You promised to make a bad movie, but your box office exceeded 10 billion?

Chapter 179 Listen to the wow sound (third update, please vote for me)

"How about The King of Kung Fu? I haven't seen it yet."

At this time, another colleague joined the discussion and asked curiously. At the same time, he complained, "I have always wanted to watch it, but the person at home just wanted to watch comedies, such as "The Golden Heist", "Hong Kong" and "The Foreigner". "Mozart in Space" and "Super Family"... one of them is really not as good as the other one. They are obviously comedies and they made me want to cry."

"The Golden Robbery was okay. My wife and I enjoyed watching it. Many parts were very funny, especially the part between Xiao Dongbei and Gu Qianqian. My wife even cried while watching it..."

"Indeed, I think it's okay. It's not bad to watch it with my girlfriend during the Spring Festival, but maybe I have too high expectations for Ning Hao. I always feel that something is wrong."

"'囧' is okay, but it's a pity that Baoqiang was replaced by Baoqiang. If it were Baoqiang, this movie might be the only movie I would recommend this Spring Festival."

"Actually, Darling's acting is pretty good. The main reason is that the Bao Qiang in "Thai囧" was so good, and the story of "Hong Kong囧" was not as good as "Thai囧".

"Ok?"

“Why don’t you discuss ‘Mozart’ and ‘Family’?”

At this time, a colleague asked curiously.

As soon as this statement came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the entire work area, and the work area that had been having a heated discussion just now became quiet.

"Didn't you see it?" Finally, someone asked, which relieved him.

"Uh... I went back to my hometown for the Chinese New Year. Where is the movie theater in our wilderness?"

The person who asked the question explained with some embarrassment that being stared at by so many pairs of eyes made people a little nervous.

After hearing this, the eyes of everyone who were originally skeptical suddenly turned a little envious.

“I envy you, you don’t have to have your IQ and eyes insulted by these bad movies!”

"Congratulations, we have given you a drug test. Don't go into the cinema with high expectations. Don't watch any of these Spring Festival movies, not even one of them!"

"Is it so scary? Didn't you just say that "囧" and "The Golden Heist" are good?"

"That's what it means to make a taller person out of a short person."

"You can still watch these two movies for fun when they are broadcast on the Internet. As for "Mozart" and "Super Family", if you watch it more, it is a waste of time. Even when I mention it now, I I feel disgusting..."

"No, buddy, where's the "Kung Fu King" I just asked about?"

"What are you looking at in The King of Kung Fu? They didn't film it for us. If it were a Chinese loser, leading Eastwood and Harrison Ford to save Batman and defeat Thanos, and by the way, Anne Hathaway would post it. , I enjoyed watching this kind of movie. The only drawback is that it lacks a high-octane character.

Then you swap the roles in it, and it becomes "The King of Kung Fu". Foreign nobles will definitely enjoy watching it, and if you want to find abuse, it's not impossible..."

"I don't want to discuss what he wants to express. Even if you don't wear any colored glasses, this movie is not good at all. The action design in it is not even as good as the kung fu movies from decades ago. The two of you have been looking forward to it for a long time. Kung Fu superstars fight against each other. After watching the result, I just want to say, [-]% off water bottles?"

"Okay, thank you, you helped me save money again..."

The colleague who asked the question said dumbfounded that he was originally looking forward to "The King of Kung Fu" and planned to buy a ticket to watch it over the weekend.

"Actually, I think "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is quite good. It has a tight rhythm and smooth action. It should be the best movie in the Spring Festival this time!"

When Wang Huanyu saw that no one mentioned his favorite movie, he couldn't help but interjected that he was not prepared to say more because of the lessons learned from the previous "Bright Sword", but he really couldn't bear to watch such a good movie. Buried, and among all the bad movies, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" really stands out.

"Forget about "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". It's just a movie that worships foreigners and pleases Westerners. Did you read that post? It's so abominable. I used to like Little Tomato so much, but I didn't expect them to make it. Movies like this disgust me!"

After hearing Wang Huanyu's words, a colleague curled his lips with disdain, and then shared an article in the group, written by Carpenter.

"So that's it. I think what the author said makes sense. Fortunately, I didn't go see it. If I had bought a ticket for a movie like this, I would feel sick just thinking about it."

Some colleagues immediately agreed after reading it, and were even a little indignant. I have to say that Carpenter’s article is indeed quite provocative.

