Early the next morning, reports related to the midnight premiere of "New Journey to the West" had already appeared online.
That was a report by Xiao Liu, a reporter from Yanjing Entertainment City News:
"Last night, the new film "The New Journey to the West" directed by Zhang Mushan, the director of "The Legend of the White Snake" premiered in cinemas in major cities."
"At the entrance of a theater in Yanjing where the author is located, a large crowd of moviegoers gathered before 12 o'clock."
"The author conducted detailed interviews with them. Almost all viewers have very high expectations for this film. Here are some excerpts of the audience's original words for display:"
"This movie itself is a spin-off of the very famous "Journey to the West". It is very popular among the people. I have always been very interested in the theme of "Journey to the West", so I came to watch it."
"Director Zhang Mushan has always been a good director that I like very much. His directing style is quite straightforward and bold, and he can always create instant classics. Yes, this time I watched this movie for Director Zhang."
"A good director and a good story are the keys to the success of a movie. This movie doesn't have any big-name stars. Everyone is probably watching it for this novel story, and I am the same."
"We are not very interested in this newly adapted Journey to the West story, but we are very interested in the ending song of this movie. Do you know who the author and singer of the ending song is? Uncle Kan!"
"A good movie is inseparable from an exciting soundtrack. Uncle Kan, also known as Jiang Kan, created a song like "A Laugh in the Sea" in the last popular movie he participated in, "The Story of Laughter" It is a classic theme song. As his fan, I am very much looking forward to his performance in this new movie."
"With a good story, a good director, and good music, I'm really looking forward to the screening of "New Journey to the West" tonight. It is said that the content of this movie is very funny and humorous, but the ideological connotation is very profound. Let us Let’s wait and see.”
"The above are the most important opinions among the dozens of audiences who were interviewed by the author who were waiting to enter. At the same time, the author was also forced by a group of enthusiastic young audiences to tell the author about the creation of the ending theme and the past experience of the singer Jiang Kan. Needless to say, this new singer-songwriter, who has only been in the industry for more than half a year, really gave us a lot of surprises."
Zhang Lingling was holding coffee in her hand, with a happy smile on her face, looking at the reports and articles on the computer screen in front of her.
"Haha, Uncle Kan, a musician, has become a guarantee of the movie box office. Is this considered popular?"
The bitter taste of coffee in her mouth and the joy brought by the news constantly stimulated her brain, making Zhang Lingling feel a certain sense of joy when she came to the company early in the morning to deal with the mountains of things.
"We, Feiyang Entertainment, have already reported on this movie on our own portal website..."
She held the cup in one hand and used the mouse to click on her company's website with the other hand. She saw the report about "New Journey to the West" at a glance.
""The New Journey to the West" is undoubtedly a rare work of genius in recent years!"
"If you just laugh when watching "Journey to the West", it means you are still young. If you cry, it means you understand. If you are moved and don't know whether to laugh or cry, then it means you understand. "
"When I realized that we would never meet again, and when I watched this movie, I understood what it felt like to shed tears."
"This is a fairy tale written for adults. If it brings joy to the children in the audience, it may bring tears to the adults."
"This movie is so wonderful. Maybe many people still can't see its brilliance now, but when they think about it many years later, they will definitely have some insights and shed tears."
"This movie not only has a good story, but its ending song "The Love of a Lifetime" is a tear-jerker! Listening to it, you will understand what it means to still be deeply missed, helpless and sad. To the person you love, I can't do anything, I can't say anything, I can only swallow quietly with empty thoughts."
"To be honest, I didn't see any profound story in this movie. I was laughing all the time and holding my hand.
Good friends laugh together. But at the end, when Sun Wukong looked at the two people on the city wall holding swords and facing each other and said, "Look, he looks like a dog," I suddenly felt a surge of loneliness and sadness rushing from the soles of my feet to Tianling Gai! "
"I am not a person who is easily saddened by spring and autumn, but when I saw Sun Wukong finally turning his head to look at the two people hugging each other on the city wall, he turned around and followed the footsteps of his master and junior brothers towards the depths of the desert. When we were together, I suddenly felt a sadness rising from the bottom of my heart, and this sadness reached its peak the moment the ending song played!"
