With this year’s Lunar New Year movie set in succession, many people praised the gradual completion of the diversified transformation of themes and types, but many people also lamented the arrival of the "middle-aged crisis" of the Lunar New Year movie. There are not many hardcore "box office responsible" players visible to the naked eye.
In this situation, Jay Chou personally announced the finalization of "Sky Fire" at the concert on December 12, which is particularly eye-catching, because this is the only visual effect adventure action film currently available for this year's New Year. . Where is
hardcore, and where is it cool?
first look at the subject type. The first volcano-themed VFX adventure action blockbuster on Chinese screen! Note that this is not a gimmick. The "Tianhuo" in the title is an active volcano and the hardcore "villain" in the movie. The following story is not difficult to imagine: a wave of volcanic eruptions, hot Magma, bursting fireballs, volcanic ash covering the sky... how? Exciting enough?
If you don't have a concept, you might as well look at a few more figures. The visual effects of more than 2,000 shots in "Sky Fire" accounted for more than 80%, and hundreds of kilograms of explosives and 20 tons of volcanic ash were used for shooting. Therefore, just looking at the trailer, there is already a burning sensation of lava flowing and exploding around him.
However, the latest emotional trailer of "Sky Fire" is a bit unexpected, because the emotional elements inside are also quite capable. Li Xiaomeng, a geologist played by Kun Ling, is engaged in the research and development of the volcano early warning system on Tianhuo Island, but Li Wentao, the father played by Wang Xueqi, disagrees with her choice. Even more frightening is that Li Wentao, a professor of geology, discovered that this volcano that has been developed into a tourist resort is likely to erupt at any time.
Li Xiaomeng’s appearance is a bit like Laura played by Angelina Jolie in "Tomb Raider". The posture of going deep into the crater to engage in scientific research is so cool that she has no friends, but deep in her heart, there is family love. The fetters of her and the pain of losing her mother.
From the trailer, you can see the subtle relationship between the father and daughter. Xiaomeng’s sentence "It will be fine if my mother is still there", and his father's sentence "I have been regretting it all the time, I was not with you at the time", which seemed to reveal the mother. The death left deep scars and grievances between the father and daughter.
However, family affection will always burst out with the most sincere and most powerful force in the worst situation. This crisis of landslides seems to have become an opportunity for father and daughter to reconcile. A touching hug just confirms the trailer. The sentence "When disaster strikes, you are my greatest courage and my deepest concern". The volcano in the
movie is like a living monster, devouring everything on the island, and in the process of fighting this beast, everyone will gain a different sense of life. Hearing Xiaomeng said: "I don't want more people to lose their loved ones like me." I was instantly warmed to tears...
In addition to the father-daughter love performed by Wang Xueqi and Kun Ling, Dou Xiao and Bo An also interpreted the sincere and moving love in the face of crisis.
It can be said that compared to the common problem of many blockbuster movies that blindly pursue special effects and ignore the delicate communication of emotions, "Sky Fire" has both visual effects and emotions, which not only goes to the adrenal glands, but also takes care.
In fact, "Skyfire" director Simon West has always understood this. On the one hand, he is good at creating hearty hardcore action movies through the hardest actions and scenes, such as "The Expendables 2" and "Tomb Raider" ; On the other hand, he did not forget to tap the emotional power of the story. Those who have seen his early classic work "Prison in the Air" must remember that the tough guy played by Nicholas Cage boarded the desperate airliner only because he wanted to give a present on his daughter's birthday.
In 2019, we have witnessed miraculous explosions in movie theaters, from "The Wandering Earth", which opened a door to Chinese science fiction movies, to the animated film "Nezha", which has a box office of nearly 5 billion, to the star-studded Presenting the blockbuster film "My Motherland and Me", these films show the "big" in the subject matter and size, but what ultimately supports this "big" is the "small"-the emotional power that starts from the individual.
's "Sky Fire", which is well-laid with multiple emotions, obviously also has the characteristics of this kind of explosion, which makes the shocking and thrilling big crisis and big scene find the emotional fall point. Just like the steel giant ship in "Titanic" sinking to the bottom of the sea vigorously, it is stronger and stronger than the giant ship.Immortal, but the emotion of Jack and Ruth. And this moving emotion in "Sky Fire" corresponds to family affection and love, and is their brave and fearless heroic spirit that demonstrates the glory of human nature.
At the end of the year, everyone wants to come to a happy ending. The Lunar New Year file needs a hardcore work such as Skyfire to further drive the box office; audiences need such a movie to enjoy the double crit of visual effects and emotions .
