The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 258

In "Butterfly Change", directed by Mr. Xu for the first time, the protagonist Fang Hongye has no knowledge of martial arts, and has never shown his skills from the beginning to the end of the movie.It was this that made investor Wu Siyuan feel very sorry. He persuaded Mr. Xu for a long time, suggesting that he let the protagonist fight at the end of the film, but Mr. Xu had a stiff neck and refused to do so.

As a result, after the film was released, it was well-received and failed at the box office, which makes Wu Siyuan feel a little bit sad when he thinks about it now.However, he can also persuade himself that "Butterfly Transformation" can be regarded as the pioneer of the trend, it is the pathfinder of new martial arts movies, and it frequently appears in film exhibitions.Finally, the money was not wasted to make a good film.

In the martial arts movie "Butterfly Change", Old Monster Xu also explained the ancient magical martial arts with modern science for the first time.For example, the light kung fu that goes high and high is actually the use of steel wires, the so-called internal force that cracks the rocks is actually gunpowder, and the invulnerability is actually the power of iron armor, and the one who wants to unify the martial arts is not the supernatural kung fu, but the sky thunder similar to a machine gun Rifle gun...

It can be said that Mr. Xu's first foray into the film industry was very different. If "Butterfly Change" was really a success at the box office, Mr. Xu may have created a new history.It's just a pity that although this "Butterfly Change" is full of creativity, it still has many shortcomings.

For example, although the story tried its best to exaggerate the atmosphere of horror and suspense, the final answer was revealed to be a bit cheating.The origin of the leading actor Fang Hongye himself has not been explained clearly. Why did the owner of the Shenjiabao invite someone to investigate him?The big ones are placed in the basement, and Fang Hongye can see through the secrets at a glance, which is really pig-like IQ.

Although this movie has many flaws in the plot, and it can't even justify itself, there are still a lot of praiseworthy places for Xu Laoguai to direct a movie for the first time.

The first is the use of the lens, which is very sophisticated; secondly, the grasp of the rhythm, the setting off of the atmosphere, the creation of suspense, etc. are all in place; and the final battle, although the fight is not very good-looking and clumsy, but the editing is very good. It is very sharp, forcibly filming a few ordinary people who can't fight at all into first-class martial arts masters; in the end, a few special effects were used in this film, whether it was gunpowder explosion or light kung fu with the help of a steel wire, they were all well played. Resemblance.From this movie, it can be seen that Mr. Xu is naturally fascinated by movie stunts.

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New wave movies are a good medicine for the premature maturity of Hong Kong movies. The biggest shortcoming of Hong Kong movies is over-commercialization.

One of the manifestations of over-commercialization is that when a certain subject becomes popular, countless movies will follow suit.Just like cancer cells, once a certain part becomes cancerous, a large number of cancer cells will immediately expand.

The only solution is to constantly create new types of movies. If you can’t make swordsman martial arts movies, you can make Kung Fu movies in the early Republic of China. If you can’t make Kung Fu movies in the early Republic of China, you can make urban action movies. If the martial arts movie is absolutely impossible, I will make a computer stunt movie...

Moreover, the ability to create new types of films must be fast, otherwise, relying on the annual production capacity of [-] Hong Kong films, it would be necessary to develop new film themes every year.

In addition to creating new movie themes, it is also necessary to dig deep into the original movie themes.For example, horror films can be divided into killers, ghosts and demons, thrillers and suspense, disaster mutations and so on.

There are actually quite a lot of themes in Hong Kong movies, but they are all superficial, and they have not continued to dig deeper and expand on the original basis.

For example, known urban action movies, from "Five Lucky Stars" in the 80s to "Five Lucky Stars" in the 90s, more than ten years have passed, the theme remains the same, the performance is still the same performance, the routine is still the same routine, The story is not as good as it was more than ten years ago. No wonder young people are reluctant to read it.

王精80s就拍《赌神》、拍《赌侠》，到了90s还在拍《赌侠2》、拍《赌神2》，到了新世纪还在拍《赌圣3》、拍《雀圣》1、2、3、拍《我的老婆是赌圣》……赌片拍了十几二十部，除了越拍越难看之外，请问对赌片还有什么新的创造么？

It's not as good as the master Lin Zhengying, who spent half his life on zombie movies, and also made many new ideas. "Mr. Zombie" only beats an old zombie, but in "Zombie Family" it fights a whole family of zombies, and the little zombies become friends of human beings, which is considered a great innovation of zombie films.In "Mr. Phantom", since fighting zombies is no longer new, Lin Zhengying introduced evil warlocks again.In "The Exorcist Police", elements of police and gangster movies were added, and the local evil warlocks were transferred to the Japanese Kuju school warlocks. In "The Daoist with One Eyebrow", Western vampires are introduced, and the raising of little ghosts is changed into raising little zombies, which adds a lot of innocence.

It's just a pity that one person built the house and eight people demolished it. Master Lin Zhengying asked for changes alone, and the others followed suit.It is said that after "Mr. Zombie" became a hit, Hong Kong and Taiwan successively produced hundreds of zombie films from 86 to 91.There are an average of [-] films a year, more than one zombie film is released every month, and all of them are follow-up works with nothing new. Why do you think the audience is willing to spend money to watch it again? !

The decline of zombie movies is because Master Lin Zhengying did not work hard, or is it because zombie movies are really uninteresting?Master Lin Zhengying switched to ATV to film "Zombie Taoist", and the ratings are still very popular.It can be seen that it is not that zombie movies are not good, nor is it that Master Lin Zhengying is not good, but that Hong Kong filmmakers are too unscrupulous.

