China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 537 Making "It's Hard to Make Money"

""The Matrix III" has achieved three consecutive championships, and its cumulative box office has reached 3.84 billion, and the 4 billion mark is very close!"

""The Matrix III" has surpassed the science fiction animated masterpiece "WALL-E" and ranked second on the Chinese movie box office list. The official "WALL-E" official account has released a congratulatory poster!"

"DreamWorks has applied for a key extension to launch an impact on "Spike II", but the Spring Festival release is approaching and may become a roadblock."

""Star Wars 9" strongly ended the consecutive championship of "Matrix III". "Matrix III" has a cumulative box office of 250 million. Whether it can break through the 300 million mark depends on whether it can withstand the pressure of Star Wars."

"The final chapter of "Star Wars" is a hit at the box office, has a bad reputation, and is highly polarized. It has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 60%, an MTC critic score of 53, and an imdb opening score of 6.5. It is the worst in the series!"

"The final chapter of "Star Wars" and the final chapter of "The Matrix" have a strong contrast in word-of-mouth. The worst in history vs. the best series. "The Matrix III" is difficult to match at the box office, but it has won great reputation. Overseas netizens have complained about it. The editor will take everyone to watch it.

Internet comments"

"The global box office of "The Matrix III" has exceeded US$1.2 billion, and Box Office predicts that the global box office is expected to hit US$1.5 billion, making it the highest-grossing movie in Chinese history."

"The TV series "Once Upon a Time on Earth" has released a concept poster, which is full of mystery. Netizens are interpreting it one after another. It has not yet been determined when it will be released."

"The movie "Once Upon a Time on Earth" has been filed, and Chen Jingxing promises to create a science fiction world that is not inferior to "The Matrix"!"

Putting the ideological aspect above the entertainment aspect is putting the cart before the horse. Only by making the movie entertaining and generating profound meaning and connotation can it be an excellent commercial movie.

Chen Jingxing put down the cell phone he was browsing the news on and nodded when he heard this: "It seems that even the devout American people can't tolerate the failure of "Star Wars 9"."

Later, whether it was a high-energy dialogue that revealed the truth about the Matrix, or the hero's epic pretense at the critical moment, there was also a world-destroying natural disaster-level fight from the earth to the moon.

On a table in the middle, there is a huge model.

Although it took in a box office of US$170 million within three days of its release, making it difficult for "The Matrix III" to match, this level of decline can be considered abnormal for "Star Wars: Episode IX".

If you just want to preach to the audience and just express some profound thoughts and truths endlessly, "The Matrix" will never reach such heights.

These are actually just the icing on the cake, the finishing touch, but the foundation is not in the eyes, but in the body of the dragon.

In a temporary house in Anton, Northeast China.

"1951" is a movie that takes place almost entirely outdoors and is shot on location. In addition, long shots spanning several scenes often last for five, six, seven, or eight minutes, which means that there is no way to light it properly.

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The imdb score has also reached 8.9 points, which is higher than the 8.8 points of the first part. Of course, as time goes by, the score will definitely decrease.

Because long shots are too difficult to shoot, the crew and actors need to repeatedly arrange and deliberate the actors' movements on the model and the camera's walking channels, so as to achieve seamless continuous shooting.

The Douban score of "The Matrix III" still remains at 9 points, ranking second in the trilogy, higher than the second part.

"Director Qin, Director Chen, the clouds have covered the sun!"

"Star Wars has dived again?" Qin Zhonghe asked aloud while sitting on his chair.

Of course, this is a daytime scene, and nighttime scenes are not so dramatic. However, there are other difficulties. It can be said that "1951" is indeed the most difficult film Chen Jingxing has ever filmed.

Director Chen undoubtedly knows what is the beginning and what is the end. It is incredible that this young director has not been dazzled by the success of "The Matrix". He always remembers that entertainment is the foundation of commercial movies. This is what this science fiction director

What is truly admirable about the master.]

The next day on Saturday, it was cut in half, to only $45 million.

Director Chen is well versed in this. Whether it is "Inception" exploring illusion and reality, or "The Matrix" exploring human cognitive revolution, these so-called connotations are perfectly combined with narratives that are highly stimulating to the senses and the brain.

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On Rotten Tomatoes and MTC, it is basically the same as the first one.

