When I was a child, my first knowledge of movies came from Phoenix Satellite TV. The movie station with only a quarter of the logo will always be showing movies from the golden age of Hong Kong, some are very classic, and some are more out-of-the-way. There is a very confident spirit. This may be a portrayal of the best era of Hong Kong's economy. Even though the stars have shifted, the mainland's film industry has also developed in a blowout manner with the economic take-off, but in the domestic films that are now box office hits, the spirit of Hong Kong films back then cannot be seen.
Looking back at Hong Kong films now, there is a very strong craftsmanship. It has a set of experience that it has polished over many years, and this set of experience has matured under the test of the market. But it also shows a reckless lack of understanding. Everyone is following the sixth sense of experience and instinct, but no one has summed up the rules of academicization, which makes Hong Kong-produced films look chaotic while they are full of vitality. In the order, I saw the sky and the sky again.
"Monster Hunt" obviously has the temperament of this Hong Kong film. It sets the plot less finely, but leaves a brilliance in every detail. The character settings are a bit sloppy, but they're too cute to delete them. The narrative logic of the film is loose and not rigorous enough, but the whole film is very light and happy, and it can even make people forgive the loopholes in it. The most important thing is that it made me see the spirit, sincerity, self-confidence, and ghost horse that I saw in the movie when I was a child.
Of course, "Monster Hunt" has many shortcomings, but these shortcomings can be discussed within the scope of the film. This is the current situation of domestic films. When we discuss the pros and cons of a film, we have to put it into the current domestic film system for discussion. Because the bottom line is constantly being refreshed, people's requirements for good are getting lower and lower, and as long as it can still be a passing film, it will receive countless praises. Can't help but think of "Tang Bohu's Autumn Fragrance", Tang Bohu saw Qiuxiang and thought it was normal, and the people beside him reminded him that things need to be compared. When the pork chops around Qiuxiang looked back together, Qiuxiang instantly became a peerless fairy.
The word IP is a word that is about to be used badly in the film industry today. Even if it is gilded with imported vocabulary, its essence also shows that the film industry is stretched. IP originally means intellectual property rights. In China, the essence of IP movies is actually to quickly put something familiar to the audience into the shell of a movie and sell it. It can be a novel, a stage play, or a movie. It can be a song or just a sentence. During the IP boom, film companies spared no effort to exploit and hoard copyrights frantically, especially the online novels that will be popular on the Internet after the new millennium. Behind this madness, it reflects the lack of self-confidence and impatience of film companies. They are not confident that the projects they develop will be favored by the audience, and they do not have the patience to make the projects well, so they are eager to use works that already have a certain mass base. Cut your risk and make the fastest money. (You can see how crazy this is from the production cycle of "Why Sheng Xiao Mo".)
Under this ip frenzy, "Monster Hunt" can be regarded as a kind of classicism. It creates its own story and shapes its own image. Especially when the major Internet companies are invading the film industry, Internet thinking, big data and other sensational words are flying all over the sky, it still develops projects and makes movies in the most conservative way, and keeps the bottom line of the works and earns the box office with conscience. . This is also the reason why I am so happy for the high box office. In the seemingly smoky film industry, serious projects can still be recognized by the market, which makes people see hope and feel bad.
"Monster Hunt" also provides a new possibility for oriental magic works. For magical works, it is difficult to establish a worldview that convinces the audience. If there are too many layers, the explanation will affect the narrative of the story; and if it is pretentious, it is more likely to cause the contrast of pretending not to be struck by lightning. Domestic fantasy films, taking "Zhong Kui Conquering the Demons" released on the first day of the first month of this year as an example, often make such mistakes.
A movie, especially considering the viewability of commercial movies, is very difficult to have the ability to take on too many ideas (unless the creator is someone as accomplished as Nolan, but his movies are all just A little bit of his philosophical thinking.) Being able to gently share a period of time with the audience and tell an interesting story is enough, and it can bring a little extra thought to the audience, which is the icing on the cake.
For example, when I praised "Monster Hunt", a friend of mine whose child was too young to go to the cinema went to watch it and said to me, "I hope it has a sequel, and then my children can go to the cinema to watch it. ."
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