Chapter 37: Inception

The level of "Inception" goes without saying, and it would have been nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars in March next year. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Leonardo's acting skills are also at the level of an actor, but it's a pity that he debuted too early and too creamy, so he has been pressed for many years.

The grand and brain-burning setting, gorgeous jumps, and unexpected amplitude of lens splicing give every audience the illusion of repeatedly shuttling through time and space.

All the positive aspects are like the trajectory of another time and space, and there is no accident at all.

After the intervention of Hatsune, the expressiveness of Industrial Light & Magic in special effects processing has reached a higher level.

For the time being, let's not look at those general, general-purpose technologies, but only because of the improvements brought about by the Hatsune butterfly effect.

The biggest effect, of course, is that "Inception" was directly filmed in 3D - the "Inception" in parallel time and space, in order to save 50 million additional 3D costs, 3D was not considered when shooting. The first pure 3D large-scale production in human history was "Avatar" half a year ago.

Now, this film is invested by Gu Mojie from beginning to end, and it is logical that the additional investment of 50 million US dollars is just that.

It's just that in the final release stage, based on the advice of Nolan and Toll, it was said that this film was not very suitable for big scenes, so it was still divided into 3D/2D theater playback methods, those who want to watch 3D go to see 3D, and audiences who are not very accepting of 3D can also watch 2D. Obviously, 3D fares are generally about 50% more expensive than 2D.

The price setting of the differential gradient is also to ensure that audiences from different income classes are attracted at the same time.

In addition to the biggest change of 3D, there are also many other small technical improvements.

In the original play, when Alan Peggy was learning the dream building theory from Leonardo in a Paris street café in her dream, the moment the dream collapsed, she used a large amount of compressed air blasting technology to blast and collapse the street scene one by one. And in the end, in the quadruple dream, the dream collapse also used the manifestation of countless high-rise buildings being weathered and destroyed by the invisible storm.

There are many other places where all this relatively rough treatment is.

To be fair, the original planned special effects processing methods are quite decent in terms of the technical level of 2010 in parallel time and space.

However, at present, the inherent team of Hatsune Original has already broken through that era with its mastery of 3D light and shadow makeup and other naked-eye 3D technologies, so there is no doubt that it can help Industrial Light & Magic do better in these scenarios that express the "collapse of the virtual world".

Not surprisingly, when the streets of Paris and two other sets of world-shattering shots appeared, the layman might not be able to see the difference for a moment, but just think that "these images are so cool, cooler than their original peers, but they can't say how cool they are".

The special effects artists who are insiders and were originally major post-production companies in Hollywood discovered the improvement of Industrial Light and Magic in this area in an instant.

After being bought by the Chinese, the technology did not fall but rose!

Is this going against the rhythm of the sky?

Although most of the special effects are still the original formula, or familiar taste, at first glance it is the inherent technology of industrial light and magic - it can also be seen that wherever industrial light and magic copy the old accounts, it is the place where Chinese have not yet surpassed industrial light and magic, and it is also the value of industrial light and magic that was qualified to be acquired at a high price last year.

But even so, the situation is very grim - the Chinese can already combine the advantages of both sides and learn from each other's strengths to digest these technologies. If in two years, the old foundation of industrial light and magic is completely integrated by the Chinese, coupled with the advantages of the Chinese themselves, the special effects circle on the earth, how can Americans compete for the sign of "best visual effects"?

"Look at the effect of that wave! That's right, it's the wave effect on the 'Lost in Dreams' layer! That's the level of particle effect delicacy that only D2 has in the house, right? It's not worse than last year's D2's "2012"! The Industrial Light Demon couldn't have done this before! On "Avatar", everything else is good, but the particle effects of the splash are not good. ”

"The waves can see the wool! What you said, I found out at the beginning of the film, when Ken Watanabe's Japanese-style palace collapsed, the scene of water pressure rushing in from all sides in an instant is not more real and shocking than the lost realm you said? ”

"Of course that's true, but the scene of Ken Watanabe's palace collapse, I heard that it was originally shot with a high-pressure water hose spraying outside each window, not a special effect!"

