252 Predicting "Assassination Qin" and Han Sanye's routine(1/2)
Basically everyone in the country knows what the movie "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" is about.
However, turning books or historical materials into movies cannot be achieved through restoration or taken-for-granted artistic processing.
I don’t know if Director Chen has given himself a certain cultural mission, or if his ideas are too advanced.
Anyway, after watching it for a while, Ye Fan felt that the plot of this movie was very confusing, and the pictures and visual effects were hard to describe.
Ye Fan was pretty good, he just sat there and watched quietly, learning and appreciating the acting skills of many outstanding actors in it. After all, if there were problems with the movie, it did not mean that the actors' acting skills were not good.
There are many famous actors in this movie. Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Li Xuejian, Zhao Benshan, Pan Gazi, Ding Haifeng and Zhou Xun all performed very well in this movie and contributed top-notch acting skills.
It can be said that with such a luxurious lineup, if it were not for Ye Fan, there would probably be no other films in the domestic film industry.
But other viewers didn't have Ye Fan's good attitude. After watching for a while, they started whispering to each other.
Hearing the discussion behind him, Director Chen sitting in the front row felt a little embarrassed, because if the movie was really good, this phenomenon would not happen...
"Why was Qin Shihuang played like this? He was crazy, vulgar and low-status, and looked very attractive."
"Yes, isn't Qin Shihuang supposed to be majestic, wise, and mighty?"
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"Is this Ying Zheng really Lu Buwei's son? When I was in school, the teacher never said that."
"Many unofficial historians have said this. Who knows whether it is true or not, but what Director Chen said in this movie is so conclusive and somewhat arbitrary."
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"Why are there so many scenes between Zhao Benshan and Pan Gazi? Jing Ke also has crotch humiliation? Isn't that Han Xin?"
"Yes, what is this film about? Is it a historical film or a comedy? When I see Zhao Benshan and Pan Gazi, I get into trouble. What a fuss."
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Ye Fan was a little amused when he heard these comments. Director Chen had dared to say the slogan "Purchase tickets voluntarily, if you are not satisfied after watching the movie, you can refund the ticket on the spot" in front of so many people before. He was so confident.
After the movie ended, the discussion in the venue became even louder, and many people even criticized the movie loudly.
But after this time, when it was time to be selectively deaf and blind, Director Chen and the main creator awkwardly came on stage amidst the controversy from the audience.
After answering some questions from reporters, the organizer hurriedly ended the premiere, and Ye Fan followed the crowd out of the auditorium...
Ye Fan waited in the car for a long time, and Master Han arrived late.
Ye Fan smiled and said: "The discussion has been going on for so long? It seems that the situation is not optimistic!"
Mr. Han said with a solemn expression: "You are sitting in the back. You can't see the reaction of the audience. We discussed it for a long time backstage and asked Brother Kai to re-edit the film before showing it."
Ye Fan nodded and said: "That's for sure. The audience can see so many problems. The effect of "Assassination of Qin" will definitely not be ideal if it is released like this."
"Let's not talk about this in the car. Let's go to your dad's place. I'll treat you and we can chat while we eat."
Ye Fan nodded and took the car with Mr. Han to Jufulou...
"Tell me what you think after watching this movie."
After looking at Mr. Han who looked sad, Ye Fan put down Kuai Zi and said:
"This film can still be watched after some modifications. The artistic quality of "Assassination of Qin" is not bad. There is hope for winning awards abroad, but don't think too much about the box office. It is impossible to make back the money."
Hearing Ye Fan's words, Mr. Han's expression became even more bitter.
"What do you think is wrong with this movie? How much do you estimate the box office will be?"
"I can't say about the foreign box office. I estimate that 15 million is the highest domestic box office. Maybe even 10 million is difficult."
Ye Fan thought for a while and then said: "There are too many problems with "Assassination of Qin". To sum up, it is not grounded. There is a big difference between Director Chen's ideas and the cognition of ordinary viewers. How can ordinary viewers think so?
So many artistic things.”
Mr. Han became more energetic at this time and motioned to Ye Fan to elaborate. After all, as long as the problem could be found, there might be hope for improvement.
After so many years of study and filming experience, Ye Fan's vision and understanding of movies have also improved a lot. It's a rare opportunity to show off in front of the boss, so why don't you just pretend to say goodbye!
So Ye Fan pointed out the problems of "Assassination of Qin" without mercy.
The first is that it's visually boring.
From the first dull scene in the film, one can predict that the film will not bring expectations.
Many domestic movies of this era are always like a small world inside a wall of earth.
Once the audience is lured in, the audience is suppressed in the small earth-yellow world, making the audience's imagination unable to gallop and trapped in the quagmire of the yellow earth.
"Assassination of the Qin Dynasty" cost 70 million yuan, and then it was mainly invested in static objects instead of moving images.
In the end, the movie feels like a piece of tasteless piece of chicken rib buried in the loess soil, dull, dull and boring.
Not to mention that the war scenes during the Warring States Period should be magnificent with thousands of troops and horses, but the war scenes in "Assassination of Qin" are like a pool of stagnant water, which is boring to watch.
