Chapter 622 Reverse Amway "Lotus Lamp" (Please Subscribe)

The bet to decide "who is the puppy" finally kicked off at twelve o'clock in the evening.

Gu Miao, who had made an appointment with Huang Kun in advance, sneaked into the cinema under the hazy night.

"What are you doing?"

Huang Kun was puzzled. When he saw Mr. Gu looking behind him with an expression of indescribable fear, he immediately asked curiously: "Did you hit a ghost on the way here?"

"You just hit a ghost!"

"I'm worried about being discovered by my wife. If she finds out, I'll be doomed!" Gu Miao said in fear.

"As for it?"

Huang Kun said angrily: "Look at how cowardly you are, you have no status at home. It's not like me, who always says the same thing at home!"

You are noble, you are amazing!

I really think everyone has forgotten so quickly. Who had a fight with his wife last time and ended up feeling aggrieved and went to the company to help her?

"You do not understand!"

Gu Miao rolled her eyes and explained: "I was forced to pay the public food, so I found an excuse to take a shower and sneaked out of the house."

"Look, I haven't changed my slippers yet!"

Huang Kun: "..."

Looking down at the plush Pikachu slippers on Mr. Gu's feet, Huang Kun twitched the corner of his mouth and understood immediately.

No wonder he behaved so suspiciously. He turned out to be a poor middle-aged man who secretly escaped from the bathroom because he refused to pay the public food.

"Let's go watch a movie!"

Gu Miao, who was just worried about his wife chasing him all the way, immediately forgot about it when he walked into the cinema.

The two walked into the movie theater happily.

Surprisingly, even though it was midnight, there were not many viewers coming to watch the movie. According to Gu Miao's preliminary estimate, the attendance rate must be over 90% no matter what.

It's twelve o'clock at midnight!

The children must have fallen asleep by this point. In other words, most of the audience who came to watch the premiere were adults.

Young people make up the majority.

Judging from the fact that so many young men and women did not hesitate to stay up late and come to watch movies, Meihua Animation's early publicity work was well done.

After all, this is an animated movie. It can attract so many young men and women to watch the movie. The publicity and distribution aspect is already a great success.

The rest is up to the feature film.

Soon after Gu Miao and Huang Kun sat down, the movie started.

The plot told in the movie "Lotus Lantern" is actually not complicated.

The Jade Emperor's sister, Yao Ji, married a mortal scholar, Yang Tianyou, and gave birth to three children, Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan. The Jade Emperor was furious and sent people to destroy the family's happy life.

Then there is the story of the protagonist Yang Jian fighting against all the gods in heaven to save his mother, especially his uncle, cousin and other relatives.

This plot is actually very similar to a TV series that Gu Miao watched a long time ago. But in details, the two works are very different.

The most important point is the shaping of the protagonist Yang Jian.

In this version of the animated film "Lotus Lantern" produced by Meihua Animation, Yang Jian is considered a tragic character. The screenwriter's full malice towards him can be said to spill over onto the screen.

I wanted to protect everything, but in the end I couldn't protect anything...

People around him died one by one.

Brothers, parents, lovers, companions, everyone who had anything to do with him, except Yang Chan, was spared, and the rest all died.

The tone of the movie is dark and sad.

The painting style is also quite depressing and dark, making people breathless. Especially the Queen Mother and the Jade Emperor in the movie actually give people the illusion of "demon transformed".

"It's so depressing."

Despite being prepared in advance, Gu Miao, who guessed the nature of the movie, was still shocked by Meihua Animation.

Is this stuff for kids?

Are you kidding me?

The plot, the style of painting, and the dull and depressing soundtrack made him a little unable to stand it. How do you want those children to watch it?

certainly!

It's not all depressing and dark, the plot also has more passionate and refreshing parts. For example, the scene where Yang's mother was transformed by the sun and Yang Jian went to seek revenge on the Jade Emperor after burying her mother.

I have to say, the fighting is awesome.

Gu Miao has not seen such a smooth and neat animation fighting performance for a long time. This performance alone is expected to cost Plum Blossom Animation more than half of its budget.

If you only read this section, the children probably liked it, and so did he.

But the problem is...

Considering the plot before and after, I don’t like it that much.

Yang Jian's saving his mother is equivalent to killing his mother. His grief-stricken expression and eyes hurt many viewers. Some sentimental young girls even let out small sobs.

Quite speechless.

Who knows what the screenwriter is thinking, does he think that sadistic dramas are more likely to deepen the audience's impression?

This statement itself is correct.

At the beginning of the same story, a tragic ending will always impress the audience more than a happy ending.

But...

