We often say that the work is not much but refinement, an actor can have a classic work deeply rooted in the hearts of the people is a success, including such a person, he will play the role of the Monkey King vividly, has become a classic that is difficult to surpass in everyone's mind, he is a six-year-old child.
At the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Monkey in 2016, the audience questioned CCTV's failure to invite six-year-old children, which triggered heated discussions on the Internet.
As our main media, CCTV has always received strong support from the audience, which also indirectly shows the huge popularity of the six-year-old child as the beautiful monkey king.
Perhaps because of this recognition, the six-year-old realized that he was incomparable as the Monkey King, so he announced the filming of the movie "Dare to Ask Where the Way Is" in 2018, and invited the original cast of Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie to star, claiming that the investment was as high as 700 million. He claims that the work will go beyond the classics.
The six-year-old predicts that if the film is successfully released, its box office results will at least reach or even exceed the level of "Wolf Warrior". Even Stephen Chow, the king of comedy, did not dare to easily promise such a bold prophecy. However, Teacher Six was very confident in his grand plan.
People thought that this would be a classic reproduction, but a series of problems appeared, and even was sharply criticized by netizens, which was considered an embarrassing work.
Many audiences feel that the movie of the six-year-old child has an emotional component, after all, 1982's "Journey to the West" is a classic in the hearts of many people. But how can the classics be so good to surpass?
A classic is a classic
The adaptation of the original work of the 1982 version of "Journey to the West" is also just right, and the screenwriter has a principle for the adaptation of the script of "Journey to the West", that is, "be loyal to the original and be cautious about renovation".
Some of the fragments are not in the original work, the director and screenwriter are embellished according to Chinese folklore, etc., and some are based on aestheticism and romanticism, the most typical is the adaptation of "Zhu Bajie's Daughter-in-law" and "Daughter Country of Fun Jing", the episodes have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, all completed by the composer Mr. Xu Jingqing, in the eighties of the last century, as long as you hear the music of Journey to the West, maybe everyone can't even care about eating.
A sad director and a work of anticipation
Every time this classic is mentioned, director Yang Jie always expresses sadness and grievances. When director Yang Jie filmed "Journey to the West", although it was full of bitterness of silent dedication, she still persevered because she knew the meaning of this work to the audience. However, the absurd behavior of the four protagonists made Director Yang feel very sad.
Misunderstanding of the image of the Monkey King
Perhaps the audience is too mythologious about this character, making the six-year-old think that the image of the Monkey King is incomparable. This misunderstanding led him to place too much emphasis on the image in his own work and neglect the essence of the character.
Disappointment with grand plans
The six-year-old has a net worth of 700 million and invited the Hollywood production team to work together to create a new version of Journey to the West of "Dare to Ask Where the Way Is". He predicted that the film would surpass "Wolf Warrior" at the box office, but this grand plan failed to materialize.
Publicity momentum and the emergence of problems
The publicity of "Dare to Ask Where the Way Is" was huge, but it did not cause much repercussions. The title of the play was changed to "The True and Fake Monkey King", but the plot was old-fashioned, and inviting foreign stars to participate in the performance was not welcome.
Production difficulties and audience disappointment
There were many difficulties in production, and the actors for most of the characters had not yet been determined, and large-scale shooting had not been carried out. Coupled with the misconduct of the six-year-old child on Wu Chengen's former residence, the investor was disgusted, the audience could not accept it, and the reputation was dismal.
Plans are postponed with audience loss of expectations
Due to the accumulation of various problems, the film plan was forced to postpone. The audience also gradually lost their expectations for the film.
Expectations and hopes
Despite many setbacks, the audience's love and expectations for the classic story of "Journey to the West" have not changed. They wanted to see a really good version that showed the charm and spirit of the story.
Regain confidence and regain success
While the current situation does not look rosy, the film industry has been full of uncertainty and uncertainty. Perhaps in the future, an outstanding director will be able to pick up this project again and use new perspectives and ideas to produce an amazing "Journey to the West" movie.
I hope that the audience will not lose confidence, continue to look forward to and support this project, and believe that one day, we will be able to see a truly successful "Journey to the West" movie come out, and let us once again revel in the charm of this classic story.