Shangqi was denied access to the Chinese market, and a small number of people are still jumping up and down, accusing Chinese netizens of being too sensitive.
The protagonist Liu Simu sent several dynamics in a row, indicating that he felt sorry for this ending.
The comments section is very lively, divided into two camps.
Some people say that they should not be marketed with rhythm, this movie is actually very good, half of the lines are Chinese, it sounds particularly kind, if it is released in China two years earlier, the box office is certainly not low.
Some people say that the Chinese in this movie are unfavorable, the protagonist's acting skills are dull, the plot is also smuggled, and it is correct not to release it.
"The whole purpose of this movie is to celebrate Chinese culture," Liu Simufa's sentence was also ruthlessly ridiculed by Harbin netizens.
I think Liu Simu once said:
"This movie wasn't made to please them [Chinese audiences], it was made for our Asians overseas."
The words are full of superiority.
Later, "Shangqi" was boycotted and released, and the series of overtures he made by changing his face were not strange to be slapped by Marvel.
The Internet has a memory. How the original work does not need to be elaborated, just by saying this Liu Simu's words and deeds, we can glimpse the subtle psychology of the Western world toward China.
Liu Simu was born in 1989 and immigrated to Canada with his family at the age of 5, even if he had only lived in Harbin for five years, according to China when he left, it would not be what he said:
He described China in a television interview as a third-world country in dire straits, and he felt that his life after immigration was very happy.
There are many Chinese immigrants abroad, but there are not many people like him who sit in the well and look at the sky and maliciously slander him.
When choosing the male protagonist, Liu Simu is not the first choice, and Lin Ludi, regardless of appearance or fame, is stronger than Liu Simu in any aspect, but in the end he was rejected because of his good image, which is very interesting.
Looking at the candidate for the heroine, the typical "stereotype of a white person's Chinese face."
Fans who have watched many Marvel movies, know that each protagonist meets the aesthetics of most people (both Chinese and Western), and once the makeup of these two comes out, we can't connect them with the Marvel male and female protagonists anyway.
In fact, Okafina's daily life photos were very good before she contacted the Hollywood team.
Confident and generous Asian face, so it looks great.
Once manipulated by a white person, the whole person's temperament becomes earthy. In "Shangqi", Okafina's role without any propulsion effect makes people feel that she is full of stupidity.
For Okafina, most people did not attack her looks, but the temperament that could have been generous and confident was packaged into this look:
More earthy than Country Love...
It is not the era when the Internet was not developed in the past, what Chinese really look like, is it really invisible?
While using "attacking the appearance of immorality" to criticize Chinese netizens, while brandishing the banner of "eliminating the stereotype of Marvel's protagonist", frantically testing the bottom line.
This bottom line, of course, is not just a matter of image.
Although this movie is entertaining, there are some things we have to be serious about.
Shangqi's father received the power of the Ten Precepts, and the narrator explains:
"He could have punished evil and promoted good with the power of the Ten Precepts, but his mind was full of only thoughts of conquest."
The accompanying picture shows Shangqi beating soldiers in Central Asia by force, and then depicts Wenwu creating the "Ten Rings Army" and carrying out brutal slaughter everywhere in order to plunder wealth.
It seems that we feel very "sour" about the peace and stability in our western region today.
What is the problem explained here, if you think about it with your brain, it is clear that those who have plundered wealth by force for thousands of years are obviously white, and the pots of slaughter of Indians have been thrown on the heads of yellow people. This pot is also thrown quite far ha.
Many people swear that they have watched the movie and have not found any problems, because netizens are too sensitive to the clouds and work hard to understand what is called "warm boiled frog".
Once you accept the premise that defining part of the film's description of history as entertaining doesn't have to be taken seriously, there may be a more out-of-the-box plot next time. They will all infiltrate Western ideology step by step in the name of entertainment.
After talking about the part of "Shangqi", let's see how Hollywood's attitude towards Chinese faces is.
