As an assistant director, Cameron did not attend the Hong Kong premiere of "Jurassic Park." After the novel was completed, Cameron was busy collecting information about the Titanic and organizing people to sneak into the seabed to explore the wreckage. , making preliminary preparations for the filming of "Titanic".
Cameron did not come, but all the leading actors were present. Of course everyone is very familiar with Tony Leung, but few people know the Japanese actress Keiko Matsuzaka, and even the few American actors have never heard of it.
Although the main actors participated in the filming, they were just looking at various models and props when filming, and they also had no idea what the movie would look like.
After the interaction, the lights in the theater dimmed and the official screening of the film began.
The light on the screen was dark, a truck stopped in the night, and guards with live ammunition began to unload the cargo box.
Suddenly, a guard was bitten by a creature in the container, and then screamed and was pulled in, with blood splattering out.
Just when the audience was guessing what the monster was, suddenly everything appeared on the screen, and a cartoon-like raptor jumped out, with two lines of Chinese and English subtitles for "Jurassic Park", and then five big words appeared: Works by Kang Jianfei.
The main film appears again. The hero and heroine are at an archaeological site in the United States. Through the dialogue between the characters, they educate the audience about basic knowledge about dinosaurs, and then they go to the Mirror Island in Brunei together.
Yes, in order to advertise Mirror Island, which he invested in, Kang Jianfei directly pointed out the specific country and location of Mirror Island in the film.
Up to this point, the story was still being told slowly, and it wasn't until the dinosaur breeding base appeared that the audience began to be shocked.
Especially the adult dinosaurs. From time to time, exclamations sounded in the theater. Although Kang Jianfei's "Tomb Raiders" has realistic special effects, it is still a little bit inferior to "Jurassic Park". The shock of prehistoric giant beasts appearing alive before your eyes , which is not something that audiences in the later era of flooded special effects can experience.
"Oh my god. Is this a special effect?"
"The crew is not filming real dinosaurs, right?"
"Chixian, the dinosaurs have been extinct for a long time, it must be the special effects!"
"Don't lie to me because I don't study well. Those dinosaurs are so vivid. Can you use special effects to make them for me to see?"
"If I could make it, I would have gone to work in a film company long ago."
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There were also many ordinary viewers at the premiere, and these people had the strongest reaction. The movie went viral while it was still being screened, and they started arguing privately.
Not only them. As the male and female protagonists, Tony Leung Ka Fai and Matsuzaka Keiko were also frightened by the realistic special effects on the screen.
"This... is incredible." Matsusaka Keiko covered her mouth and whispered in English.
Liang Jiahui also said the same: "Yes, look at the big tree just now. It was made of plastic when it was taken. It looked fake at first glance. The computer made it so realistic."
Shao Yifu sat upright and stared at the big screen without blinking. His expression looked calm, but his mouth could not help but open, which was enough to show that he was shocked by the film.
Although he is over 80 years old, he has developed the habit of watching movies every day since he was a teenager, and this is still the case today. Shao Yifu has watched the "Terminator" series, and although the special effects in it are amazing, they are not as good as the original "Star Wars" "The shock brought by it was huge.
And this "Jurassic Park" gave Shao Yifu the same feeling as when he first watched "Star Wars". This is a movie that is comparable to "Star Wars"!
It has nothing to do with the plot of the movie or the connotation of the movie. Shao Yifu believes that "Jurassic Park" is comparable to "Star Wars", referring to the influence of the two movies in film history. This is a film that is enough to cause changes in film technology!
Shao Yifu couldn't help but turn his head and look at Kang Jianfei, who was not far away. In the dim light, Kang Jianfei crossed his legs and stared at the big screen with a slight smile on his face.
That is the confident smile of a winner. Once upon a time, Shao Yifu also had it. At that time, he defeated companies such as Great Wall, Phoenix, Sunlink, D&M and so on, and was proud of Hong Kong and dominated the Hong Kong film industry.
Suddenly, Shao Yifu felt that it was right for him to leave the film industry. This era of big movies no longer belonged to him. The record-breaking box office of "Death Judge" of nearly 50 million was enough to be the perfect ending to his film career.
Unlike Shao Yifu's thoughts, film critics such as Shu Qi were pleasantly surprised. The excitement of "Jurassic Park" was completely beyond their expectations.
"Jurassic Park premieres successfully, prehistoric beasts wreak havoc in Hong Kong"
"The special effects of the 400 million blockbuster are amazing, and man-eating dinosaurs reappear in the world"
"Comparably Great Film"
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In addition to low-level criticism of the plot of "Jurassic Park", many film critics in Hong Kong did not hesitate to praise Kang Jianfei's new film. There was even shocking news that Shao Yifu attended the DreamWorks film premiere.
, were diluted by "Jurassic Park".
