First, the importance of the story.
An excellent war movie, no matter how grand the scenes and how realistic the special effects are, if there is no wonderful story running through it and connecting these big scenes, the scenes of the cow are also a pile of popcorn piled up with special effects. A wonderful story can make the audience always care about the characters in the play, so that the audience will feel really enjoyable when it comes to the fighting scenes, because the emotions accumulated in the front will burst out in these war scenes, and the audience will sometimes get excited when they watch it. Goosebumps, applaud while watching! Just as the film compared itself to the two epic films Braveheart and Gladiator in its promotions, The Hero is at best comparable to it in terms of spectacle, but different in story. One hundred and eight thousand miles! I believe that anyone who has watched "Gladiator" will never be moved only by its scenes. The exciting story with suspense and suspense is the real reason for our tears. In "Gladiator" and "Braveheart", The male protagonist's hatred of killing his father and taking his wife makes us worry all the time, to see when they will get their revenge. Only in such a battle in the movie will there be a thrill of a Jedi counterattack!
Or as Robert McKee said, no matter how good the scene is, it will be surpassed in the future. Only the story can make you stand firm in the history of film. And the plot of "Tian Jiangxiongshi" is not even vulgar. At first glance, it is a script created for the eldest brother himself. There are often long-winded speeches by Jackie Chan in the movies, most of which are about the core socialist values and so on. I have the pleasure of watching the lectures by Yu Dan and Chai Jing. The lines are poor, the plot lacks tension, and it is obviously suspected of imitating "Gladiator". This makes the audience dance at all times, especially many blunt emotional scenes. Not only will they not earn the audience's tears, but the more the actor works, the more thunderous the audience.
For example, in the part where Jackie Chan's sister's feces dropped, Uncle Long was very attentive, but this was just Uncle Long's self-indulgence. Every time Jackie Chan shed tears, the audience would laugh! This makes me, a fan of dragons, very sad, but I can't blame Uncle Long, blame the damn screenwriter and director, such scenes as life and death can be made into a comedy by you! Look how outraged and saddened the audience was when the hero's wife was killed in "Gladiator" and "Braveheart"!
In addition, this film can be said to be a big bowl. Jackie Chan also invited two absolute powerhouses in Hollywood, John Cusack and Oscar winner Adrien Brody, but these three excellent actors cannot be seen in this film. No matter how much acting, although they are very hardworking, if the script is bad, the actors will only be intoxicated and unable to move the audience no matter how hard they try. But Adrien Brody is not the worst. He plays a tyrant with a strong aura and can still impress the audience, but Uncle Long and Chopsticks are too miserable. Every time they play a big show, the audience laughs. On the one hand, the script is blamed, and on the other hand, it is Jackie Chan's fame, because his fame is so great that when the audience sees Jackie Chan's character, they will first think that this is Jackie Chan, not his role. Chopsticks will involuntarily make up for "Little Apple", which makes the audience play to a certain extent, but this is not the main reason. Many Hollywood actors are much more famous than Jackie Chan, and the audience can still feel the existence of the characters.
One of the reasons for this is that the film's wrist is too big, not only the actors, but director Li Rengang is also a representative of contemporary Hong Kong action films, which made the production company think about how to make Jackie Chan when writing the script. Create a script with the film stars, and let the script serve the actors and directors rather than the audience. When the screenwriter wrote the script, he was thinking: I want to write a script for Jackie Chan, not I want to present a good script for the audience. The screenwriter should think this way, he has written a good enough script, and he is afraid that he will not be able to invite Jackie Chan. The real big names don't play big names, especially Jackie Chan is so dedicated and willing to sacrifice for the role. So now most of the bad films are made by big names. The more the director who just debuted, the more attentive he is in making films. This is true all over the world.
On the other hand, domestic films have never paid much attention to the script. Many directors don’t even have a script, so they just think of an outline, and then everyone toss together to fool the audience. Moreover, the income of domestic screenwriters is even more unsightly. Many really have Powerful screenwriters can't get ahead, so they can only sell scripts to well-known screenwriters and sign someone else's name. It's also because of this that there will be scumbags like certain in China.
Maybe some fans will say that Uncle Long is so attentive, and even if he is 61, I still want to scold his movies, which seems to be very unconscionable, but I am not scolding him, but feel sorry for the good actor, just like Paul Walker is dead and still alive. I made a bad film, which made people feel sorry for the idol Paul Walker while scolding the screenwriter and director for their brain damage, and was pitted by the bad film again before he died! And you can't kidnap the audience with morals just because Jackie Chan is old. It should not be the audience but the actors who compromise, because it's me who pays the money, and you who make the money!
