No matter how much you don't give up, there will be a difference.
Goodbye, Stephen Chow; goodbye, the king of comedy, Hong Kong cinema has bid farewell to the era of "nonsense".
This in itself is an era of accustomed farewell, an actor who carries the memories of generations, and in the blink of an eye, he has taken over our regrets in an "alternative" way.
Since ancient times, there have always been ghosts and people who have come and gone alone. People have become accustomed to forgetting, because we have forged steel and forged a heart of iron and stone, and life has long allowed us to grieve. It's like watching Stephen Chow's movie, shedding tears in this clip, and laughing in another clip, life is like a drama, drama is like life.
Recently, Zhou Xingchi has touched the hearts of movie fans because of two things.
First, some media broke the news that Zhou Xingchi failed to gamble with the New Culture Film and Television Company and was recovered 841 million.
Second, Zhou Xingchi, who was deeply involved in the "debt collection storm", appeared and announced his entry into the online film market in the form of video, bluntly saying that he had in-depth cooperation with a streaming media platform.
After zhou Xingchi's two messages were exposed, the pickpocket sister quickly went to Douban to inquire about the dynamics of Zhou Xingchi's film and television works: I don't know when, the release time of "Mermaid 2" and "Kung Fu 2", which were originally expected to be released in 2021, has been adjusted to 2022, "Monkey King" has been postponed to 2023, and "Taiji" has been postponed to 2025.
In other words, this year, Zhou Xingchi will not have any film and television works released.
Combined with the fact that Zhou Xingchi was rescued by his ex-girlfriend Yu Wenfeng's "salary chasing" and "Xingye" mortgage mansion last year, it is almost certain that Zhou Xingchi is now in a deep financial crisis!
In this way, it is very easy for us to go back and understand Zhou Xingchi's entry into the network market.
But because of this, Stephen Chow will not be the stephen Chow he once was, the king of comedy will not be the king of comedy, and Hong Kong movies will completely bid farewell to the era of "nonsense".
Below, the pickpocket sister analyzes the reasons for everyone.
First of all, the online film market is mixed, and Hong Kong actors are showing a state of "water and soil".
After the strong rise of the mainland film and television market, the Internet is in the ascendant. Because the momentum of the development of the network is too rapid, the works are muddy and sandy, and it is difficult to find good films.
Let's take the "individual cases" such as "Mao Deception", "White Night Pursuit", "Hidden Corners", and "Psychological Crimes", just take the "universality" of the works of actors who have cooperated with Zhou Xingchi: Xu Shaoqiang has starred in about ten nets every year in recent years, Douban has not starred in more than 5 points, and more than half of them are "no ratings"; Huang Yishan has starred in about fifteen nets every year in recent years, and the average score of Douban is even less than 4 points, and more than half of them are "no ratings"; let's go to see Huang Yifei, Luo Jiaying and other old partners of Zhou Xingchi have worked on the Internet in recent years, which are all the same.
In fact, not only the actors who have worked with Stephen Chow have shown a situation of "water and soil", but also other Hong Kong actors. For example, Qian Xiaohao, Lou Nanguang and others who once set off a wave of spiritual zombie films with Lin Zhengying are now also trapped in the "quagmire" of the internet market and cannot extricate themselves.
The reason is: on the one hand, it is because the run-in between Hong Kong actors and mainland actors is not enough, resulting in a lack of tacit understanding between the two sides; on the other hand, it is because the University of China uses the employment model of "mainland newcomer actors as protagonists and Hong Kong veteran actors as supporting actors", resulting in "top-heavy" and frequent situations.
At present, Zhou Xingchi only directs and does not act, can he go far on the road of the Internet University?
Secondly, Zhou Xingchi pays attention to the creative method of "slow work and fine work", and it is difficult to cater to the fast pace of the internet.
Compared with cinema films, the biggest features of the university are low cost, short creative cycle and fast shooting progress.
According to the previous way of zhou Xingchi's creation, it is difficult to cater to the creative method of the network university. Zhou Xingchi did not make changes, increased investment, extended the creation cycle, for the platform side, I am afraid it may not agree; Zhou Xingchi made changes, I am afraid it is difficult to ensure the quality of the work. The so-called greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment, and it is easy to "late and not guaranteed".
Will the streaming media platform give Zhou Xingchi enough creative space, creative time and creative funds?
Then, Zhou Xingchi's influence and appeal in the film and television market are continuing to decline.
We follow the time point to make a squeeze, personally believe that the millennium is the watershed of Stephen Chow's acting career: before the millennium, a "King of Comedy" was born, proving to the world that Star Ye is still a Star Ye! But after the millennium, Zhou Xingchi's influence and appeal have continued to decline, if it is said that when filming "Shaolin Football" and "Kung Fu", Zhou Xingchi's "power is not reduced", then by the time of "God Eater" and "Yangtze River Seven", Zhou Xingchi is already "the end of the strong crossbow"; and finally to "Journey to the West", "Journey to the West", "Mermaid", Zhou Xingchi seems to have "Exhausted Jiang Lang", in addition to the box office to win the same period of the film, the reputation has also declined seriously, "The King of New Comedy" Douban 5.7 points, "Journey to the West" Douban 5.5 points.
Can Zhou Xingchi glow the "second spring" in the net market?
Finally, the film review mechanism is becoming more and more stringent, and the creative space of "nonsense" is becoming more and more narrow.
Zhou Xingchi's real film that came to the fore with "nonsense" was "He Comes from the Jianghu", when Wan Ziliang was under tremendous pressure to "force" Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda to "improvise", which led to the later king of comedy.
The peak of "nonsense" was in the early 1990s, when the Hong Kong film classification system had just emerged and the Wind Moon film had just withdrawn from the historical stage, and the Hong Kong film market urgently needed a new film genre to boost morale, so it became Stephen Chow. We can see with hindsight that many large-scale bridges in Stephen Chow's films in those years can be reviewed under today's film review mechanism?
Therefore, we can clearly see that after entering the mainland market, Stephen Chow has become more and more cautious in his creation, and the elements of "nonsense" in movies have become less and less, and when it comes to "The King of New Comedy" and "Mermaid", many people think that they are no longer "nonsense" movies.
At the same time, the only person who has achieved "nonsense" is Zhou Xingchi, whether he uses Huang Bo, Deng Chao, or Wu Yifan and Luo Zhixiang, in the end, he has not performed the effect of "nonsense".
Today's Zhou Xingchi only directs and does not act, where is there "nonsense"?
Nowadays, the film review mechanism is becoming more and more stringent, where is the room for "nonsense"?
As the saying goes, time is also, fate is also; time is also, luck is also!
A few years ago, mainland film and television companies invited Dillon to remake "The True Colors of Heroes".
Dillon said sadly, "There is no possibility, where are you going to find me another Zhang Guorong?" ”
A few years later, the mainland streaming media platform invited Zhou Xingchi to shoot the big net, where do you go to find him another Wu Mengda?
There are talented people in your circle, each leading the way for three or five years.
Even if he is as talented as Zhou Xingchi, he is doomed to fail to get the audience of each generation - he is a ghostly person!
Time is a constant after all, after all, feelings can still be sold.
Finally, goodbye, Stephen Chow; goodbye, the king of comedy.
Goodbye, youth.