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Chapter 60 Not optimistic (1/5)

"Human Movie Cannon" was later called "Human Movie". Maybe the word "cannon" has a bad association with people...

It is a program created by a group of film critics. The hosts include Mei Xuefeng, Xu Yuan, Sai Ren and others. It was once known as the "host with the lowest appearance" in the film industry talk show.

In fact, talking about movies with film critics is quite boring...

The questions they ask are either too professional or too superficial, and... "Human Movie Cannon" has a very low click-through rate.

Shen Changlin still respects professional film critics.

Even if sometimes they don’t agree with their opinions, in most cases, the movies they agree with still have certain value...

For example, if you taste Edward Yang's movies carefully, they really feel like the works of a master...

The premise is to be savored, and this premise holds back a lot of viewers - his movies are really hard to watch!

One of the important responsibilities of foreign film critics is to use their influence to discover new directors and buried films.

Domestic film critics…

It’s quite embarrassing. Serious film critics don’t have a platform to write serious film reviews. Traffic has the final say in everything.

Under the guidance of Internet traffic being king, the once serious movie reviews have become web articles with pictures and texts, because many WeChat accounts have also raised funds...

The power of film criticism can only be unleashed by returning to the essence of film criticism.

Trying to use film criticism to accomplish some tasks that it should not accomplish, such as applause and interests, such as greed and ambition, will complicate the review.

Public accounts are well versed in the method of generating popularity. They first have a preconceived bias towards the movie, and can always avoid the good parts of the movie, and instead seize the weak parts.

This weak part often becomes the entirety of the review...

——Many film critics and audiences just want to see the movie they imagined. Once what they see is different from what they imagined or expected, they will label the movie a "bad movie".

This type of review does not require a deep understanding of film history, or even a point of view. It does not require description, analysis, interpretation, or evaluation of these four actions. These are all too brain-burning. It only needs to capture the public's emotions and use them. Screenshots from the movie arouse emotions. As long as enough people agree with this emotion, the circle of friends can flood the screen.

On the contrary, articles with a slight point of view are too academic, too rational, and too in-depth, and will not become popular.

The promotional expenses of "The Vengeful Man 2" basically account for 30% or more of the investment, part of which is used to buy marketing manuscripts...

Are these marketing releases going to say the movie is not good?

Are they still eating?

At the end of the interview, the host asked Shen Changlin: "What do you think is the most important thing for a movie?"

"I think the most important thing about a movie is the story..."

Shen Changlin is very sure: "Literature has the responsibility of literature, and the same goes for movies. It uses pictures and sounds to capture the audience. This is the original purpose of movies. The story is the way to keep people from falling asleep while watching the movie."

"What bothers me the most is that there is a situation where the director is obviously making a commercial film, and the director is going around to support himself. Each platform spends money to buy trolls, and the publicity and distribution ads are overwhelming. In the end, you can't tell a story - I didn't even ask you to Tell a good story - what's the use of just talking about your feelings with me here?"

"Shakespeare said the most important thing in a drama is structure!"

"But that's Shakespeare. He could write a good story casually. Can you?"

The host asked the last question: "Then why most movies on the market can't even tell a good story?"

Shen Changlin was delighted: "For the market, the most important thing is not the story, the sound effects, the pictures, the special effects, or even the movie, but the money! A project that can make money is a good project worth investing in!"



"The movie version of the Condor? I really don't know...but Xu Ke also has "Nine-Storey Demon Tower" and "The Golden Captain" to shoot, as well as the "Di Renjie" series, by the way, and There is "The Famen Temple Code"...I really don't know what new projects are there..."

"Okay, let me ask you a question."

Shen Changlin was a little surprised when he received a call from Xixi, but he heard about the movie adaptation of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"...

A little tricky!

Because the adaptation rights are actually in the hands of Yiyi Media, and Yiyi Media and Shen Changlin are not very good at dealing with it.

One of the investors of "Macau Storm 3" that he demolished in public was Yiyi Media. Not only that, Shen Changlin publicly stated that "IP can only be effective in the hands of professionals. It does not mean that with IP, there will be follow-up." Everything!'

Then... the most powerful and eye-catching thing about Yi1 Media is that it created a new way of playing in the film and television industry: ip bank!,

And then... development ends in 2019...

It's normal. By 2019, the film and television industry is no longer a popular industry. After the glitz, it will eventually become dull!

Since it is no longer popular, it is understandable that film and television companies that rely on piles of money to continue to develop have stagnated.

Unless Shen Changlin co-produces it - which means paying for it.

Forget it, Shen Changlin himself has no expectations for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"!

In the past ten years, Xu Ke's martial arts movies seem to lack the flavor of the past. Whether it is "The Sword of the Third Young Master" he participated in the screenplay or "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" directed, the results and reputation are not high...

Why did Jin Yong agree with Xu Ke to film "The Condor"?

Everyone in the industry has heard that Jin Yong did not like Xu Ke and Wang Jiawei, because the two adapted his martial arts. Not only were they unfaithful to the original works, but they were also completely unconstrained. They could write whatever they wanted...

The reason for the change in attitude is very simple: Mr. Jin Yong was inspired after watching Xu Ke's adaptation of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom", and he did a good job!

But no one knows how Xu Ke wants to change it. Maybe Diao becomes the protagonist?

There is only one successful logic for Jin Yong's movie adaptation, which is to let moviegoers see the movie before understanding Jin Yong's story.

Otherwise, no matter how high-quality the movie is, as long as it is linked to Jin Yong's story, it will probably be criticized.

It's a pity that that era has passed!

The popular novels, Trilogy, Tianlong, Swordsman, and The Deer Cauldron are generally known to everyone on the street. The unpopular books such as Book Sword, Blue Blood, Flying Fox, Xia Ke, etc., even if they are taken by passers-by, they are not interested and can pay attention to them. Those who are still fans of the original work and martial arts fans are those who are still familiar with the story.

If it is made into a TV series, you can also learn from the 17th version of The New Condor, and it will be faithfully filmed according to the original work, and the reputation will be stable. Even so, there were a lot of curses when The New Condor was first released. If it is made into a movie, it will definitely be deleted. It will be changed, either beyond recognition or incomplete.

Are there any films that are beyond recognition and incomplete that have a good reputation? Yes, they are the ones shot in Hong Kong in the last century. Two films of "The Swordsman", two films of "The Deer and the Cauldron", "Tianlong: The Child Mother of Tianshan", "The Leader of the Demon Cult of Yitian" ","Ashes of Time"...

The quality of the movie is good, and the environment at the time was also good. Most of the main people on the Internet were not familiar with Jin Yong's stories when they watched these movies in the past. The creators can delete or modify them at will, as long as the final output is

The content is okay, even if it is far from Jin Yong's story, or even has nothing to do with it, moviegoers can still accept it.

But it’s probably unlikely that audiences who are familiar with Jin Yong’s stories will be able to accept an adaptation setting at the same level as old Hong Kong films!

He didn't take this matter to heart. In fact, Liu Qianqian just asked casually. She had no intention of eating this thing...

The filming of "The Legend of Chu Qiao" was quite hard. Liu Qianqian's professional attitude cannot be overstated. It is necessary to be hands-on. In Xiangshan in July, the surface temperature is close to 40°C. It is already good to be able to ensure that you don't faint on the set.

But her manager is different!

Asking around for information, vowing to grab the piece of "The Condor"...
Chapter completed!
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