In a blink of an eye, it was July 2007!
Chen Hao released two movies from last year to May this year, one of which is naturally "Wu Shuang", which finally won a box office of US$8.5 billion worldwide at the end of last year!
Needless to say, the male lead Chen Hao, is a well-deserved world-class superstar, but even Chow Yun-fat, who plays the second male lead, has been promoted to a wave of status!
Although I can't enter the 20 million US dollar club in Hollywood, I can basically be on par with Jet Li. I don't think about taking on Hollywood movies without 10 million US dollars!
Joey Wong, who also starred in the heroine of the movie "Invincible", also gained popularity, and her popularity in Japan and South Korea is even more high!The movie "Wushuang" broke records in Japan and South Korea!
Especially South Korea's Joey Wong is already very popular, and with the popularity of "Wu Shuang", there is no doubt that it has become a big hit again!
Even Zhao Liying, who played the supporting actress in the film, has gained popularity in China!This has led to Chen Hao's personal assistant Zhao Liying now thinking about developing in the domestic entertainment industry!
At the same time, the success of the movie "Wushuang" has allowed Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland investors to see the hope of Chinese-language movies selling well in Europe and the United States!
"Wushuang" is definitely a pure Chinese movie. The two male protagonists and the heroines are both Chinese actors, but such a movie still earned 8.5 billion US dollars worldwide. There is no doubt that once a Chinese movie is well shot, it can also make a lot of money in the European and American markets!
But not every Chinese-language movie can be copied with such success. For example, the costume blockbuster "Night Banquet" released last year was released by major media and even audiences across the country.
But the final box office was indeed unsatisfactory. The domestic box office was 1.3 billion, and the global box office was only 22.6 million US dollars, which was incomparable to the glory created by "The Promise", and it didn't even reach a fraction of it!
Why is the gap between the same costume blockbusters so big? Huayi Brothers, as the main investor, undoubtedly suffered a heavy loss. As a film director, Feng Xiaogang was also announced to enter the international film industry Waterloo, and even ridiculed. He is only suitable for filming domestic market comedy films, and costume commercial blockbusters are not something he can play with!
The failure of the box office of "Night Banquet" and the "Seven Swords" directed by Tsui Hark in 2005 made investors and the media see a problem clearly. Although they are both costume blockbusters, success is just an exception and not the norm!
Media and professional film critics began to summarize that the success of "The Promise" is inseparable from the male lead Chen Hao, and the powerful promotional and distribution channels brought by Chen Hao's Hollywood film company, these factors are indispensable, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve a global box office miracle of over $700 million!
As for "Wushuang" has exceeded 8.5 billion US dollars worldwide, in the eyes of domestic filmmakers, it is still different from "Wuji". After all, one is a costume blockbuster and the other is an urban action movie!
Compared with costume blockbusters, there is no doubt that urban action movies are more likely to be sold globally!
But there are people who don’t believe in evil, and they think that costume blockbusters still have markets in Europe and the United States, so the costume blockbuster "Red Cliff" came into being!
As soon as the movie script was written, Mr. Han contacted Chen Hao, hoping that he would play the male lead. Whether it was Zhuge Liang or Zhou Yu, he would choose whatever he wanted. As long as he liked it, he would be able to play that!
But when Chen Hao saw that it was this film, the director was still John Wu, and in the end he refused politely on the grounds that his schedule was not correct!
How could Chen Hao participate in such a series of doomed failures?
As a famous director, John Woo has made many classic works and has always had a very important influence in the Chinese film industry. His works have won extraordinary honors, whether they have won the Huabiao Award, the Taiwan Golden Horse Award, or the Hong Kong Film Award.
Even he himself won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice International Film Festival, especially in the 1990s, John Woo laid the foundation for his violent aesthetic style with the great success of "The True Color of Heroes" and became a myth of a generation.
But since "The Whisperer" was in Hollywood in Waterloo, John Woo has been frustrating all the way, and filming all the way. To be honest, Chen Hao really admires those investors who dare to continue to invest in John Woo's movies!
I don’t know if it’s really stupid and I have a lot of money!
After John Woo returned to China, his first movie was "Red Cliff". He came from Hollywood, so he naturally got the opportunity to direct the commercial blockbuster "Red Cliff"!
