Chapter 44: The Warcraft Movie

Some time ago, Captain America 3 was perhaps the movie that fans wanted to watch the most, but for now, it was definitely Warcraft movies that won the title. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Before the release of the movie, many media were also fortunate enough to be invited to watch the full film in advance, although there was a confidentiality agreement, but there were still some "dead people" who spoiled and released some film reviews.

Cheng Yu has naturally seen these things, and exposed four video clips of the Warcraft movie on YouTube, namely Durotan and Orgrim discussing human issues, King Ryan seeking help from Garona, Lothar's team being ambushed by orcs led by the Black Hand in the jungle, and Khadgar being beaten by Medivan by rummaging through the library.

Cheng Yu knew that this was a habitual hype method, which could make many audiences pay attention to and be enthusiastic about Warcraft, although he was not among these people, but he also understood the general direction of the plot in advance.

Not only that, but there are even those who are doing the job of voicing their opinions on the Reddit forum. He said that he was not among the invited media and film critics, and that he secretly brought him to the film because of his girlfriend's connections.

"Rating the Warcraft movie, if you score 100 points, you can score 60-70 points, and you can score 69 personally, which is better than you imagined. Visual effects (special effects, props, costumes, choreography) are all a plus. If you are objective, hit 65. I guess a lot of people rated it lower than me. “

On the first night of the Warcraft movie. There was still about half an hour before the start of the movie, and Cheng Yu came to the movie theater, and the one at the front of the line was King COS Lane's, but he had a handful of Frost Sorrow in his hand.

There was a group of COS players following behind, and I don't know which of the second goods was shouting: "This is our last position." Everything that is today will be passed down through the ages. Whether we live or die, we are all fighting for honor. We are all fighting for freedom and for our people, remember, heroes, that fear is your worst enemy in this evil land. Courage will make your soul brighter than a thousand suns. The enemy will crush before you. The light of justice will destroy them completely. “

And then it's a shout: "For the tribe." But on the other side, someone shouted, "For Azeroth." "Although they are in two different camps, they are now on the same side, just to see Warcraft.

Blizzard is not satisfied with its current commercial achievements in games, and wants to promote its company's core - the huge Warcraft parallel world to a wider public, so as to create more subcultural fan groups, so the foundation of such self-confidence is built on the previous 20 years of carefully sketched game heritage and exquisite CG graphics, tens of millions of global fans brought by the topic of impetus, in the commercial debut has been invincible, depending on how much money is earned, and how many new fans can be recruited in the end.

At the beginning of the movie, everyone entered in an orderly manner, and although everyone was very excited when they were at COS just now, the audience was quiet after taking their seats. Of course, there were not only fans of Warcraft, but also passers-by who paid attention to Warcraft.

However, as the movie progressed, the audience in the cinema was obviously polarized, and the fans and players of Warcraft were still very high, but some passers-by felt a little drowsy.

Cheng Yu, who was sitting in the front row, also felt this way, he was not a traditional Warcraft player, he also had this feeling, but his good quality still made him persevere. However, there are still some scenes in the show that make the audience smile, such as Khadgar's transformation into a sheep, Medivan's first teleportation, and the familiar cry of the fish-man under the bridge in Shining Goldtown.

There are also scenes that make Cheng Yu worry, that is, the pain of Lothar's loss of her son, the suspicion of Medivan, and so on.

After the film ended, Cheng Yu also shook his head, in his opinion, this movie is still a popcorn movie, but it is not as enjoyable to watch as a popcorn movie.

"Blizzard still lacks the wisdom to adapt games into movies to make it easier for the average mainstream audience to integrate into the world of Azeroth, and it has to learn from Marvel about this. All fantasy parallel worlds are built on the audience's identification with the characters. Players are fine, because they have been familiar with these stories and characters for too long, and they know their deeds and the progress of the main story line like a game designer. “

"But what about the mainstream audience? As soon as the movie appears, there are as many as a dozen core characters on both the human and orc sides, and the first thirty minutes do not have a single story line that really unfolds, and three lines are thrown out very eagerly: the alliance's own hesitation and the conflict between Lothar's father and son, Khadgar and Medivan are also teachers and enemies, and the conflict between Durotan and Gul'dan, the father of Thrall, is dazzling. “

"There are also big scenes, I think Duncan Jones is not completely enough to make the legion-level confrontation exciting, in terms of momentum, it is more like a small team operation, this is not the fault of technical strength, the special effects team has shown the temperament of Degano, Stormwind, Fort Ironforge, Dalaran, Karazan, and even other big scenes, the problem is in the scheduling, the combination of lens language, I strongly feel that Duncan Jones is inadequate."

"The point is, in fact, the most brilliant and best actor in the film is Wu Yanzu, which is really beyond my expectations, because European and American actors have been trained in drama since childhood, have rich facial expressions, and show the innate advantages of Asian actors. But this time, Wu Yanzu's interpretation of Guldan is really full of form and spirit, and it is really a great challenge to think about such a harsh performance environment (half-squatting all the time) and to perform Guldan's insidiousness and violence. “

"Two worlds, one home", this is the slogan of the Warcraft movie. However, for the audience, watching Warcraft has become "two types of audiences, two movies". World of Warcraft gamers are partying, ten years of youth in a two-hour world of light and shadow; Ordinary audiences may be confused, and it is inevitable that someone will cheer for the show, but how to make ordinary audiences willing to enter this world is the test of the ability of directors and producers.

"For ordinary audiences, what attracts us to the theater is the story, and of course there may be Wu Yanzu. However, unfortunately, except for the human discovery of the orc invasion at the beginning and the battle at the end of the film, the story of the movie does not seem to be so exciting. The two-hour film has an hour in a quagmire of lengthy and memorable points. “

"And the system of power balance in the play is completely out of balance, the mage is completely a father in the movie, some legendary warriors have no ability to fight back in front of the warlock, and one spell of Medivan can limit a legion."

"But Blizzard's box office expectations this time should still be optimistic, and there is also their successful side."

After writing these, it was already a little late, about two o'clock, Cheng Yu also smiled bitterly, but the work still has to be done, and then it depends on the Resident Evil of Star Technology, in fact, because of the time of Blizzard's premiere, it will definitely have an impact on the box office of the first day of infinite horror at this point.

Rubbing his eyebrows, Cheng Yu still had to persevere, clicked on the APP of Star Technology, and thought to himself: "Don't let me down." “