Chapter 1271 - Countless Negative Reviews
Sitting in front of the office, Bang Bei's face was very bad: ""Pearl Harbor" can only be released in about 3,100 theaters at present. β
Bang Bei is very unhappy, because as far as he knows, there are nearly 3,600 theaters for the premiere of "Home Alone", don't underestimate the gap between these 500 theaters, and the gap in the box office is very different.
It can be said that the film has not yet been released, and he lost at the starting line.
However, this can only show that the reputation of the test screening of "Pearl Harbor" is worse than that of "Home Alone", and the double B score of the audience and theaters on the test screening of "Pearl Harbor" and the double A+ score of "Home Alone" are not at all a gap that can be made up by language and friendship.
Hollywood is very, very realistic, poor word-of-mouth is poor word-of-mouth, although movies with good word-of-mouth may not all be box office hits, but the probability of a good word-of-mouth movie at the box office is far greater than that of a movie with a big box office.
Those theaters are all about making money, they naturally won't have trouble with money, the reason why so many theaters for "Pearl Harbor" is based on his personal appeal in the past, after all, Bang Bei is not an ordinary director, he is a commercial director who plays a pivotal role in the entire United States and even the world.
Another failure of the "Pearl Harbor" preview was to invite the veterans to watch it, they thought that the veterans of World War II would buy their accounts, but in fact these veterans were so arrogant that they didn't buy any of them.
They have experienced the baptism of brutal war, and now they may die at any time, and they are not interested in exploding shells at all, if the film can really be as real and touching as the classic war film "Saving the GI", but this film can't even catch up with the skin of "Saving the GI".
What the hell is this filming? The war has no realism, it's like a romantic fireworks show, and it uses a lot of main plots to describe a bloody love triangle, not a cruel war, and the director's head is obviously abnormal, who would be a normal person who doesn't take war so seriously?
In an interview, these veterans said directly: "What kind of thing is this filming? I don't respect war at all." β
"I watched it very heartbrokenly, the war was so cruel, such a serious thing, and he took a picture of it. β
"This person has eaten too many brain pieces, right? I think he should go back to shooting explosion movies, a movie that only makes explosions wants to touch on serious war themes, this is simply a blasphemy of this subject, where does such a person come from and go back. β
"Is this a war movie? Why can't I feel it, this is clearly a movie about a love triangle, the war is just a foil, and the film is shot like this, which is disrespectful to that battlefield!"
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These comments made Bang Bei very unhappy, although his previous movies often had bad reviews, but this time it was different, this time he shot an epic movie, such a movie still needs a high reputation.
Even the veterans are not happy to watch it, so are the ordinary viewers willing to watch it? If the ordinary audience is really willing to watch it, it will not be a B rating, which shows that the ordinary audience does not buy it, and this is the thing that worries Bang Bei the most.
He doesn't pay attention to veterans, he doesn't pay attention to film critics, because this is no longer the era when film critics can call the wind and rain, and the era of film critics calling the wind and rain has completely passed.
The general audience is the most critical factor in determining whether a box office will rise.
Although the veterans are very dissatisfied, under Fox's public relations, it is difficult for their remarks to appear in the mainstream media, and in this era, as long as the media uses clever methods, veterans are sometimes the focus of public attention, and sometimes they are the objects of abandonment, the key is to see whether they are valuable or not.
"Pearl Harbor" cost as much as $140 million to produce, and the publicity and hype in advance were also quite in place, although Exploding Bay was despised by Xu Qian, but its previous works were more popular with the market and mainstream audiences, so "Pearl Harbor" reached $34.5 million at the box office just three days after its release, and it also successfully won the first week box office runner-up, as for the champion is DC's "Poseidon".
"Poseidon" can be said to be DC's turnaround, with big scenes, big productions, big special effects, and the choice of actors is also very good, so it became an instant hit, and achieved a box office of 53 million in the first week, winning the box office champion of this week.
The design team used more than 2,500 materials, the most difficult of which was Poseidon's gold armor, which not only used 3D printing technology, but also required several teams to complete the production. β
This is one of the reasons for the success of "Poseidon", and that is with heart.
