China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 152 Hurricane II Released, Road to Miracles

From June 6th to 10th, the film "Taken 11" premiered in Los Angeles and San Francisco, USA. Director Chen Musheng, starring Cheng Long, leading actresses Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli, and screenwriter Li Mu attended the premiere.

Since the premiere of the film in Beijing on June 6th, film reviews about "Taken 6" have started to appear on the Huaxia Internet. These reviews are generally positive, and more than half of the film critics or netizens who have watched it give it a positive rating. Out of positive comments, about 2% of the people gave relatively general comments, but about [-]% of the people directly gave negative comments.

Although the number of people who gave negative reviews only accounted for about [-]% of the total number of reviewers, their influence and momentum cannot be underestimated.

Since Li Mu stepped into the entertainment industry in 04, his works have gradually ceased to be news when they received good reviews. He is praised everywhere. Can you still praise him?
On the contrary, if some large-scale criticisms of his works suddenly appeared in the public opinion, it would be very easy to cause a sensation.

On the blog, some film critics commented after watching the movie:

"I attended the premiere of "The Matrix 1" with the mood of watching "The Matrix 2", but Li Mu served a dish similar to "Speed ​​2" to the audience this time!"

On the Tianya forum, some netizens commented:

"Before attending the premiere, what I was most looking forward to was when director Li Mu would start filming "Inception 2". After attending the premiere, what I am most afraid of now is that director Li Mu will actually film "Inception 2"! "

Although the proportion of negative reviews is not high, it still affects the confidence of some movie fans in the movie. As the movie's global release date is getting closer, discussions on Hurricane 2 on the Chinese Internet are becoming more and more intense.

"Is the movie really not good? I've seen several people say that the movie is actually bad."

"Nothing! Why do you want to watch "The Matrix 2"? As a result, the film studio gave "Speed ​​2", the movie may not be too amazing, I believe it, but I absolutely don't believe it will be a bad movie, Mu Shen It’s impossible to write bad movies!”

"I didn't expect "Taken 2" to be a masterpiece in the history of photography. Like "Inception", it is enough for a director to make one in a lifetime. How can it be as good as "Inception" "Space"? How many "Inception" films have been released in the Chinese film industry over the years?"

"Didn't you read Zhou Limin's film reviews? His film reviews are the most reliable, right? What did he say today?" A textbook-style demonstration of how to shoot a wonderful, successful and satisfying fast food movie. 'so, why do those dissatisfied people go to "Taken 2" with the mentality of going to see a masterpiece of history? I believe that if everyone fixes their psychological positioning on the movie, tell yourself that this is a movie to watch. If you make a fast food movie that refreshes you at the end, then you're less likely to be disappointed after watching it."

"Just watched it. The Douban score of "Speed ​​2" is only 5.9 points. Maybe "Taken 2" is really not a qualified sequel?"

The entire entertainment circle is also paying close attention to the word-of-mouth situation of "Taken 2". In the past, when netizens commented on Li Mu's works, almost all of them shouted that they were masterpieces. Not optimistic about the voice, maybe Li Mu will really lose Maicheng this time?

It's not that people in the entertainment industry really want to see Li Mu hit the street that much, everyone just wants to see big news, either you have a miracle that breaks the global box office of 10 billion US dollars, or you come to a box office fiasco Lose the pants.

It doesn't matter whether you succeed or fail, you give us something to brag about and let us watch the big news!

On June 6, the day before the film's official global release, the famous Internet celebrity Han Han made his own evaluation of "Taken 11" on his personal blog.

"Liu Yifei is one of the highlights of the film, but the film as a whole is still a mediocre work written by Li Mu. It is expected that the box office situation may not be too optimistic. The worst box office results of previous blockbuster films directed by Li Mu for the international market are also close to 3 million U.S. dollars, this time I estimate that the final box office may be between 2 million and 2.5 million U.S. dollars, my judgment is that the box office will not be too ideal."

[Shocked, Han Han asserted that "Taken 2" will fail miserably at the box office! 】

[Han Han spoke very euphemistically, "Taken 2" is a mediocre work written by director Li Mu as a screenwriter! 】

[International great director Li Mu is afraid that he will fall from the altar?Han Han said that "Taken 2" only has Liu Yifei's beauty as a bright spot! 】

All of a sudden, the media seemed to have gone crazy, and there were reports of it all over the place.

Many celebrities, famous directors, and executives in the entertainment industry are completely refreshed after seeing the relevant headlines.

"Han Han said that "Taken 2" might suffer a fiasco? Hey! Big news, go and see!"

"Mediocre work? The box office situation may not be too optimistic? It seems that this time the so-called 'Fengshen Great Director Li Mu' may really fall! I'm a little excited, compared to "Inception" which took 9.56 million US dollars at the box office. This time, I will be excited again! How rare is such a big news—Waterloo of international director Li Mu!"

"What? What's the situation?"

"I go!"

All of a sudden, almost all the bosses, famous directors, and stars in the industry who were reading this news were stunned, because of Han Han's next prediction-"It is estimated that the box office situation may not be too optimistic... this time I estimate that the final box office of the film may be between 2 million and 2.5 million US dollars."

