On November 15, the movie "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" (hereinafter referred to as "The Condor Heroes") directed by Tsui Hark was officially announced to be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and a 30-second trailer was released. So far, three movies have been

On November 15, the movie "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Greatest Man " (hereinafter referred to as "The Condor Heroes") directed by Tsui Hark was officially announced to be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and a 30-second trailer was released. So far, three movies have been announced to enter the Spring Festival. The other two are " Bears: Restarting the Future of " and "Fengshen Part 2: War on Xiqi".

Even though it has been finalized, there is still very little information exposed about this version of "The Condor". The film is written and directed by Tsui Hark. If nothing else, the producer should be Shi Nansheng. The film is led by China Film and Television. The other three major producers exposed are Lian Rui Pictures, Tsui Hark's film studio and Hengdian Film and Television. Both the cast list and the preview of the starring roles only revealed Xiao Zhan and Zhuang Dafei, who should play Guo Jing and Huang Rong.

Martial arts themes rushed into the Spring Festival, and Tsui Hark had great ambitions.

When you are ambitious, you are confident. Tsui Hark's confidence comes from three aspects: the appeal of the starring actors Xiao Zhan and Zhuang Dafei, the blessing of Jin Yong's classic IP, and his own expertise in martial arts themes.

But in my humble opinion, I am not very optimistic about the box office performance of "The Condor".

The first is the uncertainty of the actors. Zhuang Dafei's acting skills have passed the " annual meeting can't stop!" " and other works have proved it, but Zhuang Dafei's temperament is very different from Huang Rong's eccentricity. Unless the character image is drastically changed, it will be too difficult for Zhuang Dafei to perform the way Huang Rong looks like in the audience's imagination.

As for Xiao Zhan, although he is a top star, the market has proven time and time again that the traffic of popular stars cannot be converted into box office, and Xiao Zhan is no exception. This is not his first big screen work, " Zhu Xian i" The same is a big IP, The box office is as good as it should be. Xiao Zhan's box office appeal is not comparable, and there is great uncertainty in word of mouth. In addition to the fact that it is difficult for him to interpret Guo Jing's honesty and roughness, the traffic itself can easily bring controversy and prejudice. Once the negative public opinion about Xiao Zhan's acting becomes fermented, it will inevitably affect the film's overall reputation and cause the film's box office to plummet.

Secondly, the adaptation of big IP is a double-edged sword. On the good side, "The Condor" is a national IP with high popularity. With the blessing of the big IP, the starting point of the film is also higher; on the bad side, it is more difficult to control the reputation. There have been too many versions of "The Condor" movies and TV series. Now, with all kinds of pearls and jade in front, you can string a pearl necklace together. Each Everyone has their own Guo Jing and Huang Rong in their hearts, and "The Condor" is already a big book, with dozens of TV series being produced. It is reported that Tsui Hark's version of "The Condor" mainly focuses on the defense of Xiangyang. The characters, There will be a lot of cuts in the novel, and it will be difficult to satisfy book fans.

The third point is that the preview of the scheduled release is not very good.

Tsui Hark knows how to market. The 30-second trailer didn’t reveal much information. It didn’t even give a close-up of the faces of the two leading actors. There were only the backs of the galloping grassland. The expectations were high. At the same time, the classic melody of "Hello in the World" sounded, and the martial arts The heroic feeling arose spontaneously, and the emotional points were also filled up.

However, there is only a 30-second preview, which should have condensed the essence of the movie material. However, the back view of the horse galloping on the grassland in the trailer is okay, but riding up the hill, the camera slowly cuts to the crowd of enemies. Army, the texture immediately took a turn for the worse -

this! special! effect! also! too! Fake! Got it! Bar!

To be fair, if it is a major online movie, or a small-to-medium-budget movie on a regular schedule, and it is a martial arts theme, the special effects can almost be ignored. But this is a movie that competes with "Fengshen Part 2" during the Spring Festival. Isn't it a shame to show the audience something like this?

You must know that " Fengshen Part 1 " shows the real thing. The big scene of the battle between the two armies is real, touching and shocking. In comparison, "The Condor" has fake special effects. , which makes people feel that they are not on the same level at all. If the main film is the same as the trailer, the box office of "The Condor Shooting" will be in danger.

And, looking back, this is indeed the level that Tsui Hark can do.

Over the years, Tsui Hark has been constantly exploring film technology and has been trying to spend a small amount of money to do big things. This has also resulted in the quality of his recent film works being unsatisfactory.

Making martial arts films is indeed Tsui Hark's forte. The "New Dragon Inn" was a classic, but the martial arts of that era were martial arts and did not require too many special effects.

And in terms of special effects, what kind of report card did Tsui Hark deliver? The reputation of "The Legend of Shushan" in the early years was quite bad. The special effects and production of the subsequent "Detective Dee" series actually gradually went downhill. By the time of " Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings ", almost all the scenes in the studio had a cheap feel. Douban’s ratings are almost below the passing mark.

" outsmarts the Tiger Mountain " is Tsui Hark's most proud work in recent years, but the special effects are still unsatisfactory, and the budget is limited, so we can only use a Korean special effects team. The tiger at the beginning is almost uninteresting.

The " Changjin Lake " series has enough money, but the overall quality of "Watergate Bridge" directed independently by Tsui Hark is too far from the previous work.

Let me tell you a little more. What Tsui Hark wanted to film the most in these years was actually "The Legend of the Condor Heroes ".

As early as 2017, Tsui Hark announced the plan for the "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" trilogy in a high-profile manner, and said that he had been waiting for 25 years, and even "The Swordsman" was a warm-up for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". But in the end, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was not launched and became "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" led by China Film Group Corporation. Moreover, the title of the film added "The Greatest Hero", which should be a hint of a sequel!

I still want to say that Tsui Hark's return to martial arts is gratifying and is good news for the audience. This is exactly the same as the quality of the trailer. Now I just hope that the feature film will not have a cheap look like the trailer. I hope that the movie will be good and the box office will meet expectations as soon as possible. Start the next one.