"When I was watching the movie, I laughed so happily, and when I listened to that song at the end, I cried so sadly. If my boyfriend hadn't been hugging me tightly next to me, I probably would have died. I had to sit on the floor crying..."
"Good story, good actors, good songs... This movie combines all the elements that a movie should be successful in except big stars. I believe this movie will become popular and be deeply remembered."
"Hey, is this movie so great? So many audiences are full of praise for it?"
Zhang Lingling looked at the comments from netizens below the official review of the movie on the computer screen in surprise.
Although some people said they could not understand the film at all, or criticized some of the ways of expressing intentions that were too obscure.
But unexpectedly, it was almost unanimously praised!
Audiences who have watched the film are promoting it one after another, and spare no effort to praise and recommend it to other netizens who have not seen the film.
A small portion of the audience highlighted several of the film's soundtracks.
Especially the praise for the ending song "The Love of My Life" made Zhang Lingling smile with joy!
She put down the coffee cup in her hand, and her body gradually leaned forward unconsciously, her eyes almost touching the screen.
"At the end, when Sun Wukong possessed the Japanese warrior and kissed the woman, the song suddenly started playing. I was shocked and melancholy."...
"The past, the present, the past will never come back. The red fallen leaves are buried in the dust. After all, the Zixia Fairy is like the red fallen leaves, buried in the memory of Sun Wukong."
"Listening to the song "The Love of My Life" requires some experience. You need to have experienced an unforgettable love, otherwise you are just listening to the melody. Once you have this experience, this song will be like a sharp knife, forcing you to Go and dissect your own past and bring out those things that have been hidden with great difficulty."
"I was moved to tears by the line in the lyrics: "Sitting alone without words, looking beyond the world." It’s an inconspicuous lyric, but it looks so much like me! I sit on the steps of the school and look at the blue sky, stand by the window sill of the balcony and look at the nebula, or lie on the seat in the library in a daze. I am becoming more and more silent and less talkative, and the crowd is getting more and more noisy. , but it has nothing to do with me. "
"I feel that this movie has inspired me deeply. "The sea of suffering stirs up love and hate, and it is difficult to escape fate in this world. Blind date is inaccessible, or I should believe that it is fate." When listening to these lyrics, I thought that life might be made up of regrets, just like my first girlfriend who left me a few years ago. I couldn’t give her happiness, and she couldn’t give me a lifetime of love. "
"I am a professional composer, and I have very deep feelings about this song. The song matches the parting scene at the end of the movie, which amplifies the helplessness and bitterness. The ethereal harmonies and the leisurely and light soundtrack make the whole song even more exciting. The song has always been in a hazy and erratic feeling, like the vicissitudes of the world, like a dream."
Looking at the above descriptions, although almost all of them were praises for the film and the ending song composed by Kan Ge, Zhang Lingling suddenly felt a heavy emotion weighing on her heart.
"No way, this movie...is it really that deep?"
The smile on her face gradually faded, her beautiful brows gradually wrinkled, and the movements of her right hand that had been rolling the mouse wheel gradually slowed down.
"Looking at it like this, it seems that the audience is not just discussing a movie, they are also discussing their own feelings, reflection and summary.
My own life..."
Her mouth opened wide in surprise, and she was so shocked by the sight that she couldn't speak.
"Could it be that another phenomenal movie is about to happen?"
Zhang Lingling's words soon came true.
Since that day, many viewers have entered the theater and purchased movie tickets for "Journey to the West" on the recommendation of friends who watched the premiere last night.
And more viewers, because of the promotion on the website and the recommendations of some film critics, entered the theater and started watching this very mysterious movie.
