the film yesterday and it was released in China on May 12, 2013, which is also the fifth anniversary of the Wenchuan Earthquake, but the film did not cause a shock like it did in other countries. One month after its release, it only earned 3 million copies. The box office of less than US dollars accounted for only 0.6% of the global box office, while "Iron Man 3", which was released at the same time, achieved a box office of more than 100 million US dollars in China.
There are reasons why Chinese audiences are inferior to audiences in other countries, but the malicious arrangements of government departments have played a more important role. First, they changed the title of the film from "Django Unchained" to "The Unleashed". Brother Jiang Rescue", as an upright party developed by farmers, they attach great importance to the different meanings of these two words, although the common people have already don't give a shit; Released on December 25, 2012), at that time online piracy was already flying all over the sky, and there were very few Chinese audiences who would buy tickets to watch in theaters after watching it many times; again, the film still suffered delays after its introduction, and the competition was relatively low. The lesser April 11th was postponed to the embattled May 12th ("Iron Man 3", "Lost in the Battle", "To Youth", "China Partner" are on the screen at the same time), this is more like a premeditated plan long time framed. In the end, the number of films was reduced from 6,200 screens to 5,700. Such untrustworthiness and wanton behavior can only be done by a socialist republic.
Another
tragedy that is about to hear about Brother Jiang recently will not be repeated. This year, the two domestic films with high box office were forced to extend the screening period of one month by the government. The box office beat the record held by a domestic film within two months, and netizens said that the end of the national security month, why should we celebrate. There is a feeling that the drowning man has finally surfaced.
Even if you are afraid of the title of a film, and deliberately carry out a series of above-mentioned malicious suppression, how much truth can you expect it to give you?
Then get to the point and go
back to the movie itself. Some people say that this film is a little worse than Quentin's other films, I don't think so. Here's my ranking of Quentin's films.
1. Pulp Fiction, 2. Django Unchained, 3. Reservoir Dogs, 4. Kill Bill, 5. Inglourious Basterds, 6. Death Evidence. The torture room was co-directed with his good friend Rodriguez, and it was obviously for the purpose of supporting his friends, so it was not included. The other two early works, "Four Rooms" and "My Best Friend's Birthday", I didn't finish, because I couldn't watch them, so they weren't included.
Netizens almost praised the film, including me, but some people were afraid that Quentin would be praised to the sky, which would affect his mentality for the next film ("The Hateful Eight" has already been filmed), so the tofu is picky, Point out two deficiencies in the film, and in my eyes, these two points are untenable, and here I break through with my own understanding.
1. Compared with Quentin's previous films, the narrative technique of this film is not clever at all, and it goes backwards.
In "The Emancipated Ginger Brother", Quentin gave up the fancy narrative gameplay and followed the time and linear narrative, but he paid more attention to the details, especially the shaping of the characters. The addition of Christopher Waltz was a hit with this approach. Shure The role of Dr. Ci shines brightly. This return to the traditional classic narrative, with a strong old-school flavor, is more in line with the director's purpose of paying tribute to the old version. If "Brother Jiang" is filmed in the way of "Pulp Fiction", I am afraid it will become a CULT film, and I don't think that's what Quentin wanted, since Rodriguez is already doing cult films.
2. The actor Jamie Foxx did not act well and was dull.
Brother Jiang is the kind of person who is talented and extremely confident, but he is constrained by the big environment and has to swallow his voice. This innate ability has nothing to do with education. So Jiang Ge is a genius with zero education. This is not the kind of genius who came up with grand plans, brilliant ideas, and pushed mankind forward for at least 50 years, but a genius with sensitive intuition, superb hand-foot coordination, and excellent execution ability. In front of ordinary people, he has a sense of superiority in the sense of a similar species, so he communicates with people in the simplest words (except Schultz), confronts people in the most direct way, and looks at everyone with contempt, He won't make flattering gestures and smiles in order to please others, he won't take the initiative to shake hands or deliberately say nice things, so his expression is not dull, but "I am the most dick".
So, this video is perfect.
Finally, sublime the theme
. In "The Hateful Eight", which will be released on December 25 this year (the same month and the same day as "Brother Jiang"), I vaguely see the shadow of "Brother Jiang" (the story of "Brother Jiang" takes place in the north and the south. Two years before the war, and The Hateful Eight takes place a few years after the war), because the story takes place in an enclosed space (Big Xuefeng Mountain, the characters enter a small hotel), it reminds me of "Reservoir Dogs", and the story Medium story, isn't Quentin what he did in "Kill Bill"? Therefore, "The Hateful Eight" will be a masterpiece of Quentin, and it is a summary and fusion of Quentin's own directing skills at the age of 58. I am looking forward to it very much. In short, I'm in love with this director who speaks like a sissy, has a bizarre movie plot, and looks like a ruffian.
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