One person builds the temple and eight people dismantle it, no matter how many bricks and tiles are added, it will be in vain.Facing the global market, Hollywood only produces around [-] or [-] films a year. Sounds like a lot, doesn't it?

But Hollywood movies have a wide range of themes, such as short films, feature films, documentaries, cartoons, etc., and there are at most about 150 films that can be shown in theaters, including cartoons, horror films, action films, science fiction films, fantasy films, and dramas. Movies, war movies, etc., there are no more than ten movies of the same theme and genre every year. Watching a movie of your favorite genre every one or two months, of course, many people will not lose interest.

On the other hand, looking at Hong Kong movies, the annual output in the 80s was around [-], and most of them were concentrated in action movies and comedies.There are more than [-] movies with popular themes, and six or seven movies of the same type are released every month.

Watching movies is entertainment, pastime, socializing, and hobbies, but who would go to the theater to watch movies for several days in a week?Not to mention movie ticket prices, snacks, transportation expenses, etc., just the favor card is maxed out.Even if you are in a relationship, there is no reason to go to the theater several times a week.And if you go with friends, it is even more impossible to go several times a week.

And how do you choose which movie to see that day?In addition to relying on the audience's word-of-mouth for the midnight screening, there is also the box office appeal of stars.Such as Zhou Runfa, such as Cheng Long, such as Hong Jingbao, such as big-name stars and big casts, means that the investment is high, and the quality is generally guaranteed, and the guarantee is worth the ticket price.And some unknown actors, go to hell, who knows him, look Mao? !
The improvement of the quality of Hong Kong films has stimulated the audience's interest in watching movies, and the increase in the audience has increased the box office of the film. More choices, more choices. With more choices, the star's box office appeal is highlighted. After the star is highlighted, the star's worth will skyrocket. After the skyrocketing, the part invested in film production will decay. After the decay, the quality of Hong Kong films will decline.

So the series of chain promotion effects just now can be reversed, and in the end, the market is getting smaller and smaller, and everything is depressed.

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Xu Guanwu stood by the window worrying for a while, and when he broke free from his sorrow, it was already time to get off work.

Just as he got home from get off work, his wife Zhao Yazhi was not at home.

Xu Guanwu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered that she was going to be filming today, and that "Jiang Hu Kid" seemed to be starting today.Zhao Yazhi was filming with Zhou Runfa as a couple, and there seemed to be a lot of intimate scenes.

Originally, Xu Guanwu didn't want her to be filming, so what's the point of leaving the female artistes of the TV station alone and calling the proprietress to film? !

But Zhao Yazhi didn't want to stay at home, and she didn't want to sit in the office, so she lost her temper with Xu Guanwu for several days.In the end, Xu Guanwu had no choice but to let her go.

There was no woman in the room, and it seemed a bit empty.

Xu Guanwu frowned and stood in the living room for a while, and decided to visit TVB while he was free.

To be honest, because Zhao Yazhi was the host of TVB, Xu Guanwu had to visit the show two or three times a month on average, so he was completely familiar with the TV building.

Arriving at the TVB building by car, just as he was about to get out of the car, a car squeaked and stopped next to his car door. It was almost impossible to scratch, but Xu Guanwu was also taken aback.

Just as I was about to see which daredevil did it, at this moment I saw the owner of the car run down from the car, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, sir, I'm really sorry."

Xu Guanwu looked up, "Happy ghost?!"

Isn't the man wearing glasses in front of him Huang Baiming, one of the Seven Monsters of New Art City!

"Strange thing, I just saw the script he wrote this morning, and it's really a coincidence that I saw him in the afternoon." Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing.

"Sir, are you okay?" Seeing Xu Guanwu staring at him silently, Huang Baiming couldn't help asking a little worried.

As soon as he saw the luxury car that Xu Guanwu was riding in, he knew that he was not an ordinary person. If he really got angry, it would be really troublesome.Thinking of this, Huang Baiming became even more startled.

"It's okay, it's okay." Xu Guanwu reacted, waved his hands and said, "Don't be so reckless when driving next time, drive slowly."

"Ah, yes, yes! In fact, my brakes are not working well. I will find someone to fix it when I turn around." Huang Baiming quickly explained.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "Sir, what's your surname? Are you also an employee of TVB?"

"It is now, but it won't be later." Huang Baiming said with a proud smile.

"Why do you say that?" Xu Guanwu asked with a smile.

"Hey, as the saying goes, open the cage to fly the colorful phoenix, break free from the shackles and walk away from the dragon. I am Huang Baiming, a genius in the sky, and I write wonderful articles. How can the mere TVB pond trap me? I am about to jump the dragon gate with a carp and soar to the nine heavens." Huang Baiming Said with a splash of saliva.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but burst out laughing when he heard it. No wonder Huang Baiming can write so many comedies. It turns out that he is such an interesting person in life.

"Then may I ask which company are you going to switch jobs to?" Xu Guanwu laughed from the side.

"Of course it is the largest company in Hong Kong's entertainment industry." Huang Baiming paused after talking, and then said with infinite affection, "Xu Brothers Film Company."

"Isn't Shaw Brothers the largest film company in Hong Kong? What is the origin of that Xu Brothers company?" Xu Guanwu held back a smile and asked hesitantly, "I just came back from abroad, so I really don't know much about it."

"The Shaw Brothers has long been outdated. Even a genius like me can't see him in front of him all day long. What do you think is the future?" Huang Baiming pointed to himself and said, "As for why the Shaw Brothers fell, And Xu's becoming the number one in Hong Kong is a long story."

"It's okay, I happen to be free right now, let's talk as we walk." Xu Guanwu said with a chuckle.

(End of this chapter)