may be a spectacle that has never appeared in a theatrical film:
has such an imported film, which had streaming media resources when it was released, and 44 minutes were deleted from the theatrical version.
Logically speaking, it’s a done deal, right?
What is surprising is that the Douban score has been rising since the film was released, from the initial 7.8 to the current 8 points.
Some viewers even said frankly:
Why?
The two "bests" may answer your questions:
This is the highest-invested movie in Russian film history.
is the first human film shot by professional actors in outer space.
Yes.
This time the fighting nation played a big game and moved the studio directly to outer space:
Challenge
Вызов
1
Go to space to "open the intestines"
The beginning of the story happened in outer space.
An astronaut named Oleg (played by astronaut Oleg Nowitzki himself) was accidentally injured while performing a mission on the space station and was in urgent need of thoracotomy.
But he was seriously injured. If he returned to Earth by spacecraft for treatment at this time, he would definitely die on the way.
But there are no doctors in space. If this continues, he will only be able to live for a month at most.
At this time, NASA had a sudden idea.
Is it possible to select a few doctors with good medical skills and good physical fitness from the earth in a short period of time and fly to space to perform surgery on Oleg? How ridiculous is
?
This operation is moderately difficult to perform on Earth.
But in space, it is unknown.
You must know that there is no gravity in outer space, so if you spit in it, it will float.
Let’s not talk about whether the doctor can hold the scalpel steadily and cut open the patient’s chest accurately in that environment.
It is difficult for people to stand or walk upright. How to challenge
?
The space agency selected a group of doctors from the best local hospitals to conduct various assessments.
For example, if you undergo centrifuge training under 8g of excess weight, every time you do it, you will feel that your internal organs are being reorganized in the body.
Another example is the challenge of changing directions at high speed for 20 minutes on a swivel chair.
Another example is completing a simulated surgery during a bumpy flight training.
In the end, the female surgeon Yenia (played by Yulia Peresild) stood out among the male doctors and became the only candidate for this space surgery.
The actress Yulia herself, just like the doctor, was selected from more than 3,000 actors by the director team and underwent three and a half months of devilish aerospace training.
finally boarded the rocket and headed for space.
finally had this wonderful scene of hair flowing and body swimming in the space capsule.
The real "challenge" has just begun.
Since there is only one doctor, Yenia, the other two astronauts with zero medical experience must assist in the operation process.
Such as chest drainage, manual oxygen assistance, handing scalpels and forceps, wiping sweat, etc.
The operating table is a temporary structure, and ropes must be used to secure the patient to it.
The special tools used for surgery were made on site using wire and spoons.
Even the hand-scrubbing suit worn by the female doctor has to be changed on the spot after the anesthesia is administered. The thickness of the
space bulkhead is only 3mm. In
, there is a patient who is dying.
Outside, there is a vast universe without oxygen, gravity, and life.
When everything was ready, Yenia used a scalpel to cut open the astronaut's chest. Unexpectedly, the situation inside the other person's body was worse than imagined.
NASA leaders and medical experts on Earth who were watching the live broadcast felt that the risk was too great and immediately ordered Yenia to stop the operation and prepare to return.
But for a doctor, giving up the operation at this time was equivalent to giving the patient a death sentence, so she disobeyed her superiors' instructions and continued the operation insistently.
is really decisive and exciting.
The leaders on Earth drank several glasses of brandy to calm down.
However, Yenia withstood the pressure. While chatting on the phone with her unsuspecting mother, she completed the operation methodically with a wire and a spoon.
She challenged the limits and broke prejudices.
2
The 44 minutes in which
kills himself with a knife looks like a cliché genre film, doesn’t it?
is no wonder.
As Sir said before, in order to arrange more films, the importer of the film directly deleted 44 minutes of the film, removing all the "flesh and blood" and only retaining the skeleton.
For example, the theatrical version deleted a lot of the heroine's characterization and turned her into a "tool person". What are the characters in the original version of
like?
In one sentence, she is a doctor who works hard to save lives and heal the wounded. She is also a woman who rarely spends time with her daughter and mother because of her busy work.
Her husband died young, and she was left with the pain to shoulder the burden of supporting the family alone.
So when she learned that the injured astronaut also had a wife who raised her daughter alone at home, she was so determined to rescue the astronaut 400,000 meters away at all costs.
This is the duty of a doctor, and it is also the compassion that a woman can show to another woman.
’s daughter was rebellious. She fell in love early and got into fights at school. The classmates who were injured sued the youth inspection team.
While Ye Niya was busy negotiating with the parents of her classmates who were prosecutors, she was running back and forth between the hospital and the space agency to make plans for "space surgery."
She was burdened with so many trivial matters that she had to develop strong ability to withstand stress.
My mother has a serious heart disease and can't stand any stimulation.
Ye Niya did not tell her that she was going to space 400,000 meters away for surgery, but lied to her that she was going on a business trip.
Therefore, during the subsequent operation, her mother called Yenia and asked Yenia to help her buy specialties. Yenia had to hold the surgical forceps in a cold sweat while pretending to be calm and cooperate with her lies.
If there is no foreshadowing in the previous plot, then in the eyes of the audience, her mother is a person deliberately arranged by the director to disrupt her daughter's surgery.
Taking off her white coat, Yenia is just an ordinary, tired woman.
And these fragments that could have made a character fuller and more realistic were deleted from the domestic version:
Except for a few flashbacks of her husband's death, Yenia's life is so thin that it seems like there is no past.
And, later, her qualification to be selected by NASA to go into space was shown in the mainland version as an opportunity given to her by another male doctor.
In the original version, she actually made a very thorough plan for the operation and came up with many solutions.
She is also the best in all physical fitness and weight loss control assessments.
