In late July, the prelude to the summer season has ended, and we are about to enter the peak period. Three or four blockbusters will be released in turn in the next two weeks.
However, this ** is probably not as shocking as the previous "Interstellar" 11 Days and 12 Days. Even though there are many blockbusters, it is still inferior.
After all, a few ordinary blockbusters cannot compare with a phenomenal blockbuster like "Interstellar."
For audiences, blockbusters come out every two weeks, and there are a lot of them every month, but epic blockbusters like "Interstellar" are hard to come by.
Just like basketball, two or three ordinary stars cannot be traded for a historical superstar like James, unless a star of this level is determined to leave.
"Interstellar" is still ravaging the summer season, eclipsing all other movies in the same period.
On Monday the 22nd, it took in a box office of 61 million with a 42% drop, firmly ranking as the box office champion of the day.
A disaster-action blockbuster "Shocking" was released today, also known as "White House Down."
You can tell what kind of film it is from the title. The police hero takes his daughter to visit the White House, but ends up encountering terrorists who attack the White House.
You can imagine the following plot with your eyes closed. It is nothing more than the male protagonist killing terrorists, rescuing the president, and saving the crisis.
In Hollywood movies, it is common for the White House to be bombed, and bombing the White House and capturing the president seems to have become a trend in Hollywood.
Some directors of movies that bombed the White House also said: "I destroyed the White House just by following the trend."
Americans like to see their city and the presidential White House, and even the earth being bombed, and then a superman who can never be killed appears to save the United States and even the world, which reflects the personal heroism of the American people.
And we Chinese also like to see the United States being bombed, especially the White House, which symbolizes the highest power of the United States, being bombed, and the worse it is, the better.
There are all kinds of high-end bombing scenes of the White House. The White House was bombed to pieces in various ways, the president was beaten violently, and the ministers were tortured in various ways and then shot. It was so enjoyable!
Then there is the Xiaoqiang agent who can never be killed. With one against a hundred, he is even more superhuman than Superman! There is also the little detective girl who has the body of a child but a different mind than ordinary people. She is more unafraid of death than an adult and saves the United States.
It's a bit cheesy, but it's okay as a popcorn movie.
The box office of "White House Down" was pretty good, with more than 19 million on the first day. It will definitely be no problem to break 100 million, but it will be difficult to reach 200 million. This kind of popcorn movie usually does not do well.
More than 100 million is not bad. There is also a movie "White House Down" to be released in December.
It also bombed the White House, and then the protagonist went to rescue it. After watching "White House Down", few people went to see the subsequent "White House Down", which only had a box office of 40 million.
The movies are similar, except that the protagonist in the former has a daughter, and the protagonist wants to save her daughter.
The protagonist of the latter is the president's former bodyguard, who takes action when he sees the White House being bombed.
The reason for taking action was too unreasonable, and it was touching to say that he fought tooth and nail for his daughter.
I tried my best to save the president, but I always felt that something was missing. After all, he was still a retired bodyguard.
On Tuesday, "Interstellar" took in US$57 million, bringing its total box office to 1.325 billion in 13 days of release.
1.325 billion, the second Chinese-language film to have a box office of over 1.3 billion, just over 100 million away from the record set by "The Martian".
Breaking the record he set was just around the corner, but Tang An had no fluctuations in his heart.
On Wednesday, Tang An took the crew back to the capital and came to the movie channel to record a special feature.
The special feature is recorded first, and when the record is broken, something is added before it is broadcast.
Everyone from the crew is here, and there is an audience this time, which is a little different from the previous Chinese film reports.
"The scorching summer is unbearable. This year's already hot July has ushered in a phenomenal movie. Since its release, this movie has driven the domestic film market in July to continue to heat up. Audiences across the country can feel this.
Very hot”
After the host Tu Wei made his opening remarks, he smiled at the audience and asked, "Do you know which movie it is?"
"Interstellar!!!"
The voices of the audience were so unified that they seemed to be in tune with each other.
"Then I want to ask everyone, have you seen this movie?"
"See it!"
Tu Wei has watched this movie more than once. Until now, I feel like I didn’t understand it. I am full of questions. I think everyone must have the same feeling as me. So now we have invited the movie "Interstellar"
》director and crew chief creator, please help us clarify our doubts.”
"Director Tang An is invited!"
"Pah, pah, pah, pah"
After the audience's warm applause, accompanied by the unknown music at the beginning, Tang An appeared from the backstage with the actors, smiling and waving to the audience.
"Tang An!!"
"Tang An! Tang An!"
"Yang Mi!"
"Liu Ye!"
"Liu Haoran!"
This time the audience's voices were finally not unified, but what is gratifying is that the most people shouting Tang An's name were present.
But Tang An didn't expect Liu Haoran to be so popular, more popular than the second female lead Wan Qian.
After a second look, it became clear that the audience members who were shouting frantically for Liu Haoran were all women.
