superstar director

Chapter 417 Movies and Reality

Just when the TV series was monopolized by the "Flower Thousand Bone" family, the time has entered China in July, and the summer box office competition also kicked off with Li Lianlian's new work "New Fist of Fist".

Although Li Lianlian himself has great expectations for this "New Heroes of Fist of Fist" and asked Ning Cheng to read it, after all, it has the embarrassing results of the last "Heroes of Fist of Fist" There are some works that are not good enough, so to be on the safe side, Brother Jie deliberately chose the beginning of the summer schedule and the least competitive schedule.

The most intense time for each summer file is in August, because at that time the national students are on vacation, and the most ferocious crowd of moviegoers will be ushered in. This is also the origin of the summer file, and although there are some individual colleges and universities in July There may be early holidays, but they are very few after all. It can be said that July is just a warm-up for the schedule in August.

Therefore, during this time, although July has been included in the summer schedule due to too many films released in recent years, this month, there will be no real major domestic productions released at this time.

Of course, although domestic blockbusters don't like the July schedule, there are many other movies that want this schedule, not as good as those who are not confident in their own films, or don't want to compete with the top production, as well as some foreign films.

Brother Jie's "New Fist of Fist" was released together with three new movies, one from domestic animation "Big Fish and Begonia", one from South Korea's police film "Tracker", and one is an American love movie The Fault in Our Stars.

Except for Jie Ge's "New Fist of Fist" and the domestic animation "Big Fish and Begonia", the other two foreign films came to China for publicity with their good reputation and box office results after they were released in China for a week or two. .

Therefore, compared to the two domestic films, it is obvious that the other two foreign films are more likely to be recognized by fans in terms of word of mouth and publicity, because before that, so many foreign audiences have provided Chinese audiences with a lot of film reviews and reviews. Watching reviews, this gives everyone more reason to watch these two well-reputed films.

As for the two domestic films, if they were replaced by Cheng Long or Zhou Xing Xing's films, there would be nothing to say. Many people would definitely put them first. The adaptation of the previous year's "Jing Wu Heroes" caused many people to directly resist. Although the trailer looked good, many viewers who watched the previous year's "Jing Wu Heroes" decided to watch other movies first. .

In contrast, "Big Fish and Begonia" is much better than "New Fist of Fury". At least three years of crowdfunding broke China's record, and the rich Chinese elements in the animation made many people look forward to it. On the anticipation list of "Big Fish and Begonia", the expectation value is as high as 9.5.And Jie Ge's "New Jing Wu Heroes" is only 5.3.

Since the release of the four movies at the same time on July [-]th, Brother Jie has been anxiously scrolling through the box office statistics page. Of course, during the day, he will also play some simple promotional announcements, but compared to the previous movie promotions, no matter the momentum or action Both laughed a lot.

In fact, Brother Jie himself didn’t know what he was going to talk about when he went out to promote it. Everyone just watched the disappointing old-school action “Jing Wu Heroes” the year before last. The similarities and differences of old movies, but there are still many people on the Internet who say that he made money.

So, at this time, he was really at a loss and didn't know what to do.

Just as nervous as Brother Jie is the director of "New Fist of Fist" Cao Kun. He was originally an action director under Ning Sheng. He naturally attaches great importance to it and is very nervous, because it is related to his future development, whether he can come out to film alone, or he can only go back and continue to be an action director.

The box office results of the first day came out on the second day. The domestic animation "Big Fish and Begonia" ranked first with a first-day score of 8963 million, and the second place was the American film "The Fault in Our Stars" passed the first day of the China Film Market with a score of 7852 million. For this film with a low investment cost, with their good reputation, we can expect long-term accumulation. Profit is beyond doubt.The third place is the Korean movie "The Chaser", which earned 5321 million yuan on the first day. As for Jie Ge's "New Fist of Fist", it only earned 3210 million yuan on the first day, while another film was released. The two-week movie "You at the Same Table" ranked fourth with 3952 million, firmly pressing the newly released "New Jing Wu Heroes" below.

