The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 223 It’s all the blame for the audience being too trash

Digital torrents from cinemas across the country are constantly gathering. When the day on May 2 came to an end, Dunhuang announced that the national box office of "Tang Bohu Points of Autumn Fragrance" exceeded 100 million.

The midnight show was more than 13 million, nearly 40 million on the first day of May Day, and the next day it soared to more than 57 million. It took only more than two days to win a box office of 100 million!

If the midnight box office is still among the predictions of a number of film critics, the box office that exploded day by day in the next two days almost made the film critics fall into "aphasia".

It is beyond doubt that such box office results have been loved by many audiences; and it is also unquestionable that this movie is a vulgar comedy with very low comprehensive evaluations; and almost all critics cannot understand why it is loved by the audience so much?

——Although there are films of this quality, not to mention that the studios have film libraries, they are really not short of them. They are not a phenomenal work that geniuses accidentally, but just a commercial film with many shortcomings.

Why—why—how—

Could it be that just for Wang Wei’s name, the consensus in the film critics industry can be ignored?

This understanding made the film critics briefly silent, and then a bigger wave of criticism was set off.

"What did Wang Wei do right? Don't ask me, I don't know. God probably doesn't know either."

"What exactly did Dunhuang do to make such a bad movie trick so many people into the theater?"

What's more, it's no longer limited to criticizing the movie itself or Wang Wei personally: Since the movie reviewers are not wrong, the box office of the movie is puzzling, then there is only one explanation-

Although the competitors in the same period were indeed furious by the film critics who were provoking the war, even Wang Wei asked Lao Wang in confusion: "You really didn't get any money? That film critic is really not our undercover?"

Like Sky Cinema, it not only further adjusts the screening, but even actively creates topics-

This logic seems very smooth at first glance.

"The garbage audience makes garbage movies!"

If making junk movies can make a large number of "junk viewers" pay for it, then why do you have to work hard to polish the video?

If the audience doesn’t praise such trash movies, where can they still have room for survival?

Therefore, many film critics expressed their support.

No, whether it is because of curiosity or rebellious psychology, many viewers who had never caught a cold about "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" because of negative reviews from film critics also want to see how the film is filmed.

Especially on the Internet, netizens are simply excited-

There are also those who give in: "Who can't do it? For example, the depravity of a nation is first of all the depravity of the elite, and the sign of the depravity of the elite is the beginning of constantly complaining about the depravity of the people..."

You should know that a large screening hall often has dozens or even hundreds of seats more than ordinary small and medium-sized screening halls! There are even super large screening halls in many large chain theaters, and a super large screening hall is equivalent to two or three ordinary small and medium-sized screening halls.

There was a direct argument: "Is it wrong for the toilet that I can't pull it out when I go to the toilet? To be honest, no one wants to watch bad movies. If everyone likes to watch them, there will be no such sounds of scolding bad movies!"

This theater has issued a "weird" rule: parents who take their children to watch "Tang Bohu" will be limited to buying popcorn and other foods to prevent people from choking to death due to hilariousness...

Even though they are under pressure from many companies such as China Media and China Television, the box office is the foundation. Even if the theater chain is conservative, the supply of tickets for this movie is in short supply. Even if there is no way to significantly increase the screening schedule for the time being, they will try their best to free up the largest screening room in their own theater for it.

Wang Wei was stunned and then laughed: "I am not afraid of opponents like gods, but I am afraid of teammates like pigs."

Someone said it: "Actually, I don't like the comedy style of the movie "Tang Bohu". I also think that director Wang Wei is out of standard. It is normal. A young director may make classic blockbusters, while a big director may make a low-level bad movie, and a flower will never be popular.

The second place is "Zonghesi 2", which was once regarded as the most expected to win the May Day championship, and the sequel to the CTV popular action film, with a total box office of barely exceeding 100 million; the third place is "Alien Wandering the Earth", which is praised by film critics. The total box office is just over 80 million, less than half of "Tang Bohu".

There may be a difference between aesthetics, but we can't say who is garbage. For example, I think what Picasso paints is all about and can't understand it, so I'm better to read comics, so I'm garbage?"

Because when many viewers recommend it to their relatives and friends, they will add a suggestion: Don’t buy popcorn!

——From the beginning of the movie, I started laughing, and I couldn’t eat popcorn, I didn’t dare to drink water, and I forgot to drink... Most people who bought popcorn, by the end of the movie, almost half a bucket was left.

As soon as such a regulation was released, it was shocking all the attention - I only heard that the theater tried every means to buy popcorn by the audience, but I never heard of the purchase restriction.

"Wang Wei's bad movie is not an individual case. We often see that some junk movies have quite high box offices."

Everyone has different needs for watching movies. You may be seeking artistic influence and cultivating your sentiments. Others may relax after work. There is no problem, and there is nothing anti-human.

The critics' criticism storm seemed so pale and powerless in the face of various trail news.

As the situation has developed to this point, "Audience vs. Film critics" has even become a piece of news, and has become a serious news media.

The theater company will always be the party that responds the fastest to the movie viewing craze.

So, how funny is this movie?!

After some good news media dig deeper, they not only reported the "tragedy" that almost happened because of the hilariousness, but also discovered the "truth"-

"There is no doubt that this is due to the low-level interest of a considerable number of viewers. They have turned the 'expensive art' of movies into a 'low-cost consumer product', and they also infect more people with low-level interest - fools are always more likely to be infected than smart people."

A film critic who is known for his frankness in the industry wrote an article to slam,

Standing at the highest point and looking down, there is no rival;

Even the top five are too big to suppress, not to mention that their mainstream media are all consuming news caused by "Tang Bohu's Autumn Fragrance".

"These audiences should be responsible for the artistic and aesthetic depravity of Chinese films. If their film aesthetics are not improved a little, I think Chinese films are helpless..."

However, no one would like to be called "trash". As soon as this remark came out, it immediately caused an uproar among the audience across the country.

Even if there is no regulation, this movie is not very friendly to selling popcorn in the theater.

Someone who knows what it is: "Don't bully us audiences who don't know what it is. Even if bad movies appear frequently on the screen, about 50% of the movies produced in the Chinese entertainment industry every year cannot be used in theaters. The reason is very simple. The quality of these movies is so bad that they can't even reach the qualification to enter the theater to screen. Is this the audience's fault?"

The single-day box office of "Tang Bohu Points of Autumn Fragrance" reached 71 million yuan, with a total box office of 170 million yuan, and it was strongly ranked in the May Day box office rankings;

So, when the box office was released on the 3rd, the film critics once silently-

But I wouldn't think that people who like this movie are rubbish.

Lao Wang replied with a little depression: "This is really not there. So, the capabilities of our Propaganda and Distribution Department still need to be improved. No one thought of such a good idea."

Therefore, even though the screening rate of some theaters seems to have not changed, the number of tickets issued by the film "Tang Bohu" has actually increased sharply.

This is also a subversive period. The movie that was derogatory by film critics has continued to be popular. The movie that has been praised by film critics can only be described as plain.

If it is in general, the audience may not care, but in the context of "audience vs. film critics", the media is also hyping up, and it is difficult to not attract attention.

As a result, countless viewers asked their soul questions online—

Is this audience too trash or this film critic too blind?

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(End of this chapter)