The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 305 The Frustrated Film Critic

Chapter 305 The Frustrated Film Critic
Cheng Hongtao uncomfortably lifted the 3D glasses on the bridge of his nose. For people who already wear glasses, they can only watch 3D movies with glasses on. It is inevitable that they will be uncomfortable.

He watched the huge countdown sign of the opening title of IMAX attacking him. Even though he had seen it many times, his body still had a familiar feeling of trembling. I am amazed and shocked by the visual charm of 3D.

Because in the vast majority of 3D movies, the IMAX title is basically the most 3D picture. He once satirized in the film review that the part of the ticket price that 3D+IMAX movies are more expensive than 2D movies is basically reflected in the 3DIMAX title.

He can count on one hand the number of people who can make him feel the 3D visual shock in the feature film. Will "Gravity" be such a movie?
Although the previous trailer gave Cheng Hongtao a bad start, he checked it out on purpose. The 3D of "Gravity" was post-transformed, which greatly reduced the deterrence of the trailer to him.

He is quite familiar with Hollywood movies and popular film industry technology, and he belongs to the kind of film critic who is not proficient. In his understanding, converted 3D is usually synonymous with inferior 3D, even in Hollywood, converted 3D is not It is possible to achieve the effect of shooting the whole process with a 3D camera.

While the trailers seem to work well, trailers, like all commercials, are usually watery.

"wow!"

After the short opening credits, there were a few whispers in the theater, and Cheng Hongtao's body shook, and he felt a little dizzy for a moment.

The Earth, which occupies almost two-thirds of the IMAX screen, is not beyond his imagination in terms of shots, it is the same as the first shot in the trailer.

But the expressiveness was completely beyond his imagination.

When he saw the trailer, he would certainly imagine the effect of zooming in on the giant screen in the trailer, but most of the time his imagination would be higher than reality, and sometimes it would be lower than reality.

Now it's the latter!
The theater chosen for the premiere of "Gravity" is the National Film International Cinema. The premiere theater is currently the largest IMAX theater in China. The screen is 21 meters high and 38 meters wide. It is a giant screen among giant screens.

Cheng Hongtao has never seen such a big earth on the IMAX screen!
He was sure that if anyone had a phobia of giants, it was probably going to happen right now.

Some things are like this, you don’t need to carve them carefully, as long as you enlarge it to a certain extent, it is a visual spectacle in itself.

Not only is the deterrence of giants magnified to the extreme by the giant screen, but the beauty of the earth and space itself is also magnified to the extreme.

The earth in the giant screen rotates slowly, the land, ocean and clouds are completely visible, and the countless interesting details contained in the beautiful picture composed of yellow, green, blue and white are like oil paintings, reflecting and filling the eyes of every audience. .

There is no sound, only the huge slowly rotating earth, the camera is slowly advancing, and the earth that has occupied most of the screen is still zooming in.

An artificial aircraft with its wings spread out is flying towards the screen and towards the audience against the direction of the earth's rotation. The figure is getting closer and bigger.

"This shot..." The "Beringman" sitting next to Cheng Hongtao sighed in the utter silence, awakening Cheng Hongtao's sanity that was sinking deeper and deeper and could hardly be pulled out.

It's an empty shot, and it's also an incredibly long shot.

Cheng Hongtao lowered his head and glanced at his watch, which lasted at least a minute!
It is unbelievable that such a long shot of more than one minute without any sound can make hundreds of audience members in the theater raise their heads quietly and watch it.

Space sci-fi movies are rare. Even "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" only come out in a few years, and the content itself does not focus on showing the visual wonders of the planet, let alone showing the earth.

So... This may be the first time that Chinese people, including Cheng Hongtao, have seen such a similar scene in a movie theater for a long time.

IMAX is really a great invention. Cheng Hongtao has never been so deeply aware of the difference between computers, TV screens and big screens at a moment. The shock he feels at this moment is not just that the trailer screen on the computer screen is enlarged in proportion. Thousands of times.

From the computer screen to the IMAX, the movie has undergone a qualitative change!
This is not a work where trailers can be used to deduce and predict what a movie will be. Trailers and movies are completely different things, and you can only feel it when you are really in it.

Then there was another exclamation, because the camera flashed across the huge orange sunwing of the space station.

In other words, the huge solar wings of the space station passed over the audience's heads and eyelids.

The audience seemed to have returned to the feeling that the huge countdown sign at the beginning of the IMAX title was hitting them, and they unconsciously wanted to avoid it.

There is only one feeling, blocking out the sun!

Cheng Hongtao felt the chair tremble when the picture rushed over the solar wing of the space station.

But it was actually his own body that was trembling.

"Beringman" sighed in a low voice: "This is a movie made for cinemas!"

"No, it was born for IMAX and 3D!" "The Martian" seemed to be refuting and adding.

Cheng Hongtao remained silent, the emotions of "Bering Xia" and "Martian Man" coincided with the cognition that became clearer and clearer in his mind after the movie started.

