"Cinema Paradiso" can be said to be the only movie shot by Li Yi that many of Li Yi's die-hard fans can't wait to watch.
This is different from "The Truman Show". "The Truman Show" itself is a creative movie, and there are actually a lot of cool things in the movie.
It is also different from "The Story of Hachiko". Although "The Story of Hachiko" is not fast-paced, pets are naturally very attractive to many viewers.
Who can resist a cute and cute little girl?
Coupled with the extreme tear-jerking and extreme sensationalism in the second half, the audience will be blown away by this movie after watching it.
Another example is "Su Yuan". "Su Yuan" is a reality-themed film that reflects reality, so it will give the audience a greater sense of immersion.
But "Cinema Paradiso" is too far away from the audience.
As a result, countless film critics of "Cinema Paradiso" almost rave about this movie.
Many fans of this type of movie also praised this movie.
But the box office of "Cinema Paradiso" was very embarrassing.
It can be said that it created a new box office low for Li Yi's movies.
The box office on the first day was only over 10 million.
The box office the next day fell directly below the 10 million mark.
Although the subsequent box office decline was not obvious, the box office only hovered around a few million.
Correspondingly, the film's ratings on the popular film review website have remained high.
The movie is undoubtedly a good movie, as long as you have the patience to watch it, you will definitely feel it.
But this is also the hardest!
Just read the comments and you will know.
"So beautiful, so sad. Those kissing scenes and those youths were all washed away by tears in the darkness of the theater with great clarity."
"If you don't go out and take a look, you won't know the meaning of coming back. The beauty of memories lies in remembering those simple and pure days after experiencing all kinds of changes in life, and that drop of tear across the corner of the mouth."
"Go out and never come back, don't make phone calls, don't write letters. I don't want to talk to you here, I want to listen to others talk about you! A classic!"
"'Cinema Paradiso' is everyone's childhood, everyone's hometown, everyone's first love. It is the memory and feeling that lasts until death and penetrates into the blood and soul."
"It's a really good movie, about friendship, youth, love, and sincerity. In thirty years, you will get used to so many things and forget the original feelings. When the Paradise Cinema collapsed, what remained in my mind
The scene reminds me of Alfredo's words: When you stay here for a long time, you will think that this is the center of the world, and you have to leave here. The belief and longing for the future. The editing of the kiss scene at the end is really great!
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"Movie and movie...double "most touching" in film history!"
Did you see anything?
If you look carefully at those movies that are either well-received or not well-received, you will find that many of the short reviews have a sense of literary youth.
And there are many film reviews that make people understand why such a movie, although everyone says it is a good movie, does not do well at the box office!
"To be honest, I'm a little disappointed. I couldn't watch it at all. The story of the movie is straight forward without too many ups and downs. I really admire myself for being able to watch it to the end. The movie is a good movie, but I'm sorry, I think this kind of movie is more suitable.
Stay at home alone with your mobile phone, or watch it slowly on your computer!"
"This is not a movie suitable for theater screening. Anyway, it doesn't have the feeling of watching a good movie in a theater. I just feel drowsy!"
"I don't know if it's because my expectations are too high? Anyway, I feel a little disappointed. I hope Director Gou will make fewer movies like this!"
"Except for the last kiss scene, which is indeed inexplicably touching, many things in the movie are a bit difficult to understand. For example, if you don't go home for thirty years, is this too unfilial?"
"It's about values. Anyway, I think it's quite nonsense!"
"Although it reminds me of the feeling of watching movies in my childhood, to be honest, there are still many things in the movie that make me feel incompatible with us. Maybe it is because it tells the history of a strange country. Anyway, it is not too big.
I really don’t understand it. The male protagonist finds his first love after many years and actually wants to encourage her to cheat on him. Is this considered to have a wrong outlook on life?”
The box office of "Cinema Paradiso" has never been high, but it is very strange.
Although the box office dropped gradually in the first few days, when it dropped to around 5 million, it began to stabilize again.
And not only that, the next week, the theater chain reduced the film's schedule, but the box office still maintained around 5 million.
The box office in the first week was 45 million!
This kind of box office is really not high for Li Yi's movies, but for a literary and artistic movie, it is actually not low.
The next week was even more interesting. There was almost no drop in box office and it still remained at around 4,550.
The box office in the two weeks since its release has almost exceeded 100 million!
For this reason, the media have reported that "the box office trend of "Cinema Paradiso" may prove that China's film market is gradually maturing, and literary and artistic films have begun to have a fixed group of moviegoers!"
Yes, "Cinema Paradiso" is indeed a representative film that is both popular and popular.
But this lack of popularity is due to Li Yi's terrifying past record.
In fact, for a literary film, it can definitely be considered a big hit if it grosses nearly 100 million in box office in two weeks.
Moreover, the reduction of the film schedule did not reduce the box office, which itself shows that although many movie fans said that they do not particularly like to watch this movie, there are also a group of movie fans who will go to the theater for such a movie.
What's interesting is that even though it's the National Day schedule, which is considered a popular schedule, "Cinema Paradiso" still hasn't been affected in any way.
The box office did not rise particularly high, but it still did not drop.
And you know, this movie has been released for two weeks.
At the end of the National Day period, "Cinema Paradiso" actually ranked fourth at the box office that week, with a box office of 48 million. The key is that the film schedule is very low.
The total box office has actually reached 138 million!
Such a strange box office trend is also surprising.
In fact, this is really not surprising.
You know, in North America, generally speaking, literary and artistic films are shown for a long time, because in a mature film market, there will always be a lack of fans of various types of films.
The box office trend of "Cinema Paradiso" actually proves this to some extent.
In the end, "Cinema Paradiso" actually got the key to postponement, mainly because the movie's box office trend was so weird.
Although the box office began to decline in the fourth week, the decline was still surprising. The box office of 22 million was only a 50% drop compared to last week.
The daily box office is still around two to three million.
Of course, it is impossible to expect a movie like this to create any box office miracles.
In fact, Li Yi has stopped paying attention to it a long time ago.
This kind of box office already made him feel quite strange.
After all, this movie really doesn’t look like it has the potential to be a hit!