Second, the scene: Hollywood is better than Hollywood.
This movie is definitely not useless. Its grand scenes, realistic sound effects, and atmospheric photography style are comparable to Hollywood blockbusters. Fighter", "Lord of the Rings" and other films, and some scenes in the film do imitate "The Lord of the Rings 2", such as the scene where millions of heroes rushed down from the mountain in the final battle to save Jackie Chan and kill the enemy. From "The Lord of the Rings 2 The Two Towers".
And many movie plots are very vulgar, but they still make us worth the price. For example, the plot of "Frozen" is very vulgar to me, but the beautiful pictures, one after another brainwashing Divine Comedy and Hu Weiner The excellent singing skills have enough reasons for me to like this movie. After watching it, my mind is full of "Let it go", huh, I watched it in Mandarin.
The visual style of "Heaven Falls Heroes" is extremely unrestrained and strong. It can be called the best domestic war film. The unparalleled photography technology has indeed reached the world-class level. If this is a Hollywood film, it will definitely be nominated for the Oscar for Best Cinematography. The costumes with beautiful scenes are really worthy of the investment of 500 million yuan. They have the strength to nominate the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. From these perspectives, this movie is really comparable to Hollywood and still worth the ticket price. .
But this movie is still not a good movie, because it could have been more exciting, and we hope that a movie will not only give us a visual shock, but also a spiritual shock. A good movie must have a Heart-piercing stories. However, there are not many such movies in Hollywood, but who made them publicize under the banner of "Braveheart" and "Gladiator", especially a director like Ridley Scott, Lian Nuo Landu bows to you, how dare you say that your movie is comparable to Scott's "Gladiator".
Third, publicity: to start the word-of-mouth marketing model
The publicity of Chinese movies is different from that of foreign countries. Although foreign countries also promote stars, after the movie is released, it relies on word-of-mouth marketing. There are many bad movies in China, but you don't know how to promote good movies. If your movie is good enough, you must learn to spend money on entertainment newspapers. Ask film critics to comment on your movie and let them analyze how well the actors acted. Where, where is the story, where is the director's performance, if the visual effects are good, you can ask a famous special effects artist to write an article to analyze the good points of these scenes. Just like when "Interstellar" was released, it swept across major platforms, and the domestic entertainment reports were almost occupied by it. Almost all of it was its movie reviews, and 80% of the reviews were positive, and the rest were critics of the movie. , and even academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Hawking have come forward to write articles and praise for the film. Of course, many scientists have written articles to question the scientific loopholes in it. And both questioning and praise have promoted the popularity of "Interstellar" because of its strong topicality. And a good movie should dare to let everyone open their opinions and comment on their merits and demerits, so that a good movie will automatically stand out, and a bad movie will be hit. For example, "Fireworks in the Day" can create topics from the actors' performances, the director's technique, the depth of the film's thought and other excellent points, and tell the audience why the film has won numerous international awards and its high quality, just like the recent "Wolf Totem" had a low rate of filming at the beginning, but as word of mouth fermented, the box office skyrocketed. At present, the box office has exceeded 450 million, creating the highest record for domestic literary and artistic films.
Fourth, the box office: if it does not exceed 1 billion, it will be compensated
This movie is an action blockbuster that Wang Zhongjun spent 500 million to build. The box office has exceeded 650 million, but for a film with an investment of 500 million, 1 billion can only be considered enough. This is the law of the movie market all over the world. We can calculate what would happen if the box office of this movie happened to be 1 billion.
Tax payment: The tax bureau takes 10%, leaving 900 million; Dividends: This movie is full of big names, especially Hollywood stars who are paid 230 million US dollars, at least 400 million in dividends, and 500 million remaining. Share of accounts: At least 15% of the accounts of major movie theaters are divided, and there are 350 million left! That is to say, Wang Zhongjun has to post 150 million without earning a cent! However, judging from the current word of mouth and the sharply declining box office, it seems very difficult to break 1 billion, but fortunately this film has been released in more than 70 countries abroad, and these countries are estimated to contribute at least 100 million US dollars at the box office. It's just for profit. What is worrying is whether the 300 million yuan investment in "Wolf Totem" can be recovered.
In general, "Heaven's Heroes" is a visually stunning and mediocre film. But compared to other bad domestic films, he still said it in the past. I didn't mean to criticize anyone in writing this film review. I have always been right. It's not right, even if an idol plays a bad movie, it should be sprayed correctly. As Wu Zhenyu said: only bad movies have bad actors. I just hope that good actors like them will learn to pick books and act in more good movies.
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