"Red Cliff", released in 2008, is a typical big-production film. Whether it is a tall theme or grand scene, or a lineup of superstars, it all shows John Woo's personal ambitions.
The era of blockbusters in mainland China was only in the Cute period since Zhang Yimou's "Hero", and the emergence of "Red Cliff" seems to have caught up with the times, which made the movie fans in 2008 feel addicted to it.
However, such a grand production, coupled with the star-studded lineup of Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Takeshi Zhang Fengyi, Zhao Wei, Tong Dawei, Lin Chiling, Zhang Zhen, Hu Jun, You Yong, Song Jia, Hou Yong, Wang Qingxiang, Ma Jingwu, etc., can be described as a giant battle of Red Cliff. Once released, it was blown by the east wind of reputation, and it was like a prairie fire, and all were buried at the bottom of the water.
Wu Johnson's ambition was like Cao Mengde's ambition to unify the world. He rushed to the battlefield of Chibi, but fled in shame.
Speaking of this, some netizens may have to come forward to accuse me, saying that when I watched Chibi, I thought it was great, and the visual impact was very strong, which made people excited. However, these remarks can only betray your low viewing level, because compared to Director Wu's ambition, "Red Cliff" was indeed a Waterloo work with a reputation. People with a little aesthetic level or those with a little movie-watching habit have made considerable complaints.
The first is the script. This issue is related to the question of whether a movie is dead or alive. It is very serious and critical. As the saying goes, the script is the book of a script. If this book is not done well, it is even if you ask more celebrities to help, it is still a bad movie.
The problem with the play of "Red Cliff" is a flaw. It does not understand the theme thoroughly and the definition of genre is unclear, which leads to direct failure.
Chibi is one of the most famous battles in Chinese history to win more with less, and it is the largest water battle. This is a well-known background. The idea of the play is to grasp the lifeline of "small with less", and the usual victory of less is happening in the face of the huge gap between the two sides of the enemy. In the face of the dilemma of more enemies and less, how the protagonist deals with breakthroughs requires great discussion and research. It is not that you are confident when you wake up. Even if you are Zhou Gongjin, you are at least an individual, not a god.
This is the primary premise for defining narrative style by grasping the theme.
Chen Hao released two movies from last year to May this year, one of which is naturally "Wu Shuang", which finally won a box office of US$8.5 billion worldwide at the end of last year!
Needless to say, the male lead Chen Hao, is a well-deserved world-class superstar, but even Chow Yun-fat, who plays the second male lead, has been promoted to a wave of status!
Although I can't enter the 20 million US dollar club in Hollywood, I can basically be on par with Jet Li. I don't think about taking on Hollywood movies without 10 million US dollars!
Joey Wong, who also starred in the heroine of the movie "Invincible", also gained popularity, and her popularity in Japan and South Korea is even more high!The movie "Wushuang" broke records in Japan and South Korea!
Especially South Korea's Joey Wong is already very popular, and with the popularity of "Wu Shuang", there is no doubt that it has become a big hit again!
Even Zhao Liying, who played the supporting actress in the film, has gained popularity in China!This has led to Chen Hao's personal assistant Zhao Liying now thinking about developing in the domestic entertainment industry!
At the same time, the success of the movie "Wushuang" has allowed Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland investors to see the hope of Chinese-language movies selling well in Europe and the United States!
"Wushuang" is definitely a pure Chinese movie. The two male protagonists and the heroines are both Chinese actors, but such a movie still earned 8.5 billion US dollars worldwide. There is no doubt that once a Chinese movie is well shot, it can also make a lot of money in the European and American markets!
But not every Chinese-language movie can be copied with such success. For example, the costume blockbuster "Night Banquet" released last year was released by major media and even audiences across the country.
But the final box office was indeed unsatisfactory. The domestic box office was 1.3 billion, and the global box office was only 22.6 million US dollars, which was incomparable to the glory created by "The Promise", and it didn't even reach a fraction of it!
Why is the gap between the same costume blockbusters so big? Huayi Brothers, as the main investor, undoubtedly suffered a heavy loss. As a film director, Feng Xiaogang was also announced to enter the international film industry Waterloo, and even ridiculed. He is only suitable for filming domestic market comedy films, and costume commercial blockbusters are not something he can play with!