Secondly, the story is confusing.
The majestic Qin Shihuang, did he need a woman to be an undercover agent to create an excuse to attack the Yan Kingdom?
Did Qin Shihuang need such a poor excuse to destroy the six kingdoms?
Create an incident, then blame it on other countries, and then launch an attack. Gee, is this routine familiar to everyone?
When Jing Ke presented the picture in "Assassination of Qin", in fact, it was designed by the King of Qin himself, and everything was under his control.
But in the movie, this previously arranged fact is intentionally or unintentionally avoided, as if King Qin became ignorant again, caught off guard, very passive, and panicked.
How can this explain that he already knew that this was a conspiracy set up by himself?
The movie is out of touch between the past and the present. It wants to install some new content in the original story, such as the motive of "assassinating Qin", but it just wants to provoke a war and change the true meaning of history.
However, at the last moment, King Qin still had to face the assassin with difficulty and return to the original historical trajectory.
In addition, Zhao Nu had many opportunities to assassinate Qin, but she just didn't do it. The plot is simply full of loopholes and cannot be justified at all!
In the end, the characters are dull.
Throughout the movie, the characters are too focused on appearance and there is no dramatic conflict. There is almost no spiritual collision or revelation of each other's souls between the two people together. This is also a common problem in domestic movies.
And in Ye Fan's opinion, Qin Shihuang played by Li Xuejian is very realistic.
The description of Qin Shihuang recorded in the history books is: "The King of Qin was a man, accurate as a bee, long-eyed, fond of birds, loud as a jackal, seldom gracious but with the heart of a tiger and a wolf. He could easily get under others' control, and he could easily eat people when he got his ambitions."
This description is actually basically consistent with Li Xuejian's performance, but it does not conform to the impression in the minds of ordinary people. How can ordinary audiences be satisfied with this?
Ordinary people don't have the level of "knowledge" and pursuit of art that Da Dao Chen has. Ordinary people watch movies just for entertainment.
After listening to Ye Fan's eloquent description, Mr. Han's expression was expressionless and he felt very numb.
Because after he substituted the problems Ye Fan said into the movie, he found that "Assassination of Qin" did indeed have many problems as Ye Fan said.
Mr. Han didn’t expect that a movie that he thought was pretty good would have so many problems, and that such a thing could be made with an investment of 70 million?
"Oh, how could Director Chen be at such a level? It shouldn't be, it's a shame we still have such high expectations for this movie."
Looking at the sighing Third Master Han, Ye Fan smiled and said: "Don't be discouraged, Third Master, it's okay to win a few awards for "Assassination of Qin", but 70 million is a bit expensive to win."
Hearing Ye Fan's sarcastic remarks about Director Chen, Mr. Han lost his mood completely. He left in a hurry without even eating, and went back to gather relevant personnel to discuss changes to the film.
Ye Fan was very happy when he saw this. Seeing that Director Chen was hungry, his appetite suddenly came up and he started to eat in the box.
Suddenly, Ye Fan remembered something and hurriedly ran downstairs to find Ye Jun.
"Dad, has Mr. Han paid for my table of food?"
Ye Jun wondered: "No, he just came down and said he would treat you to a meal, and then left in a hurry."
These words made Ye Fan's blood pressure rise rapidly, and he was shaken!
"Damn it...didn't I agree to treat him to a treat? Zuoshantuo really doesn't have martial ethics, this matter is never over!"
Today, Ye Fan is really being prostituted all the way to the end by Mr. Han. His views on the movie, no overtime pay and a table of meals, are all being prostituted for free!
The more Ye Fan thought about it, the angrier he became. He turned around and went back upstairs. So many dishes couldn't be wasted. He also thought about how to trick Mr. Han next time.
Ye Jun looked at Ye Fan's back and shook his head with a smile. There were not many things that could make Ye Fan feel frustrated.
It’s quite interesting that a leader as big as Mr. Han still has this side. It seems that he regards Ye Fan as a friend...
The next day, after the word-of-mouth of "Assassination of Qin" came out, there was indeed a lot of controversy.
Most of the people who have watched it are critical. Although some media and newspapers praise it, they are only a minority. More newspapers and media have very objective evaluations of this movie.
But for a director like Director Chen, it is clear that the evaluation is objective.
And "Assassination of Qin" was not released as scheduled, and Director Chen took it back and revised it again.
It was only after Ye Fan experienced it himself that he understood the whole story.
It turns out that this is the reason why "Assassination of Qin" was completed in 1998 and not released until next year!
After being tricked by Mr. Han, Ye Fan was not in the mood to pay attention to this and continued his journey of making up lessons.
Instead, the princess called Ye Fan, because starting from October, the princess will hold the "Singing Tour World Concert" in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chuncheng and other places.
The princess wanted to invite him to be a guest and sing a few songs on stage. After all, Ye Fan had never held a concert or been to anyone else's concert.
If she could invite Ye Fan, not to mention the popularity of her concert, the ticket sales would be doubled.
To be continued...