Jiang Nan reviews the movie "Shanghai Fortress": I saw its flaws when I first watched the sample

Since its release on August 9, Shanghai Fortress has been a disastrous failure in both word of mouth and box office, which has also poured cold water on Chinese science fiction films. The film barely made over 100 million yuan in box office in three days, and its Douban score is only 3.3. The People's Daily published an article criticizing Shanghai Fortress, saying, "The Wandering Earth brought honor to domestic science fiction films, but was lost again by Shanghai Fortress."

Recently, the movie "Shanghai Fortress" held a fan meeting in Chengdu. Director Teng Huatao was absent for some reason, but the original author Jiang Nan attended the meeting. Jiang Nan said frankly that he felt very anxious about this movie: "It is a very controversial movie. I heard that the director and producer are very anxious. I am also anxious. Some impulsive audiences said that this movie was not made with sincerity. Frankly speaking, I also saw its flaws when I first watched the sample. But it also has advantages. I was very nervous when it was screened. I hope the audience can see this advantage."

Jiang Nan also talked about his impression of the film production team of Shanghai Fortress. He said: "As an author, it is not possible for me to stay with the crew every day. I don't really understand what they do, but I can see that they are really working hard. I have only been to the crew once. The director is usually a relatively easy-going person, but he becomes serious when he puts on headphones."

As for how he viewed Lu Han's performance, Jiang Nan said: "Many people think of Lu Han as a traffic star. When I met him on the set, he had a very cute side and was not a difficult person to approach. I don't know much about actors, but at that moment I felt that he was very lifelike."

In addition, Jiang Nan also denied that this was a movie made by a popular Internet celebrity and a popular young actor. He said that Lu Han definitely has a lot of traffic, but the original work is very niche and the first edition sold very few copies. Jiang Nan said frankly: "I know that some of the plots in it are somewhat different from what everyone expected from the original book. It may be more appropriate to talk about how to be a director. I am very sorry that this movie has lost a lot of the plots that everyone wanted to restore from the original book."