Chapter 430: Desperate Box Office! (All kinds of requests!) )
Just when the film market was dominated by "Avatar", in the past two days, most of the entertainment media in North America, Europe, and China have been dominated by "Avatar"-related film reviews.
Readers are very enthusiastic about it, and they never get tired of reading these movie reviews. As soon as some newspapers did not have Avatar, sales immediately fell sharply.
As a result, the entire entertainment media was full of Avatar.
Cullen, a film critic for The London Entertainer, commented: "The landscapes on Pandora are mesmerizing, and the colourful and exotic flora and fauna are stunning. Huge trees dozens of stories high, dotted with mountains, waterfalls, and insects and trees that glow at night are all breathtaking. And its details are also perfect, such as the equipment used by humans, which is so advanced that it makes people excited; There are also Na'vi people who are also very creative in the way they control heavily armored horses and pterosaurs. When watching the movie, it is like waiting for one surprise after another to be revealed, and the director of Huaxia is really amazing, far exceeding everyone's expectations. ”
Amohan of Bollywood Movie Newspaper commented: "When I came back from the cinema, my brain was still a mess, and I was shocked by the avatar, and I really didn't know how to write this review. If you're looking for 3D special effects, it's definitely worth the ticket price; If you're watching it for the plot, you'll also earn back the ticket price. This is a revolutionary movie, and if you don't watch it, you will regret it for the rest of your life. ”
Billy Zhou, a famous film critic of "Huaxia Film News", commented: "The excellent surround sound in the cinema with the vigorous sound of war and the fierce music constantly hit the audience's eardrums! The heart is beating strongly!! When the movie ended, the audience still hadn't woken up from the tragic and unhesitating battle, and when they left their seats, the uplifting music still sounded in their heads, and the fierce bloody counterattack!! It's a shocking movie!! ”
Kawakami Shuto, a well-known sci-fi film critic signed by Tokyo Entertainment, commented: "After watching Avatar, I had a strong sense of the gap from fantasy to reality, which is rare in my memories of watching movies. If "Avatar" can go down in the history of cinema, it must be due to its breakthrough in technology. I remember that I used to take off my glasses several times in the middle of watching a 120-minute 3D movie to relieve the sore and uncomfortable feeling of my eyes, but after watching "Avatar" for 3 hours. There is not the slightest sense of fatigue visually. ”
There was a lot of praise, but there were also many media outlets who opposed it and criticized the film.
The film critic of "Variety" commented: "The movie "Avatar", like other movies that win with special effects, is the top special effects. But the plot pales. It can't let me have the kind of soul resonance that "Titanic" gave me, nor can it let me have the sense of scientific wonder that "12 Monkeys" gave me, and it can't give me the strong emotion that I was given in "Forrest Gump". ”
And another film critic was also quite unkind, and directly criticized the whole movie after watching it, except for the picture or the picture, the plot is rotten and scum.
However, such comments were quickly drowned out by the saliva of other well-received media outlets.
Santes, a special critic for The Hollywood Reporter, commented: "Some newspapers say that the plot of 'Avatar' is pale, and that is because its critics didn't watch the movie properly. This movie not only touched me, but also made me feel a supernatural energy that made a mortal like me go out of my body even for a short time, like the paralyzed male protagonist of the film, Jack. I was able to see the humans I belonged to from the eyes of people from another planet. ”
Sweet, a contracted film critic for The Chicago Newspaper, commented: "Avatar is not only about audio-visual effects, but also about environmental protection, as well as the love between men and women, courage and responsibility, freedom and justice, war and peace, development and colonization, barbarism and civilization, and so on. Who said this movie doesn't have a plot? Who said the movie was pale? For such a zhuangbility person, I express my extreme contempt!! ”
"Boston Globe" -- "Avatar truly portrays the kindness and sorrow of the heroine, a blue-eyed alien, when facing the confusion and fear of human aircraft cannons, and witnessing the death of her lover. The painful and distorted face deeply pierced the audience's heart; Especially in the high-tide part, the angry cavalry of the indigenous Pandora braved the rain of bullets and bravely rushed to the human mechanical troops, and the human large and small caliber missiles, machine guns, and cannons ruthlessly covered it, this tragic scene does not remind people of the helplessness and determination of the 20,000 cavalry under the command of Seng Lingqin who will undoubtedly rush to the British and French forces? If this is also a plot gap, I have nothing to say. ”
And the famous film critic Satos wrote a long review on his IMDB review: "Avatar has a heavy sense of heaviness. It reminds me of the words that an Indian chief wrote to the Grand Chief in Washington, D.C., in 1854: 'If we give up this land, give it to you.' You must remember: this land is sacred. He and his people had done their last thing, they had shed blood, they had died, they had wailed, they had roared, they had come to the brink of annihilation...... No one heard their wails and roars. No one cares about this ancient tribe on the verge of extinction. ”
"In addition to the ugliness of racial colonization, there is another thing that is revealed in the film. I remember the main character in the movie saying to Eva, the god of Pandora, "Look at our world, there is no greenery, they killed the parents who raised them", and we humans are doing such a stupid thing right now. Forests are decreasing day by day. Exhaust fumes are gradually filling the sky, the ozone hole is getting bigger and bigger, and desertification is gradually accelerating. ”
In short, the reviews of "Avatar" are almost one-sided, and most of the contrarian media are aiming to attract readers.
And at the box office, there is no need for official statistics, and professional filmmakers already have a spectrum in their hearts. Released for five consecutive days, all over the world except for remote places, it is difficult to find a ticket, the attendance rate is almost 100%, plus the terrifying ticket prices of 3D and IMAX, the box office of one day is absolutely exaggerated and terrifying!!
Aside from speculation, from the actual point of view, from the 23rd to the 27th, which was released for 5 consecutive days, according to the statistics of the world's most authoritative North American box office statistics agency, "Avatar" has earned nearly 2 billion US dollars in the global market in the five days of its release!!
The first "Titanic" in history? I'm sorry, but in another day I can burst its chrysanthemums.
However, fans and filmmakers are not shocked by the $2 billion at all, because in the past few days, they have been shocked to the point of numbness, even if some experts predict that "Avatar" can get a total box office of $4 billion, they will choose to believe it.
Some people are happy and some people are sad, and the most tragic and bitter ones are "Teddy Bear", "Brave Legend" and "Untouchable". These three movies were all released around Christmas, in order to take advantage of the momentum of "Avatar" to go against the grain and occupy a little more film scheduling rate when there were fewer movies released, in order to seek a higher box office.
The ideal is plump, and the reality is the backbone.
Although the style of the three movies is different from "Avatar", although they are all excellent, and the fans have high evaluations, they ...... They all grossed ridiculously low! Not much better than those movies that have been around for a long time!!
At this time, they suddenly realized that the attention and money of the entire film market were attracted to "Avatar", and fans would rather not watch them, save their money, and watch "Avatar" again.
Fans with good luck have grabbed three or four "Avatar" movie tickets in a row, and they are willing to watch it again and again, and they will not get bored at all because of watching "Avatar" many times.
The entire film market, except for "Avatar", is full of mourning......
"Men in Black", "Total Recall", and "Batman: The Rise of the Dark Knight", which are ready to be released in January, saw that the film market was so miserable, and they also broke out in a cold sweat, and they began to hesitate to adjust the schedule a little later......
ps:
Explain the box office of 2 billion in 5 days. In 2009, the global box office of "Avatar" in the first week was 1.3 billion, combined with the global economic depression caused by the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States, combined with the relatively developed world entertainment in the novel, 2 billion is not scary at all???