my movie years

Chapter 302
The huge rotating steel frame was erected, and Huang Xiaoming and several martial artists were practicing the fighting scene in the hotel corridor under pressure.

One thing worth noting in this action scene is the change in gravity, which is the key point.

This scene is on the second level of the dream, and the gravity changes on this level actually originate from the upper space.Therefore, how to express the connection between the two is a test of shooting techniques.

After rehearsing about a dozen times, the action director Qian Jiale felt that it was all right.

"The director and the actors are all skilled in their movements."

"En!" Zhang Hao nodded, then turned to ask the stunt team: "Have you checked all the equipment, is there any problem?"

"No problem director..." The stunt team made an OK gesture.

"Very good, all departments are preparing, Brother Qian, you will direct..." Zhang Hao signaled Qian Jiale to take over the scene.

Professional things are left to professional people. In fact, Zhang Hao, like Nolan, doesn't like to divide the crew into AB groups.

He likes to be in full control of the crew by himself, and every scene is completed under his nose.

However, unlike Nolan, Zhang Hao will hand over things that he is not good at, such as car chases and shootouts, to professionals.

After shooting, he will review the final effect.

Fortunately, he and action director Qian Jiale have been working together since "Batman: Beginning of War".The two cooperate tacitly, and Qian Jiale can usually produce the effect Zhang Hao wants.

At the end of a shoot, Qian Jiale asked Zhang Hao: "Director, can you see it?"

Zhang Hao played it back on the monitor to see the effect, nodded in satisfaction and said, "Yes, yes, very good."

Shooting action scenes is a very hard job, especially for Huang Xiaoming, who is not a professional action actor.

The whole morning was his scene, Huang Xiaoming was exhausted to death.

But when lunch was served, he was in good spirits, and he was still in the mood to joke and chat with Zhang Hao.

"Have you heard of the "Shanghai Fortress"?" Perhaps because he was too tired in the morning, Huang Xiaoming ate a lot at noon.

During the meal, he and Zhang Hao talked about the recent National Day stalls.

Zhang Hao nodded and said, "I've heard that the box office isn't doing very well."

"It's not just bad, they were scolded miserably." Huang Xiaoming felt a little gloating.

Since Zhang Hao's "Gravity" and "The Martian" were a big success, especially after "The Martian" scored a billion-dollar box office, all film companies and capital have frantically poured into the subject of science fiction.

There are hundreds of sci-fi movies and TV dramas that have already been approved and are under preparation.

A big boss from a cultural outlet came to inspect the crew of "Inception" two days ago. He and Zhang Hao revealed that there are policy subsidies, and science fiction is one of the important genres.

Now it's not just about making money, everyone has to express their determination and support the policies above, right?
But when "Shanghai Fortress" was released, everyone was dumbfounded.

Originally, with the good foundation laid by Zhang Hao and the support of Lu Xiaohan's fans, "Fortress of Shanghai" can be said to be highly anticipated.

This film is also the second large-scale science fiction film besides Zhang Hao.

Although Guo Fan has also directed a "Source Code", but that film played with the concept, the highlight is the action scenes and the train explosions going back and forth, as well as solving puzzles.

Therefore, "Fortress of Shanghai" is the second domestic science fiction film besides Zhang Hao in the true sense.

It is adapted from the novel again, Lu Xiaohan Shuqi, and the current traffic fresh meat florets starred, it can be said that the attention is full.

But the facts have proved that in the film market, traffic is not easy to use. Even the magic youth films in the past have fallen into a decline recently.

"Shanghai Fortress" was released on September No. 30, and won 1.13 million box office on the first day.Looking at the box office alone, this result is actually not bad.

The action drama "Operation Mekong", which was released on the same day, only had a box office of 3897.7 million on the first day.

Lu Xiaohan's fans were reveling, celebrating Gege's box office championship, but ignoring its bad reputation.

After the end of the first day, there was overwhelming abuse on the Internet, and many viewers directly claimed that they had been fooled.

