When the premiere ceremony started, Li Qian no longer had to go up to help them stand up. This was not his first time filming a movie.
Even "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" sold 200 million yuan in the past few years, which was already a very high box office at that time. Wu Jing was considered successful in the director's profession.
On stage, Wu Jing is the only protagonist, and there are no other important characters in the movie "Wolf Warrior".
That is to say, I would like to talk about the original intention of making this movie, thank you to the Jinling Military Region, and thank Li Qian for your support.
"Chinese people need passionate and tough men at their core!"
Wu Jing, who seemed taciturn on the outside, said this with passion.
After more than half an hour, the movie officially started to show.
The story follows a standard commercial movie framework. At the beginning, the male protagonist Leng Feng disobeyed orders during an operation and shot and killed the criminal who was holding the hostages without authorization, and was imprisoned.
It's a very good, very cheesy routine, the character's personality is revealed directly, and it also leads to the subsequent plot.
The most exciting scene before is probably Ni Dahong smoking a cigar. The mercenaries are using machine guns and rocket launchers to fire on the speedboat. Bullets are flying and artillery shells are roaring, but he is smoking a cigar calmly.
The villain is full of pretentiousness, and an awesome villain adds a lot of color to the movie.
The next plot is simple, it is nothing more than Leng Feng's Wolf Warrior Squadron fighting to the death with international terrorists. Finally, Wu Jing, as the protagonist, has a one-on-one duel with the terrorist boss.
Although it is a bit inappropriate for Modern Warfare to engage in such a 1V1 duel scene, 1V1 also has its benefits.
The story is relatively simple and has many flaws and flaws, but it is also a relatively mature war movie in China.
Needless to say, the action scenes are what Wu Jing is good at, coupled with the extremely frequent camera switching, in terms of visual effects, the action scenes are very exciting.
This has a bit of a Western style. Domestic action movies and Western action movies are two completely different things. In China, not to mention these first-line action civilians, each of those well-known action actors has their own skills.
Professional action actors have great skills and can often complete a shot in one go.
Only in Hollywood, their action scenes rely on editing to achieve the best viewing effect, completeness and smoothness.
Schwarzenegger was a bodybuilder before, and Stallone played ball, threw discus, worked as a physical education teacher, and wrote scripts before becoming an actor. These action actors are different from those in China.
By breaking the lens into pieces, we can avoid the shortcomings of the actor's action scenes and achieve better effects by cutting the lens and editing.
A ten-second fight scene may require five or six shots, which is normal in Hollywood.
As a professional action actor, Wu Jing had no problem completing a long-shot fight, but he still chose to use the Hollywood method, just not as chopped up.
It can be regarded as a combination of Chinese and Western, which maintains the smoothness of the fighting and also increases the sense of sharpness and excitement.
The handling of the drama is quite average. In the end, the villain said again, "Do you want to die for your country? Let me tell you, this won't change anything!"
The lines couldn't be more cliché. Even these are the key points and carefully designed, but the less important lines are just cliché and don't sound like they would be spoken normally.
However, the villain dies because he talks too much. This is the case in most movies, TV series, and comics. The villain always takes advantage first, and then becomes proud and arrogant.
Suppress first and then boost, it will be more exciting when the protagonist fights back.
Finally, a large group of foreign troops arrived at the border. The protagonist restrained the villain who was showing off at the beginning and shouted condescendingly, "Come on! Come on!", but when those troops did not dare to take a step forward to cross the border,
The audience's hearts reached a climax.
This is not only reflected in the protagonist, but also the pride of being a citizen of the People's Republic of China. Hundreds of regular troops on the other side faced the national border but did not dare to cross the border. They could only look up at the Chinese soldiers roaring at them!
Both the beginning and the end are very exciting, which is very important and particularly affects the perception.
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The next day, the movie was officially released and received a large number of film schedules as "Transformers 4" was scheduled to be released.
"Tiny Times" and "Beijing 81" were unable to succeed. "The End of Time" was also released for almost half a month. "Wolf Warrior" also imported blockbusters "Violent Street", "How to Train Your Dragon 2", and Hong Kong movies at the same time.
These are the opponents in the movie "Anti-Corruption Storm".
One day later, "Wolf Warrior" also took the top spot at the daily box office with a high box office of 63 million on the first day without any suspense.
This box office did not surprise Li Qian. "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" was a hit a few years ago, and Wu Jing is not a new director.
Of course, it was still more than 30 million lower than "Tiny Times 3". The box office of that movie was so vicious that it accounted for two-thirds of the total box office in the first four days of the weekend.
The movie's reputation is also very good. Even though it has many flaws, it is one of the few modern military movies in China, so the audience will be more tolerant.
War movies include exciting war scenes, people's soldiers fighting bravely to defeat the enemy and winning the final victory, and attacking the enemy to exalt our country's prestige. It satisfies both the visual and the inner mind, thus fulfilling the most basic conditions.