"I used to like old thief Su You, but I didn't expect him to be such a person. I finally understand him!"

Others were also greatly shocked after reading it, and then resonated strongly.

"Eh?"

After reading the post, Wang Huanyu’s head was full of questions. Of course he knew that this was not the case after watching the movie. The movie was full of Eastern culture, whether it was the unique beauty of ancient Chinese architecture, or the calligraphy and painting, clothing, streets, etc. Artists, and even the lines criticized in this post, he feels are the essence of Eastern culture.

For example, when Li Mubai fought with Yu Jiaolong, Li Mubai said that the name was a false name, the sect was a false name, and the Qingming Sword was also a false name. Yu Jiaolong naturally did not believe it and scolded Li Mubai, saying that he would speak the words of a monk when he arrived at the temple. Then Li Mubai said " To answer it is to pick it up and sharpen it, but it cannot be kept for a long time."

This sentence comes from Chapter 9 of the "Tao Te Ching", which means that if you show your edge, it will be difficult to maintain your sharpness for a long time. Since you just said that I was talking about a monk, then I will use Taoist classics to teach you not to show your edge too much. It is also a shock.

If you don’t have a deep understanding of Chinese culture, you wouldn’t be able to say this.

Then after Yu Jiaolong refused to listen to the advice, he pulled out the Qingming Sword and cut off Yu Jiaolong's sword. Since you still "keep it sharp", then I will cut off your sharpness.

In the subsequent fight, Li Mubai once again spoke of Lao Tzu's Taoist thoughts, "Don't help, don't help, don't argue when you shouldn't, be ignorant and have no desires, only by sacrificing yourself and obeying others can I obey others."

Although Li Mubai said, "Don't help, don't grow, don't defend," he still wanted to forcefully accept disciples here and forcefully "should defend" Yu Jiaolong's life.

The beauty of Eastern philosophy contained in this can be felt by everyone who sees it.

Wang Huanyu didn't understand why this author couldn't feel it and thought that such a movie full of Eastern culture and Eastern aesthetics was a work to please Westerners.

He didn't understand.

What he couldn't understand even more was why everyone was willing to believe this person but not what he said.

Even if we take a step back, if Xihong Film and Television really wanted to please Westerners, why did he use the original Mandarin version of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" when it was released in the beautiful country?

"You know what's the funniest thing?"

"This time Xihong Film and Television made a film specifically to please foreign adults, but people didn't buy it. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released in the beautiful country. There were only 16 theaters willing to show it at the opening, and the box office on the first weekend was only 70. Daole, I slapped the horse’s hooves when I flattered him, it was so funny!”

"Old thief Su You made a miscalculation this time. Not only did the domestic audience not buy it, but the foreign adults he was trying to please didn't even look at him. He really lost his wife and lost his army!"

Programmers, in order to make it easier to check information, everyone will always have their own special channels to obtain outside news.

Wang Huanyu also shook his head and sighed when he heard this.

As a frequent movie watcher, he certainly knows the situation of Chinese-language films in beautiful countries.

Although the beautiful country claims that the air is full of freedom, in fact, the sense of innate superiority is engraved in the bones, which will naturally lead to xenophobia.

How can Chinese-language films have a good box office in a beautiful country?

With complicated emotions, Wang Huanyu returned to his work station.

However, he was still a little unwilling. He climbed up his ladder and went to the outside world, and began to search for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". He wanted to see what Westerners thought of this movie.

[Years later, Hollywood still hasn’t learned how to use women in fight scenes.From poor choreography, to bland character routines and over-sexualization.But "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" did it. This is definitely a master-class work! 】

[This is what a fight scene should be like, no shaky camera, no slow motion, no bad close-ups...]

[I will never watch this without being amazed, the choreography, the music, these talented women, it’s just perfect. 】【It is a poem of movement, a dream! 】

[A wonderful and exciting hallucinatory flight! 】

[Forget about the martial arts movies you have watched, all future martial arts movies should be like this. It makes me want to go to the mysterious East and learn this mysterious Kung Fu! 】

"???"

Seeing these comments, Wang Huanyu was a little confused.

Didn't my colleagues just say that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was not well received in beautiful countries, and people didn't buy it?
But now there are not only a lot of reviews about the movie, but also rave reviews. What the hell?

