Chapter eight hundred and thirty: the face-blind audience
"'Operation Red Sea' exceeded 300 million on the first day. Tang An once again set a new first-day box office record for Chinese-language films, leading domestic films to dominate the summer season!"
"Domestic films have made a strong recovery, and "Operation Red Sea" has been a hit, grossing 310 million yuan on the first day!"
"The best Chinese-language commercial war blockbuster, "Operation Red Sea" has exceeded 300 million in a single day, has exploded in reputation, has real guns and live ammunition, and is full of punches!"
"A new benchmark for military war movies, "Operation Red Sea" redefines military movies by the standards of Hollywood blockbusters. The production level and effect are not inferior to Hollywood blockbusters!"
"The best movie of the year has been released. "Operation Red Sea" conquered the national audience within one day of its release. The best movie of 2015 has been booked in advance!"
"Yesterday, director Tang An's new film "Operation Red Sea" was released on a large scale in China. As Tang An's eleventh film, it still did not disappoint the audience. The audience praised it and it even hit a box office of 310 million on the first day.
It broke the first-day box office record for Chinese-language films!"
""Operation Red Sea" grossed 310 million on the first day, accounting for 90% of the total box office on that day. It swept the entire Lunar New Year season as soon as it was released. Can Tang An's previous boast of 4 billion in box office come true?"
On July 3, the morning after the movie was released, news about the box office of "Operation Red Sea" appeared in the news of every online media.
As the most important movie of the summer, "Operation Red Sea" has attracted the attention of almost all media and audiences.
What's more, Tang An shouted out the goal of four billion in public at the premiere ceremony. This number was remembered by everyone. Some were looking forward to Tang An setting a new high, and some wanted to see Tang An get slapped in the face.
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310 million on the first day. If word-of-mouth is okay, according to the trend of general blockbusters, it will almost exceed 3 billion.
The ratio of total box office to first-day box office is almost 10:1. This is the ratio of a normal commercial movie with a good reputation. It will fluctuate depending on the audience and reputation of the movie.
"The Fast and the Furious" made 360 million on its first day. Although the reputation was not bad, it almost consumed most of its potential in the early stage, and its trend was not good.
However, the box office trends of each of Tang An's previous films have been quite strong.
Moreover, the current reputation of "Operation Red Sea" is extremely good. Although it was only released for one day, it has become a hot topic on all related websites and forums.
"This is the first time I watched a domestic war movie and I was moved. It was not as embarrassing as when I watched other domestic war movies before. The stone hurt him. Tong Li fed him candy and said that eating candy would not hurt. The medical soldier died before
The communicator must be plugged in. Although many movies with the main theme have similar plots, "Operation Red Sea" is not artificial at all, and it does not sensationalize. There are not even many scenes to show the medical soldier before he died.
The state at that time was more natural.”
This is a long comment from a movie fan, and it is also the difference between "Operation Red Sea" and many military war movies.
A shot like this is not just a supporting role, but also a main supporting role. At least it should be a long shot to show the character's fearless spirit and psychological state at that time.
He was seriously injured and on the verge of death, and he had to struggle to turn on the power of his communicator at the last moment of his life. Just such a scene, which lasted more than two minutes, was indispensable.
The actor's pain, the difficulty of his movements, the fearless expression on his face, the determination in his eyes, etc., can be said to be worth half an episode of a TV series.
In "Operation Red Sea", only two or three seconds passed. Although the time was short, it was not artificial and deliberately sensational.
There are many exciting war scenes in the movie, but the weight of each character is not very important. Many viewers even after watching the movie can't remember who is who in the Dragon Brigade, which caused a lot of complaints.
"After watching "Operation Red Sea", I found that I was a little face-blind. Everyone wore the same clothes, helmets, and face paint. They just watched the war scenes. Many times, I didn't recognize who was who."
"Haha, me too, but I didn't have time to think that much while watching the movie. Anyway, after watching it, I just felt like I was playing all the time. It was quite refreshing."
"It's okay, Zhang Yi and Shitou are more obvious. Shitou is the Er Niu in "Special Forces", and the girl is easy to recognize. Gu Shun looks so slutty that he doesn't deserve to be beaten, and his style is different from the others.
It's the same, easy to recognize, but when I was ambushed, I felt like I integrated into the Jiaolong Brigade, and later it was hard to recognize them when we acted together."
"I am also face-blind, and my girlfriend and I were confused when we looked at it. But in the middle, we jointly recognized the faces, and we probably knew who was who."
