Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige are known as the three famous directors. Zhang Yimou has directed the opening ceremony of the Good Luck Fair, and Feng Xiaogang has directed the Spring Festival Gala. The identity.
Chen Kaige is also the most heavyweight director in the variety show "The Actor, Please Be Here". Whether he is commenting or directing the actors, he can see his level, even the audience can see in his every comment. His level, I can see that Chen Kaige is level, and not low, why is there so many bad reviews for his own works?
Chen Kaige has not many works in recent years. In this year's gift film "My Motherland and Me", Chen Kaige directed "Day Meteor", which was rated as the worst segment by netizens. In 2017, "The Legend of the Demon Cat" Douban scored 6.9, with mixed reputation. Going forward, "Taoist Down the Mountain" Douban scored 5.4, and "Search" Douban scored 7.4. Judging from the reputation of these movies, some of them are not right for Chen Kaige's status. It should not be at this level.
Is Chen Kaige a bad film director? Of course not. There are many Chen Kaige, whether it is box office or word-of-mouth, or well-known international film awards. There are also Chen Kaige that is difficult to surpass like "Farewell My Concubine". Even movies like "The Legend of the Demon Cat" and "Taoist Going Down the Mountain" are far from a bad movie. Chen Kaige's movies are actually just word-of-mouth controversy and bad reviews, but it does not mean that they are bad films.
Even some shots of Chen Kaige's fiasco of "The Promise" are still very beautiful. This time it is still the same in "Meteor Meteor" in "My Motherland and Me". Horses are arranging in the desert, and fashion is falling in the blue sky. Two teenagers are chasing excitedly right away. This picture is still very good.
But from the lens, Chen Kaige can also bear the name of a master, the controversial is actually the story. As if all masters are lonely, Chen Kaige’s movie story is often difficult to understand. He always has a lot of things he wants to express, so that you can’t grasp what the movie wants to say because you don’t understand. , So I always feel a little messy.
Many professional film critics always mention movie stories when they comment on Chen Kaige's movies. A good guide and a good story are the most basic requirements. A director with a high level of dazzling skills is often high and low. After all, film is a popular art. When watching a film, understanding is the first element. As for film More profound connotations, the organization and deployment of film lenses, colors and techniques are things that professionals only think about.
So in "The Actors Please Take Place", Chen Kaige has a first-rate level of training the actors and a first-rate knowledge of movies, but the works he produced are always unsatisfactory. It is not his low level, but that he has not learned to let the audience understand him. Or he doesn't live life and understand the audience like Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang.
