In 2022, "Fairy Sister" Liu Yifei returned to the TV drama circle with " Meng Hua Lu ", which achieved good ratings and reputation. The drama also received a high score of 8.0 on Douban.
Although Liu Yifei is 35 years old, she is well maintained and in excellent condition, and she is still as beautiful as ever.
After "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in 2006, Liu Yifei announced that she would no longer act in TV series and focus on movies. Perhaps it was her own arrangement. 16 years later, this happened to be the time for Yang Guo to wait for Xiao Longnu. Audiences Finally, the waiting movie "Menghua Lu" is here.
Why did Liu Yifei choose to return to the TV drama circle? Some people say it’s because the film industry just can’t survive anymore.
I don’t know if I don’t take stock. I’m really shocked when I see it. Liu Yifei has made a lot of movies over the years, and almost every one of them has set the lowest score for the director. It’s not too much to call it a director’s nightmare.
Today we will take stock of Liu Yifei’s performance in the film industry in the past ten years!
Before moving to the big screen, Liu Yifei filmed two youth films "Love in May" and "Love Winner". At that time, she had just debuted and was not very famous. The box office of both films was around 1 million. Not included in the discussion for now.
In April 2008, Liu Yifei moved to Hollywood 's first movie "The King of Kung Fu " was released. She played the heroine Jin Yanzi, but her style was a bit rustic and failed to show her stunning beauty well.
"The King of Kung Fu" has a domestic box office of 145 million, but this box office contribution has little to do with Liu Yifei.
The biggest gimmick of this movie is that the two kung fu superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li collaborated for the first time. The two have been kings for decades, and they made a bad movie together for the first time.
I don’t know whether it was to cater to the tastes of Western audiences, or whether the two superstars failed to create sparks with each other. The audience was confused when watching this film, and even when they saw the ending, they didn’t understand what the story of the film was about.
In the film, Liu Yifei's performance was quite average, and she was suppressed by Li Bingbing, who was full of white hair and full of aura.
The director of "The King of Kung Fu" is Rob Minkoff . He directed the animated film " The Lion King " with a global box office of 750 million. He is a well-known director in Hollywood.
When it comes to Liu Yifei, the great director has also overturned. The current Douban score of "The King of Kung Fu" is 5.7 points, which is the bottom of Rob Minkoff's seven works.
Perhaps "The King of Kung Fu" had such a big impact on Liu Yifei that she disappeared from the public eye for two years. It is said that she concentrated on studying acting.
In August 2010, Wang Leehom 's directorial debut "Love Announcement" was released. People were surprised to find that Liu Yifei was actually the heroine.
As a singer, he transformed into a film director, so naturally he couldn't attract much investment. This was a small-cost movie, and it finally earned 53.02 million in box office, which is not bad. The story of
movie is a very ordinary campus love without much newness. It is very much like Leehom Wang's personal self-pleasure work. Compared with Jay Chou's directorial debut " The Untold Secret ", the reputation is much worse.
The highlight of the movie is probably Liu Yifei's beauty. The audience found that the "fairy sister" looks good even if she wears glasses.
In addition, the movie also had a popular theme song "Things You Don't Know", which was once popular on the streets.
"Love Announcement" has a score of 5.9 on Douban. As Leehom Wang's only directorial work, if you want to find a reference for horizontal comparison, you can only take "The Untold Secret" with a score of 8.1. Jay Chou is YYDS!
In April 2011, "A Chinese Ghost Story", a collaboration between Liu Yifei and Louis Koo , was released. This is a cross-generational collaboration between two generations of Xiao Longnu and Yang Guo. Coupled with the classic IP, it once became a gimmick.
When the audience entered the cinema, they were greatly disappointed. Nie Xiaoqian played by Liu Yifei was really incomparable to Wang Zuxian. Although they contributed a large-scale scene with a bare back, their acting skills were indeed far behind.
In addition, the script of this movie is not very good. The outrageous setting of Nie Xiaoqian and Yan Chixia being in love is unacceptable.
Later, after the incident of Gu Tianle building the school was exposed, people could only regard it as a contribution to Principal Gu. The
movie finally earned a box office of 139 million. If calculated based on the US$20 million investment advertised by the photo studio, it was definitely a loss-making film.
