Old Uncle Long
"Jackie Chan choked up that the market doesn't need action actors."
Jackie Chan's big brother, who was once full of spirit and popular all over the world, has gradually faded from everyone's vision as Hong Kong films have declined in the past decade, and he has not seen his works in the cinema for several years.
At that time, Hollywood could also make a splash, and there were countless iron fans around the world, Jackie Chen, under the impact of Marvel, Disney, DC, Godzilla and other sci-fi magical fantasy blockbusters, seemed to be a little unable to keep up with the times, under the background of full-screen special effects, the robust figure who once insisted on not using a stand-in also looked old.
Is Jackie Chan's work bad?
Of course not, not to mention a series of action films that he was in the sky, the police story series filmed in the later period have high artistic achievements, even if the movies made in recent years such as the zodiac and Chinese guys are not masterpieces, but at least they are masterpieces above the standard. But thinking back to the popular films of recent years, it seems that you will never see a pure action movie again, and Donnie Yen's Ip Man series is the last afterglow, and it is far less popular than it was back then.
It's not that Jackie Chan is wrong, it's that times have changed
A few decades ago, when everyone basically relied on cameras to make movies, special effects were still sophisticated, expensive and sparse, far from the visual spectacle they are now. In a flat and straightforward popcorn movie, action movies rely on exciting visual effects, using people to complete visual spectacle, attracting a large number of audiences, but also creating the brilliance of Hong Kong films, Jackie Chan has become the world's top with his original kung fu comedy.
The golden age of Hong Kong films, the golden age of Jackie Chan
However, with the advancement of computer technology, when the Terminator kills in front of the audience with the T-800, when the Matrix shows the audience the wonderful effect of bullet time, when Independence Day blows up a huge alien spaceship to the audience, although Jackie Chan is still in the sky, the times have quietly changed.
No matter how exciting and interesting Uncle Long's martial arts moves are, it's just that everyone can't do it and can't think of it, and no matter how subtle it is, it can't compare to the Death Star and Jedi Knights that everyone can't imagine.
Star Wars is definitely a work beyond the imagination of the audience
When the wheels of the times run over, it doesn't care who is ahead
Since ancient times, the beauty sighed and dusk, and the hero was not allowed to see the white head. Under the rolling torrent of the times, in front of the unpredictable market, the former tide maker can only sigh: "The market no longer needs action actors."
Just like Nokia of the year, when the iPhone 4 was released, there was a terrifying market share of more than half, but at that moment he was sentenced to death, in just a few years, the former market king was eclipsed, and after several twists and turns, it has now become a brand of miscellaneous products, but Xiaomi and other latecomers are fiercely fighting in the market. Like Kodak, it was still the best film company until its closure, but the market no longer needed film.
In the era we live in, the pace is increasing day by day, and if you are not careful, you may be left behind by the times, dazed, and your skills are still there, but the world no longer needs it.
Today's AI has been able to write articles, draw pictures and even program, Microsoft has integrated GPT into office365, two sentences can generate an article or several PPT, who will be eliminated by the market next?