In the film market in recent years, movie remakes seem to have become a norm: Jia Ling 's Spring Festival hit " Hot and Spicy " is a remake of the Japanese film " Hundred Yuan Love ".
This has also made other directors start thinking about it. For example, the package Bell , which created the hit work " Big Shot " with the remake of the Korean movie "Veteran", is here again.
Bao Beier's new self-directed and starred new film "The Villain" is just like this.
The plot of this work was revealed by netizens to be very similar to the 2020 French hit "Who is the Big Hero", but the official did not say it was a remake.
"Big Shot" starring or directed by Bao Beier, " My Girlfriend is a Robot ", " Sunshine Sisters Taobao ", "What's in the Zoo?" " are remakes of Korean movies. It can be seen that it is not unreasonable for netizens to suspect that the new film is a remake.
However, not all remakes win the hearts of audiences.
has become the focus of discussion before it is released. However, the focus this time is not because of the novelty of its creation, but because of the audience's dissatisfaction and disappointment with its work.
From the name of "The Big Villain", it is not difficult to see that Bao Beier has once again started thinking about "big things" after successively rejecting many remakes.
He was able to get a lot of recognition in the first place because of the success of "Big Shot".
380 million box office, accompanied by a joke: Bao Beier with hair cannot be offended.
Since then, Bao Beier has gone on the "road with hair" forever, and it is the same this time. In order to make the work more effective, Bao Beier also invited Li Jiaqi (Rame Yoko), Ma Li, , Carat La, Wei Xiang, Wang Xun, Chang Yuan and other comedians.
and even Yin Zheng appeared.
Looking at it this way, this "Villain" does have the potential to be popular: it needs good looks, Yin Zheng for the male, Clara for the female, and it needs to be funny, and all the actors are comedians.
As for the plot, whether it is a remake or not, Bao Beier added his own interpretation, which is still a bit attractive.
The main plot tells the story of a young actor who got the role of the villain by chance, but lost his memory due to a car accident and began to regard himself as the real villain. The plot of
has highlights and is attractive, and it is good if it is well acted. Wei Xiang's original ", the killer is not so calm" followed the idea of "The Big Villain", but Wei Xiang's drama was a bit awkward. Very ugly.
Therefore, the future of "The Villain" is actually unclear.
This subject matter is good, and these actors are also famous, but I don’t know if they can control this kind of style. If they can control it well, they will be kings. If they don’t control it well, they will be four, two, and two kings. If you play alone, you will win. Four with two.
However, judging from the performance of "The Villain" in the pre-sale stage: the market for this drama is lukewarm.
As of March 28, the film’s pre-sale box office was only 283,000 yuan, and the pre-sale box office on the first day was only 189,000 yuan. The results of
are at the bottom of the list of the 12 new films scheduled for the upcoming Qingming Festival.
In addition, although the movie has not yet been released, many viewers have already given negative comments, because in recent years, Bao Beier has produced many works, but none of them are original. Qing Yishui's remakes have also ruined the originality of the original work. kind.
If Bao Beier's "big" work still fails, I personally feel that Bao Beier should re-examine his creative direction.
After all: movies are not just commercial products, but also the transmission of culture. Innovation and sincerity are indispensable elements of film art.
Audience feedback may be a warning to Bao Beier, reminding him that while pursuing commercial success, he should not forget the essence of film creation.
The performance of "The Big Villain" may be a turning point, an opportunity for Bao Beier to rethink how to balance business and art, remakes and innovation.In the future of movies, we look forward to Bao Beier bringing more creative and in-depth works and returning to the era of "Big Shot".
