Chapter 1,103 The biggest difference between domestic and foreign theme movies
In fact, too much of any subject may indeed cause the audience to experience aesthetic fatigue, but the most critical reason is not this.
Because a good movie will never be abandoned by the audience because of its subject matter.
"Speaking of it this way, it seems that this is really the case." Chen Wen and others could not help but frown slightly, quite puzzled.
"So what do you think is the cause?" Lin Yunbin couldn't help but ask.
"Actually, what do you think are the similarities and differences between our domestic theme movies and Hollywood's theme movies?" Li Yi asked with a smile.
Chen Wen and others all buried their heads in thought.
"If there are similarities, it's actually that most of the current domestic theme movies have shadows of Hollywood theme movies, right?" Zhou Guo raised his head and said.
"Yes, this is one point, but the bigger key lies in the difference." Li Yi naturally has his own set of logic.
Of course, this is not made up out of thin air, but seeks truth from facts.
"What's the difference?" Everyone looked at Li Yi curiously.
"Have you noticed what was criticized the most for "Wolf Warrior" back then?" Li Yi asked with a smile.
"Is there a hint of a divine drama?"
"Too exaggerated?"
"The protagonist who can't be killed?"
Of course they are no strangers to "Wolf Warrior", Lin Yunbin also played a role in it.
Although "Wolf Warrior" had a very high box office, in fact, its reputation was not particularly good.
Just because the male protagonist in "Wolf Warrior" does have many shadows of Hollywood's main theme superheroes in it.
The same is to fight one group, the same is to turn the tide.
To put it simply, the expression of personal heroism is very close to those in Hollywood movies in this aspect.
And this is where "Wolf Warrior" has been criticized the most.
"Yeah, in fact, from that time on, I discovered that "Wolf Warrior" itself has actually shown some signs. If we want to talk about aesthetic fatigue, then I think this kind of combat power is beyond the limit. One person can defeat a group of people.
The model of personal heroism is what makes many viewers fatigued. Because whether in Hollywood or in China, the audience really sees too many heroic protagonists of this type," Li Yi said.
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"So why did "Wolf Warrior" receive so many positive reviews? And why did it get high box office?" Li Yi then asked.
"Isn't this... because of the dividends of the times?" Chen Wen asked bluntly.
This is actually one of the biggest reasons why many people are jealous of the high box office success of "Wolf Warrior".
There is a saying: I can do whatever I want!
In fact, many people think that "Wolf Warrior" is just a bonus for being the first to eat crabs. What bonus?
The dividends of rising national self-confidence.
In fact, Li Yi does not deny this. It can be said that the reason why previous theme movies have been successful is actually because of this bonus.
Objectively speaking, because the market needs such movies, the people need such movies and such channels to vent their long-standing oppression.
In the early years, it can be said that the so-called first-class foreigners were commonplace, and this is also true.
For many people, although it is easy to complain, how many Chinese people don’t want to see the true strength of their motherland?
And now that our motherland has truly become stronger, this demand must exist.
In the past, if a movie was made about how powerful the motherland is, some viewers might only think it was YY because there was no basis in reality. But now, it is not YY anymore.
For example, in "Wolf Warrior", the protagonist in it is indeed a bit strong and exaggerated, but the problem is that the incident itself is real.
Being based on real events is the key to making the film acceptable to the audience.
"Actually, have you noticed that domestically produced main-theme movies and blockbuster movies all have real backgrounds?" Li Yi expressed his thoughts.
This is not nonsense.
That's the truth.
Not to mention others, such as "Wreaths Under the Mountain" and "Wolf Warrior" are based on realistic or historical prototypes.
This can be said to be the biggest difference between domestic theme movies and Hollywood theme movies.
Looking at Hollywood's main theme movies, in fact, most of the story backgrounds are blurred because they simply don't have that much historical material to write about.
But China is different. China has too many real historical stories that can be adapted.
Li Yi has always felt that there is really no need to make up so many illusory stories in domestically produced movies with the main theme, because there are too many real stories that are suitable for adaptation.
"That being said, it seems like it's true!" Everyone couldn't help but feel as if they suddenly understood.
Domestic theme movies really follow the path of adapting real events, and these types of movies are obviously more successful.
"That's right. Although Hollywood's main theme movies seem to be very popular, in fact, they are also complained about. It turns out that this is the problem." Chen Wen couldn't help but exclaimed.
is not that right?
When it comes to domestically produced movies with main themes, from ancient times to the present, in fact, if we look at them in detail, most of them have prototypes.
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Whether it is a biography or a battle, there are prototypes.
This can be said to be truly different from the main themes of Hollywood movies.
And as Li Yi said, the main theme movies that can be considered successful nowadays are actually of this type.
On the contrary, movies with the main themes of those fabricated stories feel like rootless trees. After the craze subsides, their true colors are revealed.
"But there are also many failures in this type of movies. Some of them obviously look good, but the results are unsatisfactory. For example, "Heroes of Fire" and "Ordinary Brave" are all based on real events.
But why is it neither applauded nor popular?" Zhou Guo asked with a frown.
Li Yi knows these two movies, because they are the two movies with the largest casts among the main theme movies this year.
The movie "Heroes on Fire" is adapted from a real incident. It tells the story of an ordinary worker in a factory who stopped the spread of the fire at the cost of his life after a fire broke out.
According to the publicity of this movie, the main plot can be said to highlight a civilian hero, who seems to be very down-to-earth.
The presentation actually looks pretty good.
"I know about "Heroes on Fire". I was also invited at the beginning, but I didn't have the schedule at that time so I declined. I have read the script, and it is indeed quite good. The effect of the film is also very good. It also takes a different approach. The fire-fighting hero is not
Fire officers and soldiers are just ordinary workers, but for some reason, after this movie was released, it did not achieve the expected results, and instead was criticized by many viewers for having incorrect views." Chen Wen said.
