Movies like "East and West" never worry about lack of topicality.
Because this movie is inherently high-profile and highly controversial.
The reason for the high attention is that the cast of this movie is extremely luxurious, and with the popular director Li Yi, the promotion of this movie is top-notch, and because of this movie, Chen Weijie and other Hong Kong Superstars can be said to subvert their image in the performance, which naturally attracts the attention of countless fans.
But it is also very controversial.
The main reason is that this movie is too unorthodox, or too weird.
There are many people who like it, and there are also many people who don't like it.
"I don't understand why Director Dog, a great director who has won a Grand Slam, made such a lousy film with no gold content this time? Except for a few parts in it, I couldn't watch it at all and couldn't laugh."
“To be honest, I only want to give this movie one star, but with this unparalleled and unreplicable super cast, I’ll give it an extra one.
It's shoddy, pieced together, and incomprehensible. "
"Although it is said that a comedy is enough to make everyone laugh, I am still very disappointed because it is far from what I expected!"
“Any actor in the film can be said to be a big-shot figure in the Chinese film industry. I like every big-shot’s masterpiece, but the forced comedy in this film really left me with mixed emotions. The performances of most of the actors throughout the film are exaggerated and stiff. To be honest, I don’t understand this nonsensical narrative direction at all, and I feel like I’m just pretending to be crazy along with it.”
Wait, wait, wait, there are many bad reviews.
Neither Li Yi nor Chen Weijie, the leading actors, paid much attention to this.
Because this is so normal.
"East and West" is originally an absurd comedy. This type is not the kind that everyone can like, and there are indeed many logical bugs in the movie. Therefore, this is definitely not a comedy. A perfect movie.
But similarly, more audiences actually don’t have that high requirements for the movie itself.
It's a comedy movie, just watch it for fun.
In this regard, it is surprising that film critics who usually do not like to see this kind of film critics who only want to entertain the audience are divided into two groups.
One group expressed the same disappointment and expressed negative emotions: "This movie was very good, Director Dog, don't make it again in the future!"
But the other group thinks: "This movie is actually far from being as simple as it seems. It is more than a simple comedy. It may have some flaws of this kind. But actually looking at the whole movie, many places are better than the mainstream movies nowadays." The film should pay more attention to details, and every sentence can even be interpreted and analyzed in depth to find different things and different flavors!"
But no matter what, after the movie was officially released on Double Eleven, the box office was overwhelming.
Of course, this is not beyond everyone's expectations. With such a big cast and a movie directed by a dog like Li Yi, the box office will definitely not be too bad.
However, the ratings on Popular Film Critics Online appear to be a bit low.
It dropped 0.2 points on the first day of release. The rating, which was not particularly high to begin with, dropped to 8.3 points.
The point is, there were a lot of bad reviews.
In fact, for a comedy movie to have such a rating, it's really pretty good, especially if it's a nonsensical comedy or this kind of absurd comedy, this rating is indeed not low.
On Double Eleven, the daily box office of "Double Eleven" exceeded 100 million, with a revenue of 136 million.
For a comedy film, this box office is amazing. In fact, although there have been many negative reviews, the topic of this film is very hot.
Especially those passages and lines in the film have been discussed by countless fans and netizens.
"Stupid! Have you ever seen an old man who is one hundred and eighty-nine years old and so many women like him? That's not happier than a god! Why do you want to be a god? Shit!"
This line from the Supreme Emperor unexpectedly made many netizens like it very much.
Of course, Ouyang Feng's sausage mouth must be mentioned.
The poster of the sausage mouth of Ouyang Feng, played by Weijie Chan, was directly turned into an emoticon by many movie fans, and it quickly became popular on the Internet.
The accompanying words are: "Waiter, get two sausages to eat!"
and “This isn’t a boot, this is the greatest hidden weapon in the world!”
"Come on, hero!"
"He cried!"
Wait, wait, wait, the memes in "East and West" quickly became a hot topic among netizens.
At the same time, Li Yi, Chen Weijie and others also appeared on the program "Things About Movies".
During the program, Li Yi was inevitably asked: "Why did you want to make a movie like "East Comes West" that is completely different from your past style?"
Li Yi couldn't help laughing at that time.
"Actually, I refused at first, but in the end I was so kind that I couldn't refuse. Especially Brother Jie and Brother Cheng Hu, they all said that if necessary, they could play the role, so I thought, this is probably an extremely rare opportunity. The opportunity allows them, a group of veteran superstars, to come together and perform in a play.
As for why you made a film in this style? In fact, it’s also a bit of a bad idea. Why are big stars what everyone thinks they are? Why can't it be any other way?
Just like goddesses can fart and need to eat and drink, why can't big stars do the same?
To paraphrase a line from the movie: Who told you that Tianzi No. 2 room must be next door to Tianzi No. 1 room? It can’t be over there. Over there, go down the stairs and then go up the stairs. The second room upstairs is between?
There are no absolutes in the world. Sometimes many of us feel like we are suffering from meaning obsessive-compulsive disorder. When we read, watch movies or do anything, we will pursue its meaning. If the essential meaning of life is to live, then try our best to I want to live a better life, so I feel good sitting in front of the screen and laughing like a fool in front of a funny movie that may not make any sense, just like I am occasionally frivolous and flirting with a serious life. That's not bad, but it's a pity that I never show off in front of others. Who can stop anyone from being happy in any way? No matter what, life is heavy enough.
Why not be happy? Just think that after I made so many viewers cry, I just want to make up for some optimism, so the idea I want to express in this movie is actually very simple.
Maybe many things are incredibly simple. You can draw a beggar gang leader by punching; the one who wants to die is not allowed to die, and the whole body is covered with bruises; it is shameful to be beaten to death by a boot as soon as he comes out of seclusion after decades of painstaking practice; the junior sister who loves the most flirtatious looks is actually just because of her childhood. I’ve never met another woman; it doesn’t matter that my senior brother is empathic, he still has a cousin; it doesn’t matter if the sincere person is the same sex, just say “I love you” and you can become a god. This person closes and opens his eyes, and a day passes. If he closes his eyes, a lifetime passes. What is the saddest thing in life? If you don't know how to laugh and be frivolous, this life of being tied up will be even more miserable. If something is broken, don't panic. Just say: In life, sorrow does not last long, and joy does not last long. What's more, you don't know when the gods will come to save you. "
