As a classic remake, "The Massacre of the Nile" joined with the classic IP and the addition of Hollywood boss Hua Dan Gel gadot.
Before the release, it has already made many viewers look forward to it.
But.
Unexpectedly, the movie that was expected by everyone was in full view of the crowd.
At a production cost of $90 million (about 600 million yuan in conversion), the global box office was only $58.91 million as of the date of writing (10 days of release).
The 60 million box office has not yet reached.
Coupled with the bad reviews on word of mouth: Douban 6.0 points.
It is also what makes "The Nile Massacre" a veritable tragedy for Hollywood blockbusters since the beginning of the year.
01, bad reviews on word of mouth: Egyptian propaganda film and old man bubble girl
A lot of viewers after watching the movie.
The first feeling is not how strong the protagonist Poirot's reasoning ability is, but the Egyptian scenery is really beautiful, and Poirot, the old man, has a hand.
Of course.
More attention from the audience still fell on Gal Gadot's long legs and graceful figure.
As a detective reasoning movie, it is undoubtedly a failure.
In particular, "Massacre on the Nile" is the work of Agatha, who is regarded by many fans of speculative fiction as the "Queen of Reasoning".
It is even more tragic, and it is even more obvious that the director's ability is not very good.
In the end, the director has grasped the wrong point.
Needless to say, it goes without saying that the inexplicable insertion of various egyptian scenery shots that do not help the narrative and the advancement of the case.
The deletion and modification of the relationship between the characters in the original story is the biggest problem of this movie.
In the original.
There are many characters in the scene, and the relationships are intricate, and many of them do not have an intersection on the surface.
But under Grandma's handling, everything seemed to be in order.
The motives of the characters and the development of the case are clear.
But in the movie, the director and the screenwriter confuse the relationship between the characters.
The first few minutes of the opening chapter are devoted to Poirot's emotional history.
Even a lot of character relationships have been deleted, so that the reasoning and interest of the whole story have been weakened.
In particular, in order to make up for these deleted character relationships, some plots that had to be added compressed the reasoning links that followed.
So.
The whole movie is top-heavy, completely devoid of the rhythm of the detective reasoning movie.
02, Gal Gadot controversy
In addition to the controversy over the storyline, the lead actor Gale Gadot is also controversial.
As an actress, especially in Hollywood movies, Gale Gadot gives the impression that the vase is greater than the actor, and the appearance is greater than the acting.
In particular, Gal Gadot's own age is already 36 years old.
For a middle-aged actress, she has not been able to rely on her acting skills to gain fame, but to rely on selling sexiness to win eyeballs.
It was also attacked by many viewers.
Some radical viewers directly evaluated her as: Yang Mi, Israel.
However, some people say that she is cared for by Hollywood tycoons.
Because most of the capital behind Hollywood is a Jewish community, Gale Gadot relies on Israeli citizenship and Jewish identity.
The development in Hollywood can be said to be a smooth one.
From the $300,000 of BVS, Justice League, and Wonder Woman, to the third place in the global actress revenue list in 2020, up to $31.5 million.
The resources are endless, from Snow White to The Nile Massacre.
Even Cleopatra has come to the door, if it is not "Black Riot", this role is really difficult to say.
03, Hollywood's explosive formula
In such a situation, Gal Gadot added the classic IP of "Massacre of the Nile".
Hollywood capital will not fail no matter how it is seen.
Because they've done it before, and they've been successful many times.
Like what:
Transformers plus the sexy Megan Fox.
Not only did word-of-mouth double explosion at the box office, but even Megan Fox became a world-renowned sexy actress.
Tomb Raider adds the seductive Angelina Jolie.
Let the investors smile toothless, Angelina Jolie is even more popular in Hollywood.
Sexy girl plus classic IP, this is hollywood's classic explosive formula.
Sexy Girl is responsible for traffic eyeballs, and Classic IP is responsible for the quality of movie stories.
There is both visual enjoyment and spiritual enjoyment.
In the past, they were invincible, but they were defeated by Waterloo in "Massacre on the Nile".
In essence, it is the director's grasp of the focus of the detective movie that is wrong.
If you can shoot according to the original book, you may be able to have good results.
For example, "Murder on the Orient Express" is Grandma's pioneering reasoning work.
As a big IP remake, the film attracted the attention of many audiences who like suspense at the beginning of its release.
After the film was released, it earned 230 million at the domestic box office.
Globally, it also grossed $352 million at a cost of $50 million.