The online version has a score of only 5.0. The audience's acting skills are far inferior to Leslie Cheung and Wang Zuxian.
Why "Ghost Story" has more than 100 million views in 4 days
Wang Jinyue
Directed by Lin Zhenzhao and starring Li Kaixin and Chen Xingxu, the online movie "The Ghost Story: Human Love" was launched exclusively on Tencent Video on May 1st. It has received hundreds of millions of views within 4 days of its launch, but the film's online rating is only 5.0 The score is far less than the 1987 version of Leslie Ghost played by Leslie Cheung and Wang Zuxian, 8.7 points. While the audience generally affirmed the production of its special effects, they also spit out the two starring actors of Lady Ghost: Human Love, both in temperament and acting skills are far inferior to Leslie Cheung. And Wang Zuxian.
In the film's lineup, director Lin Zhenzhao is currently the hottest online movie director. He has directed the online movie "Big Snake" series, of which "Big Snake" has a box office share of more than 50 million yuan, which is the most popular in 2018. Online movies. In addition, the film also specially invited the scriptwriter Ruan Jizhi of the 1987 version of "The Ghost Story" to play the script, and invited two old Hong Kong actors, Yuanhua and Xu Shaoqiang, to play Yan Chixia and grandma, playing nostalgic brands.
Since the version of "The Ghost Story of the Chinese Ghost" by Leslie Cheung and Wang Zuxian was so classic, netizens quickly compared the two actors Li Kaixin and Chen Xingxu with Wang Zuxian and Leslie Cheung. The first two newcomers are far behind their predecessors both in temperament and acting.
"Chen Xingxu's expression management is still as good as ever. Li Kaixin's face value and shape are staggering. The essence of the predecessors has not been imitated, and it has become Dongshixiaoyu." A netizen vomited like this.
"The male lead pretends to be silly, has no favorite nerd breath, and has a very stiff expression, which is completely incomparable to his brother Leslie Cheung; the female lead's acting is awkward, and he can't see the cold and proud temperament of Wang Zuxian version Nie Xiaoqian, the only one. The highlight is that when the net red awl face is on the road, I found a little baby fat actor to perform, which is a little breakthrough. "Another netizen commented.
In addition to acting, netizens are also very uncomfortable with the speed at which the love between Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen occurs. Especially when Ning Caichen said "only a female ghost can be so beautiful", he quickly made a decision to be willing to die for Nie Xiaoqian. In contrast, the 1987 version of "The Ghost Story" is much more delicate and more convincing for the two to realize that they fell in love.
However, the special effects of the film were generally recognized by the audience. It is understood that the current average production cost of online movies is around ten million yuan, and the production cost of "Ghost Story: Human Love" is much higher than the average cost. Especially for special effects, 1430 special effects shots were completed in the whole film, accounting for the total film. 85% of the time, the behind-the-scenes team spent 370 days in post-production, and developed a new process system for the production of large creatures. This is rare in short and fast online movies.
In addition, due to chronological limitations, the 1987 version of "The Ghost Story" created a horrible and spooky feeling mainly by changing the shooting angle of the lens and simple model making. In contrast, "The Ghost Story: Human Love" fully embodies the height that modern online movies can achieve in computer special effects production, especially the Montenegrin demon in the film, which is very tall and powerful, and is dubbed as "Transformers" by netizens. "Version of the Montenegrin demon.
What is commendable in acting is that netizens highly recognize the Yan Chixia and grandma played by Yuanhua and Xu Shaoqiang in the film, especially the Yan Chixia played by Yuanhua, compared to the Yan Chixia played by the late Wu Ma, It is more masculine and majestic; while Xu Shaoqiang, who plays the villain martial arts master more often, cross-talks grandmothers who are not yin and yang in the film, and also has an unspeakable evil charm.