The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 223 Blame the audience for being too rubbish
The torrent of numbers from various theaters across the country continued to gather. When the curtain came to an end on May 5, Dunhuang announced that the national box office of "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" exceeded 2 million.

The midnight show was more than 1300 million, the first day of May 4000 was nearly 5700 million, and the next day it soared to more than [-] million. It took only a little more than two days to win [-] million at the box office!
If the box office of the midnight show was still in the estimation of many film critics, the box office that exploded day by day in the next two days made the film critics almost fall into "aphasia".

With such box office results, it is beyond doubt that it has been loved by many audiences; it is also beyond doubt that this movie is a vulgar comedy with a low overall evaluation; and almost all film critics cannot understand Now, why is it so popular with the audience?

——Although there are plenty of films of this quality in the studio’s library, there is no shortage of them in the hands of various studios. It is not a phenomenon-level work that was accidentally obtained by a genius, but it is just a film with many shortcomings. commercial film.

Why—why—how—

Is it possible to ignore the consensus of film critics just because of Wang Wei's name?

This realization silenced the film critics for a while, and then set off a bigger wave of criticism——

"What did Wang Wei do right? Don't ask me, I don't know. God probably doesn't know either."

"What did Dunhuang do to make such a bad movie trick so many people into the theater?"

What's more, it is no longer limited to criticizing the film itself or Wang Wei personally: since the film critics are not wrong, but the film's box office is inexplicably high, then there is only one explanation——

"Garbage audiences make garbage movies!"

A film critic known for his frankness in the industry slammed,

"Wang Wei's bad movie is a big hit. It's not an isolated case. We often see that some junk movies have quite high box office."

"There is no doubt that this is due to the vulgar taste of a considerable part of the audience. It is they who have turned the 'expensive art' of film into an 'inexpensive consumer product', and have infected more people with vulgar taste-fools will always be more contagious than the wise."

"These audiences should be responsible for the artistic and aesthetic degradation of Chinese-language films. If their film aesthetics don't improve a bit, I think Chinese-language films will be hopeless..."

This logic seems to be very smooth at first glance——

If you can get a large number of "garbage audiences" to pay for making trash movies, then why work so hard to polish the film?
If the audience doesn't praise this kind of garbage movies, how can they survive?
Therefore, many film critics echoed.

However, no one likes to be called "garbage", and this remark immediately caused an uproar among audiences across the country.

Especially on the Internet, netizens are simply excited——

There is a direct refutation: "Is it the fault of the toilet that I can't pull it out when I go to the toilet? To be honest, no one wants to watch bad movies. If everyone loves to watch them, there will be no voices criticizing bad movies. !"

Some knowledgeable people said: "Don't bully us audiences who don't know how to do it. Even if there are frequent bad movies on the screen, about 50% of the movies produced by China Entertainment Industry every year still don't make it to the theaters. The reason is very simple. The quality of these movies is terrible. Is it the fault of the audience that it is not even qualified to be screened in theaters?"

There is a personal statement: "Actually, I don't like the comedy style of the movie "Tang Bohu". I also think that the director Wang Wei is out of standard. Shooting low-level bad movies, there is no such thing as a hundred-day success.

But I don't think people who like this movie are rubbish.

Everyone has different needs for watching movies. You may be seeking the edification of art and cultivating your own sentiment.Others may relax after work, there is nothing wrong with it, and there is nothing against humanity.

There may be high and low aesthetics, but we cannot say who is rubbish.For example, I think Picasso's paintings are all things. If I can't understand them, I might as well read comics, so I am rubbish? "

What's more, he said: "Who doesn't know how to go online? For example, the degeneration of a nation is the degeneration of the elite first, and the sign of the degeneration of the elite is to start complaining about the degeneration of the people..."

With the development of the situation to this point, "audience vs. film critics" has even become a piece of news, surpassing the serious news media majestically.

Even if it is the Big Five, they can't suppress it anymore, not to mention that their mainstream media are all consuming the news caused by "Tang Bohu Spotting Autumn Fragrance".

The competitor in the same period is of course the film critic who was provoked and gritted his teeth in anger. Even Wang Wei asked Lao Wang in wonder: "You really didn't spend money? Is that film critic really our undercover agent?"

Lao Wang replied with a little melancholy: "There is really no such thing. Therefore, the ability of our publicity and distribution department still needs to be improved. It is such a good idea that no one has thought of it."

Wang Wei was dumbfounded, and then laughed: "I'm really not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs."

No, whether it is because of curiosity or rebellious psychology, many viewers who were not interested in "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" because of the bad reviews of the film critics also want to see how the film is made.

The theater side will always be the one that responds the fastest to the movie-watching frenzy.

Even under the pressure of China Media, China Television and other companies, the box office is the foundation. Even if the theaters are conservative, the supply of tickets for this movie is in short supply. It is also to free up the largest projection hall in the theater as much as possible for it.

You know, there are often tens or even hundreds more seats in a large auditorium than in ordinary small and medium auditoriums!There are even super-large projection halls in many large theater chains, and one super-large projection hall is equivalent to two or three ordinary small and medium-sized projection halls.

Therefore, even though the screening rate of some theaters seems to have remained unchanged, the number of tickets issued for the film "Tang Bohu" has actually increased dramatically.

And like Sky Cinemas, not only to further adjust the film arrangement, but even actively create topics——

This theater has issued a "wonderful" rule: Parents who bring their children to watch "Tang Bohu" are restricted to purchase popcorn and other food, in order to prevent people from choking to death due to laughter...

As soon as such regulations came out, I was shocked—I only heard that theaters tried their best to get audiences to buy popcorn, but I never heard of restrictions on purchases.

So, just how funny is this movie? !
After some good media dug deep, they not only reported the "tragedy" that almost happened because of the hilarious laughter, but also discovered the "truth"——

Even without the rules, the movie isn't very kind to theaters selling popcorn.

Because when many viewers recommend it to relatives and friends, they will add a suggestion: Don't buy popcorn!
——I started laughing from the beginning of the movie to bursting with laughter all the way. I can’t eat popcorn, and I dare not drink water, and I forgot to drink it... Most people who bought popcorn, when the movie is over, almost There's more than half a barrel left.

The storm of attacks from film critics seemed so pale and powerless in front of all kinds of gossip news.

So, when the box office was released on the 3rd, the film critics were silent for a while——

"Tang Bohu Points Autumn Fragrance" has a single-day box office of 7100 million, with a total box office of 1.7 million, and it is a strong winner of the top [-] box office rankings;

Standing on the highest point and looking down, there is no opponent;

The second place was "Across the World 2", the sequel to China Television's hit action movie, which was once considered the most likely to win the May 8000st championship. The total box office barely exceeded [-] million; the third place was the film critics The highly praised "Aliens Wandering the Earth" has a total box office of over [-] million, which is less than half of that of "Tang Bohu".

This is also a subversive schedule. Movies that have been devalued by film critics as worthless continue to sell well; movies that have been praised by film critics can only be described as mediocre.

Under normal circumstances, the audience might not care, but under the background of "audience vs. film critics", the media is also hyping it, and it is difficult not to attract attention.

As a result, countless viewers sent out soul questions on the Internet——

Is it because the audience is too rubbish this year, or is this year's film critics too blind?
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(End of this chapter)