In 1994, "九品 Sesame Official " directed by Wang Jing and starring Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat came out. Its reputation soared from 8.1 points to 8.7 points, and it broke into the top 250 of Douban, becoming a classic film.
After 30 years, in 2024, "Nine Levels of Sesame Official" starring Peng Yushu is going to pay tribute to the classics, or is it going to destroy the classics?
Stephen Chow, as a famous Chinese comedian, has conquered all movie fans with many classic works. His nonsensical comedies are still widely praised today and he has left many masterpieces in film history. In that era,
produced specific films that influenced several generations, such as "Westward Journey", "Kung Fu", "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", " Play Back to School Weilong ", " God of Cookery ", etc.
Classics are always classics, not love, not nostalgia. For classic film and television works, if you want to remake them, you must find a way to do them better, otherwise don't touch them.
Before Stephen Chow asked Wang Baoqiang to remake his classic movie "The King of Comedy", both of which suffered from bad reputation and box office. Now, another star has come and wants to take the risk.
This is "New Nine-Rank Sesame Official", starring Peng Yushu. This movie, Brother Fa, has been watched. This article will take you to learn about this movie from various aspects such as the movie's box office, word-of-mouth quality, etc.
1. Box office.
After the Spring Festival season came to an end, the performance of the regular schedule was poor. Currently, except for " Weekly Remove Three Evils", which can dominate the mainland box office, there is a lack of a solid work to lead the market. According to the box office report of
html on Saturday, March 16, the market grossed a total of 160 million, a 60% increase from Friday. The top three in were "The Three Evils", "Dune 2" and "Kung Fu Panda 4".
The performance of this week’s new films was unsatisfactory, with only three films in the top ten rankings.
Andy Lau's two new films performed poorly. " Mr. Red Carpet ", which was mainly released during the Spring Festival, was withdrawn nine days after its release due to lack of availability, and was later rescheduled for March 15.
Because the overall film is more literary and artistic, and the reputation is not good enough, it still failed to win the favor of theater managers this time. The box office in a single day on Saturday was only 2.15 million, ranking ninth, with a total box office of 88.73 million, still struggling. street status.
The other one is the feature film "Race of Life and Death", which only grossed 294,000 at the box office during its premiere and failed to break into the top ten. It is also a Taiwanese film, and "Zhou Chu Destroyed Three Evils" has been a hit for more than ten days. , but the film ended dismally.
The main creative director and screenwriter of the film are Ke Youlun and Ke Youqian, Ke Shouliang's two sons. Andy Lau's guest appearance in the film may be to return Ke Shouliang's favor. The poor box office has little to do with him.
Ranking fourth is " Brilliant Her " starring Hui Yinghong and Liu Haocun. It earned 22.23 million on the second day of its release, with a total box office of 39 million. The predicted box office will barely exceed 100 million.
This film, like "Hot and Spicy", is a remake of a foreign film. "Brilliant Her" is adapted from the Korean high-scoring family film "Grandma Ji Chun". It tells the story of a grandma and her granddaughter who accidentally lost her twelve years ago.
The animated film "Kung Fu Panda 4" won the third place. The film is scheduled to be released in the mainland on March 22. A large-scale screening event will be launched this Saturday and Sunday. With a 7% film schedule, it took in a box office of 63.16 million. , the attendance rate was as high as 15.8%, and the performance was acceptable.
There are also three new films that failed to enter the top ten, namely "Amo Ayi", a Xiaoliangshan education support film, "Challenge", the first real-life space film, and "New 9th Grade Official" by Stephen Chow.
Among them, "New Nine Pins Sesame Official" only collected 530 yuan at the box office in a single day, with 14 people watching the movie. The previous pre-sale box office was 37 yuan, and only one person purchased a ticket. The cumulative total box office for the premiere was only 1,550 yuan.
There is no doubt that this amount of revenue will definitely be a hit for theater movies, but this film also adopts a simultaneous streaming media platform distribution model, hoping to leverage Stephen Chow's strong appeal to attract viewers to pay online for on-demand viewing.
"New Nine Pins Sesame Official" successfully caught my attention. Since the local theaters did not schedule the film, I had no choice but to watch it online.
So what is the reputation quality of this film?
2. Quality.
After watching the movie, the author, Brother Fei, felt completely in a bad mood. He could only give eight words: It’s hard to describe in one sentence, it’s self-disgrace!
The film is a remake of the 1994 Stephen Chow classic film "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". The main creative directors are Zhu Lingfeng and Jia Zi. Most of Zhu Lingfeng's works are online movies, such as "The Legend of Conquering the Demon in Shushan" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Eighteen Palms of the Dragon" wait.
's masterpiece with the best reputation is "Happy Secret Agent" co-directed by Bao Bell and . Perhaps because of Jia Ling, the Douban score of 6.2 just passed.
The cast of "New Sesame Official" includes Peng Yushu, Lin Yanrou, Liu Zihao, Wei Lu, Huang Yishan, Yuan Qiongdan, etc. Peng Yushu plays the role of Bao Longxing in the film, which is the role previously played by Stephen Chow.
The plot summary is as follows:
Bao Longxing, Fang Tangjing, and Pang Xiaorou were childhood sweethearts. Chang Wei and Pang Xiaorou were engaged beforehand. Bao Longxing pretended to be an immortal to steal his bride, and with his adult beauty, Pang Xiaorou married Sun Xiucai.
A year later, Sun Xiucai and his wife Pang Xiaorou returned to their hometown in fine clothes after passing the examination. Chang Wei held a grudge, causing the death of eight members of Sun Xiucai's family. With all the witnesses and material evidence available, Bao Longxing quickly fixed Chang Wei's future. Ask and chop.
