Most of the summer vacations in North American schools start in May, so August is not considered a summer file, but it can continue the August boom of last year's "Sixth Sense", and this year it also rose in Chen Tiandu's films. Although it was not deliberately scheduled to be released in August, both films were chosen in such a month, which makes people wonder if he has any special feelings for August......

And in North America, 3,200 theaters, although there are no discounts and discounts, there are still a large number of theaters in prosperous areas that are full. From Monday to Thursday, the average attendance rate of all theaters did not fall below 30%, and the attendance rate suddenly exceeded 75% on Friday, earning more than $20 million in one day.

The movie continued to be a hot hit, changing the speculation of the Hollywood media before its release that the box office boom would gradually pass and the next week would lose to the first week.

On the contrary, because there were few movies released at the same time that could match it, most of the audience went to the cinema and only went to "The Matrix". The only thing that can affect "The Matrix" is "Runaway Bride", which will be released a week after the week in July, and the comedy starring big-mouthed beauty Julia Roberts, even in its third week, still continues to occupy a place in the top three because of its excellent reputation. The box office appeal of big-mouthed beauties can be seen.

-- But that's all.

If the first half of the year was a carnival for "Star Wars" fans, then in the second half of the year, the entire North American film industry has been covered by the social trends and topics caused by "The Matrix".

With the continuation of the release, word-of-mouth and topicality have spread more and more. Everyone believes that if it weren't for the fact that the movie was R-rated, I'm afraid the box office would be higher.

After "The Matrix" won the box office in its first week, the New York Times also let go of its reserve and reported on the film in the entertainment section. The author, the famous film critic Mike Weisey, wrote: "I have never seen such a stylish sci-fi movie before, and the rhythm of the film is different from any current sci-fi movie, using a lot of 0.5-second short shots, so that the audience's emotions are always on the excitement and tension." I would like to say that even if this movie is released in ten years, it will still cause a trend, and its ideological charm and action scenes are unique and charming! ”

As Mike Vesey said, "The Matrix" didn't lose popularity after the first weekend.

On the contrary, it seems that at this time, a more violent topic storm began to be set off on the Internet.

All kinds of wonderful stills continue to circulate from the official website of the movie to other websites, and unique fights and various classic lines begin to circulate.

There are advantages and disadvantages to this kind of spontaneous publicity, and the disadvantage is that there are too many spoilers, you must know that Chen Tiandu's last movie "The Sixth Sense" created a box office miracle because fans spontaneously kept the ending.

Of course, the benefits are also very obvious, and more and more people know that this movie is super awesome, and they are becoming more and more interested.

On the official website of "The Matrix", the reviews are basically praised:

"A new philosophy, the first of its kind in action movies", "A cyberpunk exemplary!" created a revolutionary expression of the concept of bullet time", "A science fiction masterpiece with rich philosophies, Yuan Heping's action direction promoted the oriental martial arts art to the world, and the shot of Neo dodging bullets became a classic~", "After watching the movie, I was in the Matrix at that time", "I can see my face full of **", "I have never been able to distinguish between virtual and reality, and I feel like falling from one dream into another"......

"An epoch-making work, if 'The Sixth Sense' is Christmas-Chan's fame. Then "The Matrix" is the foundational work, both in terms of story content and the film's expression, it is very outstanding. It's so exciting, the pace is fast and it's not dragging, I like this movie so much. As a commercial science fiction film, it contains a rich philosophy, bringing a double impact of vision and soul. ”

These are all expressions of the hearts of excited fans, and of course, there are also those who give the opposite opinion," ...... It's a pity that the ending is a little bloody for the sequel, but the three gray mechanical squid in the easter egg have become the highlights! ”

Considering the issue of fusion style, when Chen Tiandu wanted to make changes to the mechanical squid, he also synthesized the opinions of many people.

Whether it fits the style of the whole article is the top priority and the first thing. Therefore, although the squid is suspected of selling cuteness, it is a very minority. Of course, the scene where the mechanical squid appears in the first part is also very brief. Giving them a close-up is just an easter egg at the end. Moreover, the mechanical squid's oval metal face, scarlet electronic eyes, and gray near-metallic luster shell are not too conspicuous and bright compared to the whole film.

Matrix Special Effects Studio, for the mechanical squid doesn't just mean these shots.

According to Chen Tiandu's wishes, there is also a short story related to the movie and independent. Of course, it's a slapstick, and it's infinitely cute. And after the movie was released, this story was officially uploaded to the Internet and was well received by the audience.

Not only Chen Tiandu and several leading actors have attracted attention, but even the actors who play the tank and the third computer SWAT have fans inquired and paid attention to. This means that they really accept and love "The Matrix", and whether the movie-watching craze can be set off depends on their word-of-mouth and free viral promotion of the movie in reality.

