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Miss Dong from Top Cinema (original from TopCinema, reproduction is strictly prohibited)

Comedy film starring Shen Teng and Ma Li"Catching Dolls" is the most popular movie, and its box office has exceeded 1.5 billion yuan, making this year's summer movie season gradually more lively.

As a result, the situation became even more lively a few days ago because of a review from director Lu Chuan's account that blasted and criticized the movie "Catching Dolls".

But this kind of excitement is not what everyone wants to see.

On July 17, director Lu Chuan's certified account "Filmmaker Lu Chuan" commented on the movie "Catching Dolls" by the Happy Twist team: "Mahua's low-quality, sex-heavy comedy films dominate the Chinese film market, which is a cultural tragedy", and then deleted it immediately.

Later, Lu Chuan posted a message saying his account was hacked, and Lu Chuan also reposted it, saying: "Lao Shen is a buddy, Xiao Shi is one of the male protagonists in my last movie, and he is my younger brother. Every movie has the hard work and attitude of the creators, and they all deserve respect. I wish the movie a big hit."

However, the “account hacking” claim was quickly refuted by a technical statement from the platform:

The platform responded: The content has been deleted by the user himself, and the information of the mobile device used to log in, post, and delete the post are all consistent.

In other words: Lu Chuan claimed that he had hacked the account, and the platform solemnly responded to him that this did not happen.

Two words in capital letters: embarrassing.

As for why Lu Chuan's account posted a critique of "Catching Dolls", netizens speculated, but whether it was a wrong account or a slip of the hand, this embarrassing deletion of the post after posting, and then finding an excuse of "account hacking" to blame the platform, made netizens unable to sit still anymore -

After claiming to have hacked the account but being slapped in the face by the platform, the comment section of Lu Chuan’s social media account was directly overwhelmed, with many netizens flocking in to leave messages.

——"The platform denied that the account was hacked. Does it hurt?"
——"It's a different era now, but you're still using old tricks like hacking accounts."
——"Shouldn't art be diverse? You're pretty sour."

At the same time, the past "rivalry and grudge" between Lu Chuan and Happy Twist Movies was also exposed.

It turns out that on September 30, 2015, Lu Chuan's movie "Nine-story Demon Tower" and Shen Teng and Ma Li's first movie "Charlotte's Troubles" were released on the same day.

"Charlotte's Troubles" has a Douban score of 7.9 and a box office of 1.4 billion yuan, while "Nine-story Demon Tower" only has a score of 4.4 and a box office of 600 million yuan. From word of mouth to box office, it was directly suppressed by the former which had just entered the film industry.

The reputation of "Nine-story Demon Tower" was poor back then, and it received a ton of negative reviews. Many viewers could not accept that the original novel "Ghost Blows Out the Light" was adapted into that way, especially the magically changed plot, which was criticized harshly. The low score of 4.4 is enough to show the audience's dissatisfaction.

This time, Lu Chuan's account published criticisms and attacks on "Catching Dolls", and coupled with the past "narrow encounter", netizens had more interpretations and recalled the movie "Nine-story Demon Tower" again.

then,Many netizens rushed to Douban's homepage of "Nine-story Demon Tower" and gave negative reviews.

Why did Lu Chuan's incident cause such dissatisfaction among netizens? Perhaps one netizen's comment expressed the thoughts of many people:

——"Criticisms are welcome, but artists should just be true to themselves."

After all, no film can be just praised, and Chinese films cannot be just commercially hyped up. No progress can be made by relying solely on superficial commercial hype.

From this perspective, it is OK for both filmmakers and audiences to criticize a film and express different opinions.As long as it is for the good of the audience and for the good of Chinese films, what’s wrong with being a little sharp?

However, if you criticize it but don’t dare to admit it for fear of offending people, and want to put the blame on the platform, it will become a joke.

The more important point is that it is easy to criticize others, but as an insider, not an ordinary audience, you cannot stand aside and point fingers. Instead, you should first make your own movies well, which is more important to the audience and to Chinese films.

Improving professional standards, broadening vision and perspective, and daring to speak out boldly are all important for Chinese films.