On February 17, two more domestic films were announced to be withdrawn, plus the previous "Let's Shake the Sun Together" for a total of three. Not to mention the other animation, the withdrawal of "Mr. Red Carpet" this time was really unexpected, although it did not do well at the box office, but I didn't expect to choose to withdraw it.
If this movie is released in the off-season in November, it may be able to easily reach a box office of 340 million, why do you have to squeeze into the Spring Festival stalls? And the style of this movie is completely unsuitable for the atmosphere of the Spring Festival, so the reason for the bad box office is not that it offends some people, nor because it is more literary, but because this movie is actually not exciting!
I went to see this movie when I was in my third year of junior high school, but halfway through, some viewers couldn't stand it and directly expressed their dislike, and then left. The content of the movie is empty and boring, the jokes are embarrassing, and there are many scenes of unclear meaning, which makes it difficult for ordinary viewers to understand what the movie is trying to express.
What is the message of Mr. Red Carpet? This film shows the deepest "black humor".
I am also half an insider in the mainland film and television industry, to put it simply, let's take a movie as an example, the quality of this ** is not bad, and it should be no problem to score 7 to 8 points. As a director, Ning Hao successfully visualized and visualized Liu Weichi's inner state through a variety of lens languages.
The mirror appears many times, which means that Liu Weichi has the ** in his heart, and the balance bike scene at the end of the film expresses his pursuit of balance. Andy Lau's performance in the starring role is stable, successfully interpreting the image of Lau Weichi, who is hard-working and utilitarian in his acting career, and has both kindness and arrogance in daily life.
If the film had changed nationality and you would have thought it was made by a Japanese or Korean director, it would have a rating of 95 points or more.
The mood of the whole film is like a lake fluctuating in the wind and rain, undulating but not turbulent. There are contradictions inside, but they are not sharp and harsh. It's like a light rain, maybe you will sigh that it's raining, but pedestrians on the road may not be able to hold umbrellas; Or maybe you say it's not raining, but people who were going to go out see the rain and become intimidated.
However, considering that people have developed a picky movie-watching habit by various short **, not to mention that there are many popular "micro-short dramas" coming out. In addition, it is the Spring Festival schedule now, and for a commercial film, even if it is a 6-7 point, it is already very generous - I took off my pants, and you still show me this?
This movie can be considered a good work, excellent in all aspects, and has no shortcomings. However, in the Spring Festival file and the current situation, it has exposed a problem - screenwriters. Perhaps it was the fear that the content would be too radical and cause controversy, so the "ironic" elements in the whole film did not reach the desired sharpness.
It's like eating hot pot in Chongqing, how spicy is that? Isn't that sweet?
Whether it is Liu Weichi chasing awards out of utilitarianism as an actor, or a person with a prominent status who is worried about being **, or a rich person who is always accustomed to solving problems with money and acting informally, these plot designs are all outdated and boring, which can be said to be cliché. Even nowadays, the number of moviegoers is generally high, and even some people can guess these plots without watching movies.
This movie impressed me very deeply, and it can even be said that it is no less than the car thief played by Andy Lau in "No Thieves in the World" and asked the security guard loudly: "Is it a good person who drives a good car?" In contrast, the irony of this line may be sharper and more poignant than all the memes in "Mr. Red Carpet".
My first feeling after watching it at the time was that because there was no IP influence and no explosion, the box office of this movie might not have much breakthrough.
At that time, the ** of the box office was 2-300 million, and according to the calculation of 80 million in the first week now, its cycle should be roughly at this number. I think this number may be too low, because Andy itself has the appeal to attract 2-300 million viewers, and from the quality of the film itself, I think its performance should reach 7-900 million.
However, it now seems to have started with too much optimism. Short ** and micro-dramas are changing the wind direction of the film and television market and the habits of audiences. People may still remember Zhu Yi's monotony and tastelessness, but how many people know the screenwriter behind it?
Nowadays, the audience's evaluation of film and television works is often limited to praising a certain plot for its wonderful plot, profound screenwriting skills and wonderful storyline, but once asked for the name of the director or screenwriter, most of them know nothing, and only care about whether their favorite actor participates in the performance. They focus on the "target actors", lower the evaluation criteria, and then make a simple comparison in their brains, and as long as they are better than the bad works they have seen before, they will consider them "good screenwriters".
So, for example, if you like the confrontation between the mid-laner and the line, every game is very exciting, and the key is meticulous operation skills, then "Mr. Red Carpet" may bring you fun and quite interesting, but you need to feel it yourself. But if you prefer ** catch, team fights, ultimate, and highland scrambles, then don't go, there really isn't, not at all.
Even at the end of the game, the mid-laner pair did not complete the kill.
Ning Hao's new film is not a "bad movie", it's just a little boring, and it's really a bit "ungrounded"?
As far as I'm concerned, I prefer the movie "Mr. Red Carpet". Of the last two or three years I've seen, I think it's doing well and should be a bit higher than its current rating. Of course, I also understand why the general audience may not like it very much.
Ning Hao is one of the very few directors I have seen almost all of his works, and his dark humor style really fascinated me. This movie is a subversion for many people, from directors, actors, to producers, investors, and even netizens, only Ning Hao and Andy Lau dare to shoot such a **. However, to fully understand the connotation, you need to have a certain understanding of the contemporary Chinese film industry and be familiar with Ning Hao's black humor style.
