788 The success of Kung Fu makes Mantou unconvinced
Is "Kung Fu" good to watch?
The answer to this question actually comes from the beginning of the movie.
The opening of "Kung Fu" begins with a 55-second long shot.
The first frame of the opening scene focuses on the detective being tested by Zhang Yibai.
The camera starts with the detective, who is in love with his clothes. As the long lens moves, the relationship between the environment of the police station and the position of the characters is brought out.
The next moment, a police officer slammed the "Crime Busters" plaque in the shot. The treated plaque instantly fell apart and the shot stopped abruptly.
The movie gave everyone a surprise from the very beginning, and the atmosphere of tension and suspense arose spontaneously.
In this clip, no matter it is the trajectory of the lens, the angle of shooting, the expressions of the performers, the brightness of the lights, the placement of objects, etc., every detail reflects the realism.
And this sense of reality is conveyed to the audience through the big screen, which is naturally the texture of the picture!
"Master-level composition, worthy of Mr. Xing!"
"Interesting! A good start!"
"Comedy mainly depends on the plot, let's wait and see."
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A group of professionals in the theater gave their evaluation immediately.
But before the thoughts ran through my mind, the first surprise of "Kung Fu" appeared.
In the picture, Jiang Yan is walking forward with a cold and gloomy face.
When he got to the middle of the shot, his expression suddenly changed, and he grinned angrily with a big yellow duck inlaid with gold: "More! Someone! Who!"
Seeing this, some exclamations erupted sporadically in the theater, mixed with some laughter.
In fact, the meme "Who else!" doesn't have many laughs.
Everyone laughed, mostly because of Jiang Yan's image in the film.
Of course, at this time, many people are guessing what role Jiang Yan plays in this film. It would be really surprising if Jiang Yan could finish the film with Xingye.
However, everyone who knows the industry knows that although Jiang Yan and Xingye have a good relationship, they are only guest appearances at most. If Jiang Yan really wants to play the leading role, where will Xingye play? Unless Xingye will focus on directing and not acting, but this is possible
Well? Anyway, even if it were possible, everyone wouldn’t want to see this.
Having said that, even though Jiang Yan made a guest appearance, it was still a highlight.
"Such a beautiful woman was caught here just because she spat on the ground."
"Is there any more royal law?"
"Are there still laws?!"
Jiang Yan complained with a hint of laughter that there is no law in the world.
If the audience hadn't seen that this guy was dressed up in a smart way and hadn't seen that this guy had just dealt with a bunch of police officers, they would have believed that he was a kind-hearted person.
But the reality is that this guy is a shady guy who even the police don’t take seriously!
So just a few lines filled the whole story with weird tension.
However, as a Star Lord movie, laughter is definitely indispensable.
Soon, what the audience was waiting for came.
The story continues.
After the Crocodile Gang boss Jiang Yan smashed the police station, he walked away and came to the street. When he saw the empty street in front of the "Star Cinema", the Crocodile Gang boss Jiang Yan touched the woman's butt and complained:
"I don't know how to make movies in any business. There is no one in the cinema on Sunday!"
Hahaha.
At this point, the first wave of laughter officially broke out in the cinema.
As for why, except for some people who are not very smart, everyone else understands.
However, the laughter came and went quickly, and the plot soon followed.
This is also the characteristic of Xing Ye's movies. They do not focus on the laughter, but use the plot to promote it. This is also the reason why Xing Ye's movies can become classics.
According to the movie, the Crocodile Gang and a group of people walking on the street met the real boss of the Shanghai Gang: the Ax Gang.
Then Jiang Yan went offline at the speed of light, and the Ax Gang danced the classic Ax Gang dance.
At this point, in just a few minutes, the story background and villain of the movie have been described.
Then the movie screen changed and the protagonist officially appeared.
It was also from this time that the theater entered a heated scene of three minutes of small laughter and five minutes of one big laugh.
"Housewife, why is the water cut off again?"
