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Chapter 479 First Day Results
With all the crazy hype going on with Pot Heroes and Sewing Machines these days.

After "Hot Pot Heroes" was first released, it became the focus of everyone's attention. Countless people are waiting for the audience's reaction, as well as the ratings and comments of those media and Douban. These not only determine the follow-up box office potential of "Hot Pot Heroes" , It is also related to the pressure on the "Sewing Machine Band" that will be released later.

Even though they have repeatedly said in the studio that there is no pressure, that the two films are not the same, etc., but in the same period, there are no films of big stars such as Zhou Xingxing and Cheng Long to participate. Whether it is the media or the fans, the audience may think about each of these films. Good-looking movies are ones to look forward to, especially works that have a box office of one billion before the big studio.

However, it is precisely because of this that Dapeng pays more attention to the second comedy that he wrote, directed and acted in. No one does not like to be successful continuously and to improve his career, and no one likes to fail and lose money. No matter how rational you are, there will always be some worries.

Both parties, you sing and I will appear on stage, desperately holding promotional meetings, press conferences, and press conferences. Whoever has several programs every day will definitely mention his own movie.

"Hot Pot Hero" is to promote the movie that has already been released, while "Sewing Machine Band" is to promote the movie that is about to be released!With the help of the media, this summer film finally has a feeling of the previous summer film war. Although the investment in the two films is not too large, and the stars do not have any big names with box office appeal, there are finally a few. Very lively atmosphere!
And all kinds of feedback about "Hot Pot Heroes" finally got a lot of reactions in the media and the Internet!
In the professional comments of the media, Haopin occupies the majority!
"The film exudes a strong atmosphere of a mountain city from the story, dialogue, actors, and shooting locations. At the same time, it includes many types of elements such as absurdity, comedy, crime, and suspense. The thrilling and explosive action scenes are paired with hilarious and interesting local dialects. A unique audio-visual feast." --- Huaxia Entertainment News.

"Although the story in the film takes place in a mountain city, the scenes of bank robbery, street fighting, gang fights, etc. are very Hong Kong gangster movie style. The director made a mountain city movie with the feeling of a Hong Kong movie. As the whole film uses the mountain city dialect The Shancheng dialect adds a lot of color to the movie, and it does not have too many geographical restrictions, but it is very joyful.” ——Kyoto Film Weekly.

In addition, China Film Times wrote that "The protagonists in the film are full of aggrieved, those "heroic" temperaments have disappeared, and what is presented to the audience is just ordinary people who can no longer be ordinary. , The image of a small person who has no sense of existence in daily life.

However, the beauty of the film is that it uses the contrast between the little character and the big hero to convey a sense of heroism.The plot of the film is very tightly woven by two story lines, one light and one dark, one main and one time.On the bright line of the main body, the film uses black humor to satirize the "heroic spirit" that the protagonists do not possess.

On the surface, the film seems to show the unique "counseling" of little people time and time again.But behind the "counseling" is actually the kindness of the protagonists and their emphasis on friendship.And this point is exactly the dark line drawn by Xiaohui's letter in the film.The best part of the film's script is precisely that there are not too many renderings and flashbacks of the past.Because the memory is touched to the end, cherishing ink like gold, on the contrary, it has the effect of turning stone into gold.

Although the film chooses a slightly gloomy image tone, the dim lights in the air-raid shelter, the hazy sky and falling rain, the cramped and narrow roads and corridors, etc. seem to be unable to completely cover the aftertaste of this story. Hot and refreshing feeling.

There are no dazzling big heroes in the film, but there are little people who burst out with little light because of the friendship in their hearts.The rise of the little people is the more real and commendable heroism in the film. "

Of course, in addition to these positive reviews, negative reviews are always indispensable for every movie, just how much.

Different comments on the movie were made on the Shanghai Film and Television News, "This movie is like a hot pot with rich ingredients. "Hot Pot Heroes" organizes crime, comedy, suspense, youth, friendship and other elements in series. However, director Yang Qing failed to control the heat of these elements well from the finished film, so that although the film had surprises with black humor, it was defeated by the double criticism of rhythm and logic.