"If you call the global box office 2-2.5 million US dollars, the box office situation may not be too optimistic? So if the box office situation is optimistic, how many billion US dollars do you want Director Li Mu to get?"

""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" swept Europe and the United States, and "Hero" shocked the world. How much is the global box office of these two films? The former is 2.03 million U.S. dollars, and the latter is 1.77 million U.S. dollars! As a result, you, Han Han, said that Director Li Mu's this time The box office results may not be too ideal, but you finally came up with a prediction that the final global box office of "Taken 2" may be between 2 million and 2.5 million U.S. dollars?"

"Are you an idiot? Is that why I'm afraid the box office situation won't be ideal?"

"What would an ideal box office look like in your eyes?"

In the face of complaints and doubts from countless netizens, Han Han stood up and responded publicly: "Director Li Mu is different from all other domestic directors. Perhaps the box office of 2 million US dollars is already good for other directors. Achievements, but for Director Li Mu - $3 million is only qualified, $4 million to $6 million is excellent, and $6 million to $10 billion is a masterpiece."

"Fuck, what? $3 million box office is only eligible?"

At this moment, the hearts of many domestic directors who continue to pay attention to this matter are broken. As for the question raised by some netizens about what is more than 10 billion US dollars, Han Han responded: "It belongs to drinking too much, and there is everything in the dream." .”

"I'll emphasize it again!" Finally Han Han added, ""Inception" is very likely to be the peak that Director Li Mu will never surpass in his life. Don't think that making this kind of movie is easy. Think that after a director has made a film like this, he will continue to make this kind of work in the follow-up, let alone think that it is easy to make a global box office of 10 billion US dollars!"

"Li Mu's achievements are much stronger than everyone imagined, but it also means that if Li Mu wants to surpass his previous self in the future, it will also be hell-level difficulty."

……

On June 2009, 6, the movie "Taken 12" was officially released worldwide. After all, Chinese netizens were a little entangled in their mentality about this movie.

"Go to the movies!"

"Taken 2?"

"Of course!"

"But I heard that this movie doesn't have a good reputation!"

"Let's go, don't be inked, there are Cheng Long, Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli, and I heard that Yifei has a lot of roles, this is not enough!"

"Hmm... that's fine!"

……

"Let's go, let's watch "Taken 2"!"

"Well...you can go, anyway, there is nothing to do today, but I seem to have heard that this film is very average, and many people say it is not as good as "Inception", it is not worth the money!"

"So? It's not worth spending money on "Inception"? Then all the movie theaters will simply close down. I don't think there will be another film comparable to "Inception" in China within ten years."

……

"I bought two movie tickets, let's go to the movies together tonight!"

"Taken 2?"

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, I just heard that this is a mediocre work, but it's just a movie, as long as the actors don't perform too awkwardly..."

……

On June 2009, 6, countless audiences across the country poured into movie theaters across the country with the mentality of "the film may not be very good-looking, but it should not be too bad".

The plot of "Taken 2" follows the previous one. In the first one, the protagonist played by Cheng Long kills all directions in order to save his daughter. This time, the villain's father in the first one comes to seek revenge.

The family encountered the revenge of the enemy during the vacation. The protagonist played by Cheng Long had to be cautious because his ex-wife was arrested. Before he put down his gun and surrendered, he called his daughter who was still in the hotel and told her about the relationship between him and his ex-wife. situation, and told her daughter to hide in time.

After Cheng Long was handcuffed to the water pipe, he took a small phone from his lap, so he contacted his daughter again, and he told her to go to the embassy, ​​but the daughter played by Liu Yifei was determined to find a way to rescue her parents.

So Cheng Long began to remotely guide his daughter on how to rescue him and his ex-wife.

Before this, the movie was a foreshadowing, and the plot was indeed somewhat ordinary. After that, the pace of the movie began to speed up significantly, and the plot suddenly became tense.

The character played by Liu Yifei took out the toolbox under the guidance of Cheng Long, and found a map and a scale from it. Cheng Long deduced his possible trapped location based on the details he wrote down when he was caught.

After the first miscalculation, Cheng Long asked Liu Yifei to take out the grenade in the toolbox.

"Take out a small jar with a latch on it. It's a grenade. Take the grenade to the balcony. Is there a safe place to throw it?... Unplug the grenade, count to three, let me hear... Don't hang up, I'm going to hear an explosion!"

"one two Three."

"boom!"

Cheng Long estimated his position again based on the interval between the explosion on the phone and the explosion in reality, which was four seconds in total. This time, Liu Yifei successfully found two possible locations, and Cheng Long deduced from the wind direction that he was Around that point to the east.

"Look at the map, go to the intersection on the east side, take a pistol, go to the roof, wait for my call, and bring a few grenades..."

At the place where Cheng Long was imprisoned, Cheng Long's ex-wife had been cut open in the neck by the vengeful boss and hung upside down with chains.

Drops of blood fell on the floor of the dark room. The blood flowed through the brain and then dripped. If there is no way, the character played by Liu Xiaoli will die soon. At this time, the tension of the movie suddenly reached its peak.