A film review in "Movie Biweekly" wrote: "From a plot perspective, "Jurassic Park" is not much different from traditional science fiction films: bizarre scientific experiments and human greed, ultimately causing disasters of their own making.
The hero and heroine go through hardships and dangers and are finally saved and given a new life.
If that's all, then we don't need to discuss it at length. The uniqueness of "Jurassic Park" lies in its perfect reproduction of dinosaurs, prehistoric creatures. Facts have proved that Kang Jianfei's 400 million Hong Kong dollars were not in vain.
There is no flaw at all. Dinosaurs, whether ferocious or docile, stand so vividly in front of you, as if hundreds of millions of years have completely frozen in time.
The "Star Wars" of that year triggered a round of innovation in film technology and was permanently recorded in the annals of film history. "Jurassic Park" can be regarded as "Star Wars" in another sense.
As a Hong Kong film practitioner, the author has to proudly say: Although American directors and special effects companies participated in the production of "Jurassic Park", the director, funding, leading actor and behind-the-scenes filming team are completely from Hong Kong.
It is an undisputed Hong Kong film!”
Even if there is no vigorous praise from the media, the reputation of Kang Jianfei and Tony Leung Ka Fai in Hong Kong, coupled with the publicity stunt of a 400 million blockbuster, is enough to attract countless Hong Kong movie fans to flock to the cinema.
Anyone who has watched "Jurassic Park" is not surprised by the dinosaur special effects in it. After watching it, they have recommended it to their relatives and friends.
The extremely high reputation and enthusiastic media reports made the audience who rarely watch movies couldn't help but walk into the theater to see what it was all about.
How popular is "Jurassic Park"?
Some people go to the cinema very early in the morning to watch a show, because there are relatively few viewers in the morning show. But after 2 o'clock in the afternoon, there are no empty seats in the screening hall of "Jurassic Park".
It was full on the first day; it was full on the next day; it was full; it was full; it was full; it was full again...
If you don't buy your tickets a few hours in advance, you have no chance of seeing "Jurassic Park" on the same day, unless you watch the morning and midnight shows.
In its first week, "Jurassic Park" grossed 20.8 million at the box office. This figure shocked colleagues speechless. In just one week, the box office has exceeded the 20 million mark. Are you going to let others live?
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After learning the first-week box office figures of "Jurassic Park," Cheng Long secretly expressed his gratitude that his "Police Story 3" was released at the same time as "The Inquisitor." Although "Police Story 3" was
" was badly suppressed, but it's better than trying to compete with "Jurassic Park" at the box office, which is just like courting death.
The summer season from mid-August to September is full of disasters. Many viewers would rather go to the movies to watch "Jurassic Park" over and over again than settle for watching other movies. This makes "Jurassic Park"
The box office soared like a rocket. In just three and a half weeks, it broke the box office record set by "The Inquisitor" and hit the 50 million box office mark without mercy.
The first Hong Kong film with a box office of over 50 million was born!
Don't worry, the fun has just begun.
When "Jurassic Park" reached its sixth week of release, the first Hong Kong film with a box office of over 60 million was born!
The crazy box office feast has not yet ended. "Jurassic Park" was screened for two full months and finally took in 66.43 million box office.
When this box office data was reported, the bosses of film and theater companies such as Zou Wenhuai, Huang Baiming, Chen Rongmei, etc. immediately went crazy.
A few years ago, the local box office of Hong Kong films exceeded 40 million, and everyone thought that one day it would break the 50 million box office mark. Damn it, not to mention that "Jurassic Park" set a record of 50 million as soon as it came out.
By the way, it also broke the 60 million mark without any effort, and even exceeded it by a few million cents.
The box office was slightly surpassed by Kang Jianfei, and those people might still be jealous and jealous, but when faced with a situation like "Jurassic Park", everyone didn't even have the intention to be jealous, only shocked and sighed.
How about we also make a special effects movie?
Many film company bosses think so, but they still can't make up their minds.
Nowadays, it is popular in the film industry to use the funds provided by Taiwanese investors to hire stars and make movies to quickly make money at overseas box offices. "Jurassic Park" is a science fiction blockbuster with huge investment, long production cycle and extremely high risks.
, it’s okay to fantasize about it, but no fool is really willing to spend money to take pictures.
Yes, even with Kang Jianfei as the first person to try it, no other company would dare to follow suit.
In the past two years, Zou Wenhuai got crazy and cast two movies for Cheng Long that cost tens of millions and over 100 million. Afterwards, Zou Wenhuai always regretted it. Because the investment became larger, the box office did not increase much compared to Cheng Long's ordinary-cost movies.
, on the contrary, Jiahe’s capital chain was once in embarrassment.
The "Police Story 3" that Cheng Long just finished is a work by Golden Harvest to reduce investment and consume the "Police Story" series of movies to make money.
Compared with a medium investment, high return, and low risk, compared with a huge investment, high return, and high risk, smart businessmen will choose the strong one. (To be continued...) u