The movie "Journey to the West" created a cultural phenomenon in mainland China, a mythical cultural phenomenon. From the initial indifference to the later enthusiasm, so much worship, superstition, and madness, the Central Plains was unbelievable. Is it the difference in the judgment standards of different generations, or the promotion of online media, or is it a reflection of the cultural struggle and cultural resistance of a new generation? The decline of Hong Kong movies has already begun during the production of "Western Journey", and the entire industry has nothing to do with innovation. When "Journey to the West" started, there was no script, only the approximate story frame. It was edited and filmed, and it deviated from the runway. After that, the next movie was split into two episodes. From the final product, it is very obvious that the film is seriously out of control—— 1. The characters, nasty and dirty, succumbed to the dream of the funny Zixia fairy "Seven Colored Clouds", which has a strong attraction to the girls in reality. The promise of "Wan Nian" will also make them cry. But, do the girls want that person to be a supreme treasure? Or similar characters in reality? Supreme Treasure, like the image in Zhou Xingchi's other films, is the sudden development of small people. The development process must be a coincidence and coincidence. It cannot be copied. Little people, humble, insignificant, often nasty, dirty, and a little clever, often deceived and deceived, but they are sure to be appreciated by beautiful girls. Soon, the girls are desperate to marry him. The Supreme Treasure in "Western Journey" still follows this unsatisfactory routine, but it is even more wretched and nasty. The crotch catches fire and farts in front of the camera. These are all nausea innovations; thick foot hair, sticking hair on the face, and banana skin sticking to the face are repetitions of earlier nausea tricks. Wu Mengda, "Nanny", really makes people vomit. The role of girls seems to be responsible for expressing "love", because they keep saying this all the time. But does the audience have a sympathy for love? Several beautiful women fall in love with men at first sight. Regardless of their sordidness and humbleness, they will succumb to each other. They will not hesitate to be little ones, regardless of the time and place, and have sex with men anytime and anywhere. Have they ever encountered the trauma of love? Is this an obscene slut in the world? Is this love? Or is it ruining love? 2, The story, the supreme treasure, is a past life of Monkey King? However, he was already in love with Bai Jingjing five hundred years ago. After Supreme Treasure was killed, did he return to the past or the future? Similar to the chaos of time, Liu Zhenwei uses "dream", "moonlight treasure box", and "a dialogue with the Bodhisattva" to explain it. Although countless fans helped Liu Zhenwei patch the logical loopholes one by one, they still could not conceal the patchwork of the whole film, because the emotional inconsistencies and emotional development chaos cannot be repaired. No matter how you explain it, it can't obliterate the serious emotional discomfort in the process of watching the movie-including those die-hard fans, all of whom have uncomfortable experiences, although they desperately cover up and try to lie. When it comes to emotions, there are always real movie fans and fake movie fans, real literati and pseudo literati who yell for "A Westward Journey", selling and promoting the "love" in it. Is there really love? Does it resonate? Is it sweet? If you have to say yes, is it because of the story of "A Chinese Journey to the West" or just because of Lu Guanting's music? Is it true that the music is more moving when there is no wretched picture of Supreme Treasure?
3. The cultized "Journey to the West" is an ordinary movie. Just like Stephen Chow publicly said that he did not know about "post-modern deconstruction", the filmmakers only used the film as a means of profit, not love. Educational films are not the academic test product of "ism". However, if a cultural product is put on an academic coat, it is possible to create a realistic version of the fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes". Around 2000, college students in mainland China staged a farce of national cultural superstition. Movies that were originally just a laugh, but were crowned with an elegant and mysterious academic halo. The students hated their lack of learning and low-level interest. How dare you laugh at such a high-level and mysterious artwork, similar to the piety and blind obedience of the hajj, Fanatic and stubborn, commenting on "Journey to the West" has become fashionable. After that, the status of "A Westward Journey" has become higher and higher. Like "Dream of Red Mansions", it is regarded as the "god" of literary works. It is absolutely "sacred and inviolable". Apart from flattering, it is not allowed to deny it at all. Any objective evaluation of "Western Journey" will be suppressed, abused, and insulted. Frequently, fans will be like cultists, carrying out vicious personal attacks on dissidents, hoping to get rid of the heresy from the earth. Cultists often abuse themselves, "I have watched it more than 100 times", and then abuse him, "You are not eligible to comment if you haven't watched it 50 times." Others entrust life-long happiness, "My love partner must like "Journey to the West"", similar to a suicide attack by a cult.
Liu Zhenwei and Zhou Xingchi are cultural people, but also businessmen. When they discovered this phenomenon in mainland China that made them laugh, their first reaction was to make money! Liu Zhenwei made "The Great Sage of Love", "The Treasure Box of Yueguang" and "The Big Talking of the Immortal", and Stephen Chow made "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" with the goal of getting mainlanders to pay. In order to make people feel that the things that money bought back are not too few, Zhou Xingchi repeats "The Love of a Lifetime" again and again. Fans express their feelings and memories again and again, but they also find that these movies are not good-looking. In fact, technically speaking, the level of these films is only higher than that of "A Chinese Journey to the West". Are Chinese audiences tired of aesthetics? However, filmmakers believe that they can make money with just one sentence, "He is like a dog." There are always devout believers who pretend to be orgasms crying and laughing.
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