CHAPTER 147: THE HOST (7)
If this is just the tip of the bamboo shoots that have sprung up after the rain, then in the afternoon, the tips of the bamboo shoots are growing into a bamboo forest!
At three o'clock in the afternoon, CINE21, one of the three major film and television magazines in South Korea, first released a film review.
The title is very scary.
"Godzilla and the Monster of the Han River - CINE21 Contributing Writer and Vice President of Dankook University Choi Min-sang."
"In the film, there are ten categories, one of which is called the monster house, in which there are countless business cards, and it is one of the most famous."
"Everyone vaguely remembers that when Godzilla trampled the world in 98, everyone thought that the Han River monster was a Korean Godzilla? Wrong! If you haven't seen it, you will never know what the Han River monster is, until now, I can't tell what it is, it has family affection, pathos, disasters, horrors, ketchup and corn soup. At first glance, the four are not like each other, but they are very cleverly blended together. β
"According to the practice of the United States, "Monster of the Han River" should be made like "Godzilla" to make a monster film to be enjoyable, and it should be made as a lone hero on the verge of death after the monster slaughters the city to save all mankind, but "Monster of the Han River" will not fall into the clichΓ© of the Hollywood genre film model, it is clear that the big serration with locusts, the fins of the baby fish, the snake-like tail and a pair of very strong thighs are not the protagonist of the film. Using the name of "monster" to criticize politics and reflect on history is Bong Joon-ho's intention to convey to the audience. β
"Driven by the democratic process in the United States, South Korea rose rapidly in the sixties and seventies of the last century and became one of the four Asian tigers, and many Korean parents have to work hard to send their children to the United States to receive a better education, so for Koreans, their attitude towards the United States is very ambiguous, and the extremely symbolic beginning of the film gives us a lot of inspiration......
This was followed by a film review of FILM2.0, the second largest magazine, which was also sprinkled with a large number of films, full of praise.
MOVIEWEEK, NOT TO BE OUTDONE, IN SHORT, THE MOVIES THAT REFLECT POLITICS BUT JUST DO WHAT THEY LIKE, HAVE BEEN PRAISED BY CRITICS.
Especially at a time when the film and television industry is on a big march.
Since the beginning of the afternoon, the titles of the major forums about the monster of the Han River have grown rapidly like a bamboo forest.
"Oh my God! I didn't believe the post in the morning, but after the film review of Vice President Cui of CINE21 came out at noon, I went to read it with the mentality of giving it a try, I just want to say that the movie review is completely true! It's a movie that can't be more classic! It is the pride of Korean movies! β
"Believe it! Film critics won't lie to us, will I tell you that I just came out of the cinema? β
"Hyper-real monsters! That petal-shaped mouth, I would have dreamed of it! Devour me, my master......"
"I never thought that Asia could make a movie comparable to Hollywood special effects, so you should all go and see it for special effects! I bet you're going to be scared of that big dick! β
Explosive growth, the king's man, finally ushered in the fierce rival of this Christmas schedule!
Tens of millions of people vs. tens of millions of people, at this moment, the signs are finally emerging!
Both sides praised each other, which one was worth watching again and again, until 9 o'clock in the evening, and the Dawning Internet had been stirred upside down.
"Why don't you put monsters yet?" "Where is the monster? Wasn't the trailer made by Dawn? "We're going to see monsters!"
However, this is only a gesture of the population.
The real winner is in the hands of the publisher and the theater chain!
At twelve o'clock in the evening, the box office of the day is settled!
eaglepictures, the production company of Wang's man, that night, sleepless night.
Just a week ago, Wang's men had a grand celebration here, and the stars had murdered countless teenage girls screaming, and at this moment, they sat nervously in front of their computers.
Kim Soon-hee, as the head of the EAGLE distribution department, is already in a cold sweat at the moment.
From the premiere of the Han River Monster, this movie directed by Bong Joon-ho with a 10 billion investment has attracted their attention.
Without it, there can only be one king in the Christmas schedule!
Whether the king's man will clean up the remaining films like this year's European and American summer files and world wars, or whether the monsters of the Han River have sprung up and finally sat on the throne, no one knows the bottom of their hearts.
Both sides were red-eyed.
And tonight is the time to see the real chapter.
His breathing was a little heavy, staring at the screen tightly, and he had already urged the technical department more than once to hurry up and send over the statistics of the Han River monster.
Finally, with a "ding", MSN flashed, and a line of data appeared on his MSN.
He immediately looked at it.
At first glance, he was stunned.
Four hundred and fifty thousand!
450,000 moviegoers on the first day! The king's man picked up two thousand on the first day!
Although this number is 70,000 different from the king's men, it is now the heyday of the king's men! The outside world has received rave reviews, the president has praised it personally, and it stands to reason that there can be no other movie that can threaten it!
Unless the quality is too good!
"Fortunately, there are still 70,000 short! There is still a distance! We've only invested $4.5 billion. He comforted himself and continued to watch.
In the next second, his eyes were straight.
Hanjiang Monster, the first show, only less than 30,000 viewers! And by the end of the night, it was already 450,000!
Fifteen times the increase!
He was dumbfounded, and his tongue was about to fall out.
There is only one reason for this terrifying number - the quality of the movie is too good, and the audience spreads it from one to the other, forming a shockwave effect!
The king's man, at the beginning and end of the first day, rose by eight times, which is already a terrible increase, and it is enough to scare people's eyes wherever it is placed.
