text | An Qing
editor | 9527 Miaogujun
2024 is online, theater movies are starting to gain momentum, variety shows and red carpets are becoming more popular, and even major online productions have some new movies online.
It’s a pity that the quality of theater movies has increased visibly. Competition in variety shows and red carpets has become more and more fierce. Only major online movies are still the same. In ancient times, IP and dumb actors were the basic configuration of major online movies.
The audience already knows this. After all, excellent scripts and actors will not get together in the Internet field.
But even if the audience generally does not have high requirements for major Internet productions, there are still some major Internet movies that are so bad that it is eye-opening.
The latest new film "The Prequel to the Kingdom of Women" is a typical example.
When you click on the movie's related comments, it fills the screen with one star. Some netizens bluntly said:
" dregs, randomly enlarged on TV, dirty my eyes."
Some netizens commented:
"I may have downloaded this because I was sick."
But the fact is that the plot of "The Prequel to the Kingdom of Women" is bloody and illogical. The director and screenwriter have some personal stuff, and there are a lot of eye-catching side shots. They don't have the creative attitude of a filmmaker at all.
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The plot seems familiar, but there is no highlight in the plot.
At the beginning of the movie, the fox demon appears who brings harm to the world. She does many evil things and is ruthless. Not only does she have no guilt, she also takes it for granted that "it's not that I am bad, but that their men can't withstand the temptation." .
This plot of using the art of charm to do evil is basically a plot that can be found in all costume suspense and fantasy themes. When the actors' appearance is not outstanding enough and the picture aesthetic is not outstanding enough, there is basically nothing new.
As for the nine-tailed fox king in the plot, she has a long face and heavy makeup. Her so-called charming foxy spirit is just like the cheap taste of an Internet celebrity that people cannot accept.
The movie "The Prequel to the Kingdom of Women" has been online for ten minutes, and the surprise that hits you makes people feel like they are on pins and needles.
The plot that follows is the same as "A Chinese Ghost Story". First, the heroine's tragic emotional experience is told, and then the heroine is possessed by a fox demon, meets a unique white-faced scholar, and is about to commit suicide. Nothing, but the fox demon is determined to get the scholar's story.
At the end of the plot, the white-faced scholar sacrificed his life to save the heroine.
This set of plots in which the heroine falls for love and is redeemed by love is old-fashioned and cliche, with only eight words from beginning to end: "pieced together" and "self-moved".
At the end of the movie, even to highlight the theme and stir up feelings, there is a scene of the four monks from the Tang Dynasty going to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures.
As a major online movie, the plot of "The Prequel to the Kingdom of Women" is so mediocre that it makes people uninterested. As for the director's aesthetics and the way of casting, it has once again proved that even with the same script Different directors can produce completely different effects.
As for the special effects production, it is even more perfunctory. The special effects of "The Prequel of the Kingdom of Girls" are lightning and thunder. When the white-faced scholar is frightened, the heroine takes action to immobilize him. The freezing special effects here are the same as those in ppt. Who can bear it when a white-faced scholar suddenly changes Avatar?
At the end of the movie, the Fox King was executed on the spot. The spell that impaled her was a giant red sword. This sword had no three-dimensional effect and no gloss. It was like the laser stick in "Interstellar", which made the whole picture It becomes like an online game.
It is no exaggeration to say that the movie "Prequel to the Kingdom of Women" is a poor student in the Internet University from the plot point to the special effects production.
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The picture is full of gaze, and the actress relies on exposing her flesh to gain attention.
The reason why "A Chinese Ghost Story" is a classic is not only because of the story, the aesthetics of the picture, the excellent costumes, the excellent shaping of the actors, and the director's grasp of the rhythm. That's the key to making a movie.
As for the plot of "The Prequel to the Kingdom of Women", the plot can be directly copied from the classic, but the cheapness of the picture still makes people frown.
None of the actresses in the plot were well dressed. It was obviously a fantasy theme in ancient costume, but in the end, all of them were in low-cut styles. If you put this scale on the red carpet with serious involution nowadays, you would be scolded as "Bo." Eyeballs", appearing in a costume drama is even more difficult to adapt to.
There is a section in the movie where the heroine is possessed by a fox demon and seeks revenge on the betrayed man. The angry heroine casts a spell to hang the betrayed man's wife upside down and flood her.
The female partner, who was dressed neatly just a second ago, not only became tighter and tighter after being submerged in the water, but also ran higher and higher against gravity. Half of her breasts were exposed, and the picture was extremely beautiful.
The heroine's sense of revenge is suppressed by the female supporting character's figure.
The actors acted with full purpose. The costumes prepared by the director and teacher Fu Huadao had their own purposes. The Fox King's subordinates did not have a strong sense of presence, but the ancient costumes they wore were not only deep V and strapless styles.
also has a high-slit design. Every time the men salute, their long legs are looming, and the picture is vulgar.
In order to highlight the advantages of this sexy costume like gauze wings, the director's shots are also full of body gaze.
In the middle of the movie, the fox demon Nanao appears in a red dress. She seduces the male protagonist and uses all her skills.
The director's camera shot from bottom to top, starting from the actress's thighs. The actor's appearance and acting skills are not important at this moment, because the actress's smooth and delicate legs occupy a larger area in the picture.
Immediately afterwards, the white-faced scholar took a shower and changed clothes, and Nanao continued to give out clothes, starting the second round of offensive. This time the actress possessed the male protagonist, holding her throat and looking charming.
But the director's camera focused on the actress's chest when she leaned over.
The scholar refused repeatedly, but Nanao was reluctant to leave. He simply stepped into the bathtub and had close contact with the scholar. In addition to the clip of the actress getting wet, the director deliberately used the curtain to create a gap in the scene.
But there is no plot foreshadowing in the plot that requires a voyeuristic angle.
To put it bluntly, the director puts the audience's perspective into a voyeuristic perspective. The picture does not serve the plot, but serves as a sideline.
Watching the whole movie, only the heroine occasionally has a normal costume look, and even the heroine cannot escape the fate of wandering around in low-cut tops.
In addition, judging from the appearance of the female partner in the play, the director only cares about the body but not the face, and uses the art of fox charm.
Either the cheekbones are high, the eyes are small, or the face is big and ugly. They are all crooked and cracked and can’t even be considered Internet celebrities. The audience just doesn’t watch the plot or the special effects, and they can’t stand such a casting with ruined looks.
Having said that, it is not unfair at all that "The Prequel of the Kingdom of Women" has numerous bad reviews. The movie contains private goods and wants popularity and gimmicks. As for word-of-mouth, the screenwriter and director have obviously forgotten about it.
It’s a pity that the audience’s expectations for domestic movies are not just theater performance. The creative environment of online movies is really disappointing.
Finally, what are your thoughts on a movie like "The Prequel to the Kingdom of Women" that relies entirely on the actor's body to attract attention? Join the discussion in the comment section.