"The film's beautiful graphics and exciting fights make up for the loopholes in the film's narrative, and it is difficult for the audience to find time to think during the two-hour special effects bombardment. But when the audience walks out of the theater and wakes up from the burning and explosion, they will feel as if the film has nothing to remember except for the burning. When you further think about the theme core and character creation of the movie, you will find that there is no essential difference between the movie and the previous popcorn superhero films, and "Poseidon" is just a more dazzling picture that covers up the weakness of the narrative and characters. βFilmweekly.
"Unlike many DC hero movies that have come into their own, Poseidon is a work that opens its arms to everyone, and you won't miss out on laughs and can't understand it because you don't understand a certain meme or aren't familiar with the comics. β
"A good science fiction movie is especially important to have a clear, complete, and engaging world view, Aquaman The most shocking thing is this, in the movie in the past, Atlantis can only appear in the documentary or in the documentary, presented in front of the audience with a new look, the picture of the harmonious coexistence of marine life and civilization technology is dazzling, and the whimsical imagination of the ocean is cleverly turned into countless details of the movie, and the underwater world built between light and shadow is full of a powerful charm of epic and science fiction.
Judging from the blueprint, this "Aquaman" does not have much novelty, so while the movie uses dangerous actions to connect the sense of compactness, in addition to the love that will inevitably exist, it also gives birth to a hot-blooded core that belongs to itself, that is, self-confidence. Aquaman has low self-esteem since he was a child because he can talk to fish, but in the end, this skill has become the key point in the development of the plot, and the heroic road of "Poseidon" is how an individual can overcome inferiority, bravely face himself, and finally strive to become a better version of himself. β
"Poseidon" is a superhero movie that combines science fiction, adventure, action and other elements, and what is even more rare is that Wen Ziren combines so many elements into a whole in an orderly manner, making this a touch of surprise from the ocean not only burns people's blood, but also fascinates. β
Here's what critic Roosevelt had to say about the film.
The evaluation of "Poseidon" is obviously very high, and its high reputation is its high box office, and the Chinese director Hot Spring also became famous.
Hot springs also have a very big reputation throughout Asia, and it is not easy for a yellow man to gain a foothold in Hollywood, and Hot Springs has done it, obviously he is very powerful and unstoppable.
The opposite of "Poseidon" is the extremely poor reputation of "Pearl Harbor".
After learning about the box office of "Pearl Harbor", Bang Bei was relieved, the box office of more than 30 million US dollars is not good, but it is not bad, as long as it is maintained, it is not a problem to return to the capital.
But then the bad reviews in the sky gave him a hard blow.
"The bloody love triangle has a dime to do with the war, which is far inferior to the previous "Saving the Soldier". β
"I think it's easy to shoot a very successful theme, but the director didn't, and he did half of it, and he changed his feelings after finishing his work. β
"It's a very beautifully produced film, both the cinematography, the soundtrack, the actors. It's just that the storyline of such a beautiful film is relatively bad, even bloody. It's a pity that this beautifully made film shell. Especially the soundtrack is majestic and tender, a very classic movie soundtrack. β
"The scenes of war blockbusters + the plot of war blockbusters + the actors of war blockbusters, very decent Hollywood-style films, there is nothing creative and nothing to break through, but there is nothing to blame. The impression is not too deep, mainly because these films with similar faces are easy to confuse people's nerves. The clichΓ© love triangle story wrapped in Hollywood blockbusters and historical war blockbusters is very, very clichΓ©. β
"Is it necessary to describe the love triangle in such detail? Nearly half of it has nothing to do with Pearl Harbor. It is said that innocence is unreliable, so you should start as soon as possible. War is a bird, it is better to engage in triangles, the logic of the plot is insufficient, but the dazzling explosion is impeccable! β
"Basically, there is no emotional line in the films of the exploding shells. So this time the scene interspersed with such a love triangle is undoubtedly rusty, vulgar and bloody. Of course, the skills of the demolition master are still undoubtedly revealed in the bombing scenes, especially the calm and quiet prelude, which uses the contrast to brew emotions and poke the tears quite well, but I would also say that this film is rubbish. β
