The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 534 It's so damn good-looking!

"Matrix III" is the finale of the series of movies. The box office of the previous movies has a combined box office of nearly 20 billion US dollars. It is also Chen Jingxing's tenth movie. That Night".

Therefore, the momentum is extremely large, and the domestic media has basically been building momentum more than a month in advance. The smoke of the National Day file has not yet dissipated, and theaters and entertainment media across the country have already begun to look forward to this 2019 finale.

Of course, there is DreamWorks' marketing, but most of it is the spontaneous hype of social platforms and media.

That's the strength of a successful franchise, enough to generate self-driving publicity.

After all, from the official media down to the entertainment marketing account, traffic is also needed. When a film or television work or a topic is very popular among netizens, there is no need to invest in trolls, and the media and marketing accounts will spontaneously pursue it. There are hot topics, thus forming a snowball effect.

For such an extremely popular movie, DreamWorks held the premiere ceremony in Beijing Blue Ocean International Cinema with the idea of ​​not letting the rich water flow to outsiders.

After more than two years of investment under the leadership of Xu Wenshen after its listing, DreamWorks has now become the controlling shareholder of Blue Ocean Cinemas, with a shareholding of 51.21%.

Hollywood once introduced a bill in the middle of the last century to prohibit the vertical monopoly of major studios and require studios to give up the business of showing in cinemas.

Although in the 21st century, the ecological environment of Hollywood movies has changed and the law has been loosened, the major Hollywood studios have also adapted to the model of not controlling theaters.

However, there is no such bill in China. In order to speed up the development and scale expansion of the film market, the government has even introduced policies to encourage film companies to invest in the construction or purchase of cinemas.

In this way, no matter what Chen Jingxing personally thinks about this phenomenon from the perspective of ordinary audiences—of course he is unwilling to see this kind of vertically expanding industry ecology, especially when DreamWorks' works are competitive in terms of content. case.

This means that other large companies that are not as good as DreamWorks in terms of content creation can build barriers through the theaters they control, adding explicit and hidden obstacles to DreamWorks' film distribution, and even creating some industry chaos.

But out of its own interests, DreamWorks cannot fall behind others. This kind of holding in theaters is a strategic investment, and it is also a bargaining chip for DreamWorks.

Holding a controlling stake in a theater chain with a box office of more than 19 billion last year and ranking No. It is closely related to the five major traditional studios including China Film.

The premiere of the much-anticipated "Matrix III" in the largest theater of its chain is also DreamWorks' support for its subsidiary, at least for the Blue Ocean International Cinema in Beijing, which opened less than a year ago. It's an ad.

Because Chen Jingxing intends to hold the premiere of all DreamWorks blockbuster films in this cinema in the future, the largest laser IMAX theater in Asia was installed during construction, which surpassed the old record held by South Korea's CGV Yongsan store.

The screen is 38.16 meters wide and 21.57 meters high. The theater covers an area of ​​more than 1429.77 square meters, with a total of 714 seats!
It is more than double the size of a standard IMAX screen.

And the effect of playing on such a screen and movie theater really exceeded Chen Jingxing's expectations.

Even though he was familiar with "Matrix III" from the first sample cut to the final cut, he was able to recite the lines, but there was still a shocking feeling in some plots, especially when the special effects shots were played.

Perhaps it is the audio-visual experience of the largest laser IMAX theater in Asia that is so great, which makes "Matrix III" present an icing on the cake movie-watching experience.

Maybe it's "Matrix III" that really satisfies critics and fans.

Or maybe it is such a special historical moment for fans that such a sci-fi series that lasted nearly four years finally ended.

Or maybe all three.

In short, Chen Jingxing led the main creator to take the stage and after he took the stage, he experienced the longest applause he has ever heard.

It is hard to judge whether the applause is the biggest, but it is indeed the longest in his impression.

Of course, the main force for maintaining such a long applause was mainly from the fans who participated in the premiere. Thanks to the largest IMAX theater in Asia that can accommodate more than 700 spectators, even though there are many reporters, film critics and stars, the fans still Accounted for nearly half of the number.

The guests who participated in the premiere ceremony in the middle area of ​​the audience were also a little shocked by the excited applause, cheers and whistles of fans around the ring.

Chen Sicheng said with a bit of sourness: "I have never seen such enthusiastic fans during the screening and premiere of "Tang Detective III". Even Haoran's fans are not so exaggerated at all fan meetings."

Generally speaking, guests, film critics and reporters will naturally applaud at the premiere or at the meeting of reporters and fans.