Director Jia's "big padded jacket" and "the management knows best" are really too funny, and I can't hold it at all when I see it.
After the rewrite: For the parts of "Director Jia", "Big Cotton Jacket" and "The Management Knows Best", it is so funny, I can't help but laugh out loud every time I see it.
This movie is worth recommending, suitable for solitude** and provoking thought. The first half is full of dark humor, and the second half is a thought-provoking sensation. However, the Spring Festival stalls don't seem to be very suitable for this movie, the box office performance is not good, the cinema where I am located only has two screenings today, and my ** one is not even ten people, which can be said to be quite deserted. According to the promotional materials before the release, it seems that the funder deliberately rescheduled it to the Spring Festival file, and it can be said that this movie is quite interesting from the inside out.
Although "Mr. Red Carpet" is an excellent movie, it may be difficult to put it in the Spring Festival stall, because most viewers don't find it attractive, especially at this time when everyone is looking forward to joy and a visual feast.
It lacks dynamism, lacks the dense jokes of a comedy, doesn't have the sharp contradictions of a drama, and with an open-ended ending, people who don't know much about the film industry and cinema may find it boring and unable to understand its meaning.
However, once you are free from these constraints, savor the dark humor contained in slow motion, feel the irony contained in the carefully processed slow pace of the footage, and delve into the layers and depth of the film, you will realize that this film is a beautiful work of innovation and courage. It's not just a satire of the entertainment industry and filmmaking today, it's a more in-depth ** theme of personal growth and communication.
If you don't know much about movies, I recommend not going to see this work; But if you have some foundation, I would still recommend you**.
This type of film is not suitable for the mass market, because on Douyin, if you ramble on the movie narration for more than 3 seconds, you will lose the audience's interest. The immediate pleasure and rapid pace are the mainstream of today's literary and artistic consumption. It's actually quite simple to create a best-selling movie, you only need to have a core stalk and a breaking point, and the sooner the better, and you can go as far as you can from the literary and artistic mood that goes around.
For example, the film "Flying Life 2", although it also has some literary and artistic flavor, but when creating the plot, it very clearly revolves around the cool points: from the setting of the protagonist, it shows a typical cool culture - "The once brilliant big man, the famous general who won the championship five times, actually fell to become a car repair shop worker", similar plots also include more exaggerated plots such as the immortal emperor descending to the mortal world and the dragon king breaking into the city.
As for the main plot, there is only one story: an authority loses power and falls into trouble - the villain provokes x to provoke hatred - the big guy rises quickly and successfully suppresses the villain - all the supporting characters are stunned and onlookers - the big guy finally gets a big reward. This is a typical smooth script, which is in line with the aesthetic taste of the current mainstream audience.
The story arrangement is still quite immature, and it does not use more intense and prominent techniques such as "three flips and four shocks" or "multi-line pulling hatred and concentrated slapping in the face" to further enhance the energy of the climax of the plot, so it is not very good.
This ordinary cool script, but it can easily win the top three positions at the national box office.
Movies that think they are educating others to think deeply can't even catch up with the taillights.
Mr. Red Carpet was canceled from the air, which was not only a failure for Ning Hao and Andy Lau.
In the past, celebrities mainly relied on movie traffic to gain popularity, but now online TV has become a new traffic entrance. Therefore, the established stars must change their strategies, otherwise it will be difficult to survive. For example, Wong Kar-wai used to be successful with movie traffic, but now he has changed his thinking and used online TV platforms to get traffic, thus grasping the trend again.
Jackie Chan's movies used to be in the spotlight, but now almost no one pays attention. In addition, Andy Lau recently entered the Douyin platform, which attracted a large number of fans at once, and he may mistakenly think that the problem of network traffic is self-evident. If it weren't for Dong Yuhui inviting Andy Lau to join the platform some time ago to promote the film, maybe fewer people would watch this **.
I appreciate director Ning Hao's work, but this time he seems to be succumbing to capital, and the subject matter of this movie can be more interesting. Although it seems to be a film that has the courage to expose the chaos in the Chinese film and television industry, it actually does not dare to shoot anything truly bold.
The protagonist Lau Weichi in the movie combines the styles of Andy Lau, Tony Leung and Stephen Chow, but the characteristics of Tony Leung and Stephen Chow are not shown in the whole movie, and even Andy Lau's shadow is difficult to detect, and the ending of the movie is not satisfactory, and my heart is full of loss after watching it.
Compared with Andy Lau's previous Spring Festival works, "Mr. Red Carpet" is not even as good as his "Crowded", let alone compared with the Chinese New Year films specially made for the Spring Festival. In fact, there are some movies that are more suitable for being released during the Spring Festival.
For example, not all movies like "The Annual Meeting Can't Stop" are suitable for release during the Spring Festival. Ning Hao emphasized from the beginning that movies should not be crowded into popular schedules, and he originally planned to set the schedule in November last year, but later complied"The meaning of the employer", which was rescheduled to be released during the Spring Festival, but suffered a fiasco and was forced to withdraw. It can be said that the movie itself has elements of black humor, and the biggest loser of this incident is not only Ning Hao, but also Andy Lau.