Compared with the two tigers competing for the Christmas file "Shushan" and "Rich Train" in Hong Kong, North America is competing for hegemony.

There are as many as 7 new films premiering on December 20 alone, in addition to Kang Jianfei's "Shushan" and "Out of Africa", as well as Spielberg's "Purple Sun", Lance? "Gems of the Nile" directed by Teg and so on.

In the week before that, there were also 4 new films released one after another, among which Warner Bros.'s "Singles Business Trip" performed particularly well, with a box office of $8.61 million in the first three days, winning the North American weekly box office champion last week.

"Singles on a Business Trip" and "Purple Sun" are both produced and distributed by Warner Bros., after the amazing first week of "Singles on a Business Trip", Warner Bros. increased the number of theaters released by the former, plus Warner had another film released at the same time, Spielberg's "Purple Sun" premiered in theaters was reduced, and the tragedy was only 192 canvases.

The fate of "Shushan" is similar to that of "Purple Sun", because 20th Century Fox is going to release "Out of Africa" and "Gems of the Nile", after some consideration and negotiation, the premiere canvas of "Shushan" was cut to only 447 pieces, and the number of premiere theaters of "Out of Africa" was cut to 735.

I have to say that the Yankees are cheating fathers.

……

Chinatown, Chicago, USA.

Li An walked into the vegetable market with a vegetable basket, and many Chinese in the market greeted him with a smile, but there seemed to be a different meaning in that smile.

"Mr. Li, I'm here to buy vegetables again."

"yes. Just free. ”

"Your wife is so happy, my husband never buys vegetables or cooks, and I have to do everything alone."

"Huh. You sir so blessed. ”

"Mr. Li, you haven't found a job yet?"

"It's coming."

"The Fu'an Hotel on the street is opened by my nephew, why don't I introduce you to be a waiter."

"Thank you very much, no need."

“……”

Half an hour later, Li An walked out of the market carrying a basket of vegetables, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly, replaced by shame and annoyance.

Ang Lee earned a master's degree from New York University last year. His graduation project also won the New York University Wasserman Award for Best Director and Best Picture, but these accolades did not help him much.

After graduating with a master's degree, Ang Lee became unemployed. He was disheartened and ready to return to Taiwan half a year ago. As a result, his graduation work "The Dividing Line" was actually broadcast on TV, and Ang Lee finally leaked his face a little, and was arrested by William as a director? Morris Brokerage signed.

Ang Lee thought that he would come to work, and he went to Hollywood for a while. As a result, he returned to Chicago after spending all his money.

The current Ang Lee is a jobless vagrant. In addition to watching movies and reading books every day, she buys vegetables and does housework, relying on his wife Lin Huijia to make money to support the family, and Lin Huijia herself is just a doctoral student who works and studies.

Ang Lee's biggest annoyance now is to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, he is already well-known in the nearby Chinese circle, and everyone knows that he is a master's student who is supported by his wife. But Ang Lee had to go to the vegetable market to buy groceries, because the food there was much cheaper than in the supermarket.

Walking back to the rented house with vegetables, Ang Lee saw his wife's shoes behind the door. Oki said, "I'm back so early today." ”

"The lab closed early today." Lin Huijia said while lying on the sofa.

"I bought two fish." Li Ang picked up the vegetable basket and said.

Lin Huijia got up and put the contents of the vegetable basket into the refrigerator and said, "Let's go eat out today." I just received a prize money to celebrate, and then go to the movies after dinner. ”

"Okay." Li An reluctantly smiled and agreed. Although he watches and studies movies every day, they are all rented videotapes, and he hasn't been to the cinema with his wife for at least a year.

The two chose a small Chinese restaurant for dinner, and then walked to a movie theater in Chinatown.

Ang Lee looked up at the theater's film schedule, he originally wanted to watch "Purple Sun" and "Out of Africa", but when he bought the ticket, he said inexplicably: "Come to two "Shushan". ”

Walking into the screening hall, there were only two minutes left for the movie to be played, Ang Lee raised his eyes and swept around the screening hall, and found that the audience was actually sitting about seventy percent. However, the majority of the audience is Chinese, so Ang Lee cannot rely on this to evaluate the popularity of "Shushan".

To be honest, Ang Lee, who has a master's degree in film production at New York University, looks down on Chinese films. Even if there are occasionally one or two outstanding films, Chinese films as a whole still lag behind Hollywood too much.

If it is the work of internationally renowned director Kang Jianfei, maybe Ang Lee will attach great importance to it, but Xu Ke, who is unknown, is not in Ang Lee's eyes - even if "Shushan" won the Silver Lion Award in Venice.

Sitting on the seat with a provocative attitude, Li An, who was still sitting casually at first, sat up straight with a serious expression after half an hour, staring at the big screen motionless with his eyes.

The 120-minute theatrical version of "Shushan", in Ang Lee's opinion, is still a little fast, but it is qualified as a commercial blockbuster, especially to please ordinary audiences, which can be seen from the exclamations and laughter in the screening hall.

