The Road to the Movie King, Part Two

Generally, action movies are criticized most for their thin plots, focusing only on visual effects and violent aesthetics.The plot basically follows a line to the end. The characters have no other personalities except bravery. Most of them are rough old men. There are almost no female characters in it. Except for the vase, it is a forced emotional scene, crying, and being taken hostage by the villain .

Before "Xi Yu" was released, it also received such criticism.First, it was said that the plot was thin and could not withstand scrutiny, and then Guang Zhengwei, who was criticized for being blind as the protagonist, died in the end.Then criticize that the only female character is soy sauce in it, and there is almost nothing outstanding in it.In the first two days of its release, these comments were almost overwhelming, but on the third day, which happened to be Friday, the word-of-mouth of the film began to reverse.

Action movie lovers were the first to comment. After all, action movies, as one of the classic themes of movies, will never lack audiences, it just depends on the number of audiences.Action movie fans gave a very high evaluation of the action effects of "Xi Yu", and almost all of them were filled with words such as "no peeing point in the whole process" and "blood surging".Immediately afterwards, gun enthusiasts analyzed the various guns in "West Imperial", saying that almost every gun fits the scene of the plot and the national conditions of each country. In the movie, even the wounds corresponding to each gun were done. Perfect makeup, even every bang is different.

"Drumsticks must be added to the props group and makeup group! Without the details of these weapons and equipment and the different effects of explosions, this movie cannot achieve such a good visual effect!"

Several big military fan Vs took the lead in commenting, "The West" quickly became popular among military fans and action movie fans, attracting more and more audiences, and reached the ratio of films and box office share on the third day of its release Even grades.Because Zhang Lei, the director of "Xi Yu", is an old-fashioned action film director, he has been making action films for 20 years, so he has very old fans.As the leading actor, Lin Yuan is very popular among the younger generation. Many fans have attracted a lot of audiences between the ages of 20 and 30 because of Lin Yuan's good eyesight in film selection and his heaven-defying acting skills + appearance.On Friday, the box office of "The Royal West" was still relatively weak during the day, but at night, the box office rose instantly, and the box office share was directly 10 percentage points higher than that of the lineup. "Fox said" positive second.

What made the crew and Qin Gu happy was that after ten o'clock on Friday night, there were several high-quality movie reviews one after another, and the popularity of the movie rose in an instant.Among them, the most retweeted film review is called "Discussing Human Nature from Action Movies——A Brief Review of the Movie <Xiyu>".

The film critic said: "The story of "Xi Yu" is very simple. A patrol squad found clues to a terrorist organization while patrolling, and then was brutally dismembered and killed and dumped in the desert. There is a way to determine whether these burned and gnawed corpses are their lost comrades. The story begins with revenge and finding out the real culprit, to destroying a terrorist organization, arresting all members in the country, bringing them to justice, and publicly pronouncing the sentence The end. The plot of the story is very simple, but the various questions reflected in it left the author with deep thought. One of the most important questions is, are those so-called innocent people really innocent?"

"In the film, the terrorist organization uses drug trafficking and religious superstition to confuse and attract the people, making the people fight against the protagonists. Those drug addicts who were caught were wronged when they were interrogated, saying: 'I used my own money to take drugs, and I was the one who harmed me. In my own family, I didn’t kill or set fire, let alone harm others, and invested other people’s money. Why do you arrest me? If you are also guilty of drug use, why don’t you arrest those who attempted suicide? They are also harming themselves!'”

"This plot involves a very negligible issue. It is a crime to manufacture and sell drugs, because they are causing others to become addicted to drugs and destroying other people's families. So what about taking drugs themselves? If you don't steal, rob, murder, or set fire, you are innocent. For this question, the protagonist gave a sonorous answer, he said: "Do you think you are not guilty? If you didn't use drugs to pay the drug dealers, where did they get the money to buy bullets to kill people? Knowing that the drug dealers got Your money will be used to kill people and set fires, and you give money to him without losing your fortune. Isn’t that a crime? Drug dealers are the weapons used to kill people on the front line, and you are the logistics support behind!’”

"At this point in the plot, the screenwriter may not think it is enough, and deliberately increased the role of the drug addict. A few scenes introduced the past of the drug addict. Although he did not participate in drug trafficking, he took drugs for a long time, from a millionaire to a pauper. But because of this, he got to know many drug dealers. When he was discovered by the police, he even took the initiative to call the drug dealer to take his wife and daughter away, hoping to go abroad secretly, go to Russia through Central Asia and then go to Europe. Drug addicts think that they have been with drug dealers for many years , is already a good friend, so no matter how the police interrogate him, he is reluctant to tell the hideout of the drug dealer. Drug use is not a crime, and it is only punishable by detention for less than 1 days. Drug addicts go home as soon as they are free, and want to collect money Leaving, returning home only to find that his wife and daughter had been raped and killed, and all the belongings in the house had been looted. The drug addict collapsed immediately, and the drug dealer took the opportunity to shoot him dead. The following policemen fought and captured the drug dealer. After the drug addict confessed to others Suicide and die."

"This is a small episode in the movie, but the small episode has a great meaning. There are very few domestic films that directly film the experience of drug addicts, but the truth is often more shocking than the movie. If this person did not take drugs, how could he end up with his family ruined? ?Every piece of drug money is not only a bullet on the anti-drug police, but also a stab at the family of a drug addict. Thanks to the fast camera and narrative style of action film directors, many details in the plot of "Xi Yu" It is scattered around every fight. But scattered does not mean there is no, in this sense, "Xiyu" is already a milestone in action movies-it is worth digging and thinking about every plot detail."

