plot of the story.

In general, this is a movie with a mediocre story. The illusion elements added in do not stand up to scrutiny, but the image quality and picture are impeccable.

This movie once again proves that Chen Kaige's filmmaking skills are no less than those of the national master, it's just that the script is too bad.

(End of this chapter)