The box office squeezed into the top five protagonists in history, but was asked "Who is this?"
The ordinary girl who looks like a passer-by has a crush on the school male god, but the male god only falls in love with the school girl, so the ordinary girl and the school girl's admirers form a "Love Breakup Front Alliance" ", vowing to break up the lovers. In the process, ordinary girls and schoolgirl admirers who are small gangsters have sparked... Yes, this is the main plot of "My Girls' Generation", do you feel a little familiar? However, this film is so popular. One month after its release, the box office broke 350 million, and it was squeezed into the top five box office in the history of Taiwanese Chinese films. You must know that "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", which received a lot of attention from both sides of the strait, only had a box office of 410 million in Taiwan that year.
So, "My Girls' Generation" has a strong lineup? Otherwise, with a plot that sounds as ordinary as the heroine, how can Taiwanese audiences buy it? Song Yunhua, Wang Dalu, Li Yuxi, Jian Tingrui... Who are these? Taiwanese netizens expressed their confusion. In fact, these actors are indeed newcomers, but this does not prevent them from quickly becoming popular "little fresh meat". In particular, Wang Dalu, who plays the role of the little gangster, has recently fulfilled the promise of "naked swimming if the box office exceeds 300 million". One day yesterday, the nude photo of Wang Dalu's back was wildly forwarded on the Taiwan Internet, just like a new generation of Ke Zhendong.
Being called the female version of "Those Years" doesn't seem like a compliment
As a topical movie for the past month, "My Girls' Generation" is inevitably criticized and criticized. Although they are quite sure of the campus style of the 1990s that is reproduced in the film, and the theme song "Little Lucky" sung by Tian Fuzhen has also become a hit song, Taiwanese netizens still have a lot of opinions. Some people questioned "why the gangsters are always so popular", and some ridiculed the protagonist's lack of characteristics to make people suffer from face blindness, but more netizens said after coming out of the cinema: "Besides Xiaoqingxing, can Taiwanese movies have a different tone?" There are also sharp comments from the audience, who think that even the theme song should emphasize "little luck", which shows how unwilling this movie is. Interestingly, "My Girls' Generation" is considered a female version of "Those Years", but this is not a compliment, but a euphemism for "aesthetic fatigue".
The two sides of the strait are separated by a strait, and things on the other side of the sea are sometimes not so easy to understand. However, for "My Girls' Generation", the views of netizens on both sides of the strait are relatively consistent. "Sawdust" is a mainland film critic who is active in the forum, and Taiwanese films are her favorite. But she also doesn't quite understand why "My Girls' Generation" can become a hot topic. From "Sawdust"'s point of view, the plot setting is reminiscent of Taiwanese idol dramas of the last century, "Isn't it similar to "Meteor Garden"?" However, "Sawdust" also believes that Taiwanese "Little Fresh" is too boring to watch, but At least it's not vulgar, "it's also the strength of Taiwanese directors."
"Little Fresh" has a market foundation, but it is not a panacea
. Regarding the pros and cons of desktop "Little Fresh" movies, there have been many discussions in the industry on both sides of the strait. on the chicken-and-egg issue. A Taiwanese producer surnamed Chen, who has worked in the film and television industry for more than 20 years, told the Herald reporter that "My Girls' Generation" is completely a "low-cost" movie by mainland standards, but the NT$80 million investment from "King of Heaven" Andy Lau has already been The peak of Taiwanese film in recent years. "The 80 million investment won more than 350 million at the box office, and the commercial performance is definitely not bad." The producer surnamed Chen believes that with the current situation of Taiwan's film industry, making "small and fresh" movies is already a cost-effective choice.
In the face of the complaints on the Internet of "Xiaoqingxin sees spit", the producer also admitted that if Taiwanese films meet the status quo, it is likely to become "Xiaoqingxin" and also be destroyed by "Xiaoqingxin". According to her introduction, the box office performance of Taiwanese Chinese films currently ranks among the four films before "My Girls' Generation". Chasing Girl" is a masterpiece of "Little Fresh" movies, from which we can see the orientation of Taiwan's film market. "But the problem is that the Taiwan market is too small. If you want to get a share of the mainland market, the box office figures have proved that it is difficult to eat 'small fresh' all over the world."
※ Article source: Strait Herald; Swallow's article
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