The same is true for "Looking for the Dragon". Compared with the world classics, and even compared with Cao Baoping's "Burning Sun" and Xu Haofeng's "Master", there are obvious gaps. If you look at the era of "domestic blockbusters" started by Zhang Yimou in 2002, it has indeed reached a point. In the era of gradually mature technology, it has reached a large-scale, step-by-step product that can be produced step by step. It's much more honest than those pretentious and flashy "Journey to the West". It's not for fans, it's for business. And commercial films are a must for the film market.
In terms of actors, in short, Huang Bo is really ugly, Chen Kun can kill people with one look, and the surprising Xia Yu is really funny, expressing an image that he has never expressed before. In the overall performance, each has its own characteristics, each interprets its own talents, and sells cuteness, beauty and strength. Their fans must not miss it. Another certainty is the special effects. Insect killings and zombie wars are both frightening and full of beauty. Wuer is good at making movie commercials. According to his previous works, he is especially good at using soundtracks and special effects to achieve the atmosphere of the story. He is really trying. Use special effects pictures to serve the story and make the work "wonderful". But he has not yet escaped the shackles of these "service elements" at all. His works are amazing but not completely satisfactory, and he can look forward to the future.
On the downside, the story still looks thin. The advantage of "Looking for the Dragon" is better than "Nine-Layered Demon Pagoda" in that it expresses a complete story of the ring, while the various gimmicks of "Nine-Layered Demon Pagoda" do not summarize a good story, and it is said that there is a next chapter. , the audience who paid but did not buy it, even if it was a commercial film that finally earned it, it was regarded as a failure. Although "Searching for the Dragon" has only one real expedition, it was built through the accident 20 years ago, and there is no sense of abruptness. However, without a story twist, a complete "tomb visit" still cannot satisfy the audience's taste.
Because of Zong Ju's opinion, all unscientific fantasies must have a "materialist" explanation, so both Wu Ershan and Lu Chuan compromised. The degree of this compromise varies. Lu Chuan fabricated real aliens, while Wu Ershan attributed Duanyu to an unexplained "alien meteorite". I'm not a fan of the original book "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", and I don't know if "Long Searching" can win their approval, but I always feel that this is a lingering flaw. It's like there's always a mouse poop in your meal. I see that more than a dozen science fiction works have been approved in the mainland this year, but the fantasy and magic themes have always stayed in the "horror film" aspect, and in the end, the explanation of "materialism" is inseparable. The creators have intentions, and they will also be restricted by censorship. Is it a bad thing to let go?
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