Several movies were released on November 22. However, under the impact of Disney's 3D animation "Frozen", there was no way to fight back, such as Wang Qianyuan, Feng Yuanzheng, Song Jia starring "You Are a Murderer" and Hollywood remakes The movie "Unreachable".
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on the first day of its release, "Frozen 2" topped the list with a box office of 73.1 million, and Douban's score of 7.5 far exceeded 12.15 million for "You Are a Murderer" and 4.94 million for "Unreachable" . The word-of-mouth of
is fermenting, and the box office gap is widening. As of the time of publication, "Frozen" has achieved 168 million results. Regardless of whether it is attendance or praise, the latter two movies are not enough to counterattack. Possibly, it can be said that was "abandoned" by theaters and audiences within one day of its release.
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analyzes from the overall 133 comments in the comment area. Everyone agrees on the movie "Push Street", that is the same as a classic Korean movie "Catch That" in terms of content and name. "Guy" is very similar to , although it is not in the profile on the Internet, but everyone has discovered that this movie can be called a "remake".
, however, grasped the "form" and gimmick of the original work, but failed to grasp the "soul" of the original Korean work.
uses content and IP to "fry cold rice", plus Wang Qianyuan, Song Jia, Feng Yuanzheng and others do not have high popularity and box office ability, this movie failed to resonate with the audience. What about
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"Unreachable"?
If many people have not seen the original French film "Unreachable", then they might think that this is a domestic film.
is actually a remake of a classic work, telling the story of a moody former liar who took care of his physical disabilities. Among the two people, the writer is white, and the escort is black. Because of their different ideas and lifestyles, the two of them were eventually able to clash and estranged. After going through a ridiculous bridge, they eventually became irreversible friends.
At first glance, this story is very similar to the "Green Book" in thought and story. However, the original work of this work is a French film of the same name.
The French version of "Unreachable" once smashed the global box office of 426 million US dollars in 2011, and achieved a high score of 9.2 points on Douban. Now it is still in the ranks of Douban TOP250, ranking 25th .
is not only that, this film was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won many international awards, becoming one of the most acclaimed French films in the new century.
There is no doubt that this small-cost movie, whether in China or abroad, has achieved a double harvest of word-of-mouth at the box office. It is precisely because of its classics that
has the possibility of being "remade" and "imitated".
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's American version of "Unreachable", with a cost budget of 37.5 million US dollars in the global box office gains of 120 million US dollars. If
is calculated according to the box office split, this low-cost movie almost just paid off, did not make any money or loss, but it is difficult to continue the previous "dark horse" results. Although
also has 7.7 points of comments on Douban, the point that many viewers criticize most is that it is too similar to the French version of the original, almost identical.
On Douban, a film critic wrote this sentence:
"The US version of "Unreachable" follows the original frame, and many places can even be said to be exactly the same."
, whether domestic or foreign, For the remake of the film, limited by the limitations of the original subject matter, the room for display is relatively limited. Together with the audience's preconceived thinking of , this also causes most of the remakes to be inferior to the original.
At the same time, remake movies test the director's ability to control the overall situation more than ordinary original works.
is too loyal to the original work, it is easy to fall into the situation of "no new ideas, too rigid";
and if you break the convention, establish new ideas and meanings, Then it is possible to end up with a "adaptation is not a Hubian" evaluation, losing the original taste and feelings.
can't jump out of the audience's established thinking, but also wants to innovate and develop. The difficulty can be imagined.
04, how do you rate it abroad? The situation of this movie in China is no better than China. Since the movie
was launched in North American theaters in January this year, more than 34,000 people gave a score of 6.9 to on the official scoring website IMDb. On Rotten Tomatoes, the audience gave a score of 82%, freshness. Only 41%.
On the MTC, the rating of this film is not ideal. 40 media outlets scored 46 points.
Among them, a critic’s film review successfully attracted me.
"show" is very level!
"It is said that January is one of the golden months when Hollywood chooses to abandon the most embarrassing movie, and "Unreachable" has not completely changed this concept. Few movies in memory use such old-fashioned, harsh and dishonest ways To waste so many excellent actors, it deserves to be treated as a "frozen grave"."
It can be seen that the word-of-mouth and box office of this movie have "collapsed" whether it is in China or abroad. Too realistic.
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Since the remake has repeatedly "crashed", why are there still many directors and creators who are keen on this? There are three reasons for
:
first, it is simple and convenient, directly using the original IP, can avoid the process of screenwriting and innovation, saving time and effort;
second, the classic IP itself has its own traffic, which is easy to form a certain degree of attention And the influence, the fans are notable;
at the same time, the remake is easy to pass in the review, and the risk is small.
Therefore, due to these three reasons, the remake has become a "common" film type in the global film and television circle.
I feel that although the remake has many benefits, still needs to be built on the basis of respecting the original, respecting the market, and respecting the audience. If the classic is used directly, it will be met with fans and feelings. Backlash”, it would be better to redevelop a new IP.
