On the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, the second work of Chasing Media's "New God List" series "New God List: Yang Jian" (hereinafter referred to as "Yang Jian"), the box office exceeded 400 million.
After watching "Yang Jian", the most words I say to my friends are those with a strong nympho: "It's so beautiful, that face."
I guess I don't see any People who finish the movie will argue against that. The plot of
can be left aside for the time being. Of course, there is really nothing to mention. The character of Yang Jian is simply spinning and jumping on my aesthetic point perfectly.
In addition, the immortal island suspended above the sea of clouds, the huge flying boat that relies on "mixed vitality", the flying goddess flying in the sky and the sea of flowers, the cool and smooth nephew parkour ...
every time A picture almost typed the word "dazzling skills" on the big screen. The movie
has indeed shown us a world of immortality that contains both classical aesthetics and romance, but also has many popular elements of modern punk . The visual picture is absolutely pleasing to the eye, but this plot...
I think there are some online A short comment is quite sharp: "The art part is impeccable, but the plot part is powerless." Although
can't equate this movie with a bad movie, but after watching it, I am really unwilling, chasing light animation can obviously achieve the picture to the extreme, how can the core script be made into such a virtue?
"Yang Jian": The second uncle can't save the crotch plot
The whole movie can probably be summed up in one sentence: a bloody case caused by a real estate.
Since the release of this film, there have been not a few people complaining about the plot content on various platforms, so I will not describe it here. All in all, by any measure, the film is a relative failure of old wine in a new bottle that doesn't quite tell the story.
From many film reviews, it is not difficult for us to see that the audience's "hate" of this film is indisputable:
"Technically maintain the first-class level of domestic animation, and the style and music bring great surprises."
"It is too difficult Hit, three stars are sorry for the special effects, four stars are sorry for the plot."
"The technical special effects and artistic effects are so good that I even ignore what it is talking about..."
"I lowered my expectations for the plot in advance, and rushed to the picture and special effects. When I watched it, I felt very satisfied, and even somehow felt that the plot was self-consistent."
"The plot is a mess! The screenwriter should kneel and kowtow to the artists!!!"
Many animated films such as " Jiang Ziya " and "White Snake 2: The Raising of the Green Snake" have received such evaluations as "invincible pictures, but weak plots (even pulling the hips)", which seems to have become a domestic product. A common problem with animated films.
It has been 7 years since 2015's " The Return of the Great Sage " detonated the film market. It once ignited the whole summer's " Nezha: The Demon Child " (hereinafter referred to as "The Demon Child") with a box office of 5 billion. ) has also become a thing of the past three years ago... The follow-up to
, whether it is "Jiang Ziya" launched by Guangguang, or the "New God List" series launched by Chasing Guang, has achieved a considerable box office.
Animation movie box office in recent yearsThe situation at a glance (as of 2022.9.13)
However, the "Fengshen Movie Universe ", which was once highly anticipated, seems to have not even a decent prototype.
Don't say anything about the "Marvel Cinematic Universe", just convincing yourself that these stories happened in the same world view, I am afraid it is a big problem.
Among them, one of the most talked about bugs is the multiple versions of Shen Gongbao. I still remember that in order to promote "Jiang Ziya", "The Devil Comes to the World" once had a Spring Festival linkage Easter egg with it, and 2 different versions of Shen Gongbao's century. The same frame can barely be called "harmony".
Then, in this release of "Yang Jian", the third version of Shen Gongbao also debuted.
Audiences who have chased these three films at the same time will inevitably feel dazed and confused for a moment...
However, considering that "Yang Jian" and the other two films are not a production company, they are not the same universe. It's not a big problem for the time being, let's go back to the concept of the movie "universe".
The "Fengshen Universe" has not yet been formed. Naturally, it is necessary to think more and learn more. Naturally, among the objects of learning, the "Marvel Universe" with "full ability to attract money" cannot be avoided.
Marvel: an example that can be partially referenced
still remembers that at the beginning, although Marvel comics sold well all over the country and even the world, the head office lived a "poor" life of selling copyrights.
" X-Men ", "Spider-Man" and other series of movies swept the US box office, but these two well-received series of movies only brought less than $100 million to the box office for Marvel, the owner of the IP , For the box office obtained by the film itself, it is really "a drop in the bucket".
The box office list of Marvel's IP movies If one tenth is not achieved, how can one not have a strong urge to throw the pot and strike?
Marvel, who no longer wanted to provide ingredients for others, came up with the idea of starting a kitchen and being a cook.
On May 2, 2008, the first dish prepared by Marvel himself was freshly cooked - " Iron Man ".
This superhero movie not only revived Robert Downey Jr. , who was at a low ebb in his career, but also made Marvel Studios , which had a potential bankruptcy crisis before, completely opened up his second line of Ren and Du. Become a star company with Walk of Fame in Hollywood .
