1254 [Box office and word-of-mouth flying]
With the passionate and generous singing of "Men Should Be Self-Reliant", the audience also got up and left the stage one after another, talking while walking, and they were full of praise for this movie. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"This film is really good, it's really enjoyable to watch!"
"I didn't expect the summer kung fu to be so good, I played so beautifully!"
"The story is good, the play is good, and it feels much stronger than the old version. ”
Seeing that the audience's evaluation is so high, Wang Jixian can't help but feel happy for summer.
"Brother Tian, listen, everyone is praising you. She laughs.
"Yes. Summer nodded, also in a very good mood.
He also suffered a lot in order to film "Once Upon a Time: Top Gun", not to mention staying up late filming in order to catch up with the schedule, just those few scenes made him suffer enough.
Although it is not a real fight, but in order to achieve a realistic effect, it is also necessary to use force. Therefore, every time I film, I will definitely be injured on my body, this piece and that piece, bruised, and miserable.
However, seeing that everyone was so enjoyable to watch, they were amazed again and again, and they were very happy in the summer, and they felt that their suffering was not in vain.
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The next day, major newspapers in Hong Kong also praised the movie "Once Upon a Time: Top Gun" and gave it quite a high evaluation.
"Ming Pao" wrote, "The film places the character of Huang Feihong in the political and cultural conflicts between China and the West, and in the contradictions between the old and the new, that is, between tradition and modernity."
As a result, the theme of the conflict between good and evil, that is, chivalry and crime, in the old work Wong Fei Hung has been changed, and the new "Wong Fei Hung" movie and the character Wong Fei Hung have new aesthetic significance. ”
"Oriental Daily" wrote, "The new version of "Huang Feihong" makes Huang Feihong and the thirteenth aunt fall in love, flesh and blood are much more vivid and lively, and many national enemies and family hatreds are added to the plot. Huang Feihong, who is dressed in the robe of a national hero, seems to be a grandmaster with an extraordinary bearing.
'Huang Feihong' played in the summer is angular, humble and handsome, humorous in seriousness, and warmth in domineering, becoming a classic of the new generation. ”
"Sing Tao Daily" wrote, "Xu Ke's "Huang Feihong" vividly shows the image of a chivalrous man in the background of the poor life of the people in the late Qing Dynasty.
This is not only due to the innate feelings of family and country laid by the movie, but also from the contradiction between tradition and modernity that Xu Ke has created, and through the shaping of various character details, he has completed the transformation of Huang Feihong's character from a long time to a new one in the duration of a movie.
made the audience find the epitome of the changing times in this character, which is not available in action movies with a gimmick of family and country, and this also makes the image of a generation of grandmasters who are calm and elegant in the summer and who are not shocked by changes really take root in the hearts of the people. ”
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In addition to praising the movie Xu Ke for his good shooting and good performance in the summer, the media also praised the new theaters of the World Cinema Line.
It has luxurious decoration, advanced equipment, comfortable seats, and advanced systems...... All of them made the media talk about it.
Hong Kong's cinemas have always been relatively backward, and it is difficult to compare with the world's first-class cinemas.
The reason for this is that the replacement of theaters requires a lot of investment and takes a lot of time. Many theater owners are reluctant to renovate and decorate unless necessary, and they are reluctant to spend money or time.
Second, in Hong Kong, most of the people who go to theater are middle- and lower-class people, and they do not have high requirements for cinema facilities. As long as there are seats to sit on, and there are no rats biting their toes under the seats, they are satisfied. is also because the audience's requirements are not high, so theater operators have no incentive to update equipment.
The third is that movie ticket prices in Hong Kong are too cheap. In the United States, the ticket price is generally between eight and eleven US dollars, which is equivalent to sixty-two to eighty-five Hong Kong dollars. The ticket price in Hong Kong has only been raised to 20 yuan this year, which is two or three times worse. Because the theater earns less, it naturally has no money to do a good job of decoration.
But now, the decoration of the World Cinema Line, which is comparable to that of a five-star hotel, comfortable sofa seats, advanced computer ticketing system, and world-class audio-visual equipment, has surprised the media, audiences, and filmmakers. Such a state-of-the-art theater is comparable to the world's first-class, and watching movies here is really a beautiful enjoyment.
"It's too open-minded to go out in the summer. Not to mention the cost of this property, how much does it cost to renovate it alone?"
"I heard that the system used by his computer to sell tickets was specially bought from the United States and cost a million dollars. ”
"His theater is so good, and the movies released are so good, so how can we compete with him!"
Hong Kong filmmakers are all talking about it, and they are all shocked by the big money in the summer. It's just that shock is shock, and they want to imitate it, but they can't imitate it.
Because if their theater is renovated according to such top-level specifications, it will cost at least 100 million Hong Kong dollars. None of the three major cinema chains in Hong Kong, such as Golden Harvest, Debao and Golden Princess, has such courage.
So they can only watch the summer theaters come like a cloud, but they have nothing to do.
