China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 305 Frustrated Film Critic

Cheng Hongtao raised the 3D glasses on the bridge of his nose with some discomfort. For people with eyesight, watching 3D movies can only be done with glasses on, so the discomfort is bound to happen.

He looked at the huge countdown sign in the IMAX title heading towards him. Even though he had seen it many times, his body still couldn't help but feel a familiar shudder. No matter how many times he saw it, he couldn't help but feel that this title was produced by IMAX.

I was amazed and shocked by the visual charm of 3D.

Because in most 3D movies, the IMAX title is basically the most 3D picture. He once sarcastically said in a film review that the price of a 3D+IMAX movie that is more expensive than a 2D movie is basically reflected in the 3DIMAX title.

He can count on one hand the number of movies where he can experience the stunning 3D visuals in feature films. Will "Gravity" be such a movie?

Although the previous trailer gave Cheng Hongtao a warning, he specifically checked and found out that the 3D version of "Gravity" was converted in a later stage, which greatly reduced the intimidation of the trailer for him.

He has a relatively good understanding of Hollywood movies and popular film industry technologies. He is the kind of film critic who is knowledgeable but not expert. In his understanding, 3D conversion is usually synonymous with inferior 3D. Even in Hollywood, 3D conversion is not a good idea.

It may be possible to achieve the effect of actually shooting the whole process with a 3D camera.

Although the effect of the trailer seems to be good, the trailer, like all advertisements, is usually watery.

"Wow!"

After the short opening credits, several low shouts rang out in the theater. Cheng Hongtao's body also shook, and he felt a little dizzy for a moment.

The earth, which occupies almost two-thirds of the IMAX screen, does not exceed his imagination from the perspective of the shot. It is the same as the first shot in the trailer.

But the performance was completely beyond his imagination.

In fact, it's not that Chen Jingxing's previous movies couldn't find angles of criticism and encouragement, but they were just too well-received and weren't the main theme or officially praised movies. If he can't find an ally, he won't fight against the "headwind" easily.

, it is better to just turn a blind eye.

"This shot..." "Beringxia" sitting next to Cheng Hongtao sighed in the completely silent atmosphere, awakening Cheng Hongtao's mind that was sinking deeper and deeper into the scene, almost unable to pull it out.

It seems that "Gravity" was born for IMAX+3D. These two technologies have been invented for so many years, and finally we have waited for a movie that can help wipe away the dust accumulated on the surface of IMAX and 3D and reveal its brilliance again.

The eye-catching look revealed a look that no one had ever seen before.

Cheng Hongtao felt his chair shaking as the image rushed past the solar wing of the space station.

Some things are like this. You don’t need to elaborate. As long as you enlarge it to a certain extent, it will become a visual wonder in itself.

It seems that IMAX+3D technology was born for movies like this. When the inventor invented these two technologies, this movie should have been playing in his mind. Without IMAX and 3D, "Gravity" would never have been born.

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The shock when Cheng Hongtao watched a movie in an IMAX theater for the first time returned to his body.

His perception of the IMAX+3D technology combination has gradually turned from positive to negative. Except for a few Hollywood special effects blockbusters, he doesn't think many movies are worthy of IMAX+3D configuration, even Hollywood blockbusters, or even movies like

A technologically groundbreaking film like "The Jungle Book" can no longer bring him back his original shock.

This is an empty shot, but also an incredibly long shot.

When he saw the trailer, he would certainly imagine what the effect would be if the images in the trailer were enlarged on a giant screen, but most of the time the imagination would be higher than the reality, and sometimes it would be lower than the reality.

However, people are "resistant", and visual spectacles are no exception. After the initial novelty wears off, the threshold for giant screens is also increasing.

The earth rotates slowly on the giant screen, and the land, oceans and clouds are clearly visible. The beautiful picture composed of yellow, green, blue and white, like an oil painting, contains countless interesting details that fill every viewer's eyeballs.

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Perhaps other film critics could criticize "Gravity" after its release as "the story is simple and cliched" - even now he still thinks this is a high probability event, because the process of astronauts surviving in space is unlikely to be written

What a complex and excellent story, and the fact that the movie is only 90 minutes long proves this point - but Cheng Hongtao can't do it.

He was sure that if he made such a comment, his arch-enemy "Martian" sitting next to him would not let him go, and the overt double standards would also sway the fans.

So... this may be the first time in a long time that Chinese people, including Cheng Hongtao, have seen such a similar scene in the cinema.

Cheng Hongtao is the kind of film critic who firmly believes in his own values ​​and insists on "conveying the truth through writing". He is not an exception among film critics or film and television bloggers.

It's just that he is the kind of person who really has a sense of "enlightenment" mission.

There is only one feeling, blocking out the sky and the sun!

Cheng Hongtao lowered his head and glanced at his watch. It lasted at least more than a minute!

It is unbelievable that such a long shot of more than one minute without any sound can make hundreds of viewers in the theater quietly raise their heads and watch.

