The Movie Emperor: My Acting Skills Come from Torturing Myself
影帝：我的演技全靠自虐
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- Completed
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- 255k Words
- Genre
- Urban
- Subgenre
- Urban High-Concept
- Updated
- 1y ago
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Other names
- Are You Crazy? You Call This Method Acting?疯了吧？你管这叫体验派？Alternate title on Fanqie
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I feel that this book is very realistic, unlike the kind of mindless, wish-fulfillment novel. The protagonist reminds me a bit of a god who cultivates the ruthless path, but later regains some human warmth. The book's pace is quite fast, but I felt like a few chapters covered a lot of ground, creating a strange and contradictory feeling of both speed and substantial content.
Is nobody reading this? Let me tell you about my feelings after reading this book. The book's emotional descriptions are delicate and detailed, and the author's writing style is quite unique. I think the character portrayal is very good, from a person who is emotionless in the early stages to a person who forcibly integrates emotions.
The protagonist's perseverance in acting and on his path to self-redemption is deeply moving. The pain, the breakdowns, the resilience, and the unexpected moments of warmth combine to create a highly tragic character. However, the plot is too repetitive.
It's not one of those typical wish-fulfillment stories. At its core, I believe, is emotion! The protagonist is an actor who cannot feel emotions. Each performance was a destruction of his spiritual world. He didn't gain acting skills, but rather the life, personality, and emotions of the character. A life that doesn't belong to oneself severely erodes one's personality.
I love it, I can't even express how much I love it. It's not just about the main character, but also the character he plays in the story. The author is amazing too; those scenes from TV dramas and movies make me want the author to write the whole story, especially "Mechanical Heart" 😢😢 Oh no! I didn't really like reading entertainment industry novels before, but this author's book has completely "kicked" me into this genre. I love it so much! 🥺 Please update more, author! 😳
The protagonist is a complete madman; the first few chapters are even a bit frightening. His desire to live, to live with his complete spirit, borders on madness (personally). Initially, he was indeed a graduate suffering from difficulty with emotional resonance, but everything changed after he accepted the system's mission.
This is a masterpiece! The author portrays the protagonist's inner world with great subtlety, and even the character played by the protagonist is meticulously crafted. The author could easily write a movie script. It's far more engaging than those rambling, disjointed accounts. It's just a pity that not many people read it. Truly, a work of exceptional quality goes unnoticed.
You can watch it, but there are certain thresholds. You need to be emotionally stable to watch it, and if you have strong empathy, it's best not to watch it all at once. The whole book reads like a biography, the protagonist's journey to fulfill his dreams and his path to self-redemption. From the beginning, I frowned, and even after finishing it, I felt no joy.
This isn't a typical entertainment industry novel. The agents in this story are incompetent and act like mascots whenever they encounter difficulties. Some plot points are illogical and seem to deliberately create challenges for the protagonist.
(Initially drawn in by the title, I clicked on the details and found so many five-star reviews, yet the overall rating was only 7.2. Driven by curiosity, I started scrolling through the readers' comments one by one. Scrolling to the end, I discovered that almost every post was a heartfelt and enthusiastic praise. Now, I'm completely hooked.)