"Adaptation is the trend"
"Rotten films become a trend"
To say that China's most famous and most beloved mythological novels by directors, apart from "Journey to the West", there is only "Feng Shen". Therefore, many directors are scrambling to adapt, trying to show the audience different "Journey to the West" and "Fengshen". But the director will definitely not follow the routine, so if you change it, it will easily roll over. So after the movie is released, there will be a double crit on the audience and the actors.
Xiang Zuo, who has been active in the entertainment industry recently, is definitely the best example of being critically hit by a bad film to autism. After Xiang Zuo finished filming "Legend of the Conferred God", the audience hadn't seen any movie he made for several years. It stands to reason that he, known as the "Prince Prince", could not have no resources. In an interview with the media,
Xiang Zuo finally revealed the reason why he hadn’t filmed in the past few years: “To put it bluntly, because that movie hit me a lot, I decided to practice the acting again after that movie. After the play, I have discussed with my dad. If there is the next cooperation, we both must be ready. At least it is not a state of being a star. At least people can see you Xiang Zuo to come out (acting)."
" What kind of movie is "Legend of Conferred God" that almost dismissed the starring?
In recent years, many domestic blockbusters have attracted attention under the banner of magicalism. From "Painted Skin", "Legend of the White Snake", "Zhong Kui" to "Break in Heaven", all Chinese myths have been magically transformed by the West, not unique to China. The charm of classical culture, and "League of Gods" also failed to escape this nondescript movie setting.
Eastern mythical figure, Western magical modeling
As a movie fan, I thought that I had been tested by domestic movies for a long time, and I had psychological expectations once again by "Legend of the Gods" to refresh the bottom line. Those who have seen the movie know that this movie has a strong Greek style. The buildings in the movie are all domes and arches, completely in the architectural style of European city-states. The villain is always dressed in golden clothes. The atmosphere of local tyrants is blown away. We all know that the main metal smelted in the Shang Dynasty is bronze. The change to gold here may be to reflect the extravagance of the villain.
But the most criticized by the audience is the character modeling. We all know that Daji is a nine-tailed fox, but in "Legend of Gods", it is more like a snake monster, and Jiang Ziya is more like the Gan in "Lord of the Rings" Astoria's paste and copy. As for Yang Jian Nezha and other characters, you can experience it yourself.
The plot of "Legend of Conferred God" has nothing to do with the novel of "Conferred God"
The first half hour of the movie is still good, the magic routine is very Hollywood. But when the protagonist Lei Zhenzi started looking for the sword of light to fight against the black dragon, the movie went farther and farther under uncontrollable circumstances. Don't ask me why the Western magical sword of light and black dragon appeared in Chinese mythological movies.
For example, why did Yang Jian, who was originally sealed, unlock the seal after a sudden fight? How did Lei Zhenzi love her so much after looking at Blue Butterfly? Why did Blue Die betray Shen Gongbao suddenly? For the audience, the whole movie is advancing in the awkward performance.
In addition, I would like to say that the plot of "Legend of the Gods" has nothing to do with the novel of "The Gods", it just borrows the movie's name and characters. The whole movie of
is more of a face-saving project.
In China, the magic movie is more of a face-saving project that pursues special effects. It can be seen that the special effects of the whole movie cost a lot of money. The editor believes that "Legend of the Gods" has reached the highest level of domestic movies if you only look at special effects and don't consider other things.
Generally speaking, it is not wrong for movies to seek different development directions, but they must also abide by the most basic rules. Overly fancy design will make the movie lose its original meaning.
