Chapter 570: The Wandering Earth is released
Chapter 570: The Wandering Earth is released
Xiao Li was about to say something when Brother Gang changed the subject.
He said, "But it's nothing. It's normal for Gu Dasheng's movies to get some special treatment. I know that The Wandering Earth, Gu Dasheng's science fiction novel, seems to be very popular in Europe."
When you go out with friends who like conspiracy theories and bragging, you shouldn't take it too seriously. If Xiao Li is right, the other party is confusing "Flowers for Algernon" with "The Wandering Earth".
It didn’t matter. The two bought tickets and waited to enter the hall.
The cinema can be said to be the "traffic king" of shopping malls. Every shopping mall has one. At the same time, the audience waiting for ticket checking has also become the leeks in the eyes of merchants.
Half of the space in this cinema is occupied by "shared game consoles" and a timed pool table. The gashapon machine, which is ranked first in the list of money-sucking shopping malls, is also indispensable.
"Is The Wandering Earth a good movie?" Gang asked. "The movie tickets are quite expensive."
"It should be good. There's no doubt about Gu Lu's script." Xiao Li was a little unsure in his words, because he also knew what domestic science fiction movies were like.
Others were similar, a small number were attracted by the movie trailers, and most were attracted by Gu Lu's fame. As for the original fans... a short story of 20,000 to 30,000 words could not cultivate loyal fans.
Without going into the details of this issue, Gang Ge brought up another topic, "Forget about science fiction movies. Nowadays, even romance movies use 3D gimmicks just to make more money."
Xiao Li agrees with this point. At the same time, he also hopes that the special effects of The Wandering Earth will be slightly better, not the type of Pili Beibei.
Check your ticket and enter the theater.
Xiao Li and Gang Ge followed the crowd. Science fiction movies are still mostly watched by men...
The attendance rate was about 70%. At the beginning, the production company's opening credits were shown.
"The opening is quite interesting." said Brother Gang.
The opening sequence he mentioned was a series of two-dimensional triangles besieging a circle...
"It's the opening credits of Flatland Culture. It seems the content comes from Gu Lu's novel of the same name, The Revolution Started by a Triangle." Xiao Li said.
The movie begins with a brilliant picture of the stars, which is presented in five types: the Milky Way, the perspective of an astronomical telescope, the perspective of a surveillance camera, the perspective of a reality documentary, and the perspective of a human.
At the same time, the lines are accompanied: "Quick, quick, quick... Look, it's Jupiter... the largest planet in the solar system!" "Dad, there is an eye on Jupiter." "That's not an eye, it's a big storm on the surface of Jupiter."
The scene continues to the astronomical telescope, at the seaside, there is a bonfire, an off-road vehicle and a camping tent. There is an astronomical telescope in front of the tent, and the conversation just now was by Liu Peiqiang and his son Liu Qi.
As soon as Xiao Li started, he realized, "The plot has changed dramatically. The plot has changed dramatically."
"What?" Gang Ge said immediately, "Hey, how can there be no magical changes in movies nowadays? It's normal."
Then again, Gang Ge asked, "Has the magic changed a lot?"
The opening of The Wandering Earth is about the "brake era", and then it goes on to the "escape era", which simply means stopping the planet from rotating and starting the planetary engine to fly out of the solar system. It's just too complicated, and the other party hasn't read the original novel, so Xiao Li doesn't know how to explain it, so he just perfunctorily passed it by.
Liu Peiqiang is going to carry out a flight mission in exchange for a ticket for his child Liu Qi to live in the underground city. Since the child is not yet an adult, his grandfather can accompany him in as a guardian.
So why go to the dungeon?
Next, the background of the story was explained through TV news. In recent years, the sun has rapidly aged and expanded, causing a series of disasters. What is more serious is that the planet they live on will be swallowed up in three hundred years.
In order to save themselves, humans proposed a bold plan to gather global power to build tens of thousands of engines and steering engines to push the earth out of the solar system, hence the name "The Wandering Earth"!
"Wow, that's awesome." This could be heard faintly in the theater.
Liu Peiqiang is only a supporting role, and with the appearance of the protagonists Han Duoduo and Liu Qi, the plot gets on track.
The advantage of the movie "The Wandering Earth" is not the gripping plot. Mainly speaking, there are two advantages. First, the background, main line and framework of the movie are very exciting. Second, the special effects are excellent.
As for the shortcomings, it is also the common "details" of blockbusters, or more precisely, the details of the plot are not enough. There are obviously better ways to advance the story, but the simplest one is chosen, that is, the "naughty child mode". That is... there is always one person in the protagonist group who suddenly goes crazy and causes great damage, and the plot is pushed forward accordingly.
But there are very few truly perfect works. The success of a movie depends on how strong its strengths are, and it will be fine as long as other parts are satisfactory.
The strengths of "The Wandering Earth" are definitely long enough, and can even be said to be rare in Chinese science fiction films.
Therefore, a great victory!
But there was no thunderous applause...Except for the special premiere, those who stood up and applauded during ordinary screenings were the real community heroes.
But the buzz at the end of the show was enough to show the success of the movie.
"It's awesome. I watched it just to kill time, but I didn't expect it to be so good."
"It's hard to believe that domestic science fiction films can stand up one day. This is even more incredible than my lasting more than three minutes at night!"
"This is a truly heavy-industry science fiction blockbuster in the Chinese language, right?! I feel that the novel in Gu Lu's science fiction short story, and the hardcore science fiction setting thrown in, are both very suitable for adaptation."
"Those two kids are so annoying. Apart from the two young actors, there are no flaws."
……
Xiao Li was pleasantly surprised that she saw a masterpiece without having set her expectations too high.
He wanted to talk a lot, but before he could say anything, Brother Gang interrupted him.
Gang hugged Xiao Li and rained words down on his head, "I feel the cinema did the right thing this time. The screenings were for these good movies. The other rubbish is just a scam."
"Find a chance to watch The Wandering Earth. Oh, take some time to watch it again." Gang Ge added, "This movie is worth watching twice."
"Well, I'm going to watch it again tomorrow. The planetary engine is very authentic. The original book says that it looks like the giant pillars of the Acropolis in Athens. It's very authentic. There is also a city covered with ice and snow, and money is burning!" Xiao Li's voice is not as loud as Gang Ge's, but his emotions are more excited.
"The plot has been modified very well. When it starts flying, it turns into a giant spaceship. It's amazing." Xiao Li said that another reason why he was so excited was that although the plot of the movie has been modified a bit, in terms of the overall rhythm, only one or two chapters were filmed.
That’s right, out of a short story of more than 20,000 words, only a few thousand words were filmed based on the length, which means there is more to come!
"It is said that this movie cost two or three hundred million yuan to make, and I believe it," said Brother Gang.
The two were discussing.
Unlike Love Letter, which needed time to ferment and spread word of mouth, The Wandering Earth became a hit on the day it was released.
It instantly became a hot topic of discussion on the Internet.
#The Wandering Earth Gu Lu#
#Guo Fan#
#Opened the door to science fiction movies#
It is surprising that Gu Lu + Guo Fan + a group of newcomers put together such a work. The former is just a writer, the latter is a director who has only shot campus youth films, and the actors are mainly newcomers.
No matter how you look at it, it's a money-making work.
But rather...
There is even a question on the Internet: "Love Letter and The Wandering Earth, does the Chinese film industry have to rely on the writer Gu Lu to save it?"
(End of this chapter)