Bang! Bang! Bang!
When Ji Xinghe came to the crew again, he was hit in the face by a barrage of small fireworks, and then Joyce announced that he had finished filming.
This movie was shot very quickly and the shooting period was very short, only about twenty days in total.
So when Joyce announced on his social media that his new film had been completed, a lot more doubts followed.
Even some self-media outlets who wanted to take advantage of the popularity jumped on the bandwagon and expressed their own opinions, as well as their pessimism about Joyce finishing a movie so quickly.
[Uncle Jin V: To be honest, before this movie, I have always been a loyal fan of Joyce. The films he directed have always had his strong personal style, especially his masterpiece "Darkness", which not only made the leading actors famous, but also made Joyce himself win many major international awards.
When Dark was first released, the world was astonished by his genius and his aesthetic that transcended the ordinary people of his time. To be honest, after watching Dark, I couldn't watch any other movies for a while.
Joyce then announced that he would seclude himself to create a new film. After coming out, he told all his fans that he would bring a feast to the world. He did a very good job of keeping this film secret. The film, whose name is still unknown to everyone, will become the well-deserved pinnacle of his directorial career.
At that time, I was undoubtedly extremely excited, and I believe all fans shared the same anticipation. What kind of film could possibly be worthy of such praise? Isn't "Dark" his pinnacle work?
Mr. Jin V is a well-known film critic in the entertainment industry. Anyone with a discerning eye would know he was going to start with praise and then criticize. He's been making this kind of comments ever since Joyce announced the film's completion.
Sure enough, he continued: [With this thought in mind, I have been following Joyce since he started planning this film. Later, when I learned that the protagonist of Joyce's new film was a Chinese, I secretly wondered which superstar in the entertainment industry could have such an ability to impress Joyce.
You have to know that this is the protagonist, and his weight is much greater than those who just appear in the movies of international directors for no more than five seconds and dare to claim that they have entered the international film scene.
I am full of anticipation, looking forward to what kind of miracle Joyce will bring us. I originally thought that I would have to wait at least one or two years to see such a miracle. After all, many of the top films in the history of world cinema are sincere works that directors and actors have spent ten years to polish.
But I never expected that this film would wrap up less than a month after it was announced that filming had begun! What can you do in a month? For a truly good film, a month is so little time, so little that sometimes you start to wonder if you've been given a pass!
Of course, some fans will argue that this is just the end of filming, and there is still a lot of work to be done. Post-production editing and special effects rendering are equally important to a movie.
But this is Joyce, known for his demanding work and his pursuit of perfection. Ask yourself, is a month enough? A month isn't even enough to film a low-budget, third-rate web series!
I don't want to doubt that Joyce himself has run out of ideas, but if that's not the case, then the only explanation is that he's being perfunctory. I don't know if I'll go see this movie when it's released, because I don't want to personally destroy all the good impressions that Dark had on me, and I don't want to pay to see a clearly shoddy money-making movie that only seems so impressive thanks to Joyce's fame.
Here, I hope Joyce can find his original intention, return to the peak, and bring more good movies that are not so commercially utilitarian. After all, nostalgia is something that can only be consumed once.
Because he has a lot of fans, and Joyce's actions really made fans nervous, this comment received a lot of attention and was forwarded a lot.
Some people did not forget to add their own opinions when forwarding it, and @Joyce by the way.
Joyce's own comment section was instantly overwhelmed.
Some more rational and objective fans in the comment section urged everyone not to rush into the trend, saying that no one knows the film's true quality yet and hasn't seen it. It's too early to draw conclusions, and it's unfair to Joyce and the actors.
However, many comments like this one are not optimistic.
"Let me ask you this: Have you ever seen a good movie that was completed in just one month? Not counting the post-production and pre-production preparations, just talking about the filming itself, even if the lead actor, whose acting skills haven't been announced yet, has god-like acting skills, it's impossible for it to be completed so quickly."
"I was really looking forward to it, but now I'm a little disappointed. I don't even know if I'll go see it after it's released."
"Director Qiao, do you remember when you were filming 'Dark' and you spent a week on set just to get a single shot right? It was because of your dedication and the hard work of all the actors that you achieved the glory that 'Dark' brought you. Are you doing this now to smash your own crown?"
"I just asked my senior from the directing department, and he told me with absolute certainty that any director who's even slightly dedicated to their work wouldn't be able to shoot a film in just one month. This is because directors all have their own aspirations, and actors can't always maintain peak form. Before a shot finally appears on screen, it may have been screened and polished dozens, even hundreds of times."
"What else can I say? This movie was obviously made to make money. See through everything.jpg"
"Rather than the filming time, I'd rather know who the lead actor is. The two most important things in a film's production are the director and the actors. If the lead actor is a talented actor with amazing acting skills, I could still convince myself that the filming went so smoothly because it was shot so quickly. [狗头]" Someone replied to this comment:
"Don't even think about it. Someone over there has already compiled the schedules of all the celebrities in the entertainment industry during the filming period. From eighty-year-old veteran actors to young actors in their prime, tough guys, beauties, and acting talents, anyone with even a little fame and acting skills is on the list. No one's schedule and schedule will match up."
"So the lead actor is a newcomer? This newcomer actually got to star in Joyce's movie. What kind of luck is this?"
"Filming wrapped in a month, with a new cast. Can I still expect a so-called pinnacle work?"
The fact that Joyce's new work was completed in just one month caused a lot of uproar on the Internet, basically attracting the attention of half of the entertainment industry.
In fact, the reason why this incident became such a big deal was that some people who had been rejected by Joyce before were behind the scenes fanning the flames.
