text | An Qing
editor | 9527 Miao Gujun
In the first half of 2024, everyone’s attention was almost entirely on the TV series market.
This is also because after the Spring Festival, there are really not many domestic movies to watch. Even in popular schedules such as Qingming Festival, May Day, and Dragon Boat Festival, it is really impossible to produce a high-quality film.
Even a comedy movie like "Thelma and Louise ", which has cliche laughs and a lot of outdated baggage, can become the top of the schedule. This shows how unsatisfactory the quality of domestic movies in the first half of the year is.
But after watching all the new summer movies, I feel like everyone is holding back their excitement, just waiting for the summer movies to be big.
And this is also because works such as " Wolf Warrior 2", "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World", "Desperate", "She Disappeared" and other works were almost all released in the summer season, and they have achieved high box office scores. Not open relationship.
These movies scheduled for summer are obviously taking advantage of the long schedule and wider audience base.
So, among these scheduled films, which ones have already shown the status of champions before they are released, and which ones have no desire to contribute to the box office?
New summer movies are highly competitive, and "Shen Ma Group" has the biggest chance of winning.
Comedy films are popular no matter what time they are released, and summer movies are naturally indispensable.
" Laifu Hotel " starring Huang Xuan and Liu Yan is a typical comedy film. Huang Xuan once again subverted his image in the film.
Looking at Huang Xuan in the trailer with his cropped hair and leather jacket, he is completely unrecognizable.
But Liu Yan is still so beautiful, intellectual and gentle, and is no longer just sexy.
Although the lineup is not the strongest, the subject matter has its own advantages, at least it will not become a companion.
There is also a comedy movie " Successor Plan " starring Shen Teng and Ma Li. It is produced by Happy Twist Team. The director is the director who has launched " Charlotte's Trouble " and " The Richest Man in Xihong City " Yan Fei and Peng Damo.
It is no exaggeration to say that this combination of lineups is here to harvest the box office. The trailer of the
film, which has been released for just ten seconds, has already made everyone laugh. The two actors, who are always the point of laughter of the audience, are in tune with each other no matter how they act.
Wang Junkai's "Wild Child" has also been selected for this year's summer release. Because this film is based on the real incident of "The Wandering Brothers" and focuses on a group of children in social difficulties. The characters have prototypes and are very touching in themselves. Even if they are adapted, they will remain intact. Even if you shoot it without moving, it can impress the audience.
The most challenging thing is the thief brother played by Wang Junkai. He is still a child who has not grown up in the film, but because he met another child who was forgotten by his family and had no one to care about him, he became both an older brother and a father. The characters are complex.
There is no doubt that Wang Junkai has a youthful feel. Whether he can act like a brother and a father depends on Wang Junkai's performance.
For Wang Junkai, "Wild Children" is an important work in his transformation. Whether he can open up the road to take on the big screen box office next depends on "Wild Children".
There is also a " Welcome to My Side " that combines comedy and love. Since this work is suitable for taking the lead, judging from the trailer, it is a somewhat "serious" work.
Chen Xiaozhou, played by Yu Shi, encountered an accident after falling out of love. As a result, when he saw yellow things, everyone in front of him would turn into quacking rubber ducks.
Just watching the movie trailer, I felt that the style of painting was strange and funny. Such cute and cute works are relatively rare in the Chinese drama market at present. It is easy for the audience to be curious and go to the theater to find out.
I have to say that Yu Shi’s boyfriend feeling in this film is really amazing.
Judging from these summer movies, people are still looking forward to it, but what everyone originally wanted to see the most was actually ", " directed by Wu Ershan.
Last summer's " Fengshen Part 1 " was a great success. Wu Ershan successfully made the Fengshen boy band popular. This year he will make a big move again, but after watching the selection of "Under the Stranger" The angle and the trailer are really blinding!
Wu Ershan's good cards were smashed, and the decline of "Under the Stranger" showed
Since "Under the Stranger" launched the first season of the drama version, it scored as high as 8.1, so the actors and characters are very important to the audience. Generally speaking, they all have preconceived impressions.
The images and temperaments of actors such as Peng Yuchang, Hou Minghao, and Wang Yinglu are very consistent with the setting of the characters. Especially Wang Yinglu, who plays Feng Baobao, plays the mysterious girl Feng Baobao deeply in the hearts of the people.
Originally, everyone was not optimistic about Wang Yinglu. After all, she is not well-known, and her image and temperament seem to be a little less recognizable. However, after the drama version was broadcast, the audience was completely conquered.
However, with the standard template in front of him, Wu Ershan still chose an actor who was wrong in every aspect for the movie version of "Under the Strangers".
has a standard mixed-race appearance. Just looking at the appearance makes people have no sense of substitution. The actor Li Wanda entered everyone's field of vision with " China's Talent Show ". Her father is German, so she is not purely oriental. face.
Audiences who are familiar with "Under the Stranger" all know that Feng Baobao is a girl who speaks Sichuan dialect, and her mixed-race face is really incompetent!
Just like Naran was cast as Daji in "Fengshen Part 1", it was totally wrong. Therefore, "Under the Stranger" just released the trailer and received negative reviews, and the audience was shocked. Is there anyone left in Huneiyu?
Hu Xianxu's image and temperament are quite consistent. Judging from his appearance, he seems to be a natural choice for Zhang Chulan. Judging from the trailer, he can also act a bit silly and a bit funny.
It’s hard to fault the actors including Feng Shaofeng, Qiao Zhenyu, Song Ningfeng, etc., but Wang, who also has a large proportion of scenes, is hard to praise.
What the hell is this? Hou Minghao's version is fresh and refined, and also has a bit of fairy spirit. The movie version is like a ghost who has not grown up. Not only is he not good-looking, he has no temperament. No matter what angle you look at, he looks earthy, and even looks a bit like he has been dyed white. Baby Feng with hair.
Not to mention allowing the audience to immerse themselves in the characters in the original work, even putting Wang Ye in a major online movie is not enough.
Coupled with the jet-black painting style and low-quality special effects, this movie version of "Under the Strangers" really dissuades the audience from all aspects!
Is Wuershan going to miss this time? It is very difficult to shoot a work with a fantasy color. There are few domestic directors who can shoot it well. Technology is one aspect, and aesthetics is also crucial.
"Fengshen Part 1" directed by Wu Ershan was very successful, which made everyone have high hopes. At present, it seems more like a flash in the pan.
A high-quality IP was ruined by Wuershan. How can it compete with other summer movies?
So, comparing these films released this summer, which one excites you the most, and which one makes you completely uninterested?
