No amount of controversy can cover up the goodness of "Chinese Table Tennis"!

Recently, Deng Chao has been active on the cusp.

From the passionate star on the Spring Festival Gala to the witty and funny variety artist in "5 Ha", Deng Chao brought joy to the audience.

Deng Chao's national popularity has risen, but with it comes an increasingly clear stereotype.

It seems that since "Running Man", Deng Chao has gradually been defined by the audience as a variety showman, so that many people forget that he is an actor or an excellent actor.

In 2018, Deng Chao took the initiative to withdraw from "Running Man", at the same time, the movie "Shadow" directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Deng Chao and Sun Li was released, in which he played two roles and had superb acting skills.

At that time, we thought that we had finally waited for the return of actor Deng Chao.

However, not long after, "Galaxy Cram School" directed by Deng Chao was released, and at this time the audience discovered that Deng Chao's real ambition was to be a director.

In fact, as early as before, Deng Chao and Yu Baimei co-directed "Breakup Master" and "Villain Angel", which had a good box office, but it was accompanied by a stronger public opinion backlash and low reputation.

The result of excessive consumption is reminiscent of the story of "the wolf is coming", and the audience also goes from the initial high expectation to conditioned mockery and rejection.

As a result, "Chinese Table Tennis Jedi Strikes Back" encountered an unprecedented cold reception.

On the one hand, it is a repeated change of gear, missing the best release time, on the other hand, the audience's enthusiastic verbal criticism.

The result of multiple effects is most intuitively presented at the box office, with a box office of 90.58 million in 10 days of release, of which 50 million are still the results of the point screening before 2.17.

Although the box office is not ideal, it has broken 12 records, which can be regarded as saving a trace of decency.

On the Internet, there is no lack of voices singing, and most of the people who are shaking the flag are not aimed at the movie itself, but Deng Chao.

I have seen too much, I don't want to evaluate too much, you have the right to complain, he has the freedom to argue.

This time, I just want to talk about movies.

Frankly speaking, after watching "Chinese Table Tennis", I admire Deng Chao, and if nothing else, at least he found a hard bone.

There are many sports movies, basketball has "Women's Basketball No. 5", football has "Women's Football No. 9", and skating has "Sisters on Ice".

A little more discussed is "Sha Ou" about volleyball, and "Winning the Championship" directed by Chen Kexin.

But even if Gong Li was invited to sit and selected to be released in the eleventh prime time, it failed to break through the 1 billion mark, and the box office stopped at 836 million.

Deng Chao chose the same unpromising sports theme, and if he wanted to have a high box office, he was congenitally restrained.

On the other hand, he was also bold and chose the most familiar table tennis ball.

The name of "national ball" is not in vain, table tennis as the highest sport in China, the people's feelings for it are also real.

From another point of view, this undoubtedly increases the risk of the film, if it is filmed, it should be, and if it is not filmed, it is a group attack.

Fortunately, Deng Chao carried it.

The film chooses the years when Chinese table tennis was the trough, and takes the audience to recall the years full of humiliation and unwillingness.

In 1988, table tennis entered the Olympic Games for the first time, and the national table tennis team defeated Seoul, and since then, it has ushered in a 7-year "darkest moment".

First, the European horizontal board arc circle ball playing style has become the mainstream, and the traditional straight board fast attack disadvantages of Chinese table tennis are fully displayed.

The second is the "encirclement, pursuit, blocking" and interception of European countries.

In terms of policy, the traditional movements of Chinese table tennis habits are recognized as fouls, and materially, the special glue for table tennis is not sold to China.

At such a difficult moment at home and abroad, Cai Zhenhua, who coached in Italy, returned to China.

Although he lived well at the time, he was called the "godfather of table tennis" by Italians, and his salary for one year was worth ten years of work in China.

But he still chose to return to China, return to China to live in crowded buildings, and start as a teaching assistant.

When the national table tennis team re-selected the head coach, others played the safety card of "recapturing the Svethlin Cup in ten years".

Only he, cheering up, regained the Svethlin Cup in two years and stood on top of the world again.

