In the Spring Festival of 2022, will you walk into the theater, and which movie do you most want to see?
The annual Spring Festival slot is coming, and as of the afternoon of January 31, the pre-sale box office has exceeded 700 million, and people are very enthusiastic about watching movies in the post-epidemic era. On the one hand, there has been no major outbreak of the recent epidemic, and on the other hand, the quality of this year's films is higher. Many movies in last year's Spring Festival file were actually scheduled to be released in 2020, such as Detective Chinatown 3, and most of the movies in this year's Spring Festival file were completed during the epidemic. Sara is here to share her expectations for this Spring Festival stall and talk about my personal views on major movies.
"Chosin Lake No. Shuimun Bridge"
"Watergate Bridge" is the sequel to last year's box office champion "Chosin Lake", recreating the bombing and repair of the bridge in the battle, basically the box office champion of this Spring Festival file. The production teams of the two films are basically the same, but Xu Ke takes on more than 90% of the directing work, and Sara herself is looking forward to Lin Chaoxian's leadership. It is well known that Xu Ke is addicted to big scenes and special effects, but if he can restrain himself a little and shoot the level of outwitting Weihu Mountain, this movie should not be too bad, after all, the war scenes of the Watergate Bridge are equally shocking. In recent years, the proportion of comedy movies in the Spring Festival file has decreased, and if the main theme of the main drama is filmed well, many people will be willing to pay the bill, based on the great success of "Chosin Lake", "Watergate Bridge" occupies an advantage in word of mouth and feelings.
"Miracle Stupid Kid"
"Watergate Bridge" is not a family fun genre, not everyone wants to watch war movies in the Spring Festival, "Miracle Stupid Child" has a lot of potential for upsetting. Wen Muye, the director of "I Am Not a Medicine God", served as the director and screenwriter, and this time he once again aimed at the theme of small people, with the story of a bunch of brothers and sisters working hard in Shenzhen as the theme. "Miracle" is one of the centennial tribute film projects of the Central Propaganda Department, and it is not difficult to guess the main purpose of this movie, that is, to work hard for ideals and happiness, and ordinary people can also create miracles. Sara has also watched a lot of chicken soup films with the main theme over the years, and if the film is made warm and interesting, I am willing to go into the theater to support it. The role of the younger sister played by Chen Halin sells cute and cute, the brother's actor Yi Yanqianxi is also a popular fried chicken, and the two themes of family love story and urban struggle are family fun, and it can be expected that the positive energy of the movie itself is full of tears.
"This Killer Is Not Calm"
Strictly speaking, this is the only comedy film in this year's Spring Festival slot, although the production team is Happy Twist Pictures, but the script is adapted from the Japanese movie "Magic Moment", so it is more Japanese humor than nonsense. The original plot is that the little boss sleeps with the boss mistress, the boss orders him to find a super killer to forgive his sins, and finally he is forced to find a third-rate actor to play the killer, and the actor steps into the underworld but thinks he is filming. In recent years, domestic remake classics are very popular, not long ago "Manslaughter 2" is also a remake, happy twist drama and original support of the film are well made, but the script of pure original film is very bad. Director Xing Wenxiong has participated in the screenwriting of "The Bath King", this time his self-written and self-directed works should also have dense laughs, the film will be a multi-stem comedy, very suitable for the New Year to laugh at.
"Four Seas"
Han Han is one of Sara's idols when he was a student, and I like all the movies he directed, and the atmosphere of the movie is very suitable for the Spring Festival. The cast of "Four Seas" is very strong, including Shen Tengyin Zheng Qiao Shan, who came from comedy, which should have more laughs than "Flying Life" in 2019, but the quality of "Flying Life" itself is not high. With Han Han's golden signboard, the story of the movie itself will be relatively complete, "Four Seas" looks like another version of "Flying Life", the four elements of the rider's family dream friendship are gathered together, this smorgasbord is difficult to cook badly. The biggest problem with this movie is the heroine, some people like Liu Haocun and some people resist her.
