The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 582 The Most Dazzling Legend
Relying on the appeal of stars, the blessing of air combat themes, and high-investment publicity, "The King of the Sky" has the momentum to dominate the second half of the summer file.

After all, the popularity of "Skyhawk" and "Injustice" has gradually faded, and the topic of film and television dramas is currently dominated by the final season of "Person of Interest", pushing the movie from the protagonist to the edge.

Therefore, the theater chain needs a new booster to stimulate the market and let the audience enter the theater.

It's just that the wish is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Not all blockbusters are worthy of the expectations of supporting the market.

The word-of-mouth of "King of the Sky" quickly changed from "watch "Skyhawk" in July and "Sky" in August", the blockbuster air combat blockbuster, Huaguo version of "Top Gun", to "special effects" with polarizing evaluations. It's strange, a blockbuster movie with conscience and special effects with a slightly worse plot."

Then it became "first-class special effects, third-rate plot", "buy tickets for J20, it's not a loss", "lower expectations, the movie is actually good".

Two days before the premiere, the market returned to the glory of "Skyhawk Warrior" and then quickly returned to the cold.

The rapid decline in word-of-mouth has caused the ticketing platform to lower its box office forecast from 32 billion to 21 billion.

The publicity is also very clever. Seeing that the word-of-mouth is getting clearer, they focus on patriotic marketing, and use the polarization of evaluation to cover up the essence of its bad movies.

Coupled with the fact that the fans of the leading actors are constantly defending the film online, the media also praised the quality of the film, and there is no threatening film competition, so the film schedule still occupies the mainstream.

Of course, although the theater chain was disappointed, several production companies mainly based on Jianghe Culture were not particularly disappointed.

After all, what is the quality of the movie? It's not that the production company doesn't have a b-number. Even if it doesn't have a b-number for the movie, what team, what screenwriter, and what director did it choose when the project was established?
It's nothing more than a money-grabbing work that takes advantage of the gift film that can make the air force's attention. Stars plus the most advanced fighter jets plus air combat blockbusters, the audience is huge, and there is nothing wrong with it.

And with the announcement and distribution, the cost of the full play is 2.5 million. If you can get the box office of 20 billion, it will be a big profit.

However, the summer season will naturally not be so easy for one film to monopolize the theater for too long. When the total box office of "The King of the Sky" exceeded 10 billion, another gift film with a military theme also appeared on the screen.

"Li Yannian", a biopic military war film produced by DreamWorks.

The media and netizens' attention to this film is lower than that of "The King of the Sky".

First of all, in terms of subject matter, "The King of the Sky" is of course more attractive and more gimmick than ordinary Korean war movies.

Huaguo's war action movies have matured quite a bit in recent years, and there is even an oversupply.

Leaving aside DreamWorks' trilogy of military action, just last year's 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China had two military war movies, "Apocalypse [-]" and "Under the Taihang Mountains".

This year's Spring Festival file has another blockbuster movie like "Beacon Fire Cloud Mountain" as a tribute to the war.

In more than a year, three big-investment heavyweight movies have been released one after another, and I am really full.

It is impossible to say that the people of Huaguo did not feel a little tired.

Even if the media pays attention to the yet-to-be-released Korean War Tribute film, they mainly focus on Guan Hu's "King Kong River" and Chen Jingxing's "[-]". "Li Yannian" does not have a strong sense of existence.

After all, Guan Hu's "Apocalypse Eight Hundred" received a lot of praise last year. Although it encountered "The Wandering Earth", the box office was squeezed by no more than 30 billion, but it also made Beijing Film Great.

Many people are looking forward to his next military blockbuster.

Even with the main theme, Guan Hu seems to be able to shoot something different.

Needless to say, Chen Jingxing, "[-]" is director Chen Da's first non-sci-fi film, the first military-themed film.

This gimmick is still very good. Although there are some optimistic and negative ones, some people think that Chen Jingxing has always produced only high-quality goods, and "[-]" cannot be bad, but there are also many voices who think that Chen Jingxing has stepped out of his comfort zone and accepted the task of presenting a film. Maybe I'm about to stumble on this movie.

But no matter what, "[-]" attracted the attention of most of the media and public opinion, eclipsing another tribute film "Li Yannian" from DreamWorks.

In addition, "Li Yannian" is not as novel as "The King of the Sky", and it has the meaning of a biographical movie. When it was promoted, it was said that this was a biographical story of the winner of the Republic Medal and a first-class hero.

The pre-roll ads and trailers are not particularly attractive. After all, they are not science fiction themes, and they are not mind-blowing. Even if Tian Xinye cuts many battle scenes into it, the audience has watched a lot of military battle scenes in recent years. It doesn't have the freshness of "The Mekong".

