Chapter 20: BJ Meets Seattle

The reason why most co-produced movies are bad movies is that the aesthetic level of the two countries is different.

For example, Chinese and American films, Hollywood has developed for almost a hundred years, and Chinese films started very late, so they are naturally not equal!

It's hard to expect to shoot something that meets the common aesthetics of the two countries!

Therefore, the co-productions in the past few years have been terrible, and "Wolf Totem" is already one of the best, or because of Reed as the screenwriter.

Moreover, many big directors are reluctant to serve as directors of co-productions, because they are subject to too many shackles, so they can only draw some directors who have a little experience, but are not old enough to be spicy, for example, Nick Powell, the director of "The Legend of the White Ghost: Desperate Escape", from beginning to end, he is just an assistant director, and he has never had the experience of directing a work independently!

Even the Korean directors who came to China with us have made movies that have repeatedly hit the lower limit of bad films, "Dream Partner", "My New Sassy Girlfriend", "Uninvited Guest"...

Film is the art of directors, they don't understand the Chinese mind, to make movies is separated by a layer...

Back then, Liu Feifei pounced eight times in a row, and most of them were co-productions...

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Script writing is a very tedious and boring thing.

Although I already have a general idea, it is still very brain-burning to want to start from scratch.

After all, he didn't know much about 731 or anything!

In addition to knowing that this is a miserable thing, how miserable it is, I spent it casually, and then I didn't want to watch it anymore...

It makes people feel sick to their stomachs.

What the hell, how can there be such a perversion?

"The Devil is Coming" Satsuka Inoyoshi ordered the massacre of civilians after the emperor's surrender, and even regretfully said that "I will never be able to kill Shina pig again..."

Also, what was the situation like in Northeast China back then, and the Japanese also regarded human life in Northeast China as a mustard?

Is there a sign that says 'Chinese and dogs are not allowed'?

and so on, he needs to check the information little by little!

After all, it involves historical facts...

Hey, writing a script quickly is the same as creating an online text, what is particular about a fast word, for this reason, many online writers update their livers every day, and they dare not leave their seats when their ideas are exhausted, and their buttocks are full of prickly heat...

The most afraid thing is to encounter a reader's message: boring, abandoned, or whatever, more and more lack of expectation, hurry up 404!

Horse-stepping!

I have to leave a message to comfort: I still haven't written about the climax, don't give up on me...

The truest thought in my heart: Thousands of rivers and mountains are always love, and it is a dime to earn a dime, and a dime is also love...

After holding it for a long time, Pao Hui gave up decisively.

There are so many professional screenwriters in the company, and he is a director who provides an idea for these people to toss!

I found five screenwriters and asked them to write the script for "Life is Beautiful"...

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On March 21, "Beijing Meets Seattle" was released.

This movie belongs to urban romance, and it's a chick movie!

Looking at its script, it is obvious that it is a parody and localization of a subgenre of American genre films, "chick movies".

The chick movie probably tells a story that focuses on female characters, tells the story of a young woman who has shortcomings and shortcomings when she appears, goes through various life experiences, and finally gets love.

The market for this type of movie is very good, and the box office of "Very Perfect" and "I Do" has exceeded 100 million, which is enough to prove that our market needs this type of work!

Xue Xiaolu + Liu Feifei, a fixed partner, has been cooperating since "My Little Black Dress", and there are already a group of fixed audiences.

Huiwen Tianxia's publicity strategy is very accurate!

A month before the release of "Beijing Meets Seattle", a tour of 10 cities across the country was launched, covering people including theater managers, professional film critics, media reporters, professional screenwriters, ordinary audiences and even well-known figures in the industry.

In addition, an unprecedented large-scale advance viewing event was held in Beijing.

Let's put it this way, this movie lost 1 million yuan at the box office just at the test screening, and it is precisely because of the massive early viewing that it has created a strong momentum and super high reputation for the film, making the film hot before it is released, and many viewers are already looking forward to it before it is released!

Of course, this kind of publicity itself depends on the quality of the movie!

"A good film needs the right means of publicity, and publicity will also get twice the result with half the effort because of good quality works. ”

On the first day of release, "North West" won the first day of 18 million with 22% of the film schedule, which is not too high, but it has caused a lot of discussion, and the reputation of the movie is even more surprising!

"When you go to the cinema, you have no expectations, and when you leave the cinema, you are full of joy. It can be seen that a good movie must surpass the imagination of the audience. ”

"China finally has a normal and decent love movie! and it's good!"

"The romantic comedy of two people who eat soft rice is not a bad movie. Liu Feifei, Uncle Wu, and Hai Qing can hold up many unreasonable characters!"

So, the next day, "North West" won 21 million;

On the third day, 28 million were received;

On the fourth day, 28 million was received again!

95 million in the first weekend, it is already foreseeable that this is a work with a box office of at least 300 million!

The foil of peers is very important!

The works released at the same time as "North West" include two "Ip Man: The Ultimate Battle" and "Stop Killing Order".

The former is a bit annoying to the audience, after all, the recent Hong Kong movies are too special to consume Ip Man, Zhen Bullet has already filmed several films, Da Lao Wang also has "The Grandmaster", the starring Huang Qiusheng of the movie likes to make some shocking remarks, and has long been dragged out by a bunch of netizens to whip the corpse, even if there is no address of netizens, Huang Qiusheng is not an action star, and his appeal is not enough...

As for "Stop Killing", uh, academic movies, the so-called academic movies, are the kind of films with various plots, even if you fall asleep while watching the movie, it will not affect the plot...

The movies that are being released are a bunch of bad movies, "Die Hard 5", "Resident Evil 5", "Giant Catcher Jack"...

With such an opponent as a foil, "North West" is like a divine help!

Therefore, four days after its release, even on weekdays, "North West" can still maintain a single-day box office of 20 million!

The theater chain quietly adjusted the number of films scheduled for "North West" to 33%...

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Objectively speaking, "Beijing Meets Seattle" is not a classic, and it is even a bit far from being good...

And there is also a big problem in the three views, the love story of the little three...

However, if there are three views on love, then you can't watch it!

"Titanic", the story of the sling and the goddess, the goddess is already someone's fiancée, why don't you say that the three views are not correct?

The storyline is driven by pure lines, typical of TV standards, the protagonist is the road of American neuro-comedy, and the narrative is popular with melodrama, interspersed with tributes to "Green Card", "Sleepless in Seattle" and American Christmas movies.

Xue Xiaolu himself said that the reason why he wanted to set up the character of the junior was to create suspense: "How can such awkward two people come together?"

The film is not badly solved, and the beginning of the three views is twisted out of a self-reliant ending.

It's a pity that the reflection life is not thick enough, and it lacks some fun as a fairy tale.

It can only be said that the domestic romance film has finally produced a pass-grade work, and Douban gave it a score of 8.2, which can be regarded as encouragement!

Of course, after the precipitation of time, the rating of this movie has now dropped to 7.4 points...