1905 movie network feature Is traffic the original sin? This discussion has never stopped.
Since the movie was released, there has been even more discussion on this issue, and most of these discussions are aimed at it. Interestingly, the topic of "traffic" started with Lu Han himself.
Today, the 12-day release of "Shanghai Fortress" is only 0.2%, and the cumulative box office is only 121 million, which does not match its previous investment at all. At the same time, the movie’s reputation is even more miserable. According to the Douban algorithm, it is only better than 1% sci-fi.
Although the market performance was mediocre, the popularity of the film on the Internet has not "cooled". However, compared with other films in the same period, it received more mockery from the outside world.
Why did a "Shanghai Fortress" generate such controversy?
Because he is Luhan
Yesterday, a director interview titled "Domestic Film Annual Tragedy: I Used the Wrong Luhan" once again pushed the traffic topic to a climax. In this manuscript, the director of "Shanghai Fortress" accepted an interview with a self-media, responding to negative word-of-mouth and casting and other controversial issues.
In the manuscript, it mentioned "why choose Luhan".
Emphasizing that he initially considered Lu Han suitable for this role, "After this time, if I want to reflect, I did overlook one point, the difference between the sci-fi war we want to shoot and his type of actor.I used the wrong Luhan, in a genre that didn’t suit him."
As for "If I give you another chance to choose, will I change actors?"
"When I chose Lu Hanhe, I really thought of a sense of contrast, since I’m talking about a secret love. But now it seems that many audiences are concerned about how well they match the sci-fi genre. My intuition now is that it’s really not that Lu Han is bad, but that we haven’t shot this type of film, and we don’t know what the actors look like in it. Whether it can be played by an idol like Lu Han, I didn’t judge well at the time."
Of course, the reporter also pointed out that although Luhan had participated in the director’s role for only 6 minutes, a few comments were positive about his acting skills.
"[‘Shanghai Fortress’] just happened to be at the point where he wanted to seek innovation and change, but he didn’t complete the transformation," Mr. Teng said. "It turns out that we intuitively feel that Tom Cruise is also a handsome guy. How can people use handsome guys to save the world, but I can’t?"
At the same time, the director also said in the interview that the choice of Luhan was not because of his traffic, but also understood that traffic is a double-edged sword. "They will definitely help with publicity, but they will definitely not help the box office."
In the entire manuscript, the director Teng Huatao did not absolutely throw the "blame" on Lu Han, but pointed out that in his current opinion, Lu Han is not suitable for this film genre.
But Teng Huatao also forgot one thing, as a director, it is his duty to train actors. In Zhang Yimou’s original words, there is no actor who can’t act, only the director is incompetent.
Unexpectedly, after the entire article was published, the title that was too "grandstanding" directly caused another change in public opinion, allowing many marketing accounts to find the possibility of continuing to "fan the flames".
After all, in the past few years, in the eyes of many people in the outside world, Lu Han’s important character is the strongest traffic.
However, since 2018, after experiencing the collapse of the reputation of TV dramas and the sale of discounted tickets to concerts by scalpers… It seems that the netizens mocking Lu Han has become the most correct thing.
Why Luhan?
Yang Nairen, Lu Han’s former agent, once said, "With Lu Han’s return to China as a symbol, a new model of star chasing has kicked off." Since then, data has become Lu Han’s biggest highlight. At the same time, stars competing for entertainment resources all use data to prove their strength. The number of Weibo fans, comments, and retweets… has become the most important basis for measuring the commercial value of stars.
Luhan’s single Weibo comment broke the Guinness Book of Records certification
From 2014 to 2016, Lu Han was once a "cash cow" for scalpers. As long as there are events or variety shows he attends, tickets can be sold up to tens of thousands of yuan. In 2016, Lu Han entered the rich list of China’s post-90s generation with 230 million.
During this time, he starred in three films – and. The first two films took the 365 million and 215 million box office respectively, while the word of mouth remained above 6 points. And the collaboration "Grave Robber Notes", despite its poor reputation, still took 1 billion box office.
Judging from various commercial data, Luhan is a success.
Not only Lu Han, but also,, and others are all traffic stars who have gradually reached the top during this time period. Someone once joked that in the film and television industry investment promotion fair at that time, the most sought-after works were the works participated in by traffic stars.
And the works have also become their "cause of sin", because in the eyes of many people outside, this group of "traffic people" have no works.
In fact, the various labels on "traffic" are very familiar to everyone, but still few people are willing to use "actor" to define them. The inherent label "traffic can’t perform well in works" is still stuck to them.
What about the Luhans?
In past interviews, the traffic never denied the imperfections of their past works. They also hope that they can truly become an actor.
During the promotion of the movie "The Great Wall", Zhang Yimou talked about this topic in an interview with People’s Daily:
In fact, for any young actor, the tempering of his acting skills requires a process. First of all, give him the opportunity to do so, and don’t deny him. None of us will ever be there. So it is divided into two. Of course, some people may be very old, but their acting skills are still lacking. If everyone is not satisfied, they need to improve. We believe in the market, and we believe that the audience will survive the fittest. As far as I am concerned, most of the young actors I see are still very hard-working, at least those we have worked with, including the young actors we have worked with on "The Great Wall",Ah, Luhan, in fact, I work very hard, people are very friendly, and the cooperation is very pleasant. It cannot be generalized.
But whether it is a word like (small fresh meat) or a phenomenon like this, it is impossible for us to go back 30 years. (Reporter: How do you say?) Because it is very difficult for an actor to come out. Now there are more opportunities, and it is possible for an Internet celebrity to suddenly appear on the Internet. More opportunities is a good thing, let young people exercise by themselves. I believe that everyone has their own judgments of values when they grow up, and I also believe that the majority of the audience will also have judgments. A person who really can’t help on the wall will be eliminated by the audience. You don’t have to worry, no one will pay for it in the end. I think it doesn’t matter. I think it is a good thing to have such a discussion, and it is also a pressure on all young people. That is to say, you have to live up to your name, not to live up to your name. So what are you going to do? Start with yourself, strengthen your self-cultivation, strengthen your acting skills, and strengthen your life.
Similarly, Lu Han said in an interview with Shanghai Fortress that I am learning about the word actor step by step, and I especially want to deeply study the aspect of acting, because I am also gradually transforming, hoping to use my actions to gain more recognition step by step.
The failure of "Shanghai Fortress" doesn’t mean that Luhan really deserves to be laughed at. At least in works like "Twenty Years Old" and "I Am a Witness," Luhan proved himself as an actor.
Looking at other traffic, Wang Junkai used "Sinkhole Falcon" to tell netizens about his efforts after the trial and error of "The Great Wall"; Zhang Yixing was also willing to sacrifice more exposure, "hiding" on an isolated island, and handed over… These examples are not just special cases, but will become the current situation of these traffic on the road of performing arts in the future.
On the contrary, looking at the entire market, "Shanghai Fortress" should become a special case. It is more like a warning to the filmmakers behind, telling them that the road is still being explored, and we allow failure, but this failure is for future progress.
