"Dream Traveler" has officially been released with a global box office of 800 million.
This film, which was hailed as most likely to be China's first billion-dollar movie, finally left everyone's sight amid scoldings and regrets.
800 million box office!
This achievement is actually enough to go down in the history of Chinese science fiction films.
This level has not been reached by other Chinese science fiction films. Even last year's hit movie "The Man from Earth" could not compare with the box office of "Dream Traveler".
It should have been treated like a hero, but the negative news continued after the painting was completed.
after all……
For many gangsters, although "Dream Traveler" is a box office hit, it is not a purely Chinese movie.
It's gorgeously co-produced.
Huamei co-production itself is a little ambiguous and impure. At the same time, they believe that many technologies and special effects are borrowed from the old and American styles, and even a lot of spoken language and culture are biased towards the old and American Hollywood tastes...
They feel that this movie really has Chinese sentiments in it.
In short, this "Dream Traveler" was almost dismissed by them as a bit of a foreign-oriented one.
As for Shen Lianjie, he was also a little disappointed with this "Dream Traveler".
After all, he had fantasized about being the number one science fiction director in China, the first director in China with a box office of over 1 billion, and other titles.
He even imagined that he would become famous in one fell swoop, suddenly take up the banner of Chinese science fiction films, and lead Chinese science fiction films to hit Hollywood in the future...
pity.
The dream is broken.
The huge gap really disappointed Shen Lianjie. At the same time, he suddenly felt that the 800 million box office of "Dream Traveler" was really nothing to show off.
"Dream Traveler" has officially been canceled, and its film schedule has been replaced by "Assembly," a theme movie that has been recommended by relevant departments.
The box office performance of main theme movies has always been like this.
However, this "Assembly" is different from the previous "Main Theme" movies.
after all……
The screenwriter used the title Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan is now a golden name in the industry.
Except for "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle", none of the movies written by Lu Yuan has been a hit.
The movie "Seventeen Years Old Bicycle" failed because director Li You went outside to report the film without approval, which violated a taboo in the film industry. After returning, he cut the box office several times, which is why he was cheated.
However, no one can deny that the movie "Seventeen Years Old Bicycle" itself is poor.
after all……
For a movie that has won so many awards in Venice, can this movie be bad?
Therefore, even though "Assembly" is a movie with the main theme, after Lu Yuan is credited as the screenwriter, all the pre-sale tickets were sold out without a word...
Of course, in addition to this, major schools and departments have also prepared to watch this movie one after another under the arrangements of relevant departments. For a time, "Assembly" became very powerful, as if a main theme movie was about to emerge.
momentum.
"Dream Traveler" was released a month after its release, but "Westward Journey" has not been released.
More than a month has passed, and there are still many viewers going to theaters to watch "Westward Journey", and the single-day box office has always remained above 7 million...
Its potential doesn't seem to be exhausted, and its staying power is amazing.
As for the box office of "Westward Journey", it is even more amazing. The data performance has almost exceeded one billion!
One billion!
Movie fans took a deep breath after staring at the box office of "Westward Journey".
turn out to be……
China's first movie with a box office of over 1 billion was never "Dream Traveler" or other science fiction films.
It turned out to be...
"Westward Journey"!
Of course, compared to the regrets and lamentations of "Dream Traveler", netizens expressed more appreciation and regret for "Westward Journey"...
They feel that if there had not been previous box office stealing incidents, the actual box office of "Westward Journey" would have already exceeded 1 billion.
pity……
There are no ifs in this world.
Although there are just as many people criticizing "Westward Journey", they have never had any impact on the box office of "Westward Journey". Instead, the box office has remained stable...
"Westward Journey" is a watchable movie.
After you have watched it at least once and then read the movie reviews, you are more likely to watch it a second time.
"Westward Journey" is still slowly and silently moving towards one billion, waiting for the day when it can truly break through its super record.
Of course, another movie "My Deskmate" also started its premiere tour in January.
This film is the work of emerging best director Wei Wuji.
This movie also has fans looking forward to it very much.
Why?
after all……
Wei Wuji and Wei Changjun are father and son!