But unless movie fans are traffic fans, such fanatical support is not common.

Guo Fan and Chen Sicheng on the side had the friendship of classmates who "studied in the United States" together. They had similar status and good relationship, so they had no scruples, and replied bluntly: "Your "Tang Detective III" belongs to the worst series in the series." Yes, fans will be satisfied if they applaud."

If he heard such words as usual, Chen Sicheng would naturally refute, but at this time his lips twitched twice, and he just sighed silently.

His effort on "Tang Detective III" is far more than the first two, and at the same time he really feels that "Tang Detective III" is a very good movie.

""Tang Detective III" should be the one with the largest scenes, the most shocking visual effects, the most exciting, the most hilarious, and the highest theme among the three films!" - these are his original words, and they are true.

The theme of "Tang Detective III" is the core of anti-war. I am moved by such a high-level intention. Can't you see it?

This kind of mentality is actually not uncommon. After all, in the director’s mind, the film is his own child. The more effort the filming takes, the more he cherishes the child. In fact, the director cannot objectively evaluate his film.

Especially when a person has achieved a huge success, it is only natural to have arrogance, as well as the praise of the media and fans, the staff around him and the actors who rely on his resources will only flatter, and will not sing against him, normal people will Loss of objective perception of oneself.

My talent is really so good, my acting skills are really so good, getting No.1 and No.2 in this exam and that recruitment is my true level, if you refuse to accept it, you are jealous of me, you are a hater of the rich and the stars Mentality is an accusatory personality.

Criticism and belittling voices are either the conspiracy of my peers or ordinary people who are not good enough to appreciate my talent. They really feel aggrieved by this.

Not to mention that Chen Sicheng has indeed gone from one success to another. From "Northern Love" to "Tang Detective", he has basically never failed. He is also the first person to develop a successful series of movie IPs. At that time, "The Matrix" hadn't been filmed yet.

If it weren't for Chen Jingxing and Guo Fan, Chen Sicheng would have felt that he was the No.

In fact, there are many people in the film industry who are crazier than Chen Sicheng, and a certain fifth-generation poet and director is even more conceited than Chen Sicheng.

In fact, Chen Jingxing is also an ordinary person. The fundamental reason why he can keep calm and not drift into outer space is because he knows how his movie came about.

Not only did it not float up, but there was always a worry in my heart that "fans' expectations are too high, what should I do after the copying is over".

Chen Sicheng did not have Chen Jingxing's "worries". After all, although his films involved some "references", such as the fusion of "Double Eyes" crime motives and Taoist concepts in "Tang Detective II".

But it is basically his own work, so there is no "mirror" moment to remind him how much he weighs.

But obviously, Chen Sicheng seems to have seen a mirror from "Matrix III".

It is difficult for people to objectively evaluate their own "children", but they often see other people's works more clearly.

"Matrix III" is perfect, even surprising, in terms of sci-fi concepts, ideas, and audio-visual spectacle.

Regardless of the purpose of the matrix, the final matrix revolution, the so-called artificial intelligence completion plan, is quite shocking and creative. It's breathtaking.

When Chen Sicheng watched it, his movie-watching experience returned countless times to watching "Inception", which had the highest score in the past 20 years.

It is also a near-perfect commercial film with top-notch narrative ability.

Even compared with the "children" "Tang Detective III" that he has put in a lot of effort, Chen Sicheng has to admit that he has realized the gap.

Chen Jingxing didn't know the discussion between the two directors in the audience, he and the main creator around him waved frequently and pressed down to signal silence.

After trying to speak with the microphone countless times but being interrupted by the unwilling applause and whistles, Chen Jingxing finally suppressed the enthusiasm of the fans who had nowhere to vent.

He asked with a smile on his face, "Does it look good?"

Under the somewhat helpless expression of the host, the voices that were finally silenced surged up again.

"nice!"

"It's so damn good-looking!"

Wu Heng shouted loudly like an ordinary movie fan in the slightly surprised eyes of Martians, echoing the hustle and bustle of the venue.

Immediately, Martian shook his head, and then clapped loudly again. Although he still maintained the reserve of a film critic, the desire to vent and confide in his heart was almost overflowing.

"Matrix III" not only draws a perfect end to this shocking sci-fi IP, but also greatly sublimates this story and this world view, which is a sublimation of philosophical significance.

Countless inspirations and divergent guesses made him, a sci-fi fan, eager to express his praise and interpretation.

(End of this chapter)