Chapter 357: Word of Mouth and Box Office (5/5)

The script of "The Great Wall" was originally that the Europeans came to China to steal gunpowder, and then slept with a Chinese girl, and by the way, saved the earth ...

This story, not to mention Zhang Yimou to shoot, is Li An + Spielberg + Nolan, it is just as scolding when it is filmed!

Paralysis, we can't save ourselves? Need you to come from Europe to save us? You are paid a lot of money?

Zhang Junsheng directly found a domestic screenwriter to re-compile it, what is stealing gunpowder, rolling the sheets, rolling all for me, fighting the war, and rolling the sheets?

The setting must be a foreigner, and it is the first male protagonist, at least the male protagonist is tied, then change his identity to a nomad in the north, Lao Maozi is a Westerner!

Such a change has directly risen to the height of national unity.

Political correctness!

Foreigners help us fight monsters, not foreigners save us.

Mainland audiences can also accept it!

On the scene, the special effects production of nearly 70 million US dollars is in place.

In particular, gluttons scramble to climb the walls of the Great Wall and imitate "World War Z" - of course, "World War Z" has not yet been released, giving people a particularly shocking feeling.

……

At the end of the movie, a group of audience members walked out of the screening hall satisfied!

They asked for popcorn, and "The Great Wall" fully met.

Beauty, passion, excitement, what you want, the plot and logic are also online.

Of course, the scale is also restrained, this is a PG-13 movie.

Zhang Yimou has watched the movie and knows that many of the fighting scenes have been cut, especially the more violent ones, and the scale is really very small.

No way, if you want to show it on a large scale, you have to pay attention to the scale!

Threes and threes walked and chatted:

“… I think it's okay, it's worth the ticket price, and the 3D is also good, much better than those who converted it later!"

"I also think it's good, but the Douban evaluation is only 6 points..."

"Don't care so much, didn't Zhang Junsheng just say it, his peers have already prepared 20 million to smear "The Great Wall"..."

"Lao Mouzi is really pitiful, the overseas box office of "The Great Wall" is 160 million US dollars, and North America has exceeded 50 million, what do they want?"

"If you don't scold him, how can you show your taste?"

“… They say that Zhang Yimou and Zhang Junsheng are not allowed in the Beijing circle, so there are a bunch of media dedicated to smearing them, is it true?"

"I don't know this, but it's true that the Beijing News and Southern Weekly persistently attacked Zhang Junsheng..."

……

The attendance rate and real-time box office feedback from the eye-catching data are very good, and as of 6 p.m., "The Great Wall" has won a box office score of 58 million.

The prime market is not yet here, and "The Great Wall" is likely to set a new box office record on its first day.

On the plane, Zhang Junsheng chatted with Lao Mouzi.

They are going to fly to Wu * Han propaganda ...

The roadshow promotion of "The Great Wall" focuses on second- and third-tier small cities, and the first-tier big cities and large ticket warehouses are handed over to Zhang Yimou and Zhang Junsheng.

It can be seen from the box office data of the two movies "The Great Earthquake" and "You at the Same Table" that the box office proportion of second- and third-tier cities accounts for more than 60%...

“… In fact, I am used to it, when the earliest "Red Sorghum" was prepared, some people said that my "One and Eight" sang the praises of bandits against Japan, and when "Red Sorghum" was released, some people criticized the characters in "Red Sorghum" for living a chaotic life and lacking a sense of nobility. ”

“… Huh? There are still people criticizing "One and Eight"?"

"It's too much, at the time of "Alive", they said two things: artistically mediocre, politically reactionary! Many people have that kind of herd mentality, you must have a scale in your own heart, you can't let them scold you, you will deny yourself!"

Zhang Junsheng smiled bitterly: "... I feel that after a while, when my "Super Body" is released, there will definitely be a bunch of people who will scold me for being boring..."

"Superbody?"

"It's a science fiction film, a pure Hollywood format, and the entertainment is particularly powerful..."

"Then you have to be mentally prepared!"

“… Aren't you angry at all?"

"What's the use of being angry?"

Zhang Yimou sighed: "We are very strict in judging our own films, but we use another set of judging standards for other people's movies, which is a typical double standard." Monks from outside are good at chanting scriptures, which is a particularly obvious feeling for me. We all understand foreign movies, we are all talking about dreams and virginity. For your own things, you will immediately show a very sharp sword, leaving you with no skin. In the final analysis, we are artists who do not cherish themselves, and we do not cherish our creations. ”

"Yes, if the director of "The Great Wall" is replaced by Spielberg, even if it is replaced by a small director from Mexico or the United Kingdom, the score cannot be only six points!"

Zhang Yimou was born to be scolded, he would be scolded for not making commercial films for not being good enough for literary plots, and he would be scolded for having a political stance when making literary films, anyway, there was always a reason to scold him.

Director An-Da Lee messed up "Billy Lynn's Halftime Fight", and some people actually touted that "Ang Lee used his deep Eastern philosophy to make an American main theme movie." ’

You step on a horse and tell me where is the Oriental philosophy of Li An in this film!

Can you make a little face?

The most speechless is "Making Woodstock", anti-traditional, hippie, drug addiction, sexual development...

Then a group of people knelt down and licked and said something: the sea of people fluctuated, the stage in the center emitted ten thousand rays of light, and the whole world was floating, deeply intoxicated.

If you try to change to a Chinese director, you will definitely be scolded for having three wrong views!

“… The audience needs to be guided, they will always mature, this takes time, don't rush!"

Zhang Junsheng smiled: "I thought you would scold the audience for rubbish!"

"How can the audience be garbage?"

"I'm just going to say it casually..."

"The movie doesn't sell well, find the reason from yourself first, don't blame the audience..."

……

With the large-scale opening of "The Great Wall", just half a day has passed, and the word-of-mouth of the movie is completely polarized, and this polarization is not like the kind of film that the audience likes and dislikes and hates the movie, but the professional word-of-mouth and the audience's word-of-mouth are completely different.

Film critics are often "Zhang Yimou is dead", "The Great Wall" first film review: Zhang Yimou, who is poor in donkey skills, will end here...', "World-class special effects can't cover up cosmic-level malice", "If you don't go to the Great Wall, you are not a hero, but those who dare to watch "The Great Wall" are really awesome', "Wonderful irony, poor movie - comment on "The Great Wall""

The short comments are: Zhang Yimou has been honorably entered into the blacklist of the late festival!

This one must be resisted!

I haven't seen it yet, and I may not see it, so I hit it one star in advance!

In short, in their mouths, Zhang Yimou and "The Great Wall" are both unforgivable crimes, and they should be collectively martyred for Chinese films...

Exactly as expected!

It's like "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" was released, and a group of people who had never seen the movie at all also got one star...

Understandably, no effort is left unturned ...

Of course, Zhang Junsheng did not name him on Weibo, but posted his eye-catching score and the box office on the first day.

The eye-catching score is 9.4 points, the box office on the first day is 94 million, and the box office prediction: 1.175 billion!