In the past two years, nostalgia has been particularly popular in the film industry.
A while ago, "Slam Dunk" was a hit, which also made "Coach, I want to play basketball!" "It's buzzword again.
Recently, another childhood classic has been brought to the big screen.
It's a pity that compared to the hit and rave reviews of "Slam Dunk".
This classic, but,
Collapsed.
This is, the live-action version of Saint Seiya
This film is also very powerful, after its release in Japan at the end of April, the box office in the first three days was only 50 million yen, and the Japanese attendance rate was only 5%, and in the end, the box office in the first week barely squeezed into the top ten of the Japanese box office list, and the second week fell to nearly 20th.
Such a box office, no matter how you look at it, is slightly pitiful.
However, this is not a second-rate piece.
This film is jointly launched by Toei and Sony, with an investment of 60 million US dollars, equivalent to 8.1 billion yen, which is also a phenomenal blockbuster in Japanese live-action movies.
Including in terms of the composition of the lineup, this is also an international lineup configuration.
The film stars Japanese actor Masayuki Nitta Makeyu, who plays the male protagonist, the famous Saint Seiya.
At the same time, everyone is familiar with Sean Bean, Famik Jensen, Madison Iserman and many other Hollywood actors who have starred in the "X-Men" series Jean Grey, have also joined this film.
The director of this film is Tomok Barkinski, the director who participated in the production of the Netflix drama "The Witcher", he is also very experienced in visual effects, and there was an animated short film "The Art of Fallen", it is estimated that many people have seen it.
The action director of this film is Andy Cheng from the Chengjia class, and he also participated in the previous "Shangqi and the Legend of the Ten Rings". It is said that he was also a fan of the TV version of Saint Seiya in his childhood.
Anyway, looking at the configuration of this lineup, it is still very bluffing.
In a previous interview, Yoshiyuki Ikezawa, a producer from Toei Animation, also proudly said that this film is an international blockbuster that is 100% invested by us in Japan and invited to be produced by a Hollywood team.
Anyway, it's awesome.
However, when the average producer says this, there is always a hint of foreboding.
I don't know if there are many precedents in the Japanese film industry.
However, in China, there have really been many such films in previous years, each of which is claimed to be a domestic special effects blockbuster produced by a large investment, an international lineup, and a Hollywood team.
Isn't it, you will have a few movies like this popping up in your head right away.
And such a movie, basically, smashed it all.
Whether it is the box office or word of mouth, it is properly smashed.
And after we have been fooled for so many years and have rarely engaged in this kind of pit daddy co-production, Japanese friends have taken over Bian Dan again.
Therefore, the live-action version of "Saint Seiya" will smash the pot, I am not unusual at all, not smashing the pot is a strange thing.
After all, the live-action version of the comic book has always been Ray. Over the years, Japan has also made many live-action versions of popular manga, but there have not been many people who can watch them.
It's like what "King of the World", "Killing City", "Bleach", "Attack on Titan" and other live-action versions, these comic book live-action works, you don't expect how good they can be, you can watch it even if you can complete the task.
Probably, the only thing that can be taken out is the "Wanderer Sword Heart" live-action series, after all, that film was completed as a sword halberd film, and it is relatively not so easy to step on the thunder.
However, the live-action version of the manga made by the Japanese themselves, even if it is not good, can guarantee a Japanese style, which will not be so outrageous.
And this time, after Hollywood completely dominated the production, it became another example of the combination of earth and ocean.
Perhaps every viewer who watches the live-action version of "Saint Seiya" will give an evaluation that this is not the Saint Seiya I remember. This can only be an original work that borrows the character setting of the original work, as well as the basic story framework.
And the original party directly refers to it as a fan work.
Because the setting, art, and plot are too far from the original.
Even if the characters are still called Seiya or Athena, you should have a hard time finding the shadow of Saint Seiya.
It's like, I say, this cheerful blonde girl on a motorcycle and in a leather suit is Athena.
How do you feel?
