"California Earthquake" can be seen as New Line Cinema and Village Roadshow Pictures following last year's "Into the Storm" (Into the Storm) After the huge success of 50 million yuan and 160 million yuan in revenue, the
two worked together again. The two were promoted to the quality of the film. Although they changed the production team,
they always smelled a bit of similarity.
In terms of visual effects,
"California Earthquake"
is more daring in special effects after being inspired by "Breaking the Storm" .
Different from the "straight" film, which uses sound effects and character performances to present the destructive power of tornadoes,
"plus" is full of visual straight balls,
from the Hoover Dam at the beginning, to the 9th magnitude earthquake. With the California skyline as a waterbed,
Brad Peyton likes to use big vistas to present the full picture of disaster.
But he is not a complete poisoner from God's perspective.
In the scene of the mother character Carla Gugino's first earthquake in the building,
Brad Peyton used a very beautiful long shot,
from shaking the dishes, escaping, and opening the door to see that the next room is dead. cliff,
pipeline rupture, fire, stairwells catch a glimpse of the elevator stall fall
in the top of a door, in front of the building collapse, beside the pool splashing spray mad,
then from the floor collapse, like a toy-like figures fell down layer by layer,
and finally End this long mirror in smoke.
This passage shows the unpreparedness and the ever-changing feeling that ordinary people feel when facing disasters very wonderfully.
But it is a pity that it was introduced at the beginning of the film,
and the design of the later bridges is no longer so exquisite, which
makes the creative display of the second half seem a little anxious,
such as the last climax of the building to save the girl, which is very boring. .
But in terms of plot, "Breaking Through the Storm Circle" and "California Earthquake" are similar in purpose and effect, and even connect flowers and trees.
In addition to the family reunion drama that
leads the audience's emotional main line, "Straight" and "Plus" both come with a "professional team" responsible for explaining the plot. The
former is a team that wants to shoot the tornado; the
latter is the California Institute of Technology. Earthquake Forecaster in .
Afraid that the children who are trapped will appear too monotonous on the screen,
both films come with a beautiful disaster escort lover.
In the film "Zhi" is the buster Alycia Debnam-Carey, who is the son of Diaosi,
and the film "Plus" It is the British tourist brother Hugo Johnstone-Burt who looks like a pig teammate in front of the female man.
And "Straight" and "Jia" have the same main axis, both are Laozi saving the boy, the
difference is that one is the vice principal saving his son, and the other is the "Straight into the Storm Circle" team member looking for his daughter.
In Dwayne Johnson's character setting, we see a few points worth pondering.
First, he is a rescue team member. Compared with the boring graduation ceremony clip of "Zhi", the
beginning of "Plus" is an exciting canyon to save beauties
. Obviously, more thought was spent on creating the background of the characters.
The identity of the rescue team also makes Dwayne Johnson's calmness in the coming disaster reasonable. The
audience can also accept that he can control the helicopter freely, or guide the people to take refuge in safe places around the baseball stadium.
Second, he is the father, and it is only natural for the old father to save his daughter.
So even the basic layout can actually be saved. There is no need to arrange for a couple's discord and stepfather to threaten the plot.
As soon as the disaster begins, the audience will know what the role's mission is.
But when I watched the film, I found that the two characters seemed to be a bit contradictory.
Dwayne Johnson took the radio on the helicopter and instructed the wife on the other end how to escape,
ignoring the sorrow below, and flew straight to the building where his wife was trapped. ;
Or the young couple looked at each other affectionately on the plane,
flew over a large field like a California style painting, and when they started their journey to find a girl, it was
inevitable that they would ask, "Is this person doing a public tool for private use?" Confuse.
As a father, his personal feelings make him save his daughter.
But as a rescue team member, we inevitably expect him to be born and die for strangers as if he were working on a daily basis.
Both images are heroes, but in the plot of the film "Plus" When the roles are superimposed,
it seems a little incompatible.
But from a producer's point of view,
Dwayne Johnson's role is excellent
because he serves two needs,
sensual, and sensual.
In terms of senses, the rescue team's design allows him to be omnipotent in the world and the sea. The
audience can accept that he has finished flying the plane and then the boat, and it is very simple to parachute in the air.
At this time, the role of the role is almost an escort in a disaster playground.
His flexibility It has become the best perspective for the director to show special effects.
Emotionally, he traveled thousands of miles through California to find a girl, and
finally the scene of CPR on the boat served those audiences who wanted to see the character's emotions,
and those who were unwilling to just watch a "disaster cartoon".
Whereby the audience seem to be able to convince, "Oh, look at this role, such a Good Daddy!"
So the audience immersed in the gate of hell before being pulled from her father moved back,
and the American flag flying in the sunset inexplicable screen,
the number of Cash-rich New Line Cinema and Village Roadshow Pictures are eagerly preparing for what kind of disaster they will launch next year, and what kind of Daddy model image to use to attract audiences.
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