Since then, he has had a nickname - wearing a cannon.

It alludes to him talking big and bragging about not making drafts.

However, it is such a madman who is not optimistic, with a group of "remnants of the defeated generals", to revive the glory of Guoping.

Ma Wenge, the main player of the table tennis team, suffered an injury, especially a severe tear in the right shoulder muscle, and when it hurts, he can only play by playing closed.

But even so, he still carried it all the way, which not only boosted morale, but also supported the brothers in the team, and was a stable anchor.

Wang Tao, 28 years old facing retirement, originally planned to go abroad to find his parents to reunite, but was called back by Cai's guidance.

First practiced desperately in the team, and then was sent to study in European clubs, others thought that he ate and drank spicy to make a lot of money, only he knew that he had left his hometown, endured bitter loneliness and discrimination from foreigners, just to bring Europe's advanced playing style back to China.

Ding Song is no better, left eye 1000 degrees, right eye 1200 degrees, live out of a blind eye, in order to practice, wear contact lenses for a long time.

Others went out to play, only him, buried in the table tennis table to practice hard, one practice is four years.

At that time, Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang were still raw melon eggs who had just turned 16 years old, and had no experience in international competitions, but they had their own strengths, and they were carried into the national team by Dai Coach.

At that time, Cai Zhenhua gathered this group of surprise soldiers, and everyone was not optimistic, but all of them were moved by their diligence and hard work.

Thunder could not move, got up on time at six thirty every day, there were no holidays, no rest days, and all they were left with was boring practice day after day.

Finally, at the 1995 Tianjin World Table Tennis Championships, Cai Zhenhua led the "Five Tigers" to get the Svethlin Cup again!

Since then, Guoping began to write its own long-term history.

Over the years, we have been accustomed to watching Chinese table tennis reign in the world, but few people know that the original national table tennis has also encountered Waterloo.

28 years later, this story was turned over and put back on the big screen, which is a memory of history and the best inheritance of the spirit of table tennis.

Once a 16-year-old table tennis player, he has now become the Taishan Beidou of the table tennis industry.

Liu Guoliang talked about the World Table Tennis Championships that year, which is also full of youth memories.

This movie, with table tennis as the carrier, mainly through the presentation of 3 table tennis competitions, allows everyone to relive the history of national football and inherit the spirit of national football.

In the film, there are laughter and tears.

There is the enthusiasm of youth, and there is the tenacious and unyielding struggle of athletes.

There is the joy of the winner holding the trophy, and there is the sadness of the discrete person leaving the game.

Wu Jing said it was "the best sports movie in China." ”

I think this is a historical time that we need to relive.

So far, the movie's Douban score has risen from 7.0 to 7.1, and more than 50% of them have given four- and five-star praise.

Some people boast that the lens is varied.

Some people praise the good rhythm and good performance.

Some people also say that this is Deng Chao's eyebrow-raising work.

Of course, there is no shortage of negative voices.

But more authoritative than the evaluation of netizens, it should be the voice of that generation of witnesses.

Wang Tao said that the actor found his eyes and expressions on the field.

Ma Wenge praised the actor's good action.

Coach Cai Zhenhua himself even gave his original notebook to the crew to show his affirmation.

All of this sends us the same message, that the film is at least above the passing line.

Unfortunately, such a sports film suitable for the whole family to watch movies together, but there are few films.

Also in 10 days of release, "Ant-Man" has more than 56,000 screenings, and "Chinese Table Tennis" has only more than 12,000 performances, which is even less than "Deep Sea" and "Bear Haunted" that have been released for 36 days.

Not only is the number of films small, but the time slot for the film is also tricky, either getting up early or staying up all night.

What's more, before I had time to watch the film, I was in a hurry to give a bad review.

It took five years to shoot a sincere work, but it ushered in such a result, and anyone who changed it would feel that it was not worth it.

From the end of January to today, Deng Chao is still working hard, he travels to various cities, travels between major universities, and roadshow publicity.

He wants this movie to be seen by more people, even if it's later, it doesn't matter.

Perhaps, as he said, "Love is more important than winning or losing." ”