Bi Zhifei’s disappointing review of “Shanghai Fortress”. What do you think of this movie?

I thought the movie "Shanghai Fortress" was another level beyond domestic science fiction movies. I didn't expect that the plot, acting and special effects were so speechless. Maybe it was because my expectations were too high, so I was disappointed. It will be so big.

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Bi Zhifei, who won the lowest score of 2.2 points for domestic films on Douban with his film "Pure Heart·Dream Showbiz", was the first person from the Beijing Film Academy to be admitted to Peking University Master's degree graduates pursuing full-time doctoral studies. Logically, he should have directed a blockbuster film, but unexpectedly he became a big joke among the academic community.

However, "Shanghai Fortress" directed by Teng Huatao and starring Lu Han and Shu Qi also caused a lot of negative reviews after its release. More people complained about Lu Han's acting skills. From appearance to acting skills, everyone did not miss it. Everyone knows that Teng Huatao is a very good director, but unexpectedly he fell into this science fiction blockbuster dressed in love clothes.

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Six days after the release of "Shanghai Fortress", the Douban score dropped from 4.2 to 3.2, and the box office only exceeded 100 million. "The Wandering Earth" took five years to let everyone see the domestic production The hope of science fiction films, but "Shanghai Fortress" took five years to achieve nothing, and the box office was only more than 100 million. It took several years of effort, and the gap in results is too big.

Teng Huatao told the audience that "The Wandering Earth" opened the door to domestic science fiction films, while "Shanghai Fortress" closed the door to domestic science fiction films. He was very sad about this, and of course he was telling the truth. In fact, it is better to try to touch as little as possible on subjects that you are not familiar with, otherwise you will lose miserably. Unless you have enough funds to invest in it, you will get half the result with half the effort, and it will be too late to cry.

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The failure of this film and the failure of "Kyushu Piao Miao Lu" were a big blow to the original author Jiang Nan, because he was the screenwriter of both works. It also has something to do with him. The gap between the original work and the film and television works was so big that even the fans of the original work couldn't accept it.

The reason for the failure of the movie is also that Teng Huatao failed to choose Lu Han to play the male lead. Lu Han's appearance and performance were criticized verbally. He has to rely on himself to work hard. He has acted in several movies. If he doesn't have diamonds, he won't. Take porcelain work. To prevent everyone from failing, this lesson is really painful. The relationship between Lu Han and Shu Qi is considered by the audience to be the biggest failure of the movie because there is no sense of CP.

Of course, some netizens said that the failure of "Shanghai Fortress" proved that popular stars do not equal box office. It seems that it is not very scientific to blame Lu Han for the failure. After all, he cannot handle the box office alone. The key thing to look at is the quality of the movie. The overall quality cannot improve, no matter how good the leading actors are, there is nothing they can do to save this flaw. So this movie really started high and then went low.