It's not money

Oswaldo 2022-03-15 09:01:02

To be honest, I am a person who likes to tell the truth.
But just say this sentence.
I first heard about the news of "Change 4" about two years ago. Paramount staff said that they had a good idea about "Change 4" and they are currently in preparation. It is expected to be released in the summer of 2014. I heard about the news. My heart is surging-people have set the release date when the script is not formed and the funds are not in place.
The fourth installment of the Transformers series has not yet been released. It is really impossible for me to write something here to evaluate it. In fact, this is not a movie review, not just Transformers. You have to understand it as nonsense. I'm just worried that when this movie is released, everyone is complaining about the soy sauce of certain actors. When there are advertisements everywhere, I will say this again and it will seem very vulgar.
I am not a pure, qualified Transformers fan. I really like the movies in this series, but I can't say it is fanatical. I never saw the animated version of Transformers in my childhood until the live-action version of Transformers came out. Most of the news about the movie came before me. I have never tirelessly searched for this information every day, but the information still enters my sight or ears continuously through various developed media channels, making me almost familiar with the production progress of others. The film crew submitted the government's yesterday The application documents have been passed today; tomorrow the director intends to block the 13th Street in Chicago; when the post-production, the director will arrange for a certain King Kong to slash and whistle on these 13 streets...
The bad news at the beginning of the filming continued. , First, the capital dropped sharply, 30 million less than the previous one, and the actual investment was almost 165 million US dollars. Later, there was news that Geng and Bingbing were expected to join the Chinese market. At that time, many people suspected that this was false information. , And give an example, the statement is well-founded. I also look forward to hearing news like "The filmmakers change their minds and don't ask big names to use the money saved as special effects."
It wasn't until those promos, either true or false, appeared later that the ice beauty had a stunning glance with heavy makeup, although it was enough to satisfy my appetite. But I didn't get pleasure from it.
Of course, never.

