Director Wu Ershan has realized the importance of "traffic" and "publicity" since "Fengshen: Part 1" became popular last year.
So in the early stages of preparing for the new film " Under the Strangers ", he was often active in the media to "build momentum" and said that he would shoot an unprecedented "comic blockbuster" in China.
And it is even more publicized from aspects such as casting, action guidance and special effects production, for fear of missing any details. The short videos are more fancy than the last, Feng Baobao's double-knife parkour flow, Xia He's sexy and charming flow, directly The audience's expectations were fully fulfilled.
Immediately after the premiere, celebrities and famous directors gathered together, with constant praise, short videos one after another, and marketing accounts were blown to the sky. The premiere's reputation was explosive.
But on the first day of release, the true nature of the film was revealed. Not only did it fail at the box office, but it also lost to the Marvel blockbuster " Deadpool and Wolverine " despite having the upper hand in film schedule. "Yes." The premiere of
was well-received, but after it was officially released, the reputation became seriously polarized. The entry "Under Strange People: Ugly" was on the hot search list, and many viewers predicted that the film would "pounce"!
The comment section of Douban, a well-known domestic film review website, also had all negative one-star reviews. Netizens made constant complaints. This time Wu Ershan messed up!
Most of the negative reviews are from fans of the original work (there are also many casual fans who are fans of Wu Ershan because of "Fengshen: Part 1" and thought it was another blockbuster).
Netizens complained one after another: The plot is confusing, the literary scenes are stretched, and it feels like you are showing off your skills just for the sake of showing off, the special effects are lavish, and the fight scenes are crackling, but the result is that watching it is like sitting on pins and needles, like thorns thorns in the back!
magically modified the core of the original work, deleting the high-energy plot, taking out the dross, discarding the essence, and magically changing the character settings. The plot has a full sense of fragmentation, which makes the audience unhappy and is in sharp contrast to expectations.
1. The core of the original work was modified by magic, and the soul was lost
"Under One Man" is a comic work loved by readers. Its huge world view, complex character relationships and profound themes have attracted the love of countless fans.
However, during the adaptation process of the movie "Under the Stranger", it completely abandoned the essence of the original work and simplified the original rich story core into one "show off" fighting scene with empty content.
This is not only disrespectful to the original work, but also makes fans of the original work furious. It feels like a beloved work has been photographed into a pile.
2. High-energy plots are abandoned and garbage plots are rampant
The movie "Under the Stranger" mainly tells the plot before Luo Tianda's wedding in "Under the Stranger", which is the plot of the first season.
was originally in the anime "Under One Person". The last few episodes introduced the origin of Feng Baobao and the plot depicting the emotional drama between Feng Baobao and Xu Xiang. It was very high-energy (this part of the anime originally made many viewers cry), and also set the stage for the follow-up of Xu San , Xu Si protects Feng Baobao to pave the way.
As a result, the movie abandoned this part of the content and almost brushed it off, resulting in inexplicable plot development and unclear character motivations. Why was Xu Xiang so good to the baby and still grudged before his death.
In addition, there is Zhang Chulan’s motive for leaving the villa in anger. The plot where Feng Baobao messed up everything was also handled very awkwardly. Originally, Feng Baobao was looking for a “chicken” to help Zhang Chulan lose his virginity. Zhang Chulan felt that he had been insulted. , so I chose to leave.
As a result, the movie "Under the Stranger" only retained the "useless marginalia" plot of Feng Baobao taking off his clothes in front of Zhang Chulan. Although the original plot of the animation is not very positive, the treatment of the movie is very far-fetched, and then Feng Baobao inexplicably felt that he had messed up everything, and then jumped directly to the plot of "Tian Xia Hui". It's just baffling.
3. There is a strong sense of separation between literature and drama, and the fighting scenes take the spotlight
It is true that the animation "Under the Stranger" became a hit, which is inseparable from the Chinese-style fighting scenes and special effects, but the movie "Under the Stranger" has a sense of taking the spotlight. It feels like fighting for the sake of fighting, and showing off for the sake of showing off.
If it wasn't for the plot, the editor would be worried that they would fight the whole thing to the end. To be honest, the fighting scenes and special effects are really good, but they are a bit much.
Literary drama is the key to supporting a movie. The balance between literary drama and fighting drama is the top priority, otherwise it will appear hollow, and "Under the Stranger" does not do this exactly.
In addition, "Under the Stranger" also forcibly reduced Feng Baobao's combat power in order to highlight Zhang Chulan's protagonist's character. He was beaten throughout the whole process and had the strongest combat power. In the end, Zhang Chulan even needed to rescue the scene.
The first part is so strong, the editor is curious about how to film the plot of the follow-up Luotian Dajiao, and will the title "Unshakable Green Lotus" be retained? Zhang Chulan is so powerful, how can he hide his strength? Anyway, there are pitfalls and shortcomings everywhere.
I won’t comment on the actors. They acted very hard, but the writing and acting were so poor that the actors had almost no role in the whole film. Just put a few paper characters to play the whole movie.
Generally speaking, the movie "Under the Stranger" is far from as good as expected and advertised, especially it is very unfriendly to fans of the original work. It is no wonder that the movie was "rushed" as soon as it was released.
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