Is Hong Kong cinema in decline? Both the TV series and the movie are disappointing?

The decline of Hong Kong films is like a girl growing up into a beautiful woman, and then growing up into an old lady. It's not that it's stagnant, it's that it's growing badly.

Hong Kong films emerged from the genre of martial arts films, followed by fashion police and gangster films and romance films, which once made Asian films quite famous in the world film industry. When watching movies in the 1980s and 1990s, Hong Kong films were the biggest attractions and created the earliest group of stars. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Chow Yun-fat, Maggie Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung and so on.

However, Hong Kong films are so popular that they are destined to decline. It doesn't necessarily mean that a stock will decline. At least it can greatly delay the decline cycle, and even avoid decline through compensation. But Hong Kong films can't do that. They are stereotyped, but they don't fall into "excessive" stereotypes. Therefore, Hong Kong film is a bit like an efficient copy machine, repeating itself a lot, and its progress can only be aging.

Hollywood is gradually losing its glory. But you will find that its influence weakens very slowly, its compensatory function is huge, and it is even possible to rebound and create new extremes. The reason is that it has rich genres and has formed a film ecosystem. If you are tired of watching martial arts and gangster movies, it also has science fiction films, ethical films, author films, historical films, social issue films, disaster films, and magic films. film, there are reflective films. Looking back at Hong Kong movies, it seems that movies like "Sister Peach" are extremely rare, "fighting, talking, dancing, and love." This "movie supermarket" has obviously a single variety.

If Hollywood is already a city, then Hong Kong movies are just a garden. It looks beautiful but a few people can live in the garden.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Hong Kong was one of the Four Asian Tigers. The TV, movie and entertainment industry was very popular in Asia, and the entertainment industry was even more developed in Hong Kong and the Mainland. A large number of outstanding actors, singers, and classic TV series have emerged. I really miss the Hong Kong movies of that time. In recent years, with the rapid development of the mainland's economy, the production level of film and television dramas has also advanced by leaps and bounds. Whether it is music or blockbuster production, it can compete with international standards.

In the past, many people in the mainland followed Hong Kong dramas, but now the TV movies they make are far from reaching the level of appreciation of the Chinese people, and the production level has not improved, so it can be definitely considered that Hong Kong TV dramas Movies have declined.

In comparison, mainland movies have a large format, and their stories are close to people’s lives, telling the feelings of family and country, and the warmth and coldness of the world. Nowadays, under the premise of economic prosperity, Chinese people are pursuing high-end, big, high-end, and large-scale TV and movies, which can inspire everyone to work hard.

Relatively speaking, Hong Kong movies and TV series are really in decline. I hope that Hong Kong’s entertainment industry will continue to innovate, drive Hong Kong’s film and television industry, and create greater glory.

The lack of successors and rampant piracy have led to the end of the golden age of Hong Kong films.

The 1980s and 1990s were the most prosperous period for Hong Kong films. From the 1970s Since Bruce Lee became famous in the 1990s,

Hong Kong movies have entered an era of flourishing, with literature, art, kung fu, philosophy, urban, police and criminals, and many types.

There is no shortage of classics among classics, including Jackie Chan. ’s desperate series, Chow Yun-fat’s cool series, Stephen Chow’s nonsensical series, etc.,

brought Hong Kong movies to the top of Asia. However, on the eve of Hong Kong’s return in 1997, the rampant piracy industry made the entire Hong Kong movies The industry was hit, and after the handover, Hong Kong movies had to reach a low ebb.

It can be said that the golden age has ended, but it will not disappoint people, because it has brought people too many precious memories!

I feel that the current Hong Kong films and TV dramas are a bit stuck in their ways! It’s like the martial arts novels by Jin Yong, Gu Long and others. After reading too much, they have made dozens of versions and still want to film them! Watch. Too much makes people feel tired! Today's Hong Kong films seem to stick to the same versions and models that made money in the past, refusing to innovate, not daring to innovate, and reluctant to spend money to innovate! On the other hand, mainland China's movies and TV series are developing greatly and getting better!

In the past, stars were created through hard work, but now stars are packaged and cannot withstand the wind and rain. Now when it comes to Hong Kong movies and dramas, those old faces still come to mind.

Why?

It is undeniable that the peak period of Hong Kong film and television has indeed passed.

Since the reform and opening up, the mind has been emancipated. As a node where Chinese and Western cultures come together, Hong Kong has naturally affected the entire mainland. Times make heroes. After the development from the 1980s to the first decade of this century, Hong Kong films, including the music scene, also experienced explosive development and had a profound impact on the mainland. Talented directors, actors, singers, and music have become the benchmark of the times, such as Tsui Hark, Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow, Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, etc., to name a few, all of which highlight the prosperity of Hong Kong's film and television industry.

With the changes in people's aesthetics, a generation of stars have gradually withdrawn from the film and television industry (of course there are also some negative news influences, which are omitted here). Of course, the close integration of mainland film and television with our material and cultural needs has greater advantages. While a hundred flowers are blooming and colorful, it naturally overshadows the glory of Hong Kong film and television.

In short, there must be more than this. I will only mention a few major trends. For those of us in the Mainland, Hong Kong films must have passed their peak and are in a bleak stage, and we cannot say what their future direction will be.

That’s right! It’s just that there are no pure Hong Kong films now, the Hong Kong market is too small, and basically all Hong Kong stars have gone north! Co-productions are a big trend

For those born in the 1970s and 1980s, they may still have an impression that when Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas became popular in the mainland in the 1990s, for the majority of young people in rural areas and small towns, The most curious thing is their lifestyle. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are leading the fashion trend in mainland China.

For example, many people watched "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". At that time, rural children in rural areas also imitated the organizations in it and established some underworld-type organizations in schools, such as the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan. Later, Young and Dangerous became popular again, and more young people in rural areas and small towns in the mainland imitated them, such as those nicknames, tattoos, and hair dyeing.

Especially some police and gangster films in Hong Kong at that time can be said to have provided us with the most primitive, simple and crude imagination of a modern city. There are many high-rise buildings, people are in suits and ties, and their speech is mixed with English words. It's very fashionable and modern, which is what modern cities are like.

But after two thousand years, it is difficult for Hong Kong to provide this kind of imagination to young people in rural areas and small towns in mainland China. First of all, with the development of the mainland, the lifestyle that once seemed very Western in Hong Kong movies and TV dramas is no longer so Western, and even a bit rustic. For example, if you watch a Hong Kong gangster movie now, audiences in first-tier mainland cities may find it very rustic.

Furthermore, with the development of the mainland's film and television entertainment industry, investment is increasing, and the production level of many TV series is actually better than that of Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas. For example, Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts dramas use a large number of indoor settings, while mainland costume martial arts films are basically shot in real locations. In other words, in comparison, the 50-cent special effects in Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas cannot deceive mainland audiences.

The most important thing is social and cultural psychology. In the past, the mainland used Hong Kong as a model of modernity to imitate, but now this kind of looking up mentality basically no longer exists. Instead, it is the former Hong Kong All kinds of celebrities are filming in the Mainland, participating in variety shows, and even making money through acupuncture, so of course they no longer feel mysterious and unattainable.

In general, as the old saying goes, development is the last word. The development achievements of the mainland in recent years have made more and more Chinese people more and more confident culturally and psychologically. Even people from first- and second-tier cities will feel that they are too backward when they go to Hong Kong, Taiwan and abroad, and are not as good as those at home in many aspects. As cultural industrial products, film and television dramas only reflect this change.