" Crane Needle ", Wolongsheng 's work, the novel is written neatly and gracefully, without losing the graceful feeling, especially the back of Bai Yunfei and Ma Junwu, a crane soaring into the sky, adds a little fairy to the novel Airy and romantic, impressive and fresh in memory. The success of
's novel is bound to attract the attention of film and television drama investors. This "Crane Needle" first TV and then film, and several versions were launched in one breath. The overall feeling can only be said to be unsatisfactory. Look, it did not attract a frenzy of ratings. Judging from the box office situation in Hong Kong and Taiwan at that time, the Hong Kong box office of the movie version of "New Crane Needle" only received 8.13 million at the Hong Kong box office, which is far from a success, and it is not bad if it does not lose money.
In Hong Kong in the 1990s, the film industry was booming, and countless stars emerged, but the one that can be called the top is "20% every week", plus a Jet Li , that's all.
Tony Leung 's acting skills are impeccable, but there is always a gap between Liu Qingyun or Wu Zhenyu between him and the box office superstar, and he can't always achieve the top. As far as this "New Crane Needle" is concerned, Liang Chaowei's performance is quite satisfactory compared to the past, and there are very few places where he shines. Not only is Bai Yunfei played by Anita Mui and suppressed the aura of the big male protagonist. Even Guan Zhilin's 's aura is not inferior to Tony Leung's, a domineering line: What you leave in my body, I will use internal strength to force it out! It directly made the actor who played Ma Junwu speechless.
The male protagonist is not strong, which is a common problem in Wo Longsheng's novels. It is always the model of "many women love one man". It is cliché and nothing new, and it will inevitably lose some audiences who are eager for freshness. Fortunately, Mr. Wolongsheng's reputation is very good, even if his works There are flaws, and it does not affect the sales, but as far as the adapted film and television drama is concerned, it is too powerful, one-sided pursuit of entertainment, and derailment from the original work is also everywhere.
Hong Kong movies are mainly entertainment, so it is not worth looking into, but judging from the data shown in the movie and the follow-up response, whether it is word of mouth or box office, it is unsatisfactory. This is also the reason why this movie has no sequel and cannot form an IP.
On the other hand, the taste of this movie is relatively vulgar, the plot is protracted, the actors are mediocre, and the only bright spot is Mr. Zhang Tielin who plays the villain Cao Xiong. He laughs evilly and arrogantly enough, which is creepy and amazing. , If there is no arrogant performance of the villain, just relying on this stereotypical plot mode of one man and many women, it will not be interesting at all. The box office fiasco of
is also to be expected. After all, the hero's aura is limited, and he is overwhelmed by several beauties in the play. In contrast, he feels that the hero is weak and powerless. , such a weak protagonist can only be a failure.
So we think of Kung Fu Emperor Jet Li, an actor who is truly born for martial arts movies. His temperament is innate, his acting skills are impeccable, and his movements are unparalleled. If he starred in "The Crane Needle" "The role of Ma Junwu in ", there will be no sense of disobedience of being robbed of the show and taking the lead.
Jet Li's martial arts and aura are the first and foremost of the unstoppable male protagonist, and the movies starring him have repeatedly set box office records. , and in the peak years, the salary was still above Jackie Chan .
If Jet Li plays "The Crane Needle", it can reverse the pattern of "strong women and weak men" in one fell swoop, showing a different atmosphere. As far as TV drama actor Deng Haoguang and movie actor Tony Leung are concerned, the editor always feels that with their martial arts and temperament, they cannot bear the love of a few beauties, and love, if it is forced, will make the plot even more apparent. embarrassed.
So what do you think?
