China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 347 Refusing to Respond
After the schedule was officially confirmed, the publicity and distribution work started simultaneously, and the first step in the publicity and distribution was to release the poster and the first trailer of the film.

With the official release of the first trailer of the film, netizens finally know why this latest work directed by Li Mu has hit the review red line and heard that the review has been blocked. It turns out that this animated film has given the majority of movie fans They describe a dazzling and gorgeous world of the undead!

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In the eyes of most Chinese people, an animated film should be watched by children. It not only depicts a world belonging to the undead, or the dead, but is even filled with a large number of skeleton characters. Can you believe it?

After seeing the first trailer, netizens across the country couldn't help but be surprised by Li Mu's boldness, and then gave Li Mu a thumbs up.

At the same time, although many actors already know that this film has successfully passed the review, and it has passed the review without any cuts, they still can't help but sweat deeply for this giant production that is said to have cost 1.5 million US dollars.

"1.5 million, or US dollars, to depict the world of the dead? Bold! Li Mu is very bold this time!"

Netizens went crazy after seeing the trailer.

"That is, Li Mu, it is impossible for any other director to have given it, and it has not been cut without a single cut. Do you believe it?"

"Didn't you say that all 18 reviewers cried when the film was reviewed?"

"No one was present. Who knows whether he cried or not? Maybe it was an excuse to give Li Mu special treatment."

"It is indeed possible!"

"To be honest, Li Mu should be given special treatment. Li Mu and his Huashang have almost single-handedly held up the banner of Chinese cultural export."

"The trailer seems quite interesting. I will definitely watch the movie after it is released!"

"In fact, the most attractive thing in the trailer may be the sentence: 'A work written and co-directed by Li Mu, created with the efforts of the original team of "Frozen"!"

"Hahaha, I got a little excited when I saw that line. I think back to the days when "Frozen" swept the world. It was so cool! At that time, I went to the little devil's website every day to read the comments. Their netizens were so disgusted. Got it!"

"'Frozen' is really popular over there in my childhood!"

""Frozen" is really awesome, dominating both film and music, and even entered the Academy Awards. Li Mu's first work after founding Manwu Animation Studio, I didn't expect that there was no accumulation process from 1 to 2. , there is no stage of laying the foundation, no accumulation, just taking action directly is the best!"

"Old Li Mu's style. The first work Li Mu participated in the production of was "Hurricane Rescue". Wang Zha was also involved in the production. He even invited Brother Cheng Long to star in person as soon as he started. He even had a big influence in the crew even before he started. The right to speak!”

“Can you believe it when I heard that I have the final editing rights?”

"I seriously doubt this guy is an alien."

"Li Mu is an alien in "Men in Black 3", hahaha, I almost died laughing at that time!"

"Maybe it's true!"

"When "Men in Black 3" first came out, many people made negative comments online. Our director Li's alien identity was finally exposed."

"Hahaha, it's so funny!"

……

With the release of the first trailer of "Coco", the first reaction of most netizens was excitement. Everyone is looking forward to Manwu Animation's latest masterpiece to continue the glory of "Frozen"!
It would also be good for foreign netizens, especially netizens from Xiaori and Bangzi, to take a closer look and see that in the field of animated movies, the only one that can stand head-to-head with Hollywood, Disney and Pixar Animation is from China. team!
But at the same time, there are also negative voices. For example, many netizens have also noticed that although the protagonist's family in "Coco" does tend to be more yellow in terms of character design, the naming of the related characters is somewhat different. Ordinary.

For example, the protagonist's name is MiG, and the skeleton character who adventures with the protagonist is named Hector, and the protagonist's ancestor is the song god Dracus - these are all foreign names, right?

Clues can also be seen from the scenes in the trailer. It seems that the film is indeed describing a story about foreigners.

Some netizens are a little unhappy. Is there no story in China that Li Mu can film?Why do we have to let foreigners be the protagonists?
Co-director Tian Xiaopeng's response confirmed the speculation of some netizens. It turned out that director Li Mu was inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead and then created this animated film.

