Chapter 477: Box Office Competition
The weird guys and the bad guys have a past, and the good guys are not too good to be thoroughly, and there is no universal code of conduct in the three-person world, just because they are in an out-of-control environment that lacks legal restraint and social order.
For some viewers, the success of the original classic is unattainable, and the remake of the film seems to lack the depth it deserves, but it might as well be seen as a compromise on Kim Ji-woon's business, and he needs to bear the box office pressure.
The film looks very lively, the other two types of men Li Binghun and Lin Youyang, one against the other, from the character modeling to the action style, can meet the eye addiction of the fan group, especially Lin Youming, his performance in the movie is very outstanding, this is his first time acting in an action scene, although he is slightly green, but the maturity of his acting skills makes up for the lack of action martial arts.
In the film, Lin Youlu has a large-scale, high-intensity fight and confrontation, which is dazzling and dizzying, I believe this is the most popular thing for many people who like him.
But this film also has obvious flaws, such as slightly simple dialogues, such as complicated branch lines, which look too messy, and the three of them finally completely threw off the tail to chase people, which is illogical, but fortunately, this does not affect the overall situation.
Some people will also question the climactic chase scene of four or five people, the strange guy running in front is pursued by spears and cannons, unscathed, similar to a feeling of "only seeing the trees, not the forest", that whole scene fully reflects the scheduling ability of Koreans on the big scene, from point to line to surface, the main and secondary are clear, and there is no messiness at all.
The only thing to say is that the camera shakes too much, which is quite obvious in the previous haunted market, but fortunately it does not hinder the style of the whole movie.
The cinematography style in "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys". In general, he insisted on hand-held photography to stun the audience. Plus the onslaught of fast clips. seems to be following the global trend led by "Spy 3", the 007 series of "Quantum of Solace" and Lin Chaoxian's "Witness" all have similar shadows, this style, I'm afraid only personal experience can be concluded, because different fans have different preferences and senses, and it is impossible to ask everyone to like it.
But there is no doubt that "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" is indeed filmed according to most people's tastes.
The three leading actors, Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Lim Woo-myung. The three of them have different personalities: one is ruthless, the other is free, and the other is only for money.
In order to end the confrontation between the three people, the film had to add past grievances, and it became a bad guy who took the initiative to seek but had grievances, and the relationship between the three was complicated, everyone wanted to kill each other, and it remains to be seen who will be given priority in the first shot, when dealing with this major play, director Kim Ji-yun imitated the original movie. Many close-ups of body parts, faces, and eyes were used to highlight the tension and solemnity of the atmosphere.
It's a pity. The fate of the three lacks a more effective connection, and the old feud of the other two turns into a good guy to reap the benefits, without chic feelings, but fortunately the director keeps a hand, and the weird guy continues his funny, and the whole film is also reduced to an action entertainment film.
This is the contradiction between the breaking and the establishment that Kim Zhiyun is facing: it is the original film director Sergio. Leone has established a good character to interpret the story, or reconstruct a character system to influence the development, at present, the director has chosen the latter, such as the appearance of the bad guys, the acquaintance of the good guys and the weird guys, which are not the same as "The Golden Three", and the ending has become very different.
Kim Ji-woon's display of chaos is certainly very different from the world of a few decades ago, and at the same time, it also adds essential entertainment elements, such as a large number of explosion scenes, gunfight chases on horseback, old-fashioned heavy motorcycles and beasts, etc., from the visible special report clips, the images of "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Strange Guys" are processed in a dark and rough manner, with a bloody and yellow sand, desolate and bleak artistic conception.
And the biggest gimmick of "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys", in addition to a large number of special effects and action clips, is the three leading actors who attract popularity, and the three of them leave a different impression on everyone, which is also the reason why many fans go to watch it.
Lin Youyang is even honored to be called "BIG3" for this, even if at present, he is still a little watery compared to Lee Byung-hun and Song Kang-ho's status, but it is real, the beneficiary of this movie, in addition to Kim Ji-yun, is Lin You-jun, whose popularity has risen rapidly.
With "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" and Lee Byung-hun and Song Kang-ho's East, Lin Youyang suddenly broke out again, after this movie, the "chemistry" between the three actors made people feel surprised, especially Lin Youyang, who completely kept up with the performance rhythm of these two Korean actors, who can be called Korean actors, did not fall behind, and did not make people feel abrupt and redundant, a just right perception.
Song Kang-ho is an absolutely powerful actor, good at figuring out characters; Lin Youmian is the most outstanding and youngest in terms of external conditions, and his acting skills are in continuous improvement, although in "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Strange Guys", he is not the main line of the story, but there are many brilliant shots, both hard-working action pictures and acting skills of grievances and hatred.
The most surprising thing is that Lin Youmeng has never had the experience of filming martial arts action, but this time the effect is presentable, at least it looks smooth and pleasing to the eye.
It is worth mentioning that during filming, Lee Byung-hun repeatedly raised objections to the roles, expressed his personal views on the characters, and fed back to the director, so he is "a Korean actor with the most problems".
Such a character is rare in the rigorous Korean artist system, and this is also where Lin Youmin feels that he should learn from Lee Byung-hun and learn how he communicates with the crew and runs in.
All in all, the combination of these factors has only one effect - crazy box office.
In the second weekend, two days and three nights, "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" once again set off a wave of moviegoers, crazy won 1.03 million weekend box office viewers, and the market share did not decline much, with a score of 49.9%, which is nearly half, a total of 2.07 million viewers in a single week, becoming the first Korean local film in the past four years to have more than 2 million viewers for two consecutive weeks.
It's a long-awaited battle for box office titles between Korean films, and the real Hollywood blockbuster disappeared from the top five of the list this week, but it's obviously too early to rejoice if the Korean film industry is optimistic.
I don't know what kind of grand scene the marketing of "Batman 6" and "The Mummy 3" will detonate after landing in South Korea, but the big enemy has not yet arrived, and Korean movies are still safe.
The cumulative box office of "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" has reached 4.32 million viewers, attracting 1.03 million people to watch in just one weekend and three days. In contrast, although the box office performance of this week's runner-up "You Are Far Away" with 650,000 viewers and nearly 400 million won is less than one-third of that of "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys", it can already be regarded as a good thing in the fragmented film market that has been crushed by "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys", because the opponent "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" is too strong, and other powerful Korean local films can't afford to challenge them.
"Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" focuses on men's cards, but in fact, if you talk about the cast of "You Are Far Away", there are also three powerful actors, namely Zheng Zhenrong, Yan Taexiong, and Zheng Jinghao, but the comprehensive strength still can't compete with the former.
And "You Are Far Away" is a female-themed movie after all, lacking a lot of commercial highlights, and lacking factors that can attract the audience such as big scenes and comedy elements. For obvious reasons, it was no surprise that "You're Far Away" fell to "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys."
Despite the success of last year's "Beauty's Troubles" and "Monsters", ShowBox, the publisher of "You're Far Away", lost a big battle against CJ Entertainment, the main publisher of "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys", this year. (To be continued......)