The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 350 The Enlightenment of Movie Fans

Dorian walked out of the movie theater, bathed in the sunlight outside, feeling like waking up from a dream, as if he had stayed in a cave for a long time and walked out of the cave for the first time, seeing the long-lost sun and the world. .

Of course, objectively speaking, this movie is indeed very long. It has been a long time since he has watched a movie that lasts more than two and a half hours.

And as a professional film critic, he doesn't like movies that are too long. He thinks that movies that are too long will destroy the continuity of the movie-watching experience because of people's biological clock. It is usually difficult for people to concentrate on one thing for a long time. .

But "The Matrix" is like the rabbit hole that Alice jumped into. There is a wonderful magical power that suspends a person's biological clock, and even makes his spirit temporarily free from the shackles of the body, and plunges into that wonderful place without looking back. in the world.

When the easter eggs are all over, they return to the body. There is a feeling that the body cannot experience the passage of time at all, and the spirit is like a lifetime away.

Dorian was almost the last group of audiences to walk out of the theater, and the group with him was basically reminded by the staff. He fell into the analysis of the whole movie after the end of the movie out of professional habits, especially Movies with such a huge amount of information made it difficult for him to hold his inspiration like a spring.

"Listen to me, I'm really not lying to you, this movie is really, I can only use one word to describe it, amazing! You should really watch it..."

"Did he end up becoming Superman?"

"What is the purpose of the matrix?"

"...Why can the man in black be resurrected?"

"It's too exciting, why don't we do it again!"

"..."

Dorian can still hear the admiration and discussion of the movie around him. There is no doubt that although this is the first time in a long time to see a movie with his own money, he has to admit that today's movie ticket cost a lot. worth it.

As a well-known film critic, he usually doesn't need to spend money to watch movies. Hollywood film producers still attach great importance to the media and film critics.

However, "Matrix" is indeed a special case. The speed and low-key release of this film exceeded his expectations. Fortunately, he is the author of the Boulder Weekly International Film Series Report column. Foreign films themselves are the type of focus he focuses on. The director is one of the foreign filmmakers he pays most attention to.

It can even be said that he was the first film critic in Hollywood to pay attention to Chen Jingxing. He was the first to watch the premiere of "The Night the Comet Came" on the Netflix platform.

In other words, every day he tracks the latest foreign movies on streaming media such as Netflix, videotapes, and DVD rental stores. This is his main direction of film criticism.

He has put Chen Jingxing on his tracking list since "Comet", and with the release of "Fatal Identity" and "Signal", Dorian has included Chen Jingxing in the list of key directors. He will be the first to see a new film, and even other film and television dramas produced by DreamWorks.

That's why he didn't miss the low-key release of "The Matrix" and drove dozens of kilometers to Denver to see this movie-there are no theaters showing this movie in Boulder!

It's really unimaginable. You must know that "Gravity" has set a box office record for foreign movies in North America. It is not an exaggeration to say that it can get a box office of 2 million US dollars.

He couldn't believe that the next film by the same director was so "cold" and low-key. There must be something wrong with the release.

If it was another movie, Dorian might guess that the subject matter or content was not commercialized enough, the distributors had no confidence, and the positioning was not high, but the popularity of "Matrix" in China and East Asia these days is quite high.

Perhaps many Americans will not notice this, and not many Americans will pay attention to the trendy topic of Asians, but the main direction of Dorian's film criticism is foreign films, and he is quite looking forward to "The Matrix".

And "Matrix" did not live up to his expectations, or it completely exceeded his expectations.

Whether it's the fatigue of the horses or the movie ticket price, it turned into endless satisfaction at this moment, making Dorian excited with indescribable excitement.

It is unbelievable that the last movie of the director of "Matrix" Chen Jingxing was actually "Gravity"!
It's not that "Gravity" is not good-looking or anything, but—these two tandem sci-fi classics are actually made by the same director!
One is the acme of audio-visual experience, and the other is the acme of story success.

One is to draw the brain into the movie world and immerse it through audio-visual, and the other is to play with concepts and let the brain carry the five senses into it through narrative.

The highest achievements of science fiction movies and even commercial movies are easily played by one director within a year.

In Dorian's mind, Chen Jingxing was already comparable to George Lucas, and this Chinese director was much more versatile than Lucas.

If George Lucas demonstrated the power of sci-fi, then Chen Jingxing broadened the boundaries of sci-fi while endowing it with power, which is enough to be called a master of world cinema.

Such masters do not require recognition from awards.

Thinking of this, Dorian went back to the ticket window and prepared to buy a ticket to watch "The Matrix" again. Apart from driving such a long distance, he would naturally have to watch all the copies at once. The movie has a clearer grasp, and then write a movie review as soon as possible.

Although he can't control the release, it is still possible to do his best to contribute to the promotion of the film. In Dorian's view, such a classic work can be recorded in the annals of sci-fi movies. It would be a pity to admire him.

……

On the west coast, on the road leading to Los Angeles.

