Chapter 765: The Blockbuster Should Look Like
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The opening credits of Disney Castle have just flashed, and the big screen is still dark, and the roar of car engines has already sounded, like a magic sound piercing the brain, and it has spread throughout the theater.
This sound easily stimulates people's emotions, bringing the audience who were originally outside the film into the film as quickly as possible.
Then, the screen lights up, and a Mercedes-Benz coupe roars down the curvy mountain road, the camera gradually zooms in, and the person driving is clearly Matthew Horner.
He skillfully maneuvered the coupe, and the Mercedes coupe got faster and faster, and soon caught up with a heavy truck in front of him.
"Keep up!" Matthew Horner ordered, and several cars behind him also caught up.
In one of the cars, there was also Daniel Wu.
The Mercedes-Benz sedan is like lightning, quickly approaching the heavy truck, this Mercedes-Benz specially designed Mercedes-Benz E63AMG, with a large displacement V8 engine, can burst out an astonishing 1020 horsepower, especially the improved front face, making the whole car look very combative.
As soon as this car appeared, many people were amazed.
The marketing director of Mercedes-Benz was also attending the premiere, looking at the coupe on the big screen, with a smile on his face, and the advertising effect was really good.
"Matthew Horner has been our best partner. The person in charge of Greater China next to him said suddenly.
The marketing director nodded slightly, as long as this film can be a big hit, Mercedes-Benz's advertising effect naturally goes without saying.
"Marco ......," he said in a low voice, "we will increase our marketing efforts in this film cooperation, so that all the Mercedes-Benz cars exhibited in China will advertise "Fast and Furious". ”
The person in charge of Greater China took note of it, and it was a win-win situation.
A wonderful car chase action scene has appeared on the big screen, Matthew's Sean and Daniel Wu's characters, hired by other people, come to intercept supplies, Daniel Wu gets in the car to snatch it, Matthew drives to cooperate, and at the critical moment when the big truck overturns, he shows superb driving skills and saves Daniel Wu.
In the flames of the explosion, Matthew drove a Mercedes-Benz E63AMG and rushed out of the fire with Daniel Wu Chong, and he was so handsome.
In just a few minutes of the opening scene, his character has already erected a three-dimensional image in the audience's mind.
"I'm so nervous!" Bai Xue gently stroked her chest and said to Nini next to her, "The opening scene is breathless." ”
Nini bit her lip, but didn't speak, but fantasized in her head, if Daniel Wu was replaced by her, wouldn't this scene just now be better?
This opening action scene is simple, rough, and direct, and without saying a word, it is a start, and the action and flying car scenes are used to erect the protagonist and the supporting role of Daniel Wu.
Of course, this is not the best way to establish a character, but it is the most attractive for the audience to watch.
After the opening action scene, the screening hall quickly fell silent, and almost all the audience's attention was focused on the film, and there was no time to talk about anything else.
Because of the exciting scenes one after another, they were overwhelmed.
With Matthew, the first actor, came out, and then came Paul Walker's appearance.
If the role of Sean played by Matthew represents attracting new audiences, then Paul Walker represents feelings and hooks fans of the "Fast and Furious" series into theaters.
Like the opening action scene, Brian also appeared in action scenes, a chase scene with a little parkour scene, which was also very attractive.
This film is not just a flying car, but integrates a lot of action elements, but in the introduction of some action elements, it is all in moderation, things like parkour are not new things in folk and movies, and the audience will not think that it is amazing after watching it.
It took Justin Lin ten minutes to explain the two protagonists, which is a typical Hollywood three-stage structure, and it is also the most aesthetically pleasing film structure.
At the end of the ten-minute opening scene, the two protagonists naturally have a clear purpose to move the plot of the whole film forward.
So, in a race car where Daniel Wu is going to say goodbye to his home, Sean, played by Matthew, learns the news of Dominic Toretto's death from another driver, and as a friend, he rushes to the location of Toretto's accident as soon as possible to confirm the cause of Toretto's death.
Sean is experienced and discovers that the cause of Toretto's death is strange and meets Brian, who has also been informed at the scene.
Since the two didn't know each other, the drive was missed.
Later, Sean and Brian split up to investigate the cause of Dominic Toretto's death and find out the last person to be associated with Toretto's death.
These plots are not complicated, to be exact, they are very simple, even junior high school students can easily understand.
To put it bluntly, how Dominic Toretto died, and investigating the cause of his death, is not the focus of the film's narrative at all, let alone the selling point of the film.
