Director Zhang Chaoli's first bad film "Flower Thousand Bone" has caused a sensation at the beginning of 2024, and even CCTV, which has always been serious, has to use extremely disparaging wording to evaluate this movie, which shows how bad it has become.
From the filming of the film to the release of the movie, it has been in the spotlight, and Zhao Liying and Jiang Xin have personally promoted the film by posting articles, this huge publicity campaign is powerful, and it is difficult for any box office champion in the same schedule to compare with it.
"Flower Thousand Bone", a big IP movie, did make theaters have high hopes, but unfortunately the quality of the film was poor and could not be released. debuted at the bottom of the show on the opening day, and the subsequent box office plummeted, and the major theaters felt extremely remorseful for misjudging the situation.
The audience had already expected that there might be a rollover when the filming of "Flower Thousand Bone" began, but they did not expect that this film would be made into a bad film that is difficult to watch directly by the high-end creative team of Xianxia drama.
The movie "Flower Thousand Bone", despite its exquisite appearance, is actually a failure. In this regard, director Zhang Chaoli stood up to apologize and faced overwhelming criticism.
The audience will not accept the director's mischoice. The movie "Flower Thousand Bone" has no merits in all aspects that are worth savoring, it can only be said that it was very badly filmed, and it is better not to shoot it again next time.
Chaotic plot arrangement.
Director Zhang Chaoli is really an excellent creator, and the movie version of "Flower Thousand Bone" actually just borrowed the title of the original book, and the story content was changed beyond recognition.
Hua Qiangu's sweet "sister" voice made Kill Qianmo's force burst out, he completely lost himself, and even the most important artifact could give up without hesitation, as if he had become a stupid person for love.
Even if you want to beautify the role of killing Qianmo, you don't have to change him to be useless. In the original book, it was difficult to distinguish between Kill Qianmo and Bai Zihua, but Kill Qianmo in the movie was killed under a move from Ni Mantian.
When the audience saw this scene, they wanted to leave immediately, the plot was too chaotic to understand. Would it be better to simply change the protagonist to Ni Mantian? It would even be more appropriate to publish a neon autobiography.
Sheng Xiaomo was not very noticeable in the original version, but he became the most threatening villain boss in the whole film, and he can even control Hua Qiangu to become a demon god, which is simply bizarre.
Because he couldn't get Zixun's love, Sheng Xiaomo would embark on the road of blackening. Among the three immortals who stayed for a long time, Mo Yan was the only normal person, while Bai Zihua and Sheng Xiaomo were both infatuated people who were deeply in love. Is this absurd character setting different from idol dramas?
Sheng Xiaomo's thinking logic made the audience puzzled, knowing that Hua Qiangu was a demon god, but still wanted to promote Hua Qiangu and Bai Zihua to fall in love, this level of effort is difficult to ignore. It can be said that such an approach cannot be justified.
In achieving his goal, which villain does not first create a deep love between the hero and heroine, this degree of care is touching, if you don't see it with your own eyes, you will be sorry for the deep friendship established by Hua Qiangu and Bai Zihua.
The portrayal of Sheng Xiaomo's character is simply the most failed part of the whole film.
Director Zhang Chaoli really amazed the audience as soon as he made a shot, and even in matters involving partnerships, he was able to generously shoot a touching scene to satisfy his number one fan, so that the entire network knew that director Zhang Chaoli was building a pair of killing Qianmo and Hua Qiangu.
Dongfang Yuqing is doing it step by step, but in fact, it is just a cameo to evoke the audience's memories. However, it was soon completely wiped out by Sheng Xiaomo, and it only lasted for a few minutes.
The emotional scene between Dongfang Yuqing and Hua Qiangu at the time of farewell can be described as tearful to the audience, not only did not show this scene in the movie, but also completely weakened the interaction between the two, which made it difficult for the audience to accept.
Director Zhang Chao even gave the high-energy emotional warming clip between the male and female protagonists to kill Qianmo and Hua Qiangu, and through enough moving plot design, he created an inseparable farewell scene.
The progress of the love between Bai Zihua and Hua Qiangu is mysterious, and there is even a situation of turning against each other, lacking any reasonable and rigorous emotional clues.
The viewer is fascinated by the relationship between Hua Qiangu and Bai Zihua, but soon they become opposites. The next moment, they kissed each other affectionately.
The greasy and ugly kiss scene between Bai Zihua and Hua Qiangu is really impossible to look at, it doesn't look like kissing at all, it's completely in the cupping scene, and there is no beauty at all.
The drama version of "Hua Qiangu" has been showing the extremely restrained feelings between Bai Zihua and Hua Qiangu, there is love between them, but they can't express it because of various constraints. It's not that I can't talk about it, but I can tell you how helpless it is, and in the end they couldn't kiss each other, which also makes it difficult for the audience to let go, leaving a beautiful regret.