Originally, after watching "The Martian", many people became interested in the genre of domestic science fiction, and then went to the cinema to support "Shanghai Fortress",

But I didn't expect that when I entered the theater, I saw such a bad movie, which made the audience feel that their eyes were polluted.

Even the book fans of the original book couldn't bear it anymore and began to scold on the Internet.

Scold the director, scold the screenwriter, scold the investor.But the one who was scolded the worst was actually Lu Xiaohan.

Lu Xiaohan was also very innocent, he didn't have this ability, but was pulled out as a shield.The director and the investor have nothing to do, only he faces the storm of public opinion.

The marketing campaign before the release of "Shanghai Fortress" was pretty serious. The director Teng Huatao pulled "The Martian" and Zhang Hao together to promote it.

In a certain road show, Teng Huatao said that although Zhang Hao is very good, but pure domestic science fiction movies must be his works.

This matter was also trending, and together with Lu Xiaohan's outfit at the road show, it became one or two of the trending searches.

No need to guess, this is a hot search for investors to buy.

As a result, Teng Huatao was rushed by Zhang Hao's fans after he finished speaking.In the eyes of Zhang Hao's fans, what kind of thing is Ni Teng Huatao, dare to compare with our Zhang Hao?

Teng Huatao didn't give in, instead he quarreled with Zhang Hao's fans on the Internet, quite like Zhuge Liang's tongue fighting against the Confucianism.

As a mature director, Teng Huatao certainly didn't just quarrel, he just used this incident to attract the film.

He is very clear about the quality of "Shanghai Fortress", it is simply not comparable to "The Martian".

If you don't make such a bad move, if you don't make a fortune in the first week, it will be difficult later.It can be said that Teng Huatao lost his face for the movie.

But sorry, the ruthless movie market doesn't give anyone room to get away with it.

With a box office of more than 70.00 million on the first day, the box office of "Shanghai Fortress" fell by 3392.5% on the second day, and only won [-] million box office in a single day, which can be described as a sharp dive.

However, "Operation Mekong", which was released on the same day, rose to 5964.3 million, winning the box office champion of the day.

This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that the audience's reputation of "Shanghai Fortress" is completely rotten.

A netizen shared her story: "To tell a real thing, my best friend is a Jiangnan book fan. We went to the movies a few days ago, and we looked through the recent movie catalog together, and saw "Shanghai Fortress".

She hugged me and was so happy, she yelled at Jiangnan, saying she wanted to see this.

Then I opened the cast and crew list, and she glanced at it and clicked to quit, it's true..."

Although this story is a bit funny, it can explain Lu Xiaohan's bad reputation in the eyes of the audience.Seeing his name, the audience had a stress reaction and refused to go to the cinema to watch the movie.

Some viewers complained about Lu Xiaohan's hairstyle: "I don't want to talk about the plot, so I just complain about Lu Xiaohan's hairstyle, so there is idol baggage? Do you keep the bangs for the New Year?"

A netizen replied: "Darling, you have to understand that Lu Xiaohan's bangs are under the management of his agency, not the crew."

"What about Da Mi Mi? She cut her hair short twice for filming, and she looks beautiful, without affecting her appearance."

"What do you think? Da Mi Mi is an actor and actress, what is Lu Xiaohan?"

Some netizens complained about the lines in the movie: "Like the line I fired, if it comes from the protagonist, I feel insulted to this line.

Why the crew?How dare you use such lines? "

In the end, netizens concluded: "Zhang Hao opened the door to domestic sci-fi movies twice, and Lu Xiaohan closed it. This time, he not only closed it, but also added a security door."

Director Teng Huatao was not convinced, complained all kinds of aggrieved on the Internet, complained for himself, and even disliked that the audience could not understand his movies.

But he is not Wong Kar Wai, he said that audiences don't understand his films, but not so many stars come out to support him.

Lu Xiaohan, who has always been active, has been honest, and all the planned roadshows and promotional activities have been cancelled.What's more deadly is that the film was urgently notified to withdraw after three days of its release.

