Chapter 160: The Premiere of the Center of the Earth, Going Down in History
Just when the publicity and distribution of "Gravity" was launched one after another, "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" was officially released nationwide.
Li Mu played the role of Kong Lingkan in the movie, and had a rivalry with Jiang Jingguo played by Chen Kun. Jiang Jingguo's anti-corruption is one of the highlights of the whole movie, and the rivalry between Li Mu and Chen Kun is naturally one of the highlights of the whole film, and the movie left a deep impression on the audience after its release.
Some viewers even posted a post to ridicule Li Mu, saying that if he doesn't want to make a movie, forget it, just be a professional actor! also said that watching Li Mu acting is at least natural and not embarrassing, Li Mu is a natural actor, and as a result, he was immediately fiercely opposed by the vast majority of netizens.
If Li Mu doesn't change filming as a director, then can any director in Huaxia make a movie of the level of "Inception"? There are actors in Huaxia who are better than Li Mu, but there are directors in Huaxia who can make sci-fi blockbusters, and there is only one Li Mu!
The movie "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" actually has a lot of shortcomings, but there are also some highlights, such as the scene of Zhang Guoli in the vice presidential election, which has been talked about by many netizens.
There are also Feng Yuxiang played by Chen Kaige and Du Yuesheng played by Feng Xiaogang, both of which left a deep impression on the audience, and the funniest of them are the roles played by Wang Baoqiang and Ge You.
"Report to the regiment commander, there is a landlord's compound in front, the wall is too high to climb, and the grenades can't be exploded, so I asked for artillery support."
"Flares!"
It turned out to be the Beiping City Gate!
When the movie comes here, there is often a burst of laughter in the theater.
In the end, the box office of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" was 15 million, the box office exceeded 50 million within 36 hours of release, the box office exceeded 100 million in three days of release, and the box office was 140 million in the first week.
A month before the official global release of "Gravity", the 27th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards was held in Changnan City, Xijiang Province, and this time Li Mu's "Inception" and Liu Yifei, one of the heroines, became one of the biggest winners of this year's Golden Rooster Awards.
The movie "Inception" won the Best Feature Film Award together with "Assembly" and "Mei Lanfang". Liu Yifei also successfully won the first acting award in her career - Best Actress, commonly known as the Golden Rooster Actress.
Also winning this year's Golden Rooster Actress is Jiang Wenli ("Lichun"), and Zhou Xun ("Li Mi's Conjecture"), the 27th Golden Rooster Award actress appeared in a rare three-yellow egg, and the result naturally caused a lot of controversy on the Internet.
A week later.
Liu Yifei attended the press conference of a jewelry brand, and Li Mu seized the time to create those classic works in his previous life after breakfast, because he didn't know when the original time and space authors started to create, so Li Mu had to copy all the works he wanted to copy as soon as possible, otherwise there was a certain risk of overturning.
And just as he was working hard to create the draft of "Zootopia", he received a call from Uncle Cheng Longlong:
"Li Mu, when is the premiere of your new movie?"
"In China, it is November 5th, the location is at the Olympic Sports Center, and in North America it is November 10th, and the North American market is expected to contribute the most to the box office of the movie, so the North American premiere must also be held."
"November 5th, Olympic Sports Center, okay, I remember, I will definitely arrive then."
"That's a good relationship, Uncle Long's arrival is the greatest support for me."
In the next few days, Li Mu also received a series of calls from Li Lianjie, Li Lianhua, Feng Xiaogang, Fan Binbin, Huang Xiaoming, Hong Jinbao, etc., except for a few people who couldn't come but would send their blessings in time, the vast majority of the rest said that they must cheer for the movie on the spot.
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November 13th.
Magic City.
A cinema parking lot.
A total of six men came down from the two cars, all of them under the age of thirty, and at the moment each of them had excitement written on their faces.
"Back then, we skipped class together to go to the video hall to watch American blockbusters and watch "Independence Day", which felt like something in front of us, and how many years have it been."
"It's not, I still remember the events of that year vividly, it was the first time I watched an American blockbuster, although it was in the video hall, and the conditions were very simple, but at that time, I was shocked in my heart, that kind of excitement, and now I didn't feel it when I watched the IMAX giant screen."
""Independence Day", "Godzilla", "The Day After Tomorrow" - director Roland Emmerich is worthy of being a 'master of Hollywood disaster movies', and I hope this "2012 Doomsday" will not disappoint."
These six people - Fat, Tall, Xiao Zhang, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Zhou, everyone has been classmates from junior high school to high school, and after graduating from college, they worked in the same city, so the relationship between the six buddies is very good.
When I was in school, I skipped class and went to the video hall to watch an American blockbuster was a common memory of the six people, so after knowing that today was the release of the new work of the former favorite film director, the six decided to watch the movie together after discussing it on the phone.
