has been in domestic theaters for more than three weeks. Japanese animation director Xin Hai Makoto’s new work "Weather Children" has not exceeded 300 million yuan at the box office. This is obviously the same as the film’s first-day pre-sale of more than 20 million yuan and a single-day box office of 40 million yuan. There is a big gap. The director’s last hit film "Your Name." "In the past three years, Chinese audiences can't say that the expectations of the movie are not high, but at present, no matter whether it is box office hits or word-of-mouth ratings, new movies cannot match the previous ones.
"Children of the Weather" approached the audience as the first Japanese animation released on IMAX in China. The movie takes Morishima Hodaka and the strong girl Amano Haruna as the protagonists. It tells the story of Morishima Hosaka in an era when climate regulation is out of control. I ran away from home and went to Tokyo to write for a supernatural magazine. I accidentally met with Amano Haruna, who has super powers and can make the sky clear, and wrote a romantic love song of "I need you more than the sky."
It is worth mentioning that, compared with the cold in China, the response of "Son of the Weather" in Japan is quite enthusiastic. Makoto Shinkai has been promoted to the director of "Double Ten Billion" by virtue of the film, and the film has been on the box office of 2019 Japanese movies. The throne of the champion confirmed that it will represent Japan in the next year’s Oscars for the best international film.
's overriding and idealized plot is the most criticized point of the film. When the love between Morishima Hodaka and Amano Haruna is connected with the destiny of the city and the world, "fighting against oneself" is not a panacea. Some viewers bluntly said: "Compared with "Your Name.", the plot is not the same way." The director once defined the new film as a commercial film that can "laugh very happily and cry very thoroughly". Some critics think , This time it happened to lose on the word "commercial". The encounter between the hero and the heroine, the straightforward relationship between the two, and the unsurprising finale all remind people of the familiar movie-watching experience, but there is less fresh throbbing in the "routine".
Actually, "Children of the Weather" and "Your Name." "Shared a lot of the same genes, whether it is based on the worldview of boys and girls, the exquisite pictures and even the original music team have maintained their due level.
This time, with the help of "Weathering Sons", another tens of billions of yen film was obtained, and Makoto Shinkai became the second Japanese director to break this level with two consecutive works after Hayao Miyazaki. "Voice of the Stars", "The Other Side of the Cloud, the Promised Place", "Five Centimeters Per Second"... Since the beginning of his debut, Makoto Shinkai, who has produced high-quality works one after another, has inevitably been dubbed "Hayao Miyazaki's successor" . But as animation fans know, Makoto Shinkai uses a computer to paint from start to finish. This is completely different from Hayao Miyazaki, who loves hand-painting. He also said that he focused on portraying the emotions of boys and girls and could not create Miyazaki. "Nationwide animation" like Jun.
"Animation is very torturous, but when you see a good shot that is beyond your expectations, everything is worth it." About the unique impulse when I was young, about the fading memories, about love and courage, these are in Xinhai It has been repeatedly mentioned in Cheng's works that the best emotions for mankind have been the "winning cheats" that have repeatedly impressed fans and won high box offices, but at the same time, they can only release the greatest energy in a good story.
*The picture shows the stills of the new work "Weather Children" by the famous Japanese animation director Makoto Shinkai