Controversy arose.

what?
Mexico?
Day of the Dead?
Everyone checked online and found that Mexico’s Day of the Dead is indeed very unique, but again: aren’t China’s own Tomb Sweeping Day and Ghost Festival enough to inspire you, Li Mu?Why is it the Day of the Dead in Mexico?
"I don't know if you all feel it, but Li Mu seems to look down on our own culture. First of all, let me say that I am not a Li Mu fan. I just want to express my truest feelings."

"Finally someone thinks the same as me. In fact, I have discovered it a long time ago. Looking at the novels he wrote, "The Hunger Games", "The Maze Runner", and "Divergent" - it is hard to believe that a native of Guanzhong People can write novels with this kind of pure European and American cultural atmosphere.”

"Actually, it's quite strange for foreigners that Li Mu can actually write such novels, and judging from the style, these novels should be written by female authors."

"Isn't that a bit too much? Didn't Li Mu want to become famous abroad so that he could earn money from foreigners? He also wrote many works full of Chinese culture, such as "The Martian". Chinese people don't know where to go. Forgetting to farm, do you think it is more in line with the national character? And in "Gravity", rice is grown in the space station. Isn't this typical Chinese thinking?"

"That makes sense."

"I insist that these works can certainly be connected with Chinese culture. "Inception" can also be said to be inspired by Zhuang Zhou's dream of butterflies, but I still think it is a bit far-fetched."

"That's right, I won't say it before. Anyway, this time Li Mu didn't use our own Tomb-Sweeping Festival and Ghost Festival as the starting point for creation, because there is something wrong with his stance!"

Li Mu has been really popular these years, which means he has been in too much limelight these years, so it is natural that many people will dislike him. This time "Coco" is inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead. , which can be regarded as giving these people a big excuse, but it is really driven by these people to have a big rhythm.

But in the final analysis, there are still more people who like Li Mu. Li Mu's movies have swept the world and indeed inspired many people's national pride. Therefore, there are still people who spontaneously defend Li Mu and his new movie "Coco". A lot of.

And in view of Li Mu's strong influence in the industry, all celebrities with some brains will definitely rush to stand up and speak for Li Mu. If anything touches the heart of Director Li, maybe Director Li will make another movie. I’m looking for you to act!Celebrities and celebrities left the platform one after another, and their fans naturally followed behind and waved flags and shouted. For a while, those who supported Li Mu completely occupied the mainstream.

Among the celebrities, Yang Mi is the most active in this regard: "I saw someone saying that Director Li Mu's position in creating a movie with Mexican elements was problematic and a shame. I looked through this man's past speeches and found that this My friend also said that "Mulan" was made into an animated movie by Hollywood, and "Kung Fu Panda" was made into a movie by Hollywood. These are China's shame.
"I don't understand this. Why is it a shame for our Chinese directors to create movies with foreign elements, and is it a shame for China for foreign directors to create movies with Chinese elements? Could it be that in the eyes of this dear friend, no matter what the reality is, anyway, It must be us China and Chinese people who are humiliated, right?"

"I would like to ask this dear friend what is the basis for judging whether it is shameful or not?"

Yang Mi’s current influence in the country, especially among young people, is extraordinary, and the fighting power of fans is really high. After Yang Mi’s speech, fans also imitated this man’s historical speech. Recording, it turned out that there were indeed a lot of mentally retarded remarks in it, and then this man hid all his previous remarks amidst the ridicule and grave digging actions of Yang Mi fans.

However, this dear friend has withdrawn, but the related controversy has not been settled immediately. In fact, many people are looking forward to Li Mu standing up and responding personally.

Although I agree that there is no problem for Chinese directors to use foreigners as prototypes and inspirations for their creations, I still can't help but want to hear Li Mu's own side of the story.

……

"I won't respond!"

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Li Mu said to Liu Yifei.

"Why?" Liu Yifei asked puzzledly.

yeah why?
In fact, Li Mu himself was thinking about this issue and why he was too lazy to respond.

After thinking about it, I'm afraid the root cause may actually be a bit guilty.