"Vozh...... The final ending of the love line really makes people's jaws fall to the ground, and if you want to wear a green hat, you must bear its weight...... In fact, it is not necessarily too good to leave only the war line, and it is necessary to fight back for a while? Purebred American heroism now looks very vulgar. In fact, the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor was really shocking, and when I was a child, I was very impressed by the hand that stretched out the Arizona, and it almost became a nightmare shadow. And, the music is truly a classic. β
"In other words, the second male is too cannon fodder, and he didn't even have a poster == so it's only natural that he died in the end
I want to say, it's enough for two people to fall in love with the same person like this, isn't it good for the first man and the second man to be together, really, two people are together and depend on each other, and it feels good to take care of each other and trust each other, for a woman, why bother. β
"Bang Bei's love scene is too scene-stealing, the movie can't be named Pearl Harbor at all, misleading, this is completely a romance movie, the war is just the identity of a supporting role, especially the front series of the Japanese preparing to attack is too discordant, this movie is very strange, but the watchability of the love story of a beautiful woman and a handsome guy is still a little higher, to sum it up, it is a decent war movie, an unsatisfactory love film, it can only be said that Bang Bei has tried his best, he is a director of this level, he can't make any classics. β
"Don't respect historical facts, exaggerate excessively, but for commercial blockbusters, the eyeball effect is enough to stand up to box office success; β
"The most chicken love line in the history of blockbusters, can the two male protagonists be more boring, Kate is a movie star like a labor army throughout the whole process, almost thanks to the island army for dropping bombs to interrupt them. β
"After watching this film, you can really appreciate how terrifying the script of the love of the big ship and the guidance level of the god Cameron are, everyone said that the story of the love of the big ship is simple and old-fashioned, and this plot is terrible, Pearl Harbor can't even tell a good story!"
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It's all bad reviews, if you want to say that a bad review may be a water army, but so many bad reviews can't be simply described as a water army, but this film is really bad, super super bad.
imBD's rating is only 6.2, and this rating is gradually declining: "The drama and logic are so simple and crude that it is unbearable, who gave Bang Bei the confidence to make this war epic movie like this." β
Rotten Tomatoes' rating is not too high: "It's too rubbish, far worse than "Saving the Soldier", this is a big special effects movie dressed in love skin." β
The movie "Pearl Harbor" also deceived the domestic audience, because the movie is well-made, the big scenes, every shot is beautiful, whether it is background special effects or combat special effects, it is definitely the top level in this era, and the huge production cost is not in vain in terms of special effects.
But this can't hide the logical flaws of this movie, as well as the blood of the love triangle, the audience in the United States is used to seeing big special effects movies, such as DC and Marvel series, which step of the movie is not a big special effects movie?
Even if the "Transforming Robot" series filmed by Bang Bei before is a big special effects movie, the reason why these movies are popular is because they are refreshing, and its positioning is a popcorn movie, and its positioning is to make you cool.
But this time Bang Bei filmed "Pearl Harbor", he didn't plan to play this set, but was ready to break through himself, he planned to play deeper, so he engaged in a love triangle to increase the human factor, and wanted to interpret the joys and sorrows of people under the big theme of war, in a vain attempt to use the emotions between people to contrast the cruelty of war.
His idea or ambition is excellent, but his ability cannot support him to realize his own idea or ambition, which is the most embarrassing thing for him.
The saddest thing for a person is that he can't recognize himself, and then do what he is not good at, and it is obvious that Bang Bei is such a person, and his approach not only does not make himself break out of the cocoon into a butterfly and go further, but puts himself in a dilemma.
"Pearl Harbor" is now facing great challenges, on the one hand, it comes from "Poseidon", which is DC's revival work, the lineup is very luxurious, although DC is not as successful as Marvel in movies, it is also a big IP, not comparable to ordinary commercial movies.
On the other hand, the challenge is naturally "Home Alone", "Home Alone" will be released a week later than "Pearl Harbor", but it occupies more theaters than "Pearl Harbor", and with the collapse of "Pearl Harbor", its number of theaters will decline further, which is the most troublesome thing for Bang Bei.
Blast Bei is very annoying, he has not experienced failure since the film, but if he fails this time, then it will be extremely difficult for him to turn over, this is definitely not alarmist.
"I hope the box office won't fall so hard. β
Blast Bey prayed silently in his heart that he couldn't do anything else, because the box office was not something he could control.
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