China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 163

11 month 29 day.

Ziyu Villa.

Liu Yifei took out a bottle of water from the refrigerator and walked over to Li Mu. Li Mu moved to the sofa to make room for her, and Liu sat down against Li Mu's stomach.

At the moment, she is wearing Li Mu's white shirt, which is so big that it covers the shorts on her lower body. If you are not careful, you may think that her lower body is not wearing anything.

Li Mu took the water from her hand and unscrewed the bottle cap and handed it back to her. She raised her head and took a sip before putting the water on the coffee table in front of her.

"I have read a lot of interpretations of "Gravity" on the Internet in the past few days, and some of them are quite interesting, and then I suddenly remembered that when it comes to interpretations of this movie, no one in the world is better than you The interpretation is more accurate, right? So let me tell you an interpretation on the Internet, and you can see if what they say is correct..."

Li Mu is not in the mood to listen to her interpretation of the movie at this meeting, he has already become dishonest at this meeting.

"Don't move, you haven't said whether the netizens' interpretation is correct." Liu Yifei said angrily.

"Of course it's wrong, so let me tell you an official interpretation." Li Mu said.

"Okay, but can you be honest for 10 minutes first?" Liu Yifei glared at Li Mu.

"Okay—actually, the metaphor of the movie is destruction and rebirth. After returning to Tiangong-[-], Gong Li took off her space suit, as if the baby was in the mother's womb. You should have an impression of this, right?"

"Yeah." Liu Yifei nodded again and again, that scene is very classic, of course she has an impression.

Li Mu continued: "Then what do you think the picture of Gong Li driving the space capsule and rushing to the earth together with many debris is like?"

Liu Yifei thought about it very seriously for a while, but still had no idea, so he asked, "What does it look like?"

"Let me give you a hint." Li Mu said, "Whether it is a space capsule or a space station fragment, a long tail flame is produced due to friction with the air."

Liu Yifei tilted his head and thought for a while, but still had no clue.

Li Mu said at this time: "The space capsule driven by Gong Li rushed towards the earth with a long tail, and the space capsule was the fastest flying among all the bright spots that dragged the tail flames towards the earth. In the end, only the space capsule Successful landing, don’t you think it’s very similar to the process of hundreds of millions of sperm scrambling to rush to the egg? Think about it carefully, the space capsule, the tail flame, and running to the earth...doesn’t it look like it?”

"what?"

Liu Yifei stood up abruptly and looked at Li Mu in surprise.

"Are you serious? Isn't this too much interpretation?"

"Of course it is true!" Li Mu continued, "Why did the space capsule land in the water? Gong Li was entangled in the rope of the parachute. Did she cut the rope like cutting a baby's umbilical cord? What is the purpose of a baby toddling into the depths of the land? And, how can the pro-director's statement be over-interpreted?"

Liu Yifei looked at Li Mu in a daze, and forgot to speak for a while.

"Life is great, and we should be in awe of it." Li Mu stood up and hugged Liu Yifei horizontally, and then continued, "We are now practicing the great process of the birth of life."

……

2009年11月27日—11月29日。

North American box office charts.

"Gravity" topped the North American box office list for three consecutive times with a box office of 6900 million US dollars, a drop of only 10% compared to last week, and created a new North American box office record for the third week.

As of the end of this week, "Gravity" had a cumulative box office of US$3.3 million in North America and US$9.4 million worldwide, and the box office in China has exceeded the 10 billion yuan mark.

There is only one step away from the double ten goal.

At the same time, the global box office of 9.4 million US dollars also made the ranking of "Gravity" rise to the eighth place in the global film history, and the seventh place at this time is the film "Inception" directed by Li Mu himself.

That is to say, there are already two works directed by Li Mu in the top ten of global film history, and the ranking of "Gravity" is still rising rapidly.

At the same time, James Cameron's four consecutive posts for "Gravity" spread wildly throughout the Chinese Internet world.

Number one: "I was stunned and knocked out. I think this is the best space movie ever made. I grew up watching space movies and it was my big love. I was a NASA Advisory Board for 3 years. I had a great desire to go to outer space and now I feel like my wish has come true.”

The second article: "The most successful thing Li Mu has done is to truly express the state of weightlessness. He will take you to outer space. You will feel the magnificence of space and see the beauty of the earth. That kind of The feeling of floating in space without gravity, and the loneliness, the fear, the beauty, I feel like I've been to outer space..."

