After waiting for a long time, the movie version of "Slam Dunk" has finally landed in mainland theaters.
And this is also the IP has been filmed again after 27 years since the end of the animated version in 1996.
The 27-year wait has paid off, and netizens' enthusiasm for the film has been intuitively projected onto the theater data.
Before its release, the film's pre-sale box office easily exceeded 100 million, breaking the pre-sales record of imported cartoons in Chinese film history in one fell swoop.
After the 0:00 premiere on April 20, the film won 21.43 million box office, ranking among the top ten in the zero premiere data in domestic film history.
From the data point of view, the number of people watching the zero point field exceeded 500,000 (535,200 people), and for it, they all went to the theater to stay up late.
Judging from the excited statements of many people who "can't sleep all night", this midnight movie viewing obviously has great stamina.
After watching "Slam Dunk", I have to say that Ye Qing is really burning, and for the first time there are so many people in the cinema in the middle of the night
After reading it, I have been working for more than 6 hours now, and I am still very excited
Particularly burning, unable to sleep all night
In the comment area, many netizens "cried" and "tear ducts touched", which was even more touching.
As a member of the 500,000 Staying Up Late Feelings Party, and as a member of the "Emotional Tears Party", I have mixed feelings.
Bluestone believes that "Slam Dunk", which currently has a rating of 9.2, has these four highlights that must be mentioned.
First, the feelings are right, and the famous scenes are everywhere
After watching the 2-hour movie, Qingshi's intuitive feeling lies in full of feelings.
After making the audience wait for 27 years, IP author Yuhiko Inoue did not fried cold rice, but came with full sincerity.
On the first day of its release, he cordially greeted Chinese audiences, and also brought the drama we have never seen on TV, but we also want to see the most.
That's right, the four words that come to mind:
Battle of the Mountain Kings!
Throughout the entire slam dunk IP, the battle between the protagonist group Xiangbei and the national champion Mountain King is regarded as the pinnacle battle of the whole IP because of the ups and downs of the game and the many famous scenes.
For various reasons, the battle of the mountain king has never appeared in the previous animated version.
Now, with the battle of the mountain king that countless people have been waiting for on the big screen, netizens' 27 years of waiting has not been in vain.
And here, Bluestone dares to pack tickets.
This time the battle of the mountain king was filmed, and all the famous scenes you can think of were filmed.
If you don't believe it, we can count.
Here, there is a detailed restoration of the game process;
The classic scenes in the comics were faithfully preserved in the film.
For example, Akagi and Mitsui's tacit punching.
The two senior high-ranking seniors in Xiangbei are about to bid farewell to their high school careers, and they also see each game as a potential curtain call.
After a tacit cooperation, the high-fives of these two "high school basketball veterans" made people feel more sympathetic.
Another example is that every ball in the final moments of the battle of the mountain king must be contested.
Including Sakuragi's flying save, Mitsui's desperate 3+1, and the century high-fives of the old wrongdoer Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede, are also faithfully portrayed.
In addition to the famous scene of the competition, here, there are also exclusive actions that fit the character's personality;
Taking the cherry wood of the big horn as an example, his strange operations with a funny personality are presented in the original flavor of the film.
Facing the old wrongdoer Liuchuan Feng, he taunted while competing, and his pompous expression was quite interesting.
Even the thousand-year killing he inflicted on Captain Akagi was faithfully and funny reproduced by the author.
Here, there are also IP golden sentences that have been passed down as classics to this day;
For example, Sakuragi made a lot of words on the bench in order to apply to play.
When Coach Anzai refused to play because of Sakuragi's injury, Sakuragi rarely said "Dad, my glory is now!" "Let's feel the blood of youth.
Regarding the famous scene of the battle of the mountain king, the author basically put it on the screen without omission.
Just rush this, the emotional points are enough!
Second, the style of painting changed, and the battle of the mountain king was like a live broadcast
For the general audience, the plot of the battle of the mountain king is not much suspense.
As early as 27 years ago, the battle of the mountain king, which was serialized in the manga, the details of the competition have long been remembered by many people.
For fans, they are more looking forward to the texture of the battle of the mountain king.
And at this point, Inoue Yuhiko still did not disappoint us.
Compared with the comic version, and compared to the TV version 27 years ago, the style and texture of the drama can be described as rapidly upgraded.
