On the first day of release, the box office was nearly 500 million? I assert: Wang Baoqiang's new film will influence Chinese cinema for a long time

Text | Ling Hu Boguang

Wang Baoqiang directed, screenwriter and starring "In the Octagon Cage" was officially released, the film has been screened for many days before the official release, the box office is close to 300 million, and now the box office on the first day of official release is close to 500 million, the results are already very good, and a platform finally predicted a box office of more than 1 billion.

Judging from the current good reputation, the box office of this film may only be higher.

You know, Wang Baoqiang's business ability as an actor, classic works and images definitely have nothing to say, but the fiasco of the first work of the transformation director "Big Trouble" is vividly remembered, and now the second part will enter the 1 billion director club, and Baoqiang's transformation road can be said to be very stable.

From the perspective of film alone, to be honest, the film "In the Octagon Cage" still has many shortcomings, and it can be seen that Baoqiang is fledgling on the road of directing, but it is precisely because of this immaturity, full of sincerity, less unnecessary, like literary and artistic sense of art, and there is no flattering sense of those commercial entertainment films.

I hope that Baoqiang will continue to be a director and continue to make films like "In the Octagon", because China needs such films and needs such directors.

Crying too many times, "In the Octagon" is too bitter and too easy to make people cry

Since this movie is still being released, there will be no spoilers here, because Wang Baoqiang is a director for the second time, and the main problem is that the rhythm and plot processing are somewhat immature. I watched this movie on point, and I wrote an article recommendation when I came back after watching it, and the evaluation at that time was.

Although "In the Octagon" is immature, Wang Baoqiang has given great sincerity, and the film is not too mature. But in several clips in this movie, Wang Baoqiang actually shot the thickness of literary films, as well as the height of genre films. If the next movie can still improve comprehensively, Wang Baoqiang is likely to make a classic.

Since I can't spoil it, let's talk about two well-shot clips here, and the two clips here give Wang Baoqiang infinite possibilities.

The first is the paragraph of "Sichuan Opera Changing Face", which not only made the plot of the movie suddenly change, but also changed Wang Baoqiang's directorial skills.

This paragraph appeared in the middle and late stages of the movie, and the strangest place that gave me the strangest feeling after watching the whole movie was the face changing bridge, this clip was shot especially in magical realism, and there was a feeling of a magic genre movie.

Combined with the plot later, where does the "face change" make Xiang Tenghui (played by Wang Baoqiang) understand that people wear masks, the owner of the CJ club wears masks, controls several of his children, and the media wears a mask of justice, making him lose the club. And Xiang Tenghui could only wear a mask to act a play for the audience, and finally won back justice.

If this paragraph seems a little abrupt on the surface, but it is actually a stroke of god when put on the scale of the entire movie. The most important thing is that the shooting is too good, the movie lens, soundtrack, art, combined with Wang Baoqiang's acting skills, really shoot a taste of magical realism, all have the feeling of a craftsman.

The second is the radio interview, which started because of "media" public opinion, and ended with borrowing media public opinion, inspiring reality and magic.

The first half of this movie is actually just a story of poor children, meeting adults who have unbearable past experiences and chasing interests, and growing up through engraved training. As a result, at this time, the media filmed a video and detonated public opinion, resulting in the protagonist involved in the center of the storm.

The interview on stage in the movie that surprised me the most, did not use the conventional operation to highly sympathize, but just explained a thing in a clumsy way, all the lines are the same as Wang Baoqiang's performance, try to remove unnecessary embellishments, Wang Baoqiang is a bottom person who understands the level of education is very low.

When others are still performing in a changing way, he can already become the kind of person in real life to appear in the camera, and choosing Su Mu's ring match at the end is more like telling the audience that it is powerless to change reality by using tragic experiences to win sympathy from the public.

It's like a movie line that tells you bluntly that only martial arts is their way out.

There are many well-shot clips in the whole movie, the thickness of the sand and gravel field at the beginning, and the poverty of small people walking under the magnificent mountain, including the fighting scene that suddenly turns black and white at the end, which has the texture of literary and genre films.

Now Wang Baoqiang's directing skills are still inferior, resulting in too many good sentences in the whole movie, and the good chapter is only inferior. But if combined with reality, such a shortcoming does not seem to matter, because what it wants to express has already come out.

