As a director, Stephen Chow has the right to shoot any subject matter he wants, and he has no obligation to provide the audience with what they are accustomed to expect. When Cui Jian stood on the stage, the audience under the stage shouted rhythmically: Nothing! Nothing! Lao Cui stood on the stage and replied, "I don't fucking sing "Nothing"! Although Lao Cui at that time made people grit their teeth, he had the character of a real artist. At least it's better than turning the whole concert into nostalgic karaoke. Isn't that what Luo Dayou did? Stephen Chow's "Yangtze River No. 7" is not much nonsense, but a warm film full of fairy tales. This is his choice, and I have nothing to criticize.
Before the Spring Festival, "Yangtze River No. 7" was released, and Zhou Xingchi was ingenious and easy-going. Most of his nonsensical movie fans back then are now parents. During the Spring Festival, I went to the movies with my children, and after watching it, I went out to buy dolls and toys. Eat one movie ticket, and another toy. After eating the father and then eating the children, Zhou Xingchi's business acumen is admirable. It's clear that I want to take money out of your pocket, but you still take it willingly, and there is not much to say.
It is very embarrassing on the Internet. On the one hand, I am disappointed that there is no nonsensical and dense comedy, but I can't yell at it because the director is Stephen Chow, a model worker of Chinese comedy films. On the other hand, this film is more or less warm. It can be compared to "ET" or "Mom Loves Me Again", which is suitable for children to watch. However, there is really not much to discuss about such a simple plot. Therefore, speech is mostly powerless. Either recall the past, or praise the love, or even talk about caring for the lower classes of society.
I personally don't like "Changjiang No. 7" because I don't have a son or a daughter, and I'm too old to watch this kind of film myself. I have admired Stephen Chow very much for so many years, all because of his crazy imagination. With this kind of imagination, a rich effect can be produced with extremely simple props, and it does not require many movie special effects. In my opinion, too many computer stunts in nonsensical movies are a manifestation of the exhaustion of imagination. In "Domestic 007", the quirky gun. In "Journey to the West", the moonlight treasure box that is OK with a flash. In "Inner Detective 008", the human-fleshed Apache helicopter. In "The Night of the Soul", those flying hats and radar-like flowers. These things are fun and entertaining. Looking at the films shot by Stephen Chow, before "Shaolin Soccer" and "Kung Fu", the one who used the most stunts was "The Variety Star", but that film was not Stephen Chow's best film.
Since "Shaolin Soccer", Stephen Chow's films have increasingly relied on stunts, with spectacular and magnificent visual effects replacing imagination. For so many years, I have always liked Stephen Chow's movies, not because of those nonsensical lines, but every time he tells stories from the perspective of small people, and every time he inspires wild imagination on common things and objects Out of the stunt can not reach the effect. Now, it seems that stories of little people are still being told, but the imagination is gone. The dolls in "Changjiang No. 7" have no meaning for an adult audience like me, except to please children. In this day and age, it's easy to find and compare cute designs, but it takes extraordinary abilities to design such a terrifyingly ugly monster like Fuwa.
If you have nothing to do during the Spring Festival, you can go to the cinema with your children to watch "Yangtze River No. 7". Here I can remind you that the nonsensical performances are basically allocated to children. This is completely understandable. When Wuli Duo becomes a father, the father must look like a father. Therefore, the nonsensical must start from the doll.
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