The first-week box office figure of 40 million made the cursed movie a legend once it was broadcast.

Over the years, Hollywood's movies have the highest box office in the first week, that is, about 40 million, and it is difficult to make a breakthrough, and such numbers basically belong to some big investments, big production movies, and 10 million investment got a box office of 40 million in the first week, such a number is unbelievable.

"This movie is the scariest movie ever made!"

Soon after the movie aired, all kinds of publicity and reviews were overwhelming. And generally speaking, the promotion of horror movies is to promote how terrifying their movies are, which is not an uncommon thing, but this curse claims to be the most terrifying, which can be said to be deserved.

"Compared to other movies, it's not a level of horror at all."

"When I watched the movie, I was fine, but I didn't dare to go home by myself after watching it."

"I really don't dare to watch such a movie a second time, and I will never watch horror movies again."

The audience has made such comments about this movie. And these comments also explain why the box office of the movie is very high: people who watch horror movies are looking for excitement, and since this movie can make people excited, of course people will watch it. The box office result of 40 million is really not much compared to the praise it has received.

If it's just that the box office has surpassed the drug network, it's not too much of a problem. The decline in horror films is very large, after all, after a movie is released for a while, it is difficult to be scared anymore after there is no freshness. In contrast, movies like Drug Network are full of stamina, and it is entirely possible to catch up.

However, after the release of these two movies, it was the most helpless. Not at the box office, but after the movie was released, many media outlets were also discussing the movie.

The reason why there are so many people discussing it is not because the movie is very high at the box office. It's because as soon as this movie was broadcast, it immediately gave the media a lot of inspiration: compared to other horror films, this movie is too different.

"This is the best horror movie of the year, and it also opens up another way for us to shoot horror movies. In horror movies, the common things in life, music, and atmosphere are used to create an oppressive atmosphere. The investment in this film is not high. There aren't too many special effects, but it still makes people shudder after watching it, which is what makes it successful. ”

In the media, there is a lot of enthusiasm to discuss the success of this film: because this movie is different from other horror films. Unlike the plasma technique that Americans are more accustomed to using now, the method of filming this film is unique.

In fact, if you really talk about it, there is no shortage of psychologically repressive horror movies in the United States. The movie The Shining can be said to be a classic of horror films, and the movie made by Kubrick and Stephen King is also very depressing. But. Over the years, there have been fewer and fewer such films.

American horror films have actually embarked on a relatively biased path over the years. Because there are very few people now who have the genius of Kubrick's kind, therefore. Their horror films can only develop more and more towards bloody violence. Since it can't make people feel psychologically stressed, it's better to let people have sensory stimulation. Americans often turn horror movies into thrillers, relying on strong visual impact to make people feel scared. Most of the practices of American movies are to use a murderer or monster in a confined environment to stimulate people's vision. It's scary. The Americans are very comfortable with this approach and have made up a routine, but. No matter how much such a movie is shot, it is just a sensory stimulation. On a psychological level, these visual stimuli have little effect.

However, Japanese horror movies are different. Japanese horror films focus on the rendering of atmosphere and focus on continuous impact. Relying on eerie music, abnormal tones, peeping shots, and editing effects, the movie is full of eerie and terrifying atmosphere. It doesn't like to choose an unmanned environment for murderers to kill like American horror movies, he prefers to choose an environment related to life, just at home, school, company and other places where everyone needs to go, suddenly there is a horror effect, so that the real and the unreal are combined.

After watching an American horror movie, the most common idea that people have, that is, to be careful not to be alone when traveling, but after watching a Japanese-style horror movie, the more I think about it, the more frightening it becomes, because the things in the movie can be seen everywhere in life. Blair the witch had to rely on a year's propaganda to pretend that this was a documentary, so that people could arouse terror and make people feel scared, but there was no need for a curse - even if people knew it was fake, they would still be scared when they saw something similar in their lives after watching it.

This kind of psychological pressure is the most terrifying part of the movie, and it is also the most discussed by the media. After all, the United States used to have classic movies like The Shining, and they were confident that they could shoot such good things, and now seeing a Japanese movie achieve such success in the United States has also made many Americans reflect on whether their horror films have become worse and worse over the years.

