In the entertainment industry, there are relatively few actors who never make bad films, especially well-known movie stars.
It is very simple, when you are on fire, naturally a lot of resources will come to you, capital will not see whether you are suitable for the role, they only think you can bring traffic or a gimmick.
In fact, there are very few actors who have the vision to choose the script, so it is likely that they have just taken a film that is not suitable for themselves, and when they find out, they have signed a contract, and they can't regret it.
For example, "Guan Yunchang" starring Zhen Zidan, which I want to talk about today, is a typical example.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > a movie that Zhen Zidan himself could not watch</h1>
"Guan Yunchang" is a film released in 2011, starring Zhen Zidan, Jiang Wen, Sun Li and others, in which Zhen Zidan plays Guan Yu, who is well known to everyone.
The results of this movie are really difficult to say, douban score 5.0, and also won a "most disappointing film" Golden Broom Award.
Even when Zhen Zidan himself was interviewed, he generously admitted that he really should not take this play, saying that because he did not understand the Three Kingdoms at all, he did not expect this at the beginning, and also agreed with the host's statement that "this role is challenging the audience's bottom line".
The most interesting thing is that the bean friends on Douban gave this movie a more appropriate name--- "Lost Knife Lang".
So then again, where did this movie fail? Why does both the audience and the actors themselves think it's a bad movie?
Since the movie "Guan Yunchang" is based on the well-known Three Kingdoms, if you want to talk about why it failed, you must talk about Guan Erye.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > Guan Erye</h1>
First of all, film and television dramas must have been adapted, which is undeniable.
The disadvantage of "Guan Yunchang" is that the adaptation is too outrageous.
Since the title of the film is directly printed on the name of Guan Gong, it is obvious that this movie is based on Guan Erye as the core.
Therefore, the role of Guan Yu basically directly affects the success or failure of the entire movie.
Because the popularity of Second Master Guan is too high, and the influence of the theme of the Three Kingdoms in China is also very large, it has led to the emergence of two sides.
The first is the perspective of passers-by who are not familiar with the Three Kingdoms.
The second aspect is the fan/scholar perspective familiar with the Three Kingdoms.
And "Guan Yunchang" just happens to have both sides overturned.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > the public impression is irreversible, otherwise...</h1>
Let's start with the passerby perspective.
Because of the worship of Guan Gong by the people and even the rulers for thousands of years, as well as the three kingdoms stories that have been circulated in the folk, although they are not familiar with the Three Kingdoms, have not seen the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and have not played any three kingdom games, passers-by still have a fixed impression of Guan Gong.
What is this popular impression?
Red-faced, beautiful-haired, tall, holding a green dragon crescent knife, very moralistic, but arrogant, except for Liu Bei Zhang Fei, who looked down on him.
So let's see if Guan Gong in the movie conforms to these traditional impressions?
Set makeup photo poster, not bad, about the second master that smell.
Let's look at the movie again.
Red face? No.
Hairdresser? The beard was good, but seeing the back, Guan Yu actually cut off the beard himself.
So the hairdresser out.
Tall? Although Zhen Zidan is strong and in good shape, his height is really not enough, and he is not as tall as Jiang Wen's Cao Cao in the movie.
So the tall OUT.
Green Dragon Crescent Knife? The appearance looks quite ordinary, but the realistic style is also good, but when the fight was held later, the Yanyue knife was actually stepped on, and then the second master instantly transformed into Ip Man.
So the knife is also OUT.
Handout gas? Guan Yu in the movie said that he was willing to cut Yuan Shao directly for the sake of the world, and then after eradicating Yuan Shao, he only wanted to be an ordinary person, Liu Bei said ten thousand question marks?
So the lecture qi is also OUT.
Arrogant? At the beginning of the movie, Guan Yu held his fist to the generals of the Cao Army and said:
"If everyone doesn't dislike me Guan Yu, Guan Mou dares to hope to be commensurate with your brothers, and your eldest brother please accept the younger brother's worship."
