"The truth is demonstrated in words. - Tang Lei"
How can Hong Kong movies be revitalized?
Putting aside the debate of opinions, this is indeed a topic.
Some people say that there should be no Hong Kong movies at all, just like there have never been Shanghai movies, Beijing movies and Northeastern movies. Why is Hong Kong so special?
In terms of country-specific concepts, this is certainly correct.
The definition and scope of domestic films have always included Hong Kong films. There is no doubt that Hong Kong films do have their own unique characteristics. Regarding this section, it does not depend on anyone's will.
However, in recent years, it has been declining.
Generally speaking, big directors and famous directors may retire or go north. The annual output is shrinking day by day, the scale of investment is continuously compressed, and many people even have no jobs.
Where is the "way to survive"?
Such a phenomenon has appeared recently.
Some people praised " Youth Diary " and " Under the Day ", saying that these two niche, realistic Hong Kong films represent the future of Hong Kong movies.
It is true that in recent years, with the collapse of a large number of Hong Kong-style commercial films, the public's perception of Hong Kong films seems to have dropped to a freezing point. or It is full of loopholes, cliche and boring, has high ambitions and low ambitions, has confusing narratives, collapsed logic, is old-fashioned, mediocre, and so on. In terms of commercial performance,
has become the only label "without any fight".
Putting aside "The Detective", which was in a film shortage period, the box office of the science fiction movie "Tomorrow", which invested 450 million, was only about one-fifth of the mainland comedy science fiction movie "Walking on the Moon" released at the same time.
The biographical blockbuster "When the Wind Rises Again" was crushed into mud by "Amores" and "The Wandering Earth 2". "Anti-Drug 3: Man at the End of the World", a lineup of the three giants of
, was easily strangled by "The Lost She", "Octagonal Cage" and "Chang'an 30,000 Miles".
's "Stealth" and "Goldfinger", both released at the same time, were single-handedly "smashed" by the mainland comedy "The Annual Party Can't Stop".
Low-ranking movies, weak reputation and cliff-like collapse have almost become the standard feature of Hong Kong movies. Where should
go?
failed once, perhaps by accident.
Nowadays, Hong Kong movies with investment scales ranging from tens of millions to hundreds of millions are all losing in the competition at the commercial box office. It is difficult not to have doubts.
Can Hong Kong-style commercial movies, especially those with large investments, still be made?
For example, " Kowloon Walled City: The Siege " is currently being released.
To put it a slightly exaggerated description, it may be worthy of the reputation of "the best Hong Kong film after "无双"".
This is of course a standard Hong Kong-style action blockbuster. With an investment of more than 200 million, it recreates a long-demolished "Kowloon Walled City" and gathers three generations of "old, middle-aged and young" actors in the Hong Kong film industry. The narrative is smooth and the texture is extremely high. Excellent, sharp style, its quality has been verified by the market and the audience, and it can be said to be the first in its category.
But one thing is that the film schedule is very weak, and the other is that even though word-of-mouth crushes the same movies, the increase in the film list is still quite pitiful, only hovering around one percentage point, and this holiday is about to end. Can
reach the billion dollar box office threshold?
Hope of course.
currently predicts that the box office has reached 800 million.
As word of mouth continues to ferment and the film schedule further increases, it will never be a problem to counterattack and reach the top of the Japanese crown. Even if a large number of movies are released in the later period, it will not be difficult to maintain the film schedule level and box office increase.
But looking at it on the other hand, this is the performance of a Hong Kong film with the first word-of-mouth in the same category. If the word-of-mouth is slightly worse, many of the above-mentioned movies are negative cases.
Therefore, "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" not only gives Hong Kong films a voice, but it is also a reminder.
Of course, commercial films must be made.
A big investment is good, but if there is no solid quality foundation, how can we fight our way through many obstacles?
Therefore, the future of Hong Kong movies needs to be supported by top-notch Hong Kong-style commercial films.
This requires "the best" of screenwriters, directors and casts, just like "A Better Tomorrow", "The King of Storms", "Infernal Affairs", "Kung Fu", "The Famous Letter", "October Siege" and "Elite" in the history of Hong Kong movies. Chill", "Wushuang" and other films.
does not stick to styles and themes, but they are all of excellent quality.
cannot be ignored.
The charm of Hong Kong movies.
is always there.
As long as we choose the right subject matter and find the right path, Hong Kong movies can certainly continue to develop.
Of course, this does not mean that if "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" counterattacks, subsequent Hong Kong films will be able to ride the wave and make a lot of money.
Because judging from the general trend, Hong Kong films are still struggling. Whether they are good or not has to be determined by quality. The standard is easy to measure in the aforementioned film list.
And when top Hong Kong-style commercial films continue to emerge.
appears "alive" by itself.
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