Reborn I am the second generation of stars

Chapter 1306 Tasting
"Home Alone" is a family comedy directed by Chris Columbus and starring child star Macaulay Culkin. It was released in five parts from 1990 to 2012.

The annual Christmas is here again.The whole family was busy going out to celebrate the Christmas holiday. Unexpectedly, they made a mistake and left the youngest member of the family - 8-year-old Kevin at home. Mom and Dad were in a hurry, but they were already out of town at this time, and there was nothing they could do. It was Kai Wenle was broken, and it was rare to be alone at home, so Kevin arranged the house as a "playground".

The two thieves who had just been released from prison set their sights on Kevin's house. When they sneaked into Kevin's house, Kevin played with the two stupid thieves by virtue of his eye-catching and the "playground mechanism" at home. Playing the "game", there are a lot of jokes, can Kevin win this "game" in the end?

Many friends born in the 80s and 90s must be no strangers to this movie. I remember that this warm and funny movie was always broadcast on CCTV6 and various local TV stations around Christmas when I was a child. It has become a childhood memory for many people. .

This movie was released on November 1990, 11, but even today, decades later, this movie will still bring us laughter. When I was a child watching this movie, I would always be amused from ear to ear. Now Watching this movie again, I feel that this movie is not a simple children's comedy, but uses the comedy effect to convey the importance of love and family to us.

Xu Qian's memory of this movie is still fresh, and it is also one of his childhood. His childhood includes "The Legend of the Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit", "Legend of Nezha", "Happy Planet", and "Little Ghost". Home".

By the way, there are actually only five "Home Alone" and only ten that are widely rumored on the Internet.

The other 6 films circulated on the Internet are not works of the same series, some are just created by the original crew of the production team of "Home Alone", some are just comedies with similar themes, and some are just Macaulay Culkin's Other works only.

As long as you pay attention to their dresses and scenes when watching the movie, you will find that the order of the original 5 movies is completely out of order.

The movie "Home Alone" is excellent. "Home Alone" has a degree of control over the emotional elements and is very imaginative and interesting, which makes the movie rendered with excellent comedy from beginning to end. Macaulay Culkin's wit and cleverness in the movie are amazing, and the exaggerated performance of the stupid thieves is even more exciting. This has been maintained until the second film of this series. The silly jokes, and the warmth and warmth of the family on Christmas Eve undoubtedly make the movie a classic of the era of Hollywood comedy, and the proposition of children and family is so beautiful.

The selling points of the movie Xu Qian thinks are as follows, one is funny, the other is the performance of the actors, and the third is the warm tone, about the family, about children, this kind of movie will never be out of date at any time.

It's funny, that's for sure, such a movie can make people laugh out loud and make people's stomach hurt from laughing.

The second is Macaulay Carr's wonderful performance. This guy is simply a natural child star, very suitable to play this kind of eccentric child. Our country also has a similar character, that is Hao Shaowen.

However, Macaulay Carr, like Hao Shaowen, was eccentric and lovable when he was young, but he became crippled when he grew up. .

Family factors are also very important. The background of the film is Christmas. Although Chinese people’s awareness of these "foreign festivals" is gradually improving, what most people do during these festivals is still shopping and having sex , in fact, Christmas is somewhat similar to our Spring Festival. Its meaning is to emphasize the importance of family. Just as Chinese people have to go home after going through all kinds of hardships on the New Year’s Eve, Europeans and Americans will rush back home on Christmas Eve. Home to spend quality time with family.

It is precisely because of this that this movie can resonate with people in our country and even the whole world, because people all over the world have something in common when it comes to family, children, and love.

Oh, by the way, in another world "Home Alone" is still the highest-grossing comedy movie in the Guinness Book of Records, which is why Xu Qian chose it.

Xu Qian began to write the script. He planned to let Chinese children participate in this movie, so he had to modify the background. The family background was set as a Chinese-American marriage, and the protagonist was a "Chinese-American mixed race child", which could explain why the protagonist is Huang. skin, dark hair.

Xu Qian also marked the changes in other places one by one. This task is not easy for him, but he is already familiar with it.

Although he himself is an asshole, after studying and practicing during this period of time, he has also grown a lot. It is not difficult for him to revise the script. He is no longer the original him.