After a movie, Ang Lee and Lin Huijia walked home silently, and on the way, Ang Lee suddenly said: "Huijia, I want to go to Hong Kong." ”

"To Hong Kong?" Lin Huijia said in surprise.

Ang Lee nodded: "Yes, go to Hong Kong, it's useless for me to stay here in the United States, there is no company that will ask me to make a movie, it is better to go to Hong Kong to develop." Even if this "Shushan" is placed in Hollywood, it is also a first-class level, since Xu Ke can make such a movie in Hong Kong, why can't I? ”

If it weren't for the signing of a contract with a brokerage company, Ang Lee would have been in Taiwan half a year ago, and he wouldn't have had to be a househusband for the past few months.

Lin Huijia thought for a while and said, "Since you want to go to Hong Kong to develop, then go ahead, I support you." ”

……

"Shushan" has caused a great sensation in the Chinese circle in North America, Hollywood special effects and the motherland's great hot mountain, and the theme is a swordsman that everyone likes to see, which can naturally arouse the popularity of Chinese in North America.

However, apart from the Chinese, other races in North America don't seem to be very interested in "Shushan" - there are so many good movies to choose from in the Christmas file, why should whites and blacks go to watch a Chinese-language movie?

Everything has pros and cons, "Shushan" was screened at Christmas, which seemed to be a big advantage in the prime time, but it was completely overshadowed by the light of other Christmas blockbusters, and it was better to be screened in the off-season.

Let's take our eyes back to Hong Kong, just nine hours before Mr. and Mrs. Lee watched "Shu Shan". Zhou Huimin held a bucket of popcorn, stared at the big screen, and completely unconsciously stuffed the popcorn into his mouth one by one.

"Wow, those pools are colorful, and the sun shines so beautifully."

"I don't know where I filmed it."

"In the TV promo, it is said that Jiuzhaigou."

"When I have money, I must travel to Jiuzhaigou."

“……”

The sound of the Guqin sounded in the theater, the wind blew the bamboo forest to form a bamboo wave, the flying sword in the bamboo forest was vertical and horizontal, the magic weapon was handed over, and the fight was fierce, but it was picturesque and intoxicating.

The whole film shows a kind of poetry and painting all the time, and the lens is used more like a Taiwanese literary film in the 70s than a fast-paced Hong Kong commercial film.

As the theme song composed by Lu Guanting for "Shu Mountain" sounded, many viewers spontaneously applauded, and did not stand up until the behind-the-scenes footage was over.

Just as everyone was about to leave, suddenly the film began to play on the screen again. I saw that a drop of blood suddenly began to flow slowly on the grass after the war, and the drop of blood flew up and burrowed into the body of a passerby, and a strange expression immediately appeared on the passerby's face.

"Ha Lu haha......" The passerby began to laugh wildly, and the laughter belonged to the villain Deng Yin, who was killed by the protagonists.

"Deng Yin is not dead."

"He has become a blood god son, of course he is not so easy to die."

"There's definitely a sequel."

"I don't know when the sequel to Ludao will be filmed, I really want to watch it right away."

"It's a blockbuster with an investment of 80 million, it looks really cool."

“……”

Zhou Huimin's ears were filled with the audience's discussions, although she did not join the discussion, but after watching the movie, she was still shocked by the gorgeous visual effects.

Across the street, the Golden Harvest Cinema Line has just finished a "Rich Train", and the audience who came out of the theater was also chatting enthusiastically.

"Ha Luha, it's so funny, Zeng Zhiwei almost laughed to death when he jumped out of the car."

"It's funny to be shackled by a train."

"The funniest thing is the cheating part, Yangtze River No. 1, Yangtze River No. 2, Ha Lu Ha

"Fortunately, there are no tickets for "Shushan", otherwise I would have missed such a good movie."

"Yes, "Rich Train" is definitely the best comedy."

“……”

In the following period of time, fans who have watched "Shushan" strongly recommend "Shushan" to their relatives and friends, while fans of "Nirvana Train" think that "Nirvana Train" is better-looking, and there are conflicts and quarrels because of this.

As for the other two films in the Christmas file, "Christmas Adventure" and "Treasure Hunting", they were completely ignored by everyone, because the attendance rate was too low and the number of screenings was constantly reduced, and the ordinary films on the bench also belonged to the role of cannon fodder.

Whether "Shushan" is better or "Rich Train" is better, it's really hard to say.

Because one is a special effects swordsman blockbuster, and the other is a star-studded comedy, each has its own merits and can't be compared at all.

The quality of the film cannot be compared, but the box office of the film is comparable.

After the box office of the two movies came out on the first weekend, Hong Jinbao, Zeng Zhiwei, Mecca, Zou Wenhuai, Chen Rongmei and others were all dumbfounded. The two movies that are so hot have actually pulled a big gap at the box office, and the winner is naturally "Shushan", and the promotion for months has really not been in vain. (To be continued......)