superstar director

Chapter 492 New Play
The people of Dongfeng TV had already despaired of the ratings of "Youth Hotel", and Huayi Company also completely abandoned the original plan.

Although variety shows can also promote celebrities, not every variety show can do it. For something half-popular but not black like "Youth Hotel", it's good to keep the stars who participated in the show from losing fans. Want to praise newcomers?That was such a silly joke!
"Chinese Restaurant" exploded in ratings because of Ning Sheng's unexpected participation, and directly won the ratings champion at the same time. Attracted by the fun and relaxed atmosphere of "Chinese Restaurant", more than [-]% of these audiences stayed and became loyal audiences of "Chinese Restaurant".

In addition, under the suggestion of the program team, some news about Ning Cheng will be brought out from time to time in the topics of Ning Tong and the others in the program, such as how Ning Cheng spoiled his wife at home, Ning Tong pestered Ning Cheng to tell stories when he was young, etc. For many viewers, these gossip news are like drinking a sip of old wine in a delicious vegetarian dish, which makes people feel very refreshed!

And after the news of Ning Sheng's appearance in "Chinese Restaurant" was exposed, the media and netizens spread it wildly, causing more people who didn't watch variety shows before, or who were not interested in "Chinese Restaurant" to go to watch it. , so that even without Ning Sheng's participation in the future, the ratings of this variety show will basically be maintained at 3%, making it the most popular among all new variety shows this year!
The family-like relationship between the three members of NLZ also made them more liked!

Teacher Huang and Master Huang also showed their different sides in the show, which everyone liked very much!
After Ning Sheng participated in that episode of the program, he flew back to China after playing in Thailand for another day. A few days later, Emma came back with her children after filming the scenes in the United States. The family can finally be at peace Quietly, teasing the children together, living the life of Xiao Bie Sheng's newlyweds, except for Ning Cheng's waist, which is a little difficult, the rest is also very happy!

Time flies by, and the end of the year is approaching in a blink of an eye. The New Year's Eve war kicks off on the big screen over there. The selection rehearsal for the Spring Festival Gala is in full swing. Ning Sheng himself went to the record company for a meeting and revealed a After the interview, after giving the year-end bonus to the staff of Xingtong Studio, he continued to go home and be a good man who will take care of his wife and children!
Of course, because of Ning's father and Ning's mother, the two grandparents, Ning Cheng, my little baby Xinxin, has no chance to tease her. Apart from reading story books to the little baby at night to hypnotize her, Ning Cheng is always with her during the day. Emma watches soap operas, or chooses scripts sent by the United States, or prepares for her work next year.

In fact, since Ning Sheng finished his tour and returned to China, several film and television companies have come to invite Ning Sheng to direct their new movies, but Ning Sheng's own movies can't be made, so he has the time and thought to make them.

Besides, if you are taking pictures for others, how can you be your own boss, and you can take pictures as you like!

Seeing that Ning Sheng really had no intention of directing other films, everyone asked when Ning Sheng would start filming a new film, what good roles he had, and the artistes of their company, etc.

Later, Ning Cheng simply said that he was busy completing the new script, and handed over these matters to Sister Lin to take care of them.

After the filming of "Chinese Restaurant", the three of Ning Tong and Ning Tong went abroad to find a place where the sun is warm for vacation after they came to visit Ning Sheng!
As for Ning Cheng's job tomorrow, there is no doubt that it should have been a movie for Ning Tong and the three of them long ago.

Originally, Ning Cheng wanted to create a film for each of them, but seeing how the three of them are now as close as sisters, Ning Cheng thought that it might be possible to create a movie in which the three girls play the leading role together.

Thus, a movie called "Charlie's Angels" or "Angels in the Thunderbolt" appeared in Ning Sheng's mind.

Of course, as a Hollywood blockbuster, if Ning Sheng wanted to adapt it, he would naturally have to modify the background of the story, otherwise it would be a bit awkward for the three Chinese girls of Ning Tong to go on a rampage in the United States.

At least, in the first part, it is better to limit the scope to Asia.

The three girls of Ning Tong knew that Ning Sheng was preparing a new script for them, so they had to take a good rest before the filming started and give themselves a holiday to play.They even declined another invitation to the Spring Festival Gala.

And as the news of the rehearsal of the new program of the Spring Festival Gala continues to break out, this year's Lunar New Year file is also full of battles!

