The two kung fu movies released at the end of this year are "Ip Man" produced by Tomahawk Pictures from China, and "The Grandmaster 2" produced by Snowy Moteng from the lighthouse country.

In fact, strictly speaking, the release schedule of these two movies did not collide, because "The Grandmaster 2" was not approved for release in China at all, and there was no need to wait for the Chinese New Year.

The memory of the Internet is short-lived, and I can't remember what Fan Wenqiang once did, but there are always people who still remember. Fan Wenqiang hasn't come out of the ban yet, and the movie he starred in still wants to be released in China?

Therefore, "The Grandmaster 2" did not participate in the Spring Festival box office war in Huaguo, but was released overseas in time for Christmas, more than a month earlier than "Ip Man". By the time "Ip Man" was released, it had already entered a period of weakness in box office growth, and the two were perfectly staggered.

However, both are kung fu films, and the schedule is so close, domestic and foreign media naturally want to compare the two of them together.

It's just a turn-based system, you fight me first and then make a move.

In the first part of "The Grandmaster", it was criticized by fans because of the heroine's JP national makeup, as well as the change of the Taoist temple into a dojo, and the Taoist priest as a samurai, and many other places that confuse the culture of Chinese JP.

"The Grandmaster 2", which was released this year, has indeed paid more attention to this aspect.

At least we have succeeded in distinguishing between Chinese and JP cultures, and we have made great progress.

In terms of plot content, the plot of the previous work is continued, and the grandmaster (played by Fan Wenqiang), who has already retired, has to reappear due to successive provocations for various reasons, and then there are various rings and street fights.

Fan Wenqiang's martial arts scenes still maintain a consistent level, which is similar to when he was in Tomahawk Pictures, which is very secure. But from another point of view, there is no progress, and I have been eating my old book, and there are just some routines back and forth.

One or two are okay, but Fan Wenqiang has made seven or eight kung fu movies since his debut, either starring or supporting roles, and every time he plays a scene, he feels the same to the audience. And compared with other action stars, kung fu may be his characteristic, but compared to kung fu stars like Han Lan, he actually doesn't have very distinct personal characteristics.

When it comes to Han Lan's kung fu, many fans know that he can really fight! You can fight in the movie, and you can still fight in the ring! This is very distinctive, and ordinary action actors can't do it. And because it can really be played, the effect played in the movie is very professional, and the audience can make up for it anyway.

What about Fan Wenqiang? It's a pretty show...... And then gone?

The audience will get tired of watching too much.

In addition, the various interpretations of kung fu in "Grandmaster 2" still continue the theory of the previous work, so even if improvements have been made in the service of Huadao, the reputation of the movie in the end has not improved compared with the previous generation, and finally stabilized at 7.8 points.

As for the box office, the global box office in the first month was 310 million dollars, compared with the investment of 80 million dollars in the movie, this box office result has already been earned, and there will be more than half a month or even a month of turnover in the follow-up, and you can earn a little more.

But as far as Snowmoten and Bright are concerned, their expectations and role in it have not been met.

Many fans on the Internet, especially Chinese fans, are still very dissatisfied with it, and they still can't accept their nationalization of kung fu.

And what's terrible is that its competitor "Ip Man" has released several versions of the trailer so far, and the effect is very good, which has attracted praise from many kung fu fans. If this momentum continues, if the reputation of "Ip Man" does not collapse after its release, it will be "The Grandmaster 2"!

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"Damn ......"

Bright looked at Han Lan's name written in the screenwriter position in the trailer of "Ip Man", even if a gentleman was like him, he couldn't help but scold.

Han Lan didn't appear in this movie, not even a cameo, but the screenwriter in charge had already put an insurance on this movie.

If nothing else, word-of-mouth is unlikely to collapse.

"Originally, I thought they were all kung fu stars, and although the effect of the fight was worse than Fan Wenqiang, it could also be made up from other aspects, but now it seems that Han Lan's ability is really irreplaceable by Fan Wenqiang." Bright did have a headache.

Fan Wenqiang's performance can't be said to be bad, but it just can't reach the level he wants.

Han Lan's strength is not that he can fight, but his unique understanding of kung fu movies, which Fan Wenqiang is far from being able to achieve. Before he met Han Lan, he was just a low-end stuntman and group performer, and he had to learn from Han Lan for a while to have such a foundation. It's too difficult for him to direct a kung fu movie that can be compared to the level of "Huo Yuanjia"!

"How's the contact with Qi Shan?" Bright asked again.

The assistant shook his head: "Still refused, even if we offered five times the conditions of Tomahawk Pictures, he didn't agree." There are other core members too, and only some inconsequential members can be poached. ”

Bright rubbed his head.

If "Huo Yuanjia" is the credit of Han Lan, then in the follow-up kung fu movies of Tomahawk Pictures, the role of Qi Shan, a rookie director, is getting bigger and bigger.

If Qi Shan can be dug up, Qi Shang and Fan Wenqiang will basically be able to fill Snow's disadvantage in the field of kung fu movies.

It's a pity that I still can't dig it up.

The martial arts instructors and producers, including "Ip Man", can't dig them up.

"I don't agree to five times the treatment, what are they going to do to stay in Tomahawk Pictures? Dream? ”

Brett muttered, looking up at the assistant.

The assistant did not deny his speculation, and then his eyes showed some cruelty: "Mr. Bright, or ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Brett raised his hand and denied it: "Tomahawk Pictures is very valued over there, if our methods are too dirty, it will anger them, and it will be worth the loss to go back and directly ban all our artists and products from entering the Chinese market." At this stage, they are in full swing and have a lot of courage, and there is no need to provoke them. ”

"Yes."

"Let's continue to maintain kung fu movies here, anyway, Han Lan is not interested in making kung fu movies now, I haven't participated in several kung fu movies, if it's just compared with Fan Wenlong, Fan Wenqiang is still enough. And then...... Let's dig out the martial arts of JP and fry it, it is also kung fu from the mysterious East, there is no reason why it is not as good as Chinese kung fu, as long as the movie is well made, so that fans feel that JP kung fu is more powerful and can better represent the East, we can firmly grasp this piece of cake. JP's martial arts and ninja have been one of the labels of the movie mecca a few years ago, and there are successful Western-style interpretations, and the audience can also accept the martial arts movie ninja movies made by the lighthouse country, which is better controlled than the Chinese kung fu. ”

"Understood."