In the early international film market, Chinese faces basically relied on "playing" all the way into Hollywood, such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Yang Ziqiong, Liu Yuling, etc. Later, the resources of the Chinese film market were more and more valued by Hollywood, and the opportunities for Chinese faces to appear in Hollywood were also increasing.
Among the actresses who entered Hollywood, Gong Li and Maggie Cheung were accidental, they did not rely on "fighting", but won international awards to knock on the door of Hollywood.
Even Zhang Ziyi played all the way in, if Zhang Yimou took her to open a window for her at the Silver Bear Awards - let Hollywood know this young Chinese lady, then later she also used "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero", "Rush Hour 2", "Ten Faces Ambush" and other martial arts works to gradually open up the situation.
You must know that in "Rush Hour 2" she said those two lines, compared to Jackie Chan's status in Hollywood is simply insignificant. "Memoirs of a Geisha" is the peak of Zhang Ziyi's artistic career - she got the first-line treatment in Hollywood, including film remuneration, publicity and so on.
There are more and more Chinese faces in Hollywood movies because China has become a huge potential market that Cannot be ignored in Hollywood, and in order to please China's box office, inviting Chinese faces to join has become a trend.
Although some actors just play soy sauce in it (the image is becoming more and more positive), and even a Chinese special edition has appeared, some Chinese have also established themselves in Hollywood with their own abilities.
However, Hollywood films are not paid for by everyone, and even big IP is not spared. The joining of Liang Chaowei in "Shangqi" did not make everyone happy, and the starring role of Liu Yifei in "Mulan" also caused controversy, and sometimes the horse ass was filmed in the wrong place, and the effect was counterproductive.
Nowadays, many blockbusters imported from abroad are not as good at the box office as Chinese local films, and some Hollywood blockbusters that apply to enter the Chinese market are also rejected.
It's interesting, it looks like Hollywood is being eliminated by Chinese movies.
Ten years ago, it was the golden age of Hollywood's "big killing" of Chinese movies – eight of the top ten Chinese box office films were Hollywood movies.
I can't find a screenshot of the previous data, just look at 2014, Hollywood movies still have a lot of staying power. Transformers 4 tops the list, with 5 Hollywood movies in the top 10.
But by 2019, China's top ten box office hit only those two films: "Avengers: Endgame" and "Gifts of Fast and Furious: Hobbes and Shaw."
In 2020, "Creed" and "Crazy Primitive Man 2: New Era" entered the top 10 of the Chinese box office.
Looking at the ninth big IP "Fast and Furious" that has always been popular in China in 2021, the second week of its release in China has dropped by an astonishing 85% box office revenue!
Many well-known big IP movies have not even received the opportunity to be released, such as "Black Widow", which is Marvel's first work to be rejected by the Chinese market, as for the reason, it is the same as "Shangqi".
The two Hollywood movies that have been shortlisted for the top ten this year have a little brother level compared with China's local films.
We naturally have protection regulations for local films, but the Hollywood blockbusters that have been introduced, and the final box office, still depends on the audience's reaction.
Seeing Hollywood's sluggish box office performance in the Chinese market in the past two years, it is no wonder that the US media commented a few months ago: Hollywood is being eliminated by Chinese films.
In fact, the film "Shangqi", even if it is introduced, must not have much box office.
In addition to the various factors that have been boycotted, the film itself also has many problems, the male protagonist is dull in acting, the female protagonist plays soy sauce throughout, unable to play her own acting ability, the so-called "Chinese culture" In addition to the stereotypes imagined by white people, I did not find how many resonant Chinese cultures are, not a group of Chinese faces, speaking Chinese, with some Chinese elements in the background, you can flaunt Chinese culture.
The relationship between Shangqi and his father alone is very un-Chinese.
Liu Simu's previous sentence was right, this is indeed not a movie for Chinese to watch.
The next time you want to share the cake of the Chinese market, you must first review your attitude.
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