I recently watched a domestically produced Journey to the West movie, and I guess I guessed which one it is without mentioning the name. Covering the movie screen, just watching the cast and crew list is really pleasing to the eye.
In recent years, with the rise of 3D movies, more and more filmmakers have invited the production team of Meidi blockbuster films to replicate their success (more than a group of people have been invited to make a noise in the Temple of Heaven). When the movie was promoted, no matter which one of these people added their work after the name, it was enough to hold the scene, but it was just like getting together, just like the "Swordsman" in "Swordsman", he can't suck when he sees people The more shameful and eclectic, the better you will end up sucking yourself into. Outside of the production team, the film itself is more particular. People use the word "incorporated" ingeniously. Pay attention to integration. This means that nothing is imposed. So we see a strong late-stage team incorporating Chinese classical elements and Chinese traditions. A series of elegant vocabulary such as culture, Chinese local characteristics, Chinese customs, etc. are perfectly integrated. It seems that without these, I am embarrassed to hold hands and let the world know that we are all Chinese.
The film was shot for three years before and after, and 500 million yuan was invested, and it was finally defined as a "magic action film." Based on my few movie-watching experiences and the concepts I cultivated since childhood, I always thought that the so-called magical fantasy is science fiction without scientific basis. It's just that 500 million yuan of funds can definitely be regarded as a large-scale production in the scope of domestic films. Any large-scale production will not be without basis. Even if there is no basis, a little basis must be added, even if it is not a scientific basis.
As a result, literature was ravaged.
Of the 500 million film investors, 250 million will be used for early-stage shooting, and the other 250 million will be used for post-production special effects. From the post-production, I didn’t see that the effect was two and a half million. As for the first two and a half million, 30% were used to invite superstars. The cast of the film is indeed worthy of this number. This lineup says it can be comparable to " "The Expendables" is not an exaggeration. It is really good to have a sense of integrity if the cast is comparable to "The Expendables" on the poster during the movie promotion stage. It's not just the cast that rivals "The Expendables".
Donnie Yen served as the martial arts instructor and the male number one in this movie. The makeup of the character is very good, and many people say that it is Donnie Yen. It is a pity that the constant fighting design for thousands of years has sold the fluffy teacher Zhen to the full. After watching this movie, I am even more sure that Donnie Yen is a good actor, an actor with characteristics, characteristics and characteristics, no matter what role he plays, he can be very similar to Donnie Yen.
In addition, considering that there is basically no real-time shooting in this film, there is no need to ask for additional martial arts guidance, which means that apart from the cost of hiring actors, the remaining nearly 200 million funds are used to buy cloth.
It is undeniable that the commercial success of this film. After watching the film, people who complained about the irony, including the author, do not have the ability to manage 500 million funds, and it has doubled in three years. It is estimated that people do not care when they achieve their goals. What else will others evaluate. Unless someone takes time, effort and money to make a movie, it’s really just "for entertainment." This also excludes that type of work where there are two people in the whole film.
It is rumored that the hero and heroine of "Change 4" appeared in a father-daughter relationship. As a commercial film, the kiss scene is basically gone, let alone other things. In this materialistic era, in the film industry where money is paramount, a director dares not "incorporate" any passionate footage in a movie. How much conscience in the industry has such a conscience. In fact, it’s not surprising to think about it carefully. It’s better to understand that this analysis means that the director has the courage to make a desperate move or the capital to be confident.
Comparing the Big Trouble in Heaven and Transformers, it is obvious that the cast of the former is more imaginative, at least they have a male number one who can be both a martial arts instructor and a male number one and a martial arts instructor. The Transformers may have spent more money on post-production. The most admired part of the American blockbuster is this. Most movies dare to use the little character who is not named Gu Jie Du Niang as the star, even if there are superstars. , It's just a little embellishment. I believe not many people dare to say that they knew DiCaprio before watching "Titanic", and not many people knew Shia Labov before watching "Transformers". This also does not affect people's reputation and rush into Asia.
I am not a movie viewer obsessed with celebrity effects. This is especially true of foreign movies. The classification of science fiction films in the large range of "foreign movies" makes this mentality more prominent. Besides, I don’t necessarily know the movie actor from all walks of life. . A sci-fi movie that is commercially successful must be supported by factors such as the reputation of the producer, storyline, special effects, and publicity, not the face of an actor, so we see anyone willing to spend some money on makeup The crew of "Journey to the West" will not allow the most handsome actor to play Monkey King, because no matter how handsome this face is, it will show the audience a monkey face in the future. Especially for movies like Transformers, if you watch this movie only because of a certain actor, it must be sad for this movie. Let alone the hard work of the staff in post-production, those billions of miles have come to the earth. Alien creatures also bleed and sweat when fighting. Of course you don’t care about where your pores are.