This Second Master Guan may really be Ip Man impersonating, because the impression is that Ip Man has indeed called himself a younger brother to many martial artists.
Thus, the characteristics of arrogance are also OUT.
After such a pass, even if you don't understand the ordinary passers-by of the Three Kingdoms, watching this movie also feels quite dramatic.
Why? Because this protagonist has nothing to do with Guan Yu in the impression.
Some people may say that they all follow the traditional impression, so what does it mean? The screenwriter must be adapting.
That being said, the most taboo thing about adaptation is to forcibly change some of the things that are most impressive to the public into the opposite.
It's like a movie about Yue Fei, which then changes Yue Fei to a military general who secretly wants to destroy Song himself as emperor, and the purpose is also to say that he feels that the Song court is incompetent, and that he will try to make the people live a good life when he becomes emperor.
I'm afraid that when it is filmed, the audience will have to wash their eyes, because Yue Fei's iconic "Jingzhongguo" is gone.
The same is true of "Guan Yunchang", adaptation is not impossible, but you can't say that the traditional impression of Guan Yu using the green dragon knife, you will lose the knife, Guan Yu is a beautiful beard, you let him have a beard, Guan Yu is proud, you let him become a modest gentleman and so on.
Everything is the opposite of the public impression, does not reflect the cleverness of your screenwriter or director, but only makes people feel that you are entertaining yourself.
There can be multiple perspectives on a thing or a person, but they can't be crowned and worn, and they can't completely deviate from the essence of the person/thing/thing to change it.
Unless you are like the charter wife of Xingye's "Kung Fu", just borrowing a name, which is essentially a complete secondary creation.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="04" > fans familiar with the three countries will only be helpless</h1>
After talking about the passer-by perspective, let's take a look at the perspective of fans who have read the original novel or are familiar with the Three Kingdoms.
In addition to the incongruity felt by passers-by mentioned above, there are many more slots in the fan's perspective.
Yan Liang, a general under Yuan Shao, the original novel hit all over Cao Ying's invincible hands, forcing Cao Cao to risk Guan Yu's meritorious service to ask the second master to take action, and finally killed because he was caught off guard.
Kong Xiu, the first cannon fodder in the five levels and six generals, walked less than a round in Guan Yu's hands.
As a result, in the movie, Yan Liang was killed by a knife in a head-on confrontation, Kong Xiu fought with the second master for three hundred rounds, and also broke the Green Dragon Sword, and finally Guan Yu was very difficult to win.
Dare to ask Yan Liang where Kong Xiu ran when he was proud of his martial prowess, and according to your combat strength, you can also chop Yan Liang to death with one sword.
Thousands of miles to ride alone, Guan Yu is to send the two ladies back to Liu Bei, but in the movie, the two ladies were sent back by Cao Cao early (it is also magical, if Cao Cao already knew the location of Liu Bei's stronghold at that time, he would not have sent a large army to go over)
Therefore, Guan Yu wants to send an original heroine, Qilan played by Sun Li, and this Qilan and Guan Yu still love each other, but they are first boarded by Liu Bei, so both sides can only bury their love in their hearts.
People who have learned about the Three Kingdoms see this and estimate that their worldview will collapse.
Originally, Emperor Xian of Han was blackmailed by Cao Cao to order the princes, but in the movie, it is the opposite, Emperor Xian of Han even wants to kill Guan Yu, claiming that he will cause chaos in the world when he returns to Yuan Shao.....
There are many, many others.
Fans will only have one feeling after watching it.
This movie has nothing to do with the Three Kingdoms at all, and it has been deceived.
For the audience, the most intolerable thing is to watch the movie deception, so how can it be praised?
Due to the imbalance of the role to the two sides of the unflattering, whether it is a large base of passers-by audience or a small number but the highest number of hot core fans, basically give bad reviews, the failure of "Guan Yunchang" is naturally reasonable.
Therefore, to adapt a theme that is familiar to the public, it is still necessary to be cautious.