The failure of the box office of "Night Banquet" and the "Seven Swords" directed by Tsui Hark in 2005 made investors and the media see a problem clearly. Although they are both costume blockbusters, success is just an exception and not the norm!
Media and professional film critics began to summarize that the success of "The Promise" is inseparable from the male lead Chen Hao, and the powerful promotional and distribution channels brought by Chen Hao's Hollywood film company, these factors are indispensable, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve a global box office miracle of over $700 million!
As for "Wushuang" has exceeded 8.5 billion US dollars worldwide, in the eyes of domestic filmmakers, it is still different from "Wuji". After all, one is a costume blockbuster and the other is an urban action movie!
Compared with costume blockbusters, there is no doubt that urban action movies are more likely to be sold globally!
But there are people who don’t believe in evil, and they think that costume blockbusters still have markets in Europe and the United States, so the costume blockbuster "Red Cliff" came into being!
As soon as the movie script was written, Mr. Han contacted Chen Hao, hoping that he would play the male lead. Whether it was Zhuge Liang or Zhou Yu, he would choose whatever he wanted. As long as he liked it, he would be able to play that!
But when Chen Hao saw that it was this film, the director was still John Wu, and in the end he refused politely on the grounds that his schedule was not correct!
How could Chen Hao participate in such a series of doomed failures?
As a famous director, John Woo has made many classic works and has always had a very important influence in the Chinese film industry. His works have won extraordinary honors, whether they have won the Huabiao Award, the Taiwan Golden Horse Award, or the Hong Kong Film Award.
Even he himself won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice International Film Festival, especially in the 1990s, John Woo laid the foundation for his violent aesthetic style with the great success of "The True Color of Heroes" and became a myth of a generation.
But since "The Whisperer" was in Hollywood in Waterloo, John Woo has been frustrating all the way, and filming all the way. To be honest, Chen Hao really admires those investors who dare to continue to invest in John Woo's movies!
I don’t know if it’s really stupid and I have a lot of money!
After John Woo returned to China, his first movie was "Red Cliff". He came from Hollywood, so he naturally got the opportunity to direct the commercial blockbuster "Red Cliff"!
"Red Cliff", released in 2008, is a typical big-production film. Whether it is a tall theme or grand scene, or a lineup of superstars, it all shows John Woo's personal ambitions.
The era of blockbusters in mainland China was only in the Cute period since Zhang Yimou's "Hero", and the emergence of "Red Cliff" seems to have caught up with the times, which made the movie fans in 2008 feel addicted to it.
However, such a grand production, coupled with the star-studded lineup of Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Takeshi Zhang Fengyi, Zhao Wei, Tong Dawei, Lin Chiling, Zhang Zhen, Hu Jun, You Yong, Song Jia, Hou Yong, Wang Qingxiang, Ma Jingwu, etc., can be described as a giant battle of Red Cliff. Once released, it was blown by the east wind of reputation, and it was like a prairie fire, and all were buried at the bottom of the water.
Wu Johnson's ambition was like Cao Mengde's ambition to unify the world. He rushed to the battlefield of Chibi, but fled in shame.
Speaking of this, some netizens may have to come forward to accuse me, saying that when I watched Chibi, I thought it was great, and the visual impact was very strong, which made people excited. However, these remarks can only betray your low viewing level, because compared to Director Wu's ambition, "Red Cliff" was indeed a Waterloo work with a reputation. People with a little aesthetic level or those with a little movie-watching habit have made considerable complaints.
The first is the script. This issue is related to the question of whether a movie is dead or alive. It is very serious and critical. As the saying goes, the script is the book of a script. If this book is not done well, it is even if you ask more celebrities to help, it is still a bad movie.
The problem with the play of "Red Cliff" is a flaw. It does not understand the theme thoroughly and the definition of genre is unclear, which leads to direct failure.
Chibi is one of the most famous battles in Chinese history to win more with less, and it is the largest water battle. This is a well-known background. The idea of the play is to grasp the lifeline of "small with less", and the usual victory of less is happening in the face of the huge gap between the two sides of the enemy. In the face of the dilemma of more enemies and less, how the protagonist deals with breakthroughs requires great discussion and research. It is not that you are confident when you wake up. Even if you are Zhou Gongjin, you are at least an individual, not a god.
This is the primary premise for defining narrative style by grasping the theme.
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