This is not yet May 1st, the film market has begun to compete fiercely! Have you ever walked into the theater to get a glimpse of it?
"Slam Dunk", which was called "Ye Qing Hui" by the majority of anime fans, finally landed in mainland theaters, and it was also personally handled by Yuhiko Inoue, and it only took 6 days to get a box office result of more than 400 million, predicting that the total box office in the mainland will reach 722 million, which is worthy of childhood memories!
Looking at this momentum, the film may be able to compete with Makoto Shinkai's "Suzubud Journey" for the first place in the annual imported anime box office.
On the other hand, "Dragon Horse Spirit" starring Jackie Chan is also in theaters, but unfortunately, the results are not satisfactory, and it only received 200 million box office in 19 days of release, and the predicted box office is only 224 million, which is surprising.
To know that the production cost of the film alone is as high as 300 million, such a result is undoubtedly a loss of bottoms, but the box office is not proportional to the quality is not a rare thing in the field of film and television dramas.
And since the themes of the two movies are different, naturally turnip greens have their own love, so with a curious attitude, I brushed each of the two movies, I can only say, one is super top, and the other is sleepy.
Century high-fives, full of feelings, this movie is tearful
What's your biggest concern about Slam Dunk? I think many people will say that they didn't see Xiangbei go to the national competition, this wait is more than 20 years, this time Inoue Yuhiko gave the audience a dream come true.
The movie version is mainly about the peak battle between Xiangbei and the mountain king, facing the defending champion, Xiangbei is not timid, and the first half is even more extraordinary, which once made people shine.
It's just that in the second half of the game, the essential gap between the two teams was revealed, and they were once overtaken by more than 20 points, which is not covered. So what's the key to breaking the game? Naturally, the five tigers of Xiangbei grow themselves in adversity.
The story takes point guard Ryota Miyagi as the main perspective, enriching the story behind this character, carrying the shadow of his brother's death, and his insistence on basketball makes people's throats hurt.
And the most eye-catching Sakuragi Hanamichi finally showed his "genius" side in the face of adversity, saying the blood-boiling line, "My most glorious moment is now!" ”
From Sakuragi flying to save the ball, to cooperating with arch-rival Kaede Rukawa, plus the final century high-five, the entire theater is boiling, more than 20 years of waiting is for this moment, this movie is worth watching!
There are also the "lone wolf" Rukawa Kaede and the hard-working player Takeshi Akagi, their mentality changes are telling the audience that not only we have grown up, but also the members of the Xiangbei team.
However, to say that my most tearful moment has to be the memory of Mitsui Shou, his phrase "Coach, I want to play practice" is undoubtedly the most classic line in the anime "Slam Dunk", what opportunities can people have in this life to rehabilitate?
Sometimes missing is missing out, but once you can do it again, lost and regained, you can no longer give up, watching Mitsui Shou's physical exhaustion, even his arms are shaking, but he can still shoot a standard three-pointer, and tears can't stop flowing.
Of course, this movie is not just full of emotions, but also takes into account the audience's feelings in the overall picture presentation, and the low-saturation tones are clean and comfortable.
The application of 3D technology makes the characters more realistic, and the athletes who sweat and collide on the court seem to be real people, just brushing it is not enough to see it, it is too high.
Forcibly sensationalized, laughing embarrassingly, Jackie Chan can't save it
"Dragon Horse Spirit" tells the story of the downtrodden martial artist Lao Luo (played by Jackie Chan) and his old partner "Chitu" Ma for many years, but unexpectedly caught in a lawsuit, can only turn to his daughter Xiaobao (played by Liu Haocun) and son-in-law Naihua (played by Guo Qilin), and finally adhere to the story of the spirit of the dragon and tiger martial artist.
In fact, this movie is in line with the theme of Jackie Chan's consistent style, and dragon and tiger martial artists are also a profession worthy of respect, but due to the distortion of the plot and shooting techniques, it makes the spirit that the film wants to express untenable.
For example, Lao Luo let the red rabbit horse challenge high-risk actions without rehearsal, this is not dedication, this is irresponsible to the horse, right? It is not allowed to let Lao Luo's wayward choice, and the feelings of one person and one horse do not seem to be poignant enough.
And in the most thrilling action scenes of the film, it is inevitable to use a large number of special effects shots, and it is understandable that some actions cannot be completed, so they can only be filmed like this.
But since the film wants to depict the dragon and tiger martial artist, there is no need to make too outrageous and exaggerated bridges, and in the end can only use special effects, but it makes people feel that it has tarnished the profession.
Then there is the film's forced sensationalism to make people feel uncomfortable, Lao Luo's daughter is heaven and earth, angry at every turn, and the two are inexplicably reconciled, but staging a drama of father's kindness and filial piety is completely unnecessary in the plot, and it can't help but remind people of the illegitimate daughter who has been ignored by Jackie Chan so far, is this planning to whitewash through the movie?
As for the cast did not give much blessing to the movie, Jackie Chan has been marketing a wave of his own dedication every time he makes a movie in the past two years, and the 69-year-old is still personally filming action scenes should indeed give a thumbs up, but too much marketing will inevitably consume feelings, bad films are emerging one after another, and the appeal has repeatedly declined.
And the heroine Liu Hao's acting skills in the movie are not good, but it can't be said to be too bad, but she doesn't match Jackie Chan's funny style, a serious performance is too dramatic, the two people have an age difference of more than 40 years, I think it is more appropriate to play grandfather and grandson rather than father and daughter.
What's more, Liu Haocun's popularity is so bad, how many people have given up watching movies because of her? The impact of casting mistakes on word of mouth obviously cannot be ignored.
As for the male number two Guo Qilin's performance style is basically fixed, there is not much breakthrough, his comedy performance method is actually not consistent with Jackie Chan, the two seem to be funny for funny, forced together to amuse, for the audience is boring.
The highly anticipated guest actor Wu Jing has few scenes in the film, giving people a sense of "wrong goods", no wonder that during the roadshow some audiences asked for a refund on the spot, it is not an exaggeration to say that someone left the scene early before the end of the film, and I was so sleepy that I couldn't open my eyes and fell asleep directly.
All in all, "Slam Dunk" and "Dragon Horse Spirit" are different in theme, but the overall texture and the sincerity presented are still relatively large, the former satisfies the feelings of a generation of anime, the latter makes the audience's feelings for Jackie Chan broken, so which one do you prefer to watch?