Summer file, the longest time span, there is no one.

It is also the only long movie schedule without any statutory holidays, the Spring Festival file and the National Day file have statutory seven-day holidays, and the Qingming, May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival schedules also have the blessing of small long holidays, and even the New Year files also contain New Year's Day schedules.

So why does the summer file have such a large box office volume and special features?

In Ding Cheng's view, to put it bluntly, it is still to earn the box office of students' holidays. Don't underestimate them, in recent years, college students, middle school students, and primary school students have accounted for more than 1/3 of the moviegoers, which can be said to be the backbone of the movie audience.

Half a month later, the total domestic box office was 2.6 billion, plus South Korea, and Southeast Asia contributed 3.2 billion.

$560 million worldwide!

Ding Cheng is quite satisfied with this achievement, and he has not dragged his feet, although it is not as good as the first four blockbusters, but it is better than nothing.

"Jumanji's Game 2?" just returned to Beverly, Warner sent a new script, and it turned out to be a fantasy adventure comedy?

"The first part should have been watched by us when we were children, right?" Su Yao smiled: "It felt so good at the time." ”

Of course, Ding Cheng has also seen it, and he began to study the script with great interest, many of the so-called reboots in the past were reboots for the sake of restarting, and there was really no way to fry cold rice.

But this time the plot is quite novel and interesting, not only inheriting and innovating the old version of the setting, but also changing the genre of Teen-Movie to the packaging of role-playing, and the screenwriter arranges a lot of laughs, which is very consistent with the growth trajectory of the characters.

A new way to play - let real players travel into the game world for adventure!

"The investment of 90 million is not too big, but it is barely a big production for this genre. Su Yao analyzed: "Warner is not stupid, I have worked together several times to find out your character, and deliberately took a new script to make you take the bait." ”

Ding Cheng doesn't care, the new script is challenging, comedy is really rarely tried, except for City Hunter, this time the theme is still a fantasy adventure?

It is no longer a single jungle decisive battle, but a changeable scene in the form of a land ridge empty plate, the Gobi Desert, a western town, a Fenglin pontoon bridge, and an iceberg fortress. A primeval jungle full of beasts......

Each character has multiple identities constructed by self and role-playing, from the real self to the game character, the greater the difference and abruptness between the multiple identities, the stronger the dramatic effect, and the more and more jokes roll.

The strong and fierce man in real life Fritch is a chattering cissy zoologist in the game, and he plays the weak Spencer in real life, and becomes the wise and brave Dr. Yongshi in the game.

The most unbearable thing is that the real hot beauty Bethany, but in the game, she becomes Professor O'Brin, who has a round belly and a bloated body, plus a series of anti-string performances......

Ding Cheng couldn't help but sigh, finally he was not just a one-man show.

According to the plan, this should be the New Year's film prepared by Warner for Christmas, like the Spring Festival, it is a day of national celebration, the people's hearts are full of joy, and under normal circumstances, film companies will not be so ignorant, what kind of refugee films, disaster movies and the like will be launched on this happy day of every family.

Therefore, it has always focused on family-friendly movies for all ages, such as the "Home Alone" series, the "Rat Boom" series, various Santa Claus movies with the protagonist and so on.

Emphasizing the relationship between the festival and the family, the plot is brisk and adds more children's elements, aiming to attract the whole family to watch the movie together.

Without saying a word, I took the script and started filming. In Ding Cheng's opinion, the biggest attraction of this work is the ingenious sense of contrast.

In the first part, four teenagers with very different personalities travel into the game to play the role of players. The nerds in the real world have become muscular men, strong men have become little bits, and girls with low self-esteem have become teenage killers.

The most unexpected thing is that the school flower has become a middle-aged fat uncle. This extremely exaggerated gender transition alone creates a comedic effect.

Of course, the focus of the gameplay is still on the player himself. Innovation, but the core of entertaining and teaching remains the same.

Growing up is still a topic that all children can never avoid!

Before entering the game, without exception were problem students of the school. A timid and scared otaku, a football player with bad grades, a social freak school girl who never leaves his mobile phone, and a nerd who has low self-esteem and doesn't like sports.

Selfish in real life and never thinking about others. But in the game, after going through the grind, learn to work together, overcome your own weaknesses, and finally be able to take charge of yourself.

The second part has a bigger brain hole, and there were only four characters in the game, but there were five people who entered the game, so one person became a horse!

I have to say that the production team this time is also Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the special effects come from "Mission Impossible" and "Men in Black", the art director is an acquaintance of Aquaman, and the overall vision is controlled by the 5,000-person team of "Avatar 2......

If the first part is still controllable and within certain rules of the game, the second part is undoubtedly facing more dangerous unknowns, and the adventure index and excitement are fully upgraded.

While the scenes increase, face the green screen performance against various NPC animals, such as mandrills, ostriches, pythons, hyenas......

Rampage in an airship!

Because the audience is in the mood of watching the excitement, the unfamiliar cooperation between the characters, and the awkward feeling when facing unfamiliar characters can evolve into jokes.

The director carefully manages the lightness between the relationships between the characters and the tension in the scenes, and the choreographer also tries to create a relaxed rhythm and a heroic style that talks and laughs freely when Tarzan collapses ahead.

is the dramatic and comedic effect created by the difference between the characters on the surface and inside, and even Ding Cheng feels refreshing.

The appearance of various game elements is the inevitable result of the story logic being pushed to the extreme, first there is logic, and then the scene appears, rather than matching the characters and the story for the sake of the scene.

Even if this logic is very mediocre, sloppy and clichéd, it can be self-justifying, and it is still drunk.