CCTV Huaguo Film Report Studio.
The host Qin Qing continued to ask: "Many people on the Internet say that many scenes in "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage" were borrowed from foreign animated films. What do you think of this?"
This problem does exist.
Li Yi smiled and said: "With the development of movies now, to put it bluntly, if you want to search carefully for any movie, you will find that there will be similarities, so there are some similarities with other works. It’s true, there are some that you just can’t avoid because there are so many previous works out there that you’ll run into them if you design with your eyes completely closed.”
"Actually, I don't understand some people's thoughts. I have read some comments. In the eyes of some people, as long as it is an animated film that advertises as a national comic, it seems that everything must be completely original. As long as there is If they are similar, they are imitators, but when it comes to Hollywood movies, their attitude is completely different!"
"Of course, this is human nature. We can't ask everyone to like any movie."
Li Yi is different from the director of "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage" in his previous life. He does not face as many difficulties as the other director. He is also more direct and less polite in dealing with such issues.
In fact, the problem of double standards is particularly common in China.
Usually when there are one or two critically acclaimed and popular movies that achieve both good reputation and box office, there will always be some people who, under the banner of "rationality", "objectivity" and "good for Chinese movies", will then criticize the movie in various ways. Find fault.
What's interesting is that for some Hollywood blockbusters that have failed in China and even received low scores from movie fans, these people will often give high scores, then analyze the film's advantages in various ways, and finally come up with a In conclusion, it’s not that other people’s movies are bad, but that the domestic audience lacks the corresponding level.
To put it simply, they are promoting the high and promoting the low, because otherwise, their differences cannot be highlighted.
Let’s take the matter of feelings as an example. In the local Hollywood market, the movie "Warcraft" actually had a poor reputation at the box office. However, when it came to China, feelings were very popular. As a result, a large number of people said: "The feelings are still there. Used to sell for money, but I am willing to do so this time!" came the title.
In fact, selling emotions and emotional marketing are really not exclusive to domestic movies. It is just a marketing strategy.
This Spring Festival special program of "China Film Report" was launched on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
This report made many netizens couldn't help but cheer loudly.
The main reason is that when many directors face such problems, they usually keep a relatively low profile and rarely directly address such matters.
But Li Yi was different. He just came up and started.
"Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage" is all about hype, because this is what many audiences in China are longing for.
At the same time, he also directly criticized a group of double-standard parties. During the interview, Li Yi directly cited some movies as cases.
Netizens quickly went to look for reviews of those movies, and it turned out that it was true.
And what’s even more interesting is that many of the people with this obvious double-standard attitude are actually the same group of people, which is even more interesting.
Li Yi said in the program: "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage" is on the forefront! It's because, in our era, although there is no shortage of superheroes on the big screen, what we lack is a superhero of our own!
This can be said to be widely recognized by the public.
"The dog director is really a dog, but he really spoke to our hearts."
"Actually, what we hate is not sentimental marketing, but movies that export bad things to us in the name of sentimentality."
"There is nothing wrong with emotional marketing. Looking at movies from all over the world, if you can do movies with emotional marketing, why not do them?"
"Although the success of "The Return of the Great Sage" is influenced by emotions, the premise is that the movie is really good, right?"
"I searched for the historical comments about the double-standard party, and it's really hard to explain. It's true as Director Gou said, whichever domestic movie has a high box office and a good reputation, they will throw cold water on it, and which Hollywood movie has a bad box office If the reputation is bad, they will give it high marks, it’s really amazing!”
"Some people can't stand up after kneeling for a long time."
"Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage" has not been affected by the negative reviews of that small group of people. As Li Yi said, it can be said that the return of the Great Sage is expected by everyone. It's a movie that's on the cutting edge.
It’s not that the movie is popular, but the theme of “The Return of the Great Sage” is popular.
Just like a movie review that was pinned to the top of the popular film review website and praised by many netizens.
""Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage": This is an era that needs heroes!"