Not a medicine god, but better than a medicine god? Wang Baoqiang, this time you are really impressive

"In the Octagon Cage" is a type of film from the theme and "Medicine God", which is probably a realistic drama film, but it is obvious that Wang Baoqiang is still a little immature as a director. Although the technique is still a little lacking, there are some highlights.

I personally feel that this movie can actually be summed up in one sentence, that is, dare to take responsibility and do something!

Just compared with the ugliness of some high-status people in the film, it is a satire on some bureaucracy in social reality, and the official standard officials and masters, but unfortunately because the environment is not deep enough. Perhaps there will be more mobile phone training sessions, and Wang Baoqiang will make greater progress. Big directors can usually give the audience a great amount of information in a very short space.

Everyone can still expect Wang Baoqiang's progress in the director's skills, in terms of the quality and influence of the film itself, one is Wang Baoqiang originally brought, the other is the original deeds supported, the overall level is definitely not as good as the medicine god, because it is only a regional event, not as wide as the medicine god affects the crowd.

And, when everyone is comparing "In the Octagon Cage" with "I Am Not the God of Medicine", as well as "Wrestling Dad", I think this movie has been affirmed by the audience, Wang Baoqiang's movie, we can also see his sincerity.

There are not so many bells and whistles, and there is not much sensationalism, but the point can be reached, the rhythm is not procrastinating, it is very tight, and I think the shooting is very good. Unlike other movies, the plot drags on, the speech speed is slow, and there are so many bells and whistles. Wang Baoqiang still lived a lot after all.

We can clearly see that Wang Baoqiang's progress is much better than the previous "Big Trouble", and Wang Baoqiang's acting skills are really too good, he has no talent, so this is the result of hard work, whether it is an actor or a director, we can see that he is beyond ordinary people's efforts and dedication.

Although this movie is a realistic theme, although it is about fighting, there is no imaginary blood, most of the plot is desperate and depressing, exposing the dark and ugly side of society, although the plot polishing is still lacking, but overall it is very good.

After you watch this movie, it doesn't matter whether you understand martial arts or not, the important thing is that it can indeed cause empathy, in my opinion, a movie that can cause empathy is not necessarily a classic, but it is definitely a good movie.

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In the end, this movie made me very moved, I haven't seen such a sincere movie for a long time. Because China is now a mature business society, all industries are full of that kind of commercialization model, not to mention this kind of people, money, fame and fortune, and the spotlight amplified entertainment industry.

Some people think that Wang Baoqiang's progress is only stronger than "Big Trouble", I don't think so, "In the Octagon" is the movie I have seen so far this year second only to "The Wandering Earth 2", this is second only to the "sincerity" that refers to, this quality is really too rare this year.

Wang Baoqiang's directing skills can continue to be learned, but the perspective of the audience at the level of this film makes me feel better, and its sincerity and presence I think make me feel rare. Wang Baoqiang did not imagine the lives of the people at the bottom from a high perspective, and the responsibility of literary and artistic works should be as small as making the audience happy and moving empathy, and as large as promoting social reform and progress and the people's ideological cognition.

Although this thing is not absolute, our review is always in front of us. But the more so, the more you have to go to that land. Do not underestimate the power of literary and artistic works, which can definitely influence the perception of the people of the entire country.

"In the Octagon" throws away the shell of comedy, Baoqiang and wants to express the inner is actually a humanistic core, in the eyes of most wealthy classes and urban middle class, martial arts is a very unseemly sport, so in their eyes, sending minors to fight in an octagon is simply an act of "destroying humanity".

We can't deny that martial arts is indeed a brutal selection. A small number of winners made a name for themselves, and most of the players left with injuries and regrets. But for those children, if there is no fighting, born in a mountain village where loess and weeds intertwine, do they really have other options?

In the movie, those reporters seem to play the role of judges to block Xiang Tenghui's car, and Wang Baoqiang vividly interprets Tenghui from confusion and incomprehension to humiliation and unwillingness. And in the show, the glamorous and aggressive host, and then face the audience who criticizes Tenhui with kindness.

This kind of thing can be said to happen all the time on the domestic network and in the public opinion field. The movie still has some flaws, but I personally feel that just with this real theme and Wang Baoqiang's sincerity, it is worth the ticket price. What's more, the movie is really good.

Finally, Wang Baoqiang's path as a director will definitely go further, and I look forward to your next directorial film.