But now, with the king's man Yu Wei still there, the increase has nearly doubled!
He shivered all over his body, this kind of increase could only make him think of a film.
Fish!
"The enemy is currently ......" for a long time, and he said this sentence with emotion, "It is worthy of a movie with an investment of 10 billion yuan and the participation of international artists...... Sure enough, as soon as it was shot, it was extraordinary......"
He immediately picked up the phone: "Minister Li of the Propaganda Department?" Can you come to the company immediately? We must immediately discuss the follow-up publicity of Wang's man, otherwise, I am afraid that this championship will be taken away......"
Things were far from being as simple as he thought.
The next day, the major media praised the "monster," and the settlement that night, the number of monster moviegoers was 1.25 million!
On the same day, the king's man broke the record of 1.2 million in two days!
Before the appearance of the "League of Thieves" in the future, this blockbuster, which ranked first and second in Korean film history, began a tragic battle!
On the third day, "King Kong" was released, but the number of people fell below 100,000 on the day of the premiere. Jackson's film, this is undoubtedly already a fiasco!
Don't blame it for its bad quality, the man of the king in 05 should have been invincible, but he met the monster of the Han River that should have been released in the summer of 06, in the history of Korean films, 10 years ago, he was firmly in the first place, and under the two sharp blades of the second throne, King Kong was dismal and hated.
At the end of January, Wang's Man exceeded 7 million viewers! The Han River Monster was released for five days and exceeded 3 million viewers!
On February 1, the Korea Museum of Biological Resources signed a contract with SHOWBOX to obtain the exclusive portrait rights of the Hangang Monster simulation contour model. According to Lee Joo-eun, director of the Museum of Biological Resources, at the press conference: "This is a masterpiece of Korean biology in history!"
On the same day, Wang's man ranked first in the five-week weekend movie ticket pre-sale list! Break the record of "fish"! Snatch the first month of the "Tai Chi Flag Flying" broadcast throne!
In addition to the final number of moviegoers, the final box office, and the final profit, Wang's man officially reached the top before the Spring Festival came.
On February 2, the Han River Monster was released for a week, breaking the record of 3.5 million moviegoers in the history of Wang's man! In just one month, double records were produced, and double records were broken!
On the morning of the second day, there was an uproar in the Korean film and television industry, and President Roh Moo-hyun publicly stated that "the Han River Monster is an excellent movie, although I didn't finish watching it because I had something to do at the time, but I have seen the last moment, and I am very sorry for the ending of the monster and the cute Hyun-joo." β
The president watched the movie for the second time!
Same year, same month! Both sides are already red-eyed.
On the evening of the second day, Wang's man signed a contract with KBS, South Korea's largest TV station, Lee Jung-hyun, and mythology will sing for Wang's man.
On February 12th, the Hanjiang Monster signed a contract with the famous Korean toy company TVP, and Lee Hyori decided to sing for the Hanjiang Monster.
At noon on the 13th, Wang's man premiered the moon and landed at Dawn, with sales of 5 million people on the same day!
SHOWBOX and EAGLE are scattered like won paper, and posters of these two movies can be seen at the entrance of every movie theater.
On February 20, Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Yang Ziqiong, and Watanabe Ken starred in Spielberg's blockbuster "Memoirs of a Geisha" in South Korea, and the number of moviegoers only exceeded that of King Kong, far less than the Han River monster and Wang's man.
Watanabe Qian called Lin Xiao's mobile phone, but found that the other party had turned off the phone.
At the end of February, at the box office in the first month, the man who broke the king of the Han River monster again, 7 million moviegoers beat the other party's 6 million moviegoers!
On the same day, the Shilla Hotel Seoul and SHOWBOX held a state banquet at the Korean court, wishing the Han River monster to exceed 10 million, and at the same time celebrating the Han River monster hitting a new high!
At the banquet, the Hanjiang Monster crew signed additional terms for major theater screenings, and like Wang's man, it is one of the few movies in Korean film history that has been shown for two months in a row!
However, starring Lin Xiao, the excited reporters searched all over the crowd but couldn't see it.
At noon on the same day, the Han River Monster was released, and the number of orders reached 5 million! A lot of them are watched once and then watched a second time.
That day and night, South Korea's presidential candidate, the only female president in history, Park Geun-hye, former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, the man who watched the movie, Park Geun-hye watched the movie Han River Monster out of her habitual Chinese complex. Afterwards, he praised "different movies, different styles, and the same excellence." I felt that the artist from China performed very well, and if it weren't for the materials, I would have thought that he was an authentic Korean. β
At the beginning of March, Wang's man painted a picture, and finally froze the 12 million people that no one in Korea had ever set foot on!
At this point, the fish was completely pulled off the horse, the Tai Chi flag was far behind, and director Cui Shihuan's fame skyrocketed, from only being able to get one-third of the salary of a first-line director, to becoming a hot film director!
If it weren't for the fact that there were too few movies, I'm afraid I would have to add a big word in front of it.
Lee Joon-gi, Gan Woo-sung, Jung Jin-young and others have directly doubled their worth, especially Lee Joon-gi has approached the top star salary.
The king's man finally painted, but none of his eyes relaxed, because the Han River monster had not yet painted.
A new record has been generated, can it be like what the current film and television industry says, "The record of the king's man is for the monster of the Han River?" β