Chapter 492: Through the East and West
"Life of Pi", this film is classified as drama/adventure/disaster in Hollywood, and the publicity adopted in North America is not as prominent as Forrest Gump in China, but the European side focuses on the Cannes actor starring in the promotion.
However, a good work is a good work, and director Ang Lee's skills and Gan Jing's wonderful performance have still achieved a good reputation.
The famous American film review website, Rotten Tomatoes, "Life of Pi" scored as high as 8.4 points, and 94% of the audience expressed their likes.
The famous American film review website, IMDB.com, has a higher score, with a full score of 8.7!
Although these scores will fall accordingly in the later stage of the film's release, it is enough to show that this film is not only well received and popular in China.
Just looking at these data, it can already be proved that Gan Jing's film once again killed Chinese and Western fans.
- The visuals are visible and the mesmerizing soundtrack captures almost all the joy of nature.
- This wonderful linguistic story has an unexpected ending. It's a bold and brilliant work.
- Some of the shots in the film are the best of the year, and Forrest Gump's last shot is the best of his ever.
- Ang Lee has created an adult adventure, not because of the film's erotic or violent content, but because it is a profound theme of spirituality and self-knowledge under the cover of a fantasy story that can feel both immersive and engaging.
The American audience has given a lot of comments on the website, and there are also a lot of discussions about the plot, compared to Huaxia's indifference to religion, people here value this more.
They not only enjoyed Forrest Gump's performance, but also explored the charm of it.
"I think Forrest Gump's last shot was really shocking. His eyes struck me as transcendent, that they were perspectives that were above the three-dimensional level. ”
"I used to love Forrest Gump's performance, and this shot is amazing. But I still think that this shot of him is a bit of a breach of the meaning that director Ang Lee wants to express. ”
"Forrest Gump can transition to acting in religious films, and I am surprised by the expression and the look in his eyes, well, he can also consider horror films. Imagine this scenario. You come home at night, and as soon as you open the door and turn on the light, Forrest Gump is standing in front of you, looking at you with that kind of look. Oh my God, God forbid!"
Many of the audience's hot discussions were captured by the domestic media, who not only lamented Forrest Gump's popularity in the United States, but also translated foreign languages to the domestic audience with relish - at this time, there is a sense of honor that we also have world-class actors in China.
Just after the box office figures for the first week of Huaxia came out, the box office statistics for North America and Europe were also released.
The North American box office ranked second with $28.56 million in the first week, and the European box office in the first week was $12.5 million.
Films released abroad are generally not too bad at the box office, and the release time will be longer than the domestic time, and the release time of the film was set in China for 5 weeks, which is almost more than a month.
But putting that aside, the global first-week box office combined was more than 80 million at the box office, a figure that is already very satisfying to Twentieth Century Fox and Warner.
There is no doubt that this film will be a money-making business, just a matter of making more and making less.
At the same time, for a film that aims to win awards, the phenomenon of high box office will attract the attention of the Oscars.
"Life of Pi" is not like other commercial films, Ang Lee has what he wants to express in it, and it will not produce some commercial films that are more unpleasant at the box office.
After the box office came out in the first week, Gan Jingyou received a call from Ang Lee, and he felt that the big director was more confident, I don't know if it was simply because of the box office, or because he got a new promise from Fox.
Gan Jing's mentality is relatively calm, he was only happy for a while when he first learned about the box office, and then paid more attention to the evaluation of the industry, after all, his focus on this film is different.
"The New York Post directly declared that Life of Pi was the best movie of the year, hey, not even one of them. It's so embarrassing. ”
"People's Daily" actually reported it, saying that the picture is beautiful and the story is incredible. Tsk, it also says that to believe in the first story is to believe in God more, and the second story is to return people to the cruel reality. Isn't it strange that the People's Daily should not firmly say that materialism is unwavering?"
Zhou Dongyu held his mobile phone in Forrest Gump's office, ignoring Forrest Gump, who had been pressing his temples, and read out the evaluation he saw word by word.
Gan Jing was a little helpless, but he really heard these comments in his ears: "You don't go to the announcement to promote "Zodiac", what kind of trouble are you coming to my side?"
It's good that he didn't mention this stubble, but when he mentioned this stubble, Zhou Dongyu was a little dissatisfied: "Originally, we all ran almost enough." As a result, Huayi saw that two of your films were released, and the release was directly postponed. Now everyone is staring at your box office! Fortunately, the results are good, otherwise it would be a shame and a big loss. ”
The girl gritted her teeth for a while, and then she was happy to herself.
Gan Jing only felt funny in his eyes, shook his head and said: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, as long as you don't lose money." I can't always be number one. I don't think this film can surpass the Thai embarrassment this year. ”
This year, the domestic film released a "People Are Embarrassmented in Thailand", starring Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiao, and Huang Bo, continuing the reputation of the previous work, with a box office of 1.26 billion, which is the most shining film this year.
The current box office trend of Life Pi really doesn't reach this level.
Zhou Dongyu was unconvinced when he heard this: "There is also a global box office! Now the global box office has 500 million Huaxia coins, and this is only the first week." If you can fulfill your previous expectations, there are 600 million US dollars, that is 3.6 billion Huaxia coins! ”
Gan Jing smiled and said nothing, he didn't have the idea of this kind of confrontation - this is actually a bit of a bully, but the domestic market is getting better and better, and domestic films have broken the threshold of 1 billion, which is a good thing.
When he thought so, the phone on the table rang, Zhou Dongyu was quick, picked it up, clicked the answer button with the dog's legs, and slyly clicked the voiceover, and put it in front of Uncle Gan's eyes.
Gan Jing pursed his lips, and did not turn off the voice.
"Hey, Forrest Gump, hello. I'm director Spencer, do you have a schedule? I have a script called "Son of God" that suits you very well. A barrage of English came over the phone.
Son of God? Isn't that Jesus?
Gan Jing was a little stunned, thinking that this might be a reference, such as the God of Gambling or something, he asked, "What is the content of the script?"
This is the story of Jesus' life. Spencer replied.
Gan Jing suddenly cried and laughed: "Are you sure you want me, a Chinese, to play Jesus? Is it April Fool's Day?"
"Really, Forrest Gump, I watched your pie, your acting skills are absolutely suitable, and the role of God will definitely fit you. ”
"The schedule is over. Good bye. ”
Gan Jing hung up the phone without saying a word, this, I'm really not interested, but...... Has the repercussions of that shot reached this level?
Does this mean that the Oscars are expected?