"Good, what a fool you are! If you don't pay the rent today, I will burn down your shop."
"Laughing, why are you laughing? You don't have to pay rent if you laugh? Old glass!"
"Azhen, are you serious!"
"Kid, I've tolerated you for a long time!"
"Fat woman, the Ax Gang is right, the eldest brother is right, one of our own is right, and the soup and medicine expenses are right!"
"You're pretending to be hunting with a dead rat hanging around your waist."
"With an arrow that rings in the clouds, thousands of troops and horses come to meet you."
"The idea of killing someone is something I think about every day!"
"Looking at your amazing bones and your energy to break through the heavenly spirits, you must be a martial arts prodigy. I will sell you a copy of "Palm of the Tathagata" for only 10 yuan!"
"The 10 yuan was originally planned to be used to study and become a lawyer or doctor in the future."
"The artistic content of this piece of cloth is very high. How high is it? It's as high as three or four stories~"
“You don’t even have the strength to hit someone, but you still call them a gangster?”
"Have you ever seen a fist as big as a casserole?"
"Don't think I won't hit you because you are handsome."
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In a good movie, the lines in it may not necessarily be timeless.
But many of the most widely circulated lines come from a movie, so even if the movie is not a classic, it is certainly not a bad movie.
That's what "Kung Fu" is.
"Kung Fu" can be said to be a strange flower that blooms in Chinese Kung Fu, Hong Kong film tradition, martial arts culture, animation culture and film production technology.
It is both traditional and absurd, both exaggerated and realistic, both nonsensical and advising people to do good. It has the daydream fantasy and inspirational color of a small person turning into a hero as usual in Stephen Chow's movies, and the persuasion that there is no limit to the sea of suffering, and at the same time, it uses violence to
The performance of "Controlling Violence and Maintaining World Peace" is hilarious and dazzling.
The world-popular Kung Fu theme combined with nonsensical comedy and landmark computer special effects production was destined to leave a mark in the history of Chinese films from the moment it was released.
More than an hour later, the last line came down, "If you want to learn, I will teach you."
Fire Cloud Evil God knelt down sincerely.
There are countless fans, media and filmmakers who follow him and worship him.
Blah blah blah.
After the movie screening ended, the applause in the theater continued for a long time.
So is it a classic movie?
There should be no need to say more about this issue.
From January 2 to January 21, "Kung Fu" was released in the mainland for three weeks, and the box office successfully exceeded 270 million, reaching 272 million yuan. In Hong Kong, the box office exceeded the box office of "Shaolin Football" a week in advance.
The record reached HK$62.5 million and is expected to exceed HK$70 million eventually.
According to predictions by relevant agencies, if the release of "Kung Fu" and other movies does not get the key to postpone the release, the final box office in the mainland is likely to reach 300 million.
This also allowed Mr. Xing to further "become a god" in China.
Of course, some people say that this is Master Xing's advantage.
For example, there were no competitors at the same time, theaters arranged films according to requests, the promotion of Stars and Seas was also very strong, Jiang Yan personally took the stage, etc.
Others are bitter, saying that even if it exceeds the box office of "Hero", it still doesn't count as a win. After all, "Hero" won so many box office in 2002, and there were not as many big screens at that time as there are now.
But this sound has always been with "Kung Fu" as it has grown in popularity.
But not many people care about it. After all, this movie is indeed worthy of this score. If the quality of "Kung Fu" was inferior, the promotion team did more stupid things, or there were negative effects such as stealing box office, then the star would probably have been sprayed to death by now.
"Kung Fu" is a big hit. In Jiang Yan's view, he is actually very satisfied even if it does not reach 300 million. After all, the current results are much better than those of the original time and space, and this is not entirely dependent on domestic market tickets.
The position has benefited from the growth of this trend.
The total box office of the domestic movie market in 2004 was only 1.5 billion. "Kung Fu" took 160 million, which means it accounted for 10.6% of the box office for the whole year.