When they caught wind of this news, most of them were filled with jealousy and resentment. Previously, everyone had tried their best to persuade Joyce to join his crew. Those with financial backers had appealed to their sponsors, those with large companies had appealed to their companies, and those with powerful backers had directly pressured Joyce. In the end, none of them had gotten Joyce to agree to let them join his crew.
It would have been fine if no one had a chance. Even if I was angry, I could still comfort myself by saying that it was because the director had stricter requirements.
Now it seems like strict as hell! Joyce picked a newcomer after so much searching, and considered filming complete after a month. Is that considered strict? It's obvious he's doing this to cash in on the award-winning film.
These people didn't really care if Joyce was just trying to cash in or just being perfunctory. That's the way the entertainment industry works; black and red are still red. Once the movie is released, everyone will work together. Joyce's reputation as an internationally renowned director is still quite effective; as long as he's up to par, he'll eventually be able to redeem himself.
But Joyce didn't play by the rules, so everyone just comforted themselves by saying, "A strong dragon can't defeat a local snake." But now it seems like you don't even want me for the money?!
Don't blame me for causing you trouble.
Joyce and his crew were not Chinese, so they didn't pay much attention to the public opinion storm in the Chinese entertainment industry. This led to Joyce being blocked by sharp-eyed reporters at the airport on the day he returned to China.
Joyce's original intention was to release the film in Country M first. His family had been in the entertainment industry in Country M for nearly a hundred years, and their roots were deep. Some things were difficult to handle in Country C, but once he returned to his country, the resistance would be much smaller.
In fact, he was most worried that if the film leaked out of Country C before it was released, then the film might never be seen by the world again.
Sun is so beautiful, his beauty is more like desire itself, able to arouse the deepest possession and evil thoughts in people's hearts.
To present this beauty to the world and to leave it forever in the history of world cinema was Joyce's greatest obsession. However, he had no foundation here and did not dare to take the risk.
So the day after the film was announced to be completed, he and the crew hurriedly packed up and checked in their equipment and prepared to return to Country M.
The reporters around him spoke too quickly, and since it wasn't their native language, Joyce couldn't hear clearly. "What did you say? Can you say it again?"
Anyway, he was about to return home and the plane would not take off for some time. Joyce, who was in a good mood, did not reject the interviews with these reporters.
More and more reporters gathered around Joyce, like bees smelling honey.
They didn't expect their luck to be so good. They were just waiting for celebrities at the airport as usual, but they ended up catching a big fish.
The reporter Joyce had called on to question him blushed with excitement, and quickly repeated his question, "Ever since you announced the completion of your new film, everyone's been surprised you managed to finish it in such a short time. Regarding the accusations that you're being perfunctory with your fans, do you have anything to say?"
Joyce frowned and said, "I don't know what you are talking about yet. Wait a minute."
After saying that, he left all the reporters alone and opened his phone to read some comments on his social networking site.
After a while, he turned his eyes away from the phone screen with a serious expression. He didn't care about the outside world's comments about himself, but he was very concerned that many people looked down on Ji Xinghe, a newcomer, for starring in his movie.
Joyce took the microphone that was handed to him and said, "The reason why my new movie was shot so quickly is because the lead actor is perfect. As a director, I only need to record everything. So the movie was shot very quickly."
Perfect?
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and some even started a live broadcast directly to Joyce. The audience in the live broadcast room couldn't believe their ears after hearing this description.
"Guderian was scolded and cried several times while filming Joyce's film. He was called ugly to the point of mental breakdown. Is this still the poisonous tyrant on the set that I know? I hugged my Meigu with heartache."
"Heartache +1."
"No, if Joyce keeps going on like this, I'm starting to wonder if he's having an affair with the lead actor. Isn't this a movie made just to promote a mistress? Guderian's performance in 'Dark' was astonishing, but I've never heard Joyce praise him this much. If it weren't for me, Mei Gu, would 'Dark' have achieved such great success? And now Joyce is throwing the donkey away after it's done its work, isn't he? He dares to compare any newcomer to Guderian. That's not how you'd try to scam people on the moon, is it?"
Regardless of what the audience in the live broadcast room thought, Joyce continued to clarify that he did not say a word about himself the whole time, and was only praising the leading actor. No, this is no longer a compliment, this is a dog licking, right?
Joyce only said: "This film is not perfunctory, on the contrary, it is what I have been dreaming of since I was twelve years old! I wanted to name this film "Joyce's Dream", but unfortunately our leading actor disagreed.
But I still have to say, he is my dream. I have loved him in my dreams, in my fantasies, for twenty-three years. After arriving in Country C, I couldn't believe it. He stood before me, full of life. He was even more beautiful.
"Although I don't want to say this about a famous international director, I can't help it. Look, what a big bootlicker."
"Well...if Joyce insists on saying that, that's fine. Just now, a person suddenly popped up in my mind. If it's him, he's completely worthy of such praise. But does Joyce really have the ability to find him to make a movie?" This comment appeared quickly and disappeared even faster. It was deleted soon after.
Several other similar comments were also deleted.
"According to you, are you sure your new film will surpass the peak set by 'Dark'?" The next reporter to ask the question seemed to be a fan of 'Dark'. Hearing Joyce's lavish praise for the lead actor in his other film, there was a hint of displeasure in his tone. There was also a hint of anticipation, as if he expected Joyce to deny his question and that 'Dark' would still be his peak.
Unfortunately, Joyce's answer was destined to disappoint him. Without even thinking, he replied affirmatively: "I made Dark, and Dark shines in the history of world cinema because of me. But now I want to say that it is my lifelong honor to have made this movie with my own hands, to have persuaded him to star in my movie, and to have been able to personally present it to the world.
I, Joyce Ann, have nothing more to ask for in life, and I am proud of it."
Nothing else to ask for, so why be proud of it?
The crowd was shocked.
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