Article 3: "This film is also a pioneer in terms of visual effects and [-]D technology. It perfectly uses CG and live-action shooting, without flaws..."

Item [-]: "Another thing I really like about this film is that it takes filmmaking technology to a new level..."

Some netizens in the movie bar listed the evaluation of "Gravity" by the media all over the world.

["The Hollywood Reporter": "Director Li Mu proved that he is indeed one of the most talented directors in the world. He brought science fiction films into the 21st century in a jaw-dropping way. This is "Gravity"!" 】

[British "The Sun": "This is the most dazzling movie in the past ten years. The scene where Ms. Gong Li returns to Earth in the space capsule at the end is wonderful and makes people's blood pumping."]

[UK "The Times": "No cinematic event can surpass Gravity, which is magnificent in every sense of the word, whether it is ambition or visual effects, or groundbreaking production technology. "]

The Guardian, The Hollywood Reporter, The New Yorker, The Chicago Reader, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Houston Chronicle, The Time—Suddenly, it seemed as if the whole world was Reported on "Gravity", and the positive comments occupied the absolute mainstream.

When the domestic box office of the film officially exceeded 10 billion yuan, China Film Group organized a seminar on "Gravity". It became a study of how much box office "Gravity" can sell, and how many North American championships it can win.

No one dares to say how much box office the center of the earth can get. If you use the box office curve of previous movies to set "Gravity", the result will definitely be ridiculously wrong.

At present, the only movie with a box office curve similar to "Gravity" is "Titanic" directed by James Cameron, but directly apply the curve of that movie?
Don't you think it's scary?

Li Mu was also present at the seminar. As a result, other people studied the various data of "Gravity", looked up at Li Mu who was not far away, and looked at the evaluations of foreign media, while looking up again. Looking at Li Mu at the scene, he was filled with emotion.

"Seminar seminar, what a fart to discuss! Is this something that normal Chinese directors can accomplish?"

Another week passed in the blink of an eye.

2009年12月4日—12月6日。

Amid the national attention, the latest week's North American box office list was officially released.

01, "Gravity", $4800 million.

02, "Warmth Rugby", $2000 million.

03, "Brotherhood", $900 million.

……

So far, "Gravity" has been on the top of the North American box office chart for four consecutive weeks.

The domestic box office is 11.5 billion yuan, the North American box office is 3.8 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office is 12 billion U.S. dollars, officially ranking second in the global film history!
Then Huaxia Internet completely boiled.

At first, many netizens browsed news on the Internet as usual, and then found that the entire Internet seemed to be discussing the matter of "Gravity" being the second largest movie in the world.

Tianya Forum:

"The rise of "Gravity" to the second place in global film history fully demonstrates that Huaxia has sci-fi genes, and Huaxia directors can make good sci-fi blockbusters!"

"From "The Promise" to "Gravity", the rapid development of Chinese films in these years is inseparable from the rapid rise of Chinese manufacturing."

"The review of "Gravity" has risen to the second place in the world. Hollywood can add the role of Li Mu when they shoot "Men in Black 3"-this guy is definitely an alien hidden in China!"

movie bar:
"The second in film history?"

"Exactly!"

"Li Mu is amazing!"

"The best part is that 'Gravity' is still going strong after four weeks!"

"I feel hopeful that it will be the top five at the North American box office!"

"It would be great if I could be number one in the world's film history, but the second place in film history is not fun!"

"What are you thinking? The No. 18 box office in movie history is $[-] billion!"

Liu Yifei:

"Brother-in-law is showing his face this time."

"It's not like if you want to, then don't take the show, the most urgent thing now is to prepare for pregnancy!"

"Shit, why are you going to get pregnant soon?"

"I understand everything!"

Ziyu Villa.

Liu Xiaoli made a cup of scented tea for her daughter, and Liu Yifei took a sip while watching TV.

"No, he didn't tell you when he got married?"

"We are still young." Liu Yifei said.

Liu Xiaoli lowered the volume of the TV and said, "Mom didn't mean that, I was worried..."

Liu Yifei said: "Actors usually get married very late, and he didn't mention it, and I don't want to take the initiative to ask him."

Liu Xiaoli turned around and took the laptop, and then showed her the posts in "Liu Yifei Bar".

"Preparing for pregnancy?"

Liu Yifei's eyes widened.

……

In a blink of an eye, it is the fifth week of the official global release of "Gravity".

