After its official release, "Watergate Bridge" continued the phenomenon-level popularity of "Chosin Lake", and it won 500 million box office in only 5 hours after its release.
As of 21:30 on February 2, according to Maoyan Professional Edition, the Spring Festival file began less than 2 days, the total box office of the entire Spring Festival file reached 2.743 billion, and "Watergate Bridge" alone has reached 1.2 billion, and the box office is too good.
In the context of the film's continuous hot discussion on the whole network, on the second day of release alone, they set 39 records including the 2022 mainland box office champion, the Spring Festival champion, and the domestic film mainland box office champion.
Under the extremely strong momentum, "Watergate Bridge" has the posture of the No. 1 movie of 2022.
It can be seen that director Xu Ke's sentence at the press conference that "this film will shock the outside world for 3 years" is true, which is expected to become another cinema king explosion.
So why is "Watergate Bridge" so "horizontal"? First of all, it is inseparable from the brilliant performance of the actors.
This time, the film party retained the "gold content" full of actor team of "Chosin Lake", and was still starred by Wu Jing, Yi Yanqianxi, Zhu Yawen, Han Dongjun and others.
Under the deeper tone of the plot, this gang of powerful factions also sublimated the main story with brilliant performances.
The plot of "Watergate Bridge" is immediately followed by "Chosin Lake", which tells the story of the seven companies led by the male protagonist Wu Qianli to block the US army after the Battle of Chosin Lake.
At the Watergate Bridge, a choke point less than 9 meters away, they overcame the huge equipment difference with the enemy to block the opponent, and a story of the martyrs who can sing and cry unfolded.
In this tragic group portrait play, the actors used their acting skills to present the "highlight moments" of steel seven companies.
Let's talk about Wu Jing and his character Wu Qianli first;
As the commander of the Seventh Steel Company, Wu Qianli has always been a calm image of commanding the overall situation, but the addition of his younger brother Wu Wanli has made Wu Qianli, who seems to have a steel will, reveal his family affection.
In the film, Wu Jing uses the details of the two "pinching grimaces" to present the emotions of the characters.
On the way to the Watergate Bridge, even if he was frozen and could not open his eyes, Wu Qianli was still making fun of his brother's confrontation.
A forced grimace shows the brothers' mutuality and the character's positive mindset in difficult circumstances.
The second "pinch face" is more informative.
When his younger brother Wu Qianli was full of sorrow because of the sacrifice of his comrades-in-arms, Wu Qianli directly pinched his brother's face out of a "smile".
But as soon as the camera turns, the picture flashes back to Wu Qianli's tearful eyes.
In just a few seconds, he used a rather "dramatic" look to show his brother's encouragement to his brother, his satisfaction with his brother's growth, and his feelings about the cruel war.
This layered performance also became one of Wu Qianli's highest moments in the film.
Although the male second Yi Yi Qianxi is a post-00 who is still inexperienced, his performance can also be remarkable this time when he has a brilliant performance in "Young You".
In the film, he played a battlefield recruit who changed from infancy to maturity.
With a clear lack of experience and maturity, he appears reckless in the early plot.
However, after gradually adapting, Yi Qianxi used the word "restraint" to present the transformation of the role.
In the plot, as more and more comrades sacrifice, the recruit egg repeatedly holds back his emotions with tears.
After witnessing his comrades being hit by incendiary bombs, although Wu Qianli's expression was extremely uncomfortable, he finally chose to hide after being pulled.
In the dialogue with Wu Qianli's brothers, although he was once emotionally tearful, he then tried to restrain himself from continuing to flow, and also strongly saluted his brother.
Yi Qianxi also performed the transformation of boys to men on the battlefield.
In addition to the "Wu Family Brothers", the other supporting roles in the film are also brilliant, and all the members of the Gangqi Company are moving towards the colorful side of their respective stories.
For example, Mei Sheng, an instructor played by Zhu Yawen;
In the tragic war environment of "Watergate Bridge", the gentle instructor in the previous game shows another side.
In "Chosin Lake", he looks at his daughter's photo with a tender face, but the warmth in his eyes when he looks at the photo in "Watergate Bridge" is fleeting, replaced by the firmness of looking ahead.
Obviously, in an increasingly severe war environment, fighting this battle well and avoiding the next generation getting involved in the war is a better way for Mei Sheng to "protect" her daughter than to look at the photos.
And Zhu Yawen used this "from soft to rigid" face change performance, showing the change of mentality of the character.