Since today is the day when two blockbusters - "2012" and "Gravity" are released worldwide at the same time, the topic of the six people will inevitably mention Li Mu's "Gravity".
"Actually, Li Mu's movies are not bad, whether it is "Assassin", "Super Body", or "Doomsday Collapse", which was still on the air two months ago, almost all of them have reached the level of excellent Hollywood movies, but I always feel that the boasting of Li Mu on the domestic Internet is a bit too much."
"It's a bit too much, but it's completely understandable, a director of Li Mu's level may not be too conspicuous in Hollywood, but in Huaxia, to be honest, it's simply a dimensionality reduction blow, and it's hard to produce such an international director in China, and he must hold it when he usually reports."
"Actually, if I want to say that Li Mu's best movie is actually "Doomsday Collapse", that kind of big scene, and the picture of two old people choosing to hug each other in the face of the tsunami, the twisted Golden Gate Bridge, the collapsed Hoover Dam, and the devastating earthquake, the viewing experience is absolutely super cool, on the contrary, "Inception" has some tricky elements."
"Doomsday Collapse" is indeed very exciting, the pinnacle of disaster films, and I even think that "2012" may not be able to make the effect of "Doomsday Collapse"."
"I think it's entirely possible, Li Mu is really strong, but I'm still not very optimistic about today's "Gravity". Listening to the introduction, it seems that there are only two actors in the whole film, Gong Li and Zhang Yimou? And Zhang Yimou is still a supporting role? Can Gong Li alone support a movie with an investment of 100 million US dollars? I always feel that this film is a bit overblown. ”
"It is said to be immersive, but if you think about it carefully, you will know that it is completely impossible, how can people be so far away from the screen, how can they really achieve the immersive effect?"
"I searched the main plot of "Gravity" on the Internet, this is an adapted movie, and the plot has long been picked up by netizens, which is the story of the female astronaut played by Gong Li struggling to survive in space. The plot is really very simple, and even if there is no plot, it is true, and I always feel that Li Mu is going to plant it this time. ”
While speaking, the six people had already taken the elevator to the ticket hall on the fourth floor, and the six people were immediately startled by the scene in front of them.
It was only nine o'clock in the morning, and there was already a queue dozens of meters away in front of the ticket office, and the queue was really insufficient in the end, and the crowd even made a big turn like a snake.
The six of them swept their eyes and immediately found that there was a much shorter line next to the two long dragons, so the six of them naturally lined up in that short line.
After lining up and inquiring, I learned that the two very long lines only sold tickets for "Gravity" today, while the short line of several people sold all tickets except for "Gravity".
The six of them were very happy, and said that they were fortunate that their group wanted to watch "2012" today, otherwise they wouldn't know when such a long line would be in line!
Because the line here is short, the six people quickly bought tickets, and after waiting for about half an hour, the staff finally called the audience to check in and enter.
Then, the six people had a new understanding of the word "shock".
In the two-and-a-half-hour movie, special effects scenes such as super earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Yellowstone filled the screen, especially the madman in Yellowstone, which left an extremely deep impression on all audiences.
The protagonist's life hangs by a thread, and the plot of narrowly escaping at the last moment makes the entire theater sound the exclamations of fans from time to time.
The fleeing plane flew away from the collapsed continent at the last moment, and the US aircraft carrier smashed into the White House, and those extremely shocking images in the movie always beat the nerves of all audiences.
How do you describe the movie "2012 Doomsday"?
Shock, shock, and TM are shock!
Before watching it, the six people thought that "2012 Doomsday" was difficult to surpass "Doomsday Collapse" directed by Li Mu, but who would have thought that "2012 Doomsday Collapse" turned out to be the ultimate upgraded version of "Doomsday Collapse"?
"Doomsday Collapse" still destroyed one or two super cities, but "2012" destroyed the entire earth!
"Damn, how do I feel better than "Doomsday Collapse"?"
"Damn, my bladder is about to burst, but even if I suffocate to death, I can't go to the toilet, if I miss any super shocking scenes, it will be a big loss!"
"I dare to say that if you simply comment on the shock of the movie, the domestic masterpiece "Inception" will be a little later, and "2012" is what Hollywood's top disaster blockbuster should look like!"
""Inception" is won by the plot, and if you talk about the big scenes alone, the Inception can't catch up with "2012"!"
"Before the release of the movie, "Gravity" was very popular, and Li Mu's fame in China far exceeded that of the director of "2012", but I dare to say that the whole network will explode in a few days "2012" super shocking topic, if you talk about the big scene alone, there is no better "2012 End of the World" in the world!"
The movie screening ended, and the six people came out of the theater, and almost every audience member around the six people was blowing up the "2012" they had just watched with great excitement.
"After a while of checking on the Internet, I guess there should be an article on the Internet announcing the blowing of "2012" by now."