"Say you're ill-informed! At first, Nolan rented equipment and prepared to use high-pressure water spray to solve the problem, but later after the post-production team gave a small sample to try it, the high-pressure water spray scheme was rejected - how could it be possible to show the effect of 'dream world collapse'? No culture! ”

In the premiere hall, countless big guys in the post-production industry, including D2 and other small companies, were discussing the gorgeous visual effects of "Inception".

Combined with the advantages of the plot itself, such as "maximizing brain-burning under the premise of being grounded", "infinitely streaming fragmented push small climaxes and increasing the frequency of climaxes", all the guests in the audience gave the film the highest evaluation.

In a word, Industrial Light & Magic was originally the world's No. 1 film special effects producer, but only in the "particle special effects" that show the attributes of disaster films, it has always been the second in the world, and the first in the world in this subdivision was D2 before.

From "The Day After Tomorrow" to "2012", all Hollywood disaster films that showed the theme of the destruction of the earth at the end of the world in the past few years all used D2's special effects.

It is said that "Inception" is not a disaster movie, and it does not use so many scenes that show the grandeur of natural forces and even supernatural forces.

But because of every dream in the play, there is a setting of "dream collapse" at the end.

When I wake up from a dream, how does the dream collapse? No one can tell. At this time, didn't it give Nolan a lot of opportunities to brush up on special effects.

The disaster of the real world, no matter how gorgeous, is no more gorgeous than the imaginative "dream world collapse".

Industrial Light & Magic, and even Hatsune's own special effects technology, have been solid and full of money, opening the eyes of human beings.

"I'm not going to see it!"

"It should be the first god of the year!"

"After reading it, I feel like this is how the dream should wake up."

The ways of expression are radical and subtle, but the attitudes are all highly unified without exception.

All moviegoers feel that this film is awesome.

"Leonardo has been running for 12 years, and it is estimated that he will be able to win the Oscar this time."

In addition to Leonardo, the performance of other supporting roles is also remarkable, and Saito, played by the pretender Eames and Ken Watanabe, is recognized as the two most vivid characters.

Although Alan Peggy is a little jerky, her character is also a character who needs to show the attribute of "growth", which is okay.

The only character that makes people feel stiff in acting skills is Kwon Bao'er, who only made the third movie.

When Saber played by Quan Baoer appeared, most of the poker face scenes, everyone had nothing to say, after all, the character design is like this. is like Lee Byung-hun, who was also a base-born actor later, who starred in "Liquid Metal Man T1000" in "Terminator", is also a ruthless dead face, but the audience is also a seller.

However, in the few details that need to show the mentality of "disdain for newcomers", "superiority of seeing and hearing", and "flirting with girls", Quan Baoer undoubtedly fell into the common problem of all stick actors - exaggerated expression, with a hint of eyebrows.

Fortunately, when he finally entered Fisher's dream, in the second layer of the dream, Bao'er relied on her interaction with Alan Paige to completely reveal the attribute of les, and the audience suddenly realized a little bit and reduced their disgust.

"It turned out to be a lesbian, no wonder it was so awkward when I was partnered with a man, it turned out to hate men."

"Thinking about it this way, the acting skills are not bad. When it's time to be cold, it's cold, and when it's time to be a lesbian, it's a lesbian, and the whole scene can hold up. ”

"How did you put that in the script? Wouldn't it be for O'Dark Horse to seek political correctness after becoming president? Legendary Pictures is so despicable in order to rush for the Oscars! ”

In the past two years, the United States has seen a clear tendency towards equal rights for LGBT people after a black man became president. Before the government bill comes out, it is undoubtedly good for the awards to be decisively added some elements. Everyone in the circle knows how to do it, and they all secretly scold Legendary Pictures for being unscrupulous.

However, this situation is no longer an isolated case, and many of the movies that were launched after the presidential change in early 09 began to appear "the boss of the superhero protagonist is black and the partner is Asian". In a few years, this routine will disgust the old whites.

But now, the routine has not been vulgarized.

……

The box office was shocked in one day, and the first day of the United States broke the box office mark of $7 million, which made the global market jaw-dropping.

After the premiere, as soon as the data came out, Thomas Tur and Nolan were surrounded by compliments.

All the leading actors, except for Leonardo, who was already very high and had no obvious upgrades, the rest of the supporting roles all rose sharply.