After thinking for a while, Wang Huanyu tapped the keyboard with both hands again to check the IMDB rating of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

8.5!

Great gift crab!
Wang Huanyu was stunned.

You know, IMDB's fifth-rated "The Dark Knight" only has a score of 9. But what kind of movie is "The Dark Knight"? It received more than a dozen Oscar nominations and eventually won several statuettes, such as There are countless awards such as the Ball Award, Yago Award, and Film Society Award.

The honors can be written on an A4 paper, and each one is an award that countless directors dream of.

Its global box office has exceeded one billion dollars!
The IMDB rating of this movie is only 9 points.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" actually received an 8.5 rating on IMDB?
This is also a high score that can be ranked in the top [-] of IMDB!
Is this what you mean by being unpopular with foreign nobles?

Is this what you call flattery on the horse's hooves?
Why do I feel like foreign nobles like it very much?
I looked at the number of reviewers again and saw that there were less than 5000 people.

There is nothing we can do about it. There are only 16 theaters for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Although as the reputation increases, the number of theaters showing it is increasing, but so far there are only less than [-] theaters.

Not many people have watched it, and naturally not many people have commented on it, but there is no doubt that good reviews occupy an absolute dominant position.

【Audio-visual feast】

[Even if you are not a fan of martial arts movies, you will still cheer for those fight scenes, they are absolute visual poetry. 】

[Love, pity, fear and humor, all done so beautifully - this is not just a great martial arts film, it is a great movie]

[This is an exciting, mysterious, and romantic movie that indeed puts "art" into the "martial arts film"]

The reviews of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" by film critics in IMDB were full of praise, which made Wang Huanyu feel like he had found a close friend. It turns out that Westerners can also understand "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Really beautiful things know no borders!
After scanning a circle of comments, Wang Huanyu went to the Rotten Tomatoes rating website.

97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes!

It's also a super high score, you know, although there are many masterpieces in the history of movies that are 100% fresh.

But you must know that this is a Chinese-language original film. To be able to get such a score in a beautiful country is already unprecedented!
[If nothing in this video makes your heart flutter, you should see a doctor]

[A jaw-dropping film, a melodrama of passion and failure that will transport you into the air]

[CTHD (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) made me believe in movies again]

Needless to say, the following is also full of praise. From these lines, Wang Huanyu can feel the sincere love of these Westerners for this movie.

So, why is this movie doing so poorly at the box office?

Wang Huanyu began to search for the first weekend box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

The result is of course undoubted. It is really only more than 60 yuan, less than 70.

Keep searching, CTHD second weekend box office.

Ok?
Seeing this number, Wang Huanyu rubbed his eyes, leaned forward subconsciously, and put his eyes in front of the screen to confirm again that this number was really the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!

3000 million knife fun!
"Wo! De! Fa!"

After it was confirmed that this was the second weekend box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Wang Huanyu finally couldn't help but exclaimed.

"What's all the fuss about?"

Colleagues who were still passionately complaining about Spring Festival movies were attracted by the exclamations.

Someone who usually had a good relationship with Wang Huanyu walked over at the same time and looked at the screen he was looking at with wide eyes.

"Fuck!"

Then, he also let out an exclamation, then stared at the screen with his eyes widened, as if he was being stared at by Medusa.

"What's the matter?"

Other co-workers also felt that things were not simple, so they gathered around Wang Huanyu's workstation and looked at his screen.

"Fuck!"

"Fuck!"

"Fuck!"

……

All of a sudden, a "fuck" sound was heard in the work area.

"really!"

Zhuo Yilin really couldn't believe what she saw with her eyes, so she couldn't help but ask this question.

This is 3000 million dollars!
The top ten Chinese-language movies in North America only have a box office of 1000 million. Your bad movie, which can't even be played in China, has a box office of 3000 million in the second week in a beautiful country?

This is too fake!

However, she quickly shut up because the website where Wang Huanyu checked the box office was BOM, Box Office Mojo, the most authoritative box office website!
"I want to ask, you said before that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was a bad movie. Have you seen it?"

I don't know how long it took, but the colleague who was planning to buy tickets to see "The King of Kung Fu" and asked everyone for their opinions took the liberty to speak again. He didn't mean to be sarcastic, he just simply wanted to hear everyone's opinions.

Everyone was silent.

He got it too.

He already has the answer to what movie to watch this weekend.

(End of this chapter)