As a director of the golden age of Hong Kong Island films, although Zhuang Wenqiang is slightly less famous than directors such as Du Qifeng and Liu Weiqiang, his directorial skills are beyond doubt, which is vividly reflected in "Wushuang".There are several reversals in the film, even if Li He has already seen this movie and is the screenwriter of this film, he is still surprised.He has screenwriting skills, and once wrote the classic Hong Kong Island movie "Infernal Affairs" series, Zhuang Wenqiang's level is indeed very high.He didn't shoot exactly according to Li He's script, but made some changes.In the finale, Lee Hyuk uses the original ending, in which the painter is captured by the police.And Zhuang Wenqiang used the ending that was not adopted in his previous life because of audit problems, the painter successfully escaped and continued to get away with it, and the sentence he called on the yacht: "I came out ......" made the audience scratch their heads and feel abnormally brain-burning, and Zhang Jingchu's final appearance made the identity of the painter even more confusing.Li He devoted himself to the film, just like ordinary audiences, sometimes amazed, sometimes suddenly, and sometimes awakened.At the end of the film, the audience applauded thunderously, and some people kept congratulating Zhuang Wenqiang, Fa Ge, and Gu Zai, congratulating them on their victory, but Li He was ignored intentionally or unintentionally.Li He was also happy to be idle, smiling and looking at all this, this was a feeling he hadn't experienced in the mainland for a long time, and he felt very relaxed.Then the main creator came to the stage to thank him, Li He originally wanted to play soy sauce offstage, but he was dragged up by Zhuang Daofa and Ge Guzai."
Thank you all for coming to our premiere, all of us have given a lot for "Wushuang", especially Fa Ge and Gu Zai."
Director Zhuang was the first to speak."
Secondly, I would like to thank Director Li He, who wrote this script and found Fa Ge, which led to this project.Director Li He's new movie "Batman: Time to Go to War" is about to be released, okay?
”"Good ......"
Few people in the audience responded, and Li He didn't feel embarrassed, and waved his hand with a smile.Director Zhuang was a little embarrassed, but he didn't expect these Hong Kong Island people who thought highly of themselves to be so faceless, so he handed the microphone to Li He and asked him to say a few words.Li He waved his hand and didn't want to speak, Director Zhuang thought that he was so faceless now, and he would be even more embarrassed for a while, so he asked Fa Ge to speak.Although Fa Ge has a transcendent status on Hong Kong Island, he cannot change the discrimination of Hong Kong Island filmmakers against the mainland, and even Fa Ge had such thoughts when he was young, but later Hong Kong Island films gradually declined, and the quiet rise of the mainland changed his opinion.Especially participated in the movie "The City is Full of Golden Armor", which participated in the national teacher, the huge scene deeply shocked Fa Ge.The palace costumes and every move are quite elegant, the scenes of tens of thousands of people are all real people, and the chrysanthemums all over the ground are real flowers, Fa Ge still feels shocked when he thinks about it.Without saying these digressions, after taking turns to speak, soon came the person in charge of the Media Asia Group, who invested in this film, and proudly announced: "From now on, "Wushuang" represents the official revival of Hong Kong Island films. ”Although there are many people in the audience who understand, no one will dismantle the stage at this time.Li He applauded and secretly complained to himself, Hong Kong Island movies are not something that can be won by a movie, this is the trend of the overall environment, and it cannot be changed by just one or two high-quality movies, even what "Infernal Affairs" has not done, "Wushuang" is even more impossible.At the end of the premiere, the eldest brother Cheng Long approached Li He and wanted to invite him to be the director of his new project.Li He politely refused, Cheng Long's movie will always be Cheng Long's movie, don't look at Li He is in the limelight now, if he accepts Cheng Long's invitation, it's okay to shoot well, if it smashes it, it will be good.And the movies made by the eldest brother in the later part of his career are not as good as one, and he is no longer as brave as he was back then.However, out of his childhood admiration for Cheng Long's eldest brother, Li He wanted to come to his eldest brother's mailbox, and returned to the hotel to send a script to his eldest brother, called "Hurricane Rescue".Li He himself will not make this movie, but if the eldest brother is interested, he can find another director to do it himself.The next morning, Li He hurried back to the capital by plane, and his royal editor had completed the first cut of the film, waiting for Li He to come back to take a look.After watching it, Li He felt very dissatisfied with the communication with the editor, and repeatedly emphasized that "Batman: Time to Go to War" is a commercial blockbuster, not an independent literary film.If the $125 million is used to shoot a literary film, not to mention whether the film company will be mad, Li He will definitely be driven crazy.After several more edits, the final editing of the film was finally completed on April 25, less than 17 days before the release date.The film was edited and immediately submitted for review, and the efficiency of the big scissors was very fast, and the leading logo was obtained in two days.At the same time, Light Pictures and Penguin Pictures opened a test screening, but the opinions of the theater representatives at the test screening were a little different.It turned out that the number of screens and the number of films that Li He fought for exceeded "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron".But the theater chain disagreed, and they wanted to wait and see who performed better.Disney naturally did not give an inch, in order to promote the movie in China, Disney even postponed the North American publicity plan, and the crew of "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron" came to Huaxia, and the first stop was Shanghai.And the lack of confidence in "Batman: Time to Go to War" in the theaters of the test screening is because Batman is too ordinary, and compared with the superhero flying next door, Batman is simply abused.Not only in theaters, but even Cheng Zhiwen and Wang Changtian were also full of doubts after watching the film.Cheng Zhiwen even privately suggested that Li He avoid "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron"."
Are you questioning my abilities......"
Li Hyuk asked, tilting his head."
That's not it, I never doubted your ability, it's just ......"
Cheng Zhiwen hesitated a little."
If you have anything to say......
"That's the case, don't you think Batman's abilities are too ordinary?"
Compared with Marvel next door, Batman is at most like a hero with mediocre martial arts, and the whole film feels like a heroic police movie outside the law. ”Cheng Zhiwen said.Li He smiled: "I didn't plan to shoot the film in the way of Marvel's superheroes, this is what distinguishes me from Marvel, otherwise people will think that I am imitating Marvel!"
”"But how do you compete with Marvel like this?"
Cheng Zhiwen worried."
It's good to relax, superhero movies are not dominated by Marvel, you see DC is doing well, isn't it?"
Li He comforted.It is also helpless to say, Chinese filmmakers are afraid of Hollywood movies like tigers, just like the Korean phobia of LPL that cannot be cured, what Li He did was to build confidence little by little.Although it is not his turn to revitalize Huaxia films, it is a little bit to be able to make a little contribution, after all, he eats in this land.Although Cheng Zhiwen was still a little worried, thinking of the past achievements of this young director, he had no choice but to strengthen his confidence and go all out to support him.After all, in addition to supporting Li He, Penguin Pictures has no way back, and the investment of $125 million is the most expensive investment in the history of Chinese films.Fortunately, there are three companies to share together, even if you lose money, you can't lose anything, and what if you make a profit?
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