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Recently, the movie market has welcomed a wave of new movies!
Compared with the overly uniform style of the 2024 Spring Festival movies, the recently released new movies have much richer themes, ranging from the low-cost hit " Remove Three Evils in Weekly " to the Hollywood science fiction masterpiece " Dune 2", which can basically satisfy different tastes Movie-watching audiences, but what is unexpected is that judging from the current box office trends, Hollywood science fiction masterpieces are likely to lose to low-cost cool films.
Although "Dune 2" currently ranks first in the daily box office, its overall performance is very average. The predicted box office has dropped again and again. According to the analysis of professional ticket purchasing software, "Dune 2" predicts a total box office of only 328 million, while "Dune 2" has a predicted total box office of only 328 million. "Exterminate Three Pests" is expected to have a total box office of over 500 million.
Netizens also expressed their disapproval of the box office performance of "Dune 2" in the mainland. They bluntly said that there is a cultural gap in the entire movie. "Dune 1" was deceived by publicity during its release. Now that the second part is released, there is no interest in watching it again.
Not only that, even if they have not watched "Dune 2", netizens can still accurately grasp the shortcomings of "Dune 2", which is "heavy graphics and weak plot".
From the perspective of the film industry, "Dune 2" can be regarded as a good film. The visual effects and soundtrack are top-notch. Director Denis Villeneuve's aesthetic level is online. The scene scheduling and lens interpretation are all very personal. Most of the positive reviews from the premiere of "Dune 2" were focused on the screen, with the audience praising the visual and audio shock.
However, it is just an audio-visual shock.
"Dune 2" is a soft science fiction movie. It tells the story of the male protagonist Paul's journey of revenge. According to the industrial standards of Hollywood movies, as long as the investment is in place, even if it is a bad movie with a negative score, it can give the audience a very audio-visual bombardment. "Dune" 2》As soon as the word-of-mouth came out, the only thing that was praised over and over again was the pictures, and no one talked about the plot. If you have watched a few Hollywood movies, you will probably know what is going on.
In fact, judging from the movie viewing reviews, "Dune 2" has already had a bad reputation. Apart from the picture, it can be said that it has no merits.
- The two leading actors in "Dune 2" are popular Hollywood actors, but their looks are "different people's opinions" and do not suit the aesthetics of mainland audiences. Their acting skills are even more average, making them appear in dramas many times.
- As a movie adapted from a novel, the plot of "Dune 2" is old-fashioned and boring. The so-called space epic is essentially a fake concept of the sky. In addition, the original novel "Dune" was published in 1965, and the setting that shocked everyone has long since become Common elements, it is difficult for mainland audiences to resonate with the core of Western novels, which will somewhat affect the movie-watching experience.
In addition, there are off-site elements that must be mentioned.
Whenever a Hollywood movie is released in the mainland, there are always some movie lovers who admire foreign things and attack ordinary viewers. Whenever ordinary viewers give negative reviews, they will immediately warn "only worthy of watching " Hot and Spicy ", and "Dune 2" It was so typical that it triggered rebellion among netizens.
From "Dune 1" to "Dune 2", there are a lot of plots that are difficult to understand without reading the original work. This is obviously a lack of consideration by the director and screenwriter, but as long as ordinary viewers give it a negative review, it will be criticized Attack, one can’t help but wonder, is it possible that all novels and movies adapted from novels must be familiar with the original works in order to be eligible to watch them?
Including the attitude of the creators of "Dune 2" towards the Chinese market, it also affected the reputation of the entire movie - until "Dune 2" was officially released in the mainland, none of the leading actors came to promote it.
Of course, if it were just a matter of not coming to China for promotion, netizens would not be dissatisfied. The root cause of the controversy is still differential treatment.
——With Chinese investment and a larger box office in the Mainland, the leading actors of "Dune 2" only went to South Korea for promotion, including premieres, red carpets, and variety shows, completely ignoring the entire movie. Chinese market.
Some netizens believe that the starring actors of "Dune 2" did not come to China to promote but focused on pleasing the Korean market, which is enough to show their stance and attitude, so they refused to contribute to their box office.
Finally, let’s return to the movie itself - if you care about the plot of the movie, you can save money on the ticket; if you are still hesitant, it is recommended to try watching "Dune 1" first. The overall style of the two movies is in the same line, and the movie-watching experience is similar.
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