Director’s Legend

Over and over again, until the end of the final scene, Shao Shuaijun watched "The Night Watcher" back and forth, and all the comments were heard. No matter good or bad, curse or contempt, they all echoed in my mind repeatedly. From the very beginning, self-confidence was bursting, and I wanted to direct a blockbuster of my own.

Then the 3d photography was denied, he still thinks "The Night Watcher" will be the coolest.

The Golden Horse Awards came home unfailingly, "Painted Skin" was a box office success, and the award was undoubtedly a big defeat, which was the biggest denial of him. Shao Shuaijun couldn't bear it, he began to yearn, eager to use "Night Watcher" to destroy all resistance. Not knowing whether it was self-confidence or arrogance, he scolded with the Academy Award.

At this time, the special effects version of "Nightman" was almost finished. After reading his own work, Shao Shuaijun began to waver uncontrollably. He always felt that the movie was good-looking, but his inner confidence seemed to be a castle in the sky, and it began to collapse little by little.

He tried to brave himself, even if the internal premiere evaluation was poor, he was unwilling to admit that he would fail.

However, after watching the movie several times, the audience made bad comments every time, and finally all his confidence collapsed in an instant and became a ruin.

Shao Shuaijun closed his eyes and opened them again, wishing that this was just an illusion, but the curtain that was slowly closed before him cruelly shattered all his fragility. He felt that the darkness was about to swallow himself up, and he felt that the entire movie theater was a cage, and he was trapped in it, unable to struggle.

"A Jun, the last game is over, let's go back." Li Xiuxiu said. Pulled him back from the realm of darkness.

Then went back silently.

"A Jun, the movie box office hasn't come out yet, don't be nervous."

Shao Shuaijun turned his head, not wanting Li Xiuxiu to see how funny and ridiculous he is now: "It's already out, it's not early, Xiuxiu sister, please rest early. There are still many things in the company that you need to deal with, just the movie. Let him go, the dust settles, nothing can be changed."

After Shao Shuaijun's repeated persuasion, Li Xiuxiu finally returned to rest.

In an empty room. Only Shao Shuaijun is left.

"A bad review... does not mean that the box office is not good! Shao Shuaijun. You still have hope!"

Rubbing his stiff face, Shao Shuaijun didn't take a bath or undressed, so he covered his head and started sleeping.

...

Three days later, the weekend box office of "Night Watcher" finally came out.

69 imax theaters in North America. Received $5.8 million in the box office. Almost every movie is full. But this is also the only thing worthy of joy in "Nightman". 3,045 theaters in North America opened. It only got 15.96 million US dollars in the box office over the three days of the weekend, plus the imax theater, it was only 21.76 million US dollars. Ranked third in the weekend box office chart.

The four-day "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" ranked first with 110 million US dollars, and the two-week "Shrek 3" ranked second with 51 million US dollars.

In spite of the existence of pirate films, the box office of other movies may be affected. However, the summer vacation has always been a world where blockbusters compete, and the audience will not be divorced too much.

Such a bad performance in "Night Watcher" is equivalent to a death sentence in North America.

What's worse is the score on imdb, which is 4.6 points, a super bad movie score.

"The plot is dry and old-fashioned. Except for the fighting scenes, I can't think of where to give points."

"I don't know why Thomas is entangled in crimes and crimes, why can't he become a hero heartily? There is also an inexplicable ending. This director is really funny. IQ has no lower limit!"

"I feel aside from the plot, watching it at imax is really enjoyable. It's amazing. Especially when Thomas is on the top of the building, he overlooks the whole city, it's like being on the scene! Recommend you to go Look at imax cinema."

"A big bad movie, Jack Gyllenhill should go back and play your broken sleeve romance, China Shao, go back and make your monster movie!"

"After watching it, I feel my IQ has been lowered. Originally I thought that watching a film made by a Chinese, I couldn't understand it because it was too esoteric. After watching this movie, I finally realized that it is not the esoteric movie, but that we are too esoteric. This is only suitable for preschool!"

There was a lot of scolding on imdb, and a mess on Rotten Tomatoes. A total of 87 reviews, 15 were qualified, and the freshness was 17%.

"Obviously, Shao Shuaijun wants to follow the Hollywood business model, but his awkward thoughts have messed up an excellent movie."

"Naive plot, cliché narrative, Chinese directors are not suitable for commercial films."

"The hot action, the contradictory heart, the theme of doing good and eliminating evil, the character of willingness and enmity, all the elements are big selling points. It is a pity that the combination is another "Hulk", which is disappointing."

"Obviously, Hollywood produces hundreds of blockbusters every year, which is popular all over the world. Not including "Nightman", Hollywood is not that easy to break, China Shao."

Overwhelming criticism and ridicule attacked Shao Shuaijun.

The box office of "Night Watcher" in North America dropped sharply. In the second weekend, it only got 8.7 million U.S. dollars, and the third weekend was 2.3 million U.S. dollars. It took less than three weeks to make an emergency. A total of 29 million US dollars in ordinary theaters. Then it was released in the Southeast, Korea, and Japan, and the box office was also terrible. In the end, these areas combined to get 12 million US dollars.

