China Entertainment: Starting from 07 Kuainan

Chapter 395 A visual feast

12 month 1 number.

Los Angeles.

The cast of "Now You See Me" held its world premiere in Los Angeles.

The reason for holding the premiere in North America is not for Lu Yuan to treat him differently, but for the sake of box office.

With an investment of more than 6000 million U.S. dollars, it is destined to be unable to recover the cost based on domestic box office alone.

On the day of the premiere, Universal Pictures, Lu Yuan, and Universal Records worked together, and big-name actors and well-known singers from all over the world came in droves.

Milk Cha Lun, Mina, Tom Cruise, Fast and Furious crew, Rowan Atkinson (Bean), Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean Captain Jack Sparrow), Robert Downey Jr., Widow Sister, Taylor, Beyoncé The couple, the mother-in-law, Kanye and others were all present.

It's night, and Universal Studios is sparkling with stars.

At the same time, major theaters in North America also ushered in a wave of movie viewing peaks.

Looking at the schedules before and after Thanksgiving in North America, there are only two movies available, one is "Harry Potter 7".

The other one is Disney's first 3D animated princess movie "Tangled."

The former all know that one movie can make seven movies, and die-hard fans alone can harvest enough box office. Last week, the North American box office champion was still "Haha 7", with a weekly box office of US$5500 million and a cumulative box office of US$2.2 million. .

The latter is an investment of US$2.6 million and is known as the most expensive animated film in history. It also has a 3D princess gimmick. In its first week of release, the box office was 5050 million, almost stealing the weekly box office championship from "Haha 7".

Now, "Now You See Me" has officially joined the battlefield.

As a die-hard fan of Lu Yuan, Jerry drove to the theater as soon as the movie was released.

Different from last time, this time, there was an extra girl by his side.

Both of them are die-hard fans of Lu Yuan. They met at a concert in Los Angeles. Although they have not known each other for a long time, their relationship is extremely good.

In just a few months, the two were ready to get married.

After buying Coca-Cola popcorn, Lilith took Jerry's arm and walked into the theater with a smile.

Stepping into the movie hall, the movie hall was noisy. According to the sound, almost all seats were filled from the first row to the last row. It took a lot of effort for the two of them to find their seats.

Not long after, the movie started.

The first thing that caught the eye was a piece of fancy card cutting, which was dizzying and caused a burst of exclamation in an instant.

It is not surprising at all that similar fancy cuts are placed on magicians.

But the same thing has almost completely different effects on different people.

Who is Lu Yuan?

Singer, actor, boss, etc. are all his labels, but magician, definitely not!

Now, an idol with many labels suddenly performed a dazzling magic move. How could fans not exclaim?

The smooth and smooth card-cutting shots are not special effects at first glance.

Seeing this scene, Lilith instantly became a fangirl, grabbing her fiancé's arm and speaking in a low voice.

"Jerry, my God, LU is so handsome!"

"Haha, that's Lu. I won't be surprised by anything he does."

Seeing his girlfriend's eyes shining, Jerry was not jealous. The two came together because of Lu Yuan. How could he be jealous of Lu Yuan?

Immediately afterwards, what appeared on the screen was the night view of the Huangpu River.

As the camera slowly moved down, Lu Yuan, who was mixed in the crowd, appeared on the screen.

I saw Lu Yuan quickly cutting and shuffling the cards, and then pointing the cards at the camera.

"You're going to see a card."

"Of course, it's definitely not this one (referring to the trump card pointed at the camera)."

"Please note!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Yuan began to flip the cards quickly, and dozens of playing cards quickly flashed in front of the camera.

With various body language, the cards were flipped twice in a row, and the answer was revealed.

Whether it was the hot shot in the movie or the audience outside the camera, most people chose the 7 of diamonds.

Immediately.

Lu Yuan had another fancy card showdown. With a slight flick of his hand, dozens of playing cards formed into a fan shape with silky smoothness. At this moment, the 7 of Diamonds was no longer in the deck.

Wow!

The moment the cards were thrown high into the sky, the building behind them used lights to form a 7 of diamonds.

This magic trick looks amazing.

The choice is also made subjectively by the audience.

But what seems like a real choice may also be a 'forced' choice.

The industry calls this method 'misguidance', or 'forced choice'.

The principle is simple.

When flipping cards quickly, as long as the 7 of diamonds stays in the audience's sight for one second, or even half a second, the audience's brain will subconsciously remember this card.

Because of the 7 of Diamonds, it is different.

After that, the magician's usual method was used to remove the seven of diamonds from the deck. At the same time, the building behind him lit up the lights that had been prepared long ago.

Everything falls into place.

This extremely simple opening magic exactly corresponds to the theme of the film.

Truth and deception are present throughout the film. Whenever you get a clue after all the hard work, you feel like you have found a treasure. However, after going through the layers of cocoon, you get a result that is completely different from what you sense.

Lies and truth are intertwined.

Reverse!

Reversal again!

Be cool!

Be cool again!

Show off!

Keep showing off!

The rhythm of the whole play is astonishingly fast. In less than two minutes after the opening, the four horsemen of the apocalypse appear in various 'unbelievable' ways.

Among them, the way Damimi appeared was the most 'amazing'.

Especially for male viewers.

Bigness is beauty.

If Damimi's appearance was aimed at male audiences, then the passionate scene between Lu Yuan and Re Yizha attracted female audiences.

As for, child and teen audiences?

That’s not the audience for Now You See Me .

"Ha 7" and "Tangled" are mainly for teenagers.

And this is one of the reasons why Lu Yuan chose to release it at the same time as "Tangled".

Even if "Tangled" has a global box office of close to $600 million, it will not pose much of a threat to "Tangled".

Facts have proved that the situation is similar to what Lu Yuan expected.

"Now You See Me", which combines crime, cops, reasoning, magic and other elements, has conquered the vast majority of audiences in a visually impactful way.

To watch this movie, you don’t even need to use your brain.

This is a dazzling visual feast, escaping from reality, and magic almost becomes 'magic'.

Incredible magic, extreme ingenuity, and gorgeous special effects are enough to fill everyone's mind.

In addition, compared to the original film, Star Media's version of "The Thieves" has done some supplementary work.

In the original film, the main scenes focus on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and FBI agent Dylan. How can only five people complete the complex magic design and prop production?

In this version, the role of the behind-the-scenes organization [Eye of the Sky] is supplemented. Although there are very few scenes, it is just a glimpse, but it is enough for the audience to make up their own minds.

However, even if the world view is supplemented, the logic line of "The Thieves" is still not rigorous enough.

But who cares?

What depth does a popcorn movie need?

That’s it!

(End of this chapter)