The director of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is the famous Wilson Yip. He is a great director who has produced the " Mong Kok Storm ", " Sha Po Lang " and " Ip Man " series. He is well-known in the circle, Donnie Yen. Most of the kung fu movies that is famous for were produced by him.
Maybe the director of a kung fu movie came to make a romance movie and missed the mark! In terms of
Douban score, among the 25 works directed by Wilson Ye, "A Chinese Ghost Story" ranked 22nd with a score of 5.4. Fortunately, it was not at the bottom.
If you look at "A Chinese Ghost Story" starring Leslie Cheung and Joey Wang, the score is as high as 8.8, you can see how big the gap is.
In November 2011, the movie "The Legend of Hongmen Banquet" directed by Li Rengang and starring Liming , Feng Shaofeng and others was released. This is a man's drama. Liu Yifei plays the role of Yu Ji in the film. There are not many scenes and it is of a vase nature. embellishment.
If this movie only filmed the Hongmen Banquet scene, it wouldn’t have needed a heroine, but maybe the movie was not long enough, and the director added a scene of Wujiang committing suicide, so naturally the scene of Farewell My Concubine was indispensable, so Liu Yifei was cast as Yu. Ji.
Audiences who have watched the movie have to admit that Liu Yifei is indeed beautiful, but apart from her beauty, they really can’t remember what she played.
"Legend of Hongmen Banquet" is said to have invested more than 100 million yuan, and finally received a box office of 140 million yuan. It is another blockbuster film.
Li Rengang has directed movies such as " Black Hero ", "Xingyue Fairy Tale", " Ahu" and other movies. He has a good reputation in the circle. He has directed a total of nineteen movies. "The Legend of Hongmen Banquet" has a Douban score of 6.4 Ranked tenth.
It is worth mentioning that this movie is Liu Yifei's only movie with a score above 6 on Douban. However, her role is so small that the ratings and box office probably have little to do with her.
In July 2012, the movie "Famous Catchers" starring Liu Yifei was released. At that time, no one thought that three movies of this kind could be shot in a row.
"Four Famous Catchers" is a classic work by martial arts master Wen Ruian. It has been adapted into many film and television dramas before and has many loyal fans.
may have its sights on big IP, so investors are willing to spend money.
The biggest flaw of this movie is Liu Yifei’s Qingqing. In the original work, Qingqing is obviously a man. In order to increase the emotional drama, the movie even changed the gender of the protagonist. It would be strange if the original work was not criticized to death.
In addition, the plot also seems fragmented and disorganized, making people confused and unable to complain.
The ratings of the "Four Famous Catchers" trilogy on Douban are 5.4, 5.3 and 5.2 respectively. It's really Wang Xiaoer's Chinese New Year, and every year is worse than the last. In terms of
box office, it is 195 million, 173 million, and 192 million.
These three movies were all invested by Enlight Media, costing 230 million. After calculation, it would take 700 million at the box office to make back the money, which shows that it is another money-losing series.
The director of this series of movies is Chen Jiashang. He has directed Stephen Chow 's comedy masterpieces " Play Back to School", " Martial Arts Champion Su Qier ", and Jet Li's classic kung fu film " Jing Wu Heroes " and " Zhongnanhai Bodyguard ". After the new millennium, it has also produced word-of-mouth works such as "Painted Skin". Director Chen couldn't hold on when
met Liu Yifei. Among the thirty-four films he directed, the three films ranked 28th, 29th, and 30th in ratings.
In September 2012, " Tongquetai " adapted from the story of the Three Kingdoms was released. Liu Yifei is a proper heroine, playing the roles of Diao Chan and Lingju , both of whom are unparalleled beauties.
This movie invited Chow Yun-fat and to take charge of it, but it still couldn't save its bad reputation.
The plot is perfunctory and the logic is confusing, which is a waste of Fa Ge 's acting skills.
After watching the movie, the only thing the audience can remember is perhaps Liu Yifei, who was so beautiful in red.
This movie has many big scenes. It is said that the investment exceeded 100 million, and it finally received 106 million in box office. It is obviously a hit again.
"Tongque Terrace" is directed by Zhao Linshan, who was born in Changchun Film Studio . This film is his debut film, with a rating of 5.2 on Douban, and is also the bottom of his directorial career.
In November 2014, Liu Yifei starred in the romance film ", dewy beauty ", which co-starred with popular Korean actor Rain. The movie
is adapted from Zhang Xiaoxian's original work of the same name, telling the story of a bloody love entanglement.