"Definitely, I feel that there are so many big scenes in this movie that some explosions, and the shocking scenes are endless, this kind of movie simply ignores cultural differences, no matter which country the audience is, what cultural background it is, it is impossible not to be shocked when you see the scene of the Yellowstone volcano eruption!"
"There are too many viewers who have just queued up to buy "Gravity", which shows that Li Mu's movies were dominant in the early stage, but how do I feel that "2012" will catch up now?"
"To be honest, I can't imagine what super shocking big scenes an astronaut can shoot when he escapes from outer space and returns to Earth, maybe it must be awesome if he can really be immersive, but I feel that with the current technology, it can't be done at all, and that is the technology that only exists at the starting point."
"I can't wait to see how the whole network blows up "2012 Doomsday"!"
"I want to brush it again when I have time, that madman in Yellowstone is so awesome that it explodes!"
"They really exploded in the end! But he's really handsome! ”
The six of them walked out while talking, and when they passed by the ticket hall again, they found that there were more people who came to buy tickets now than before the movie opened, and the crowd of ticket buyers had filled the entire hall.
At this time, Xiao Ding suddenly gave the other five people a look, and the five of them followed Xiao Ding's gaze, and then they heard Xiao Ding whisper:
"Look at the man in sixth place, why do I feel so familiar?"
The fat man replied: "Of course it's familiar, this person was also queuing up to buy tickets when we were queuing up to buy tickets in the morning." ”
"He seems to have bought a ticket for Gravity, right? So what's the situation now? Is this a queue again just after reading it? Why didn't he buy more than one ticket at a time? ”
Xiao Zhou suddenly arrived: "It's not him, you see the tenth person in the row, the man in jeans, and the third man behind the jeans, it seems that these people are all buying tickets for the second time." ”
"What's going on?"
Just when all six of them were surprised, they heard one of the people in the queue broadcast a phone call to go out.
"I just finished watching the movie, and it can be described in two words as 'shocking', how shocking is it? Let's just put it this way, after the movie ended, the audience collectively stood up and applauded warmly, I am now in line, buy tomorrow's tickets, let's watch them together tomorrow! ”
"What's wrong with it? Let me tell you, this movie is definitely worth a second, third, or even fourth watch! ”
"Of course, there are applause at the end of other films, and there are many such cases, but these are almost without exception at the time of the premiere, which is the face given by the audience to the creators of the film, when have you ever seen that no one from the main creators of the film was present, and I didn't hear that there was no activity at the scene, the audience was just ordinary audiences, and as a result, all the audience spontaneously stood up and applauded fiercely after the movie?"
"It's not that you can't think of it, it's that there really isn't such a movie, or rather, this kind of movie has never appeared before, "Gravity" is the only movie that has done this, and obviously, this must be a movie that can shock the whole country!"
"Compared to Inception? Compared to the plot, it is definitely not as good as "Inception", but if it comes to the great contribution to the global film industry, "Gravity" is definitely far better than "Inception"! ”
Listening to the words of the audience who bought tickets for the second time, Xiao Ding and the other six people all looked at each other, everyone thought it was incredible, could "Gravity" really be as good as the person who blew on the phone just now?
Impossible, right?
Isn't it just a movie, and after watching the movie, all the audience spontaneously stood up and applauded fiercely?
It's absolutely impossible!
And just then, someone in the crowd called again.
"I recommend that you buy tickets to watch "Gravity" immediately, I just finished watching it, and now I am queuing up to buy tickets for a second time. In a word, this is a movie that will go down in history......"
"It's not recorded in the history of Chinese films, but in the history of world films!"
All six of them stood in place, and none of them were in a hurry to go out and find a place to drink.
At this time, the buddy who had just called and said that "Gravity" was going down in history had hung up the phone, and the buddy behind him was enthusiastically talking to the man.
"Dude, what you just said is so right, "Gravity" is definitely going down in history, the first real 3D stereoscopic movie in history, people who have not seen it with their own eyes can never imagine the huge shock of being in the theater but feeling that they are already in space, and many viewers subconsciously reach out to block the satellite debris, which is so awesome that it flies!"
"You're also going to brush it up for the second time?"
"I'm going to buy four tickets for tomorrow and bring my family to see it."
Then at this time, there was another call at the rear of the line.
"Director Li Mu is a god again this time! Gravity is highly recommended for you to watch, this is definitely the most worthwhile movie to spend money on – can you imagine the shock of being in space for real? ”
I just finished watching "2012 Doomsday", and I just felt that "2012 Doomsday" was about to blow up on the whole network, and now I am listening to the voices that blow up "Gravity" one after another, and listening to the calls from so many people who strongly recommend "Gravity", although the six people still can't believe that "Gravity" is so explosive by the audience, but the strong curiosity in their hearts has been completely stimulated.
So the six of them also lined up at the end of the team very tacitly.
"Going down in history, immersive, super shocking?!"
"Is it really that strong?"
"I can't believe it!"