Other outstanding supporting roles include Pinghe, played by Han Dongjun, and Yu Congrong, played by Li Chen, and this hot and cold 2 characters also expands the story line in "Watergate Bridge".
Pinghe, who is usually silent and taciturn, shows the temperature of his body.
Always calm, he took the initiative to tell the Wu family brothers about the knot before receiving the task of fighting at the Watergate Bridge. As the plot unfolds, the fate of this cold gunner also hides a lot of tear-jerking elements.
Yu Congrong, played by Li Chen, shows a serious side in addition to the style of a big grin.
When encountering an old acquaintance of the artillery battalion, Yu Congrong jokingly "asked" the other side to help the seventh company to fire a few more rounds of artillery, which caused the other side to complain head-on.
However, at the time of parting, Yu Congrong put away the appearance of giggling just now, solemnly saluted the other side, and seriously emphasized the hope that the other side would shoot a few more rounds of artillery for the seventh company to protect his comrades-in-arms.
In this one-shot relaxation, the character's thick and thin personality instantly appeared.
In addition to the "Seven Steel Companies", there are also the roles of Zhang Hanyu, Duan Yihong, Geng Le and others to attract attention.
This cast of young and middle-aged people enriches the plot of "Watergate Bridge" with full acting skills online.
From the perspective of lineup configuration and acting skills, "Watergate Bridge" has a preliminary quality base.
From a behind-the-scenes point of view, the hardships behind the production of this epic have made the crew more confident, and even can be described as "crazy".
In order to truly restore the historical Watergate Bridge, the filmmakers have made unimaginable efforts from the outside world.
Due to the special terrain of the historical prototype Watergate Bridge, it is difficult to have a suitable site for domestic filming, and the film side directly digs the mountain in proportion to create a landscape.
Executive producer Huang Jianxin revealed that the filmmakers "dug up the mountains" and it took several months to restore the Watergate Bridge in the movie.
In addition, in order to present the real battle scene, the film side also worked hard from the perspective of "ice and fire double heaven".
During the filming of the "Watergate Bridge" plot, the filmmakers arranged the set to the open-air scene of minus 30 degrees in the early morning hours.
In order to strengthen the feeling of cold wind, the film even arranged 4 blowers to take turns blowing at the actors.
To this end, Wu Jing once said that he was blown by the cold wind during filming and "farted" one night.
The "ice" is arranged, and the "fire" is not less.
In "Watergate Bridge", there are many magnificent pictures of warriors being burned by flames, but it needs to be noted that this is not all special effects.
Under the condition of ensuring the safety of personnel, the filmmakers chose to present the "burning real people" scene in the form of real people wearing special protective clothing, and in order to pursue authenticity, this process lasted for 7 seconds.
In addition to the sincerity of the filmmakers, the creators are also extremely involved in the filming.
Lead actor Wu Jing had a serious leg injury before entering the group, and he still chose to bring injuries during the filming of "Chosin Lake" and "Watergate Bridge".
Behind the correctional posture shown in front of the camera, Wu Jing under the camera immediately subconsciously covered his injured leg, which also made his friend Duan Yihong "complain":
Legs have to be needed too!
And the director Xu Ke, who participated in 90% of the scenes of "Watergate Bridge", also showed a very dedicated attitude in the directing process.
The 71-year-old refused to stay in the warm shed to direct the play, but instead demonstrated snow creeping in minus 30 degrees, and even appeared in the snow accidentally falling to the ground.
Indoors, he ignored Wu Jing's advice and ran to the dangerous scaffolding inspection facilities with only one hand.
The dedicated attitude of the above actors and directors has also become the "bottom line" behind the strong posture of "Watergate Bridge".
In general, "Watergate Bridge" has a highlight worth affirming both in the behind-the-scenes preparation and the final acting performance.
As the first work of Bayi Studios to enter the Spring Festival file, the "Watergate Bridge" team can be said to have given enough sincerity, and from the current theater response, their efforts have been rewarded.
As the Spring Festival file continues to unfold, "Watergate Bridge" also continues to brush the screen during this period.
Under the previous work "Chosin Lake" topped the first throne in the history of domestic films with 5.7 billion, the same texture of "Watergate Bridge" took over the baton, which also made people have higher expectations.
And this time, this epic masterpiece that wrote the "cutest person" is also optimistic about crowning the No. 1 movie in 2022 and becoming the king of the opening year.
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