First of all, Zhang Yimou's "The Great Wall" has a big production of [-] million US dollars. Huaxia and the United States have cooperated with the top team to target the global market. It gave all the audience a big "surprise" by surprise!
It is also a big scene of Director Zhang, the sense of picture and scene are top-level, everyone has to give a thumbs up.

However, the progress of the actors and the story line in it makes people feel pain in the face!Many people even thought that Zhang Yimou had been transmigrated!
And after the premiere, those professional media critics were almost full of praise!
Phoenix Entertainment wrote, "The positioning of the film is very clear from the beginning to the end. It is a typical commercial film, a film with a strong Chinese style, conveying Chinese culture and values. The theme of the film is about the growth and transformation of people. It is a standard Hollywood story template. But what is commendable is that the film not only talks about the growth and transformation of the protagonist William himself, but also emphasizes the role of the collective. Fighting against gluttony is not a battle of one person. , Huaxia has not just become a landmark or background stage, William will still be transformed by the baptism of the collectivist culture and the spirit of sacrifice of the Five Armies. The director subtracts from the story and seeks to be depersonalized as a whole, without any redundant repetition and The expression, the story and the pacing flow."

A northern film critic gave a five-star review, "The theme of "The Great Wall" can be summed up in five words: trust, responsibility, loyalty, passion, and sacrifice. There is a huge gap between this and the values ​​represented by European mercenaries played by Hollywood superstars." , In the end, it was this Chinese spirit that saved the world. In addition to the background of the story, many details in the film can reflect Zhang Yimou’s persistence in the inheritance of Chinese culture.”

Asian Film Weekly gave a four-star review, "On the whole, "The Great Wall" is still a very Zhang Yimou movie, with crowd tactics, panoramic vision, majestic Chinese landscape, Qin opera, big drums, saturation of big red and big green. The typical Zhang Yimou elements such as the color system are vividly reflected in the film. The magnificent palace, the scene of thousands of arrows firing, the sense of ceremony presented by a large number of soldiers appearing in the form of square formations, and the sense of sight of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. The desert With the appearance of the Danxia landform in the northwest of Guyan, the audience can feel Zhang Yimou's strong personal style."

The praise style from the media, and after the premiere, the box office broke through [-] million in the first single day. All the forms seem to tell everyone that another box office bomb is about to strike!

However, less than a week later, "The Great Wall" became the first movie in the entire film industry to be reviled in unison this year!Compared with the "Sewing Machine Band" that was scolded miserably in the summer file, it is even more excessive!Because compared to the young man in the greenhouse, the audience obviously has greater expectations for director Zhang Yimou!
First of all, the complaints from netizens on Douban are overwhelming.

"In less than a day, Douban, Mtime.com, and IMDB were all scolding. Jing Tian and Lu Han instantly became the target of public criticism. The voice of whipping Zhang Yimou with Li Ang was endless. What "Jing Tian ended his first love before it started" "Gluttony will still come to eat people after 60 years, I hope that Jingtian will not be popular again at that time" spoofs come out endlessly, it seems that the filming is too stinky and bad, Jing Tian, ​​Lu Han and other idols appear in this Sino-US joint venture giant production, You have to find scolding. In fact, from the perspective of a popcorn monster movie, "The Great Wall" can be read with a clear narrative, but the plot is relatively low-level, the process can basically be guessed, and there are many loopholes. The special effects of the battle are familiar, but it is far from everyone's expectations.

In the movie, idols such as Lin Gengxin, Chen Xuedong, Huang Xuan, etc., whose faces disappear before they can see clearly, are also soy saucers. Zhang Hanyu was eaten by monsters when he was just a little arrogant. After the sacrifice, only Jing Tian and Xiao Xianrou were left as fake emperors. Netizens scolded them vigorously. This is not accidental.I don’t know if Taotie will attack after 60 years, will Zhang Yimou and Jing Tian win an Oscar at that time?Everyone likes to tease, but without them, I'm afraid they would all be dull and procrastinated high-scoring movies like "Nie Yinniang", and the theaters would all become hypnotizing bases.But in the final analysis, as a long-awaited blockbuster, it is really disappointing to be afraid of this, so it is normal to be scolded! "This is still a well-founded netizen who gave the most sincere evaluation, but more netizens are too lazy to do those analysis, and they are completely venting their disappointment!

