The summer release of "City of Life and Death" triggered a frenzy of public opinion and continued controversy.
Several other theme-themed movies that were released have achieved good results. Many people even want to thank Lu Jing because "City of Life and Death" disappointed many people.
On the contrary, they have lowered their requirements for other movies with the main theme. As long as the filming is not too bad, and as long as the outlook is no longer as distorted as "City of Life and Death", the box office will be okay!
After the summer vacation, the atmosphere of the 70th anniversary celebration became even more intense.
This year's National Day release actually has a lot of gift films, such as Luo Teng's "Fire Soldiers" and Xue Yibin's "Phoenix". Although they are said to be influenced by reality shows, they are indeed movies with the main theme after all.
The biggest competitor for "War Meridian" in this year's National Day release is not these two films, but an old rival, one of China's great directors, Li Zhanshan's film "Awesome! My Motherland"!
In fact, purely from the perspective of film type, Li Zhanshan's "My Motherland" actually meets the requirements of a gift film to a certain extent.
After all, it is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and a movie with a theme like "Awesome! My Motherland" is more suitable for this special holiday.
Although Li Zhanshan's "Flower of War" was defeated by "I'm Not the God of Medicine", it can be said that Li Zhanshan's partner, Zhang Changnian, played a very negative role.
Now, director Li Zhanshan has broken up with Zhang Changnian, so "Awesome! My Motherland" is also attracting attention.
However, because the genres of the two films are completely different, the competition is not that high.
"War Meridian" is a war-type film, while "Awesome! My Motherland" is a purely dramatic documentary film. The selling points of the two films are completely different.
Li Yi actually admires director Li Zhanshan. He can be said to be a relatively pure director.
The reason why he was always scolded every time his movie was released in the past actually had nothing to do with him, but had a lot to do with Zhang Changnian.
As one of China's four established directors, Li Zhanshan's first film after leaving Zhang Changnian is still highly anticipated.
After all, without Zhang Changnian's "layman guiding the expert" and his rhetorical propaganda mode, at least he would not easily offend people everywhere.
"Awesome! My Motherland" has been screened since mid-September, and Li Yi was invited to watch one. "Awesome! My Motherland" is indeed a pretty good movie.
This movie mainly tells about the major historical events of China, but it starts from a small point and tells it from the perspective of a small person. Several stories are separate, but they converge in the last story.
On Popular Film Critics Online, "Awesome! My Motherland" has a high rating of 8.8. Although it is only a small-scale screening and the number of people who rated it is not enough, it still has a certain degree of moisture, but this movie is indeed
The reputation is very good.
Li Yi also shared the movie on his official Weibo.
It's just that he likes this movie better.
This also disappointed those who originally watched the excitement. After all, "War Meridian" and "Awesome! My Motherland" are both National Day gift films.
In theory, the two movies are competitors.
The scene of Li Yi angrily complaining about the road scene is still vivid in his mind, which directly caused the box office of "City of Life and Death" to shrink.
Many people were waiting for Li Yi to complain about "Awesome! My Motherland". But in the end, Li Yi not only did not complain, but also promoted his competitors.
With his influence, to put it bluntly, any movie he promotes will at least increase the number of potential viewers for the movie.
"War Meridian" did not have any screenings this time, mainly because of the lack of time. Li Yi hurriedly rushed to the venue and only completed the post-production of "War Meridian" in mid-September and officially announced the completion of the film.
Fortunately, "War Meridian" has sufficient publicity effect, and the film itself can be said to have become the most anticipated and watched film during this year's National Day holiday after experiencing many incidents.
For this reason, it is not that important whether it is highlighted or not.
In addition, Li Yi's own appeal is there, and "Garland Under the Mountain" is at the forefront. Therefore, the theaters are very confident in arranging the National Day schedule of "War Meridian".
Among the four films released on National Day, the schedule of "War Meridian" is comparable to that of "Awesome! My Motherland".
As for the remaining two films, "Phoenix on Fire" and "Fire Soldiers" are quite different.
Time has come in a flash, September 30th.
On this day, the highly anticipated "War Meridian" will finally be released to everyone.
The premiere of "War Meridian" was held at the National Library in Beijing.
Tickets for the premiere were sold at sky-high prices early in the morning.
Actually speaking, Li Yi has no particular confidence in the box office of "War Meridian".
After all, this movie is not a big production.
Although there is the blessing of his fame and the atmosphere of the 70th anniversary, the original version of this movie does not create the glory that "Wreaths Under the Mountain" once did in that era.
On the contrary, "War Meridian" is not that famous in Li Yi's memory.
As for this film, even if Li Yi has made certain corrections, the film as a whole is still very different from the main theme films nowadays.
However, Li Yi himself has no expectations for the box office, but the outside world is very optimistic about the movie.
There are several reasons.
First of all, "War Meridian" is a movie with the main theme of war, and this is recognized as Li Yi's specialty.
"Garland Beneath the Mountain" is ahead of others, and no one has been able to break the box office record of the main theme movie created by this movie.
Secondly, the early publicity of "War Meridian" can be said to be very good, and the amount of exposure and topic volume have always been high.
Thirdly, "War Meridian" is a film with the main theme of war unfolding through the eyes of children. This perspective is very special.
It can be said that since the new century, there have been many domestic war films with the main theme, but there are almost no films that focus on war from a child's perspective.
This also adds a lot of selling points to this movie.
In particular, because of "The Great Wall Summer Camp", many minors and their parents are also aware of the movie "War Meridian", just like letting children participate in outdoor life experiences such as "The Great Wall Summer Camp", online
Many parents have said that they will take their children to watch "War Meridian" by then.
Finally, judging from the news revealed by "War Meridian", this movie is just like another heavy tear-jerker.
And this is the real specialty of director Li Yi.
So far, Li Yi may still be criticized for other aspects. For example, his movies have never included any particularly large visual effects scenes.
But in terms of tear-jerking and sensationalism, Li Yi is definitely the best. The title of tear-jerking director is not Li Yi's self-proclaimed nickname, but the nickname he was given!
As long as you choose the wrong name and don’t call it the wrong nickname!
ps: I am going to write about the plot of this movie below. The original version of "War Meridian" is a bit messy in some places, so I need to think carefully about how to write it. Today is the fourth update!