At this moment, the entire theater often becomes silent.

Cheng Long managed to unlock the handcuffs and put down his comatose ex-wife in time, but if he wanted to escape with his unconscious wife with his bare hands, that would be a dream.

Fortunately, the daughter played by Liu Yifei is nearby.

Soon the father and daughter were in touch again.

"Throw another grenade!"

"boom!"

"It's very close, keep going east, keep going east, count to thirty, and throw another one!"

Liu Yifei started to run wildly on the roof, counting while running:
"One, two, three, four...28, 29, thirty."

After counting to thirty, he decisively threw another grenade.

"boom!"

This time it was closer, and Cheng Long broke the heating equipment in the room, causing steaming white air to rise from the roof.

"Look east, do you see a cloud of white steam?"

"I see!"

"Run over there and let me know!"

"Dad, I'm here!"

"Throw the gun down the exhaust!"

"Dad, they are chasing us!"

"Quick, throw it down, and run!"

Liu Yifei did as he said, and Cheng Long used all his strength to reach for the gun that fell in the corner. The villain guards had come to inspect the cell, and Liu Yifei was running wildly on the roof, with a group of big villains chasing after him.

At this moment, the plot was so tense that countless viewers didn't even dare to take a breath.

"Bang bang bang..."

Cheng Long finally got the gun at a critical moment, and what follows is the same clean and exciting gun battle and fighting scenes as the first one.

"Bang bang bang..."

After getting rid of the guards, Cheng Long quickly ran to the roof to save his daughter, and finally succeeded in saving her daughter at the most dangerous moment.

Although the daughter was rescued, the ex-wife was still in the hands of the other party. Cheng Long decided to send the daughter to the embassy first. There are too many enemies, and only the embassy is the safest.When I have no worries about the future, I can boldly rescue my ex-wife with confidence.During this period, Liu Yifei also staged a wonderful car chase scene, which made many Liu Yifei fans hooked.

You don't need to guess about the following plot. Cheng Long broke into the tiger's den alone to rescue his ex-wife. The family went through hardships and even were about to be wiped out several times, but in the end they survived the crisis without any danger.

When the movie ended and the lights in the theater came on, countless fans on the scene exclaimed in surprise: "Exciting!"

The vast majority of the audience had excited expressions on their faces when they walked out of the theater, and many of them would discuss the plot they just watched with their friends.

"Is the movie good?"

“Really pretty good!”

"It can be regarded as a qualified sequel. I like the first one very much, and I am also looking forward to the second one. Basically, everything that I expected before is in the movie. It is not amazing, but it is definitely not disappointing!"

"Liu Yifei did a good job. The positioning of the grenade was a big surprise. From the moment Liu Yifei threw the first grenade, the rhythm of the movie suddenly became awesome!"

"At the beginning, I really felt that it was a bit mediocre, but the part where the grenade is positioned is really awesome! The climax part is not inferior to the first one, and the emotional rendering at the beginning is not bad. It's a surprise popcorn movie!"

"Who said there were no surprises before? Isn't it a surprise that the grenade finds someone? Isn't it a surprise that the daughter saves Dad in turn?"

"Cheng Long listened to the voice to identify the way, and Liu Yifei rushed into the embassy in a racing car. I was so nervous that I tapped my toes on the ground. It's just that the big boss is a little weak."

"A very cool movie, I don't know why so many people say it's not good."

"Maybe their target is "Inception"!"

After the film was officially released globally, word of mouth, which was once questioned, rebounded quickly, and the Internet was full of audiences who spoke for the film.

"Is the movie good or not? Of course it's super good-looking! How bad is the movie written by Li Mu? Do you believe me when I say it's worse than "The Promise" directed by Brother Chen Kai? Netizens who haven't bought tickets yet feel free to buy it boldly." Tickets, the movie is definitely worth the ticket price!"

"Everyone, don't keep thinking about competing with "Inception", okay? Is "Taken 2" good-looking? Of course it's not as good as "Inception", but that's because "Inception" is too strong, okay? As for this movie, let’s just put it this way, from the time Liu Yifei rescued his father in the hurricane, even if I had diarrhea, I still had to hold back and watch it!”

"Don't be brave upstairs. It's not worth it for a movie. It's a big deal to buy a ticket and watch it again afterwards. Pants are always more expensive than movie tickets, aren't they?"

"I heard that the movie was mediocre. Before I came here, I thought it would be a big deal and I just went to see Liu Yifei. It doesn't matter if the movie is good or not. I didn't expect that Yifei would use a grenade to locate and save his father, and he would also drive a car into the embassy. , Praise!"

"Excellent popcorn blockbusters are not very good among the works of director Li Mu, but they definitely crush the works of most directors in the country."

"Since Cheng Long and his ex-wife were arrested, the audience in the theater couldn't even breathe."

"Liu Yifei's mother is very beautiful, and her appearance is much better than in "The King of Kung Fu". Seeing their mother and daughter in the same frame is simply not too pleasing to the eye! Let me say that it is worth the ticket price!"

　Thanks to "boring middle-aged man" for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)