In Hong Kong, director Yuan Heping, who is filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", was interviewed by a reporter from "Oriental Daily", "I asked him how he felt about the popularity in North America because of the action style of "The Matrix". ”

Yuan Heping laughed and laughed, thinking that he was so old that he had been the action director of the movie since 1970, and decades have passed, but because of this "The Matrix", it has become popular in the United States, which has to make people sigh and sigh.

Although it is a little sad that Hong Kong people are so popular with this Hollywood production, the speed of innovation in Hong Kong films in the past decade has far from keeping up with the growth of audiences' curiosity. There are four or five hundred movies every year, and often one movie is a hit the year before, and at least one or two dozen follow-up works will appear in the next year. The decline of Hong Kong films in later generations is not an exaggeration to say that it is self-destructive and self-inflicted.

Li also congratulated the eighth master, "The fire is a good thing, the fire is at the right time, and it just so happens that my "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also borrowed your light and caught fire." ”

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Even big newspapers such as "The Atlantic" commented on the entertainment page, "In this movie, he proved to us his screenwriting ability, directing ability, and production ability, 'I am not just a Chinese American who can only make horror movies, as a Chinese I am also a kung fu boy.'" All the Chinese stars who have walked into Hollywood have invariably learned a few kung fu tricks, and now it is the turn of Christmas Chen. It's a bit pale to describe him as promising, maybe we can expect more and quietly see what kind of results he can achieve! ”

There are also people who are obsessed with movies, such as John McCarron, a film critic at the Chicago Sun, who commented on movies from a philosophical point of view, "A thousand people look at it, and there are a thousand Matrix empires." When you wake up every morning, is it really you who is sleepy-eyed in the mirror? Do you have an inexplicable sense of emptiness that what you know is true? A qiē will be slowly revealed......"

He analyzed the connotation of "The Matrix" from 26 philosophical ideas such as "Alice in Wonderland", "Cyberpunk", "Descartes", "Christ", "Kant", "Marx", "Prophet", "Socrates", "Trinity", "Utopia", "Yanagi Family" and "Tao".

A cool sci-fi movie, at best, a little more elaborate on the environment and choices of virtual reality, and have some thoughts on reading the Bible. was able to be used by film critics to write so many things freely, and he, the initiator, could only give a thumbs up and say "You are so talented"!

This dude is thinking too much!

Chen Tiandu made this film purely out of love and cementing the little influence he just had in the United States. However, the outside world loves to wear a high hat to him, and he will not stand up to defend anything. The more "connotative" the movie, the easier it is to win awards, maybe it can go to the Oscars next year, although the expectations are not big, but one more trophy, the halo on his body will be brighter, which is always good.

Some people praise nature and some people criticize, and most of the content of the criticism is almost the same, "I don't understand", "I don't know what to do", "I watched it all like a popcorn movie", "pretend to be profound"......

But the praise still occupies the absolute main force, and some people can't understand it, so naturally some enthusiastic fans take the initiative to defend them.

"This film almost completely bridges the concept and model of previous films. It redesigns a world. The world has its own rules, its own operating mechanism, and even its own physical phenomena - called 'anti-physics' - for example, when a helicopter hits a glass building, the glass building does not shatter directly as usual, but stirs up a layer of waves, ripples in all directions, and then starts from the impact point and shatters outward layer by layer, it is indeed a new visual effect, coupled with the classic concept of 'bullet time' that has been praised by countless people, making this film completely shatter the audience's imagination. The consequence of direct guidance is that there is a complaint in the audience that 'I can't understand'......"

Compared with Americans who like to study deeply, Koreans are quite happy to see it, "Neo's feelings are good Korean dramas, do you want to kiss or not, and several confessions have been interrupted by foreign objects, is it completely the same as Korean dramas?" Curious Korean netizens, seeing this comment and comparing the plot of the movie, found that it was really a bit similar.

After a tumultuous week, the box office results of the following week of "The Matrix" were picked up by Matrix Film Studios on Monday morning.

Attendance was 75% on Friday, 70% on Saturday and 65% on Sunday, earning another $52 million in just three days and a cumulative $88.5 million in a week. Combined with last week's results, the North American box office managed to break 100 million in the following week, reaching $149.38 million. It was released in some parts of the country overseas and earned $72.5 million this week. In overseas markets, Japan continues to be the largest contributor.

In this way, the global box office of the movie has exceeded 200 million.

This achievement directly made "The Matrix" firmly occupy a place in the top ten of the annual box office list in North America. Counting last year, Chen Tiandu, who debuted for two years, has twice won the top ten positions in the annual box office list.

And after this result is announced, what kind of repercussions it can cause in the ranks of potential fans can only be seen next week.

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