Like Yang Qing's "Night Club", this is a story full of surprises. It not only uses hot pot to bring out suspense and fall out of the story, but also makes its own definition of what a hero is. This is a film similar to the style of the British comedy master Guy Ritchie, with a small character's counterattack and black humor.

However, the plot structure of the two-line narrative did not win applause for the film. On the contrary, it only made the story mixed. The success of "Hot Pot Heroes" was only maintained in the first half of the short time. After a good opening , the abrupt love line turned the film into a youth film, and when it switched to the main line again, it seemed that it lacked stamina. Presentation, the sudden change of style turned the excellent suspenseful rendering into a lengthy emotional talk. It is difficult to have both fish and bear's paws. The lack of coherence in the two-line structure of the narrative has exposed Yang's story even more. Qing's immature directing skills.

Whether there is a convincing and amazing logic is undoubtedly the most critical reason for the success of crime suspense movies. It is true that "Hot Pot Heroes" has surprising drama in certain bridges, but these dramas are based on At the cost of sacrificing the logic of the movie, this ultimately makes almost all the nodes of the movie can only be attributed to coincidences and accidents, and the unreasonable dramatic effect, although it can make the movie compact at first glance and become bizarre and interesting, but After you've seen the story, it's not convincing, let alone amazing, which ultimately makes the film mediocre as a crime suspense film.

After combining multiple elements, I couldn't really play any of them well. Although the excellent blueprint is like a pot of good ingredients, it's a pity that this hot pot really lacks some heat!What a pity! "

In addition to media comments, there are also many negative comments on the Internet, especially on Douban.

"Just as everyone likes to watch story clubs, but they will forget them after reading them. There are all kinds of small stories in it, but most of these stories are not nutritious and memorable. The same is true of Yang Qing's "Hot Pot Heroes" .

There are not a few movies that focus on losers, but they are interesting like "Crazy Stone", cult like "A Clockwork Orange", and crazy like "Trainspotting". But when it comes to "Hot Pot Heroes", it is just a loser: a Chinese quintessential tenth grade The lovers owed gambling debts, one was an idiot who was bullied at home, and the other was a good old man who opened a hot pot restaurant in partnership and eventually became the owner of the restaurant.

I thought that the fate of these three people would be different because they dug up the money bank, but they actually just wanted to replenish the money bank, that's all.Finally, there was an extra line of robbery in the film, and the loser only went to save people without any emotional preparation.I'm sorry, this movie doesn't let people see the bloody nature of the mountain people, but it's full of ignorance and recklessness.

Male lead: I can go against a group of people with guns with a kitchen knife alone.

Heroine: Can the Holy Mother White Lotus save her colleagues who have bullied her countless times.

Villain: Originally, I respected you for being arrogant and domineering for money, but in the end, after fighting with the gangsters, you actually encouraged your enemies to fight to the end with the gangsters. Is such a scheming boy still a mess?After watching the movie, I would like to ask, do you really only need values ​​and not details to make movies now? "

This netizen who gave a two-star rating on Douban is quite sensible. After all, the analysis is well-founded, and it is not a random touch.

And more and more netizens are talking about all kinds of dissatisfaction and complaints, but they can get a three-star rating. Obviously, although there are still unsatisfactory aspects of this movie, it is not useless. Everyone thinks it is worth seeing!

"The director said that this is his painstaking work in preparation for many years, just like Shancheng Hot Pot, in which all kinds of elements are boiled in one pot, with some special spicy dipping sauce, and served to the audience refreshingly.

"League of Losers" is a typical youth sentiment stalk, which has been tried and tested in domestic youth films in recent years and has even been used indiscriminately.The target audience is the generation born in the [-]s who are now working, getting married and starting a business. Secret love, broken love, love letters, reunion after a few years, looking back on the past is still hard to understand.It is precisely because of this youthful love that it led to the behavior of internal and external collusion many years later, and gave a reasonable explanation for all the actions of the characters.

Then there is the strong regional characteristics of mountain cities.Roads with steep slopes one after another, densely packed high-rise buildings, and the humid atmosphere of the Jialing River.Opening a hot pot restaurant in an air-raid shelter, if the area is not enough, you can expand it at will, and you can dig it into the bank vault. I really don’t know where such a scene can exist except in mountain cities.