It's not that Li Mu admits that he has a problem with his position, but he has to ask himself, if he, Li Mu, really has the ability to create such an excellent work as the original version of "Coco", if he really has the talent, then he will definitely use Huaxia Create a work full of Chinese elements based on the Qingming Festival or the Ghost Festival!

The crux of the matter is that he really doesn't have this talent!
And to be honest, there were too many Mexican elements in the original "Coco". If they were all removed, the movie would definitely lose its original flavor!
In short, it means that the difficulty of modification is too high, and Li Mu feels that his ability is insufficient.

Who wouldn’t want to write their own story if they really have this talent?When the film project was first proposed, he didn't think about localizing the film. Wasn't he worried that not having the ability would ultimately ruin a good work?
If after all the hard work, the finished film turns out to be a bad one, and the box office performance is far less than the original, then what is he trying to do?

You can obviously win by lying down.

So what’s the explanation?There’s no way to explain it!

"No reason, I just don't think it's necessary!" Li Mu said to Liu Yifei.

In fact, today Liu Yifei also asked on behalf of Liu Siying, Chen Zhixi, Shen Li and others, senior executives of Huashang or Maoyan.

These people also hoped that Li Mu would stand up and respond. After Li Mu clearly refused without saying the reason, everyone turned their attention to the boss's wife Liu Yifei.

Then Liu Yifei replied to Li Mu's right-hand men: "He just said it's not necessary!"

……

"no need?"

The senior executives of Hua Shang and Maoyan gathered together to analyze, and they were all a little confused. Finally, Chen Zhixi stood up and said, "I think I probably know what the chairman means!"

"Oh?"

Several other people asked what it meant.

Chen Zhixi said at this time: "I just thought about it. There is really no need for the chairman to stand up and respond in person, because if the film has a bad reputation after it is released, and if the box office ends up being a hit, then even if the chairman's explanation is clear and logical, it will not be enough." It won't help, and the chairman's response today will become a laughing stock tomorrow.

"And if the movie is released in the future and becomes a huge hit, and even sweeps the world like the last "Frozen", then naturally countless netizens will stand up to prove the chairman's wisdom, and some words, from ordinary netizens If you say it from your mouth, there will be no problem, but if you say it from the chairman's mouth, it will inevitably give people the feeling of quibbling.

"So maybe it's better not to respond than to respond, because the chairman has actually responded. That is the quality of this "Coco" film. Whether the chairman's response is strong or not depends on the official status of "Coco" How many netizens will it be able to conquer after its release!"

Liu Siying nodded slightly when she heard this and said: "The quality of the film "Coco" is the chairman's response. If the film is of excellent quality, naturally countless fans will take the initiative to defend the chairman. If the film is of poor quality, then the chairman will It’s useless no matter how nice the response is – I think what Zhi Xi said makes sense, what do you think?”

Shen Li also nodded: "After I entered the customs, I had a great scholar from the south of the Yangtze River defend me. This is true in many cases. You see, many celebrities were scolded by netizens for various scandals, and then suddenly a work became a hit. I played a role that netizens liked, and then my reputation completely changed."

Chen Zhixi nodded heavily and said: "Pan Yueming's example is the most obvious. Even though his ex-wife's intimate photos with other people were exposed, netizens still treat him as a victim. His career is still at a standstill until the chairman of the board His keen eye for recognizing people allowed him to act in the "Chinatown Detective" and "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series, and his reputation was completely turned around."

Liu Siying couldn't help but sigh in the end: "There is really no need to respond, because this controversy is really stupid. It seems that the chairman can grasp the essence of marketing. For the entertainment industry, the work is indeed the first. If you have the audience, If you like a character very much, the audience will naturally transfer their love for the character to the actor or the creator. This is the best response."

Shen Li nodded first and then shook her head, saying: "You still have to respond, but it is true that it will be more convincing to wait for the film to become a global hit before coming forward to respond, but "Coco" can really Is it going to be a global explosion like we imagined? Like Frozen?"

(End of this chapter)