"It's so cool! The plot is so cool, and Huaguo Kung Fu is too shocking, the action design is too awesome, and the explosive force and impact are very strong, which is different from the previous kung fu movies and martial arts movies!"

While driving, Wang Zhen chatted endlessly with his girlfriend He Ying, lamenting the shock that "Matrix" brought to him.

He is no longer a third-year foreign student who used to be a third-year foreign student for the brain-burning sci-fi film "Comet" shot by a director from his home country on social platforms three years ago.

Nor is it because of dissatisfaction with the English translation of "Comet" on Netflix that he and a few classmates re-created the translated text and wrote an email to Netflix.

I no longer have to worry about the outcome of the long drive to Orlando to see the director's new film "Comet".

Not to mention the fan who invited a group of classmates to the theater just to support the first film released in North America by the young director Hua Guo as much as possible.

It's not just that he has got a bachelor's degree, is studying for a phd, and has a girlfriend and has become more mature.

The main reason is that the director he likes no longer needs him to yell about Amway in recent years, doesn't need him to ask his classmates and friends to watch movies to contribute to the box office to support him, and doesn't make him worry about whether the next movie will be Waterloo.

And as always, he would go to the cinema to watch every movie of Chen Jingxing as soon as possible.

He Ying was not bored by her boyfriend's lack of vocabulary, she was also deeply shocked by "Matrix". It was not an action scene or a fighting scene, but the incredible sci-fi creativity, a ground-breaking sci-fi concept.

The hero's face struggled to rush out of the culture fluid, and the picture he looked around seemed to be still on her retina.

Of course, the handsome and beautiful actors and the unique and amazing aesthetic style of the movie also impressed her deeply. She never thought that the ascetic black windbreaker and black leather jacket, paired with sunglasses, could reveal some weird fashion, And she can totally get this kind of handsomeness.

"Why does the saint say that he is not the savior? And is the little boy at the end the main god?..." He Ying is not only not bored, but also has a lot of questions to communicate with her boyfriend. Who makes her boyfriend a loyal fan of the director? Understand the movie.

Someone can communicate with him about a movie he likes, and Wang Zhen also opened up the chatterbox, talking about his understanding of the movie endlessly.

"...In short, after I go back, I will show you three trailers of this movie. After watching these three short animations, you should have a clearer grasp of the movie."

Being a good teacher is the habit of many men, especially when facing women. Wang Zhen is no exception. After he finished talking to his girlfriend, he said with a triumphant expression on his face: "How is it? I told you Chen Jingxing is the best and most imaginative sci-fi director on this planet, it's not too late to be his fan!"

Although Wang Zhen is loyal to Chen Jingxing and can even be said to be a brain-dead movie fan, his girlfriend He Ying has never had a strong love for Chen Jingxing, including Chen Jingxing's movies, nor can I say that he dislikes them. And signs of "missionary" probation.

Seeing her boyfriend's smug expression, He Ying rolled her eyes: "It's a pity that you keep saying that I'm obsessed with Korean boy groups, and you're not far behind in terms of fandom."

However, He Ying still did not refute. Although she has never been interested in super-English movies, action movies, and science fiction movies, it may be that she has not encountered any movies that can poke her interest.

Although "Matrix" gathered action, sci-fi, and fighting and killing elements that she was not interested in, it gave her the first extreme shock, not only the emotional shock, but also the shock in the brain.

"Let's watch "Your Name" after we go home. Didn't you always say that you are not interested in cartoons? Let me tell you that this movie is of course not comparable to "Matrix", but it is definitely one of the best science fiction movies." Although it is not directed by Chen Jingxing, the story is in Chen Jingxing's style, and there is also an element of love, you must love it..."

Seeing that his girlfriend had no objection, Wang Zhen immediately began to recommend other DreamWorks movies that he had always been interested in but his girlfriend never bought.

He Ying asked thoughtfully: "Didn't you say that Chen Jingxing is very popular in North America? He is also the foreign director who has the highest box office in North America. Why does he feel that there are not many shows of "Matrix" when buying tickets? There are fewer people watching."

Hearing this, Wang Zhen became furious: "Hmph, isn't it because of that mummy that Universal gave up "Matrix"? They have no eyes, and the executives of these Hollywood companies are all rich and rich, but it can't be said that "Ground" The box office of "Gravity" is too high, some people don't want us Hua people to get too much box office..."

Thinking of this possibility, Wang Zhen became even more angry and hard to bear. Chen Jingxing was the pride of many overseas students or Chinese from the mainland here, similar to Li An, but Li An was from Treasure Island after all, and some things were different after all.

"I am the moderator of the largest discussion forum of 'Science Fiction House', and I will mobilize everyone to spread the word on Twitter!" Although Wang Zhen has not fulfilled the fan's "obligation" to promote Amway for a long time, that's just what he thinks Chen Jingxing didn't need it, but now he felt that it was the turn of movie fans like them to contribute.

(End of this chapter)