No matter how brilliant DreamWorks' signature is, it is mainly science fiction and animation themes. When it comes to this kind of war tribute film, even die-hard movie fans will mutter and wonder in their hearts.

After all, propositional compositions are not easy to shoot, especially this kind of gift film that involves a major historical background, and the creative space must be much smaller than films such as "The Mekong River", "Operation Red Sea", and "Spike II".

However, no matter how small the momentum is, after all, it is a major gift film jointly produced by DreamWorks and China Film Group, and it still won nearly 30% of the film schedule. "The King of the Sky" also dropped from 60% of the film schedule to 43%.

So Jianghe Culture is also waiting for it. Everyone is a gift film. After the premiere of "Li Yannian", it depends on whether the audience will buy it. If "The King of the Sky" can hold "Li Yannian", it is expected to be 20 billion.

"Director Tian, ​​you are a busy person. "Skyhawk" has just finished and "Li Yannian" is on again. I heard that "Skyhawk II" has already started? Some people in the media say that you are desperate for thirteen wolves. Infected?"

"I don't have any other talents. What can I do if I don't make movies? I also want to take a vacation, but I can wait. The problem is that the young actors in "Skyhawk Warrior" can't wait."

"Director Chen, congratulations on sweeping thousands of troops. This year, you have three seals waiting."

Liang Jing complimented Chen Jingxing with a smile all over her face.

At the premiere of "Li Yannian", Guan Hu and his wife Liang Jing also came together.

As the main creators of the gift film, at least on the bright side, directors such as Guan Hu, Tian Xinye, Chen Jingxing, Chen Kaige, etc. all supported each other.

This year's Spring Festival file had a grand premiere earlier than other films, including Chen Jingxing, Guan Hu and others also attended.

At the media meeting after the movie, several directors will also cheer each other up, blowing rainbow farts, talking about value and so on.

There are comings and goings, and there are naturally many directors and stars at the premiere of "Li Yannian".

"Sister Liang, what you said is setting me on fire. If it gets out, I will offend other directors to death." Chen Jingxing said humbly with a stretched smile.

But his smile was slightly dazzling in Liang Jing's eyes.

Liang Jing was talking about the nominations for the 2020 Golden Rooster Awards announced two days ago.

It can be said that since about 15 years ago, the lineup of the Golden Rooster Awards has become more and more important and luxurious, not only making the Golden Rooster Awards stand out from the three gold medals quickly—at least in terms of popularity and attention.

At the same time, it also allowed the above to terminate the biennial tradition in 17 and change it to an annual session.

And the 20-year Golden Rooster Award list is as luxurious as ever.

"Interstellar", "My [-]", "Beacon Fire Cloud Mountain", "Eight Hundred Revelations", "Youth in Youth" and other high-grossing and well-known films were placed on the table of competition superior.

Of course the biggest winner is "Interstellar".

It was nominated for [-] awards including Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress, becoming the most nominated film in the history of the Golden Rooster Awards.

We must know that excluding awards such as small and medium-cost feature films, children's films, opera films, science and education documentaries and art films, a normal feature film can only compete for 13 awards.

This means that "Interstellar" was shortlisted for all awards except for the best directorial debut.

With Liang Jing as the producer, "Eight Hundred Apocalypse" directed by Guan Hu is also a popular movie, and it also has many nominations for best feature film, best screenplay, best director and other performance and awards.

If the eight nominations were changed to other times, it would definitely be the most eye-catching movie of the Golden Rooster Awards. After all, "Gravity" only had eight nominations.

But when I ran into "Interstellar", I could only look at the ocean and sigh.

Although Guan Hu has been famous for a long time and has a lot of works, he is now the No. [-] brother of Jingying and a leading domestic director, but he has never won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Director. Of course, it is impossible to say that he has no ideas.

The Golden Horse was pulled from the bottom, and the Golden Statue was confined to Hong Kong Island. In the past few years, the Golden Rooster Award, which has been participated by a player like DreamWorks, has been criticized for not being artistic enough and too commercial, but it is already recognized as the top of the three gold medals. The power is getting bigger and bigger every year.

In the final analysis, the golden body of the award is supported by movies.

The Golden Rooster Awards awarding awards to films such as "The Matrix", "Gravity", "The Ninth District", "The Martian", and "The Wandering Earth" is actually to increase the gold content and influence of its own awards.

This is mutual achievement.

Not to mention other awards, except that "Interstellar" is likely to win the best feature film, and "Inside Out" will definitely win the best graphic film without any suspense, the most concerned awards include performances. To count the director award.

Because Chen Jingxing had already won two Golden Rooster Awards for Best Director.

The first one is becoming the youngest best director in history with "Signal" in 15 years.

The second time was 17 years with "Gravity" won the best director.

