Then, there was the story of Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Jian meeting each other. These were all characters from the original Romance of the Three Kingdoms. During the final battle of Guang Zong, these characters appeared and participated in the final battle against the Yellow Turban Army.
The only person who did not appear was probably Lu Bu because the original novel did not mention that Ding Yuan also participated in the battle.
Then, there was the exaggeration of the Yellow Turban Army's combat power and the spread of feudal superstitions … Well, although it seemed to be true, it was explained later that these were all science and Zhang Jiao was just a lying scientist.
There was also the issue of vilifying the Yellow Turban Army. These were not vilified because the Yellow Turban Army in history was really like that. In fact, almost all peasant uprisings were the same. At the beginning, they were against tyranny. Then, they treated the peasants cruelly, seized their food and used them as cannon fodder.
These were the limitations of history and the cruelty of war.
Boss Jia added a lot of content to the movie. For example, he emphasized the cruelty of war and how the peasants were tortured by both the rebels and the imperial army.
There was a ten-minute scene in the movie that depicted a small town. At the beginning, the people were full of expectations for the Yellow Turban Army. In the end, the Yellow Turban Army really came and slaughtered them all.
When the soldiers who came to save them finally arrived, they killed all the rest of the people except for a fool named Dian Wei, who was saved by Cao Mengde who came last.
All these things deeply illustrated the cruelty of war and the historical truth of the suffering of the people. It also emphasized the importance of harmony and so on.
Other than that, there was also the fact that the three heroes who would divide the world into three in the future all started by killing the Yellow Turban Army. In the end, Master Shui Jing, Sima Hui, passed by this place and brought two three-year-old children to pass by the battlefield. Through the children's questions and answers, he told them.
Although the Yellow Turban Army had failed, the seeds of chaos had been sown. In the future, the world would be destroyed by the aftermath of this war. What the two of them needed to do was to find the one who could truly unite the world and restore peace to the world.
In short, Boss Jia felt that the plot of the entire movie was perfect. It not only reflected the original work, but also reflected more historical and cultural connotations. It was simply a perfect script. However, it received such a bad review in China, which made Boss Jia feel very hurt.
Logically speaking, all the criticism he received in 2000 was not as serious as the criticism of this movie to Boss Jia.
"True gold fears no fire!" Boss Jia went to visit Mr. Dai and told him his grievances. "People's emotions explode in an instant. They may feel good for a moment and bad for a moment. Maybe they won't be able to understand your movie with their current knowledge and cultural reserves."
"Therefore, you can leave this movie to time. You can wait for ten or twenty years. When the hearts of the people who have watched the movie settle down, or when a new batch of young people have grown up, you will know whether your movie is good or bad!" Teacher Dai said.
"What do you think of my movie, Mr. Dai?" Boss Jia asked curiously.
"I didn't watch it. I'm not interested in the Three Kingdoms!" Mr. Dai said faintly. "I just want to know why you are still not satisfied when your movie has won the first place in history."
"Mr. Dai …" Boss Jia was convinced. After the conversation, he felt much better.
That's right. It was his own movie, and it was enough as long as he liked it. Anyway, he spent his own money. Whether others liked it or not, it didn't matter to Boss Jia.
In fact, not all the reviews were bad. At least on the Sweet Noodle Sauce Forum under Guangying Entertainment, many people gave "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turban Uprising" high praise. Some people even said that it was a movie that was not accepted by the world for the time being, just like "A Chinese Odyssey to the West".
On the other hand, Fusang was in a completely different situation from Hua Xia.
On the second day after "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turban Uprising" was released, the one-day box office increased by 100 million yuan. The two-day box office was more than 2.4 billion yen, and it advanced into the top 50 of Fusang's movie rankings.
Although the one-day box office fell sharply in the next few days, it was estimated that the box office of 10 billion yen would not run away. It would definitely enter the top five of Fusang's all-time box office.
In contrast to Hua Xia, Fusang's evaluation of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turban Uprising" was very extreme.
"This is the Three Kingdoms I want to see."
"This is the real history."
"This is the real God of War, Lu Bu." Almost all the Fusangpeople gave good reviews. Boss Jia's expression was very strange, and his mood was very complicated.
As for why this happened, the answer was very simple. After all, Fusang was not the place where the historical classic "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was produced. They did not have the kind of feelings that must be protected.
Therefore, the Fusangpeople were familiar with the history of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and could accept a large scale adaptation of the plot. It did not matter even if it was all feminized. After all, the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was not a novel by the Fusangpeople. They just wanted to watch the scene for fun.
This was the fundamental difference in the standpoint of the people of the two countries. Thinking about it this way, Boss Jia felt more comfortable. This proved that Hua Xia liked the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" more.
Well, it was worth mentioning that after "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turban Uprising" was released in Korea, it caused a lot of criticism and condemnation in Korea, and the box office was average.
The reason was more complicated, and there were two main reasons.
First, it was because the movie was made by Hua Xia. The Koreans, who had eaten too much kimchi, were jealous, of course, they would not hesitate to criticize.
The second reason … Was the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" not made in Korea?
After the huge difference between the movie and his expectations, Boss Jia was full of worries about the box office results of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turban Uprising" in the movie market all over the world.
Originally, Boss Jia had estimated the box office to be at least one billion US dollars. Now, it was hard for Boss Jia to say anything. He could only wait for the results after the movie was released in the Northern United States.
Finally, on September 5, 2000, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turban Uprising" was released in the Northern United States. The pre-screening achieved 30 million US dollars, which was quite a good result.
However, the results of the pre-screening only showed that the audience had high expectations for the movie. Next, they had to wait for the detailed word-of-mouth of the audience. As long as the word-of-mouth was maintained, the North American box office should be at least 500 million US dollars.
If the word-of-mouth was ruined, the box office would plummet.
[PS: The author did not understand how the movie would be word-of-mouth in the Northern United States market, so this opportunity to determine the word-of-mouth will be left to you. You can predict the word-of-mouth score of this movie in the Northern United States market. The highest score is 10. The box office of this movie will be calculated according to the average score of your word-of-mouth prediction!]
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