My point of view is that "The King's Feast" is the limit of Lu Chuan's bad movies. It is really difficult to make a worse movie. My friend is more mean. His point of view is to believe in Lu Chuan. This is a director with the soul of a bad movie. He will definitely be able to break through himself and reach new lows.
Okay, okay, although "Nine-Story Demon Tower" has not been offline yet, my friend's victory is no longer in suspense. As a reference for our bet, the rating of "Nine-Storey Demon Tower" on Douban dropped to 4.7 points - well, the bad movie "The King's Feast" was 5.2 points.
I am not convinced at all, but I am not convinced either. What is convincing is that if a director knows that he is terrible, then he is indeed likely to get worse. The probability of "turning over" is unlikely. This is our common sense.
I am not convinced either, because Lu Chuan is different from those bad film directors. He did not become like this when he debuted. Speaking of which, many viewers seem to have forgotten that Lu Chuan was once the most promising young director in China. If you have questions about this, I might as well list the Douban scores of Lu Chuan's early works: "Black Hole" (screenwriter) 8.1 points, "Can't Help" (screenwriter) 8.4 points, "Looking for the Gun" 7.6 points, and "Kekexili" 8.6 points.
As early as the screenwriter era, Lu Chuan wrote the TV series "Black Hole". This police drama directed by Guan Hu was a highly praised drama at the time. Different from those stereotyped police dramas of the past, Lu Chuan created a gangster leader who straddled the lines of good and evil.
I believe there are still many viewers who are deeply impressed by Chen Daoming's Nie Mingyu. The look and feel of this character is a bit like Zhou Chaoxian, played by Tony Leung Ka Fai in the Hong Kong movie "Black Gold". He looks gentle and elegant, and can move freely in political and business circles, but he is a ruthless criminal in his heart.
Starting as a screenwriter, Lu Chuan showed his potential as an authorial director. His debut as a director, "The Gun" quickly made him famous in the film industry. Although Lu Chuan always likes to complain about how Jiang Wen, the drama tyrant, fought for love during the filming of "Looking for a Gun" and left him aside as a director, this film does showcase Lu Chuan's creativity.