Well, it's not that Athena can't be like this, it's just that this Athena has nothing to do with the original work, and is a new original character.
There are many similar adaptations, including the plot, and it is estimated that you are completely out of touch with the story in your memory.
In the character part, this part also introduced only two Saint Seiyas, that is, the male protagonist Seiya and Kazuki.
This handsome guy who seems to be a thug is Kazuki
Several other popular characters Ice, Purple Dragon, and Instantaneous do not appear in this part, including various handsome golden Saint Seiya, and we can't see it.
At the beginning, many people would like "Saint Seiya", precisely because there are a large number of Saint Seiya with different personalities and abilities, and the number of characters appearing is overwhelming, they will find this manga exciting.
And this time, it's actually just Seiya and Kazuki.
This one, that is, Seiya's awakening story.
So, people also call, the beginning.
Anyway, don't care about the film's claim that the film invested $60 million, and it was filmed in Eastern Europe. In fact, the texture of this film is basically at the level of a second-rate action movie.
It will be reminiscent of the 2021 "Mortal Kombat", which is also a combination of earth and ocean, and it is not a similar film. You have to say that it didn't cost money at all, but also spent a little, you have to say that you spent money, you really don't see where it was spent.
For example, the film has always boasted about how good the special effects scenes are and how touching the CG quality is.
But the actual effect is still the texture of an inferior online game cutscene.
It's like this level of special effects scenes, what do you think?
You don't have to be so plastic, right?
There is also the design of the holy robe, which is also a controversial point in this film. In the TV version of that year, the holy clothes were definitely a selling point, at least now when I think of those beautiful gold holy clothes, it is still pleasing to the eye.
But the film side feels that it is more unreasonable to present such a holy robe. Therefore, what they achieved was that the more realistic holy clothes were actually something similar to armor.
For example, the following finished version of the Pegasus holy robe.
How to say it?
If you don't remind you, can you associate this comic stripe style paper shell texture with the Tianma Holy Clothing?
Although this holy robe is not so plastic after moving, it is more like medieval knightly heavy armor, but this also has nothing to do with the holy seiya.
And this is also derived from the realistic strategy of the film side.
Also realistic are the action scenes.
I wondered, isn't this Saint Seiya a fantasy action movie?
And what this film is proud of seems to be a variety of more realistic action designs. As mentioned above, Shang Qi's action design was invited, and the film side also released a lot of footage of actor training actions before.
But is realistic action really what we want to see?
Of course, the so-called realistic action scenes are limited to their own comparison, which is really worse than those classic action movies, such as the "Fast Series", which is 108,000 li.
In particular, when the character makes a big move, it is the special effects method of glowing on the body, which is also very common in Hong Kong-style fantasy action movies in the early 80s, and the special effects imagination of this film may not be as good as Tsui Hark's "Shushan" in the early 80s.
At least the art of "Shushan" is very good-looking, and the art of this "Saint Seiya" is dusty from beginning to end, and there is no beauty.
Probably, only when Athena awakens, there will be some color, because Athena has become a beauty goddess.
It's also nobody.
The whole film is really dirty and boring. I saw that some commentators said that so many complaints are a problem only for the original party.
I haven't seen the original, but I watch it purely as an action movie, and I still relish it.
How to say it?
Then you can also take a look at the previous "Mortal Kombat", which is also quite enjoyable.
Although the film's box office in Japan basically collapsed, the film still hopes for Hollywood, because the film will soon be released in North America, and they hope to have a good box office performance in North America.
After all, this is an international blockbuster produced by a Hollywood team with 100% investment in Japan.
But do you really think this piece could sell well in North America?
Just, blessings.
Moreover, this is only the first part of this series, so only Seiya's part was filmed, as if according to the plan of the film side, six films were to be filmed.
But I'm really curious if the second part can still be filmed.
What is even more disturbing is that in fact, the live-action version of "Saint Seiya" is just the beginning of the live-action version of the Japanese manga.
Next, there is the live-action version of "The White Book of Yuyu"
Live-action version of One Piece
This day is also impossible to live!