Author of this article: Li Xiaotian
During May Day, I watched two Netda, one is "Big Phantom Beast" and the other is "Qi Men Dun Jia 2", I was surprised and delighted, and I said it together.
The reason why I watched "Big Phantom Beast" is because Jiang Fangzhou ranked in the list of actors on Douban. That's what piqued my curiosity.
Young writers turn film and television, like Han Han and Guo Jingming are all turned directors, Zijin Chen and Shuang Xuetao are turned screenwriters, Jiang Fangzhou actually became an actor, or a little, which is really a big surprise. Hurry up and see how she performs?
However, after watching the whole film, I didn't find where Jiang Fangzhou was? What exactly did you play?
After retrieving again, I found that it was actually an earth-shattering oolong.
It turns out that the actor is called Guo Fangzhou, who is a man!
Exercise!
That's it, can you do things?
However, looking at the credits, it is not all unfamiliar names, and there is also Wang Sicong who is known to everyone.
Wang Sicong, in "The Great Phantom Beast", not only became the producer, but also the chief producer, and it is clear that he is the boss of the film.
However, on the promotional materials of this film, I did not see information about Wang Sicong. Probably, the publicity feels that his current fame is not so prosperous, not enough to drive box office sales. Either it is unprofessional, and you can't think of taking advantage of the boss's fame.
To ask how this film is, think about Wang Sicong's girlfriends in reality, each with a red face on the Internet, you will know how his aesthetic level is.
In short, "The Great Phantom Beast" is difficult to say, making people vomit to watch it. Five Mao special effects plus various scratching poses, I don't know what this piece is doing.
As for the story, it is a low-grade version of "Detective Di Renjie". It was during the Great Tang Dynasty, monsters made chaos and wanted to harm the world, and then a god hunted in the capital, not only catching people but also hunting demons. In the end, of course, evil does not suppress righteousness, and God captures a great victory.
This protagonist is Guo Fangzhou, who is labeled Jiang Fangzhou. The name can be marked wrong, it can be seen that his coffee position is low, as for the acting skills, he is also obviously not handsome, but he has to play cool, which is really unbearable.
As for the actresses, one by one, with a red face on the Internet, all of them regard scratching their heads as acting skills, with fox charm as deep, as if they are acting very hard, as if they are not acting anything, and after watching it, they can't remember any of them, and there is no one.
The above said two works, one surprise and one joy, which is frightening, is "The Great Phantom Beast". As for the gratification, it is "Qi Men Dun Jia 2".
Then let's talk about "Qi Men Dun Jia 2".
Because I watched "Qi Men Dun Jia" and saw that the second part was online, I came along to see how the composition of this new work was. It's not about fans, it's still curiosity.
I have to say that the first work in 2020 brought a huge surprise at that time.
Originally, directed by "the world's first martial finger" Yuan Heping, starring Dapeng, Ni Ni, Zhou Dongyu, Wu Bai, etc., "Qi Men Dun Jia" hit the street in the cinema and suffered heavy losses. I didn't expect this IP, but it was actually picked up by Netda, which is quite courageous. Moreover, the leading Xiang brothers also bought the copyright from Tsui Hark and invited the screenwriters Wei Junzi and Yang Bingjia over to maintain the continuity of the setting. This is not rubbing IP, but a very serious expansion of the universe. Just this kind of vigor for serious research of the work clearly makes people see the hope of the Internet University, and also see the great progress of the Internet University from the finished film.
Before "Qi Men Dunjia", China's Internet University generally had a very bad standard, all kinds of shoddy production, small cost and small production, just like a family, like "Big Phantom Beast" There are countless bad films. And the appearance of "Qi Men Dunjia" has the meaning of breaking the ice, making people see that there is finally a work that can break through the 50-point mud line and begin to perform normally.
In fact, the Douban score of "Qi Men Dunjia" is not high, only 5.2 points. That's because Douban readers can't tell the difference between the big network, TV movies, and theater films, and they have to take the level of theater movies to set the big net. Comparing horizontally and comparing the immature net with mature theatrical works, it is true that "Qi Men Dunjia" can only get a low score.
It's like comparing Chinese movies to Hollywood. Hollywood's maturity is all-round, and Chinese films can only be regarded as middle school students in front of Hollywood. This is talking about industrial standards, not artistic standards. Therefore, at the industrial level, China's top productions, such as "Wolf Warrior 2", "The Wandering Earth" and "Watergate Bridge", are already the top production level in China. However, when it comes to Hollywood, it can only be regarded as a slightly higher level at most, and compared with top productions such as "Avatar" and "Avengers", even the qualifications for kicking people and lifting shoes are not enough.
The same is true for Chinese movies compared to the Internet University. If the production level of Chinese films is the level of middle school students, then the water guidelines of "Qi Men Dunjia" are only the level of the first grade of primary school.
Therefore, Douban's 5.2 score is evaluated from the level of Chinese films, or even from the level of Hollywood. If you do not use the same system, but use the same standards, it is inevitable to suffer losses.
And "Qi Men Dunjia" is comparable to other online movies. In contrast, everything else is at the level of kindergarten, and the difficulty of "Qi Men Dunjia" is that it has finally surfaced, reached primary school standards, and is no longer inferior.
Therefore, if you compare "Qi Men Dunjia" in your own field and in the field of the Internet, you will find that this is a surprise work that can score more than 90 points.
From this point of view, "Qi Men Dun Jia 2" is also a large net work that can score 90 points.
More importantly, the first work also invited the screenwriter of the theatrical version of the work to escort, and by the second part, it was already a work completed independently by the Xiang brothers. It can also be said that the Internet University began to grow independently.
Therefore, from the history of the development of NetU, "Qi Men Dunjia" and "Qi Men Dun Jia 2" are two hurdles, step by step, walking steadily, both of great significance.
Other large nets, as long as they earn money, generally push the work out in steps one a year, or even three times a year. And three years have passed since "Qi Men Dunjia", and "Qi Men Dun Jia 2" is belated. This is not a good thing, it may be that there is a contradiction behind the IP, or the main creators do not have high skills. But it always comes, and it's a good thing.
After all, with the success of the first film to the bottom, this "Qi Men Dun Jia 2" can also be regarded as a mature and rounded work. In contrast, "Big Phantom Beast" is simply pediatric in front of the "Qi Men Dunjia" series.
However, as the second part of the series, just like the second part of most series, the surprise is not much, but the extension of the first part, can be watched, and there are upgrades, but the degree of surprise has relatively disappeared.
Here, I won't talk too much about its artistic features, in short, through this work, you can see the shadow of "Detective Di Renjie", "The Legend of the Demon Cat", "Samurai God's Order", and even "The Lord of the Rings", "The Chronicles of Narnia", "Percy Jackson" and other series, indicating that the main creators still learned magic films at home and abroad.
In short, you can take a look at it when you are idle. Of course, if you watch too many Hollywood blockbusters, you will be disappointed.
Put down expectations and find a good coordinate system, you will find that life is always full of surprises and many good dramas.