Most of the audiences who go into the cinema go there for the appearance of the male and female protagonists. It seems that it no longer matters whether the story is told well or not.
The movie finally received a box office of 66.31 million. Considering that the investment was not large, it should not lose much.
The director of this movie is the famous Gao Xixi, but he mainly shot TV series before, and it seems that he just wanted to fulfill his movie dream.
"Dew Beauty" has a Douban score of 4.9, ranking 30th among Gao Xixi's 34 works.
In April 2015, Liu Yifei brought another movie "White Ghost Legend: Desperate Escape". This is a movie that combines Chinese and Western history. It mixes the history of the East and the West together to piece together a nondescript story.
The cast is quite strong, with Nicolas Cage invited to take the lead, but this is probably a dark history that Cage doesn't want to look back on.
This movie had an investment of over 100 million, but the final box office revenue was only 24.33 million. By this time in 2015, most of the films whose box office was still measured in 10,000 yuan were blockbusters.
The director of "Escape" is named Nick Powell. He was originally a famous American action director. He participated in the production of blockbusters such as "Braveheart" and "The Bourne Supremacy". This movie is his ’s directorial debut, with a Douban rating of only 4.5, making it the lowest of all the films he has participated in.
In September 2015, Liu Yifei brought a Sino-Korean co-production movie " The Third Love ", which was also very popular because it included her first relationship since joining the industry.
In the film, Liu Yifei contributed a lot of hard-working performances, and she and Song Seung-heon fell in love with each other vigorously. However, it still cannot change the fact that this is a bad movie.
Apart from the popularity of the actors themselves, the story of this movie is cliche and bloody. It just tells the love-hate relationship between a cold female lawyer and a domineering CEO, without any new ideas.
The film finally received a box office of 72.9 million. The biggest contribution was the popularity of Liu Yifei and Song Seung-heon's romance.
The director of this film is South Korea's Lee Jae Han . His most famous masterpiece is the tear-jerking masterpiece "The Eraser in My Brain", which has a Douban score of 8.0. When
met Liu Yifei, Lee Jae-han was also at a loss. The Douban score of "The Third Kind of Love" was only 5.2 points, ranking last among Lee Jae-han's six works.
In May 2016, Liu Yifei starred in the urban romance film "Peacock in the Night", starring a group of powerful actors such as Liming Lai, Liu Ye, Yu Shaoqun, etc.
The general context of the story is the emotional entanglement between Liu Yifei and these three men.
The movie tried its best to create a literary and artistic environment, but it could not cover up the paleness of the vulgar plot. Some people directly ridiculed it as messing up the relationship between men and women under the cloak of literature and art.
This literary film received a box office of 33.17 million, which is terrible.
The director of "The Night Peacock", Dai Sijie, was once a very famous writer. His film debut "Balzac and the Little Seamstress" was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival and the American Golden Globe Award.
You can find the ratings of Dai Sijie's four movies on Douban. "Night Peacock" ranks last with a rating of 4.9.
In July 2016, the youth film "You Are Still Here" starring Liu Yifei was released. The nearly 30-year-old fairy sister played the role of a high school student without any sense of disobedience. The movie
was adapted from the novel by Xinyiwu . It has a certain fan base, and the male protagonist is a popular traffic niche. It finally achieved a box office of 337 million, which is considered to be a good performance among movies starring Liu Yifei.
The director of this film, Zhou Tuoru, graduated from the directing department of Shanghai Theater Academy. , he mainly shot micro-films before. He has an excellent reputation in the industry and has won many awards.
"To Youth: So You're Still Here" was the first major movie directed by Zhou Tuoru. In the end, it only received a Douban score of 4.3 points.
In August 2017, the movie "三生三世十里桃花" starring Liu Yifei and Yang Yang was released. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that because of the popularity of the TV series of the same name, this is an attempt to gain popularity.
The audience for this movie is obviously not ordinary viewers, but a specific group of fans. What these people watch is not the plot at all, but the prime appearance of the lead actor. The power of
fans is powerful. Such a movie has received a box office of 535 million, which can only make people sincerely admire the prosperity of the mainland film market.
There are two directors of this movie, one is Zhao Xiaoding, and the other is Anthony Lamorinara. The latter is a famous Hollywood director. Each of his representative works is more shocking than the last. "Spider-Man" ", " Toy Story ", " Avatar " in the early development, won the Oscar for Best Special Effects Director, he should just have a name, the person who is really in charge of the director is Zhao Xiaoding.
"Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" is the only work directed by Zhao Xiaoding. It has a Douban score of only 4.0, which is the lowest score among Liu Yifei's starring movies.
It is worth mentioning that Zhao Xiaoding is a very good photographer. Zhang Yimou 's "Hero", " House of Flying Daggers ", " Full City with Golden Armor " were all photographed by him. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
"Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" is the one with the lowest rating among all the films that Zhao Xiaoding participated in.
In November 2017, "烽火香飞" was released. Liu Yifei played the role of a village girl, and she was still as fairy-like as otherworldly fireworks. The movie is adapted from real historical events and tells the story of a US military pilot and an ordinary Chinese rural woman during World War II.
Although Liu Yifei wanted to make a breakthrough in appearance before challenging a village girl, her face was obviously very unconvincing when it was shown on the screen.
This big-budget film co-produced by China and the United States was very ambitious, but in the end it suffered a disastrous box office failure. It only earned 29.44 million at the box office, and the investors lost money.
The director of "The War" is Billy August from Denmark. He is the third director in the history of the Cannes Film Festival to win the Palme d'Or twice. He also won the Oscar for "Pell the Conqueror". The Film Award for Best Foreign Language Film is highly respected and produces frequent masterpieces.
Liu Yifei was very motivated to work with an internationally renowned director. Her fans even hoped that she could become an actress with this film. Unexpectedly, it was another failure, with a Douban score of only 5.7.
There are 17 works by Billy August on Douban, and the rating of "Feng Huo Fang Fei" ranks 17th without any suspense.
In December 2017, "The Second Generation Fairy: Lucky in This Life" was released, starring Liu Yifei and Feng Shaofeng, telling the story of a human-male falling in love.
As soon as I looked at the credits, I knew that this was a TV series that was trying hard to get into the movie industry. It was obviously lacking in skills and the story was pale and unconvincing.
" The Second Generation of Goblin " finally received a box office of 290 million, but after excluding the cost and theater distribution, it was still a heavy loss.
director Xiao Yang was once an excellent editor. Films such as "If You Are the One", "The Wind" and "Tangshan Earthquake" are all his editing works.
After switching careers as a director, Xiao Yang shot three movies, and "Second Generation Goblin" ranked last with a score of 5.4.
In September 2020, "Mulan", Liu Yifei's big hit that she has been waiting for three years, was released. This is a super luxurious and big-budget movie produced by Disney. It has gained huge momentum before it was released.
In order to play Mulan, Liu Yifei devoted a lot of effort and suffered countless hardships during the filming. People can see her dedication and hard work.
However, the result still disappointed the audience. Perhaps in order to cater to Western tastes, Chinese people were confused when watching this well-known story in China.
The box office of "Mulan" in China was only 270 million, which was far lower than expected. Amidst a wave of negative reviews from the audience, it was declared a box office failure.
director Niki Caro's directorial debut was nominated for the Cannes Palme d'Or and received two Oscar nominations for the leading actress and a supporting actress nomination, which shows that she is very good at exploring the potential of actresses.
Unfortunately, Nikki Caro also failed when she met Liu Yifei. "Mulan" received a Douban score of 4.9, the lowest score among her seven directorial works.
Perhaps it was "Mulan" that completely disheartened Liu Yifei, so she chose to leave the big screen for a while and return to the TV drama circle, taking over the filming of "Meng Hua Lu".
What I didn't expect was that the reputation of "Meng Hua Lu" was surprisingly good, surpassing all the movies Liu Yifei has starred in in the past ten years, and the Douban score was as high as 8.0.
Not only "Meng Hua Lu", but also the four TV series Liu Yifei acted in when she debuted are all well-known masterpieces.
"The Family" scored 8.5 points, "Dragon" 8.5 points, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" 9.1 points, and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" 7.7 points. Just pick any one out and it will be much better than those movies.
Although the Douban score does not completely represent the quality of film and television works, it also reflects from one side that the movies Liu Yifei has made in recent years are indeed not very good, but in TV series, she can perform well.
I don’t know what Liu Yifei will choose in her career in the future. Whether she will continue to challenge the film industry or stay in the TV drama industry which is relatively easy to control, we can only wait and see.
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