The whole play is deliberately unfolded in Chongqing dialect, which highlights the strong sense of region.The three brothers who opened the store in partnership are all poor people in life. The hot pot restaurant they are struggling to support cannot survive. Facing the temptation of money, greed and honesty are constantly at war, and the brilliance of human nature is highlighted in the choice.

However, the questioning of the plot and rationality in the movie still bothers me.

One is what Ning Tong can do in the bank.At the beginning, when she confessed that she was unsatisfactory in her work, was made difficult by her colleagues, and was hinted by her boss that she would not change, she should be a business person in the approval department of a project.However, when she offered to help Chen Kun enter the treasury, she had the authority to invite outsiders to enter the treasury, and she had the documents on the salaries of everyone in the bank—what exactly does she do?Is it administrative, personnel, or specific investment and financing business?Although it is a detail, if it is not handled well, it will really be a drama.

The other is the moment when Chen Kun was controlling the leader of the kidnappers and the other kidnappers were forced to disarm. I couldn’t understand why all the bank’s office staff didn’t take the opportunity to knock down all the kidnappers together— ——It is really unconvincing that such a good opportunity was missed in vain.Of course, this is also one of the points that are complained about in many movies!

And maybe it is precisely because of these key points that advance the plot that I have doubts, I have never been really moved by the plot.When the various fights on the screen were bloody and bloody, and the kidnappers, loan sharks, and hot pot heroes fought in a melee, I was always watching quietly to see how this drama would end.Then they finally subdued the kidnappers, and finally became heroes, and then they decided to open another hot pot restaurant in this city full of hot pot restaurants, in their old business that was not doing well—"

This is a comment on Douban by a netizen named "Skunk Lanren". Although the content is very dissatisfied with the logic of the movie, he finally gave a three-star rating.

In addition to these long, well-founded comments, there are many netizens who are too lazy to write so many comments, leaving all kinds of strange comments!

"I just want to ask, why is the robber so handsome?" This is a message from netizen "Xiaoyaojin", who rated it four stars.

Netizen "Midnight Sound Pharynx" rated it four stars and left a message saying, "The mountain city is absolutely beautiful, the dialect is absolutely delicious, the hot pot in the mountain city is absolutely delicious, and the most important thing is Yu Xiaohui's actor, my family is the most beautiful! The acting is nothing to say!"

Netizen "Tu Guo Quan An" gave it two stars, and then left a message saying, "The beginning was good, and then, there is no more--"

"Yang Qing is right to follow this path. The black humor with a strong hot pot taste, a little bit of a galaxy flavor, and the characters are also very comprehensive. After watching a few garbage movies, it is much more refreshing to watch this movie. At the same time Of the three movies released today, this one is the most optimistic! It deserves a four-star recommendation!" netizen "Fang Qiangqiang" commented.

Two days after its release, Douban scored 7.6 points, which is good and worth watching, and the box office on the first day was also released.

It was screened in 2365 theaters across the country, with a box office of 7636 million on the first day. It was undoubtedly the champion of the day. The second place was "Donkey Gets Water", which was released for two weeks. Although it has a good reputation, the attendance rate has been declining. The daily box office has dropped to 2360 million, and the cumulative box office is 1.5 million.And the third place is a Xiangjiang comedy "The Evil Man Announces Good News". It was released for a week, and the single-day box office has only 1365 million left, and the total box office is only 6853 million. It can be said that it is a foregone conclusion.

Many media were wailing when they saw this result. In the past, the summer holiday was a golden time that could compete with the Lunar New Year holiday. However, the highest single-day box office performance on a Friday could not exceed [-] million. This made many people think that this is The cold winter of China's movie market is coming?Or are audience tastes changing too quickly?Of course, the absence of some heavyweight blockbusters to stimulate the audience in this schedule is also an important reason, and the reason why there is no big production in today's summer schedule is also a coincidence!
In order to avoid each other, several blockbuster films finally found out that the summer vacation time slot was vacant. However, they changed the timetable several times, but in the end they couldn’t change it. They had to watch the summer vacation time slot become a ridiculous situation where there were no tigers in the mountains and monkeys ruled over the king. .

(End of this chapter)