This kind of commercial film is basically within the scope of my expectations for watching movies: handsome guys, beautiful women, sharks, and some bloody scenes that are slightly edged. In this way, "The Megalodon" can enter the theater chain in mainland China. After being released for several days, the box office in mainland China has reached nearly 100 million US dollars.
Guo Da, a former British national team diver, believes that swimming against sharks is not a problem, plus he is the protagonist, but I really can't think of any other reason for Li Bingbing's appearance other than to attract audiences in mainland China. role, she's not a major plot mover. When the trailer was first released, we could see the scene where the little girl was frightened by the megalodon. At first I thought it was Li Bingbing's nightmare when she was a child, and then I talked about how to overcome the fear of the megalodon when she grew up. On the other hand, Guoda Statham was portrayed as someone who was greatly affected by the megalodon from the beginning, but only a few were involved, and then he still beat the shark. I'm not saying this type of thing has to end up with superheroes like "Batman: Mystery"—like "Shark Hunter." Still, there's a need for a psychological or emotional change in characters from start to finish. Yes, otherwise it will easily make the audience feel boring.
From a technical point of view, although there are not many shark attacks on humans in the first act. However, there are a few scenes that are still very thrilling. For example, Li Bingbing's water cage scene in the water, although some of the more popular scary methods are used at the end, the atmosphere in the early stage is still more in line with a commercial popcorn. film style. I believe everyone can comprehend the climax of the shark attack in Sanya. This part is actually a bit funny. After all, sharks eat when they see people in front of them. It is a bit unreasonable that there is no scene of blood flowing in this pile of dumpling pots. Maybe this is some choice made by introducing China, but I believe that Sanya's tourism industry is not will be affected :).
Another aspect of the film that I think can be improved is the skill of sharks' intelligence against humans. The crew can completely set the shark as the villain robot in "The Incredibles 1". Every time they fight, their intelligence will rise according to combat experience. In this way, the protagonists of the movie face one more difficulty, not only the ferocity of sharks, but also the insidiousness of sharks. But the film production team didn't do that either, and set it up simply and rudely as a classic villain. If there is a sequel, more conspiracy and sinister sharks are believed to arouse the enthusiasm of more audiences.
In the film, Zhao Wenxuan and Li Bingbing hold an anxious and awkward conversation in Chinese, and it feels like a foreigner is speaking Chinese. This kind of Chinese dialogue is rather funny in foreign language films. Basically, most of what we hear is Chinese with a strange accent like Li Bingbing, or Amy Adams in "Arrival" can hardly hear a word in it. understand Chinese. What impressed me the most was Yang Ying's loud and standard "uncle" in "Independence Day 2". Although the film and acting skills are not very good, they still set a good standard for the development of the Chinese language industry in our country.
But in general, for standard commercial films, "The Megalodon" still barely meets the expectations of our audience - after all, our expectations for these commercial films with almost no plot are not too high, mainly relying on It's lifelike technology, and a shocking experience. But unfortunately, in this regard, the crew wanted to work on the plot again, but there were not many passages in which sharks appeared. For this movie with Megalodon as its IP, the audience actually wants to watch the shark the most. After all, after watching it, I think most of them will rarely remember what the movie is about, and more about remembering that one. Prehistoric giant creatures that are now extinct on Earth.
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