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"I've always watched movies about Americans saving the world, but this is the first time I've seen a movie about Chinese immortals saving the world!"

"It feels a bit weird. I always feel that this kind of subject matter is incompatible with us Chinese people, but after watching the movie, I seriously reflected on myself. We should have broken the stereotype that only Americans can save the world in that movie!"

"This movie is too weird. I can't appreciate it. A group of ancient Chinese people in weird clothes saving the world? Are we living in a modern society in the 21st century?"

"It's a bad movie that imitates others. It's not that I worship foreign things. Fawning on foreigners, Hollywood superhero movies are not something Chinese films can play with. "War of the Demon Tide" is just an imitation of the ugly woman! "

"Very passionate and exciting, the first time I've seen such a Chinese superhero blockbuster, Hu Ge's Chunyang Zhenren is really handsome, why can't we Chinese have superheroes to save the world? "

"Only the state officials are allowed to set fires, but the people are not allowed to light lamps? Those who think it's embarrassing to see Chinese people saving the world, put away your inferiority and fawning on foreigners, China is no longer what it was in 1860!"

"So cool! I will definitely go to see "War of the Demonic Tide" a few more times after it is released. The special effects of the movie are great, satisfying all my imaginations of the immortal heroes, especially their super cool spells and sword-controlling skills! "

"Sure enough, Hu Ge is the best actor to play the role of the sword fairy. At the end of the movie, the immortal Chunyang took up his sword and fought with the demon god. The scene where the sword froze the fourteen continents almost made me climax! "

"The immortal heroes in "War of the Demonic Tide" are full of our oriental aesthetics and immortality. They are more handsome than the Hollywood superheroes who rely on mutations for the poor and technology for the rich. They are more in line with the Chinese aesthetic. I have to praise it! "

"I don't know whether foreigners can accept it, but as a Chinese, I am so happy to see a movie like "War of the Demon Tide"!"

"A high-quality popcorn special effects movie with above-standard plot, special effects and acting skills. It is not bad even if it is compared with Hollywood. The combination of Chinese legends and culture in the movie is more in line with the aesthetics of Chinese audiences!"

Just the day after the preview of "War of the Demon Tide", a large number of Internet celebrities and film critics expressed their opinions on the movie on the Internet.

More than a thousand viewers were invited to watch the four previews. Even if half of them were from the same circle and would not express their opinions rashly, the remaining 500 film critics and lucky audiences would not hold back and speak freely on the Internet at the first time.

There are praises, criticisms, and even contempt and anxiety.

Just like the appearance of "Wolf Warrior 2", many people were anxious and thought that only Hollywood could make such a movie.

The appearance of "War of the Demon Tide" has also caused many people who are used to watching Hollywood superhero movies, and even think that Hollywood is superior, and that Hollywood can make movies that China cannot, to speak out on the Internet.

There were only a thousand viewers in total, but on the Internet, there were as many as four or five hundred opinions about this movie, and the number of supporters and opponents was almost half and half.

To be honest, the cultural confidence of Chinese people has not yet grown to the point where it can be compared with that of the United States.

In other words, the post-00s who are most proud of their motherland's culture have not grown up yet.

The current Internet is mainly dominated by those born after 1985, plus a small number of those born after 1990, and the era experienced by these people is still the era when the United States is the best in the world and Hollywood blockbusters sweep the world.

The same level of special effects and the same story of saving the world are put in Hollywood movies, and they will not think there is any problem, because such movies have emerged in endlessly in the past few decades, and everyone is used to watching them.

But once the story is set in China, and the protagonist is a Chinese who saves the world, many viewers are not used to it and feel indescribably strange.

I have never seen such a movie before.

Some people adjust themselves quickly and think that such a movie is more exciting. Every day, Americans save the world, and now it is time for Chinese people to save the world.

But some people just can't turn their brains around, and naturally think that such a movie is wrong and unacceptable, so they try their best to criticize "War of the Demon Tide" from various angles, boosting others' ambitions and destroying their own prestige.

Of course, there are also many public intellectuals and American cents who fish in troubled waters.

Faced with such online public opinion, Guangying Times was a little confused. They thought that after the preview of "War of the Demon Tide", it should be praised by the screen.

This is China's first superhero blockbuster, and China's first special effects blockbuster that reaches the top level of Hollywood. It should be praised as a genius.

Even when they were making it, they were full of pride.

Why are there so many people on the Internet who want to boost others' ambitions but destroy their own prestige, who have no confidence in their own culture, and who cannot accept seeing Chinese people saving the world in movies?

The employees of Light and Shadow Times were a little surprised, but Wu Yuan had expected it.

Compared with the criticism of "Wolf Warrior 2", the public opinion of "War of the Demon Tide" is really a small matter.

After all, this movie has nothing to do with "patriotism". It's just that the setting of Chinese people saving the world makes the mainland audiences who are used to watching American blockbusters feel uncomfortable, and they subconsciously find faults.

Wu Yuan firmly believes that after the movie is released on a large scale, the market and fans will give a fair evaluation.

Just like "Wolf Warrior 2" was ridiculed on the Internet, but it did not prevent the film from setting a record at the box office.

And the facts also proved that Wu Yuan's idea was right. The silent majority is the majority. The "opinion leaders" invited to the preview of "War of the Demon Tide" cannot represent the public.

February 19, 2015, the first day of the Chinese New Year.

"War of the Demon Tide" was fully released in mainland China.

On the day of the release, with 7 movies competing at the same time ("Dad's Holiday" originally scheduled to be released on the first day of the Chinese New Year was temporarily withdrawn), "War of the Demon Tide" won 156 million box office in the first year of its release, becoming the box office champion of the day!

"The Man from Macau 2", "The Great Wall" and "Wolf Totem", which should have been shining, were eclipsed by the light of "War of the Demon Tide".

Just as Wu Yuan thought, the audiences in the mainland have a scale in their hearts.

In this day and age, when the price of movie tickets is similar, special effects blockbusters are definitely given priority!

Mainland moviegoers are not tired of watching special effects blockbusters yet, and even Marvel has just opened the door for mainland moviegoers and enlightened them.

This is really the predecessors opening up the market, and the later generations can easily enjoy the benefits.

On the second day of its release, the box office of "War of the Demonic Tide" was still strong, and it once again won the throne of the daily box office champion with a box office of 186 million.

"The Man from Macau 2" only earned 40 million in the first two days of its release, and "The Blade" and "Wolf Totem" were even worse, with only 21 million and 13 million respectively.

The box office siphon effect of "War of the Demonic Tide" has begun. (End of this chapter)