They all want to see if this movie is really as good as the praises on the Internet. It is a good movie that is both entertaining and artistic, and also has profound thoughts.
At the same time, they also want to hear the ending theme of this song, whether it is really as magical and exaggerated as those people boasted, and whether it is really "tear-jerking and heart-moving".
Film critic Liu Du is also one of them.
He himself has a public account on his scarf that has been in operation for about ten years.
The main content of the public account is to conduct a rational, objective and neutral analysis of the currently popular movies.
Because he graduated from a comprehensive university in Yanjing majoring in film screenwriting, his comments and analysis of movies are always much more profound and rational than those of his colleagues who started out halfway, so his name is "Little The public account "Liu Takes You to Watch Movies" also has a large audience. In ten years, it has accumulated more than one million loyal fans. It can be said that it is among the top 100 film critics in Xia Guo.
"Is this movie really as good as they say?"
Early in the morning, Liu Du sat in his study room after a morning jog, bathed and had breakfast, intending to browse through any newly released movies in the past few days that were worthy of his viewing and evaluation. .
However, as soon as he opened the homepage of Feiyang Entertainment's official entertainment website, he saw this headline in a prominent position:
"The new film "Journey to the West" is both artistic and entertaining. (Subtitle: This article contains a few spoilers, please watch with caution if you have not watched the movie)."
"Yo? This is a newly released movie, isn't it? I've seen its promotional advertisements some time ago. It's directed by Zhang Mushan. I've been saying to go see it when it comes out. Unexpectedly, it was secretly released yesterday. Already?"
"And it seems to be a very good shot. It can be included in the homepage news of Feiyang Entertainment? No, I have to study it carefully first."
So even though the title of the article already stated that this article contained a few spoilers, he still curiously opened the title of the news and opened the page of the specific report.
"The author was lucky enough to watch this long-publicized comedy movie at its premiere."
"It is said to be a comedy, and it is indeed a comedy. While watching it, I would forget from time to time that I was watching it to write an introduction article, and I would laugh out loud at the various nonsensical and funny plots in the plot."
"Even when it is not so funny, but warm and touching, I will see the smiles on the faces of the audience around me in the dim light from the screen."
"Of course, when the plot becomes serious, sad and depressed expressions will appear on their faces. Near the end of the plot, I even heard the depressed voice of a female audience member sitting behind me. whimpering sound."
"Because it is not convenient to give spoilers, my explanation and introduction will try to avoid letting readers know the subsequent plot. I will only select a few points that I think are important and key to briefly share with you."
"The characters in this film are all based on a classic story segment in the traditional myth "Journey to the West". The four masters and apprentices who learned the scriptures, the Bull Demon King and the Iron Fan Princess."
"Their existence is not simply to repeat the experience of passing through the Flame Mountain as in the original work."
"Instead, I used a timeline processing method that seems very confusing at first glance, but once you sort it out, you will be amazed by the timeline."
"The characters in it are basically all in the form of
Using a dramatic and humorous treatment method similar to the "nonsense" in Xiangjiang movies, the characters have been reshaped, weakening their divinity and strengthening their humanity. "
"Each of them has their own characteristics in the film, but most of them are inseparable from this kind of humorous language and image creation, which makes a film with a profound meaning covered with a comedy film. When you haven't opened it yet When you are there, all you feel is joy, laughter and laughter.”
"But after watching it, you will find that the hidden theme of this film is so profound, so timeless, and so thought-provoking..."
It took Liu Du 20 minutes to carefully read the more than 2,000 words of news.
"It looks like this is a very deep and good movie! Although there must be a certain element of paid praise in this report, but if it is true that this movie is a "clothed movie" as he said, "A Tragedy on the Cover of Comedy" is one of the few works worth watching in recent years. "
As a filmmaker with a professional background, Liu Du's favorite types of movies are those that contain profound core, are thought-provoking, and can bring people to reflect and think.
"Okay, it's decided then. Let's go see tonight to see if this movie is really as good as they say it is!"