Unexpectedly, Chang Wei had a great background and had his backers in the capital. One day later, the case changed dramatically. Bao Longxing was immediately thrown into jail and awaited punishment.
At this time, Bao Longxing's father disguised himself as a thief. Bao Longxing, who had escaped from prison, hid in a box in a hurry. In this way, he followed the magic brother and sister to Meng Chun Tower in the capital.
In the end, he unexpectedly met an expert here, and was appointed as the governor of the Eight Prefectures. He returned to his hometown to re-examine the Sun Zhai case...
The overall structure of the film is the same as Stephen Chow's version of "The Ninth Grade Sesame Official", but in the plot Slight changes have been made above, and some character relationships have also been replaced.
The most eye-catching thing is that Lei Bao, played by Xu Jinjiang in the original version, was replaced by this gorgeously dressed actress. Is it to let the audience feast their eyes?
Excuse me, did all the main creators not see the Qing Dynasty dressed like this?
Without Chang Wei Da Lai Fu, without Ru Hua, without Bao Longxing’s magical quarrel skills, even if Shi Banyu’s dubbing was invited, even if Yuan Qiongdan and Huang Yishan came out again, even if the whole film tried its best to imitate nonsense, there would be no way to save it. The fact that this is a bad movie.
As a comedy, it was not until the 39th minute that there was a point of laughter that made me laugh out loud. This kind of remake was undoubtedly a failure. It can be said that watching this movie, it is better to watch Stephen Chow's version of "The Nine-Pin Sesame Official" again. 》.
In the words of these two viewers: "Is it necessary to remake it? You are humiliating yourself!" "Why do you want to remake it? It's too bad and it will ruin my Xingye movie!"
personal rating: two stars, 4.0 points, Brother Fei will clear the mines for everyone, don’t waste your time.
Judging from the above box office and reputation, "New Sesame Official" has completely hit the streets. Stephen Chow himself can't control the remake. How can Peng Yu dare to touch Stephen Chow's classic works?
3. Peng Yusi.
Strange things often happen in the mainland film industry.
There are some excellent actors who rarely get the opportunity to star in blockbuster works, such as Zhao Youting, Luo Yunxi, etc.;
Some people are at the peak of their debut and have established their own strength with a few works, such as Yi Yang Qianxi, Jia Ling, etc.;
There are also some people who are still thriving even though there are endless bad movies, such as Bao Beier and Peng Yushu.
Bao Beier himself was an actor, and everyone remembers him as Zhao Gongzi in "Big Shot", but later he joined the ranks of remakes of Korean movies, and in a few years he produced a large number of shoddy movies.
Moreover, every time it is released, word-of-mouth hits the street immediately, and the box office is not much better afterward. However, Bao Beier's resources are still extremely strong. No, the new film "The Villain" he directed and starred in has been confirmed. Released on April 4th.
Coincidentally, if Bao Beier has a foothold in theater movies, then Peng Yushu keeps up with the pace and makes a name for himself in online movies.
Peng Yushu was born in Tianshui, Gansu Province in 1988. In 2014, he joined Seven Entertainment Pictures. In July, he appeared in the comedy TV series "Bao Xiao Gong Tang". Later, he began to imitate and pay tribute to Lin Zhengying and made a series of related genre films.
In the new media era, he seized the opportunity. After the online movies he participated in were aired online, they made a lot of money at the box office, and he gained a lot from it. However, the films he participated in all had low reputations, and Douban basically maintained it at 3 Between 4 and 4 minutes.
has won the title of the King of Bad Movies with these works, and can compete with the later Wang Jing. The latest drama is " Hunting Ice " starring Zhang Songwen and Yao Anna, with a Douban score of 4.3, and also no Escape the fate of bad movies.
This time, Peng Yushu's calculation was really good. If he chose to play Stephen Chow, he would make a lot of money. This is mainly reflected in two aspects:
First, he would gain popularity.
Obviously, the quality of "New Nine Pins Zhima Official" is nothing more than good or bad. No matter which one it is, he will make a profit.
If you shoot well and perform well, you will become famous and it will be very helpful to expand your popularity.
’s photography is not good, and there are many viewers complaining about it. What’s more, the so-called “black fans” are also fans. This wave of exposure will definitely not be low. With traffic, there will naturally be no shortage of resources in the future.
Second, he earned a salary.
Despite the current poor box office performance of "New Sesame Official" in theaters, once it becomes a topic of discussion and becomes a hot search ranking, it becomes the object of discussion. It won't take long for the audience to come here.
Besides, just by relying on Stephen Chow, it is not difficult for this film to recoup its costs and make a lot of money. After the popularity is over, even if the film attracts a lot of ridicule, curious viewers will not be able to help but pay to watch it.
In this way, will the online box office also rise?
Besides, as the leading actor, Peng Yushu only needs to receive the salary. The higher the box office split, it shows that he has the ability to handle the box office, and the follow-up capital will continue to pay attention, and his resources will be softened.
From the above two points, it is not difficult to see that no matter how "New 9th Grade Sesame Official" performs, Peng Yushu will make a lot of money.
4. Conclusion.
There has been no new film in five years. After "The New King of Comedy", Stephen Chow began to prepare for a new film. The previously produced "Mermaid 2" has not yet been finalized.
Recently, he has been in frequent contact with Dapeng and Yi Xiaoxing. It turned out that he was going to work on "9527 Theater", and his first short play "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" will be launched in May this year.
In addition, Stephen Chow posted a group photo and invited two international women's football players, Zhao Lina and Li Jiayue, to star in his new film "Women's Football". Currently, the starring role of "Star Girl" is still in the audition process. I wonder who is the lucky girl?
I am very pleased to see Stephen Chow planning to develop a new film, and I very much agree with his approach. I would rather make a new one than rashly remake his own classic works.
let those classics become our beautiful memories.
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