The big box office failure has its own reasons, not only the quality of the film, but also the background of the times, social conditions, and even viewing conditions.
Although the film has a magnificent natural landscape, the theme is too reflexive, the rhythm tends to be slow, the emotional climax is insufficient, the time is too long, and the details do not match the overall tone. For example, in a two-person dialogue, the camera switches between the two people too quickly. It is obvious that the scene wants to express a slow dialogue rhythm. Just when the characters' expressions are carefully observed, the camera switches. There are also some well-crafted scenes, which are really beautiful, but don't do much to move the story forward, more like art for art's sake. For example, the dance of the male and female protagonists is very beautiful and has a strong sense of design. If it is expanded at the turning point of the story, I believe the effect will be better.
The cabin fight that took place at 2 hours and 40 minutes is probably the first climax of the film, imagine what the audience felt when they got to see the first climax after a dreary 160 minutes in the theater. The final fight scene was also very chaotic, with a lot of people spending a lot of time sitting around doing basically repetitive things - fighting with guns. With today’s technology, the audience can enjoy it slowly in their spare time, but the audience in the past could only watch it in one go in the theater. If the whole story can be condensed into 120 minutes and the atmosphere of the key plots can be strengthened, it may be better than the 210-minute movie. The finished product is much better.
Once the word of mouth of the first few batches of audiences is not good, it will be spread by dozens, and the subsequent box office can be imagined.
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