The audience had a great time watching it, their eyes and hearts were satisfied, and they left a lot of comments on the Internet such as "It's so cool" and "Wu Jing is awesome". For a commercial film, it is a success.
The media are also relatively tolerant of "Wolf Warriors". Some media published titles such as "A milestone in Chinese-language military films. See what contemporary soldiers look like from "Wolf Warriors"!"
"The 3D military blockbuster "Wolf Warrior" officially landed in the domestic film market. The audience held up national flags and shouted in unison, "Anyone who offends China will be punished no matter how far away it is!"
This news was accompanied by pictures and news. This was a movie viewing event organized by the Future Movie APP platform. However, when hundreds of viewers shouted this sentence in unison, Li Qian believed that they were all excited from the bottom of their hearts.
The overall evaluation is relatively objective, pointing out both advantages and disadvantages.
"Anyone who offends China will be punished no matter how far away he is! The heartfelt words of Chen Tang, a famous Western Han Dynasty general, are still in my ears. The annual hot-blooded action blockbuster "Wolf Warrior" interprets them passionately. Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of a country. A good man aims to protect his family and country in all directions, even if he is almost killed.
Still no regrets.
The film is by no means a mere formality. The story is extremely complete and full of texture. Whether it is the special effects, emotional rendering, or even the war scenes, they are all worthy of praise. The blood rushes in the passionate places, you can't help but laugh at the humorous places, and you can't help but burst into tears at the moving places.
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"Looking at the many hormone-fueled Hollywood movies that destroyed fighter planes and destroyed tanks, "Wolf Warrior" failed to bring a comparable viewing experience. It is difficult to find anything new in the old simple and straightforward heroism, but this is a
It is a masculine work that highlights the power of our army and the soul of our army. The majestic voice of "Anyone who offends our country will be punished no matter how far away" will linger for three days."
"Actually, I refused to watch "Wolf Warrior" at first, because watching domestic war movies is a very risky choice in my mind. Most of the movies feature heroes who share the same hatred with the enemy and regard death as home, and use various violations to
The skills of scientific common sense are used to jump enemies, coupled with some 50-cent special effects, the scene looks very intense and lively.
However, based on strong word-of-mouth recommendations from friends, I walked into the cinema with the mentality of "What if I win five million?" I never expected that I didn't win five million, but it changed my personal view of domestic war movies.
Pessimistic attitude.”
"Ha ha..."
Li Qian, who was reading the news, suddenly laughed out loud.
"What's wrong? What's so funny?" Tong Liya put her head over curiously.
"It's nothing. When I saw this duang, it reminded me of Cheng Long's commercial for Bawang shampoo."
Li Qian still couldn't help but want to laugh. Cheng Long's advertisement was really too magical.
However, even if the advertisement is so memorable, the overlord that once had a market value of HK$20 billion is still not as good as each year.
Cheng Long's endorsement of the sure-to-die BUFF blessing will definitely not be able to withstand a company with a market value of tens of billions.
Tong Liya was stunned for a moment before she remembered the advertisement. The image immediately came to her mind and she couldn't help but laugh.
"I can think of all these things together, but "Wolf Warrior" is indeed not like those war movies with the main theme. It is very interesting, but the heroine has too few roles."
"It's just a men's drama. There are not even female characters in "Soldier Assault"." Li Qian shrugged, "But there were a lot of female viewers at the premiere there, and some of them liked it quite a lot."
Movies focus on an audience, otherwise Hollywood is increasingly committed to promoting younger movies.
Female audiences account for half of the market. Without this part of the audience, the box office will be cut off a lot.
It was okay to have nothing to do, so Li Qian flipped through the news, and as expected, he immediately saw the scolding.
"I'm not going to complain, but the movie is just a three-no movie. It has no style, no content, no scenes, foreign hostile forces + big country's self-aggrandizement + nondescript flirting. A movie of this level is suitable for primary and secondary school students to organize group viewings.
Of course, this cannot stop many so-called "hot-blooded young people" and "patriotic patriots" from raising their arms and shouting. The words "Anyone who offends China will be punished no matter how far away" brings tears to their eyes? Are you sick?"
Li Qian could see the distortion on this viewer's face through the computer screen and couldn't help but frown.
However, this is to be expected. It is strange that no one criticized it. After all, it is a modern military movie.
"Why did this person say something so ugly?" Tong Liya also looked at the computer screen with a look of displeasure, "I have found that netizens seem to have become more and more extreme in the past two years, especially when they curse, each one is more ugly than the last."
"It's normal to have a channel to vent and find a sense of presence, just like a trash can, it will only get fuller and fuller, and there will only be more and more garbage." Li Qian said.
After all, it is not a very good movie. It does have flaws, and there are more and more scoldings and complaints.
