Text | Muran
Editor | Sanyuan
This year’s Spring Festival movies are really laughable.
often invests hundreds of millions in each work, but the final word-of-mouth evaluation is not satisfactory, even not as high as "Away with Three Pests", which cost only tens of millions.
Although the box office results are excellent, they do not have a matching reputation, which already shows that these so-called big-investment movies are getting worse and worse.
It was already embarrassing enough that these Spring Festival movies were torn off the fig leaf by " Weekly Remove Three Evils ". Unexpectedly, even major online movies could beat them.
" Doomsday Warrior ", starring Jin Qiaoqiao due to glory, has been launched on the Internet movie market. From the perspective of the painting style, it has a sense of immediacy like " Shanghai Fortress ".
But I thought it was a bad movie, but when it was released, it won the first place in the list. The special effects are not inferior to the sci-fi movies of the same type. The plot is full of attractions and the story direction is also thrilling. This time Yu Rongguang has caught the sci-fi king and exploded.
1. The eye-catching theme of doomsday + science fiction
As we all know, science fiction movies are difficult to make.
For a work like " The Wandering Earth ", the audience has to wait a full four years for the sequel. "The Wandering Earth 3" will have to wait several more years to be released to everyone.
Special effects production is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and texture and creativity are indispensable. "The Doomsday Soldier" not only challenges this difficult theme, but also incorporates doomsday elements.
This means that the film must not only present science fiction content, but also film a scene of world destruction. It is tantamount to merging the two works "The Wandering Earth" and "2012" into one.
It is an indisputable fact that the investment and cost of the works in the big movie market are low, so few people are willing to get involved in the fields of science fiction and doomsday themes, but this "Doomsday Soldier" does have the courage to do whatever is difficult to shoot. This is eye-catching enough.
2, the opening is explosive, and the stamina is very strong.
What the Internet movies are best at is seizing the golden six minutes of the opening and retaining the audience with various visually impactful pictures.
This is also inseparable from the short time of online movies and the large number of works that viewers can choose from, so they have to use this method to attract attention.
But this also directly leads to the fact that some films have a wonderful start, but once they enter the main film, they immediately succeed.
As a major online movie, "The Last Man" naturally needs to use this method to retain the audience first, so in the first few minutes, it really feels like watching "The Wandering Earth".
As soon as the scene of the moon docking to the space station came out, a sense of science fiction came to mind. From special effects to texture, there may be some small differences compared with "The Wandering Earth", but compared with " Alone on the Moon ", "Shanghai Fortress" is like this The big screen movie is not the least bit good.
When an unknown object appeared in the lens, it approached step by step from a distance. At first, I didn’t realize how huge it was until the space station looked like a toothpick in front of it. The impact of such a giant object It was deeply shocking.
The second is the close-up presentation of unknown objects. Not to mention big Internet movies, even big-screen movies may not dare to show the details to the audience. After all, if the special effects are not in place, it will immediately look very plasticky.
However, when the camera lens is zoomed in, the unknown object looks like the flesh and carapace of an insect, with a large number of mechanical structures inside, and the feeling of horror is instantly heightened.
The general command center is surrounded by a cloud of mist, suspended in the air like a huge earth, which is equally shocking. These pictures have already proved the high level of the film.
But what is even more amazing is that the following plot, instead of suddenly changing the style, uses a large number of shots to present the dilapidated city in the apocalypse to everyone's vision.
Every shot is very shocking, including the team performing a mission, moving step by step in a dim environment with no sunlight, and the carbonized world is materialized, making people feel suffocated across the screen.
There is also an airport filled with yellow sand. The scarcity of water makes everyone’s face yellow and dry. The look and feel are also very real. It is not easy to do this.
In order to increase the interest of the plot, this drama also incorporates zombie monsters and other plots, which makes the plot more tense and exciting. Although I have only watched one movie, I feel like I have watched several Hollywood blockbusters.
Three, the cast is impressive, and actresses are respected
Some movies like to put well-known actors in the plot for the first few minutes, and then use a large number of new actors to support the plot.
This method is obviously to retain the audience, but it gives people a strong sense of separation.
These actors, who are familiar to the audience, are often experienced and have good acting skills, and can bring everyone into the drama. But the newcomer actors' acting skills are awkward and they can't grasp the emotions of the characters at all, so that the more you watch, the more you watch.
In this "Doomsday Soldier", the two actors that everyone is most familiar with are Yu Rongguang and Jin Qiaoqiao. In the online movie market, such a lineup is considered very impressive.
Yu Rongguang has released many popular works, and Jin Qiaoqiao is the goddess in the hearts of countless people. She has returned to the market after being away from the screen for many years. Choosing such a major Internet movie is already a double surprise.
The acting skills of the two actors are online. The doomsday leaders they portray are very majestic. Yu Rongguang is upright and Jin Qiaoqiao is resolute and resolute, enough for everyone to step into the role in minutes.
The key is that Yu Rongguang and Jin Qiaoqiao appear throughout the entire movie, not just in the first few minutes of the plot, which makes the story more coherent, unlike some movies where the first few minutes tell the story of one person, and the rest The plot changed immediately.
This is undoubtedly a sign of respect for the audience. After watching too many major Internet movies that try to seduce others, "The Last Soldier" becomes even more palatable.
is also worthy of recognition for the actor's respect for actresses. Anyone who has watched several major online movies knows that relying on actresses to expose their flesh to attract attention is a routine operation. No matter what the subject, it must be done. The actresses were dressed cooler than the other.
If it were not a major online movie and there were scale requirements, it is conceivable to what extent actresses would be used as tools?
But in this "Doomsday Soldier", the actresses are all dressed appropriately and in line with the character settings. There is no idea of relying on their figures to attract attention. This alone is worthy of praise.
If domestic movies were made like "The Last Man", they would not have to worry about losing audiences. The most regrettable thing about this movie is that it was not released in theaters. This level is not comparable to that of major online movies.
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