The first point is the intuitive change, which transforms the 2D painting into a stereoscopic moving image.
With the help of 3D CG technology, the image of the whole team of Sanwang is particularly three-dimensional, and the visual sensory impact is quite strong.
Under the upgrading of the painting style, following the perspective of the five tigers in northern Xiangbei, we also see one after another terrifying opponents with explosive dynamic talents.
Eiji Sawakita, known as Japan's No. 1 high school student, has a variety of fancy styles when facing Kaede Rukawa in the early stage, and his dazzling playing style is dazzling.
And center Masashi Kawada, who is opposite Akagi, is a big hat in the high and low gear, and his dynamic painting style is extremely clear in the box.
Secondly, enrich the details with various micro-expressions;
In the battle of the mountain king, facing a situation of up to 24 points behind, the reaction of the five tigers of Xiangbei when they fell into a desperate situation was very bright.
Compared with the static sketches in the comics, the film version focuses on portraying the various facial micro-expressions of the five tigers to present their psychological activities.
There are both point guard Miyagi's embarrassed frown when he was caught in the game, Akagi's self-doubt that he repeatedly can't enter the box, and Sakuragi's confidence that he is still smiling when the score is behind.
Under the portrayal of details one by one, the image of the five tigers in northern Xiangbei is more vivid.
Third, the brilliant use of audiovisual language.
The "silent operation" of the final decisive battle between the mountain king and Xiangbei is a typical example.
At the end of the game, the two sides were caught in a situation of alternating back and forth.
But in a tense atmosphere, the author pulls out all the sound effects in the plot here and presents them in silence.
On one side is a tense and exciting battle picture, on the other side is a tense scene that is completely "silenced".
The shadow does not move, and with the tension brought by this silent victory over the voice, the quality of the film has improved a lot.
Third, difficult choice, painting style and dubbing "innovative"
In fact, before the screening, the outside world still had certain concerns about the film version of "Slam Dunk".
The points of concern mainly lie in two aspects.
First, the audience is worried that the style of character painting will change too much.
In fact, this concern is not false.
Under the upgrading of the art style through 3D technology, many classic character images have also changed.
But under the overall image of the protagonist group Xiangbei Five Tigers approaching the original image, countless people's first love in basketball, Haruko Akagi, faintly changed her face.
Compared with the original Haruko painting style, the image of the film version of Haruko is obviously deviated a lot, and there are even some "slightly fat" in many shots.
With a sharp reduction in scenes and a sudden change in painting style, she has also become the biggest victim of the film version.
And this also made many netizens complain that Haruko fell into a middle-aged blessing period...
In this regard, the always willful author Inoue Yuhiko admitted that he took the initiative to paint with 3D CG technology.
Under the insistence that the game is the core of the plot, Inoue insists that the old 2D hand-drawn cannot restore the most realistic arena.
For this reason, he would rather sacrifice part of his painting style and restore it in 3D CG.
Under the real-time capture of the real-time real-time 5v5 match screen, the dazzling battle of the mountain king does bring a good visual impact.
It's just that, in comparison, "sacrificing" some of the characters, this time Inoue played very new and played a lot.
The second concern of the outside world is that the dubbing is not right;
It has been 27 years since the end of the original animation, and 27 years is really a long time, which also brings too much uncontrollability to the reorganization of the dubbing team.
In the past 27 years, many of the original "Slam Dunk" voice actors have passed away due to illness, and the aging age of many dubbing teachers has made it difficult to restore dubbing.
In this regard, the Japanese version of "Slam Dunk" is very direct;
After the death of Takeshi Akagi's voice actor Kiyoyuki Ryoda last year, in the final dubbing version, the Japanese film team directly changed all the people and adopted five new voice actors.
In contrast, the mainland version and the Taiwan version are relatively reserved;
Although due to the death of David Hu, the voice of the TV version of Akagi, the original Xiangbei Five Tigers can no longer be reunited in the original voice.
But these two versions are still trying to save the feelings.
Both the mainland version and the Taiwan version invited the TV version of Sakuragi voice actor Yu Zhengsheng to continue dubbing, and the familiar voice brought back many memories of the times for us.