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As the saying goes, people make people silent, and goods make people nod their heads.
Hong Kong people also have their own discernment, which theater is good and which theater is bad, in fact, they are like a mirror in their hearts.
The theaters of the World Cinema Line are so advanced that watching a drama there is simply a pleasure. What's more, the movies it released are so good-looking, so people are naturally willing to pay for tickets to enter.
Therefore, for several days, the world's cinemas were full, and the people had to queue for a long time to buy tickets. It's so popular, it's really enviable.
At the same time, the movie "Once Upon a Time: Top Gun" was also stained with the light of the new theater chain, so on the fourth day of release, the box office has exceeded 10 million Hong Kong dollars, setting a box office record in Hong Kong's history.
And the people who have watched this movie are all full of praise, and they feel that it is much stronger than the old version of "Once Upon a Time" starring Kwan Dexing.
Previously, when "Once Upon a Time: Top Gun" was filmed, it also caused a lot of controversy because of the emotional scenes added to "Once Upon a Time".
At that time, many people questioned that such an adaptation would damage the heroic image of "Wong Fei Hung". But now with the popularity of this movie, similar statements have long been untenable.
Because everyone found that adding emotional scenes to Huang Feihong not only did not deface his heroic image, but made this character more vivid, more humane, and more cute.
"Guan Dexing's version of Huang Feihong is so old-fashioned, he knows that he trains people with a straight face, just like an outdated old master, not cute at all. Look at how good-looking the summer version of Huang Feihong is, handsome and stylish, if I were Aunt Thirteen, I would fall in love with him. ”
"I think at the beginning, some people said that Huang Feihong couldn't fall in love. Hmph, what a joke! Huang Feihong is not a monk, why can't he fall in love. A bunch of old feudalists, they should have been buried a long time ago, and they jumped out to point to the east and draw the west, it's really not ashamed!"
"I played much better in the summer than Guan Dexing. Guan Dexing has been fighting for more than ten years, and he has a set of tiger and crane double-shaped boxing. It's still nice to play in the summer, and it's so wonderful to fly around on the ladder. Especially Foshan Shadowless Feet, it's just handsome!"
When the audience was interviewed by reporters, they all praised it.
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Word-of-mouth and box office have soared, and the adaptation of this version of Summer has been proven to be a success.
However, the media that lacks morality still did not let go of Guan Dexing, who had made a lot of nonsense before, and Liu Jialiang, who regarded himself as the descendant of Huang Feihong and refused to be a martial artist for this movie.
They showed the box office of the movie "Once Upon a Time", as well as the comments of the audience and film critics, to the two of them, so that they could express their opinions again.
Seeing its gorgeous report card, Guan Dexing, who was originally aggressive and regarded himself as "genuine Huang Feihong", was also speechless.
And Liu Jialiang is even more closed-door and does not accept interviews. He has always been proud of being the descendant of Huang Feihong, and advertises himself as the heir of authentic Hongquan.
But now, his heir has no filming, but he doesn't look down on it, thinking it's a foolish movie, and has achieved good results that are difficult for him to achieve in his life, which makes him feel shameless to face his grandfather.
Seeing the results of the new version of Huang Feihong, Guan Dexing was speechless. ”
"Liu Jialiang closed his door to thank the guests, and he didn't want to talk about the new version of Huang Feihong!"
"Successfully counterattacked in the summer, the new version of Huang Feihong, the box office reputation is flying!"
The media, which has always liked to sprinkle salt on the wound and is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, then published news one after another, pulling out Guan Dexing and Liu Jialiang, who had been defeated, and whipped their bodies.
Seeing this scene, Summer couldn't help but feel a burst of happiness.
I think that at the beginning, Guan Dexing was willing to be a chess piece of the Shaw Brothers, and he sprayed himself well enough, but now he is finally slapped in the face.
And although Liu Jialiang is not wrong, relying on his identity as the descendant of Huang Feihong, it is also strange and annoying to criticize other Huang Feihong movies. Now that I am finally facing this achievement, I finally have no face to speak anymore. You really deserve it!
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"Once Upon a Time: Top Gun" then ran for 54 days and grossed HK$48 million, setting a record at the box office in Hong Kong.
And the length of its release time is also staggering. Under normal circumstances, the average release time of Hong Kong films is half a month. Even if it is a blockbuster, it will be released for more than 30 days at most.
The reason why this is so is mainly because the theater schedule is limited, so without waiting for the box office potential of a movie to be squeezed out, it is necessary to make room for new films.
But for example, there are 18 theaters in the cinema chain today, each of which has more than four theaters. At the limit, seventy or eighty films can be arranged to be released at the same time. Therefore, the schedule is very abundant.
In this way, the box office potential of all movies can be squeezed out as much as possible, which is why the box office of "Once Upon a Time" is so high.
With such a high box office and such a high reputation, Xia suddenly became the most popular martial arts star in Hong Kong, one line higher than Cheng Long and Hong Jingbao.