Instead, it is followed by a series of high-energy reversals and thrilling fights. During the reversal, the main characters are boldly given lunch boxes, thus quickly creating a tragic atmosphere again after the thrilling action, allowing the savior to transition from the secondary color of the first part to the second one.

The satirical color of the second part, and then sublimated into a real hero in the tragic third part.

"The Matrix III" indeed deeply implements Chen Jingxing's idea of ​​​​promoting the entertainment of movies to the end, so that the audience can give it no less praise than "The Matrix I".

In fact, Chen Jingxing also focused on entertainment in "1951", which is why he decided on the pseudo-one-shot presentation method.

Without saying a word, Chen Jingxing immediately stood up and ordered: "Hurry up and gather the crew and actors, and start filming as soon as possible!"

For example, the first half of the film has a four-line narrative that is even more intense and exciting than "Inception", and the sense of crisis is always present. However, after the "last-minute rescue" was completed, the director did not follow the routine and let the audience take a break.

These high-energy plots of audio-visual and information are interspersed with tense and comfortable rhythms, and are finally wrapped in the profound concept of the machine civilization completion plan, thereby completing the perfect integration and sublimation of audio-visual language and philosophy!

This means that "The Matrix III" has no problem breaking through 300 million US dollars. It can even use Internet public opinion to make a small wave of "star-struck money", and the box office may be more than Universal's original optimistic prediction.

So almost the whole process depends on natural weather and light.

The box office statistics platform's box office prediction for "Star Wars Episode 9" has dropped directly to US$410 million, which is a great shame for the IP of Star Wars.

It is necessary to understand the layout of the scene extremely well in order to design the actor's performance and scene scheduling in a shot within the specified time.

Because there is no heating, and there is no insulation layer, even if several high-power air conditioners are turned on, the indoor temperature is not high.

But this is good news for Chen Jingxing.

There are miniature buildings and reduced mountains and rivers.

Just when Chen Jingxing and Qin Zhonghe were talking about the failure of "Star Wars: Episode IX" in the North American film market and what benefits "Matrix III" could gain from it, the set manager hurried into the room to report on the weather conditions.

As the saying goes, "Love is deep, responsibility is deep." "Star Wars 9" disappointed the "believers" and there will naturally be backlash. Especially when "The Matrix III", the conclusion of the film series known as the best series in history, is compared next to it, the comparison is even more

Intense.

The reason why "The Matrix III" is so popular among the audience is actually mainly due to the fast pace and high amount of information output in the first half of the plot, as well as the tragic color created by Dafa Boxen.

You must know that "Star Wars 7" received US$940 million in the North American single market.

On the third day, Sunday, the number dropped again to 33 million.

This is a pre-made model of every scene in the "1951" movie by DreamWorks' model team. Basically, it accurately restores the real scene and scenery. In other words, some scenery, such as buildings, are made according to the model.

For the best film presentation, we can only shoot on a cloudy day.

To paraphrase a film review that Chen Jingxing silently liked on his trumpet:

[...The main credit for the success of "The Matrix III" is not the profound philosophical thoughts mentioned by fans and fans, or the human completion plan or the artificial intelligence completion plan.

The extremely high degree of entertainment is the real reason for the success of "The Matrix III", and it is also the valuable thing about Chen Jingxing, a genius.

The actors moved across a wide range of scenes and frequently performed 360-degree turns in front of the camera. There was no way to turn on the lights anywhere.

If the sun is slightly dazzling, you won’t be able to take pictures, and you have to wait until the clouds cover the sun.

"Star Wars 9" created the worst reputation of this IP series, and it coincided with the emergence of "Matrix III" - although there was more than half a month between "Matrix III" and "Star Wars 9", "Star Wars 9"

The reputation of "The Matrix III" has indeed affected the harvest of "Star Wars 9".

As a result, "Star Wars Episode 9" also suffered a rare box office plunge, with a box office of 90 million US dollars on its first day, reflecting the unrivaled religious attributes of "Star Wars" in North America.

Watching Chen Jingxing's hurried figure, the chief producer Qin Zhonghe, who came to follow up the filming in person, could only shake his head helplessly: "We really can't keep up with the times. Young people still dare to think and do it."

Of course, not all young people dare to think and act, and they can overcome all difficulties and come up with all kinds of weird ways to realize a crazy idea.

He had indeed never seen such an alien like Chen Jingxing before.

He is also glad that there is such an outlier in the Chinese film industry today.

(End of chapter)