Needless to say, the best director in 18 is Tian Xinye who won the Palme d'Or with "The Ninth District".

In 19, it was Guo Fan of "The Wandering Earth". Wen Muye, the director of "The God of Medicine" who won the best feature film, was given the best director debut because it was his first feature film, which is equivalent to a new director award.

Liang Jing and Guan Hu also discussed with many people in Jingying after the nomination list for the Golden Rooster Award was announced, and they regretted that "Eight Hundred Revelations" was set for last summer.

If it is placed in the May [-]st file ahead of schedule, it will be able to catch up with last year's Golden Rooster Award nomination deadline. The most popular "Medical God" has no direct competition because it is a new director, so only Guo Fan is the direct competitor.

Considering that the Golden Rooster Awards Organizing Committee may not be happy to see DreamWorks dominating alone, coupled with Beijing Film's efforts, there is still a good chance to snatch the best director from Guo Fan.

But there is no way, the digital certificate of the ill-fated "Apocalypse Eight Hundred" was only issued in June, it can only be said that good luck tricks people.

After a great effort, I came across a work like "Interstellar".

It must be known that although Chen Jingxing has produced excellent films, not all films can have such a strong competition for awards.

For example, "Matrix III" at the end of last year has a score of 9.1 on Douban, but it was not shortlisted for the best feature film of this year's Golden Rooster Awards. It did not have any major awards, and was only nominated for a few technical awards.

The sequel is of course a very important aspect. After all, awards are usually only given to the first film, and subsequent awards will be given to the first film by default.

But in fact, "Matrix I" didn't win any heavyweight awards.

It is difficult for this kind of purely commercial film to be favored by the Golden Rooster Awards.

Just like "Inception", it also ran with the Golden Rooster Awards last year, even though its reputation is better than "The Wandering Earth" and comparable to "The God of Medicine".

Although "The Wandering Earth" is also a blockbuster with commercial special effects, it is valuable, has a community of shared future for mankind, and has family and country feelings. A valuable commercial film like "The Martian", if it hadn't been for "District [-]", You can also win a lot of awards.

"Inception" is good-looking, but it is not an art film first, and second, it has no high value that can be extracted. Even the Golden Rooster Award, which is biased towards commercial films, can only let it run with it.

Of course, this is also related to Chen Jingxing himself. For him, who has already won two best director awards, if he wants to win three awards in a short period of time, he must meet more stringent evaluation standards.

If "Inception" was filmed by other domestic directors, it is unlikely that the Golden Rooster Award jury would really give one or two awards.

And "Interstellar" is different, although it is slightly inferior to "Inception" in the public ratings.

But among film critics and mainstream evaluation systems, "Interstellar" is praised by many as the perfect combination of business and art.

It is the culmination of Chen Jingxing's eight-year directorial career. At the same time, it has extremely high emotional expression and depth of thought. It is the most humanistic science fiction film.

"Inception" was hailed as the perfect movie by some fans, while "Interstellar" was closer to perfection in the eyes of many film critics and filmmakers.

At the same time, the family line it focuses on is also very appealing to the appetite of the Golden Rooster Awards.

Chen Jingxing won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Director not because of the best feature film "Source Code" that year, but "Signal".

Although the judges have the intention of balancing, it can also be seen that the combination of commercial elements and family affection in "Signal" is more politically correct.

Therefore, whether it is the predictions on the media or the Internet, or in Liang Jing's opinion, this year's big winner is "Interstellar". It is already a high probability event for Chen Jingxing to win the Golden Rooster Best Director three times.

Although the judges may treat Chen Jingxing with more stringent standards, in her opinion, "Interstellar" is close to the perfect expression of the integration of emotion and business, and the audio-visual language has also reached the extreme. Even her husband Guan Hu has lamented that this movie does not take The award cannot be justified.

Apparently the young man on the opposite side also had this confidence. Although Chen Jingxing was still modest in his words in the face of her flattery, his calm aura and smile contained unspeakable arrogance.

It seems that the modesty on the lips is just talk, the young man is not moved by the compliment, it seems that such an achievement is logical in his view.

He was not afraid of offending other shortlisted directors, and he didn't even pay attention to it.

Once three times, Chen Jingxing will immediately stand shoulder to shoulder with the national teacher and become the second legend in history to win the Golden Rooster Best Director three times.

There are seven people who have won the Golden Rooster Best Director twice before, including Chen Jingxing and Lao Mouzi.

Not uncommon.

But Sanfeng is different. Combined with the age of the young man in front of him, his legend is much more dazzling than the national teacher.

It was precisely because of this realization that Chen Jingxing's calm smile was so dazzling in Liang Jing's eyes.

Even Mrs. Guan, who is always slick and slick, lost her composure and didn't immediately follow up with a compliment.

(End of this chapter)