"Quoting the slogan of the poster of "The Return of the Great Sage": "They say that I am dead. Those who are greedy for the new, those who are nostalgic, those who are solemn and talk nonsense, those who are living, those who are rotting, those who dare not start and dare not end, Yang Feng Yes, it's treacherous, it's tomorrow's fan, it's tampering with yesterday, it's all vague, they are willing to hear me die. Are they, including you? ——This is an era that needs heroes.
This is an era when heroes are not discovered, understood, or believed. We hear too many stories, are exposed to too many viewpoints, are exposed to too many values, and are too secular. But we seem to be hoping for something and looking for something in this chaos and muddling along. But can't catch it. It turns out that it is the hero complex in our hearts. The return of the hero is destined to ignite the last flame buried deep in the ashes in our hearts.
"In Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage, it can be said that "Havoc in Heaven" is the starting point of glory for the hero Monkey King; I think everyone has described a hearty "Havoc in Heaven": La He raised the banner of the Great Sage Qitian, wore a purple gold crown with phoenix wings on his head, wore a chain of golden armor, walked on lotus root silk, and held a Ruyi golden cudgel. He beat the heavenly soldiers to pieces and defeated Nezha Yang Jian. The mutual sympathy made the Jade Emperor so angry that he made the Supreme Master so distressed that he was more qualified than anyone else to shout, "I want this day, but it can no longer cover my eyes; I want this land, but it can no longer bury my heart." ; I want all living beings to understand my thoughts; I want all Buddhas to disappear into thin air! "Such a heart-warming words. Isn't that what a hero is like in the beginning? He is not afraid of authority, fearless of killing, has boundless power, and lives the life he wants. How high-spirited he is.
If there was only the majestic and invincible Monkey King at the beginning, then such a "hero" would be a bit young, superficial and boring. He punches and kicks when things don't go his way, and he is triumphant and does whatever he wants when things go his way. Such a hero can attract rebellious teenagers, but it is difficult for them to become the spark that lingers in our hearts. We don’t know how Sun Wukong spent the five hundred years of fear at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain. When Jiang Liuer accidentally removed the shackles from his body, we could feel the moment of joy when he regained his freedom - running on the grass, shuttling through the woods, jumping in the ravines, and finally having the feeling of life again. breath. However, this is only a moment. After that, he will face the ensuing heroic loneliness called "powerlessness". Loneliness is the struggle between the glory of the past and the loneliness of the present.
What a hero who has lost his divine power and spirit wants to do most is to curl up in his own world and protect himself. His heart was wrapped in layers of cocoons, and he looked down upon everything outside. He lost his sense of freshness about the world, and lost his enthusiasm for people and things. He didn't want to cause trouble, and he didn't want to have any baggage. Isn't this the image of an uncle that a young man struggled with in his passion, but even middle-aged people have seen through? We cannot say that the great sages who choose to look at the world with cold eyes have no passion in their hearts, but we have to admit that there are countless "heroes of the past" who, under such circumstances, had the seedlings of passion in their hearts sealed until death, and the fireworks in the world The heroic spirit underneath will never see the light of day again. Fortunately, an ignorant and innocent child like Jiang Liu'er took the Great Sage with him, and gradually awakened his suppressed passion, regained his dusty original intention, and finally broke the seal that trapped him.
At that moment, the seal was shattered into ashes, the armor was put back on the golden body, the golden cudgel shook the mountains and rivers, and the light was so bright that the heaven and earth were darkened. The great sage Sun Wukong, who had a body like black iron and blazing golden eyes, returned. The only one who can make you reborn is yourself; and the light after rebirth is more intriguing than the light at the starting point.
The moment the Great Sage took out the golden cudgel from his ear, countless people should be as excited as me. He knew clearly that this was the inevitable outcome, but he still secretly breathed a sigh of relief—fortunately, he came back, and he did not become an ordinary man in the hardship, but became a phoenix in the hardship. The Great Sage is the Great God after all, and he has returned with light. And what we want is this eternal light. ..."
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