is the most successful film adaptation of the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series of novels. "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Looking for the Dragon" fully demonstrates the elements of ghosts and monsters in traditional Chinese culture. Under the coat of "tomb robbers", it is Hollywood-style adventure spirit. Since the film was released in December 2015, it has won a double harvest at the box office and word of mouth. Some people say that "Looking for the Dragon"’s greatest contribution to the Chinese film industry is not limited to the box office, but also in its complete industrial model and mature industry. logic.
, a domestic commercial blockbuster rich in Chinese cultural characteristics, has also opened a new path of "Chinese magic". It lights up the beginning of a domestically produced commercial film that is contending with Hollywood blockbusters. The script of
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"Looking for the Dragon Jue" was adapted by the original author Tianxia Bachang and screenwriter Zhang Jialu and others. The adaptation of the script took more than a year to construct a Chinese imagined underworld. There are Naihe Bridge and Bianhua, these are people's imagination of the world after death. The movie also adds many fantasy signs, such as Bianhua.
and the novel itself has a large number of fans of the original, which adds to the difficulty of the adaptation. After all, it is difficult to adjust. The novel itself can be said to be a super IP. It can be seen from the content that the author has added a lot of ghosts and spells in traditional Chinese culture. There are many rare and exotic animals, strange people and strange things in cultures such as Feng Shui and Feng Shui. This is also the biggest reason that attracts readers.
In the film, the director intentionally simplified the history, but many details still come from history, and there are also the transformation of Chinese folklore. Even the yin and yang, feng shui and gossip in Taoism are also written into Hu Bayi’s "touching gold" In "Mantra", when depicting the background of the tomb robbers, the director also deliberately introduced the origins, traditions and skills of the Jin Jin school lieutenant, giving ordinary tomb thieves another cultural background, which will make people feel that the truth is true or false. clear. The
movie is a simplified version of the novel, but the movie also retains the original taste as much as possible. From the "touching the golden school captain" in the Three Kingdoms period to the modern streets of New York, the film’s narrative background and extensibility are very strong, and it can be seen that the director His ambitions are also great, trying to create a blockbuster that combines tomb robbery, adventure, action, and suspense. This mysterious and alluring Chinese movie will not only attract domestic audiences, but even many foreign audiences will be curious.
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I don’t know if anyone has noticed the list of over 2000 subtitles at the end of "Looking for the Dragon".
Although there are not many scenes shot in New York in the movie, it took a year to prepare before and after, but the shooting was only 7 days, and there were more than 2,000 staff behind them. They centered on the core of the main creative from China. Around the team, in addition to a large number of American filmmakers, there are also producers from Italy and Portugal, handhelds and camera assistants from the United States and South Korea, artists from the Philippines and India, and outreach from Finland, Thailand, and France. , Action directors from South Korea and Mexico, casting directors from Taiwan...
In fact, these are all due to the diversity and openness of New York’s own film professionals. This complex nationality background crew uses English, Chinese, Korean, etc. The reasons were closely communicated, and we worked together to finish the last leg of the industrialized Chinese film "Looking for the Dragon". After the shooting in New York, the crew hugged each other and finally shook hands to bid farewell.
The American filming of "Looking for the Dragon" made many people fate. Filmmakers from more than a dozen countries participated in the New York crew and worked closely with Chinese filmmakers from various positions to successfully complete the filming.
is now a diversified era. Everyone hopes that Chinese movies can be better, and hope that the production of movies can make use of the world's best talents and production resources, so as to achieve greater transcendence! In addition to the diversification in the shooting, different elements are also added to the narrative. In addition to borrowing the narrative structure of "Explore Treasure Hunting", "Treasure Hunting Adventure" also adds the characteristics of Hollywood-style adventure movies to the character setting. Movies have always been one of the most popular genres in Hollywood, such as "Tomb Raider", "Indiana Jones", "The Mummy" and other movies. Most of them are based on "Adventure Treasure Hunt" and set up various All kinds of clues and difficulties are for the protagonist to challenge, and these protagonists are often talented, and they have always been accompanied by beautiful women.
Culturally, there is nothing too much about Chinese tomb robbery novels and American adventures.The big difference is that our culture is richer. Therefore, "Tomb Robbery" is a very good material for Chinese contemporary magic movies. "Looking for the Dragon" has explored a new style based on authentic touch of gold. The creative road of the domestic fantasy theme movie genre. The popular
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was released on Christmas Day. At that time, it won 700 million box office in one week after the release. Then, the new year's day will continue to exert force, and the total amount is 1.54 billion, which is more than the "Avengers 2" filmed by Marvel Pictures. Ranked fifth in the total box office of Chinese movies (third in domestic movies), it can be said that it is a good start for the 2016 domestic New Year festival. "Looking for the Dragon" is also another fantasy blockbuster after "Painted Skin". From the loneliness of Chinese movies in the 1990s to the emergence of the Chinese blockbuster "Hero" in 2002, Chinese films are moving towards industrialization amidst difficulties .
First of all, the most attractive thing about the adaptation of a movie is its original work. For example, the "Harry Potter" series of movies are popular all over the world. Even if the movie is bad, some people will watch it out of feelings. This is an impulse consumption. , But "Harry Potter" did not let book fans down, but made the film a classic.
Actually, as a big IP, "Ghost Blowing Lantern" has been being reproduced all the time. Many people say it is the "No. 1 Chinese Movie IP". Although it is a bit exaggerated, it is not unreasonable. After all, novels about tomb robbery are still very good. Prospects. From the perspective of popularity, it has a large audience group. With such a good framework, it must be developed with a good movie, so "Looking for the Dragon Technique" can be regarded as normal.
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audiences like to watch movies, in addition to being attracted by the story, there is also the visual enjoyment. It must be admitted that the director Wu Ershan from the Academy of Fine Arts has his own unique research and insights on the aesthetics of film modeling. From scenes to characters, from actions to special effects, the three major devildom levels, the four major shaman idols, and the eight sacred beasts sitting on the other side of the goddess tomb in the film all have Chinese classical metaphysics elements.
The princess Aogu of the Liao Dynasty in the coffin is gorgeous and beautiful. AB's acting skills should be the peak at that moment. There are also props such as flying tiger claws, Luoyang shovel, and rotating diamond umbrella that let the audience see the original feeling.
Therefore, from the details of the attitude
, its high box office and good reputation not only come from the fans of the original book, but also gained a lot of box office by virtue of its content innovation and actor team. Then you die." This sentence is very influential, and it can be regarded as a sign and symbol of the movie, so that audiences who do not understand the background can remember the movie more quickly.
Conclusion
is not difficult to find that Chinese films are moving towards characteristic development step by step. Therefore, it should not be too late to create branded movies with Chinese characteristics. Apart from "Looking for the Dragon", we need more exploration and repeat the discovery of deviations and deviations. If the correction is insufficient, Chinese movies will definitely become better, and "Chinese Magic" is no worse than "Western Magic" movies.