This kind of talk took up all the pages, and for a while, there was a lot less attention paid to the drug network. Although everyone admits that this movie is indeed very well shot, not only full of texture, but also the use of filters and the director's peaceful documentary style of storytelling are very individual, but after all, it is difficult for this movie to get rid of the problem of a flat story, and the movie itself discusses a big problem like the drug problem that cannot be ended, but does not give an evocative ending, but ends with an open-ended ending, which is also unsatisfying.

Of course, on the whole, this film is still a good film - there are not many directors who can shoot this kind of film. However, no matter how good the shooting level is, it is difficult to cover up the shortcomings of the movie itself, especially when compared with Infernal Affairs this year, the problem of this movie is even greater.

"Compared to Levy's best in Infernal Affairs, where Andy paid homage to Tony's grave, the ending of the drug network was not satisfactory. Soderbergh is truly a genius, and what he shows us is his brilliant approach to photography. However, his films are too biased towards technique and are a bit showy, which also proves that he is still far from the top masters. ”

After the film came out, the media criticized Soderbergh a lot. Such accusations, compared with the praise received by Shimizu Chong, also put Soderbergh in an extremely disadvantageous position.

When people comment on a movie, they always refer to the identity of the director and the type of film. For Shimizu Chong, shooting a horror film, even if it does not have any profound social significance, as long as it can have a box office, it is considered a success, and it can trigger people's discussion of horror films, which is an extremely huge success. In contrast, a big director like Soderbergh will not have such low requirements, and there is a show off in the process of filming, which in itself is undesirable.

"As a good director, you need skill when making a film, but you can't be seen as deliberately using skill. Technique needs to serve the plot, and if it is the other way around, then the movie is not interesting. ”

Soderbergh can be said to have suffered a loss of status: as a long-standing genius director, the lack of good enough films is enough to be blamed by the media. Especially compared with the curse released at the same time, this movie has received more complaints.

If these two movies were not released at the same time, people probably wouldn't compare them together. A commercial horror film, and a realistic film about the drug problem, which is not something to be compared, is not something that can be compared.

However, since the media has long provoked a box office battle and has been promoting it for a long time, it is natural that they will now put the two movies together.

Of course, Soderbergh is not comparing Shimizu Chong, but Levy behind the movie.

Levy himself is not a person who likes to shoot commercial films, in fact, he has only shot one Infernal Affairs commercial film, but it is still very literary, and after filming, he immediately went to shoot other literary films. However, if he doesn't like commercial films, it doesn't mean that he can't shoot commercial films, and the promotion of Qing Shui Chong is enough to show that he has a good vision. In contrast, Soderbergh is a little too eager to achieve quick results, and he can do better. ”

For Levy, people are full of praise: Shimizu Chong has not made any films before, and even Sony has refused to produce his films, but Levi can see that his level is extraordinary. Coupled with the fact that he was able to use Nolan unusually last time, Levy's two appointments are enough to show his ability to appreciate excellent directors.

And Soderbergh already had a never-compromising release this year, and the quality of that film was good enough for him to get a lot of praise, so his approach to making a second film now makes people feel that he is in a hurry to achieve quick success.

"Right now, public opinion in the media is extremely unfavorable to Soderbergh. People say that when he made two films, he deliberately pursued double nominations, which was an idea of quick success, and such public opinion was extremely beneficial to us. ”

For this media war, Alexander has been paying attention, and these words are also very satisfying to him.

"Don't you see that? This is a set for me! I've made two films this year, and if my Lost in Tokyo isn't good enough, then, guess what, what would they say? Levy only smiled at the comments from the media.

Levi doesn't think that the media will be so kind-hearted, and it really is to praise him. Maybe who is fanning the flames behind this, saying that Soderbergh is in a hurry for quick success, and Levy has also made two movies? There was no victory in this war at all, and the most important thing was Levy's new movie.

"But you have faith in your films, right?" Alexander asked rhetorically.

"Of course. I have a lot of faith in my films -- and I have a lot of faith in Charlize. (To be continued......)