At the end of 2009, Disney acquired Marvel Entertainment for $4.24 billion.
leans against a big tree to enjoy the shade, not to mention this big tree is Disney, a "legal" expert with "money" ability.
With the help of Disney's "money" ability, Marvel not only began to gradually withdraw the film rights of superheroes signed to various companies, but also "Hulk", " Thor ", " Captain America". ” and other superhero movies were brought to the big screen, and they were assembled through “Avengers” to detonate the market. According to data from
, "Avengers", which was filmed for the first time in 2012, sold for $1.518 billion worldwide, and "Avengers 4: Endgame", which was the "final work of the decade" in 2019, was even more popular. It was a dazzling achievement with a global box office of 2.7902 billion US dollars.
Today, Marvel's superhero series has become one of Disney's most profitable money-making machines, and its "Marvel Cinematic Universe" is even more talked about.
Of course, the follow-up will gradually fade out of the Chinese market due to various force majeure and death-defying behaviors. We will not list it today.
today mainly regard it as a "model" that can be partially referenced, and benchmark our "Fengshen Universe", which has not even been clear in its prototype.
It is undeniable that "The Devil Comes to the World", which once detonated the whole summer with a high box office of 5 billion yuan, is the most highlight moment in our "Fengshen Universe", no one.
We can't demand the entire animation market with "orphaned" hits like "The Devil Comes to the World". After all, as of now, there are only 6 animation films that have exceeded 1 billion in the box office of mainland film history animation films. That's it. Among them, "The Devil Comes to the World", which is at the top of the list, is even ahead of the runner-up "Jiang Ziya" with a box office of 3.4 billion, which can be said to be the first fault.
A "highlight moment" like "The Demon Child" is an accident, an accident that cannot be replicated.
Fengshen Universe: Uncontrollable Copyright
does not talk about "copying", but goes back to the construction of our "Fengshen Universe".
Our "Fengshen Universe", in addition to the several films that have been released so far that "have obvious bugs and are not easy to integrate", the follow-up "Nezha 2 Devil Boys in the Sea", "Erlang God", "Nezha" Most of the works such as Havoc in the Heavenly Palace ", "New God List" series, etc., are still barely able to find a poster. Cinematic Universe" simply can't compare.
Of course, if we talk about Marvel's less than 100 years of comics history, our myths about "Fengshen" can also be traced back to China for 5,000 years. There is no fear at all...
However, we also need to Clearly, these 5,000-year-old myths mostly exist in some kind of ancient book myths passed down by word of mouth, and they have not yet formed a complete commercial chain. If we use and adapt them, we will eventually create our "Fengshen" universe. The essential.
Moreover, the accumulation of history allows us to have enough material accumulation, but it also brings a new problem that cannot be underestimated.
Rich material, free copyright, anyone can try it...
Just imagine, if you watch all the three movies I mentioned above, the "three Shen Gongbao" in your mind really won't fight ? Can ordinary audiences who do not know the cause and effect really accept and digest it perfectly?
In the years when "The Return of the Great Sage" became an instant hit, the stories of "monkeys" that were a bit flooded were "learning from the past."
Putting the same thing on "Marvel" is another kind of style.
Otherwise, you can take a look. If anyone thinks that according to Marvel's series of movies, a legend of "Iron Man" is rumored, "legal expert" Disney can definitely tell you to go bankrupt in minutes...
The wording may be It's exaggerated, but it's by no means alarmist.
Let's go back to the "Fengshen Universe", taking this "Yang Jian" as an example, and by the way, I also mention the previous work "Xin Shen Bang: Nezha Rebirth", which is the "Xin Shen Bang" series launched by Chasing Guang, which should be A story based on the same worldview background, but ah...
chasing the light but "splitting" it apart, giving people the illusion of "each talking about its own".
Moreover, even if there are two forced cameo eggs for buffering and transitioning, it still gives the audience a sense of sight that the screenwriter has not yet written the entire story script, which is really confusing. .
inserts a digression, because the comic superhero " Quicksilver " sold to Fox has become a popular character in the new series of "X-Men", so, Marvel can only let "Quicksilver" get soy sauce in the "Avengers" movie, and then quickly get the lunch box, which can be considered a time to avoid the "copyright" problem.
But I'll say it again, if it is based on this logic, Shen Gongbao in "Jiang Ziya" and "Yang Jian" is indeed considered a boxed lunch, but it's not impossible...
Cough, it's pure nonsense, don't let it go really.
In short, it will take time to create a reasonable and bug-free unified "Fengshen" universe.
In the end, it's purely personal complaints. I really ask the big guys on the platform to pay attention to the issue of the movie script. Let me, an ordinary movie watcher, be with my friend Amway next time. There is something else worthwhile besides the picture. A place to brag.
text | Mu San
source | Entropy one wealth
