The most artificial scenes in Chinese films.

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Chinese TV dramas have sparked outrage due to illogical, unrealistic scenes, and poorly executed special effects. Even blockbuster projects starring Yang Zi, Dilraba Dilmurat, and Angelababy have been criticized.

Chinese TV dramas have sparked outrage due to illogical, unrealistic scenes, and poorly executed special effects. Even blockbuster projects starring Yang Zi, Dilraba Dilmurat, and Angelababy have been criticized.

In recent years, production platforms like Tencent Video, Iqiyi, and Youku have been striving to create epic historical dramas. However, despite being promoted as having high budgets, the visual effects of these works are very poor. Scenes with fake backgrounds are obvious and lack logical thinking, leaving viewers frustrated. This includes dramas like 'Anlac Story' starring Dilraba Dilmurat, 'Huu Phu' starring Angelababy, and 'Love Story of the Desert' starring Yang Zi. Even in modern settings like 'Teenage Years,' directors overuse unrealistic effects, angering audiences.

In 'Anlac Story,' the beauty Tan Xiang played by Dilraba Dilmurat confronts the treacherous Nham Anlac. From the early episodes, viewers witnessed the 'unique' martial arts display of Nham Anlac. The scene of swinging on a ship's mast immediately became a hot topic of discussion among Chinese viewers due to its artificial effects and Nhiệt Ba's emotionless performance. The film plummeted, becoming a failed project in 2023.

'Love Story of the Desert' starring Yang Zi was one of the hottest projects of the summer of 2023 in Chinese cinema. The film was initially praised for its smooth, beautiful visual effects, but the later episodes revealed a lack of attention to detail in scenes requiring special effects, such as the scene of Xiang Liu (Danh Kien Thu) drawing blood to save Xiao Yao (Yang Zi). In the original work, the demon Xiang Liu draws blood from the heart, but instead of extracting a few drops of blood for a more emotional impact, the production team created a scene with blood gushing like a fountain.

The aesthetic sense of the film crew of 'Seven Lucky Lives' also raised questions. In the scene where the male lead Ding Wu He needs to extract a ray of divine power, the technical staff's handling was so clumsy that audiences likened the male lead to pulling out a parasite from his head.

Triệu Lệ Dĩnh also starred in 'The Legend of Huu Phi', a period drama advertised as having a large budget produced by Tencent. The film's special effects were criticized as very poor, with even Triệu Lệ Dĩnh's martial arts scenes ridiculed as dancing on the river. The director even created a scene of Vương Nhất Bác and his sister flying hand in hand to the moon. It can be said that 'The Legend of Huu Phi' is the worst project in Triệu Lệ Dĩnh's career, still affecting her reputation to this day.

In addition, audiences were more frustrated when directors creatively shot new-style martial arts scenes, called 'lazy martial arts.' In these, actors hardly move but rely on special effects to create fast, dizzying fight scenes, deceiving viewers. This image is from the film 'Snow Middle Barbarian Swordsmanship,' a project expected to revive the declining Chinese martial arts genre. However, the poorly executed scenes received criticism from viewers.

Similarly, in 'Madam Ho Chau,' the scene of Phương Chư (Trần Vỹ Đình) using a sword was also criticized as 'lazy martial arts.' To this day, this scene remains among the top fake-looking special effects scenes in Chinese cinema.

In the 2022 film adaptation of 'The Return of the Condor Heroes,' the director creatively introduced a martial art called 'Six-Armed Three-Headed Vajra Technique' using special effects that amazed viewers. However, this innovation did not receive public support, resulting in both the film and the lead actor Lâm Phong being criticized. The two parts of the film received only 3.5/10 and 3.8/10 ratings on the Douban review site.

The film 'Passionate Detective Spirit' starring Trương Vũ Kiếm and Lương Khiết was also marked with a low rating of 3.1/10 on Douban for the excessive use of over-the-top special effects in its scenes.

'Twelve Dialogues' is a fantasy TV series featuring various mythical creatures portrayed by Cổ Lực Na Trát and Lưu Dĩ Hào. The film had a rather poor performance, attracting little attention from audiences, except for the poorly executed fishman scene with inferior special effects.

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