As the old saying goes: Everything is too much and too little is too much!

No matter what kind of emotional foil it is, the most taboo thing is to use too much force. It's really good to do it occasionally, but it can't be like this all the time, right?

Crying will make you tired!

In Gu Miao's view, the biggest problem with the movie "Lotus Lantern" is that the screenwriter used too much force and was sensational and tear-jerking from beginning to end, which was a bit too awkward.

What's the ending?

Yang Jian was alone, with a dog by his side, squatting in front of his mother's grave, with his back to the sunset...

"I can only say, outrageous!"

Huang Kun wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said with some emotion: "I remember that in the mythology, the Three Holy Mothers didn't seem to have this kind of character, right?"

"Stop talking about myths."

"Don't you understand yet? Although the characters in the movie are all characters from myths and legends, the story has been completely rewritten by the screenwriter."

Gu Miao also rubbed her eyes and said: "Modern people polish and modify the myths and legends according to their own ideas. This should be the right description."

You could call it a myth, but apart from the characters, the story doesn't add up at all.

Do you think this is a myth?

Which of the characters Yang Jian, Jade Emperor, Queen Mother and Nezha is not a well-known mythological figure? Their life stories can be told by a seven-year-old child.

The person is still the same person, but the plot is completely different, and the characters of these gods are also what the screenwriter reconstructed.

Take Yang Chan as an example.

Gu Miao didn't know exactly what Yang Chan was like in the myth, but he was sure that she would not have the twisted character of "annoying people and annoying dogs" in the movie.

"Okay, let's go."

The movie had just ended, and Gu Miao, who was worried about being recognized by passers-by, quickly asked Huang Kun to leave the cinema.

But as soon as the two of them took a few steps, they heard the first batch of viewers leaving the theater, talking on the phone to relatives and friends outside the theater to complain about the movie.

【Mist grass! Don't ask me to watch it a second time. Who can resist this? It’s up to you to see it yourself, I don’t dare to read it anyway. 】

【right! I just came out...how did it feel? Is it worth watching? Anyway, I regret it. It made me depressed late at night. 】

【Hello? Honey! I just watched a movie and it made me so sad! Can you come and stay with me? What! You advance to the competition, cross-over-gou-gou... feed the baby! Darling? 】

Good guy!

After just eavesdropping on a few words, Gu Miao and Huang Kun couldn't help but look at each other.

What kind of reaction is this?

No one said the movie was ugly, and the reviews were generally pretty good. At least no one shouted: Geneva will refund the money!

But the reply to my friends is always: "Spare me! If you want to see it, go and see it yourself, and I won't even watch it a second time."

Amway? Reverse Amway!

Not only did everyone not want to watch it a second time, they even strongly advised their friends, relatives, and lovers not to watch it.

It's too depressing to ask.

Gu Miao and Huang Kun have seen this bizarre scene many times outside the theater.

Even when some later viewers asked the first batch of viewers how the movie "Lotus Lantern" performed, most of them got the advice "It's good, but don't watch it."

What a genius!

"Expected, unexpected."

Huang Kun couldn't help complaining: "Including myself, I seem to think so too."

"If someone asks me if the movie "Lotus Lantern" is good, I will tell them that the movie is indeed good, but I don't recommend you to watch it."

"me too!"

Gu Miao nodded, feeling that Huang Kun's words were reasonable. The movie is a good movie, but he really wouldn't recommend it to his friends or relatives.

The reason? Of course...

"Hey! Wait a minute! If I remember correctly, you just cried, right?"

"You cried too!"

Huang Kun said bravely: "You told me that there was sand in your eyes. Who are you trying to deceive? Where did the sand in the movie theater come from?"

Gu Miao: "..."

I originally wanted to fool him, but I didn't know that Huang Kun didn't accept this trick at all. In his words, if everyone is crying, that means the bet is not valid.

"no!"

"A gentleman's words are hard to chase. Once you say something, how can you take it back?"

Gu Miao firmly refused to cancel the bet and insisted on dragging Huang Kun into the sewer. "Take out your phone, you send it first, I will send it later!"

"Okay, let's embarrass ourselves together!"

Huang Kun took out his cell phone and gritted his teeth and said, "Just do it. You're not afraid of death. What should I be afraid of? Do you really think I can't afford to lose?"

"I sent it, it's your turn..."

Looking at the deserted streets, Huang Kun, who had just logged into Weibo with his mobile phone and posted "I am a dog", his brain instantly went into a shutdown state.

who I am?

where am I?

Didn't we agree to fulfill the bet together and embarrass ourselves together? Why did Mr. Gu disappear after he fulfilled his promise?