The most popular movie "King of the Long Sky" in May 1st exceeded 350 million box office in 4 days of release, and the popularity continued to rise, the Weibo movie daily list was No.1, and the number of views of Douyin topics reached 2.1 billion, and the score was super high on major platforms, all of which were continuously praised.
So the word-of-mouth box office double harvest, is it really that good-looking?
I will first say the conclusion: it is really good-looking!
The best thing to see is that the movie explains "what is a test pilot". My understanding is that test pilots are a bridge between the design and testing of the aircraft and the official use, and it is they who make all imagination possible, and then turn this possibility into reality through real test flights and into fighters that cut through the sky.
The profession of test pilot is unfamiliar to us ordinary people, and watching it on the big screen is a new and moving experience.
The novelty is the first time to see that the training of test pilots is so rigorous, there are physical limit training, there are proficiency tests such as blind operation, and really any step can make me fall apart, but for them it is a daily routine.
I was moved because I understood for the first time that the word "test flight" is simple, behind the life dedication of the test pilot, every time the mission, the test flight subject is very likely to rub shoulders with death.
Thinking that at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, our country did not have its own aircraft, let alone a mature team to develop and manufacture aircraft, every shot on the big screen today is a gift of time to Chinese, and it is also the result of generations of hard work.
It's really not easy. Therefore, as soon as "The King of the Long Sky" was released, domestic and foreign audiences gave a high evaluation.
Test pilots are silent heroes in this process, many people do not know that there is this profession, let alone understand this profession, the real performance in the film test pilots from selection training to takeoff from the training ground. Every character is flesh and blood, and they don't just appear in the cockpit, but also at the dinner table with friends, in parent-child moments with children, in the flashing memories of their loved ones, so it's really hard not to be moved when we see them in danger because of their test flight work.
The real test pilot, test flight hero Li Gang also left tears when watching this movie. For us to watch a touching story, for him it is a memory of his teammates, a part of the real experience.
This kind of real display is shocking for ordinary audiences, it is pride, and it is a light in the heart.
A large number of shots in the film show fighter jets. Watching planes flip over on the big screen is also a visual spectacle. When the plane is not flying overhead, but in front of the eyes, the sense of experience is directly full, if you watch the IMAX version is more immersive, rounding up to the cinema to experience the thrill of soaring into the sky.
It is also because of this experience that I want to find a seat belt when watching a movie, and after watching the movie, I have various "sequelae" and drive a plane. It is really because the main creative team has super high detail requirements on the screen, and the final presentation will give us such a real experience.
Becoming a test pilot requires rigorous training, and the family members who want to become test pilots also have to go through psychological suffering.
In the movie, Zhang Ting (played by Hu Jun) plays an experienced test pilot, who is happy with his wife and children as a family of three. At a family dinner with his comrades, he recalled how he met his wife, and they had a box of tickets because they were in a long-distance relationship when they were in love. When a person reaches middle age, his wife sends a message to her husband every day, asking if he is coming home for dinner. This is the code word between them: if the husband lands safely, he will return home for dinner, if he does not land safely.....
Love is the origin of their happiness, but it is also the sword of parting, deeply inserted in the chest of the wife.
Who wants their families, lovers and dangers to be so close, but because they love them and hide their worries, although they do not soar to the sky, they are also heroes!
There are also Lei Yu (played by Wang Yibo) parents, they are proud of their son's excellence, but they know that their son is distressed after being injured as a test pilot and hug his son and persuade his son not to do this. But Lei Yu said with tears in his eyes that he couldn't give up. They could only nod tearfully, supporting their son's decision.
Parents know how difficult this nod, this recognition, helplessness and pride are mixed together. Aren't they heroes?
This is a movie about heroes, heroes have test pilots, engineers, their families, everyone who contributes to China's aviation industry!
The box office of this movie, word of mouth double harvest is not surprising at all. No one will refuse to see shocking pictures, no one will refuse to pay attention to test pilots, to Chinese soldiers, and no one will refuse to feel the strength of China that we are proud of on the big screen. Believe me, this is an excellent movie that deserves two brushes and three brushes.