Women have always liked little fresh meat, and they are even more irresistible to cute little fresh meat like Liu Haoran.
They all said hello to the audience and took their seats.
"Hello, Director Tang, welcome to our program. I have been looking forward to it for a long time."
Tang An smiled and said, "Actually, I have been waiting for you to send me an invitation. I even know the manuscript by heart."
Tu Wei pretended to be surprised.
"Isn't our channel called the movie channel? If a movie doesn't appear on the movie channel, wouldn't it be a failure?" Tang An said with a smile...
Let’s chat a few words and get straight to the topic.
"Director Tang, the backgrounds of the two movies "Interstellar" and "Edge of Tomorrow" are both in the apocalypse, but they are completely different apocalypses. How did you arrange this background?"
Tang Andao said, "The end of the two movies is caused by external factors, the invasion of aliens, while in Edge of Tomorrow, it is caused by internal factors on the earth. All plants have withered, resulting in desertification of the land and lack of food and water."
"Then how did you come up with such a background?"
"Actually, the inspiration came from a sandstorm. When filming "The Martian", we had to shoot in Ningxia. Everyone knows the landforms there, which are mostly deserts. We encountered several sandstorms during the filming, and the sky was full of wind and sand.
I can’t even open my eyes.”
"Actually, the apocalypse in the movie is not entirely delusional. Nowadays, desertification in the northern and western parts of our country is getting more and more serious. If the current situation continues, maybe in many years to come, most of the entire land in China may become a desert. At that time, it will be so far away
The end of the world is coming soon."
Tang An then called for plant afforestation to spread positive energy.
After talking about the concept of the movie, Tang An took a break and handed over the stage to a few actors.
Tu Wei looked at Liu Ye and said, "Hello Liu Ye, we all know that you have appeared in three films directed by Director Tang. Among these three collaborations, which one do you think is the most unforgettable?"
“It’s quite unforgettable.”
Liu Ye thought for a while and said, "Although these three movies are all science fiction blockbusters, they are completely different types and have their own difficulties in performance."
"Can you tell me more about it?"
"There are many scenes in "Edge of Tomorrow" that are the same, and the scenes are almost the same. They are constantly repeated, but I don't repeat them myself. There are many subtle expressions to express the different states of the characters at that time. This is not easy."
"In "The Martian," you have to undergo professional training, and most of the time you don't have any other actors, and you perform completely by yourself."
"But in "Interstellar", I play a father. How should I express the emotions of a father, true to his feelings, natural and not artificial? How do I express the different father's love when facing a son and a daughter?
What kind of state should children of this age be in?"
Then Yang Mi, Wan Qian, Wang Chuanjun, and Zhang Yi also talked about their roles respectively.
He talked about some insights and interesting things during the filming, and then Tang An also revealed how many special effects scenes in the movie were made.
The big screen behind began to play some footage from the filming period.
Tang Andao said, "Science fiction movies are science fiction and also fantasy, but it is a difficult problem for the audience to accept this kind of fantasy, so many scenes in the movie were shot in real life, including the frozen star, the space station, the cornfield, we
They were all taken on location.”
"If it was really impossible to shoot on location, we also used a combination of physical and digital special effects. In order for the actors to truly express the feeling of being in space inside the spacecraft, I asked people to install a projection screen outside the spacecraft, and combined the previous special effects department with
The completed outer space scenes are projected onto the screen, allowing space to surround the actors, allowing them to better immerse themselves in the character's state."
The shooting process flashed on the screen at the back. The gorgeous Vatnajökull Glacier, the half-waist-high lake, and the endless cornfields all looked so real.
Then Tu Wei asked some questions about the plot of the movie, and the audience also asked many questions.
"Director Tang, what do you think is the most touching and most interesting thing in the movie?"
"emotion!"
Tang An said without hesitation, "The thing that touches people's hearts the most is always emotion. In movies, there are relationships between father and son, father and daughter, love, and friendship between companions. Emotions are the most intuitive and touching."
"Actually, I have also heard many audience members say they are a little disappointed. What they want to see are more special effects scenes in big scenes. But I think the special effects can only attract your attention and forget about it as time goes by, but the emotions can go deep.
In your heart, until many years later, when you talk about this movie, you can still recall it carefully."
"Just like Hollywood movies, we often see that the male protagonists of action movies have to have a daughter or son, and the theme is to save his own daughter. Nowadays, Hollywood action movies have to have family affection to make them more immersive.
Just like "The Fall," "Taken," and the just-released "White House Down," these movies need to be emotional in order for the audience to be better immersed in them."
This program was a bit long, with a full three hours of recording, and only some of the clips were selected and combined with other materials later.
Finally, towards the end, Tu Wei asked Tang An about his goals for the movie.
"2 billion, my goal is to raise the single-film record of domestic films to a high enough level. One day, the world's largest film market will be China, and the highest single-film box office in a single region will also be a domestic film!"