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The Mighty seemed to have fallen in December 2009. The release of Zhang Yimo’s latest picture has caused a serious wave of Mo trashing on the internet. As one neticen has pointed out on sina’s twitter: “Mo is no Mo.”
I must say, it is fun to watch the mighty fall, and I have done my fair share of twittering on the subject as well. The truth is , no one wanted to say anything bad about him for 18 months, he is the Chinese creative wunderkid in charge of the Olympic Opening Ceremony. The nation rallied behind him and he delivered, the Ceremony was amazing, and everyone, I mean just everyone, was terribly pleased.
So what went wrong with Mo’s latest film? On the surface: Nothing. It should have been another crowd pleaser. The script is an adaptation of the Coen Brothers 1984 film Blood Simple, Mo and his producer paid good money for the rights of the re-make. This action alone should have pleased the more intellectual critics of Zhang Yimo, the fact that he did the right thing in terms of copyright, and picked a script by the Coen brothers, definitely Hollywood’s less commercial strand of creative power.
San Qiang (Three Shots) as the film is known, has also acquired a list of China’s Most Wanted comedians to star in the Movie. To start with, there is Xiao Shenyang, the 2009 CCTV New Year Gala comedy sensation. It seems that all he has to do is open his mouth, and the Chinese are already laughing. Why? Because he is so cheap, one twitterer, had commented. In addition to Xiao Shengyang, there is also Xiao Shengyang’s Shifu, Zhao Benshan, a veteran comedian that the Chinese TV audience have loved for the past 20 years. If that’s not enough, Mo has thrown in Sun Honglei, the leading man of China who has also an untainted record from both his TV and Film work. And last but certainly not the least, there is Mo himself.
Great script, star-studded cast, the most reknowned Chinese film director of all times, and plenty of cash. Sounds like a recipe for a blockbuster. But instead, it turned out to be one of the most hated films of 2009. What happened?
The problem, as one critic has pointed out, is that a film is not the Olympic Opening Ceremony, nor is it the New Year Gala on CCTV. Trying to please everyone may be the task of massive telecasted events, but not the task of a film. Mo’s problem is he tried too hard to please everyone. AGAIN. This time, unfortunately, he pleased no one. Coen Brother fans, who are usually not Mo fans, probably hated how Mo simply massacred the original script and screwed up the adaptation. TV Gala audiences went into the theatre inexpectation of their favorite comedians performing in a Mo Film, and not repeating punch lines that are at least 1 year old.
As for fans of Sun Honglei, the leading man, for most of the film, his handsome head was covered with a helmet and he had not more than 5 lines and couple of grunting sounds in the entire film.
And for all those Mo fans who loved the imperial pomposity of Zhang Yimo’s films, they will be sorely disappointed that their beloved emporors and warriors are replaced a bunch of small time hoodlums who run a noodle shop in the middle of nowhere.
So, its like the master chef with all the right ingredience, but screwed up the soup by over-cooking it. No wonder people are wondering whether Zhang Yimo is too spent after the Olympic Ceremony. But great creative talents are known for making horrible mistakes, every director probably has at least one film that they would like to singe every copy of negative. At the end of day, Mo is still Mo.