Before the release, "Shanghai Fortress" won a box office of 1.51 million.

This box office is a little better than the previous life, but it is also limited, so it should be a loss or a loss.

The most important thing is that many sci-fi film and television drama projects that were originally approved or under preparation have now come to a standstill.

Seeing that "Shanghai Fortress" lost so badly, all film companies and capital have to ponder whether their own company's projects can be produced.

From this aspect, "Shanghai Fortress" really closed the door.

But as the old saying goes, a door cannot shut a truly capable person.Look at that Zhang Hao, he just hangs around outside the door, eating hot and spicy food, nothing wrong.

But the reason why he can be at ease is because his name is Zhang Hao.

If they were Zhang Hao, they would be crazier than Zhang Hao.

Lu Xiaohan is also unlucky, he always has him.Why did he accept such a play?Are you looking for scolding?
Zhang Hao's expectation of "Shanghai Fortress" hit the street, if it didn't hit the street, it would be an accident.

In all fairness, Zhang Hao hopes that besides him, there are directors who can stand up and rely on multiple genres, not just sci-fi films.Relying on the quality of the movie, he can make a lot of money in theaters in an upright manner.

He won't be jealous because it's a good thing for the industry as a whole.

But things are not like this. There are always people who want to take shortcuts and want to take a more convenient path.As a result, when I got to the head, I found that it was a dead end, and now I froze.

Most importantly, the production of a large number of bad films will damage the foundation of the film industry: the audience.

There are too many bad movies, and the audience is not stupid.

Your filming sucks, and if I don’t watch it, it’s over.At worst, wait a few months until you are released on the video site, and then I will watch the scenes I want to watch.

For audiences who don’t have the feelings for the big screen, it’s better to watch it in the cinema at most, and it feels the same as watching a movie with a mobile phone.

Why do I go to the cinema to watch Zhang Hao's movies, because Zhang Hao's movies can only feel the magic of that kind of movie in the cinema.

This is where Zhang Hao differs from most directors. He maximizes the charm of the movie theater and attracts batch after batch of audiences into the movie theater.

But fortunately, although "Shang Hai Fortress" closed the door, he didn't lock Zhang Hao in.

After "Shanghai Fortress", a saying circulated on the Internet: "For domestic science fiction movies, you have to watch the works of director Zhang Hao."

This shows that in the minds of the audience, Zhang Hao's film works are always worth looking forward to.

Fans of "Shanghai Fortress" are also very regretful and sad. If Zhang Hao directed "Shanghai Fortress", what a scene it would be!

But such a thing is estimated to never happen again.

After the failure of "Shanghai Fortress", the online drama "Shanghai Fortress" that Penguin planned to launch was also urgently stopped.No way, this project can't go on at this time.

Also because of the failure of "Shanghai Fortress", "Operation Mekong" has never been favored to a dark horse counterattack, and successfully dominated this year's National Day schedule.

During the entire National Day schedule, "Operation Mekong" slashed 5.31 million box office, which is a very good result for a movie of this theme.

After that, the film continued to be released, and it would not be a problem to win more than 10 billion box office in the future.

The second big winner is "Passing Through Your World" starring Deng Chao, Bai Baihe, Yang Yang, Tian Ai, and Xiao Yueyue.

As long as it is not adapted from a science fiction novel, the film can still achieve certain results, and the box office of 4.67 million is enough to satisfy investors.

And the screening schedule is not over yet, and there is still a chance to get a higher box office in the future.

Among so many winners, there is a movie that lost money, but it is also a winner.Because "Shanghai Fortress" attracted all the attention, this movie became unnoticed.

No one pays attention, no one scolds, no one even cares about buying hot searches.

No one mentions this movie, it seems to be forgotten.

It's not that it's been forgotten, but compared to the topicality of "Shanghai Fortress", with its ridiculously bad angles and a lot of room for discussion, this movie is a bit rotten and mediocre.

This movie, "Grand Trail", is also a movie based on a novel.

(End of this chapter)