As the movie continued to be a hit, with the total box office reaching 212 million in three days, the movie's controversy reached its peak after the first weekend.
In the eyes of some extreme viewers, this is just a bad movie under the guise of patriotism.
This is a relatively low-end scolding. Some people list dozens of flaws and flaws in the movie one by one, and criticize the movie one by one.
From the very beginning of the movie when they attacked the factory instead of throwing tear gas, but instead forced the enemy to detonate bombs, causing casualties to our troops, the entire movie has been picked up.
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"Are they cheap or not? Do you think they are cheap or not? They hate the movie so much. It has only been released for three days and they are analyzing every detail of the movie from beginning to end. It's a shame they have so much time."
Wu Jing said to Li Qian with a speechless expression. Although he had expected to be criticized, he was still a little unexpected when faced with these voices.
"Aren't you used to this?"
Li Qian asked with a smile, "Brother Jing, if you make a modern military movie that is commercialized for entertainment, as long as it is a big hit at the box office, it will only be uglier than this."
"Isn't this a bit of a shame? If you analyze it so thoroughly, you should have watched it at least two or three times. You obviously don't like it, but you still watch a movie you don't like just to get scolded. If you have the energy to do other things, you will be rich long ago." Wu
I was really pissed off.
"Just get used to it. Don't worry and continue the road show. Don't pay attention to these noises. They won't have any impact."
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In fact, Li Qian was also angry. If nothing else, this was a movie he invested in himself.
As he happened to have some time, Li Qian accepted an exclusive interview to talk about the movie, which saved Wu Jing from having to deal with these people.
In the office, Lu Chao, a reporter from Xinlang Entertainment and a loyal fan of Li Qian, rushed over with a photographer and started this somewhat hasty interview.
"Hello Director Li, "Wolf Warrior" directed and starred by Wu Jing has caused a lot of controversy on the Internet. We also know that you are the producer of this movie, so what do you think of this movie?"
Li Qian said, "Now that we are used to Hollywood's all kinds of devastating special effects, and used to seeing American soldiers turn the tide and save the world time and time again, it's time for someone to make a modern war movie of our own.
"Wolf Warrior" has filled in the gap of modern war films in Chinese movies. Even if there are still many criticisms in the finished film, it proves that China does not have no modern war films. This is just the first one.
China's modern war films have made a good start, and I believe this genre will continue to improve, and in the near future audiences will be able to see more mature, exciting and high-quality modern war films."
"As a pioneer of modern war films, "Wolf Warrior" has indeed given the audience great surprises, but it has also received a lot of criticism. What do you think of these voices?" Lu Chao then asked.
Li Qian nodded, "I have seen a dozen or even dozens of loopholes about the movie discovered by many attentive viewers. There are indeed some bad things in these, and some of them are easy to explain. We also
It has been discussed and can be seen, but I don’t want to explain these loopholes one by one. I will just talk about the so-called unreasonableness of the movie.
Reality is irrational, and so is war. Let’s just say Leng Feng ran at full speed in the minefield and used his body to walk through the minefield. It looks quite silly. It’s these silly behaviors that happen all the time in places we can’t see.
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During the self-defense counterattack against Yue, a certain soldier used his flesh and blood to walk through the minefield in order for the troops to quickly cross. I think the same plot happened in many similar times.
There were some scenes of the Beibang War in "Return to Youth" before. I searched for some information and found that when our army was fighting, the cooks often braved the hail of bullets to deliver meals to the front lines for the soldiers to eat.
Just to allow the soldiers to eat earlier, or even to eat a few minutes earlier, the cooks risked their lives and raced with bullets.
From the current point of view, eating an hour late is not a big deal. Sometimes I forget to eat while playing games. It is undoubtedly a stupid behavior to risk death for a meal, but it is these stupid things that have created the success of our army.
His illustrious reputation on every battlefield."
Li Qian said a lot, and although it would be treated as a casual talk, there were still some things he wanted to say, and there would always be people who would understand.
Lu Chao also believed that although life was becoming more and more affluent, people's thinking was slowly beginning to change. If it were modern times, people might be called idiots.
At the end of the interview, Lu Chao also took the time to ask about Li Qian's new film.
"Director Li, "Rejuvenation" has been completed. When can we see the audience? I haven't seen your movie for more than a year. The audience and I are very anxious to wait. We have been looking forward to it for a long time."
""Return to Youth" is still in post-production. If everything goes well, we can see you in the Lunar New Year festival at the earliest." Li Qian thought for a moment and said that the post-production special effects are troublesome and time-consuming.
"Can Director Li reveal some of the content of the movie?"
"Didn't I say it before? This is a love story that spans more than seventy years. In this love epic, the movie will take the audience to review the history of the past seventy years."
Li Qian just said these two sentences and said with a smile, "I won't spoil the rest. It's not a good habit to spoil the story. You will know when the time comes."