"The tragic story of a group of monsters whose name is Gluttony managed to climb over the wall from the outside and finally got pinched by WiFi. Inside and outside the movie, the background of Jingtian's wealth is a mystery of the century. From the beginning of casting, the movie showed a tendency to collapse, and finally exploded." In the nine-story demon tower. The Huaxia Drum Diving Archery Fireworks Kongming Lantern Team's program list is beautiful, and Zhang Yimou has completely evolved from red and green to colorful. For the rest of his life, he can use [Impression·Monster] large-scale cultural and sports performances to sell the world!"

"Very good, this time Zhang Yimou has finally unloaded his past artist baggage, turned around gorgeously, and said goodbye to his former self."

"Diving - bodywork arrows - shot put - javelin - equestrianism show the demeanor of Chinese Olympic athletes. If you force yourself not to think: Fuck speak English? Fuck the plot is too ridiculous! Fuck the acting is so bad? Fuck There are so many Jingtian dramas and it’s not dead? Fuck, it’s unscientific...it’s still a Hollywood movie you can watch. Liu Tianwang accidentally became the acting director. Zhang Yimou broke through himself and became a director who has no sense of presence except for big scenes and big tones .Maybe it was shot with a gun pointed at the head!"

"One and a half stars, very disappointed. Western-style special effects monsters are incompatible with Zhang Yimou's large-scale spiritual civilization construction. It seems that while preparing for war, he is going to perform on stage at the same time. It is more like a freak who has failed to combine Chinese and Western. Five Army Design It’s just a show, and I don’t know what it means. The so-called Hollywood classic script mode is actually a bad stalk and a routine. The story is boring and the rhythm is not good. Don’t blame the actors, whoever plays it is also a bad movie!”

"Ah, what a grand orgy of embarrassing mental retardation."

"Jing Tian is just like the idiot. There are too many other characters. The story is a bit Hollywood. The art design is good, but it can't stop the setting of stupid characters that fill the screen. The inexplicable plot makes the viewing effect worse, and the special effects are mediocre. Such a movie is right. A healthy market can do no harm, get out with a negative score."

As the score of "The Great Wall" on Douban plummeted all the way, and finally fell directly below the passing line of 6 points, it didn't stop, and ran straight to the road of bad movies that fell below 5 points. Everyone was so shocked that their eyeballs almost exploded.

Soon afterwards, the media held high the banner of justice, stood on the side of the majority of the audience, and began to ruthlessly criticize the "Great Wall" exhibition!
"The Great Wall is just a localized invasion of Hollywood's boring monster-fighting movies, without much original construction. The origin of the story of "The Great Wall" is in the hands of Hollywood, and Zhang Yimou took over the guide. The result of the market is also the force of Huaxia Capital's invasion of Hollywood. Judging from the completed film, Zhang Yimou's takeover not only failed to save the congenital defects of the script, but it was not even a basic bonus. In terms of character creation that the director can exert Visually, Zhang Yimou is still the set of group gymnastics for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, which is an aesthetic overdraft without any new investment."

"The director of "The Great Wall", Zhang Yimou, is very capable of making an ancient fantasy action movie into a Hollywood blockbuster, but the director's signature visual spectacle is dazzling, and the talent for depicting meticulous character relationships and throbbing passion is overly taken seriously by the director. The desire to make an epic blockbuster was trampled away.

The characters in the film are meaningless, the narrative is also very boring, and even the visuals and sounds, after watching it for a while, become numb and feel that it is exaggerated. "

With the word-of-mouth in a mess, even if Zhang Yimou worked hard to promote it with a vote of big and small stars, he couldn't stop the box office from falling like an avalanche.

Just one week later, the single-day box office fell from easily exceeding 3000 million to less than [-] million. In the end, it is estimated that China's total box office is only about one billion. It is really a long way from the cost of [-] million US dollars!

"The Great Wall" became the first blockbuster movie in the New Year's Eve to be dusted off. However, for other Lunar New Year's movies, it could not be better news, because it means that they lost a heavyweight competitor!This is especially true for another co-produced mythological blockbuster. The co-produced mythical blockbuster "Onmyoji" released two weeks after "The Great Wall" was widely reported by the media of RB, one of the investors. On the day of simultaneous release, filmmakers from all RB rushed to the cinemas in Tokyo to support it. It seemed that a huge monster was really coming!
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