John UM
AfterMarveltookthe5.4billiondollarboxofficeinfivemovies,thelateDCfinallyreleasedhisonlysecretweapon,“TheSeaKing.”Atpresent,itseemsthattherecordisbright,butontheprotractedwar, DC may still be lost to Marvel
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DC Manga “Green Lantern” has a sentence “I’ve dreamt of my rescue every cold black night since then.” (Every cold night, I am looking forward to someone coming to save)
After experiencing the successive defeats of “Superman vs. Batman”, “Suicide Squad”, “Justice League”, and the sweetness of “Wonder Woman”, DC finally boldly launched the director Wen Ziren, ushered in his own dawn
“Haiwang” won the first battle, the pre-sale total box office exceeded 54 million, the zero-point box office exceeded 8.9 million, the release of the 4-day deadline for the publication of the box office broke 800 million, the first shot of this year’s Lunar New Year file
The world’s DC powder began to revel, DC’s life-saving straw has been absent, but will not be late
The Mainland was released in advance because it was “not optimistic”.
From the box office point of view, the most successful of “Sea King” is: Warner decided to use mainland China as the world premiere of the film, and released two weeks ahead of North America. This is unprecedented. To know that what the domestic fans are most looking forward to is “the blockbuster can be released globally.”
Some people think that this is Warner’s abandonment of the bottom line and blindly please the mainland audience. After all, from the data point of view, the first week of “King of the Sea” 649 million, indeed broke the highest opening painting (390 million) of Warner in the past by Spielberg’s “number one player”, and increased the record by 66 in one fell swoop. %
Some people say that Warner’s move is to be afraid of the piracy of “Neptune”. To know the big movies that have been released in North America in advance, one or two days later, piracy will appear in the mainland
But in fact, the mainland opened the painting ahead of time because “Sea King” itself is not optimistic
Director Wen Ziren said in an interview, “I never mind being the one who is not being looked good. Haiwang has always been the one who is not optimistic. I will continue this narrative mode.”
From the production cost point of view, “Neptune” only got 160 million US dollars, which is slightly higher than the predecessor “Wonder Woman” (149 million), but compared with the next door, it is really poor and pitiful
“Amazing Captain” The budget cost of $152 million is the cheapest work since the third stage of the Marvel movie universe. Other single films are one higher than the one, and the collective “Avengers 3” is more than It is 300 million US dollars
And “Sea King” almost 40% of the pictures are taken underwater, the light effects are very burning money; plus the desert, Sicily and other countries, the funding is burning. If you don’t choose to save money, Wen Ziren, other directors may find it difficult to present the current effect. DC is gambling!
Secondly, Haiwang is not comparable to other “flowing big coffee” superheroes in the DC universe, such as Batman and Superman
From the comics, his sense of existence is not even strong. In the film of Justice League, Neptune is also a man standing in the corner. His plays are insignificant and his functions are weak and poor
Moreover, it is “the next time you meet the strength”. The North American schedule of “Neptune” is scheduled for December 21st, and the Christmas Eve is equivalent to the Chinese Spring Festival. The competition is fierce
The opponents of the same period have the first derivative blockbuster “Bumblebee” of “Transformers”, and Disney’s super big IP “Happy Man’s Home 2”. In all fairness, the popularity of the bumblebee has crushed several streets of Neptune
Although Wen Ziren thinks that “Neptunus” will be like the “Brave Game: Battle of the Jungle” over “Star Wars 8”, the wind is overturned, but Warner is clearly lacking confidence. Therefore, under the premise that North America does not shift gears, the mainland is released in advance, which is a sword slant
Only the addition of the “Sea King” is not very good
Some time ago, “The Unknown Generation” relied on the high score of Douban 8.4, and succeeded in counterattacking the box office. However, some people have gradually questioned that the film’s word-of-mouth is so high that it’s all made by the marketing number, but it’s not so good
The skepticism has not faded, and the “Neptunus” that walked the same way as “The Nameless Generation” is strong
“海王” Douban draws a rating of 8.4, and falls to 8 in four days. It is likely to fall from 8.4 to 7.1 today, like last year’s “Wonder Woman”. The reason why it will go down is that of the contrast caused by the high reputation of the name, which makes the audience feel more disappointed
More than 140 minutes of “Neptune” is easy to fatigue the audience, but Wen Ziren’s seven-sea wonders created by the hand, as well as the action scenes designed for the underwater environment, bring the audience a climax of visual carnival, amazing
Warner’s propaganda points have also been focused on “The Sea King” has “Avatar”-like visual wonders, “The Lord of the Rings”-like epic texture, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”-like treasure hunt, “Lion King”-like home National destiny, “speed and passion”-like desperation, “Star Wars”-like ethnic diversity.”
The audience can be attracted by this virtual name to buy tickets, but if DC is also immersed in it, it is tantamount to “being killed.”
When a movie has been tired of doing additions, trying to make everything that you can do without a selection, and all the brains are presented to the audience, this movie may stimulate your sense of perspective, but not necessarily a good movie..
“The Sea King”’s background music style completely inherits “Speed and Passion 7”; the chasing drama on the island of Hoh Xil is like the “007” series; the royal family of Atlantis is like the elves and soldiers in “The Lord of the Rings” The storm soldiers in “Star Wars”; the sea king unified to find the Trident unified sea stalk “Thor”; to maintain peace between the sea and the land, the brothers compete for the imperial power and like the “black panther” ….
This is just a different film type element, in the name of special effects crazy patchwork and grafting
And this intensive stalker just proves that the superhero movie’s original power is extremely scarce. From the time of human beings to the history of growth to the mission of saving the world, it has been for decades, no new ideas
The audience can’t watch “Sea King” because of the weaker combat power of DC in these years, and should not ignore other shortcomings because of the success of special effects
The core of the superhero film is “cool” or “truth”.
In the late 1970s, it was the real time for superhero movies to start. At that time, DC was a big one, and the superhero movie led by “Batman” entered a long period of dark style, and the theme was to save the world forever
After entering the new century, the superhero movie began the transformation of “going to the face”. Under the collectivism, the inner struggle and emotional expression of the superhero personal focus became the focus
Followed by groundbreaking, anti-superhero movies and civilian superhero movies. Heroes who are not so perfect and even have self-difficulty are more likely to resonate with the audience
“Hai Wang” has developed as a superhero film for nearly half a century, and it is the spiritual level of nothingness. Compared with other superheroes, Neptune is quite boring, and only the bodybuilding and beautiful scenes are fascinating
First of all, “Neptune” is an old-fashioned brother fighting for the throne, but the two main characters are too shallow to be as imaginative as Thor. Secondly, Neptune’s emotional sorrows on the human world and the underwater world are too superficial, making him “become a god of choice and a mission to build peace between the sea and the land”. It seems to be less than natural, but rather slightly deliberate
These all make Neptune’s trajectory not from personal will, but from foreign objects. Just as all the plot developments of the movie “Sea King” are driven by action scenes
Some people say that the focus of a superhero movie is “shuang”. As long as the audience is enjoyable, it will succeed. As for film art, the theme sublimation is not what it must pursue
This argument seems to have some truth, but in fact it is too much to be too one-sided
Stan Lee once said publicly that “not grounded” is a hard injury to DC superheroes. And if a superhero can’t make the audience worry about it, it can’t make people resonate. This superhero naturally can’t go long
At present, because of special effects, word-of-mouth marketing, “Sea King” is still fairly stable, but its spiritual level of nothingness, and Haiwang people set up unsatisfactory, destined it can only fight quickly, but can not last war