"My Deskmate" and "Assembly Number" premiered at the same time.
One is a veteran third-generation Chinese director, and the other is a cutting-edge fourth-generation director...
The two are father and son, and there are rumors that the relationship between the two is never as harmonious as an ordinary father and son.
Anyway...
During the premiere of the two movies, countless news about the mess between Wei Wuji and Wei Changjun bombarded the entire Internet.
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"nervous?"
"A little bit, huh..."
"Why are you nervous? Just relax... You must know in your heart that unless a miracle happens to your "You at the same table", you will not be able to win "Assembly"."
"Bah, Ayuan, are you encouraging me or belittling me?"
"What a disparagement, this is the truth..."
"Depend on!"
Fatty Wei sat in the last row of the cinema and shook his head silently.
He was under great pressure at this moment.
He dissatisfied with his father, and he dreamed of defeating his father, but unfortunately, he knew in his heart that he was actually not as good as his father now.
at the same time……
"Assembly" is again written by Lu Yuan, starring Lu Yihong, and directed by his father Wei Changjun...
Even one of these factors can make it difficult for him to parry, let alone all three of them together.
All right……
This is undoubtedly a terrifying giant ship.
But even though Fatty Wei knew that his "My Deskmate" couldn't beat "Assembly Number", Fatty Wei still wanted to try.
Yes!
He wanted to test the gap between himself and his father, not only in terms of the film itself, but also the director's level and some shooting details.
He wants to try it all!
Although he gave up the arrogance and arrogance he once had, there was still an unwillingness to admit defeat deep in his heart.
after all!
Only after being burned by fire can a phoenix appear!
At this time, he suddenly remembered Lu Yuan's song "Stubborn"...
He remembered this lyric.
At this moment, his originally stressed mood felt much better.
I have to admit that the songs written by Lu Yuan are really good!
As for Lu Yuan sitting next to him, he felt no pressure at all.
His attitude now is that I am on vacation and I am ready to enjoy the vacation seriously.
Instead, he watched the movie seriously.
Because it was winter, Lu Yuan was dressed very bulky and wore a hat.
No one paid attention to Lu Yuan.
The same goes for Fatty Wei.
In fact, it is perfectly fine to say that the most dangerous place is the safest place.
No one would have thought that Lu Yuan and Wei Wuji would be sitting in the last row of this ordinary movie theater.
Who would have thought?
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"Changjun...the movie has started."
"Well, I know."
"This is the second film directed by my son. I have read the introduction and I think it is good..."
"hehe……"
"Changjun, my son has indeed made a lot of progress in the past few years."
"Whether it will make progress or not depends on the film itself... It's too early to say now, but this guy is quite courageous."
"Why not say it's his confidence?"
"Haha, blind confidence."
"My Deskmate" is a youth film.
The box office of youth movies has always been mediocre.
Wei Changjun sat silently in the cinema and watched the beginning of "My Deskmate" with his wife.
There was always a trace of calmness on his face.
He doesn't like youth movies and rarely watches them.
Originally, he should have guarded his "Assembly Number" now, but he was still pulled over by his wife.
Maybe in his heart he also wants to know how much this little brat in his family has grown.
The movie started soon.
The screen panned to a rural classroom with the sound of reading aloud.
In the classroom, the male protagonist who just entered junior high school was assigned to the same table as a girl named Tong Zi.
Tong Zi is a timid but shy girl.
The male protagonist Wei Changjun is not familiar to him. He looks ordinary, dark, thin and not very handsome. He really doesn't look like an artist in the industry.
Did this kid just find someone to play the role?
No, I didn't just find it randomly.
This guy's acting skills...
Well enough.
heroine...
Um……
Wei Changjun looked at this girl and felt a little familiar.
He hesitated for a moment, then remembered that this so-called little girl seemed to have acted in "Westward Journey".
Then he was stunned again.
He remembered, well, this little girl's name is Qin Ya, and she is the actor who plays the spider spirit in "Westward Journey"!
Schools in rural areas always look like they are poor and backward.
But the children are very lively, lively and a little naughty.