Sometimes you don't have to kiss, you just have to get it across. What touches the hearts of the audience is not the direct visual stimulation, but the emotional atmosphere created.
Director Zhang Chao filmed the whole story in fragments, ignoring the essence of the whole story, and instead described the unattractive part in detail. Director Zhang Chao can accurately circumvent the effect expected by the audience, and even the most exciting parts of the story can be understated, so that the audience is looking for something to watch?
The script was problematic, and the cast selection was pretty bad.
Zhao Liying's demon makeup is mainly characterized by evil charms, while Chen Duling's demon makeup is a full-body black performance, and it can even be said that only the naked ** has not turned black.
The most unacceptable thing for the audience is the casting of Bai Zihua, the originally fairy-like beautiful man in white has become an ugly man with spicy eyes under Li Chengbin's interpretation, such a strong contrast makes the audience want to cry without tears. At the end of the day, this huge gap in imagination is unacceptable.
The scale of the white paintings expanded.
Bai Zihua is described in the original book as a character like an immortal, he comes out of the mud without being stained, full of righteousness, and is consistent with the righteous immortals of Changliu and the world.
Although Huo Jianhua, who relied on his appearance to get out of the circle, could not meet the expectations of fans of the original book for the image of Baizi painting, Li Chengbin was confident to take on the controversial role of Baizi painting.
Li Chengbin's self-confidence also makes the audience have to admire, because costume styling is usually one of the most rigorous tests of an actor's appearance, and not all actors can control costume styling well.
After the audience watched Li Chengbin's white painting, there was a sudden darkness in front of them, and this ugly man in ancient costume added another highly competitive general to the ranks.
The audience also felt guilty about Li Chengbin's white paintings, and their expectations of Huo Jianhua may have been too harsh. Unexpectedly, Li Chengbin's performance was even better, which made the audience feel embarrassed.
Li Chengbin's face has hard lines and more white features, and modern makeup is often more suitable for hiding his shortcomings. However, Li Chengbin chose the corner of Baizi painting in front of Zhuyu, which completely gave the audience room for comparison.
Li Chengbin's figure has become obviously much fatter than before, and he can't even see the muscle lines. However, this did not prevent him from showing his figure, but made the audience suffer.
While the other actors showed all kinds of toned muscle lines, Li Chengbin showed thick white flesh, which made people really wonder what the meaning of such a greasy shot was. The actor is confident in his figure, but the audience will wonder if the director is also fascinated by the authorities?
Li Chengbin's acting skills are indescribable, although Bai Zihua is cold but not expressionless, under his interpretation, Bai Zihua seems to have become a ruthless character.
The audience is tired of the outrageous character setting, and they don't want to watch it anymore, even if the character has a thick body, it can't withstand the careless slap of others.
It is not easy for Li Chengbin to get the opportunity to get the male number one, but he can't even do the most basic image management, the evaluation of netizens is really accurate, and he should reflect on his own problems.
Hard work will only pay off if you maintain a high level of seriousness. A patchwork, messy performance is unlikely to attract the audience, and there is no point in winning sympathy in front of the camera. Audiences never pay for an ugly movie.
Although the movie "Flower Thousand Bone" has reached 11 in terms of film scheduling5, but it still failed to deliver the most basic box office returns to the major theaters, and despite the abundance of resources, the quality of the work itself was simply terrible.
Li Chengbin's white paintings are really unbearable, and the originally healthy skin tone has become a "black painting" against the backdrop of pure white clothing, this obvious color difference makes the audience feel very uncomfortable, and netizens said unceremoniously: "Li Chengbin should give up starring in costume dramas." ”
Only a handful of fans who are interested in it will be attracted at first, while others will find it unbearable for the exaggerated makeup, which is difficult for even fans who truly love the star, not to mention the anticipation of passers-by.
Although the filming team of "Flower Thousand Bone" is very careful, even the best production team cannot make the withered flowers bloom again.
Audiences won't be able to take a black-and-white view of this shoddy film, even with the special effects of the original series, so they might as well take a moment to re-appreciate the show's brilliant rendition.
I hope that director Zhang Chaoli can take a serious look at this total failure and present a high-quality and satisfying work to the audience, instead of rushing to please the audience and taking shortcuts to pursue popularity.
Remaking the original is never a wise choice, and smart directors usually don't take the risk of choosing this high-risk path. It can be said that Director Zhang Chaoli has the courage, but he did not find the right way.
The pursuit of short-term heat may bring momentary pleasure, but failing to cope with the challenges of heat is likely to make people the object of ridicule. The failure of the adaptation of "Flower Thousand Bone" also taught the domestic entertainment industry a lesson: good scripts emerge in an endless stream, and it is really unnecessary to adapt the classic works of predecessors again.
Audiences would rather concentrate on a brand new work than see their beloved episodes ruined by these remakes. With this kind of opportunistic energy, it is better to focus on creating something completely new.
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