Sniper
Another military-themed film in the Spring Festival file, there are two films of this type in a schedule, which will inevitably be compared. "Sniper" tells the story of the outstanding performance of the sniper squad soldiers during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and the story of their rescue of their companions. Guoshi's film is only 96 minutes long, which is theoretically better than the rhythm of "On the Cliff", and the plot and combat are more compact. This is directed by him and his daughter Zhang Mo, Zhang Yimou will definitely come up with twelve points of spirit, Sara guesses that it should be him as the leader, so the lens language and actors will not be crossed. Audiences who expect big scenes in this movie may feel a little disappointed, judging from the feedback from the point of view, it is a short and pithy genre, after all, sniper gunners are turn-based games, and most of the time it is small-scale battles, with some explosions and bloody shots.
"Bear Haunt returns to Earth"
In the past few years, "Bear Haunting" has become a New Year's product, and the box office reputation of each one is acceptable, and a Spring Festival series has long been formed. So Sara has nothing special to say about this cartoon, and if you like the Bear Haunting series, you can definitely go to the theater to support it. This time, "Return to Earth" has added an alien theme, and the sci-fi and special effects scenes have increased significantly, looking cooler than "Wild Continent". This year's director changed from Ding Liang to Lin Huida, but he is also the elder of this series, and the quality of the film is still guaranteed. Judging from the comments of netizens on demand, especially the interview part of the children, everyone likes "Return to the Earth", and they all think that in addition to the character shaping, other aspects of the film have exceeded previous works, and adults also have a good look and feel.
"Pleasant Goat and Gray Wolf Basket Out of the Future"
Middle-aged sara's childhood is naturally not watching the "Pleasant Goat" series, I don't have much affection for this IP, and occasionally watched a few episodes or found some laughs. 2009's "Pleasant Goat" opened a boom in domestic Spring Festival animation films, and the box office of subsequent works was good, until 2014 and 2015 were hanged by "Bear Haunting", and the quality of those two works was too poor. After 7 years of shelving and restarting again, "Basket Out of the Future" is of great significance to the subsequent development of IP, if the box office and word of mouth collapse again, basically it will be beaten into the cold palace. Judging from the content of the trailer, this is the movie version of "Basket Out Victory", which is a japanese anime style work, and many stems are homage to the basketball circle, if you are a basketball fan, you will be very happy to see, Sara feels that "Basket Out of the Future" should be able to save the series. The children who watched "Pleasant Goat" were already about 20 years old, and the sub-supply attributes of this movie were less, trying to rely on the sentiment card to attract the audience of the past and open up some new young groups.
"Little Tiger Dun Big Hero"
In the past decade, many animated films have been released in the Spring Festival file, but there are not many very high box offices, more to take advantage of the rise of the domestic film market, coupled with the lively atmosphere of the Spring Festival stalls to share a mouthful of soup. "Little Tiger Dun Big Hero" belongs to this genre, quite a Jianghu theme animation with Chinese characteristics, but also with the Elements of the New Year's Season, the bear child Hu Dun is determined to become a dart master, embark on a dart journey in the rivers and lakes. It is said that the "Tiger Dun Little Dart Master" is very popular on the Douyin platform, but Sara does not play short videos and only pays attention to the national comic occasionally, so there is little understanding of the potential of this IP. Judging from the final trailer, it is a funny and family style, a bit like the animated version of "Dragon Gate Dart Game", the human setting is not very interesting, but it is still in line with the aesthetic of sara. This movie will not be my three-choice and four-choice target during the Spring Festival, but I can make up for it when I have time.
In general, there are many genres of themes in this year's Spring Festival file, "Watergate Bridge" and "Sniper" are both military themes, but a big war scene and a rescue mission. "Miracle" is the theme of inspirational family affection, "Four Seas" is the theme of Wenqing's dream, "Killer" is a funny comedy genre, "Bear Haunting" is a science fiction veteran series IP, "Pleasant Goat" is a sports sentiment fan, and "Little Tiger Dun" is a costume family animation. The above order is sara based on the trailer and promotional content, the eight movies are compared in terms of popularity and box office, I am not an industry insider, so the content is just a picture of music.
I wish you and your families a Happy New Year, a happy Spring Festival holiday, and if you have time, pick a movie to watch.