Looking at the box office results, Brother Jie's heart suddenly turned cold. The first day's score of more than 3000 million, is this his worst box office record since his debut?

But then, the comments and ratings of "New Fist of Fist" on Douban let him breathe a sigh of relief.

"It is estimated that fans of action movies all over the world will agree that this is Jet Li's best movie." A netizen named 'Selling Xiaobai' left a message like this.

Netizen 'Zhan Guo Ke' said, "This "New Fist of Fist" is a masterpiece of this type of zombie movie!"

"A Kung Fu movie takes up more than half of the space, but it doesn't feel boring at all. "New Fist of Fist" has excellent rhythm control, nuanced characterization of characters, and sincere national feelings. Emotionally, it is almost perfect, but at the same time, the fighting in the movie is not fancy. In terms of movie technology, there are no cool special effects and realistic martial arts. Li Lianlian's kung fu is so brilliant, it is no exaggeration It is said that this is Li Lianlian's best kung fu masterpiece so far, and it has also created the pinnacle of Chinese action movies!"

The score of this adapted movie on Douban is as high as 8.1, while his old work "Jing Wu Heroes" is only 6.5 points. Similar plot, almost the same actors, but the effect presented is completely different. And director Cao Kun's cooperation this time is full of praise.

The media commentary has not been left behind either.

"After "New Fist of Fist" is released, it will surely become a milestone work in the history of world kung fu movies. It is inevitable that it will surpass the previous work and reach an unattainable height. Not only that, this new adaptation will also become recognized worldwide. Textbook of kung fu movies." ---Huaxia Film News.

""Jing Wu Heroes" is deeply loved by many film critics, because the film represents a new level of Chinese Kung Fu films. In this painstaking film, Li Lianhe integrated the Chinese Kung Fu and Western boxing that he has studied for many years, making Kung Fu Fans were fascinated by it. The idea of ​​the film is no longer limited to ethnic hatred against foreign powers, but it shows a style of a great country that China should have. Although this film is adapted from Bruce Lee's " "Fist of Fury" pays tribute to "Heroes of Fist of Fury", although they are all starring Li Lianlian, but this time, it is indeed a breakthrough." --- Kyoto Entertainment News.

The box office of this movie will not be high at the beginning, which Brother Jie expected, but what he didn't expect was that it would be so low. It was suppressed by an old movie that was released for two weeks. After ratings and comments, the flustered heart immediately settled down.

For any movie, if it wants to create a high box office, the most important point is always a good reputation, because for the vast audience, there is nothing more attractive than a good movie to attract people into the cinema.

Now "New Fist of Fist" has a good reputation. Even though the box office was really low at the beginning, Brother Jie felt at ease because he knew that the audience was satisfied with this movie, which meant that Ning Sheng's thoughts were right. Yes, and his "Kyoto Bodyguard" can naturally be handed over to director Cao Kun. In today's era of fierce competition, Brother Jie really doesn't have the confidence of Ning Sheng to rest when he wants to. Ning Sheng is the director. He is confident that no matter how long he takes a break, he can make good movies again, but brother Jie can't, because he is an actor and a star, a star whose popularity has declined, if you don't hear from you in a year or two, wait for you to show up again , the popularity is estimated to have fallen to the bottom, and no one can guarantee whether you will be popular again at this time. In other words, many celebrities will never be popular again.

Although Ning Sheng's ability to praise people is well known, no big-name celebrity is willing to give up the popularity and popularity he has finally gained, and bet that Ning Sheng can make himself popular again.What if it's not popular?Ning Sheng can continue to be a director, what about you?
Therefore, under the premise of having a choice, Brother Jie naturally hopes to work more when he is young. As an action actor, he knows that his prime time is not very long.

In the next few days, the box office results began to automatically adjust with the word-of-mouth of several movies, and a week later, the box office rankings for the week from July 17 to No.[-] were released.

Ranked first, this week's box office champion is "Big Fish and Begonia", which won the first week champion with a score of 5.6 million, but the producer of "Big Fish and Begonia" can't be happy, because the film's reputation has declined sharply , In just one week, the Douban score dropped from 8 points to 6.6 points, and many viewers felt that they were cheated.