Gu Mojie also followed the senior management of Warner to participate in several celebration cocktail parties, and met many insiders. This time, Hatsune's style is noticeably different from a year ago. Gu Mojie dangled everywhere with his wine glass, and he was quite able to bump into a few unambitious independent film company owners, groveling to come up and ask for acquisitions and investments.

He stayed busy until dawn and returned to his estate in Beverly Hills to rest. After a good day's sleep, I regained my spirit on July 24th.

When she woke up, Boa had already finished her makeup and had breakfast ready.

Gu Mojie only came to the United States to attend the premiere this time, so he didn't bring his own woman with him at all, and he lived in Los Angeles, so only Bao'er served him.

Sure enough, there are only tired oxen in the world, and there is no corrupted land.

Breakfast is a simple avocado omelette, toast with a few slices of water, and with Bao'er's crude cooking skills, this kind of thing can only be done.

"How's the box office? Is the data out? Gu Mojie was too lazy to flip through his phone while eating breakfast, so he asked Bao'er directly.

North America, $42 million in 36 hours. In the Chinese market, the 24-hour box office was 130 million yuan. The total global box office is currently $140 million. ”

As she spoke, Bao'er snickered at Gu Mojie's reaction, and saw that Gu Mojie was still dealing with toast, and was suddenly a little deflated. screwed him coquettishly:

"How can I listen to this result, I don't mean to praise it at all!"

Gu Mojie smiled slightly: "Oh...... I'm counting, I'm not in this business, how do I know if the grades are good or bad. When "Avatar" premiered last year, it seemed that the results were several percent better than this. ”

"Do you have that count! There are several Avatars in the world! Bao'er was angry for a while, "If you don't understand, I'll tell you: 36 hours and 100 million 4 box office, it's already super super good!" In the end, it is easy to break 1.5 billion US dollars, and maybe you can rush to 2 billion! That is the second best-selling blockbuster in global film history, and even the 1.85 billion "Titanic" can surpass. ”

"So good? That's time to congratulate. ”

With an all-time record of $830 million, Inception finished in fourth place at the 2010 Hollywood blockbuster list - behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland.

Today, the benefits of Hatsune are obviously multifaceted. First of all, "Inception" is not good at pictures in history, and after the focus of the Hatsune system, the progress brought by the special effects can increase at least one or two percent of the visual kei audience in the first place.

And the two films "Toy Story 3" and "Alice in Wonderland" were originally able to surpass "Inception" by one or two hundred million dollars, just because those two films are 3D and the unit price of movie tickets is relatively expensive. In fact, the number of moviegoers is two or three percent less than that of "Inception".

Now that Inception has also made a 3D/2D projection high and low configuration, can it not be regained in the average unit price of customers, breaking 1.1 billion US dollars seems very easy and freehand, so there is no suspense about winning.

According to that reasoning, the only film of the year that can still compete with Inception is "Harry Potter Deathly Hallows".

But Hatsune's tricks and advantages are obviously more than 3D.

Hatsune's countless eyeballs before the World Cup, and Gu Mojie's fame and aura, have made the film more focused - if a few years later, there are some nonsense things hyped up before the release of the film to increase the exposure, it is simply not new, but in 2010 it still really worked.

Coupled with other technical processing, as well as the smooth communication brought about by political correctness, these few items alone will add another three or four billion to the box office of "Inception", which is easy, and it can already kill the 1.06 billion box office of the original best "Toy Story 3" of the year.

And that's not even counting the final uplift in the Chinese market - according to the trajectory of history, "Inception" in the Chinese market was forced to be so miserable that it was released at the end of the summer vacation, so that in the end it only grossed $60 million in China.

And now, because of the relocation of Industrial Light and Magic, more than 50% of the budget is localized, these indicators have allowed Inception to avoid the summer killer of the "Domestic Film Protection Month", but in the case that other Hollywood counterparts can't enter, the exclusive monopoly has abused the 40-day summer file.

This is against the sky.

……

Gu Mojie doesn't know much about movies, but Bao'er does. When the two of them were eating, Bao'er popularized the data of her peers a little, and Gu Mojie felt very satisfied with this result.

"This time I'm going to stay for two days, have dinner with Turnolan, and talk about the new film. You've got your last American album done, right? It's time to prepare Warcraft. (To be continued.) )