Even though the movie only lasted 3 minutes, he has to admit that Chen Jingxing has rediscovered the charm of IMAX and 3D.

He seems to let the audience regain the feeling when the giant screen and 3D first appeared.

Cheng Hongtao's shock from watching a movie in the IMAX theater for the first time returned to his body.

At that time, as a movie lover, he broke away from the traditional evaluation criteria of plot, story and acting for the first time, and realized the importance of technology and visual spectacle to movies, as well as the audio-visual enjoyment they can bring.

But people are "drug resistant", and the visual spectacle is no exception. After the initial novelty passes, the threshold for the giant screen is also increasing.

And 3D converted movies are very popular, especially in China, 3D is no longer a visual spectacle technology, but a popular means that I want to have, and it is convenient to increase ticket prices.

His perception of the technical combination of IMAX+3D has also gradually turned from positive to negative. Except for a few Hollywood special effects blockbusters, he doesn’t think there are many movies that can match the configuration of IMAX+3D, even Hollywood blockbusters, even those like A film with technological breakthroughs like "The Jungle Book" can no longer make him regain his original shock.

And "Gravity" actually brought him back this feeling, and it was so impactful that he reset his impressions and concepts of IMAX and 3D.

It seems that IMAX+3D technology was born for this kind of movie. When the inventor invented these two technologies, he should have played this movie in his mind. Without IMAX and 3D, "Gravity" would not have been born at all. .

It seems that "Gravity" was born for IMAX+3D. These two technologies have been invented for so many years, and finally such a movie can help wipe off the dust accumulated on the surface of IMAX and 3D, and reveal its brilliance again. The eye-catching appearance revealed an appearance that no one had ever seen before.

This kind of cognition is so impactful that it makes his thoughts break away from the movie for a moment.

The deep depression that followed even brought his emotions down from the excitement brought about by the shock just now.

Cheng Hongtao is the kind of film critic who firmly believes in his own values, and insists on "conveying the truth with words", and secretly carries private goods when it is inconvenient. He is not an exception among film critics or film and television bloggers. It's just that he is the kind of person who really has a sense of "enlightenment" mission.

After accepting the premiere ticket from DreamWorks, he naturally had to make a movie review, which made him unable to avoid it directly like dealing with other works of DreamWorks, unless a few episodes of "Black Mirror" were directly inserted into his XP, allowing him to He is naturally happy to praise the resonance of his values, which can help him reflect and criticize the people and the system of his country.

But let alone the filming of "Gravity", the two labels of "main theme" and "official platform" made him innately disgusted, and it was difficult to take off colored glasses after wearing them, which made him praise a movie against his will. It is quite difficult for the main theme or even a domestic film with a tribute color.

However, as an experienced film critic who is well versed in the principles of yin and yang and connotation, Cheng Hongtao actually prepared a lot of drafts before participating in the premiere of "Gravity", which is why he dared to accept the premiere invitation.

In fact, it’s not that Chen Jingxing’s previous films couldn’t find the angle of criticism and encouragement, but the reputation was too good, and they were not the main theme or official appreciation films. When he couldn’t find allies, he would not easily fight against the wind. , it is better to ignore it directly.

While "Gravity" has attracted people's attention in the past six months, it has gradually been more deeply labeled as "the main theme" and "gift film". Just like "The Mekong River", he must have "allies". , the worries were naturally less, and he believed from the bottom of his heart that this movie was an official "proposition composition" handed over to DreamWorks. No matter how talented Chen Jingxing was, he would definitely be restricted.

But all the drafts and preparations he made are basically smashed now.

As long as the subsequent plot of this film reaches a basic degree of completion, it will be difficult for him to speak.

Because he just finished praising "The Jungle Book" not long ago, and criticized that people should not only pay attention to "old-fashioned and simple stories". story.

Maybe other film critics can criticize the movie "simple and old-fashioned" after the release of "Gravity"-even now he still thinks this is a high probability event, because the process of astronauts' survival in space is unlikely to be written What a complex and excellent story, the movie is only 90 minutes long, which also proves this point-but Cheng Hongtao can't.

He is sure that if he makes such an evaluation, the deadly rival "The Martian" sitting next to him will definitely not let him go, and the double standards that are too naked will also shake the fans.

Even if he is not proficient in special effects technology, he can never say that the visual spectacle of "Gravity" is not the best in the world.

Moreover, unlike "The Jungle Book", he has to repeatedly popularize the technology of "such fine and distinct hair, and the extremely natural dynamics of the hair", so that his fans and readers can truly appreciate the visual spectacle of "The Jungle Book" .

"Gravity" doesn't need his explanation, and he doesn't render a hair, but no audience thinks that the visual spectacle of this movie is not shocking enough.

Even if he cites professional knowledge and data and says that "Gravity" is not as good as "The Jungle Book" with hairy roots in terms of visual spectacle, no one will accept it.

At this moment, Cheng Hongtao really wished that he had never posted a film review of "The Jungle Book", it was purely shooting himself in the foot.

(End of this chapter)

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