Fast & Furious 4 is a pure popcorn action movie, not a suspense movie.
In the whole film, the rhythm is very well controlled, and it always maintains the rhythm of a dozen in five minutes and a dozen in ten minutes, and most of the action scenes are a combination of people and vehicles, which has always been in line with the theme of speed and passion.
The roaring sound of the motor has not been absent in the screening room for a long time.
There are racing cars, and of course, beautiful women are indispensable.
When Gal Gadot appeared in a white T-shirt and leggings, many people gasped, and the legs were too long and straight!
Nini looked at Gal Gadot on the screen and couldn't believe it, this was too thin, it was as thin as a bolt of lightning.
Sean successfully found out that Dominic Toretto's death was related to the big drug dealer Braga, and Brian also came to the door just in time, he found out that Sean had a very good relationship with Donald, and was investigating Donald's death, and wanted to recruit Sean to become an undercover agent and break into the Braga group, on the condition that the police would eliminate all Sean cases afterwards.
After several entanglements, the two sides reached a cooperation agreement, Sean enlisted Daniel Wu for help, plus the beautiful Giselle, whose position was unknown at this time, and Mia, who rekindled her old relationship with Brian, the Flying Car family has already taken shape.
Sean and Brian are, of course, the nucleus of this extended family.
However, this is only the initial stage of the formation of the flying car family, and in the long run, the concept of the family is not too clear.
Compared with the family-style emotions of the Speeder family, the emotional scenes between Matthew and Gal Gadot are heavier.
As for the plot, except for who the villain Braga is behind the scenes, there is basically no suspense at all.
To be precise, the narrative of this film is simply a running account.
But contrary to the plot of the running account, the fans in the theater watched it with relish, and almost all stared intently at the big screen.
Maybe in the last decade, films like this genre may have a similar response here, but in this era, simple and popular action movies are the most popular genre of Hollywood movies.
Lin Feng has always watched it with taste, and this movie is definitely the best movie that has been released this year.
In the film, a large number of expensive sports cars, muscle cars, and modified cars frequently appear, even if he is not a fan of cars, he only knows the names of these cars.
The movie is an audio-visual feast, in addition to the visual effects, although there is the roar of the engine, the friction of the tires and the ground, the huge crash between the cars, and even the sound of broken glass mixed together, under the wonderful performance of surround sound, it does not sound harsh at all, but like enjoying the wonderful car symphony, which makes people listen to the heartbeat.
This is what a blockbuster should look like!
The film also enters the final climactic scene, with many vehicles galloping across the wilderness on the border between the United States and Mexico, Matthew and Paul Walker work closely together, each driving the vehicle back and forth, never falling into the siege of the opponent, and using excellent driving skills and superb skills, constantly launching counterattacks, or shooting the opponent's tires with guns, or knocking the opponent over......
At the critical moment, Giselle, who was already in love with the male protagonist, turned against the water and fought out with Daniel Wu from the side and back, catching the drug dealers off guard.
Giselle's appearance as a female character amazed everyone, unlike the other three male characters, she drove a motorcycle, her control of firearms was far above the others, and she was still a skilled shooter even on a motorcycle.
Such a female character, very different from the traditional movie vase, she does not need a man to save, the powerful can protect herself, and even rush out to defeat the powerful enemy.
With the help of their companions, Sean and Brian finally catch up with Braga, and there is another speeding battle.
Finally came to the duel scene, Brian and the No. 1 driver in the badass Phoenix, singled out, and never fell behind, but unfortunately he was knocked over in the end.
Fortunately, there was Matthew, who single-handedly took care of a large group of minions in the back, arrived in time, drove into Phoenix, and rushed to save Brian.
Seeing the end, Lin Feng felt that he didn't know how to describe Matthew except for being handsome.
Handsome in fighting, handsome in driving, handsome in injury, handsome in kissing with the beautiful Giselle, even if he is handcuffed away by the police in the end, he is still handsome.
Because of the agreement with Brian, Sean chose to trust the police, but like in most Hollywood movies, the government departments of Lao Mei are not credible, and the police broke their promise to Sean, not only refused to release, but also sentenced him to 60 years in prison.
In other words, the hero will spend the rest of his life in prison.
At the end of the film, Sean, played by Matthew, gets into a police prison car and is taken to the prison, and on the road at sunset, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Daniel Wu and Gal Gadot each rush out in a sports car and chase after the prison car.