Xu Qian didn’t change the story structure of the film much. It still tells the same story: 8-year-old Kevin was left alone at home because of his family’s negligence. When he was young, he thought it was his unintentional words that made his family disappear. .Without the restraint of his family, Kevin was excited to play around at home, but soon, the loneliness of losing his family overcame the excitement. What was even more frightening was that Kevin still inadvertently discovered that his home had become a place where two people live together. Habitual target of thieves.In order to defend his home, 8-year-old Kevin and two thieves launched a funny and thrilling "war" on Christmas Eve, and finally subdued the invading thief with the help of the neighbor's grandpa. Kevin's family also tried their best to rush home. Finally, on Christmas morning, the family reunited and spent a wonderful Christmas together.

That's right, this is a story of happy reunion, and Xu Qian also likes stories of happy reunion, but he doesn't like tragic endings, and he rarely watches tragic movies.

Of course, he has made a lot of films now. The first half of "Those Years" is a comedy, but the second half takes a sharp turn for the worse.

The plot of "My Girlhood" is also going round and round to make people's hearts entangled.

"My Sassy Girl" is even more abuse, abuse, abuse.

As for "Ip Man", the tone of the first half is very warm, but with the arrival of the islanders, the tone of the whole film begins to darken.

As for "Infernal Affairs", let alone, Huang Sir died, Chen Yongren died, and even the protagonist died. Isn't this a tragedy?It was so miserable and miserable that the tears of the people who watched it fell away.

"The Departed" is just the American version of "Infernal Affairs", which is basically similar to "Infernal Affairs", and the tone of this film is not bright.

What about The King of Comedy?How much aggrieved Yin Tianchou has been, "Eat shit and fuck you", "You don't deserve to be an actor", "Do you want to find a professional if you are a trick?" Yin Tianchou can be said to have been crushed all the way. He looked in the mirror Many people should still remember the sad look on his face, and this is not a cheerful movie.

Then "Home Alone" will become Xu Qian's first pure comedy film in his career as a director. The keynote of this film is happy, warm, touching and sensational. This film will open a new era in Xu Qian's career as a director.

Xu Qian quickly found Ma Long and told him that he wanted to shoot a new movie. Ma Long was very happy, because Xu Qian is now a gold-lettered signboard. Xu Qian once again created a new miracle.

"No, here's the script."

Xu Qian handed the script of "Home Alone" to Ma Long.

Ma Long was even more surprised: "So fast?"

He didn't think that Xu Qian even wrote the script.

Xu Qian is not afraid of the script being plagiarized, because he has already registered the copyright.

The last time he sold the copyright of "The Departed" to Warner, he only took tiers, because he didn't care about "The Departed", because he was not interested in "The Departed".

But this time is different.

"Home Alone" is one of his best childhood memories, not to mention that it is a comedy movie that has won the Guinness Book of Records, Xu Qian naturally will not let this gold mine go.

After Ma Long got the script, he didn't talk nonsense. He thanked Xu Qian and left directly. Xu Qian appreciated his attitude.

After Ma Long went back, he began to watch Xu Qian's script. The script of "Home Alone" is not complicated. It tells the story of a child and a few stupid thieves, and it tells how this little clever ghost played those stupid thieves. The story of going round and round.

Ma Long was very surprised. First of all, Xu Qian's script was very detailed, and every shot was clearly marked, so that you would not have any doubts.

"What a genius."

Ma Long praised in his heart, he finally understood why Cameron praised Xu Qian as a business genius. This was not entirely a business bragging, but it was indeed Xu Qian's ability that he recognized.

Ma Long is a professional and can analyze the quality of this script at once, this script definitely has the potential to be a big hit, because the values ​​​​of this movie are really in line with the West, especially when "Christmas" and "Family" , "Children", when the family relationship is connected, there will be no disadvantages.

Ma Long is very aware of the value of "Home Alone". He is really glad that he didn't come to China for nothing. How to say it in Chinese: "Three visits to thatched cottage are very sincere."

He felt that he was paying so much attention to the thatched cottage, so much so that Xu Qian was moved, so he gave himself a thumbs up first, which was really very gratifying.

