Chapter 549 - It's Too Uncommercial
The World Trade Center International Cinema is playing in Hall 5 where "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" is playing. [No pop-up novel network]
Ed Wharton watched the suffocating war scene of the first fifteen minutes, his whole back was covered with cold sweat, and his eyes were full of incredulity.
This cold treatment, this kind of footage...... He had only seen it in Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan......
And Gu Xiaofan is not only an imitation, but also more cruel than Spielberg, and more thoroughly shows the breath of death brought about by war.
This little bastard, how dare he shoot like this, this is completely out of line with the logic of commercial films!?
Ed Wharton didn't know why, he began to roar angrily in his heart, and his fists were clenched hard, he was angry that he actually compared Gu Xiaofan to Spielberg, and he was even more angry that Gu Xiaofan completely exceeded his expectations.
Why is he so powerful...... Whether it is directorial skills or personal performance, he is already the world's top level at this age.
If he is given another five years, when he matures a little more, who else can compete with this 22-year-old genius in the Chinese market?
Ed Wharton asked himself this question in his heart, and he felt an inexplicable sense of fear, but he quickly found a reason to support his strength.
No matter how powerful this little bastard is, he is not their opponent yet, maybe he is really good, but there is no market for this kind of cruel movie!
Even "Saving Private Ryan" only got 200 million US dollars in the United States, and only 80 million yuan at the box office in China, which is less than a quarter of the 3.6 billion box office of "Titanic" released in the same year.
At that time, DreamWorks invested in a huge publicity offensive and spent a lot of money to promote it all over the world, although the word of mouth was overwhelming, but it did not make much money.
After all, the audience still likes entertaining hero films, who wants to suffer such a thing in the cinema!?
American audiences don't like it, Chinese audiences don't like it, and no matter how well you make this movie, you can't beat "Iron Man" at the box office.
Thinking of this, Ed Wharton's whole body finally relaxed...... He didn't notice that the Chinese audience was staring intently at the big screen...... Immerse yourself in this world of light and shadow.
In the Wanda Cinema a few kilometers away, the audience in the audience also had such focused expressions.
Many Americans probably don't like to watch this kind of war, because they don't feel the need to go through it themselves, because their country hasn't gone through such times.
And the Chinese audience is different, every inch of land under their feet has undergone such a baptism of iron and blood, they are all descendants of those who survived the catastrophe, Gu Xiaofan used these 15 minutes of cruel and cold footage, making people seem to really return to the era of war and chaos decades ago, in that time and space, life was humble and fragile, and it could be wiped out in an instant.
When life is fleeting in the midst of gunfire, you will be struck by the great pain that you will have to experience the pain and suffering of that chaotic time.
People nowadays have been away from these past pains for too long, and have forgotten what we have experienced in our peaceful land, so that we can now sit in the cinema and eat popcorn and watch movies......
Those who vent their frustrations behind the keyboard, talk all day long about how bitter life is now, how backward these countries are, those who shout in front of the computer about how weak the country is to the outside world, is only now beginning to remember.
What a heavy price did our forefathers pay...... to restore this devastated country to its current state.
The audience was already engaged, but after such a brutal storytelling, the atmosphere was pulled into this strong sense of death...... How should I shoot it later?
Gao Yuanyuan couldn't help but ask Gu Xiaofan next to him: "Have you changed the plot later?" ”
"Nope." Gu Xiaofan shook his head gently: "This is outwitting Weihu Mountain, the story is true, and I haven't made subversive changes." ”
Gao Yuanyuan has not seen the finished film, which makes her very curious, the atmosphere of this movie has been tense to this point, destroying Yang Zirong's courage and showing his most cowardly side to the audience, how can Yang Zirong still have the courage to outwit Weihu Mountain later?
If she had really experienced all this, she would have had a mental breakdown, after all, there is a limit to people's endurance.
In the real Vietnam War, only 40,000 U.S. soldiers died on the battlefield, but after returning home, because they could not bear the mental impact of the war, 80,000 U.S. soldiers who participated in the Vietnam War committed suicide......
But if Yang Zirong is suddenly changed to a wise and martial hero in the back, the psychological change of this character will be too abrupt, right?
Not only did Gao Yuanyuan have some doubts in his heart, but even Han Sanpin and Wang Zhongjun didn't understand how Gu Xiaofan was going to interpret Yang Zirong in the back.
The story continues on the big screen, and after experiencing this, the troops learned from the pain and began to organize people to carry out undercover missions for bandits, and the time jumped to half a year later.
The plot perspective jumped to the development of Shao Jianbo's 203 troops, and this part of the plot is quite relaxed, mainly to show the characters, as well as some feelings between Bai Ru and Shao Jianbo, so that everyone can take a breath.
After Yang Zirong successfully mixed into Xu Damabang's team to complete the task, he was transferred to Unit 203.
And when Yang Zirong returned to the audience's perspective, everyone was a little surprised.
Yang Zirong played by Gu Xiaofan has not become more heroic, but is still as vicissitudes and ordinary as before, and his slightly trembling hands have not changed, you can still see his timidity.
But when he learned that Shao Jianbo's team was at a loss for the bandit mountain carving, this ordinary man resolutely proposed:
"I am a scout, I was once ordered to infiltrate Xu Da Ma stick undercover, I am familiar with the inside of the bandits, I can sneak into the enemy, find the weakest place in Weihu Mountain's firepower, as our squad 203 breakthrough, and then wait for the opportunity, the inside and the outside should be combined, and destroy the mountain eagle in one fell swoop.
203, I want to carry out this mission......"
At this time, many viewers had forgotten the original plot of "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", and they all tightened the handrails, feeling apprehensive and entering the bandits' den alone......
The audience couldn't help but think of the raid at the beginning of the movie, and their teeth couldn't help but tremble, and they felt a chill in their hearts just by imagining it, as if there was a voice shouting in their hearts.
Don't go for ...... Don't go for ...... Are you stupid!?
Fortunately, Shao Jianbo rejected Yang Zirong's proposal.
What is even more puzzling is that Yang Zirong actually found Shao Jianbo again at night.
"203, what's your plan?"
"One way, move the villagers, go as far as you can, and the other way, arm the villagers, wait for backup."
"It's too passive, and it's too late to say it, the mountain will be closed when the snow falls, 203, I beg you to consider my plan."
"Here, it's not up to you to decide."
"Okay, I'll leave the team."
"You are disobeying orders, acting on your own, unorganized, undisciplined!"
The two argued fiercely on a snowy night, and Shao Jianbo severely criticized Yang Zirong.
And the next morning, Yang Zirong still resolutely led the horse by himself and went to Weihu Mountain alone