The Chinese fantasy film Journey To The West: The Demons Strike Back (西游伏妖篇) broke box office records on its opening day last weekend.
Journey To The West: The Demons Strike Back, themed around one of the four great classics of Chinese literature, is the sequel to the 2013 hit Journey To The West: Conquering the Demons (西遊·降魔篇). The sequel’s success shows that hit film producer Stephen Chow (周星驰) knows how to excite people about his films; this was a much-anticipated one.
But many moviegoers thought the film did not live up to expectations (also see this 2.5/5 review in the SCMP). On Chinese social media, people jokingly called the cleavage of actress Jelly Lin, also known as Lin Yun (林允), the “highlight of the movie.”
The topic “Lin Yun’s breasts” even became the most popular searched topic on Chinese social media after the weekend.
Many netizens called the movie “unconvincing.” One netizen said: “Lin Yun’s breasts are the best part of the film.” Another person said: “From beginning to end, they were actually the movie’s highlight.” Others said: “The movie is bad, the cleavage is good.”
The 20-year-old actress Jelly or Lin Yun (@林允Jelly) previously had a major role in the 2016 hit film The Mermaid (美人鱼).
It is not the first time that an actress’s cleavage becomes trending on Sina Weibo. In 2015, the cleavage of Fan Bingbing in Chinese TV drama The Empress of China (also known as The Saga of Wu Zetian) made headlines when China’s censors temporarily canceled and edited all scenes showing ‘too much’ breasts. The show returned to the screen mostly showing faces, and no cleavage.
Although many people seem to appreciate Lin Xun’s looks more than the quality of the movie, not everybody agrees. Some netizens say they really liked the film, especially appreciating the role played by Kris Wu (吴亦凡).
There is one thing that both critics and fans of the movie The Demons Strike Back seem to have in common; they all say the film is “pleasing to the eye.”
– By Manya Koetse
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