Has Hong Kong cinema really declined?

Nowadays, mainland audiences generally report that Hong Kong movies are not as good-looking as in the past. First of all, the actors are not as attractive as before. There are currently few new-generation female stars in Hong Kong who can take the leading role. Among the nominations for Best Newcomer at the 34th Academy Awards in 2015, Wong Yunzhi accounted for three nominations, which shows that Hong Kong's new film actors have reached the point of shortage. This is a huge difference from the past when Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Yip Tong, Anita Yuen, and Joey Wong were competing for beauty. There are so few good actresses that you can't even find a good actress to star in a movie.

What about the male actors? It is well known that Hong Kong movies dominate the world with action movies. There are still many male actors who are good at acting, but there are very few who can be successful. Donnie Yen, who is no longer young now, is still outstanding. His new work "Ip Man 3" has also started filming, but it is obvious that it will be difficult to find new action talents after Donnie Yen. Martial arts actors like Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan who have practiced kung fu since childhood are really rare among the new generation of stars in Hong Kong. After all, in Sammo Hung's time, parents at that time were still willing to send their children to learn martial arts, which seems very rare today. The extreme lack of superstars, talents and creativity is the primary problem facing Hong Kong movies. If Hong Kong movies want to be glorious again, a large number of new movie talents must inject new vitality into Hong Kong movies, just like the New Wave of Hong Kong movies launched in 1979 Movement is the same. Only in this way can Hong Kong movies come back to life.

Nowadays, it is difficult for Hong Kong movies to have 30 movies launched in a year, and it is even harder for new actors to make their mark. The reason why Wong Kar-wai's "The Grandmaster" was able to win 12 trophies at the Academy Awards is because Because the competition is too weak, if "The Grandmaster" were placed in the 1990s, it would be difficult to win so many trophies.

Conclusion:

Lack of new people, lack of new works, and reliance on mainland China to shoot movies. Hong Kong movies have actually been integrated into mainland movies. In the future, they will gradually become Chinese movies. The relationship between Hong Kong movies and mainland movies The distinction is becoming less and less clear. Perhaps, Hong Kong movies are not declining, but moving toward integration.