The ups and downs of Hong Kong films

We all know that our Hong Kong-produced films in the 1980s and 1990s have entered a high-yield period. Each one is wonderful, from the popular Shaw Brothers in the 1970s and 1980s, such as Bruce Lee, Dillon Er Dongsheng, and a large number of outstanding actors. By the 1990s, the film industry flourished, and Chow Yun-fat, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Stephen Chow, and Tony Leung, brought the Hong Kong film industry to its peak.

But good movies don’t last long. With the impact of the Korean Wave and the younger audiences, people’s viewing standards have also changed, and they are more inclined to emotional idol dramas. So in the era of rapid changes in the film industry, the Hong Kong film industry Also lost the direction of development.

First of all, under the policy intervention after the reunification of Hong Kong films, the original old Hong Kong-produced feature has become a fun imported dubbing version, losing the quality of the original sound of the film, making it impossible for the new generation of audiences to see the film quality. The photography technique has changed from real photos to computer screens, using five cents special effects at will.

, because of Stephen Chow's nonsensical style, directly influenced the subsequent movies to imitate. The emergence of pseudo-comedies, no thoughts, and no main theme of the movie, has turned the film into a pseudo-movie. The director thinks that the audience likes it and gradually makes the Hong Kong film a brain-dead movie?

The only thing that can break the trough of Hong Kong movies has to start with the quality of the movie. If you make it, even if it can't be released like the "domestic 007" that year, it is a classic movie. The second thing is the absolute soundtrack of the movie. What happened to Cantonese? If you don't understand, don't watch it. Like the movies in mainland China, they are mostly played in dialects without dubbing. This cannot be said to disrespect the national language and culture, because this is a movie, and the movie should have its own artistic standpoint.

or later a group of outstanding filmmakers realized that, like Du Qifeng, his "Underworld Series" was very good. Later, Chen Musheng's "Sweeping Drugs" was released in Cantonese and received unanimous praise and became a good IP. Later, Wang Jing also awakened, and came here in one breath. "Chasing the Dragon" was still released as the original soundtrack. This time he directly threw the hat of the king of bad movies.

Hong Kong movies are actually the most likely to go to the world market. However, it is not impossible to restore the past prosperity. First, we must achieve good film quality, refuse to cook cold rice, and resolutely make original soundtracks, so that we can slowly return to the peak.