Spring Festival file seven-day file (6)丨The box office exceeded 2.5 billion in 6 days of release, why "Manjiang Red" became the biggest winner of the Spring Festival file

The movie "Manjiang Hong" was released in 6 days, and the real-time box office has exceeded 2.5 billion, becoming the highest-grossing work of director Zhang Yimou's Spring Festival movie. The Douban score reached 7.7, and the reputation was acceptable.

It is worth mentioning that as early as 10 o'clock on January 24, the real-time box office of the movie "Man Jiang Hong" surpassed the movie "The Wandering Earth 2", and is currently the box office champion of the 2023 Spring Festival, with a box office of 35,000 more than the second-ranked "The Wandering Earth 2".

The competition between Spring Festival movies has always been extremely fierce, including the quality of works, the main creative lineup, publicity and other aspects have affected the final box office.

To say that this year's Spring Festival movies can be said to be a group of heroes chasing deer, three-legged, "Manjiang Red" with actual performance, "The Wandering Earth 2" with a good reputation accumulated in the first season, and "Nameless" with all the main creators, the three movies were optimistic before they were released. And the movie "Manjiang Red" can highlight the encirclement, and the audience is surprised and gratified to achieve such excellent results.

Why "Manjiang Red" can become the biggest winner of the Spring Festival file is related to the following 4 factors.

01. The plot is rich in content and "reversed" constantly

"Manjiang Hong" has a certain similarity in theme with director Zhang Yimou's previous work "Above the Cliff", both of which are based on a content to draw out a series of stories of open and dark battles behind the case, the whole belongs to the tone of black humor, and at the same time integrates suspense, espionage, entertainment and other elements, breaking the color of traditional movies and keeping pace with the times to add new ideas, uniting comedy and tragedy to express ingenuity.

Many viewers said that "I thought it would be a movie that looked depressing, but the whole viewing process did not make people feel heavy."

The film is centered on a main thread to narrate the story, but there are many unexpected high-frequency reversals and reversals in the content, and the fast-paced story and continuous reversals also mobilize the audience's emotions at all times. Set the big picture for the audience and use the story itself to impress the audience with the story itself in two ways: comedy and suspense. Zhang Yimou once said that the film is his own new attempt, the script alone has been polished for four or five years, and it is difficult to shoot because it is mixed with many styles and reversals.

02. The characters are vivid and full of positive energy

The most impressive role in the film is definitely Sun Jun played by Yi Yangqianxi, the whole role can be said to be simple and complex, he is the most critical character in the whole film. Sun Jun's personal emotions are very complicated, the appearance is a ruthless, ruthless, murderous ruthless character, in fact, at the beginning is a young general who only seeks self-preservation in his heart, as the plot progresses let him gradually grow himself, the change of characters is also the sublimation of the film and the display of spirit.

Based on the content of the whole film, the use of Sun Jun, a young character to bear the burden, shows that the role played by young forces is becoming more and more important and should not be underestimated, on the other hand, there is also a sense of spiritual inheritance, and the atmosphere and theme of the whole film are very positive.

03. The casting of the actors is exquisite, and all the acting skills are fantastic

The most praiseworthy actor in the film is post-00s actor Yi Yangqianxi, although he is young but already a filmmaker with a personal box office of more than 15 billion, in fact, it is not difficult to see from his works in recent years that his acting skills are really improving step by step. The role of "Sun Jun" portrayed by Yi Yangqianxi this time is very textured, not only has a more mature taste, but also has a high degree of adaptation to the role.

In the first half of this film, the characters played by Yi Yangqianxi are relatively restrained. And after the clear situation changed, his interpretation gradually became revealed; In the final stage, he gave the character explosive power, and integrated delicate performance into the expression and body language, and the sense of historical heaviness and the mystery of the character were perfectly presented in his eyes, making the character of "Sun Jun" have a stronger appeal and leave a deep impression in the hearts of the audience.

Director Zhang Yimou once said at the premiere that Yi Yangqianxi was the preferred actor when the role was formulated, and this trust in him was not only because he was the best young film actor, but mainly because of his moldable power. And Yi Yangqianxi is known for his dedication in the circle and has his own ideas, and working with such a person will always give the role a different surprise.

In addition to Yi Yangqianxi, Shen Teng, Yue Yunpeng, Lei Jiayin, and Zhang Yi needless to say are all old drama bones, and their performance has always been stable. Shen Teng and Yue Yunpeng are professional comedians, and as long as they stand there without talking, they are laughing, including the interaction with the character played by Yi Yangqianxi.

And the role of Qin Jiayin playing Qin Jiayin is itself a reversal, he shows Qin Jiayin's arrogance, treachery, cunning, calculation and other multiple personalities vividly, and he is also regarded as the best actor in the whole film. He and Zhang Yi are one of the few villains, and they all know that Zhang Yi has always played a positive role in a healthy and positive role, and this time is also an unprecedented challenge for him, and some netizens said that "only Zhang Yimou dares to let these two people play villains together."

04. The production is excellent, and the team led by Zhang Yimou lives up to expectations

Netizens described the creation of the entire film of "Manjiang Hong": high-grade and not pretentious, flexible use of lens language, from soundtrack, picture design to special effects are first-class top aesthetics and first-class top standards.

The film is the first film to use Yu opera as background music, making some changes to the Yu opera fragments and adding elements of modern music performance, so that the overall rhythm is clean and in line with the plot atmosphere, and the soundtrack of other parts is the same, it is said that the soundtrack was completed by Han Hong.

The opening scene of Sun Jun rushing into the golden room uses a rhythmic striking sound, this undulating percussion makes people feel that something big is going to happen and get excited about it, it can be said that it is also using sound to narrate the story and hint at the development of the plot.

The most used shooting method in the film is a shot to the end, very substitutionary, not to mention the comedy elements are handled very cleverly, the comedy is integrated into the suspense plot without a sense of violation, and the overall picture is harmonious and natural. Director Zhang Yimou tried to shoot the whole film to the end, but finally gave up, because for a suspenseful film, the rhythm simply cannot be done.

Many people's feelings about the film and its director Zhang Yimou are that "it is really not easy for a 70-year-old person to contribute such an excellent work to Chinese film history" and "it is really worthy of being an old strategist".

epilogue

The publicity of the movie "Manjiang Hong" is not overwhelming, and it mainly depends on good word of mouth to come to the top.

A film that speaks with the quality of the work is worth watching!

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