"Stop talking, I didn't even know how many people died at the end. The pace was too fast. I feel like Tang An did it on purpose so that we could go to the second brush."
"I've already read it twice. I only remembered Du Chang after reading it twice. It's all because of his easy recognition. Xia Nan, Shitou, Tong Li are okay, Li Dong, Gu Shun, and the other dead one, I always forget
But I knew his name, and he was the guy who was scared after seeing so many dead and disabled people. There was another guy whose name I forgot, but I knew he had a broken arm."
"I don't even know what each of them does. I just remember that Gu Shun is a sniper, Xu Hong is a bomb defuser, the one who died in the sheepfold, and the one with a broken arm. I can't remember the safety of these two people.
Already."
"The person who died in the sheepfold was probably Communications Corpsman Zhuang Yu. When he was scared before, I thought something was going to happen. In the sheepfold, I thought I could save him a little more, but I was shot again. Stone and the others were besieged.
It’s really disappointing.”
"It's so pitiful. Even the sheep in the sheepfold seem to be alive and haven't run away yet. This is too fake."
"The stone was the worst. I felt really distressed at the time. Moreover, thinking about the location where the bullet hit me scared me so much that I subconsciously covered my neck."
"It really sealed his throat. Tong Li held his throat and fed him sweets. The blood from the artery spurted out. I felt very uncomfortable."
It was only the first day of release. The movie itself was very fast-paced and it was an ensemble cast. Many viewers who watched it again were confused about the plot and characters. Discussions and complaints online were mostly about this aspect.
For actors, this is not good news.
If an actor wants to be famous, he must be remembered by the audience, otherwise it will be in vain no matter how many scenes you film.
In a movie theater in Haidian District, several actors had strange expressions.
Tang An looked at all of them, who were somewhat excited and depressed, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter? Everyone is down?"
"Nothing about Director Tang." Zhang Yi shook his head and said. As the leading male lead in the movie, this is enough for him now. What's more, he can't say in front of Tang An that he doesn't have many roles and doesn't stand out enough.
No one else dared to say anything.
It was Peng Yichang who spoke first. He came over with a playful smile and said, "Director Tang, the audience's prosopagnosia is getting worse and worse now, and they can't even tell who is who among us."
Peng Yichang is a fellow villager of the Deng Dynasty. He is also from Jiangnan Province. He is no less valued than the already famous Liu Haoran. There are rural party plots everywhere. Ma Yun and Ma Huateng are Zhejiang businessmen and Chaozhou businessmen respectively.
The main character, this is inevitable.
When it comes to filming Tang An's scenes, Deng Chao naturally gave him advice from many people. As long as it's not working hours and he doesn't cause trouble, Tang An is very easy-going, so Peng Yichang can seize more opportunities.
However, others were afraid that Tang An would think they had some objections. Du Chang said quickly, "The main reason is that the plot arranged by Director Tang is too tight. The audience was attracted by the wonderful plot and fierce battles and couldn't remember who was who."
It’s also normal.”
Tang An understood immediately and said with a smile, "It's no wonder the audience is blind. It's a group act in itself, and you are a team. You always act together and wear helmets. If the audience is not familiar with you,
Even if I don’t know you, it’s really not easy to recognize you.”
People who are popular in dramas are not popular, that's the situation.
It's not that simple to become famous because of a certain drama.
Either the character himself has a very charming personality, such as Ma Ge in "A Better Tomorrow", Gao Jin in "God of Gamblers", or Cheng Long in kung fu comedies.
What impresses the audience the most after watching a movie is a certain actor. For example, after watching "God of Gamblers", the audience's first thought is that Zhou Runfa is so cool, and then how exciting the movie is.
"Wolf Warrior 2" has a similar effect on Wu Jing.
As for "Operation Red Sea", as an ensemble drama, if you want a certain actor to shine, you have to sacrifice other people's roles, or even change the tone of the entire drama.
TV series are much better. After all, they last a long time. "Sword and Sword 3" made all three heroines popular.
And it also has to be unique, not just to have the most scenes to impress the audience.
The male protagonist of "In the Name of the People" is Lu Yi, but Li Dakang is obviously the more outstanding one. When this drama is mentioned, the first person that the audience thinks of, at least half of the audience will think of Li Dakang first.
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Tang An understood their thoughts. After all, the movie was a hit at the box office, exceeding 300 million on the first day. If it was a movie with a definite male protagonist, and the male protagonist was very outstanding, it could almost temporarily push an actor to the front line.
Which actor doesn't want to be famous? It's normal to have such thoughts.
However, Tang An didn't say anything and had nothing to say.