2009年12月11日-12月13日。

"Gravity" once again topped the North American box office chart with a score of 4100 million US dollars, Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" came in second with a score of 2500 million US dollars, and Warner Bros.' film "Warmth Rugby" took 1500 million US dollars. ranked third.

So far, "Gravity" has achieved "five consecutive championships" in the North American film market. The last "five consecutive championships" in the American film market appeared in 1999, when Disney's film "The Sixth Sense" "Finish.

As of this weekend, "Gravity" had a domestic box office of 12.5 billion yuan, a North American box office of 4.7 million US dollars, and a global box office of 13.4 billion US dollars.

Domestic netizens looked numb at this achievement.

"13 billion, still in US dollars! It's really exciting!"

"It's been ten years in North America, and there's only such a 'Five in a Row' movie, and it turned out to be a movie made by us Chinese people. I don't know how the old American audience, actors, and directors are feeling now?"

"'Five in a row' is already there, is 'six in a row' still far away?"

"Don't even think about 'Six in a Row', "Avatar" will be released next week. Director James Cameron's 14-year-long sci-fi masterpiece, "Gravity" will definitely not be able to beat it!"

"Damn it, why did I forget this? Speaking of which, it would be great if the schedule was two weeks earlier. Then maybe there will be a 'six consecutive champions' or even a 'seven consecutive champions'."

"Suddenly, I feel that I don't have the motivation to continue to pay attention to the box office. 'Six in a row' is definitely not going to work. What about the global ranking—now it is the second in the world, but the distance from the world's number one is too far away, and there is basically no hope of surpassing it."

"Excellent! I don't know when the world film world will be so lively again."

……

After five weeks of "Gravity" attracting money all over the world, Li Mu's status in the hearts of movie fans around the world is also growing crazily. "The director of the movie was contacted.

After watching "Gravity", many netizens from all over the world expressed emotion in unison:
"Oh my god, what an awesome movie. The last time I saw such an awesome movie was at the beginning of the year, it was "Inception". This year's Hollywood movies are of high quality! Everyone thinks that the director of "Gravity" and " Who is the director of Inception?"

Then, familiar netizens immediately conducted science popularization:

"Well, in fact, strictly speaking, these two films are not Hollywood films in the traditional sense. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to define them as Chinese films, and the most important thing is - "Gravity" and "Inception" "The director is basically the same person, right? That is the Chinese director Li Mu.

"Huaxia Movies? Li Mu? The director of these two movies is actually the same person?"

"Of course!"

"Then he is really good."

After "Gravity", Li Mu's name really began to spread throughout the world. Before that, his movies were very popular all over the world, but the audience who really remembered Li Mu's name after watching the movie did not actually not much.

As long as the movie is good-looking, there are only a few who are related to the director.

But after "Gravity", everything has become different. Now Li Mu's reputation in the world has become very large, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has become a household name.

It's really that the movie "Gravity" is too popular. How popular is it?
电影2009年11月23日正式登陆RB，首映当日票房收入3.5亿日元。2009年11月28日，《地心引力》横扫RB票房，5天入账11亿。

November 2009, 11: "Gravity" broke through 28 million yuan at the Xiangjiang box office, officially topping the annual box office champion of the Xiangjiang film market that year.

December 2009, 12: In less than a month, the cumulative box office of "Gravity" in the Xiangjiang area broke through the 12 million Hong Kong dollar mark.

And in other major voting countries, as of the end of the fifth week:
French box office: 1 million

German box office: 7580 million

UK box office: 7350 million

Korean box office: 5890 million

Australian box office: 5610 million

……

Just when the whole world fell under the charm of the first real 3D movie, Li Mu suddenly received a call from his mother Liu Xiaohui.

"Li Mu, I have good news for you." Liu Xiaohui suddenly said cheerfully.

"What good news?" Li Mu asked.

"Your father has been promoted, and your father will be the curator of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum in Xijing from now on."

"The old curator has retired? No, he shouldn't be old yet, right?"

"The old curator has been promoted and transferred to Beijing." Liu Xiaohui laughed.

"That's not right. There are several deputy directors in our museum. When will it be my dad's turn?" Li Mu asked. He was very familiar with the museum's personnel and knew that Li Yuansheng was not ranked among the deputy directors.

"I don't know either. In short, the leader has already talked to your father, saying that he has outstanding professional ability, and his superiors are unanimously optimistic about him."

　First post and then change, Calvin, write in a hurry.A little water, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)