翻譯：張藝謀已不再是那個張藝謀
(Rome的開膛手翻譯)
張藝謀的電影神話在2009年的12月份破滅了。隨著他的新片《三槍拍案驚奇》而來的是網絡上如潮水般的責難和抨擊。正如一位網友在新浪微博上所述：“張藝謀已不再是那個張藝謀了。”
老實的說，看著這樣一個電影神話的破滅是一件別有趣味的事情。在過去的18個月裏，沒有任何人向他發難。畢竟，是他執導了那台充滿想象力的、震撼世界的奧運會開幕式。整個國家因為那場無以倫比的盛宴而對他滿懷期待，每個人都迫切的期待著他的新作。
而張藝謀的新片出了什麽問題？表麵上來看沒有絲毫差池。它本來應當成為一部為群眾所喜聞樂見的賀歲佳作。這部作品是從1982年科恩兄弟(Coen Brothers)的作品《血迷宮》(Blood Simple)改編而來，張藝謀與製片人張衛平為這部翻拍之作投入了大量的人力物力財力。他在選擇了好萊塢低成本獨立製作作為改編的原料，這一舉動本該為這位導演迎來評論界的好評。
《三槍拍案驚奇》雲集了眾多觀眾喜聞樂見的喜劇演員。而其中擔綱主角的則是在2009年央視春晚上一炮而紅的小沈陽。由於他獨特的市井化風格，隻要他開始講話，觀眾們已經樂不可支了。
而小沈陽的師傅趙本山，這位20年來一直被觀眾們喜愛著的老牌喜劇明星也加盟到這部影片中來。而如果這還不能滿足您的胃口，在電影和電視領域都有著突出貢獻的一線演員孫紅雷想必不會讓人失望。而最後，還有大家期待的導演張藝謀。
好的劇本，星光熠熠的演出班底，中國電影界最傑出的導演之一，外加上巨額的投資。這些元素看來可以組成一部不錯的商業大片。而事實上，《三槍拍案驚奇》成為了2009年度最受爭議的影片之一。這中間究竟發生了什麽？
正如一則評論所言，問題的關鍵在於，《三槍拍案驚奇》不是奧運會開幕式，也不是央視的春節晚會，它是一部電影。讓所有的觀眾滿意喜歡是電視節目的工作而不是電影的工作。張藝謀恰恰是錯在了希望取悅每一位觀影者。
而可悲的是，他沒有取悅到任何一個人。那些癡迷科恩兄弟的人們也許隻會對張藝謀肆意的改編原作而感到不悅。而廣大電視觀眾在電影院並沒有得到自己想要的東西。他們所希望的是自己喜歡的喜劇演員們在張藝謀的電影裏麵出彩的表演，而不是將一年前春節晚會上的東西再拿出來翻炒一遍。
而作為一個男主角孫紅雷的粉絲，我對他在電影裏麵始終被厚重的頭盔包裹著，同時說了不到五句台詞而感到不悅。而對張藝謀的電影粉絲來說，他們對自己所期待的皇帝與武士之間的商業大片被一幹不知在什麽地方經營小麵館的市井之人的瑣事而取代顯得十分失望。
因而，《三槍拍案驚奇》像極了一個大廚用上好原料卻煮過頭了的濃湯。難怪有人在質疑張藝謀是不是在奧運會之後就將自己的創作才情消耗殆盡。偉大的創作才情卻是因為糟糕的錯誤而出名；看來每一位導演都至少有一部想要將其毀掉抹殺掉的電影。
而最後，張藝謀還是那個我們熟悉的張藝謀
I must say, it is fun to watch the mighty fall, and I have done my fair share of twittering on the subject as well. The truth is , no one wanted to say anything bad about him for 18 months, he is the Chinese creative wunderkid in charge of the Olympic Opening Ceremony. The nation rallied behind him and he delivered, the Ceremony was amazing, and everyone, I mean just everyone, was terribly pleased.
So what went wrong with Mo’s latest film? On the surface: Nothing. It should have been another crowd pleaser. The script is an adaptation of the Coen Brothers 1984 film Blood Simple, Mo and his producer paid good money for the rights of the re-make. This action alone should have pleased the more intellectual critics of Zhang Yimo, the fact that he did the right thing in terms of copyright, and picked a script by the Coen brothers, definitely Hollywood’s less commercial strand of creative power.
San Qiang (Three Shots) as the film is known, has also acquired a list of China’s Most Wanted comedians to star in the Movie. To start with, there is Xiao Shenyang, the 2009 CCTV New Year Gala comedy sensation. It seems that all he has to do is open his mouth, and the Chinese are already laughing. Why? Because he is so cheap, one twitterer, had commented. In addition to Xiao Shengyang, there is also Xiao Shengyang’s Shifu, Zhao Benshan, a veteran comedian that the Chinese TV audience have loved for the past 20 years. If that’s not enough, Mo has thrown in Sun Honglei, the leading man of China who has also an untainted record from both his TV and Film work. And last but certainly not the least, there is Mo himself.
Great script, star-studded cast, the most reknowned Chinese film director of all times, and plenty of cash. Sounds like a recipe for a blockbuster. But instead, it turned out to be one of the most hated films of 2009. What happened?
The problem, as one critic has pointed out, is that a film is not the Olympic Opening Ceremony, nor is it the New Year Gala on CCTV. Trying to please everyone may be the task of massive telecasted events, but not the task of a film. Mo’s problem is he tried too hard to please everyone. AGAIN. This time, unfortunately, he pleased no one. Coen Brother fans, who are usually not Mo fans, probably hated how Mo simply massacred the original script and screwed up the adaptation. TV Gala audiences went into the theatre inexpectation of their favorite comedians performing in a Mo Film, and not repeating punch lines that are at least 1 year old.