Only in imax theaters, from the initial 69 theaters to all imax large screens in the United States, all the audiences are refreshed over and over again. The powerful commercial effect of imax shocked everyone. The first weekend was 5.8 million U.S. dollars, and the second weekend exceeded 10.48 million U.S. dollars, and it is still attracting more people to watch the movie, and the demand exceeds supply.

Regardless of success or failure, "Night Watcher" began to land in China and Europe. Just like the problems encountered in the United States, "Night Watcher" failed miserably at the box office and its reputation was even worse. In mainland China, with the powerful appeal of Shao Shuaijun, "The Night Watcher" can break through 100 million box office. It cannot continue.

But compared with the advertised 1.3 billion yuan and the real 900 million yuan, this amount of money is nothing short of a drop in the bucket.

On Time.com, the public ratings and film critics' ratings of "The Night Watcher" both set new lows for Shao Shuaijun's works, with a public rating of 5.8 and a vividness of 26%.

"After watching "The Nightman", I wonder if this is a movie made by Shao Shuaijun. It is a hodgepodge of unintelligible things. If it's a business, you're better than fighting from start to finish. If you play deeply, don't do it. The blood is really poisoned completely."

"Although Shao Shuaijun is my favorite director, I still want to rate "The Night Watcher" with 4 points. It's an inexplicable movie."

"The plot is depressing, I want to suffocate. There is no refreshing feeling of heroic blockbusters at all. Bad review!"

"Junjun's movie is the best, the best! 10 points, no explanation!"

"150 million U.S. dollars. 1.3 billion yuan, just show me this stuff."

"No matter how crazy the clamor is, it can't change the badness of the Chinese director. It's nothing more than being in your own home, and you ran to Hollywood to lose face and think who you are?"

"After reading something, I feel uncomfortable about some things. I can feel what Shao Shuaijun wants to say and what he wants to say. But he pursues commercialization too much, but even the story is not well stated. How can it be commercialized? The director of the story, now it seems, is overstatement."

Among the film critics, the most clamoring one was Wei Jian of "Nandu Entertainment Weekly". He did not say it in the film review, but published a scarf on Time.com: "Jiang Lang is exhausted, Ye Lang is arrogant. These two idioms are tailored for Shao Shuaijun. We. We. I have to admit that Shao Shuaijun has always been a very thoughtful and talented director, and many movies have proved this. But the story is well said that Fang Zhongyong would write poetry when he was a child, but he grew up and became a fart. Why? Because people need to walk down-to-earth and cannot learn how to fly, Shao Shuaijun is learning how to fly. How can a director who has never proven himself in various awards become a great director, let alone a great Hollywood director? Failure is inevitable!"

Wang Rui, director of Nortel’s Director Department, also published a bib: "The Night Watcher failed, and another Chinese director was smashed in Hollywood. Can Chinese filmmakers really not break through the shadow of Hollywood? I hope Shao Shuaijun will not be defeated by the setbacks in front of him. Now, although there have been setbacks in Hollywood’s road, as long as it continues, there will eventually be a day when we return to Hollywood."

Cai Xiaoyun, a special correspondent of "Beijing Entertainment News", gave a score of 2/4: "The contradiction between thought and business is the biggest problem of "Night Watcher". Shao Shuaijun's failure lies in his failure to integrate thought into business. The two are out of touch, causing the plot to be choppy and incoherent."

After all, Mtime.com is based on movie ratings, and most of them criticize movies. However, the media broke out suddenly in the three places, Hong Kong and Treasure Island.

"The Golden Image Award is right to reject "Painted Skin". Shao Shuaijun must pay for his arrogance!"

"The defeat of the Golden Horse Awards is not a problem of our organizing committee, but a problem of the film itself. The nomination of "Painted Skin" is already the greatest tolerance."

"People can speak wild words, but they must know themselves."

"The box office of "The Night Watcher" hits the wall, and the shares of Dream Chasing Golden Harvest may fall sharply!

"The film cannot recover its capital, and Shao Shuaijun's company is in desperation!"

"The first stock of mainland entertainment may be forced to postpone!"

More media have also turned out Shao Shuaijun's old accounts. What Hong Kong press conferences yelled at reporters for "shut up", what airport slammed the microphone, what refused to sign for fans, what hotel hangovers, what rants in face of interviews, what yelled at the Golden Horse and Golden Image Awards, as if Shao Shuaijun is the entertainment industry The biggest cancer.

Those filmmakers who were forced to shut up during the literary and commercial controversies have now settled on the first batch of investment targets of the Youth League, and no worries about the future, they have begun to appear in the media, slamming Shao Shuaijun for profit, and will eventually end in ruin!

Regardless of curse, Shao Shuaijun seems to have disappeared from the entertainment circle, and there is no news at all.

No response, no refutation.

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