"Journey to the West" don't shoot hard, the box office is several thousand yuan, there is no lower limit for release, and it plays monkeys and the audience

The box office on the first day was 139 yuan, and the total was 5795 yuan in one week of release.

Under the banner of digging deep into the essence of the original work, when it was turned on, it was judged by netizens to be a bad film "Enlightenment" due to the magic change of the plot. empty", which was expected to be disliked by the audience.

But rubbing the popularity of "Journey to the West" like this, changing the pattern of wool, "Enlightenment. Empty is not an isolated case. Aside from the usual lightning explosions, the "net disaster areas" are not mentioned for the time being, and there are not a few from the hands of famous directors.

Hong Kong director Cheng Baorui, who entered the industry as a venue manager at the age of 19, has many word-of-mouth masterpieces such as "The Driver" and "Monster". But the "Journey to the West" series directed by him, without exception, all overturned.

2014's "Journey to the West" made Sun Wukong and the little fox hold the tail, and the iron fan princess became the sister of the Jade Emperor, not to mention, the key is that the IQ of the characters is collectively dropped, and the thunderous lines make people want to cover their faces.

The only highlight may be Kwok Fucheng's "most handsome bull devil".

Two years later, Zheng Baorui brought "Journey to the West: Monkey King: Three Dozen White Bone Essences".

This time, Kwok Fucheng changed from the Bull Demon King to the Monkey King, and "Gong Huang" joined the arena and played Mrs. White Bone in the film. The other supporting roles are also popular artists who were popular that year.

But the cast is star-studded, the special effects are dazzling and shocking, even the painting style is more grounded than the last time, and the progress is obvious to all, but it still loses in the poor quality of the script.

In the end, what remained in the audience's impression was only the cold and domineering of the white bone essence.

In the third "Journey to the West", Zheng Baorui simply turned back, telling the whole story into a greasy and crooked ancient puppet romance, and the acting skills were even more "non-existent".

As for the comedy elements, it is not as funny as Leung Yongqi's style, which is really embarrassing from beginning to end.

And Stephen Chow's "Demon" and "Demon Fu" and other two films, the quality is a stepwise decline.

"Journey to the West", which he also directs and writes the screenplay, not only has the dark attribute of "Journey to the West", but also perfectly integrates the meaning of reality into it, and there are tears in laughter, which is evocative.

But by the time of "Journey to the West", the overall painting style has become the usual whimsical of "Xu Lao Monster". Although the demon atmosphere is pervasive and the atmosphere is full, the second half is too released, which makes the whole story feel divided.

The audience's evaluation is also polarized.

People who like it love its subversion, and those who don't like it think it is routine and boring.

In terms of TV series, the rotten style takes the Zhejiang version of "New Journey to the West" broadcast in 2010 as an example.

This drama directed by Cheng Lidong and gathering Chen Sihan, Han Xue and other artists caused controversy after it was broadcast.

The natural stone monkey became a beneficiary of Huang Dan; Brother Monkey recognized many sisters and sisters, not only fell in love with the white bone spirit, but also joined forces to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace together; There was even an ambiguity with Nezha.

In terms of plot scale, it is also a little spicy.

For example, when Gao Laozhuang received the eight jie, there was a flirting scene between Miss Gao and Zhu Bajie, which Sun Wukong became.

Although many audiences are dissatisfied with the Zhejiang version, it stems from the fact that many storylines have changed too much. But it does not mean that "magic reform" must not be a classic.

Starring Stephen Chow, "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" and "Journey to the West: The Great Saint Married", although it won the Best Screenplay Award at the Academy Awards, the market feedback was not very satisfactory when it was released.

But really good works that stand up to the precipitation of time.

When the "Journey to the West" series became popular after many years, more and more people got its core essence, and the film was also regarded as a god work in the hearts of countless audiences.

The supreme treasure on the city wall, the Sun Walker under the city wall, the tears left by the Zixia fairy, and the tragic ending that cannot be changed through time and space have all become classic bridges engraved in the hearts of netizens, and they can't help but substitute themselves into the plot.

As one hot comment said, "once rotten, twice laughed, three times crying".

It's a pity that director Liu Zhenwei had to ask for a dog-tailed continuation of the mink, and came up with the later "Yueguang Treasure Box" and "Journey to the West: Love You for 10,000 Years". Even if he finds a lot of stars to participate, "all are not supreme treasures", and excessive consumption of old works is really unnecessary.

"Journey to the West", broadcast in 2000, is also a work of "rubbing" light. Except that the Tang monk master and apprentice are still the protagonists, it has nothing to do with the original work.

The Tang monk's force is worth exploding, and the "fat old man" has become a beautiful young man, and he also has an emotional line with Biyou and White Lotus, tossing and turning left and right between the two, plus the ghost-animal action design that turns in place and repeats continuously.

To say that Lei Ren is a real Lei Man, but as long as it is not related to the original work of "Journey to the West", the watchability of the story itself is enough to make it live up to the praise of "childhood masterpiece".

There are also several Hong Kong versions of "Journey to the West" starring Chen Haomin and Zhang Weijian.

In terms of storyline, the Hong Kong version deviates far from the original setting, and many plots are even more original. But because the characters are meticulously portrayed and full of flesh and blood, they move people with emotions and are then accepted and recognized by the audience.

However, no matter how domestic film and television creators change, the characters will basically retain the original setting, and dare not deviate too much from the audience's inherent impression.

And when shooting abroad, there is no scruples at all.

When Japanese director Jun Fukuda directed "Journey to the West" in 1978, he not only let Masa Natsume dress up as a man to play the Tang monk, but also turned Rulai into a female appearance.

Guanyin, on the other hand, appeared as a man.

As for the three brothers of the Monkey King, they walked in a humble and simple wind. Brother Monkey's original body is a black-haired gorilla, and the human form is not as beautiful as the 86 version.

Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk are simply middle-aged bearded uncles.

As for how much the plot can be attached to the original book, I won't say much.

If the 78 version still has some merit, the 2007 version is to carry out the ugliness and hoarse shouting to the end, and the addition of a large number of modern elements makes the whole story have nothing to do with the original.

The Japanese version is unreliable, and the Korean version is even more exaggerated.

2011's "Journey to the West" sets the story in modern times. The big pie face Sun Wukong is both short and fat, and Bajie stupid is not clear, the plot is so bad that you can apply for a "work injury" after watching it, and even the "fighter in the bad movie" is not enough to describe its thunderous degree, and some netizens complain that it is a "horror movie".

As the saying goes, "If you don't have diamonds, don't work with porcelain".

If you can neither adapt appropriately and restore the essence of the characters like the 86 version, nor can you dig the depth of the story like the "Journey to the West" series, or even the basic flesh and blood emotions of the characters, don't shoot hard.

This applies not only to "Journey to the West", but also to other classic IPs.