Because he just finished praising "The Jungle Book" not long ago, criticizing people should not only focus on the "old-fashioned and simple story". The revolutionary technical height of "The Jungle Book" and the visual spectacle created can turn stone into gold. The movie is not only

story.

Cheng Hongtao has never seen such a big earth on the IMAX screen!

He was sure that if someone had macrophobia, he would probably get sick at this moment.

There is no sound, only the huge, slowly rotating Earth. The camera slowly advances, and the Earth that already occupies most of the screen is still zooming in.

While "Gravity" has attracted attention in the past six months, it has also gradually been labeled as a "main theme" and a "gift film". Just like "Mekong", it must have "allies"

, his worries were naturally reduced, and he believed from the bottom of his heart that this movie was the "proposition composition" officially assigned to DreamWorks. No matter how talented Chen Jingxing is, he will definitely be restricted.

However, let alone how good the film was, the two labels of "Gravity" and "Official Platform" disgusted him innately. It was difficult to take off the colored glasses once he put them on, which made him praise a film against his will.

The main theme is even a domestic film with a tribute color, which is quite difficult.

He seems to bring the audience back to the feeling they had when giant screens and 3D first appeared.

However, as an experienced film critic who is well versed in the yin and yang and connotation, Cheng Hongtao had actually prepared many drafts before attending the premiere of "Gravity", which is why he dared to accept the premiere invitation.

In other words, the huge solar wings of the space station passed over the heads and eyes of the audience.

Then there was another exclamation, because the camera panned across the huge orange solar wing of the space station.

Even though only three minutes had passed in the movie, he had to admit that Chen Jingxing had redeveloped the charm of IMAX and 3D.

Space science fiction movies are very rare. Even "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" only released one every few years, and their content does not focus on showing the visual wonders of the planet, nor does it show the earth.

And "Gravity" actually allowed him to regain this feeling, and it was so impactful that it reset his impressions and concepts of IMAX and 3D.

Now it’s the latter!

The theater chosen for the premiere of "Gravity" is China Film International Cinemas. The premiere theater is currently the largest IMAX theater in China. The screen is 21 meters high and 38 meters wide. It is the giant screen among giant screens.

After receiving the premiere ticket from DreamWorks, he naturally had to make a film review, which made it impossible for him to avoid it directly like other DreamWorks works, unless some episodes of "Black Mirror" directly inserted into his XP and made him

Gaining resonance with values ​​can help him reflect on and criticize the Chinese people and the system, so he is naturally happy to be praised.

A man-made aircraft with wings spread out flew toward the screen and the audience against the direction of the earth's rotation, its figure getting closer and bigger.

Not only is the intimidation of giant objects magnified to the extreme by the giant screen, but the beauty of the earth and space itself is also magnified to the extreme.

"No, it's made for IMAX and 3D!" "Martian" said as if he was rebutting and then adding.

But all the plans and preparations he made have now been basically shattered.

IMAX is really a great invention. There has never been a moment when Cheng Hongtao was so deeply aware of the difference between a computer, a TV screen and a big screen. The shock he felt at this moment was not just the fact that the trailer screen on the computer screen was enlarged to the same proportion.

Just a thousand times.

At that time, as a movie lover, he broke away from the traditional evaluation criteria of plot, story and acting skills for the first time, and realized the importance of technology and visual spectacle to movies, as well as the audio-visual enjoyment they can bring.

The audience seemed to have returned to the feeling of the huge countdown sign at the beginning of the IMAX film coming towards them, and they unconsciously wanted to avoid it.

And 3D converted movies are very popular, especially in China. 3D is no longer a visual spectacle technology, but a popular means that others have and I have, and at the same time it is convenient to increase ticket prices.

Cheng Hongtao remained silent. The emotions of "Bering Man" and "Martian" coincided with the understanding that became clearer and clearer in his mind after the movie started.

Even if he is not proficient in special effects technology, he can never say that the visual spectacle of "Gravity" is not world-class.

As long as the subsequent plot of this film reaches a basic level of completion, it will be difficult for him to speak.

From the computer screen to IMAX, movies have undergone a qualitative change!

This is not a work where you can use the trailer to deduce and predict how the movie will be. The trailer and the movie are completely different things, and you can only feel it when you are actually there.

The subsequent deep depression even caused his mood to drop from the excitement caused by the shock just now.

"Bering Man" sighed in a low voice: "This is a movie made for movie theaters!"

But it was actually his own body that was shaking.

This realization was so impactful that it made his mind break away from the movie for a moment.

Moreover, with "The Jungle Prince", he has to repeatedly popularize the powerful technology of "such finely defined hairs and extremely natural hair dynamics" so that his fans and readers can truly appreciate the visual wonders of "The Jungle Prince"

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"Gravity" doesn't require his explanation and doesn't render a hair, but no audience will think that the visual spectacle of this film is not shocking enough.

Even if he cited professional knowledge and data and said that "Gravity" is not as good as the "Jungle Prince" in terms of visual spectacle, no one would accept it.

At this moment, Cheng Hongtao really wishes he had never posted a review of "The Jungle Book". This is just shooting himself in the foot.

(End of chapter)