In the lively Spring Festival film market, the box office competition is particularly fierce, "Hot and Hot" and "Flying Life 2" each lead **, the former is proud of its excellent reputation and box office results, and the latter is slightly inferior, but it still has won the recognition of the audience with its full story and wonderful viewing experience.
However, in the midst of this feast, "Mr. Red Carpet" was particularly lonely, and its box office performance fell far short of expectations, even less than a fraction of the animated film "Bear Infested: A Time Reversal".
Next, let's analyze the reasons for the box office downturn of "Mr. Red Carpet":
1.The plot style and schedule are not suitable.
"Mr. Red Carpet" is based on black humor, and the calm and restrained narrative style seems out of place in the lively and noisy Spring Festival.
Compared with the narrative mode of other films, where there are ups and downs, laughter and tears, the plot design of "Mr. Red Carpet" is relatively bland, lacking a climax that is enough to arouse the audience's enthusiasm for buying tickets.
2.The subject matter and content processing is limited.
The movie focuses on the inside story of the entertainment industry, trying to expose some chaos in the industry through satire.
However, perhaps due to the limitations of the industry's rules and standards, the topics involved in the movie such as having children in a hidden marriage, playing big names, and fighting openly and secretly have not reached a sharp and in-depth enough level, so that many plots seem too mild enough to arouse the audience's curiosity and discussion.
3.Word-of-mouth decline and investor intervention questioning.
In the Douban comment area, netizens gave a unanimous negative evaluation of "Mr. Red Carpet", questioning that its script creation had been interfered with too much by the management.
The work jointly created by Andy Lau and Ning Hao failed to play its due strength, and the plot was bland and boring, which was contrary to the audience's expectations of the two heavyweight creators.
Andy Lau, as an evergreen tree with both reputation and strength in the film and television industry, has always been loved by the audience. Especially in "The Wandering Earth 2" at the beginning of last year, his cooperation with Wu Jing earned enough eyeballs, and the box office of the film was as high as 402.9 billion, Andy Lau's acting performance is even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
However, after "The Wandering Earth 2", Andy Lau participated in a series of works such as "Sneak", "Moscow Operation", "Goldfinger", etc., which were unsatisfactory at the box office and word of mouth, which could not help but make people question the box office appeal of Andy Lau after leaving Wu Jing.
"Mr. Red Carpet" is one of the typical cases, although Andy Lau showed superb acting skills as always, but the low quality of the script made the overall evaluation of the movie slip. The film was originally planned to be released in November last year, but it was finally postponed to the Spring Festival.
Ma Yili once mentioned in an interview that an actor's success requires the accumulation of several masterpieces, but it only takes one work to ruin his reputation. For Andy Lau, the box office failures of several movies and the decline in word-of-mouth have made the audience doubt his vision for choosing scripts. Despite this, Andy Lau's character creation in each work still shows a deep foundation, and his personal charm and acting skills are beyond doubt.
Looking forward to the future, Andy Lau's upcoming "The Wandering Earth 3" is undoubtedly an important turning point, however, in order to consolidate and enhance his reputation, Andy Lau needs to choose the script more carefully, focusing on the quality of the film and the depth of the story. Only through the accumulation of high-quality works can he regain the trust of the audience and prove that he is still the powerful actor of the Mesozoic generation who can take the lead on the screen.
To sum up, despite the box office fiasco of "Mr. Red Carpet", Andy Lau's acting skills and personal charm have still been recognized by the audience. In order to regain his glory, Andy Lau needs to work the choice of scripts and prove with practical actions that he can not only control commercial blockbusters, but also shine in independent and in-depth films. As an audience, we look forward to Andy Lau regaining his original charm in his future works and injecting more vitality and surprises into the film industry.