Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Chen Kaige was shortlisted for the Academy Awards in 1993 and won many awards such as the Palme d'Or and the Golden Globe Award, and Chen Kaige also became famous in the first battle and became the best director in the same period.
After that, Chen Kaige also came up with classic works such as "Wind and Moon" and "Jing Ke's Assassination of the King of Qin", but in fact, by 2005, his "Wuji" was full of controversy.
More and more audiences say that they can't understand Chen Kaige's works, one or two may be the audience's problems, but the audience of the finished film has such feedback, and they have to find the reason from the work.
In recent years, Chen Kaige has almost been poor in his skills and can no longer produce good works, and what he can get is the series of movies "Changjin Lake" and "Shuimen Bridge of Changjin Lake" co-directed by Tsui Hark and Lin Chaoxian, but it is impossible to prove Chen Kaige's real skills.
At present, the new movie "Volunteers: Heroic Attack" (hereinafter referred to as "Male Soldier Attack") directed by Chen Kaige has announced the lineup, which really surprised the audience, and a group of traffic idols lineup to act in the blockbuster film to resist US aggression and aid Korea, which is to laugh off the big teeth.
The theme and casting are all rushing to traffic passwords, but can this wave still explode?
"Heroic Soldiers" takes the group portraits of volunteers as the main line, and comprehensively shows the stories of the heroic sons and daughters who defended the motherland on all fronts and fought hard for the motherland during the three-year War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea from 1950 to 1953.
This film is a typical main theme theme, Chen Kaige is obviously because of the "Changjin Lake" series explosion has eaten dividends, this new film has similarities with "Changjin Lake" in terms of theme and content, but the difference is that the focus of "Heroic Attack" is not to bombard the war, but to create a group portrait of characters.
In fact, this type of film, to a certain extent, has caused the audience's aesthetic fatigue and even rebellious psychology, 2021's "Changjin Lake" with a box office miracle of 5.77 billion to top the box office list, but the sequel "Changjin Lake Water Gate Bridge" in February 2022 is obviously not so strong, and the box office fell to 4.06 billion.
This is still on the basis of the series' feelings and word of mouth have not been able to create brilliance again, and in the 2022 National Day file, there are three major films "Ten Thousand Miles Home", "Ordinary Heroes" and "Iron Will", but the only thing that may be won is "Ten Thousand Miles Home" with a box office of 1.59 billion.
It can be clearly seen that the popularity of films of this theme has dropped significantly, and "Heroic Attack" is said to have been polished for 3 years and prepared for a year and a half, but in general, it still can't escape the two elements of bombardment and sensationalism, and there is nothing new to give the audience.
However, the film side is also in a hurry to achieve quick results, most of the actors announced are traffic love beans, such as Zhu Yilong, although he won the crown of actor, he is still more inclined to the traffic category, but the acting is still good.
Zhang Zifeng, who plays Li Xiao, can also be regarded as taking the big screen route in the same period, but he obviously has a strong fan base and has a good box office appeal.
But the main problem is that several others, such as Chen Kaige's son Chen Feiyu, simply put the "relationship household" on the brain, and have struggled in the film and television industry for many years, and "Ignite Me, Warm You" caught fire a little, the acting skills are really not good, but it is a pity that people have a good father.
Wei Daxun, who plays Mao Anying, has not had any masterpieces for so many years and is also a cow, mixed in variety shows, and fell in love with various sisters, which may be his highlight and belongs to the traffic school.
In addition, Wei Chen is a singer transformation, rubbed several main theme films are going to become a big coffee, Ou Hao is also the same number of paths, these two big bastards are also a must, among such a few people, Zhu Yilong actually became a big winner, on this casting also played the Anti-US Aid Korea? Chen Kaige begs you not to close your eyes for casting.
The chaos in the film and television industry is serious, and traffic has become a must-kill
In recent years, because of the rise of traffic idols, many film parties have realized the importance of traffic, an actor can attract his own fans to contribute to the box office, even bad films can have a market, so the phenomenon of traffic dominating the film circle has formed.
The most obvious embodiment is the "Shanghai Fortress", Teng Huatao, a life drama director, had to challenge to make sci-fi movies, in order to ensure the box office, chose the hottest top Luhan at that time, but once the film was launched, Luhan didn't even cut his hair, and shouted "shoot at me" It was almost a psychological shadow for fans.
But even so, the box office of the film can exceed 100 million, which not only does not play a wake-up call, but also makes more film parties realize the strength of traffic, and the number of movies starring idols in recent years has only increased.
In the 2021 tribute blockbuster "1921", Huang Xuan, Chen Kun, Zhang Songwen are supported, but other actors such as Zhao Lusi, Yan Xujia, Wang Junkai and other actors, most of them are traffic, they play great people, really like fun, the image and acting skills are not up to par, and even boycotted, but they have not resisted the film's harvest of 500 million box office.
In 2022, Wang Junkai and Zhang Yi collaborated on "Ten Thousand Miles Home", he proved with his strength that acting requires talent, watching Wang Junkai's eyes are inattentive and focused, and Zhang Yi lives like a quail, which has really become a big failure in the film, and fortunately fans come with their own filters, and his brother's acting skills are impeccable.
But to say that the most ruthless is still in the 2023 Spring Festival file, the top students Wang Yibo and Liang Chaowei are equally divided, they play opponents, it can be said that it is a dimensionality reduction blow, Wang Yibo's own face can not bear the big screen, the acting skills are also dull, there is no aura, and it is also not good in seconds against the background of Tony Leung.
And this film, is also completely supported by actors, the content plot is incoherent, spy war is filmed like a literary film, but it inspires another advantage of traffic actors, that is, their fan groups will brainwash themselves, keep saying that the movie is good, and brainwash others together, and everyone has to brush two or three brushes to understand.
These films actually prove that the appeal of traffic actors is very strong, such as Xiao Zhan, Wang Hedi and other traffic actors can increase box office data to the movie, but their acting improvement space is too large, many people even see traffic actors and directly do not watch it.
And Chen Kaige's casting is not entirely aimed at the top, because some of these actors are not even fans, except for playing handsome, they don't understand the meaning of his casting, just simply cater to the aesthetics of young people, but failed to grasp the lifeline.
All in all, the advantages in the theme and plot of "Heroes Attack" are not much, the actors announced are mainly idols, and the acting skills are simply not enough to act in this kind of drama, it can be said that what is not good, so do you think this film is likely to explode?