Now the total box office in 2004 has reached about 2.1 billion. In comparison, the current box office of "Kung Fu" of 270 million accounts for about 13%, which is enough to show that Jiang Yan has lived up to this film.
Of course, he will also regret that "Kung Fu" failed to become a huge hit, such as hitting a super box office of 400.5 billion. After all, "Hero" in 2002 could earn 300 million.
But he also knows that "Kung Fu" is still a Hong Kong movie after all. All the conveniences that "Hero" can get, such as going to theaters in various county-level units and extension keys, etc., are not available in "Kung Fu"
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On the other hand, the growth of the mainland box office is actually not a simple arithmetic game of theater superposition and cast splitting. It still depends on consumption levels, movie viewing habits and movie quality.
Therefore, Jiang Yan predicts that the next movie to break the 300 million threshold will probably have to wait a year or two before it is broken.
However, there are still many people who hold different opinions from him, such as the great poet Kai Ge who came to visit him not long ago.
The great poet Kai Ge said, Jiang Yan, please join my new movie, and the salary will be whatever you want! I guarantee that my new movie will definitely become another insurmountable artistic and commercial milestone in the history of Chinese movies!
You also have reached a new peak as an actor with this film!
Obviously, the great poet who "produced" "Farewell My Concubine" has a very high artistic quality in his heart, so high that he cannot get out of the clouds.
If Jiang Yan didn't know that little bit about him, he might really have been fooled by him.
It's a pity that a movie like "A Steamed Bun Causes Blood Eucalyptus" is too mysterious. "Lust, Caution" is at most a show of artistry through the body, but this movie directly reveals the soul, and it has been the soul of the audience for decades!
Jiang Yan felt that he was not ethical enough, so he refused. The same reason he had previously rejected Lao Mouzi's "House of Flying Daggers" and would reject Li An's "Lust, Caution" in the future was simply because there was no schedule.
The great poet asked somewhat unhappily, "What are you busy with? You can't spare time for two months?"
Faced with such a curious and confident great poet, Jiang Yan naturally chose to sincerely inform him of his 2005 film schedule.
The shooting of "The Martian" has already started in January. After filming this, I will go to the United States to direct "Night at the Museum: Part 1". After directing, I will shoot "Pacific Rim".
After hearing this, the great poet's eyes suddenly shattered.
Jiang Yan’s workload this year has been overwhelming!
This is just for movies. If you add in other projects of Stars and Seas, the workload will be unimaginable.
Of course, what shocked him the most was that Jiang Yan was so powerful!
There were only three movies in 2005, and the cost of each one was no less than US$50 million?!
It is impossible to attract all the investment for this designation, so even if he contributes 10% of his own money for each film, it will still be worth hundreds of millions!
Tsk tsk tsk, his "Promise" was nothing compared to him, which made him feel ashamed and jealous.
However, the great poet still cares about face, and he will not show this emotion.
So in the end he just said, "It's a pity, we'll work together next time" and then stopped mentioning the matter, not even mentioning the investment he originally wanted to say.
But later, Jiang Yan heard that Ah Feng, the newly confirmed star of "The Promise", said that the film would require additional investment, with a target of at least 100 million.
This made Jiang Yan couldn't help but laugh.
"Why do I think you are gloating? Who is unlucky?"
When Wu Jing saw Jiang Yan's smile, he immediately made a guess.
"No." Jiang Yan smiled and shook his head, "I just want to eat steamed buns."
"What does this have to do with steamed buns?"
"I was just thinking, wouldn't it be interesting if you astronauts eat steamed buns in the spacecraft?"
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There will definitely be meaning, but after this, you will definitely be sprayed to death."
"That's right. This is a hard-core science fiction film after all. If it's too down-to-earth, let it go."
"But now that you say it, I also want to eat steamed buns. Let's go together at noon. We always eat, and I've long wanted to change my appetite."
"OK.
As the two of them talked, the filming of "The Martian" continued, and Wu Jing continued the arduous journey of hanging wire in front of the green screen.