Moreover, unlike other candidates who want to go to space for fame and fortune, Yenia fights for this opportunity because she really cares about the lives of her patients.
But almost all of these details have been ruthlessly erased by "deletion".
Ye Niya conquered the male doctor with her own strength, making him willing to recommend her to the space agency.
was actually "grafted" by the theatrical version and became a generous concession from a male doctor.
Feminism instantly turned into “pseudo” feminism.
That’s why the sentence at the end, “Where there are Russian women, there is gravity” sounds so embarrassing.
sir certainly "understands" the reason for the deletion.
In business circles, the so-called artistry and completeness of a movie are actually not worth mentioning in front of businessmen. They have cut out the parts about family affairs and aerospace selection, in order to make the film schedule higher.
is like the previous "magic" operations.
" " deleted 10 minutes, "Wolverine 3" deleted 15 minutes, " Cloud Atlas " deleted 38 minutes, "BLACK BOOK" deleted 35 minutes, " PARASITE " 101 minutes were deleted...
No matter how much fans criticize it, the film studio has made money.
But what about this time?
Not only did the audience feel dissatisfied from the bottom of their hearts: after
was deleted, many viewers felt that the emotions and motivations of the characters were not full enough and a bit stiff, and every connection in the plot had a sense of fragmentation.
So much so that I have to ask people who have watched the resource film what the plot of the film is about.
And the expected box office has never been realized:
6 days after the film was released, the box office was less than 2.7 million. Not only is it ranked low among recent films, it is even compared to the 16.8 million of the director's last film " Space Rescue " , also one in the sky and one on the earth (8 minutes were deleted from that one).
is like swinging a knife into the palace with confidence.
finally discovered that he could not actually practice any magical skills.
Is it a pity?
At least for this theatrical version, sir does not feel sorry for it.
3
not only stole the limelight from Tom Cruise
As far as the movie itself is concerned, Sir feels that " challenges " is still very valuable (only for the full version).
is not about the story it tells.
But it’s because they did one thing:
went to outer space to make movies.
In fact, if you are interested in "outer space movies", you will find that this is not the first time that humans have wanted to do this.
For example, Tom Cruise.
As early as 2020, Tom Cruise announced that he would take a rocket to the International Space Station to shoot a space adventure movie. Unfortunately, due to the epidemic, this project was only restarted in 2022, and cooperated with Musk's company and NASA Cooperation, the production cost is approximately US$200 million.
I don’t know how the project is progressing.
Maybe this year they will build a studio on the International Space Station and even start filming, but there is no doubt that the title of "the first actor to walk in space" will obviously not fall to Tom Cruise.
The Russians had a head start.
Then the question comes:
The special effects in movies nowadays are so awesome, and the science fiction tycoons in Hollywood are also using the top visual effects to break through human imagination of the universe and wonders one by one.
So is it really necessary to fly all the way to space to take real photos?
sir does not want to pretend to be neutral and say that those special effects are better than special effects, and real shots are better than real shots. On this issue, sir believes that is very necessary for .
an example.
As early as " 2001: A Space Odyssey " in 1968, countless movies have filmed " weightless " scenes.
originally wanted to shoot such a scene.
Kubrick's method was to stick the pen on transparent and clean glass, and then slowly turn the glass in front of the camera.
looks flawless.
But if you look carefully, you will find that there are still many flaws here. For example, it can only rotate in a plane, and the weightlessness of an object can only be displayed in the lens.
The "singleness" of " Wandering Earth 2" has changed a lot.
in the same shot.
We can also see scenes of glass fragments flying around, which solves the problem of "sense of depth".
But the problem is.
No matter how detailed the simulation is, there will always be "complexities" that cannot reproduce reality, such as hair. CG can create flying glass, but it cannot make the hair of the protagonist (especially the heroine) change with the action.
So in the process of watching the movie.
Some viewers who like to see details will inevitably get into trouble.
What about "The Challenge"?
Yes, there are still many limitations in the current space shooting conditions. From the "Challenge" crew, only actor Yulia and director Kerim Spenko went to the space station. The two of them had to serve as makeup artists and photographers at the same time.
Every time the heroine puts on makeup, it is a challenge, because in a weightless environment, it is difficult to control the strength of the hand and the position of the pen.
But if you look at the film, there is a scene of eating after the surgery.
not only has a "display" of various foods moving with inertia and floating into each other's mouths, but you can also see the heroine's hair swaying as she moves.
And this is the effect that can only be achieved by "real shooting".
does not require design or calculation. Just by setting the camera aside, you can record the most realistic environment and let the audience feel the immersive quality.
Yes, texture.
This is a word that countless directors who shoot science fiction themes strive to achieve. After all, the prerequisite for whether a story is believable is whether the environment in which it takes place is convincing.
is like the first part of " Dune ", which will establish the ecosystem of the Dune planet in such detail.
Or in " Interstellar ", in order to present a more realistic burning cornfield, 30,000 acres of corn were directly planted.
This is all to make the movie more convincing.
So, remember what Nolan once said:
The most boring thing about making a movie is to have a bunch of actors stand in front of a green screen to perform when filming
The green screen will kill the charm of the movie
And for us Speaking of which, the most boring thing is that when we see those special effects movies, the images presented are all the same and there is no surprise at all. The charm of
movies.
sometimes also presents another world that we didn't expect.
So. When
sir watched this movie, in fact, a large part of his attention was not on the story, but on the environment and the "scenery".
even intentionally.
doesn’t want to miss every shot of the space scene.
is like the heroine looking down at the earth.
When we see such a real space and such gorgeous lighting, to be honest, it is inevitable that we will burst into tears.
after all.
This is both the reality of the romantic universe and evidence that our dreams come true.
The pictures in this article come from the Internet
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