A "Journey to the West" can be described as carrying the love of countless audiences for Hong Kong films, as the most classic Hong Kong film IP, it has always been a god work that can never be surpassed in the hearts of countless people.
In 1995, Zhou Xingchi was able to shoot this ideologically avant-garde masterpiece together with Wu Mengda, which was indeed the embodiment of a new wave of thought in that era, at least today, it was Zhou Xingchi who brought nonsense but successfully shaped another life that Qi Tian Dasheng might have - the Supreme Treasure.
The name "Supreme Treasure" exclusively in the IP of "Journey to the West" has also continued from this divine work of that year, and the two "Journey to the West" released in 1995 with a total duration of 182 minutes have achieved amazing word-of-mouth in the hearts of the audience, and basically to this day, these two divine works are still at the top of the domestic film rankings.
It is a pity that Liu Zhenwei, the director of "Journey to the West", made another "Journey to the West 3" with a strong cast in 2016, and Liu Zhenwei, who almost personally destroyed the IP of "Journey to the West" that he created, also won the 8th Golden Broom Award for this work, which shows how strong the audience's antipathy to director Liu Zhenwei's self-blowing signboard bowed to capital.
The IP of "Journey to the West" is not untouchable, but it cannot be unscrupulously made of bad films through IP circle money, in addition to "Journey to the West 3", there are several other similar remake circle money movies, which have also been questioned by the audience.
And on February 11, the free-to-watch "The Origin of the Journey to the West", did not provoke the audience's displeasure because this is a classic IP remake, this movie has the late Hong Kong "gold medal supporting actor" Wu Mengda sitting, this is the last film made by Wu Mengda before his death, the audience will naturally send their inner respect.
Coupled with the fact that the film is screened for free, this is a rare benefit for the audience. With the awe of Wu Mengda's predecessors, Xiaoying watched this "The Origin of the Journey to the West" with tears, especially the supreme treasure father played by Wu Mengda in the first half, and the image of the loving father was very moving.
Watching Wu Mengda's sincere teaching of his son's supreme treasure in the film, it seems that people feel tearfully that this is the dying concern of people.
It is said that "parents are not far away", in order to help Zixia find the moonlight treasure box, the supreme treasure in the film left his father to accompany Zixia on a long journey, leaving his elderly father at home, and this scene of the movie inexplicably makes people afraid that the elderly loving father is no longer there when the supreme treasure returns.
From the post-production, it can also be seen that the editors of the film have a sense of nostalgia for Wu Mengda's predecessors. After 27 years, Wu Mengda once again starred in the IP of "Journey to the West", this time his eyes only had his love and concern for the supreme treasure.
In the first half of "The Origin of the Journey to the West", Wu Mengda's performance completely won the recognition of the audience, and the second half told the story of the Supreme Treasure for love, in order to save his lover Zixia, and re-put on the golden hoop to transform into the QiTian Dasheng.
It is worth mentioning that as a remake version after 27 years, "The Origin of the Journey to the West" has incorporated a lot of visual effects elements, which has greatly improved the viewing experience of the whole film.
In particular, the design of the Tianji Pavilion where the Moonlight Treasure Box is located in the film is definitely the finishing touch to the film. The first half carries the audience's personal feelings for Wu Mengda's predecessors, and the second half perfectly interprets the two between the power awakening of Qi Tian Dasheng and the life of Zixia, and the Supreme Treasure can only choose one story core.
Liu Zhenwei, who once smashed his own IP in "Journey to the West 3", once bowed to capital for the sake of box office, and now after 27 years of the original work, Wu Mengda remade "The Origin of the Journey to the West", and the word of mouth burst into praise from the audience, ending the fate of this IP remake and finding face for the IP of "Journey to the West".