The movie "Anita Mui" was released, and Hong Kong artists such as Zeng Zhiwei and Cheng Xiuwen recalled "Sister Mei"
[Global Times Special Correspondent in Hong Kong, Ye Lan] The movie "Anita Mui" was released simultaneously in Mainland China and Hong Kong on the 12th.
According to a Hong Kong "Sing Tao Daily" report on the 14th, the film's box office on the first day in Hong Kong was 3.11 million Hong Kong dollars.
As of the evening of the 14th, the film's box office in the Mainland exceeded RMB 39 million.
Hong Kong artists such as Zeng Zhiwei, Zheng Xiuwen, Su Yongkang recalled "Sister Mei" after watching the movie.
Zheng Xiuwen, who worked with Anita Mui in the film "Zhong Wuyan", not only missed “Sister Mei” on social platforms, but also praised the heroine Wang Danni for "praising her performance." Louis Koo's interpretation of Liu Peiji (Anita Mui's best friend) is very fresh.
Zeng Zhiwei recalled working with Anita Mui in the past, as if she had never left, and everyone followed her footsteps.
Su Yongkang revealed that many people around him dare not go to watch this movie because they are too close to "Sister Mei", but he wants to watch it instead, hoping that "post-00s" audiences can get in touch with this legend.
However, "Anita Mui" also caused some controversy before and after its release.
After watching the film, Mei Qiming's brother, Mei Qiming, thought the film was good overall, but the description of the Mei family was too short to be understood without the part of Mei's mother.
As for the performance of the heroine Wang Danni, he only gave 50 points. She felt that she was always inexperienced and did not have the charm of Anita Mui.
Some viewers also questioned why the "Anita Mui was slapped incident" that was still involved in the gang was photographed in many materials.
Director Liang Lemin believes that this is the key to Anita Mui’s growth. After the incident, she was enthusiastic about public welfare. “When you take a biography of a character, you can’t just take pictures of her good aspects and not the story of her “human nature”. This will make the character three-dimensional. , Flesh and blood".
"Anita Mui's various phenomena, challenging herself and seeking breakthroughs are the old Hong Kong spirit," said a film review on Sing Tao Daily.com.
As a generation queen of Hong Kong's performing arts industry, Anita Mui, born in 1963, died of illness in 2003 at the age of 40.
Hong Kong media believe that the reason why Anita Mui can get a position that other stars cannot match in Hong Kong is because she has great artistic achievements and personal charm, and her contribution to society is also commendable.
These advantages represent the spirit of Hong Kong's endless struggle, so she is called "Hong Kong's daughter", and her bronze statue is still standing on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong for people to remember.
According to the Hong Kong Ming Pao News Network, some people say that the film "Anita Mui" "the hero is Hong Kong", and Anita Mui's life is the epitome of the development of the city of Hong Kong over the past few decades.
Hong Kong 01.cn said on the 14th that although the protagonist has been criticized for not being similar enough, Anita Mui is still a moving work that "allows viewers to relive the glory of Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s."