As for fans of Sun Honglei, the leading man, for most of the film, his handsome head was covered with a helmet and he had not more than 5 lines and couple of grunting sounds in the entire film.
And for all those Mo fans who loved the imperial pomposity of Zhang Yimo’s films, they will be sorely disappointed that their beloved emporors and warriors are replaced a bunch of small time hoodlums who run a noodle shop in the middle of nowhere.
So, its like the master chef with all the right ingredience, but screwed up the soup by over-cooking it. No wonder people are wondering whether Zhang Yimo is too spent after the Olympic Ceremony. But great creative talents are known for making horrible mistakes, every director probably has at least one film that they would like to singe every copy of negative. At the end of day, Mo is still Mo.
翻譯：張藝謀已不再是那個張藝謀
(Rome的開膛手翻譯)
張藝謀的電影神話在2009年的12月份破滅了。隨著他的新片《三槍拍案驚奇》而來的是網絡上如潮水般的責難和抨擊。正如一位網友在新浪微博上所述：“張藝謀已不再是那個張藝謀了。”
老實的說，看著這樣一個電影神話的破滅是一件別有趣味的事情。在過去的18個月裏，沒有任何人向他發難。畢竟，是他執導了那台充滿想象力的、震撼世界的奧運會開幕式。整個國家因為那場無以倫比的盛宴而對他滿懷期待，每個人都迫切的期待著他的新作。
而張藝謀的新片出了什麽問題？表麵上來看沒有絲毫差池。它本來應當成為一部為群眾所喜聞樂見的賀歲佳作。這部作品是從1982年科恩兄弟(Coen Brothers)的作品《血迷宮》(Blood Simple)改編而來，張藝謀與製片人張衛平為這部翻拍之作投入了大量的人力物力財力。他在選擇了好萊塢低成本獨立製作作為改編的原料，這一舉動本該為這位導演迎來評論界的好評。
《三槍拍案驚奇》雲集了眾多觀眾喜聞樂見的喜劇演員。而其中擔綱主角的則是在2009年央視春晚上一炮而紅的小沈陽。由於他獨特的市井化風格，隻要他開始講話，觀眾們已經樂不可支了。
而小沈陽的師傅趙本山，這位20年來一直被觀眾們喜愛著的老牌喜劇明星也加盟到這部影片中來。而如果這還不能滿足您的胃口，在電影和電視領域都有著突出貢獻的一線演員孫紅雷想必不會讓人失望。而最後，還有大家期待的導演張藝謀。
好的劇本，星光熠熠的演出班底，中國電影界最傑出的導演之一，外加上巨額的投資。這些元素看來可以組成一部不錯的商業大片。而事實上，《三槍拍案驚奇》成為了2009年度最受爭議的影片之一。這中間究竟發生了什麽？
正如一則評論所言，問題的關鍵在於，《三槍拍案驚奇》不是奧運會開幕式，也不是央視的春節晚會，它是一部電影。讓所有的觀眾滿意喜歡是電視節目的工作而不是電影的工作。張藝謀恰恰是錯在了希望取悅每一位觀影者。
而可悲的是，他沒有取悅到任何一個人。那些癡迷科恩兄弟的人們也許隻會對張藝謀肆意的改編原作而感到不悅。而廣大電視觀眾在電影院並沒有得到自己想要的東西。他們所希望的是自己喜歡的喜劇演員們在張藝謀的電影裏麵出彩的表演，而不是將一年前春節晚會上的東西再拿出來翻炒一遍。
而作為一個男主角孫紅雷的粉絲，我對他在電影裏麵始終被厚重的頭盔包裹著，同時說了不到五句台詞而感到不悅。而對張藝謀的電影粉絲來說，他們對自己所期待的皇帝與武士之間的商業大片被一幹不知在什麽地方經營小麵館的市井之人的瑣事而取代顯得十分失望。
因而，《三槍拍案驚奇》像極了一個大廚用上好原料卻煮過頭了的濃湯。難怪有人在質疑張藝謀是不是在奧運會之後就將自己的創作才情消耗殆盡。偉大的創作才情卻是因為糟糕的錯誤而出名；看來每一位導演都至少有一部想要將其毀掉抹殺掉的電影。
而最後，張藝謀還是那個我們熟悉的張藝謀
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