Starting from this film review, the word-of-mouth of "The Imperial Palace" gradually fermented, and the audience gradually discovered that this film is extremely rare in terms of conception and discussion.Usually, anti-drug police films focus on how heroic and handsome the protagonist is, but "Xi Yu" focuses on the erosion and harm of foreign organizations to the country, focusing on the methods commonly used by many terrorist organizations, especially superstition and superstition. Drug control, among which drug control is the top priority.Many viewers said after watching: "I can't help but review the anti-drug education class when I was studying, and teach the children what things need special attention."

Others pointed out that it is very necessary for this kind of highly educational film to be released during the summer vacation, and it is very suitable for the whole family to watch together, because the elderly are particularly susceptible to superstition, and when children are establishing a worldview, they must be firmly established. Remember how dangerous drugs can be.

A netizen said: "Nowadays there are a lot of public figures taking drugs. Fans of those public figures feel that taking drugs is understandable and that they are harming themselves. This kind of concept is very dangerous, especially among middle school students. It must be done before the children are educated. When this concept dominates, let them realize the causal chain of drugs→drug money→drug dealers→guns and weapons→murder and arson. None of the drug addicts is innocent, and their hands are also stained with the blood of the anti-drug police.”

These concepts have been greatly reposted and endorsed, and the word-of-mouth of "Xi Yu" quickly exploded. Many viewers not only started to use it twice and three times, but also became tap water and people around Amway.Lin Yuan's fans were not idle either. Although they couldn't get the feature film to edit, they made several anti-drug related educational videos and long Weibo.

Relying on the excellent word-of-mouth, from the fourth day of its release, the box office share of "Xi Yu" has been twice that of the first film, and the box office has continued to rise, starting the road to counterattack.Although the film schedule has never exceeded 25%, the box office share is above 40% every day, and even exceeded 50% in the second weekend.

In the end, "Xi Yu" was screened for 20 days in total, and won a box office of 11 billion. Although it lost to "Fox Talk" with 11.5 billion, anyone with a discerning eye can see that "Fox Talk" relied on an average of 51% of the film schedule. , and Xiyu's average film schedule is only 24%, relying on the reputation of the sky!

At the celebration banquet, Lin Yuan accepted an exclusive interview with "Huaxia Movies".

The reporter asked: "I found that every time you starred in the works, you can get very good results. Once or twice can be said to be good luck. This happens every time. Does it mean that your acting skills are really good?"

Lin Yuan didn't answer this question at all, but said: "Every work is not just the efforts of the leading actor alone. In fact, I think behind every successful film and television work, the first thing to thank is the screenwriter, because the script determines everything. , just like "Xiyu", if the screenwriter hadn't written such a deep idea, then there would be no discussion. Secondly, I think I should thank the director, because everything about the screenwriter is explained by his lens, The audience was shocked, in fact, it was not my acting skills that shocked him, but the director's camera language. Besides, there are props group, art group, lighting group, these are the decisive factors. ’s success comes down to the strength of the protagonist, which is very one-sided.”

The reporter then asked a very tricky question: "The popularity of "Xi Yu" is very hot this time, and the discussion is very high, but most of the discussions focus on anti-terrorism and anti-drug. It’s the same, only a few of them will bring your character and think you are very handsome. I know that every time your big hits, your character will be hailed as a classic, and you will keep swiping pictures on Weibo. This time How does it feel to you? Will it be lost?"

"No, on the contrary, this is what I am most happy to see, because this is what our entire crew wants to express." Lin Yuan said, "We are just fulfilling our social responsibilities."

The author has something to say: Actually, I seldom watch movies, but last year and this year, I watched a movie three times. Last year it was Dasheng, and this year it was Mekong River.The story of Lin Yuan was conceived by me and CP Doufu. At that time, we discussed that we wanted to write a real drama, and pay more attention to conveying the influence and social responsibility of actors to fans, rather than chasing fame and wealth, let alone simply chasing awards.We listed several stories in the play, and the ones that were confirmed were "Ding Feng Bo", "Ban Jiang Hong", "Dust Man", "Healing the Heart for the Country", and "Swordsman of Shushan" was not confirmed. Ask Lin Yuan to take on an idol drama, playing the role of the villain Boss, who has attracted countless fans, and the main character is Xu Xuanzhi, for comparison.

But then I thought about it, Lin Yuan would not take the role of this kind of fanboy boss, because we thought he was a person who focused on spreading positive energy from the very beginning when we set the role.So I asked Lin Yuan to film "Healing Hearts for the Country" and "Swordsman of Shushan" one after another. Anti-Japanese dramas and fairy tale dramas are the places where Lei dramas are most concentrated. I hope this shows that there are no Lei themes in the world, only Lei's screenwriters.To a large extent, the success or failure of a play depends on the screenwriter.

The movie script of "West Imperial". . .From the very beginning, Tofu and I wanted Lin Yuan to take on a popular, positive and explosive drama. Before the news came out, I even wanted Lin Yuan to make a movie about evacuating overseas Chinese.But at this point in the plot, when Lin Yuan was able to win the film award, the two scripts I imagined collided with director Lin Chaoxian, and I didn't know whether to cry or laugh.I was afraid of being said to follow the trend, but I still wrote "Xi Yu", but changed the direction, no longer talking about the righteousness of the family and the country, but focusing on the social responsibility of the actors.

Long-winded a lot. . .at last!The Mekong River is really worth seeing!Every detail is great!Looking forward to the next two films directed by Lin Chaoxian!