Ma Long sent the script of "Home Alone" to the United States by mail.

Warner also attached great importance to it after receiving the email from Malone.

Chinese people always have a misunderstanding, that is, foreigners look down on Chinese people. This is actually a big prejudice. After the Yanjing Olympic Games, my country's comprehensive national strength and organizational capabilities have shocked the whole world, and no country dares to underestimate us.

Secondly, foreigners are also especially those who are very capable. It is obvious that Xu Qian is very capable. He is very powerful. Even Cameron admires him very much, so it is impossible for others to ignore him.

Of course, the most important thing is that Xu Qian has brought huge benefits to Warner, not to mention "The Departed Walker", the "Departed Walker" series has brought incalculable benefits to Warner, and it also has huge influence.

"The King of Comedy" was also handed over to Warner for distribution. Warner didn't value "The King of Comedy" very much, but they didn't think that Xu Qian had brought them a big surprise. Such a low-cost urban inspirational, love The movie was able to reap such a high box office.

The script of "Home Alone" was quickly sent to Warner's evaluation team. Warner's evaluation team is part of the production team. The main role of this evaluation team is to evaluate whether a movie has the potential to sell well.

They will divide the quality of a movie into four levels of abcd.

d is rubbish, you can basically give up the operation, and you can put it in the script library and never hire it. There are many scripts of this type, because many screenwriters submit their scripts to Warner every day. These scripts are basically d type.

The c level means no compensation, which means that this film can not lose money. Such a film may be shot, or it may not be shot. The key depends on whether this film is likely to sell well in the "video" market. If it's possible to make a big hit in the video market, then Warner will invest in the filming.

B-level movies are movies that can be sold well. If there are no accidents, B-level movies will be successfully approved and made into movies.

As for the A-level, it is very awesome. This is a movie that is sure to be a hit. Usually, A-level movies are big productions, big directors, and big IPs. Such movies naturally have a high degree of attention.

The four grades of abcd can very well analyze the potential of a movie. Of course, these four grades are not necessarily correct. These reviewers are not gods, and sometimes they are mistaken.

For a movie to be successful, both the right time, the right place and the right people are indispensable.

The right time is a good schedule, if a schedule is full of commercial blockbusters, then it will be extremely difficult to stand out.

For example, if "Wolf Warrior 2" is placed in another schedule, it is very likely that it will not have such a high box office.

Geographical advantage, the so-called geographical advantage is a very mysterious thing. For example, if Xu Qian's film is fought in Asia, then there is no need to think about it at all. His film must be a big hit.

If it is placed in North America or Europe, then his movies may not be bought by so many people, and the location is also very important.

As for Renhe, Renhe mainly relies on the quality of the film and the publicity. Some of the box office hits are huge. The following big movies are all because of the fierce publicity behind them, and Warner has done a very good job in this regard. Warner's The publicity ability is super powerful, and it is among the best among the top eight in Hollywood, and it is estimated to be second only to the mighty Disney.

Renhe also experiences the charisma of a person, like Cameron's movies, the appeal is extremely strong at all. As long as his movies are shot, they will definitely attract the attention of the world. This is beyond doubt.

There are more than a dozen people in Warner's evaluation team, but this time it is the three most famous among them who came to evaluate "Home Alone", which also shows that Warner attaches great importance to the script of "Home Alone".

These three are well-known editors in the industry, and later became members of Warner's evaluation team. These three are Jordan, James and Owen.

Jordan is the oldest and used to be a famous editor. The movie "Basketball Fire" that became popular all over the world is his work.

James is also super awesome. He once wrote the work "Three Decisions". This work even overwhelmed the popularity of the World Cup. It is really powerful and has super high commercial value.

As for Owen, he is also very good. He wrote the famous work "Lore".

And now these three super masters will taste Xu Qian's work "Home Alone".

First of all, let the Chinese translator translate the script into English. Warner has a special Chinese translator in-house. They have strong professional skills and are also very good editors. The effect of their translation is almost as good as the original version.

Moreover, the movie "Home Alone" was originally a Western movie, so the translation process was very fast.

After the translation was completed, the three of Jordan began to taste.

(End of this chapter)