"The setting is very ambitious, but the actual story told is very small and boring. There is a feeling that such a large setting is completely wasted. The music is really good, and the film itself is not as amazing as the original short film. It still feels too hasty. , the script should be well polished, well integrated with the background, and thicker, it may be better."

"The art is not bad, but the Chinese style has been exaggerated into a Japanese style, just like Hayao Miyazaki's son Miyazaki Goro made a bloody green tea whore Mary Su Korean idol drama."

"Waiting for many years, waiting to think that the green tea bitch——"

Although the producer and director came out to explain many times that everyone misunderstood the film, but since the film dropped to fourth place in the single-day box office last weekend, everyone knows that the film's box office performance has no potential at all.

Then there is the American film "The Fault in Lucky", which ranked No.2 this week. It injected a new force into the global box office of the film with a score of 3.9 million, while Jie Ge's film took the third place. Driven by word of mouth, "New Fist of Fury", an adaptation of the film that came from behind, won 3.6 million this week. If it weren't for the box office difference in the past few days, it might be able to pull down No.2. However, with the box office rising Looking at the trend and attendance rate, next week, the originally underestimated "New Fist of Fist" is bound to explode at the box office.

As for the Korean film "The Chaser", it ranked fourth with a score of 1.2 million. Perhaps because there are many Chinese people in the production team, the performance of this film has reduced a lot of Korean exaggeration, and the plot is also good, so This result was somewhat beyond the expectation of the Korean production company, but the attendance rate of the movie, the final box office of this movie was [-] million.

And when the box office of China's summer vacation started to warm up, Ning Sheng and Emma had just finished watching the movie "The Fault in Our Stars" in Las Vegas. Originally, Ning Sheng wanted to go to the casino to try his luck, saying It's not allowed to win a thousand and eight hundred, but Emma dragged her to the cinema to watch a movie halfway.

The two of them were worried about being recognized by others, so they ran out in a hurry when the subtitles of the movie just came up, and when they got out of the movie theater, Emma asked Ning Sheng, "If one day I also got a terminal illness, what would you do?" manage?"

Ning Cheng had no choice but to roll his eyes, but he hesitated for a while, and Emma had pinched his fingers on the soft flesh he wanted to see, and Ning Cheng shuddered and said immediately, "I will fly you all over the world, and I will definitely find a cure. Your way!"

Emma immediately asked again, "What if my illness can't be cured, and then I die?"

Ning Cheng turned to look at her and said, "Aren't we on our honeymoon? Isn't it bad to say these things?"

Emma continued to ask ungratefully, "The honeymoon is over long ago, and now it's vacation time, answer my question!"

Ning Cheng sighed and said, "I will miss you, and then continue to work hard to live, living together with our memories."

Emma said unsatisfactorily after hearing this, "This doesn't sound true, and you will not get married after you are so young?"

Ning Cheng looked at him helplessly and said, "Then should I find another one?" Looking at Emma's sudden look in his eyes, he immediately changed his mind and said, "I will never look for it again, I only have you in my heart, and you will always be the only one. !"

Emma snorted, and said with some disbelief, "Can you hold on? There will definitely be a lot of women who backtrack, and you won't be alone? Are you sure you can do it?"

Ning Cheng turned around and hugged Emma in his arms, looked into her eyes and said, "Then tell me, what should I do? May I listen to you?"

Emma curled her lips and said, "You don't mean it at first glance. Forget it, I will be dead by then. Even if you find ten or eight, I can't help it."

Ning Cheng immediately felt like he had nothing to love. Emma took a look at the people nearby who seemed to have discovered their identities, pointed and probed frequently, and immediately pulled Ning Cheng and said, "Get out of here first. , this issue, we will discuss it later when we go back!"

"Ah——" Ning Cheng realized for the first time that those extraordinarily generous and majestic Western girls in the movie seemed to be suspected of being fake.

(End of this chapter)