Compared with the new Ryukawa Kaede voice actor in the Taiwan version, the mainland version invited the TV version of Ryukawa Kaede dubbing officer Zhihong.
After many years, the voices of Gao Leng Liuchuan Maple and Ghost Horse Sakuragi sounded, and the painting style of the old wrongdoer was still very distinct.
The trend of "new voices" is inevitable, but the mainland version retains the operation of emotional dubbing as much as possible, which is still worthy of recognition.
Fourth, this is the legend of Miyagi Ryota, and it is also everyone's dream biography
Another highlight of the film version of "Slam Dunk" is the new perspective of the protagonist.
Unlike in the past, the author boldly switches the main perspective to Shonan North point guard Miyagi Ryota this time.
Most of the time of the battle of the mountain king, it is basically cut from the perspective of Miyagi, interspersed with Miyagi's own growth line in the middle, and the work is ridiculed by some netizens as more like Miyagi Ryota.
After fans have long been accustomed to treating Sakuragi and Rukawa as a man and a man for many years, the 1.68 meter high school sophomore point guard Miyagi is the protagonist, which obviously makes some fans uncomfortable.
To this, Inoue Yuhiko is also ready to reply, he explained the matter on the grounds of "change of mentality":
When the manga was serialized, I was between 26 and 29 years old, and I preferred young guys like Sakuragi.
But now I'm much older, my vision is wider, and I want to describe more things.
Here, Bluestone wants to affirm Inoue's bold operation to change the protagonist.
Judging from the presentation effect of the film version, his operation also deepens the IP world view in another way.
It seems to present the "Ryota Den of Miyagi", but in fact, through Miyagi, which has a relatively low sense of existence, Inoue portrays a dream biography written for countless ordinary people.
Through Miyagi's dream chasing story, many viewers also saw the shadow of their own efforts for a certain dream in the past.
For dreams, people's original intention is often very pure;
At the beginning of the plot, it goes directly back to Miyagi's childhood.
When he was young, he had just experienced the death of his father, and his young heart longed for comfort.
Under the influence of his brother Sota, who is a basketball master, he practiced basketball hard every day, soothing his soul and exercising himself at the same time.
And under the inspiration of his brother, becoming a basketball master like the other party also became Miyata's dream as a child.
For dreams, people often experience unmatched physical feelings;
After his brother died tragically in a shipwreck, Miyagi, who lost his guide to the light, became reticent.
During the solo training process, he was more aware of the gap with his brother because of his average physical condition.
Coupled with the fact that he was repeatedly hit by opponents due to his short stature during training, he was once confused in this memory line, which is also like an ordinary person who has also been confused outside the play.
Then, it is the self-dissolution of dreams;
After joining the Xiangbei High School team, Miyagi honed himself under continuous systematic training and constantly understood the true meaning of team cooperation.
He often recalls his brother's teachings and rethinks his understanding of dreams.
On the one hand, he clearly recognizes the gap between himself and his dreams, and no longer feels inferior to himself because of his thin stature and other problems.
But on the other hand, he is also constantly trying to get closer to his dreams.
Although in the plot of the film version, Miyagi faced the difficulty of bag clipping because of his short stature, and was also thrown by his opponent because of his poor jump shot, his eyes were already full of concentration at this time.
Through Miyagi's growth, Inoue Yuhiko also told us outside the camera who are as ordinary as Miyagi:
On the road to dreams, the process is often more important than the result
In fact, not only Miyagi, but also other members of the Xiangbei Five Tigers switched to the perspective of the male protagonist, which can also bring us different insights.
Switching to the perspective of Mitsui Shou is destined to be an inspirational story of the prodigal son turning back and not changing;
Switching to Akagi's perspective is a story of how to be a good leader.
In the story line of Rukawa Kaede, through his confrontation with the first high school student Zebei, there is an inspiration from outsiders.
Even the rookie Sakuragi makes us feel the power of self-confidence with her unobtrusive but fearless painting style.
Different role switching brings different basketball stories and different life insights.
As this netizen said, "Slam Dunk" is enough to make us forget some utilitarian factors in current basketball:
No match-fixing, no dirty moves, just basketball in its purest form and those who love basketball, and us who love basketball and love them
Obviously, for us, "Slam Dunk" brings us not only the same feeling that is still 27 years old, but also the purity in our hearts.
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