From the perspective of market needs, this can also be understood as the film party has captured the different appetites of different audiences. Someone wants to see handsome guys and beautiful women, so they will show you the Queen of Heaven, and some others will show you the scene bombing if they want to see the visual impact. For those who like to complain, you can directly make a bad movie. This compares with science fiction movies on the other side of the earth, which seems to have more background. In addition, the production process of movies that do not follow the routines and do not consider commercial factors are generally very touching, and the post-promotion can bring a lot of emotional points. Such as "Golden Armor", such as "Thirteen Hairpins".
In 2011, "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" took off rapidly, and the investment of 100 million US dollars also earned full strength. Its far-reaching impact is of a very high level, which is beyond my expectation. The famous "Thirteen Hairpins in Japan with zero box office but also Sadako, China with zero box office and no transfer is not a Chinese." The well-known loyalty manuscript has been transferred to a large area for a long time, which can also explain the problem.
Soon after the movie was released, there was a high-profile greeting to Oscar from the filmmakers. Both its educational significance and artistic value are worthy of recognition, but the brilliance of "War Horse" was also genuine. Even if "Thirteen Hairpins" did not win the prize, we cannot say that it is not good. The original intention of a film is nothing more than two, one is education, the other is money. The first four words can be ignored. In most cases, they are words used by a small group of people to coax children, but some people are willing to believe it. This can explain why slogans, such as vague things, always have a big market. The issue of money seems to attract more attention. The US$100 million investment in "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" has to a certain extent demonstrated the true qualities of Chinese movies, and it seems to be a number to the audience that reflects this. From the list of actors, it’s not Bell, it’s not Viagra, it’s not that fat translator (this person seems to have been a judge on a cooking show, I can’t name it), and no one else is even impressed; According to the shooting scenes, "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" is basically confined to a church, even if there are other scenes, there is no crowded scene; from the post propaganda, it is not as vigorous as the golden armor; from the special effects scenes, the film has only two scenes from beginning to end. After the fight, one of the scenes was not a big scene, and it was difficult to satisfy the appetite of the audience. The investment in "Saving Private Ryan" produced by the Americans in 1998 was only 70 million US dollars. The 27-minute shopping scene with subtitles included in the opening paragraph even veterans who participated in World War II lamented that it reappeared yesterday. And it’s not a problem for Tom Hanks, Matt Damon Van Diesel and others to be included in the cast list of "The Expendables" in this movie cast list. In this comparison, what do you let the 14 sisters in "Thirteen Hairpins" take with you? Others compete?
To make a movie, the cast can’t cost much, the scenes can’t cost a lot of money, the post-promotions can’t cost a lot of money, the special effects scenes can’t cost a lot of money, so what do you do with the money?
You may not know that the majestic and extraordinary "300 Spartan" cost 65 million dollars from shooting to promotion. The director used most of it to make those two like rhinos like wild boars The giant elephant animal creates a sense of oppression like wind, rain and fog. However, this movie still shows an impassioned side. No plot is shoddy because there is no huge financial support behind it. Therefore, in most cases, a movie’s level of state, depth of connotation, literary atmosphere, commercial value, box office return and its capital investment have little to do with the investment. The investment of "The Golden Armour", released in 2006, also has an investment of 60 million U.S. dollars. Assuming that the director is given 120 million, it is estimated that the director will only ask people to build a larger yard and buy more chrysanthemums, keep the original main characters in the plot, and increase the number of rebels on the Double Ninth Festival from 10,000 to 20,000. Or increase the equipment of the soldiers on both sides without changing the number of people, such as adding diamonds to the armor, and the money will be spent smoothly.
This is a blockbuster. Double the money has the double method of shooting, half the money has half the skills, and the less capital makes it easier to omit those exaggerated things. No one watches a movie because they hear that the movie has a lot of investment. More often, it is because of the needs of the audience that the box office difference occurs. People accept a movie because they see what they want to see in the movie. , Not everything, there is also a small part.

For any person, not every person you like will come around in this world, and some people may feel satisfied with a glance across the screen, but a science fiction movie spends money to do a thrilling special effect is far more than a gifted and beautiful woman who looks back and smiles. A lot of anger. The success of Transformers does not lie in how handsome Shia LaBeouf roars, how well Megan Fox’s hips are, and how spicy Rosie Handington Whitley’s legs are, but in post-production that might never be on the camera. Those who felt the glory of the past have kept the essence of science fiction films with their gorgeous portrayals day and night. As an audience or reviewing childhood classics or eager for visual impact or other reasons, being able to spend money to make choices just shows the charm of this movie.
Don't tell the truth, just state the facts.
In fact, the first movie I saw in the cinema was Transformers. I didn't even know Megan Fox or Hunderton Whitley at the time.
I really do not know.
This sentence is also true.

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Transformers: Age of Extinction quotes

  • [Optimus changes from a cab-over to a tanker]

    Shane Dyson: That was insane! It was awesome, but it was insane!

  • Joshua Joyce: I can't believe I'm putting my life in your hands.

    Cade Yeager: You want the alien gun? Take it!

    Joshua Joyce: No, I don't want the alien gun.