The male protagonist is very good at studying, while the female protagonist has average academic performance...
The two of them were supposed to be people from two different worlds.
However, in an unexpected accident, the two began to intersect.
Wei Changjun nodded.
It seems that this gangster's skills are quite good. Although the plot is very ordinary, this kid actually gave the film some passionate flavor.
Although, after this kind of enthusiasm passed away, he gradually returned to calm.
The male protagonist wants to apply for a key high school. The male protagonist thinks that after being admitted to a key high school, he can go to a big city to pursue the so-called destiny and the so-called prosperity.
The male protagonist talked to the heroine more than once about the prosperity and good things of the big city...
The heroine listened silently, with a trace of yearning showing on her slightly dark face.
Qin Ya's acting skills are good, and she plays the trace of envy vividly.
Then...
The heroine secretly filled in the hero's wish.
The following plot is very bland, and they are all trivial things, such as borrowing an eraser, for example, the lines occasionally lament that life is too slow, for example, teasing the teacher, teasing the school, for example, talking about big things like what to do in the future.
Very ordinary school life.
"The filming is very realistic... Really, my son has worked hard." Wei Changjun's wife nodded silently.
She suddenly remembered her childhood.
as well as……
Her youth has left her.
She suddenly realized that this movie was not just a romantic youth movie.
Years are like a long river, time flows by silently...
The first outbreak occurred when the results were announced.
The male protagonist failed the high school entrance examination, but the heroine was admitted to high school and received an admission letter.
The hero was stunned.
The heroine was also stunned.
The plot began to become a bit cliché, and some bloody plots of misunderstandings also appeared.
However, under the direction of Fatty Wei, these bloody plots seem to have a little meaning, as if they are exploring the pain of youth...
When the first act ended, some fans in the cinema felt very uncomfortable.
real!
They really felt uncomfortable.
Reality!
It's obviously a movie, but Fatty Wei's filming is so real that many small details are surprisingly similar to their previous lives.
The male and female protagonists are separated.
However, we still keep in touch with each other.
A strange school, a strange campus, the two of them were in contact every day.
They agreed to enter a good university together, and they agreed to give each other a surprise when they entered university.
They seemed to be lovers, but they never confessed...
As time goes by, the heroine becomes more and more accustomed to life in a key high school, and at the same time, she gradually shines with his own light.
But for some reason, the male protagonist got together with some other gangsters and got into the habit of surfing the Internet, playing cards, smoking and skipping classes, and his grades gradually became poor.
The dream of going to college together seemed to have collapsed at this moment.
Then……
The male protagonist, who has never had low self-esteem, suddenly developed a feeling of inferiority at a certain moment.
The heroine is like a white swan, while the hero suddenly feels like an ugly duckling.
In the second year of high school, the male protagonist realized that he was not good enough and wanted to work harder.
At the same time, he wrote a letter to the heroine. Unfortunately, due to some misunderstandings, the heroine's reply did not reach the hands of the hero.
The reply contained the address of the heroine's new home.
pity……
Nature plays tricks on people.
At this time...
The hero suddenly felt that everything was different.
In the end, that hazy college dream was finally given up.
He began to sink completely.
This is his youth.
Everyone comes into contact with different people, resists different temptations, and then everyone's future begins to be different.
Three years of high school passed like this.
After graduating from high school, the male protagonist did not get admitted to that university.
And the heroine never wrote another letter to the hero.
The contact between the two was suddenly severed...
After graduation, the male protagonist went to the city where the university was located to work...
The heroine, on the other hand, took a different path and truly took root in the big city.
Many years later...
The two met again by chance.
The scenes of the past surged up again...
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Movie fans found it very difficult.
Many things in this movie are very realistic.
Fatty Wei and Qian Zhong wrote down every detail of their tablemates very carefully, and at the same time they contained an uncomfortable sense of reality.
Some people shed tears.
Originally, the eyes of the other wave of movie fans were slightly red, but they did not shed any tears.
but……
After Lu Yuan's voice suddenly sounded in the movie...
They suddenly couldn't help but cover their mouths...